Democratic Sentinel, Volume 12, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 May 1888 — JOE JOHNSTON A G. A. R. MAN. [ARTICLE]

JOE JOHNSTON A G. A. R. MAN.

E. D. Baker Post, of Philadelphia, Elects Him an Honorary Member. Philadelphia, April 2*—The announcement is made here this morning that General Joseph E. Johnston, the highest in rank of living officers of the Confederate Army, was, on Thursday night last, unanimously elected an honorary member of E. D. Baker Post, No. 8, G. A. 8., of this city. The election was brought about upon the receipt of a letter• reading: “For the purpose of permitting me to participate in the noble work of charity performed by the t omrades of the Grand Army of the Republic, I hereby make appffication for contributing membership in your post. Inclosed please find $lO for one year’s dues.’ Tlie petition was unaccompanied by any other communication and when presented to the members of the post, if went through with a rush, amid the cheers of the 200 veterans present. General Johnston is the only exConfederate soldier who has ever been received into the ranks of a Grand Army Post. Breathe the news gently to In galls and his backers. E. D. Ba_ ker Post will go down to zero in the estimation of the excessively loyal “bloody-shirt” crowd.

Rev. John S. Howk, eldest son of Judge Howk, of the Supreme Court of Indiana, graduates in a a few days from Princeton Theological Seminary. He has accepted a call from Pitts Creek Church Maryland, one of the most important churches of that Presbytery. , ,