The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1885-08-06

the city for a week on their way to the East.
Mrs. Lemon is Vice President for California of
the Woinan's Department Of Botany. Comrade
Lemon is Commissioner of Botany for Califor-
MIA.
PERSONAL.
w. J. Craig and his charming wife were in
the city during the week. Comrade Craig is a
brilliant example of the high class of boys who
composed the armies of the Union. He was
born and reared near Mansfield, o., and at the
outbreak of the war enlisted in Ind'p't Troop,
No. T. Ohio Cav, which was subsequently, con-
sOlidated with other Ohio cavalry companies
into the Sd VIVA Cav. He attained the rank
of Sergeant, and was taken prisoner with the
rest of his company at the battle of Slaughter
Mountain, in the Shenandoah Valley. From
that time to the end of the war he was in the
rebels hands. He was in the first squad that
entered AnderSonville on the oath of February,
1864, and was taken out of there with the gen.
eral delivery in September and taken to Savan-
nah, Millen and Blackshear, and then made
that awful march across the country from
Townsville to Albany, arriving in Anderson
vile again on Christmas Day. He remained
there until the prison was abandoned in April,
1865. After his discharge he became the pub
Usher of paper in Indiana. Participant
ing In every enterprise for the de-
velopment OF his community, he took an
active interest in building local railroad. He
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associates pushed him to the front, and alto
gether he built several hundred miles of what
is now the Toledo, Cincinnati & st. Louis Rail-
road, the great narrow gage trunk line which
spans half the continent, and which it was con-
tempiated should extend from Toledo to the
City of Mexico. After the road was con-
structed it shared the misfortunes common to
the whole railroad interest of the country for
the last few years, and fell into the hands of
a receiver. Comrade Craig, whose admins
tration of the large interests intrusted to him
had won the confidence of the capitalists, who
were heavily interested in the enterprise, was
appointed receiver. He is a man of splendid
fnanciering abilities, and as an executive
hardly surpassed by anyone. Comparatively
young yet, he bids fair to become one of the
leading railroad men of the United States be-
fore many years. With all the eminence he
has attained and the enormous weight of bus
mess cares he has assumed, C0mrade Craig
has never allowed his interest in his old COM
rades to flag for an instant, and he recalls
with more pleasure the experiences of his bOyish
soldier days than the greater achievements
of his manhood.
MISCELLANEOUS
Secretary Whitney seems fully alive to the
necessity of taking active measures in navy
matters. 1t is expected that the Naval Board
will be occupied all Summer in the examina-
ton of the plans and specifications for the pro-
posed new cruisers, and that as soon as the
American plans have been thoroughly looked
into commission will be appointed to go
abroad and examine foreign models.
The Naval court-martial which has been sit
ting for some time in trial on ex-Surgeon- Gen
eral Wales has found him guilty of culpable in
efficiency in the performance Of duty, and sem
fenced him to five years suspension from rank
and duty on furlough pay, and to retain his
present number in his grade during that period.
The President has anproypd the action of the