Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 May 1902 — Rensselaer Post No. 84, G. A. R., Is No More. [ARTICLE]

Rensselaer Post No. 84, G. A. R., Is No More.

Among other things done by the rulers of the G. A. R.. at the state meeting this week was the annulling of the charter of Rensselaer Post No. 84, and deciding that the “Ladies of the G. A. R.” was not an auxiliary of the G. A. R.; that the only recognized auxiliary was the Women’s Relief Corps, etc. This action was brought about by the trouble in the ranks of the G. A. R., W. R. C., and Ladies of the G. A. R., or Milroy Circle, at Rensselaer, and the old G. A. R., post is completely knocked out by this action, while the recently organized Guthridge Post, composed of members who left Rensselaer Post No. 84 because of the trouble between the two ladies’ orders is the only recognized G. A. R. post in Rensselaer, the old post having now to surrender its charter. It is probable that this action will only add fuel to the bitter feeling existing between many members of these orders. Later, iu conversation with some of the members of the old Post we learn that it is the intention to appeal to the national officers, that in the meantime the Post will go right along as if nothing had happened, and will not give up its charter. Subscribe for The Democrat.