Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 July 1908 — GRAND ARMY MEN PROTEST [ARTICLE]

GRAND ARMY MEN PROTEST

They Object to the Promotion Backward of a Veteran in tbe Postal Service. Washington. July 10.—Protests have been made among Grand Army veteians as the result of the announcement that Captain Newton H. Brooks, superintendent of foreign mails in the postoffice department, is to-be transferred to a subordinate position in tbe department, with Basil Miles, of Pennsylvania. now third secretary of embassy at Berlin, as his successor. At an informal meeting of the GT. A. R. men indignation was expressed over the change. A meeting of Grand Army veterans has been called for tonight, when resolutions will be adopted asking the president to prevent the supercession of Captain Brooks. Captain Brooks is past commander of the department of the Potomac and a past master of the Union Soldiers’ Alliance, as well as a member of the Loyal Legion and the Sons of tiie American Revolution.