Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 137, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 December 1904 — Col. Hammond Honored. [ARTICLE]

Col. Hammond Honored.

An a-s cDted psejss despatch frrm Washingt >n, D, C , st\s: “Ex-Conureesmau Steele, who accept d the governorshij o- ihe n brunch of the So’diers’ home, wil r- sign at once as a member of the National So d er J Home board. His succe-sor will be appi iuLd by an act of c -ogress aud will serve without pay. Represen ative Crumpaektr h«s seound the indorsement of tbe I d--iaoa deleg tion for Jnd-/e Hamm nd, of Lafaye t.e, and &il uige h-s fitness before the-house milttary c mm-ttee’’ Maj -r St e e has been elect d governor - f the M rion home and it is presumed thd Bamrru.td win receive. Bis a- poiutm-r.t at the pre-ent session of c ingrees Th > honor comes unrobe ted, maki g it all the mo e complimentary Hammond did not know that his name was b-ir.g considered until he saw the an nouncement in the newspapers, Judge Hammond is recogized as one of the aolest judhts in Indiaua. He occupied the bench of the Jaeper county cirouit court end served on the supreme court bsnch of Indiana. He is a mem-, ber of the State Bar, association and has held the position of president of that organization.

His record ns a soldier is ss bright as his record as an attorney. He enlisted at the beginning of the Civil war io the nintu ladiana Infantry and served with that command for three months. Later be was made colonel of the eighty seventh Indiana infantry and served with distinction in that cape oity until the olose of the. war He is an active Grand Army of the the L-*yicrn »nd,* ths -‘-‘ml