Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-03-04

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slayer; second lieutenant, H. s. Gillispie; first
sergeant, Thos. Dunboraw. The uniform is the
one worn by the national guard The company
has always been commanded by tried soldiers
who have served through the late war.
The Cleveland Grays.
The Cleveland Grays, Of Cleveland, Ohio,
paraded with 1Os men. The uniform is
cadet gray with black and gold trimmings, a
bear-skin shake with white cross-belts, and are
all armed with Shapes rifles. The company
Is ofhcered as follows: w. q. Morrow, captain:
E. N. Ogram, first lieutenant; H. Fraze, second
lieutenant; past captains, Il. 8. Paddock, W. H.
Hayward, John \. FraZee, Ed $. Meyer.
Staf-Rev. G. s. Pomeroy, chaplain: c. IL.
Pritchard quartermaster; G.. w. Tibbitts,
judge advocate; II. b. Kingsley, adjutant; II.
W. Kitchen, surgeon; j. II. Gross, assistant
surgeon.
The Grays are the oldest military organiza-
ton of the west, dating back to 1887. The an
niversary day being February %, they have,
therefore, just passed their ffty-third year of
existence. They are an independent company,
existing under authority of a charter, and are
subject to the orders Of the governor, but do
not come under the direct control of the ad-
jutant-general. Its ranks are composed of
representative body of citizens and has from
time to time had upon its roll about all the promi-
nent people OF the city. The Grays responded
to President Lincoln's first call for troops and
with full quota of one hundred and one men
became a company of the First Ohio voun-
teers. They first were baptized with fire
at Vienna, their next encounter being the
first battle of Bull Run. This company formed
the extreme left flank on the retreat and were
complimented for their valor by Gen. McCook
They were mustered out at the end of three
months service and 80 out of the 101
afterward became officers and served in
various branches of the service Their last
visit to Washington was on the occasion of the
inauguration OF President Garfield. They at
that time were given the post of honor as i'm
mediate escort. They were also the guard of
honor during the funeral obsequies. and the
manner in which they did their duty guards
caused widespread praise and compliment.
Sons of Veterans.
Gen. John A. Logan camp, No. 2, Division of
Maryland, Sons of Veterans, in line to-day with
the veterans, was organized February IA, 1887,
with ten charter members Nothing was done
in the way of increasing its members until July
following, when Col. S. Z. Thomson, q promi-
nent Grand Army comrade, became Q member
of the camp. He Immediately set the young
men to work recruiting, the result being that
| on December 81, 1887, there were twenty-five
| names upon its roll Col. Thomson was
elected captain of the camp and ins allied as
| such February 8. 1888. During last year the
camp more than doubled its membership. De-
cember 81, 1885, eleven members were dropped
and five suspended, leaving thirty names on
| reelected captain for the year 1885, Since JAN
| uary twenty recruits have been mustered,
| bringing the membership of this camp up to
| fifty. The muster service is performed with
| out the use of book or card. The officers and
| staff are uniformed with. the regulation
| dark-blue coat and sky-blue pants. The camp
escort or detail wear a double-breasted buff
| tunic, gold and blue trimmings, sky-blue
pants, buff stripe one and one-half inches wide
| down the outer seam of pants, black enameled
, hal Uifh " hal late 10
regulation fatigue cap, with gold-embroidered
| wreath, with the figure 80" and letters IS ""
| in 'front.' The following are the officers Of the
camp: Captain, Samuel Z. Thomason; first
| lieutenant, Mitchell A. Skinner; second lieu
tenant, Frank J.oCullen; chaplain, Arthur W.
Bell; first sergeant Theo. Z. Spencer; quarter
master sergeant VIM. A. Benerman; sergeant
OF the guard. Chas. r. Conrad; color sergeant,
Frederick Parker; principal musician, Chas.
A. McNulty; corporal Of the guard, sherman
Z. Morgan; camp guard. ThOs. E. Skinner;
picket guard, William ID. Nelson.
Frank Bel, lietuenant-colonel of John A,
Logan command. No. 2, was born in Pennsyl-
vahia. He saw hard service during the war;
and bears the honorable record on his person.
He raised company for the original Bucktails.
He was commissioned captain and brevet major.
He was first shot through the lungs, then lost
| q leg, and was afterward wounded in the
shoulder. He is now a clerk in the United
States pension Office.
Elias Shafer major of Logan command, was
| born in Erie county, New York, February 8,
1S43, but when eight years old removed with
his parents to Genesse county. Mich. In Aug
ust, 1862, he enlisted in company K, twenty
| third Michigan Volunteers, and served with his
command in Kentucky and East Tennessee un-
til the spring Of 1864, when his corps, the twen-
ty-third, under Gen. Schofield, Joined Gen.
Sherman in his Atlanta campaign. On May IA,
| 1864, at Resaca, Ca, he received wound and
subsequently suffered amputation Of the right
oh xUh ha have y
1865. In 1869, he removed to Lansing, Mich,
where he continued to reside, being in the en-
ploy Of the state until December, 1887 when
he accepted a position in the bureau Of PEN
sions, to which he had been appointed under
the civil-service rules, and which he stills
holds.
Transfers Of Real Estate.