National Republican., 1883-09-13

furnish a list of the soldiers from the states of
Maryland and Virginia who were pensloneu nnleI
my special act of congress, or who were pensioned
inder state laws. IL Is suggested, however, that
ome information relative To this latter class OF
pensioners might be obtained from the adJutaut
yenera or auditor general of the state from which
.he IN en- were enlisted. -.
The regular army in the war Of 1872 was com |
posed of ffty-three regiments, classified rs fol- |
lows; Forty.Six regiments of infantry, one COM I
pnuy of light artillery, one company oi heaYy |
artillery one OF drdgoons aud i9ar oi r,es ST. aye ai
In the third auditors ohlce ana submitted TO the
twenty fourth congress, tho militia, rangers ana
in said war consisted of i7l622 officers
and men. Regarding this last statement, however,
IL must be borne In mind that many OF tho men
short tours OF service az different
periods but In said report each separate service is
credited rs having been performed by an indi-
vidual who had never rendered any other service,
and, therefore, the statement must be greatly ~
excess of the actual number of men who entered
and served In the war.
There areno doubt many cases of interest on hle
but without considerable research, the only cases
of prominence that can be at present thought OF
are those of Gen. John A. Dix, former governor of
the state of New York, who was n pensloner for
services in the of 1912 at tho date of his DEATH
and whose widow is now in receipt of his his PEN
sion, and of Mrs. Julia g. Tyler widow of ex-
President. Tyler, who until recently, when by
widow of an ex. president of the United States
was in receipt of pension for the services of her
husband In the Virginia militia IN said sa war, war:
Acting Commissioned
JAMES LAwRENsoN, ESQ, Postomce department,
Washington, ID. T.
At the conclusion, of the reading, which
was listened to with interest, Mr.. Lawrenson
explained that he had been favored with a
copy of tho last annual report of the commits
sioner of PENSIONS from which he had alb
stracted the following items of special inter-
est to the veterans of the war of 1912:
Total number of applications ON the roll,
including "invalids' for the fiscal year end
ing June 80, 1852, 34,533 widows, AZ, 1913
total number filed, 1866. Claims allowed to
survivors, 25,6l1; widows, 80, 556 total claims
allowed, 5S,l6L Continuing he added: The
report also contains the names of So surviving
widows of revolutionary soldiers and sailors,
who are pensioners, and their places of resi-
dence. / would like to have had the time to
have secured tho entire list of these honored
matrons. As it is, the following will still
touch a chord in many patriotic hearts in
the respective localities:
Maine has 3, New Hampshire B. Vermont 5,
Massachusetts 1 (Margarct Cutter, of Town
send, Middlesex county,, Pennsylvania 7
Nancy Buckalow, Northumberland; Eliza
beth Betz, Harrisburg; Margaret Beach and
Margaret Milligan, Philadelphia; Mary Nj.
Dickey, Townsend; Elizabeth Coulter, Lam
caster, and Elizabeth Linn, Dewant, Nor
thumberland county.
Ohio has A. New York 10, Tennessee o,
North Carolina 10, Georgia 7, South Carolina
3, Mississippi 1, Nebraska l, Kansas 2, and
Indiana 3. Virginia 10 phoebe Cyrus, APP
pomattox Court House; Catharine Lumpkin,
Penhook; Eleanor Lowe, Abingdon; Eliza
beth Lipford, Chatham; Frances Mcacham,
Christiansburg; Rebecca Mayo, Newbern I;
Sarah Owens Bristol; Mary Snead, Accomac;
Susan Tulloh, Mount Carmel; Sally Balm, New
Ferry. West Virginia, (Sarah s. Campbell,
Big Clear Creek, Greenbrier; Elizabeth Fuller,
Purgitsville; Mary Kimball, Saint Mary's, and
Jane Martin, Clarksburg.
When the above had been read the brave
old soldiers with hearty will adopted reso-
luton of thanks to the commissioner of PEN
sions and his assistants for their kind and
prompt efforts in contributing to their pleas
ure.
Regrets were expressed for the absence of
their absent brothers, Mast, Sims Evans, and
Anderson.
Tho meeting then adjourned, and, in
obedience to an order from the host. the
veterans made an onslaught upon the elegant
dinner, and the viands were rapidly driven
from the field. They were engaged in this
pleasing conflict when the reporter essayed
to depart
Looking up suddenly with q mouthful Of
ice cream, Mr. Clark asked
"Where is that young man goingW
"To his place of business, sir" answered q
member; hes newspaper reporter and very
busy"
"Tut, but don't let him go yet. Tell him
to wait until we have sung the Star Spangled
Banner
'Who's to sing it ?" asked Capt Moore with
blush. "I can't sing"
81 will try it," jolly Uncle Jimmie Law.
renson responded, and so between them all
tho famous national anthem was rendered
with vim, and though some of tho voices
were perhaps little bit cracked, the enthu-
siasm of the singers did not lack force.
John d. Clark, now in the ninety-third
year of his age, was born in Clarksburg Har-
rison county, West Virginia, April 8, 1871.
His father, James Clark, revolutionary SOL
dier, was also native American, and his
family consisted of eight boys, John ID. and
younger brother, aged SS years old, being
the only surviving members of tho family.
John ID. moved to Georgetown, 1872, and en-
gagged in the business of coppersmith. He
married there, and his wife died at the age OF
81 years. He resided in Georgetown until
1888 Prior to the war of 1912 he commanded
several militia organizations and subse-
quently was commander of the Mechanical
Rifles, of Georgetown, who assisted at the re-
ccption of Lafayette in 1924, when the
latter visited the United States.
The subject of this sketch enlisted in the
war of 1912 with other volunteer district
troops, and served gallantly. With others
he was discharged as volunteer July 49, 1914
Subsequently he rendered his services to Mai
George Peter, in August of the same year. A
gunner in Peters's artillery having been dis
placed, Clark was placed in charge of his
gun, and il now the only surviving member
of that company who participated in the
skirmsh at Long Old Field Aug. 23
1S1l battle Bladensburg, Aug. "a, and sack
ing of Washington, Aug. "a and %, 1914. Among
other members of that company who were
also engaged in the above, who survived until
only "A few years ago, were George Peabody
the London banker; Francis S. Key, author
of the Star Spangled Banner; Judge James s.
Morsell, r, p. Dunlap, Judge James Dunlap,
John Dickinson, George II. Gather, and John
Marbury. Mr.. Clark, among his friends
used to frequently speak ofthe siege of Wash
ington, which he, like many others, main,
tanned would have resulted quite differently
had there been more harmony and better
discipline. OF that event an account pub
lished many years ago says:
"The capture of the city of Washington and
the destruction of the public buildings by the
| British army took place on Aug. "a, 1914
| The conduct of the troops of the district on
| the occasion has been uniustly, and by some
willtully, misrepresented, and made the cause
of much error aud prejudice. The troops
brought to defend the city were well enough
and might have made good soldiers if there
had been union, concentration, and energy
among the leaders. Civil and military au.
thority and influence were jumbled together
and confusion, defeat, and disgrace followed
| The blame was shifted from one to the other
| Error and gross errors rested somewhere
| The whole country was mortified at such an
event, although it reelected no great honors
on the enemy. These calumnies were un-