Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 June 1911 — LAFAYETTE LAIR. [ARTICLE]

LAFAYETTE LAIR.

Its Organization to Be Feature of the U. S. W. V. Encampment. Lafayette, Ind., May'3l.—At a meeting yesterday afternoon of the executive committee of the annual encampment of the United Spanish War Veterans of Indiana the program for the encampment in this city on June 5 and 6 was fully arranged. The two days program is full of interesting features. One of the leading attractions is the institution of a Lafayette lair of the Military Order of the Serpent. A class of several hundred candidates will be initiated. All of the posts of the organization in the state will send large delegations to the Lafayette meeting. Ft. Wayne’s delegation will make a determined effort to elect William F. Ranke of that city department commander. He is now senior vice-commander of the Indiana department. Department Commander Thomas J. Louden of Bloomington; Department Adjutant William M. Lowden, of Bloomington; Judge- Advocate W ilbur Ryman, of Muncie; Past Commander-in-Chief William E. English, of Indianapolis; Past Department Command* er Russell 8.. Harrison, of Indianapolis; Past Department Commander Frank C. Kibbe, of Richmond, and many other leaders of the organization will be here for the meeting.