Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 April 1895 — G. A. R. DEPARTMENTS REPORT. [ARTICLE]

G. A. R. DEPARTMENTS REPORT.

They Show a Net Lobs of About 3,300 Members in 1894. The national headquarters of the Grand Army of the Republic in Rockford, 111., has received reports from forty-one departments, all except those of Arkansas, Kentucky, Oklahoma and Utah. They show the following figures: Members in good standing June 30, 1894365,442 Gain by muster in 6,906 Transfers 2,548 Reinstatements 21,624 T0ta1387,066 Loss by death 3,418 Honorable discharges 721 Transfers 2,738 Suspensions•. 16,280 Dishonorable discharges 67 Delinquent reports 1,902 Number remaining in good standing Dec. 31, 1894.,.361,940 Net loss 3,502 Samuel Woodworth, the author of the “Old Oaken Bucket” and other poems, was called the American Goldsmith, on account of a resemblance In character to the authof of the “Deserted Village.”' Carnlvous animals seldom produce more than two young at a birth.