Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 174, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 August 1917 — CIVIL WAR VETERANS TO CELEBRATE [ARTICLE]

CIVIL WAR VETERANS TO CELEBRATE

Tippecanoe County Soldiers Association Plan of Big Time. ' The decimated ranks of Civil War veterans has caused an increasing number of Grand Army posts to surrender their charters. A wider field is necessary to gather into one company a number great enough to attract attention. Three years ago the yeterans of Tippecanoe county organized for greater work, a movement that included all defenders of the flag—all loyal citizens. It has been a success from the beginning. The third annual encampment of the Tippecanoe County Soldiers’ Association will be held in the beautiful Columbian Park, Lafayette, Thursday, August 30, *1917. Among the distinguished patriots to grace the occasion will be Hon. S. M- Bench, of Fort Wayne, department commander of the G< A. R.; Anna Unison Daily, department president, Ladies of the G. A. R., and Edna E. department president, Woman’s Relief Corps. This is sufficient announcement to bring members from patriotic organizations from surrounding counties. David- Yeoman, of Rensselaer, has been named as a “fraternal aid” with instructions to bring Jasper county to Lafayette Aug. 30. Speakers from abroad will be heard in the afternoon. I. S. Wade, an enthusiast in whatever he undertakes, is president of the association, and he extends an invitation to everyone who loves the Stars and Stripes. He would be glad to organize Newton and Jasper counties into one soldiers’ association.