| Show BOOM IS I LAUNCHED TODAY I Campaign Is Started to Make Indiana Man Com Com- I I mander in Indiana headquarters for or tine the en- en I will wil be he opened this mornIng mornIng morn- morn Ing lag at Room 2 In inn the Knut Knutsford ford I hotel and anti the campaign for Cor time the election electon elec oboe Lion tion ton of or William Wilam A A. past comman commander com com- comI t I man mander er of tho tIme Department of oC Indiana I Ifor for ln ln of oC time the Grand Grami Army o of the thc Republic will be conducted I under the direction of ot William ilal lL 11 Arm Armstrong Armstrong Ar I strong and Charles Chanles V W. W Wheat heat I llam II H. H Armstrong of or Indianapolis Indian Indian- I apolis who wino Is a member of or the I committee of or the tine national council j of oC administration arrived ed earl early Saturday Satur da day and llan J A. A Ketcham and aUl Charles W. W Wheat color bearer for or the tine Department of Indiana followed a few Cew hours later and the tine work In Inn lining up support for tor the Indiana candidate was started as soon as ns Comrades Armstrong and Wheat heat reached Salt Sal Lake Jake In advancing tho tine Interest of hl his mis friend and comrade In behalf of or the tIme Department of ot Indiana G. G A. A R. R I. I Mr Mn II Wheat says the services of or W. W v. v A Ketcham to the tine Grand seT Arm Army In all al branches have been continuous zealous I and conspicuously useful To those i iwho who have served senNI In inn the tine army with I Comrade Comra e Ketcham and havo have known him through the this 1 kind nd of or service was only what was expected the natural result of the determined forceful character which hn has marked his hits life Ce from rom boyhood said Mr Ir Wheat yesterday At the out outbreak reak of the tine war Comrade Ketcham was a bo boy attending school In InGerman Germany German Ho lie returned home Immediately Imme and arid when he me enlisted he lie was attending Wabash college After Aler his lila service In tine the war ho he completed completed com corn his college colIc education at Dartmouth Dartmouth Dartmouth Dart Dart- mouth graduating with the class of ot 67 Ho enlisted as ns a private soldier In the tine Indiana Veteran Infantry infantry In fantry In February 1864 and carried a musket until December when ho was promoted to second lieutenant In May ho lao was waR promoted captain His service was on the thc and the James Jame and about Petersburg and Richmond with wih Tenth corps in the Arm Army of or tho the James except that in May Ia his division with wih tine the Eighteenth corps Joined tho the Army of or the tIne Potomac to participate In Inthe Inthe Intine the tine campaign and battle of ot Cold Harbor Harbor Har liar bor her and In tine the winter of or 5 1864 he lie went to tine the North Carolina coast and took toole part In the tine proceedings a against Fort Fisher including tIne the storming storming of ot tho the fort tort in January He lie remained In North Carolina until tho tine close cose of or the war iia arOn ar r On Onn his mis return from the tine army armr he me began hegan the tine practice of ot law In which he has bias since continued He lie le has inns twice served his state as ns attorney C general and Is a member of ot the tine board of ot regents of tine the Soldiers Soldiers' Soliers' Soliers and Sailors Sailors' mon mon- m Indiana Is presenting Comrade Ketcham for or commander In with tho the statement that tho the state has had only one in commander In tine the three forty-three years of ot the tho existence o of the tho order older and In presenting Comrade for or c In ln tho the comrades of tho the Department of ot Indiana foci feel that lint they thoy may properly claim that 1 Indiana Is entitled to first consideration at this time Her ler early appreciation of ot I Ithe the tine value of tho the organization or to the tine country and to soldiers of ot tho tine Union her effective service In inn Us its ts her contributions to the tine work and amid her bier numerical Importance caused It to bo ho conceded some half hal decade ago alO and that she should bo be honored with wih Its Us chief executive anti and the tine lamented Carnahan W was S named au as Its Us candidate HI ills His untimely untimely un un- un- un timely death Just before the date of oC the tho encampment placed tho tine badge e ot of mourning on oin their arms and until now they havo have not claimed the tine recognition then no so 10 generally considered their due Yo Vo fool feel that while wo we fully d t te the splendid comrades who have hav I C served as In ln and nad those who ho mo may now no noho ho be candidates forthe Ion for the place we offer and one who In strength of ot body end and Intellect character character char char- acter actor ns as soldier and citizen devotion to th tIme tho Grand Orand Arm Army of ot tine tho and and 1111 earnest desire to the tine ability unc farnest his time and means In economizing Its Is present present hit resources and building building- up and oven even more useful Its Is splendid spion- spion did organization Is 18 the tine poem peer of ot them alland all ni and In every ever way tray worth orth worthy of ot support ane l Following is Js tho ho Grand Granil Arm Army record of or the tine Indiana candidate Post chaplain chairman committees on State Stata Soldiers Soldiers' and Sailors Sailors' home boone and State Soldiers Soldiers' and anti Sailors Sailors' Orphans Orphan home Judge judge advocate department commander com coma mander delegate nt to several national encampments member national nation nation- naton- naton al ab council of ot administration chairman counci committee on resolutions member pension pension pen pon- sion slon and other committees TI His earnest and effective work on the pension committee com corn when the Increased limit of or widows widows' Incomes from 96 to O ami prid tine the passage e of or the hill bill hi and the thc spirited and forceful opposition to tho the monument proposition willbe will willbe be rem remembered II em he red by all aU the comrades and aro arc characteristic of ot his disposition and amI ability to do things for his comrades to which he believes the they arc Justly justy entItled en- en tItled Th The Tho campaign for or Mr Ir he Ketcham r t c I I is I backed backet h by tine tho following prominent Grany Arm Army men of or Indiana John D. D Alexander department commander com corn mander William W W. Dudley Edwin Nicer David N. N Foster Argus D D. Charles Charle M M. Travis Albert O. O Marsh Harvey Harvcy B. B n 1 Shively Henry M. M 1 I lor Cavior Daniel Ryan Rvan David E. E Deem Beem nn n Garrigus Geor George e W V. Grubbs and I B E. I R R. Drown Brown past pat department com coon I manders and b by Irvin past commander chief and vico senior II Armstrong past senior vice I commander ln I. I und and member national na na- tonal executive committee |
