Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 November 1897 — To be Organized in Battalions. [ARTICLE]

To be Organized in Battalions.

The G. A. R. department of Indiana has decided to organize the posts in the state into battalions. Each battalion is to composed of all the posts in each county and each congressional district to constitute a division. Colonel James S. Dodge, department commander, in his general order, No. 6, has named the comrades as district organizers, with instructions to begin the organization at once. The Tenth district is represented by J. E. Loughry, of Monticello.