The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-03-08
Left-Hsnd Penmanship by Disabled SOlu
dIers- kenOIt of the Committee.

The committee to award prizes for the best
lctt-hand penmanship by soldiers and sailors
who have lost the use of their right arms by
amputation or permanent disability during the
late war for The Union, have submitted their
report in which they speak in terms Of the
highest satisfaction of the enterprise and in
complimentary manner of its originator, William
GLAND Bourne, Esq, who contributed the
fund by his individual subscription of five
hundred dollars. They also speak with pleasure
of the large number of competitors, as indica-
tive of the interest taken in the matter, and of
the praiseworthy ambition of our manned
soldiers and sailors to fit themselves for such
duties in life as they are Intellectually qualified
for. Some of the specimens exhibited are said
to be of great excellence, and even evidences of
artistic taste. Following are the awards of the
prizes and the names of those who have received
honorable mention:-
FIRST CLASS.
First Prize-$20O, to Franklin H. Durrah
private, Company +, 3lst Pennsylvania Infantry,
Philadelp hia Pa.
Second Prize-$l5O, to Z. M. Jennings, private,
Company A. both New York Infantry, Portage
vile, Wyoming county, N. Y.
Third Prize-$l00, to George Q. White, Cap
tain, Company ID, LIT Illinois Artillery, and AS
sistant Quartermaster, Richmond, Va.
Fourth PrlZe-S50, to William Mulhall, pri-
vate, Battery X, U. s. Artillery, Washington,
d. G.
SECOND CLAss-PENMANsHIP.
Tacenty-f0e Dollars.
A. L. Mabbitt, Captain, Company l, oath Conn.,,
Rochester, N Y.
Richard Miles, private Company H, 14Sth
Penna. Infantry, Harrisburg, Penna.
Iacenty Dollars.
John Stewart, sergeant, Company G, Sd N. j.
Infantry, Philadelphia, Penna
William S. Hanson, Jr., Captain, 49th N. Y.
Infantry, Paterson, n. J.
Frederick L. Barker, Captain Company II, 9Th
Michigan Infantry, New York city.
Frederick E. Dake, sergeant Company +, l39th
Pennsylvania Infantry, Washington, ID. G.
Frederick G. Barger, First Lieutenant Com
pany G., 49th N. Y. Infantry, Westfeld, n. Y.
j. S. Pendegra?t, private, Company f, 24th
Mass. Infantry North Truro, Mass.
Crhe award to MIR. Pendegrast is made for eX-
ceptional clrcums tances, having lost his right
arm, and two fingers and part of the thumb Of
the left hand.)
Ornamental Penmdnship
Thomas A. Perrue, second sergeant Company
G, l40th Penn. Int, Monroe, Butler county, OHIO
Frank G. YallereuX, private, Battery G, LIST ILL.,
Light Art Mount Sterling, Ill.
A. d. Whitehouse, private, Company ID, Sth
n. Y. s. NJ, New York city.
j. H. Raymond, Sergeant, Company A, Sd
Maine lnt., Augusta, Me.
ADDITIONAL PREMIUMS FOR LITERARY MERIT.
TlceatyfUe Dollars
Edward Hays, Lieutenant-Colonel, Goth Ohio,
Phineas p. Whitehouse, Corporal, Company
c, 9th N. H. Int., South Hampton, n. FL.
1asenty Dollars.
William NJ. Connor, private, Company G, 9th
Mich, Mount Clemens, Mich.
Henry Q. Allen, private, Company E, LIST Mass.
Cavalry, Chicago, Ill.
Louis j. Boos, Sergeant, Company B, 9th
Penn. Cavalry, Philadelphia, Pa.
William nj. Ee Camp, 1st Lieutenant, Com
pany G, 22d Iowa Infantry, Iowa City, Iowa.
Philip X. FauIk, Corporal, Company F, llth
Penn, YanKtown, Dacotah Territory.
David c. Gates, private, Company g. lst Ohio
Infantry, Portsmouth, Ohio.
Herman Baumhager, private, Company E, 9Th
Minnesota Infantry, Shakopee, Mimi.
Frank G. Otis, I'd Lieutenant, CompanyG, 10th
| Connecticut, Colchester, Conn.
Ira Broshears, private, Company b, 9th In
| diana Infantry, ROCkport, Ind.
Joseph Wiley Gelray, Colonel, 59th Alassa
chusetts Infantry, Lowell, Mass.
| HONORABLE MENTION.
Seldom G. Cobridge, New York city; James
| Mann, Alma G. W.: George w. Taylor, Washing
ton, D. c.; VIM. Mcleod, Hemlock Lake, N. "
| Lieut.. j. X. Byels. Springfield, Ill; Charles r.
| Port, Fort Hamilton, N. Y; Abram Wagner,
| Vernon, Ind; Ezra D. Hits Stone Mills, N. vi
! RUFUS l.. Robinson, Frankfort, N. Y.
| The Committee conclude their report by thank
| iug the generous contributors to the carry nc
out of the project the successful result OF which
| fan exceeded their expectations.
| The following are the names OF the Commitee,
| who deserve and viii receive the public thanks
for giving their valuable aid TO the completion
| OF this public good:--R. h. Fenton, Henry w
Bellows, w. G. Bryant, George William Curtis
| William e. Dodge Jr., Howard Potter, Iheodort
| Roosevelt, William GLAND Bourne. .-NeU forI
Times.
| - General Stephen Elliot, the Rebel com