The National tribune., 1886-07-29
PERSONAL.

Gems. Sickles. Carr. and Graham have promised
to be present at the great Reunion at Weirs ". Fl.
Gen. George q. Rogers, President of the Board
Of Pension Appeals, Interior Department. who has
been confined TO his bed for the past week is re-
ported improving. The cause Of his illness is 'the
efs-reeurring effects" of an injury from a she'll
wound received at the battle Of Champion Hills,
Miss in 1863.
Gen. o. o. Howard has been visiting his aged
mother at Glencoe. suburb Of Chicago, and last
week delivered lecture on Gen. Grant, the pro-
ceeds Of which were devoted to church purposes.
He left with the Commander-in- Chiefs party for
the National Eneampment at San francisco.
The manner in which the old soldiers are cleaned
out Of the Philadelphia Mint by the new Superin-
tendent. named Fox, seems to have been
especially mean. Fox went into the Office with all
manner Of professions Of goodwill to the soldiers,
and signalized his advent there by the dismissal of
several Of the most meritorious. The Veterans
Rights Union called upon him in regard to the
matter. He expressed astonishment that the men
discharged were soldiers. and said he was wholly
unaware Of the fact, and the committee taking
him at his word, handed him list of the soldiers
yet remaining in the office, with their records He
thanked them for the list and renewed his assur-
ances that none Of them would be discharged but
within 10 days thereafter every man whose name
was upon that list was removed. Just previous to
this the superintendent required of all the en-
ployes bond, usually about $500. An indemnity
company. of which Dir. FOx's son was the agent
was suggested as the best means Of supplying this
bond, and all the employees forthwith secured their
bonds through this medium paying for the same
out Of their slender salaries one per cent Their
discharge followed very promptly, as we have
stated. Among those discharged were some of the
best soldiers and most deserving citizens of Penn
| sylvania The prisoners of war feel particularly
aggreved over the dismissal of Capt. Frank Moran,
| a cultivated pleasant gentleman who went out as
private soldier in the sd n. Y; was promoted to
/ a Captain for gallantry; wounded four times
lost an eye at the battle of Gettysburg and was
| taken prisoner, remaining in confinement %
months He was Of the party that made its
escape from Libby through the tunnel and was re-
captured when within sight of our piekets. The
Mint had no more efficient employee than Capt
| Moran, but he was among the first to go. His
standing among his comrades was shown by his
/ being unanimously elected to the position of His
/ torian Of the National Prisoners of War Assoeia-
| ton.
| Mr. F. j. Scott of Toledo. o., has nearly ready
for exhibition most excellent bust Of the late Gen.
James b. Stedman which has received the praise of
all who have examined it. both work of art
and as q likeness. Mr.. Scott is gentleman of rare
abilities for the work. He is a thorough artist and
| portion Of his life.
/ Gen. j. Warren Keller Is believed TO be in the
/ lead for the Republican nomination for Congress
| in the Eighth Ohio District.
Capt. W. p. woodHn, the efficient manager of
| the Soldiers Home at Hampton, Va. has been in
Washington recently looking out for the interests
/ of that institution. Capt Woodfn was a Lieuten-
ant in Massachusetts battery and received terri
/ bic wound in the face, musket-ball tearing out
portion Of his upper jaw and passing clear through
/ his head. He only the battle of life after a
/ protracted siege. In which the nursing Of loving
parents contributed very materially to the victory
! He has been manager of the Soldiers Home for IA
years, and its condition is monument to his exec
utive ability.
/ Gen. Logan, accompanied by his wife, left on
Thursday of last week for the Pacific Coast to at
tend the GAR Encampment at San Francisco.
i Gen stone who commanded the Massachusetts
/ troops on the upper Potomac early In the war; and
| who was deposed without being told why Is now
| In charge of the bronze statue Of Liberty in New
i York Harbor.
The President has made an excellent appoint
| ment la Capt. r. r. Marsh as Marshal of the
Northern District of Illinois. The Captain was one
of the best soldiers from Illinois, and since the
| war he has been as good n citizen as he was sol
| der filing several offices bestowed upon him by
his fellow citizens with efficiency and honesty
He has appointed Capt. p. G. Fielding, AdTt of the
Goth H., his assistant.
gentlest sppeaEins. nldest spoken men in that