Salt Lake Democrat | 1885-08-12 | Page 4 | Mormons Cannot Join the G. A. R.

Mormons Cannot Join the G A R o A call on Captain Barley this morning resulted in learning that a Quartermaster Quartermas-ter of the Grand Army of the Republic here he refused t make out U application applica-tion for Francis Johnson of Midway to join the G A R because in the Grand Encampment at Denver two years ago it was officially ruled that no Mormon could become a member of the G A R Captain Cap-tain Bailey was obliged to refuse the applicant ap-plicant not on account of religion but the because government of the Mormon attitude toward