Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 May 1912 — STATE HAPPENINGS RECORDED IN BRIEF [ARTICLE]

STATE HAPPENINGS RECORDED IN BRIEF

NEWS ITEMS FROM ALL OVER INDIANA. G. A. R. ELECT OFFICERS Capt. Frank Swigart of Logansport Is Chosen Department Commander —lndianapolis Selected as Encampment City in 1913. South Bend, May 24 With the election of officers and the selection of Indianapolis— aS—the 1913 encampnient city, the Indiana G. A. R. brought its annual reunicSi to a close, the encampment being the most successful held within the last ten years, both from a standpoint of attendance and entertainment. The election of officers resulted as follows; Department commander, Capt. Frank Swigart, Logansport; senior vice-com-mander, W. B. Gorsuch, South Bend; junior vice-commander, V. V. Williams, Bedford; chaplain. Rev. R. C. Jones, Knightstown ; medical director, Dr. Henderson Brown, Indianapolis; council of administration, F. J. Van Vorls, Indianapolis; C. A. Somers, Kokomo; O. D. Van Arsdale, Madison; John H. Hoffman, Ligonier; J. C. Gordon, Argos.