Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 May 1904 — Spanish War Veterans Elect. [ARTICLE]

Spanish War Veterans Elect.

Chicago, May 23. —Nearly sixty delegates were present at the annual meeting of the naval and military order of the Spanish-American war held at the Stratford hotel. The Illinois commandery met in an adjoining room and a banquet followed. Colonel E. F. Clark of Springfield, Mass., was elected commander-in-chief and Major Lawrence M. Ennis, commander for Illinois. Brigadier General Fred Grant spoke at the banquet.