Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-06-11
THE LOYAL ERoKoN.
The Minnesota cOmmandsry Organized
with Fitting Ceremonies.

With due ceremonies tbs Minnesota stats
commandsry Of cha military order u the Loyal
legion af the Initial stars Of which Gen. "
\ Hammock il president wVs f0rmalls 1rginl2ed
NJ e. paaL Tho acting commander ia chief,
with good number Of visitors, prominent OH
Gers Iurlng the war, and as rule more or less
we'll known in civil life were present
The twenty nine members whrsG applied
tons fgr .arulbessllp had been favafahiy coz
+.EaTad HarG elected Ito due form aHl vested
with the ribbon ~ the order, a sOr1ewhat eabo-
rate ragalia "a the national s0tors, worn
around the neck The members elected we're
the following:
Capt Edward Simont0n, late Fourth c \
infantry: Col ard Brit Brig. Daniel Leasure
100 Pennsylvania infantry; Col Glover Perrin,
assistant surgeon general Z. 3 A Capt
Charles kItteIsOU, Tenth AJnnesUta infantry
Capt. EdE ard Corning, captain assistant quar-
termastgr, I s. yOlunJaers, LIeuE Lu,hman
Kellogg Davis TBgnty~eighth Wisconsin in
flutry Captain Harvey, Officer First Anneso-
q artillery: Capt John Wander HuuCk,
Veteran Reserve corps, Col aud Brit Brig
Gen w. r. Marshall, seventh Minnesota in
fanFy; IT. William II. DiTqnr Second s.. ;
falDFed Artillery; Lieut. n 81 ElBlsdell,
TYelfin L. : cDiOrsd artillery; Brit MAJ
John Kellihar, C. q army, lrenrgd)
MAI Frederick Won Baumbaeh, Thlr-y attn
H.
Gentry, Twenty fifth Z. ) infantry Capt
Chester G. Higbeo, Twelfth Wisconsin, c&TG
D. " Gilmore, Third Pennsylvania cavalry
Mai J. H. Murphy, surgeon Eighth Mime
sofa infantry; Capt Z. w. Wilson, First
Minnesota mCuuted rangers; Col Charles 2,
Kerr Sixteenth Illinois infantry Col and
Brit Brig Gen r ". McIaren, Second Mime
sofa cavalry; Mr.. Charles ). Gilbert sOa Of
the late Col Samuel A. Gilbert, colonel Forty
fourth Ohio infantry; Lieut.. Alfred b. john
son, lieutenant twenty 9th Z. s infantry. son
Of Companion Brit MAJ Gen. r. ". Johnson,
Z. 4 Gen, H. H. sibiey Gen. 81 Appleton,
Gen. W Smith, Capt n A. Castle W. r.
Brown, Rev Clay McCauIey, Capt + 4 Reed
AL were present except Gov Hubbard, eX-
Gov. DAVIS and Maj. Won Baumbsch. AtteF
slectiou ta NambeTship the following officers
% tire Minnesota coTnmandery we're elected for
the ensuing ysac:
Commander. Brit MAJ Cen John b san
born, T. 3 v senior vice commander, Brit
Brig L F. Hubbard, e. ) V. junior vice com
mandcr, Brit Brig Gen. J W. Bishop, e. 4 Y t;
recorder, Brit, Maj GooFgs @ WMts, e 4 A !
Registrar, Capt G. W. Hackett z, $ v,
treasurer, Lent Albert Scheffsr, q. 4, ";
chancellor MAJ G. w. Baird T. : A: chap
Isin, Edward d. Neil, q. \ Y; council
Brit Maj Gen r. W. Johnson, g. 4 A ;
BIT. Brig, Gen. S. P. Jennison, e. ) Y; Brit
Coz. charles Santzonl, Z. =. A. {; Maj Charles
J. Allen, Z. : A. Capt w. ". Braden, q. ;.
v
A banquet followed at the Metropolitan Hotel,
a. which the visitors and members-eiect
enumerated above Gen. Terry, Col Alden and
Capt J. A. Reed, were among the guests, Let
tors and kilograms we're read from the COM
nIander-in-chief Of the order, ". j. Hancock,
Gen Joseph T. Hawley, Rear Admiral Jenkins,
Gen. Stewart Van FlIet, Gen. " G. MelgS, GeTl.
s P Halablrd, Gen. Charles = Henderson,
Gen o. " Poe Wisconsin; also from the cOm-
- In ~
Goldman Of Boston: the commaHdery Of Ohio
by Is commander, X b. Hayes, aud from tRe
eommandery Of New York, BY its commander,
Gen t. = Grant
Speeches we're made by Gen. sanboru, Gen.
A 4 Chctlain Of Chicago, Hon f, VI Wiisol
Of Minneapolis, EX- Grow. FaiFchI3d Of Wu-csn-
ain, Capt p H. keyser Of PhIadeinhiA, Gen.
n u. Thomas o. Chicago, Gen Stephenson Of
H. ETC.
On tho asy after Lincoln was aszassinated,
On tho 18th u April, in 1850, the order had it,
origin, when A liGtla party Of officers 10 wash
appropriate resolutions. Then and there 10
was resolved TO form an organization
that should perpetuate, il nothing else,
at least the feeling Of loyalty 70 the
government II was founded On the
same ideas az related 10 tie war % the rebel
lion a was the order Of the Cincinnati 70 the
revolution Starting then, il has gradual
manderies In Massachusetts,, New York,
Pennsylvania. Ohio Michigan, Illinois, Wis
oOnsiH, Minnesota, California, and the DIS
trict % Columbia, and IT, membership
Is now upward Il four Thousand. There
ara three classes Of membership namely ok
officers Of the army and navy, oldest sons Of
officers and prominent civilians the latter be
ing admttcd in the ratio Of one for every
thirty three Of membership in each command
cry. Recently a step has been taken to per
peiuAte the order, . provision having been
made whereby the oldest sons OF the daugh-
tiers Of any officers may become members.
General good fellowship il one % it,
objects and badges, different for the var
fous classes Of members arc worn, the sight Of
one o. which Is a passport % tbs unbOunded
hospitality d the brotherhood The order
embraces nearly an Of the prominent Officers
Of the Union army, and though the lIst a.
communicates IL 40 limited, there are mem.
bers 10 nearly every state in the Union who
have become members in states where com
nrandenss exist IL is expected and efforts
are nov being made 70 organize commander
LEE in Bansas and Iowa.
At 81 Paul, Judge Sim0ns denies the peti.
ton Of Daniel b. Yermilye for a divorce.
The special conductors train makes the run
from 81 Paul 70 Elroy, I9s miles, IN four
hours ffty-nine minutes, the fastest time
ever made on the Omaha road
Ova Cook OF Rochester has been granted a
pension Of sloper month and back pay amount
ing 10 over 800
Efforts are being made 70 secure the pardon
Of William Otto, sentenced from Stearns coun-
~ for five and half years, for murder He
has eleven months yet % serve
Fw RiedaI Of Brown Lake, ReuviIls coun-