Mr. Bigelow will be the third state commander from the Windham post.

He was chosen state commander in 1921.

But the plan to shut headquarters is likely to rankle some state commanders, governors and members of Congress, analysts said.

He also was state commander of the American Legion.

After the war he would state state commander of the Missouri American Legion.

Kimball returned to Indiana, where he became associated with the newly organized Grand Army of the Republic, serving as its first state commander.

In 2009 the Michigan Militia Corps was re-founded and elected a new state commander.

He was past state commander of the Arkansas American Legion and an officer the organization's National Commission on Americanism.

He served as the state commander of the Grand Army of the Republic for the Department of Iowa.

He also served as state commander of the American Legion.