Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 February 1914 — COMRADE CRAMPTON FOR DEPARTMENT COMMANDER [ARTICLE]

COMRADE CRAMPTON FOR DEPARTMENT COMMANDER

Delphi Editor Being Boosted by Boothroyd Post—Rensselaer Friends Join* Movement

Rensselaer friends of Editor A. B. Crampton, of Delphi, will give hearty endorsement to the endorsement given him by Boothroyd Post, No. 31, of that city, as a candidate for Commander of the Department of Indiana. “Del” Crampton, as he is well known throughout the state, is a man of wonderful vigor of body and mind, a giant in stature and with a jovial good feeling that has made his talks at Grand Army meetings and encampments among the best for many years. Only last month Comrade Crampton came to this city to install the new officers of the post. He is also a Knight of Pythias and has addressed the local Knights in meetings in years gone by. He is the editor of the Carroll County Citi-zen-Times, a democratic newspaper, and has been a champion of the cause of the old soldier in all matters of legislation and in every controversy. The following brief sketch of his army life is taken from a circular letter endorsing his candidacy, and Was sent out by James A. Neff, adjutant of Boothroyd Post: ‘Comrade AB. Crampton enlisted in 1861 as color-bearer of the 48th Indiana volunteers, served in the campaigns'" against Corinth, (Miss. Vicksburg, Miss., Chattanoogo, Tenn., Atlanta, Ga., and Sherman’s March to the Sea, and was discharged in July, 1865, by reason of the close of the war, as Ist lieutenant of Co. A, 48th Indiana. “We Want is expressly understood that this announcement is by the order of Boothroyd Post, G. A. R., No. 31, of Indiana, and not by soliciting of Comrade Crampton.”