Show EX r GARDNER ELECTED I HEAD OF G. G AI A. R. R D Detroit troit Chosen as Meeting b Place o of f National Encampment Encamp Encamp- moot ment Next Year I Tenn Sept 19 19 1 CHATTANOOGA i Former United States Con Congressman Wn Washington h Gardner o of Albion Mich lIch was 18 elected today toda- commander In chief chiet of the Grand Army of the nf Republic at atthe the tho final business session at the forty forty- annual encampment Detroit Mich was selected as the meeting meeting- place for tor tho the 1914 1 Oth Other r officers elected by tho the national organization were Thomas H H. Seward Guthrie Okla senior vice commander William I L. L Rowe PIttsfield Mass junior vice commander J J. J K Weaver caver Morristown Pa surgeon con general nn and Horace M. M 1 Carr Parsons lan Kan chaplain chaplain chap chap- lain Jain general Tho The commander In chief announced the appointment of ot Oscar A. A James Detroit Mich as adjutant general and Colonel D. D R R. of ot Buffalo NT N. Y yas as ter general g Commander In Chief Gardner was 1 b born rn In Morrow county Ohio In February February Feb Feb- ru ry 1845 1545 At tho the age of ot 16 ho he enlisted on- on listed Ilsted in company D Goth Ohio volunteer volunteer volunteer volun volun- teer Infantry Ho lie served continuously from tram 1861 1561 under Buell In tho the arm army of oC the Ohio under Rosecrans in the arm army of the Cumberland and under Thomas and Sherman in the tho campaign against Atlanta until disabled b by a gunshot during the battle o of Resaca 1 May 1864 For several years ears after tho the I war ar Commander Gardner attended college college college col col- lege lege- and later was a professor proCessor In Albion college Mich He Ho served sor for Cor five years as secretary of state for or I Michigan and for twelve years represented represented the Third Michigan district in Congress Only delegates were admitted to an any of the Ule official sessions of f the encamp encamp- ment meat but it is understood that General Gardners Gardner's nearest opponent was Colonel C. C E. E A Adams ams of oC Superior Neb Nob The Tho Grand Arm Army tabled what was termed the tho Torrance resolution Introduced Introduced introduced Intro Intro- by General Ell Eli Torrance of or Minnesota providing federal aid for confederate soldiers' soldiers homes on the ground that the tho matter was for Cor congressional congressional con con- gressional l action |