Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 October 1892 — WON BY WEISSERT. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

WON BY WEISSERT.

Chosen Commander-ln-Chlef of the Grand Army of the Republic. Gen. A. G. Weissert, of Milwauke®, Was chosen by acclamation to succeed Captain John Palmer as Commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic. The new Commander-in-chief was born Aug. 7, 1844, at Canfon, Stark County, Ohio, and removed to Wisconsin in 1849. He graduated at the high school at Racine and the University of Michigan, the last-named conferring the degree of LL. B. He enlisted early in September, 1861, in the Eighth Wisconsin (Live Eagle) Regiment Volunteer Infantry, and participated in all the many battles of that regiment up to the time of his discharge, serving over four years. He was brevetted for meritorious conduct In battle, and was seriously wounded

at the battle of Nashville, Tenn. His wounds have never healed. They are constantly open and at times very painful, the bullet still remaining in his leg. He joined the Grand Army in 1866, and is a member of E. B. Walcott Post, Milwaukee. He attends all the meetings when at homo and takes an active interest in all its affairs, has represented his post and department at numerous State and national encampments, was elected Department Commander of the Department of Wisconsin in 1888, and unanimously re-elected to succeed himself in 1889, but after his election as Senior Vice Commander-in-chief at Milwaukee he resigned the commandership, believing that the honors should go round. He is a member of the legal profession and has a large practice.