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Show G. A. R, Veterans Are Passing Away in Large Numbers NEW ORLEANS. La.. Feb. 18. The, number of members of the Grand Army of the Republic In the dpart-j nient ot MIlelpp and Louisiana has! been reduced to ;00 and tho veterans, aro passing away at tho rate of IB I per cent a year, according to Lewis Stephens Pllcher, commander-in-chief. Grand Army of the Republic' 'who Is on a tour of Inspection of tho Ot A. R. posts In the southern states. Mr. Pllcher declared that there were 90,000 members of the Gi A. R.j "till Itvinjr and that their average aire, throughout the countrv was "9" years. The largest membership he :-ald. was! In the states of New York. Pennsylvania Pennsyl-vania and Ohio, each, of which had about 10.000 veterans. |