...Encampment, when so assembled, shall effect a permanent Department organization. ARTICLE XI. Politics. No officer or comrade of the Grand Army of the Republic...discussion of partisan questions shall be permitted at any meeting of the Grand Army of the Republic, and no nominations for political offices shall be made....

...until the last of the soldiers of the Republic have been " mustered out : " [ARTICLE XI, CHAPTER VI " No officer or comrade of the Grand Army of the Republic, shall in any manner nse the organization for partisan purposes, and no discussion of partisan questions shall be permitted...

...partisan purposes." One year later an amendment to the rules and regulations was adopted, declaring that "no officer or comrade of the Grand Army of the Republic...shall any nominations for political office be made." Among the men who during the days of their service gave much thought to the idea of perpetuating the...

...permanently organized, without orders from the Commander-in-Chief. "5 ARTICLE XI.—CHAPTER V. 121. POLITICS. No officer or comrade of the Grand Army of the Republic...be permitted at any of its. meetings, nor shall any nomination for political office be made. ARTICLE XII.—CHAPTER V. 122. RELIEF FUND. A Relief Fund...

...schemes or measures foreign to its legitimate purpose. The ninth article of our Rules and Regulations, which reads as follows : " No officer or comrade of...Grand Army of the Republic shall in any manner use the organization for partisan purposes, and no discussion of partisan questions shall be permitted...

...Regulations was adopted, wherein politics especially was prohibited, viz: Article XI, Chapter V: " ' No officer or comrade of the Grand Army of the Republic...be permitted at any of its meetings, nor shall any nomination* for political office be made.' « OBJECTS M( The objects to be accomplished by this organization...

...deemed best at the annual encampment, held that year in Cincinnati, to adopt the following rule: " No officer or comrade of the Grand Army of the Republic...meetings, nor shall any nominations for political purposes be made." It is one thing to pass such a resolution, and quite another to carry it out iu...

...organization for partisan purposes." In 1869, the following Article was added to the Rules and Regulations : " No officer or comrade of the Grand Army of the Republic...shall any nominations for political office be made." This has continued to be the law of the Grand Army of the Republic, and under it the organization has...

...on May 12, 1869, adopting the revised Ritual and Rules, and incorporating this important article: " No officer or comrade of the Grand Army of the Republic...shall any nominations for political office be made." Again we see General Logan's earnest face, and hear his resolute voice as he pronounces his annual...

...Rules and Regulations. OPINION 8. DRA 1890. Article II, Chapter 5, Rules and Regulations, provides: "No officer or comrade of the Grand Army of the Republic...discussion of partisan questions shall be permitted. . . . nor shall any nomination for political office be made." It will not, I think, be disputed that...