Rensselaer Republican, Volume 17, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 April 1885 — Resolutious of Sympathy for the Old Commander. [ARTICLE]

Resolutious of Sympathy for the Old Commander.

Head Quarters Rensselaer Tost No. 84, Deft, of Ini>. G. A. R. Rensselaer, Ind. April 10, 1885. To the Officers and Comrades of said Post: We, the committee appointed to draft resolutions expressive of the sense of this Post regarding the sickness of Gen. Grant, beg leave to submit the following report: Whereas, —Our late Commander in the war of the Rebellion —recognized "by the nations of the world as one of the greatest ot soldiers and statesmen —is now battling with a foe which must inevitably couquer, while a nation almost breathlessly awaits the certain issue; tberefoie Resolved: —That Rensselaer Post, No. 84, Department of Indiana Grand Army of the Republic, recoguizs the eminent services rendered by General U. S. Grant to our beloved country in the hour of her greatest need, and hereby tender our cordial sympathy to him and his. in their time ot trial and affliction, and our profound regrets thmfc *ve arc powerless to do more. liespecifully submitted in F. C. & L. J. A. llUrriliitm, i J. M. Clark, [-Committee. J. C. Porter, > Adopted by unanimous vote of the Poet

Chas. P. Hopkins,

HORACE E. JAMES,

Post Commander.

Post Adjf.