Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 192, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 August 1919 — COL HEALEY IS HOME [ARTICLE]

COL HEALEY IS HOME

DISTINGUISHED ARMY OFFICER SPENDING LEAVE WITH HIS FAMILY. Col. George H. Healey arrived here this Friday morning and will spend about a week with his family and will then go to Camp Sherman, 0., wbere he will be mustered out of the service. The Colonel is in splendid health, looks but very 'little older, except that there is just a little more silver in his locks. He is not quite so heavy, but has the appearance of a real (fighter, for which he is sorry he did not have a Chance to demonstrate. The colonel held the highest rank in the waT of any man from Jasper county. Peculiar os it may seem, he reached the rank in this war which his father occupied in the civil war, that of colonel, and more strange is the fact, that like his father, he was colonel of the 151st infantry. The colonel is a native of Jasper county. He received his schooling here, lacking but a few months of graduating from the local high school.

Opportunities knocked so heavily at his door that he was unable to resist, and, very much to the disappointment of his classmates, he deserted them during the senior year which was in 1890 and 1891. j The colonel has had a varied experience, during most of which time he was associated with the printing and newspaper business. He was employed awhile on a paper in Tennessee and later worked in the government printing office at Washington, D. C. He owned and published a paper at Brookston and later was connected with the Rensselaer Republican, first as an employe of George E. Marshall, afterwards a part owner with Mr. Marshall and when the Republican and Journal, the latter owned iby Leslie Clark, were combined he became a partner with Mr. Clark. The firm name was Healey & Clark. Colonel Healey was always interested in military affairs. During 1 the Spanish-American war he was the important factor in raising a company of men in White county, but through trickery the command was 'given to another. That Jasper county had a fine lot of men ready for duty at the entrance of the United States in the late war was due to the fact that Colonel Healey had given to our company, known as Go. M., the training and enthusiasm which they P °Upon the call to. duty, Colonel Healey sacrificed his business and let go splendid opportunities for financial success. HSs ability ‘could mot be overlooked and he was rapidly promoted from captain to major and finally to colonel and had he been given the opportunity to win the spurs he would have been promoted to higher ranks. The colonel is so well known and so universally loved by the people of this part of Indiana that his splendid ability will be given ample opportunity and undoubtedly there is in store for this distinguished gentleman and soldier a position worthy of his mettle and expressive of the appreciation of his fellow citizens. , ... The colonel was very popular with ihis “boys” and they are sure not to be, silent and inactive when the colonel’s interests are at stake. The colonel has the ability to serve well his people, either in the highest office within., the gift of the people of his native state or in the house of representatives of the nation.