Salt Lake Tribune | 1909-08-08 | Page 45 | Orlando A. Somers, Commander Indiana G. A. R

Orlando A. Somers, Commander Indiana G. A. R. II Orlando A. Somers. who heads the Indiana department ot the Grand Army of the Republic, is tho thirty-fourth commander of that department. The wig OF.LANDO A. SOMERS, Gomuiraiduv Iudiaaa G. A. B. second commander of tho Indiana de- jl partmont was General Nato Kimball, vAVi who was later a resident of Ogden, IbVb where he was postmnstor nnd in which Hb city ho died. General Kimball was a fjVflrJ member of Thomas post No. 17, G. A. IBbI R.j of Ihdiannpolis, which post fur sftVJ nished ono national commander in tho Hb person of tho late Ivan A. Waller. It SHWI also furnished a president of thc United MHB Stales, General Benjnmin Harrison. HHb and it also furnished n commissioner yflVfl of pensions in tho person of Col. Wil- TflYfll Ham W. Dudley. Of the thirty-four KflWfll commanders, department of Indiana, KflVfll seventeen are still living; one of these, Will A. Kotcham, of Iitdinuapolis is a 'flH candidate for commander-in-chief of PflWJ tho Grand Army of the Republic, Of IbV the surviving commanders, all reside IjIbh in Indiana except Col. Dudley, whose luBVJ home is in Washington, D. C tllHVJ Commander Somers, who will arrivo lH in Salt Lake City this (Sunday) after- HlBBI noon to attend the encampment, is a IwBhI resident of Kokomo. ilo is not only HuHl piomincai. in urano jvrmy circles in f I BBjl Indiana, but ho is also a well-known and prominent politician of the Uoosicr state. Ue hos served as postmaster in his home city nnd he has represented 1 his county, IToward, in both branches j of the legislature. I Captain Snyder of Salt Tjakc was a s member of the Thirty-ninth regiment, H Indiana volunteers, in which Command (r BbI or Somers also served during tho out ire ij war, his company beiug D. Another jf member of compan D who will nlso Sl bo present at this encampment is David HlflBI P. Kyle, now commander of the do- KBBH partiucnt of Arizona. liH Commander Somers comes from the HfliflB city wiMiiu whoso borders the Arst rl natural cas well ip Indiana was struck fVBH and which opened up the gas fields of liSlBBH 'ho slate. The late John T. Stringer iH of Salt Lake was the socretary of the PH eempnny which bored this fus I well. fwfBBB With Commander Somers will eoinr BBB the Uoosicr delegation and the Indiana iTiflVfll Milonv in Salt Lake City will ende.'por jtH ) ;i l' ir old Uoosicr friends a good jH time dtiriug their st;u'r 'VflV