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Russell Harrison Was A Soldier

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Day
5
Month
August
Year
1898
Copyright
Public Domain
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Ex-President Harrison's son, Russell, in a letter to a St. Louis paper, denies the statement that he is without military experience, citing a membership of more than ten years in the Pennsylvania, Indiana and Montana National Guards, during which time he saw active service. In reference to nis recent military appolntment he says: "I do not think I have received at the hands of the president consideration beyond my experience." Furthermore, he says that his father, who went into the civil war as a colonel, had had absolutely no previous military experience and he points with, suggestive pride to the record which the ex-president made.-

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Ann Arbor Argus
Old News