Rensselaer Journal, Volume 12, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 July 1902 — For G. A. R. Commander. [ARTICLE]

For G. A. R. Commander.

Washington dispatch: The department of the Potomac, G. A. R., Has a candidate for commander in chief of the order. He is John McElroy. Mr. McElroy has been a member of the organization for thirty-six years. His military record covered the period from October, 1862, to the close of the war. He was a prisoner at Andersonville and other places. He has had editorial control of papers of national reputation for twenty-eight years.