Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-06-12
THE LOYAL LEGION.
The Minnesota Commandery Organized
with Fitting Ceremonies.

With due ceremonies tbs Minnesota State
commandery of the military order of the Loyal
Legion of the United States Of which Geu w.
s Hancock is president was formally organized
at St Paul The acting commander in chief,
with good number of visitors, prominent Off
GERS during the war, and as rule more or less
we'll known in civil life were present
The twenty nine members whose appica-
tons for membership had been favorably con-
sidered We're elected in due form ana vested
with the ribbon of the order, a somewhat eiabo-
rate regalia in the national colOrs, worn
around the neck. The members elected were
the following:
Capt Edward Simonton, late Fourth U. s.
infantry; Col and Brit Brig. Daniel Leasure,
100 Pennsylvania infantry; Col. Glover Perrin,
assistant surgeon general .. S. A.; Capt
Charles Kittelson, Tenth Minnesota infantry
Capt. Edward Corning, captain assistant quar-
Kellogg Davis, Twenty eighth Wisconsin in
fsntry; Captain Harvey, Officer First Minneso-
ta artillery; Capt John Wander Houck,
Veteran Reserve corps; Col and Brit Brig
Gen W. r. Marshall, Seventh Minnesota in
fantry: 1t William H. Dixon, Second y. s.
Twelfth q; & colored artillery; Brt. Maj:
John Keliher, U. s. army, (retired]);
Wisconsin infantry; Lieut. Col William T.
Gentry, Twenty-f fifth U. S. infantry; Capt
Chester G. Higbce. Twelfth Wisconsin; Capt
Mai j.. J. o H %uiphy v'a surgeons Eighth ' Minns,
sofa infantry; Capt E. NJ. Wilson, First
Minnesota mounted rangers; Col Charles D.
Kerr Sixteenth Illinois infantry; COL and
Brit Brig. Gen. r. M. McLaren, Second Mime
sofa cavalry; Mr.. Charles S. Gilbert, son Of
the late Col. Samuel A, Gilbert, colonel Forty
fourth Ohio infantry; Lieut.. Alfred B. john
son, lieutenant Twenty fifth U. S. infantry, son
of Companion Brit Maj. Gen. r. W. Johnson,
U. s. A.; Gen. H. H. Sibley, Gen. $. Appleton,
Gen. W. Smith, Capt H. A. Castle, W. R
Brown, Rev. Clay McCau!ey, Capt J: A Reed
All were present except Gov. HUBBARD ex-
Gov. Davis and Maj. Won Baunlbach. After
election to membership the following officers
of the Minnesota commandery were elected for
the ensuing year:
Commander, Brit. Maj. Gen. John B. San
born, U. S. v; senior vice commander, Brit
mander, Brit. Brig. Gen. J. W Bishop, y. S. Y. ;
recorder, Brit Maj George O. White, u S. A. !;
registrar. Capt 6. ". Hackett, u S. ";
treasurer, Lieut. Albert scheffer, U. S, ";
chancellor, Maj. G. W. Baird, U. 5. A; chap
lain, Edward d. Neill, U: s. VI council,
COL Charles Bentzon, u. S. A. Mai. Charles
j. Allen, u. S. A.; Capt W ". Braden, U. S.
banquet followed at the metropolitan Hotel,
at which the visitors and mcmbers-elect
enumerated above Gen. Terry, Col Alden and
Capt J. A Reed, were among the guests. Let
ters and kilograms we're read from the CON-
mander-in-chief of the order, W. S. Hancock,
Gen. Joseph r. Hawley, Rear Admiral Jenkins,
Gen. Stewart Van Vliet, Gen. n G.. Meigs, Gen.
s. P. Halabird, Gen. Charles g. Henderson,
Gen. Q. NJ. Poe, Wisconsin; also from the COM
manderies Of Massachusetts,, by Charles R.
Goldman Of Boston; the commandery Of Ohio
by its commander, r. B. Hayes, and from the
conlmandery of New York, by it's commander,
Gen. u. s. Grant
Speeches were made by Gen. sanbor1, Gen,
A K Chetlain of Chicago, Hon F.. NJ Wilson
of Minneapolis, Ex- Gov. Fairchild of Wiscen-
sin, Capt. P. d. Keyser of Philadelphia, Gen
Il. H. Thomas of Chicago, Gen Stephenson of
Ill, etc
On the day after Lincoln was assassinated,
on the 18th of April, in 1865, the order had its
origin, when little party of officers in Wash
mgton met to talk over tho sad event and pass
was resolved to form an organization
that should perpetuate, if nothing else,
at least the feeling of loyalty to the
government It was founded on the
same ideas as related to the war of the rebel
lion as was the order of the Cincinnati to the
ly increased until now there are COM
manderies in Massachusetts, Now York,
Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, Wis
consiD, Minnesota, California, and the Dis
trict Of Columbia, and its membership
is now upward if four thousand. There
are three classes of membership, namely, OK
officers Of the army and navy, Oldest sons OF
officers and prominent civilians, the latter be-
ing admitted in the ratio of one for every
thirty three Of membership in each command
cry Recently q step has been taken to per-
petuate the order, q provision having been
made whereby the Oldest sons of the dangh-
tiers of any officers may become members
General good fellowship is one OF its
objects, and badges, different for the var
ious classes of members are worn, the sight OF
one of which 1s q passport to the unbounded
.hospitality Of the brotherhood. The order
embraces nearly all Of the prominent officers
of the Union army, and though the list OF
Communicates is SO limited, there are MEM
bers in nearly every state in the Onion who
have become members in states where com.
manderies exist. It is expected and efforts
are now being made to organize commander
lee in Kansas and Iowa. ~. ,ezs4 s.:.ss@ =
On April 80 last the wife Of Hans Rollie en-
tened school while in session ID the town Of
Erickson, Reryilie county, armed with large
stick. with which she threatened and frightened
some Of the pupils. The little daughter Of
Gabriel IS Osmundson, aged seven years,
scre an,ed with sudden fright rs blow from
the stick struck the seat In front OF her, and
two or three days after she became insane, =
is believed. permaH entity. There is no DOUBT
81 tie minds Or her attending physiciaDs that
her insanity was caused By the act mentioned
The woman ID now being pFSaecuted Tor DTS
tlrbing the school, and q suit Tor heavy Ga1s~
ages will be the next step. 5585gs