Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 97, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 April 1920 — CAPT. HAGINS BECOMES MEMBER OF CIVIL WAR SOCIETY [ARTICLE]

CAPT. HAGINS BECOMES MEMBER OF CIVIL WAR SOCIETY

Captain J. L. Hagins, of this city, has just received a certificate of membership in the Society of the Army of the Cumberland, of which he is very proud. Capt. Hagins applied for membership over a year ago, and his application followed his attending a convention at the Society’s headquarters in Chattanooga. The Society was founded shortly after the civil war by Major General George H. Thomas and was comprised of a large membership. However, the ranks of the society have dwindled steadily year after year as the boys „in blue have marched to their eternal reward until now there are but a few surviving members of the organization, made up of the veterans who participated in the battles of the Cumberland! Capt. Hagins expects to purchase one of the official badges of the society which cost about thirty-five dollars. The badge consists of a star pointed upward, on the inside of which is a triangle surrounding an acorn. The star rests on asilk ribbon of red, white and blue. At the top of the ribbon is a small gold design bearing the words: “Army of the Cumberland.”