Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 October 1902 — NEW COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE G. A. R. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

NEW COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE G. A. R.

Gen, Thomas Jnniison Stewart of Norristown, l’n.,'who was elected comniand-er-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, has been adjutant geenral of the State of Pennsylvania since 1895. He served ns a private in the One Hundred and Thirty-eighth regiment, Pennsylvania volunteers, during the Civil War, mid In 18<i8 became an officer of the National Guard, to which lie fins always been devoted. From 1882 to 1889 he was assistant adjutant general G. A. R. of Pennsylvania, department commander in 1890, and 1898-1900 he was adjutant general of the Grand Army. Gen. Stewart was l-oru in Ireland in 1848 and was educated in the public schools of Norristown, which has always been his home. He is unmarried.

GENERAL T. J. STEWART.