The National tribune., 1889-11-07
TWO VETERANS DEAD.

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many of the readers OF this paper must have
known in the days of the war.
Lieut.-Col. Morse Knox Taylor, Surgeon, u.
s. Army, was born in Yonkers ~ Y. May ii,
1925 and was placed on the retired list in 1887
| by operation Of law, on reaching the age limit
of 81 years. His boyhood was passed in Michi-
gan, and he was at the Ann Arbor University
when the war with Mexico was declared. Then
he was made Second Lieutenant Of the LIST Mich.
aud served until the command was mustered
out when the war was done. He studied and
then practiced law for time, went to ILL.,
nois, and then read medicine and when the
rebellion began became the Surgeon of the
Goth III. as early as Aug. %, 1861. In August,
| 1862, he was mustered out Of the regiment to
accept an appointment as Surgeon, u. S. Vols,
and in the Fall of 1865 he was mustered out
with tho brevet rank of Lieutenant Colonel.
for " faithful and meritOrious service" He
earned his brcyet we'll. for he went all through
the campaigns in the West that Grant and Sher-
man made, aud all his work was done in the
field. His death was sudden, from apopiexy,
aud occurred Oct 90, at San Antonio, Tex.
Capt. Ballard Southwark Humphrey, First
Lieutenant, 9th u. s. Cav, dropped dead on the
street in Omaha, Oct. 90. of heart disease. He
was Yirginian by birth, entered the service
IN 1857, in the ranks of the 1st u. $. Art, and
was loyal enough TO the flag he served under
| to cling 10 the colOrs when the war broke out.
geant of his battery %, he was made Second
| Lieutenant lie the same regiment, and in 1854
was promoted to First Lieutenant His bat
! terry was in the Army of the Southwest, in the
| fighting along tho Mississippi River, and in May.
| 1868, he gained brevet of First Lieutenant for
especially gallant conduct at the assault on
| Port Hudson. When the war ended he was
brevetted to Captain for "good conduct and
| gallant services during the war;; few soldiers
get such worded brevets. When the Army was
reduced he was one of the victims of the in
| justice that Adjt-Gen. Townsend inflicted
upon so many deserving soldiers. and he was
mustered out honorably. Gen. Grant while
President, knew of the injustice he had un-
Willingly DONE and tried TO remedy the wrong
by appointing him Second Lieutenant in the
9th U. S. Cav. in 1872, He leaves a family, and
has grown children.
GOOD NEWS FOR OLD VETS.
Assistant Secretary OF the Treasury Bachel-
| Ter said last week that of the 30Odd men who
had served in the army or navy and who had
been discharged during the Cleveland Admins
tration from their positions in the Treasury
| Department.. but - had not as yet been rein
stated, aud that as as vacancies occurred
| into which these remaining men could be placed,
| they would be restored, as not mau of them had
been discharged for other reason than offensive
| partisanship. although quite q number OF them
had been legislated out of Office the appropria-
tions having been cut down IN various Bureaus of
| the Department Yet il seems hard 10 record
| that most of these men who were told that
their services were no longer needed were
MANNED veterans Of the late war The writer
recalls II of these people, who are personally
known TO him, at least six of whom were in
capacitated on account of wounds received in
battle from doing manual labor. Either Secre-
tary Window Secretary Batcheler is doing
| good work in restoring these veterans TO places
where they can exc out living for themselves
and families Let the good work go on.
ARMY AND NAVY.
Commander Caspar +. Goodrich. U. s. N.
| who has for sometime been in charge OF the
| Naval Station and War College at Newport, T.
| J., has been granted years leave of absence
with the privilege Of engaging in private busi-
ness. Ii is not known at the Navy Department
whether this presages his permanent retire
ment FROM the Navy or not
The u. s. stOTcship M0nougahela arrived in
San Francisco. Cal, on Monday. Oct. %. and
brought the remains Of Capt. G. NJ. SchoOn-
maker, Of the u. :. man-of-waT YaDdalia, who
was drowned in the great storm of March l6 at
the Samoan Islands The Monongahela also
brought the guns and carriages Of the Wanda
liza and Trenton, which vessels were wrecked
during the hurricane.
Assistant Naval Constructor Baxter has been
ordered TO report in person at the Navy De
parinIcnt his return from special duty
abroad. lie has been attending course III
naval architecture at the University Of 0las-
gov.
Commodore George Brown Commandment Of
the Norfolk Navy Yard, has been notified TO
hold himself in readiness TO receive oriers 10
command the Pacific Station, Rear Admiral
Kimberly TO be relieved from that position
upon his own request.
Mai.-Gen Crock commanding the Military
Div SION Of the Missouri, has submitted his
annual report 20 the Secretary Of War. lie
says that the number Of deseTtons have in
| creased 80 rapidly that the evil is now the
| greatest in the Army. The claims OF the SOL
| diers Of harsh and tyrannical treatment, and
Of being compelled 10 perform mammal labor,
have little II any foundation In fact, the Off
Gers treat the men as well as could be expected.
| He thinks the remedy for this evil will he
| found by changing the method Of recruiting
| the Army. aud that the family relations aud
aiteeedents Of recruits should b. ascertained
before enlistment, aud only those whose past
| life would indicate that they viii find content
| meBt under the Army discipline should be
] taken. lie also recommends that the term Of
/ enlistment be shortened, and that means for
| hoDorabiy leaving the Army by the payment
| Of the amount which the enlistment and ssTg-
| ice had cost the Government be provided.
Gen. Crook cDmmends the conduct Of officers
| ritory.
An order was issued last week from the War
/ Department appointing Board to meet at Fort
/ Monroe, Va Nov. 20, or AS soon thereafter as
| possible for the examination for promotion Of
! such n0n-e0mmssiOned officers Of the Regular
Army as may be ordered before il. The detail
! for the Board is as follows: Mai. Marcus r.
/ Miller, 5th Art; Capt. Samuel NJ Mills. 5th
| Art; Asst Surg. Adrian s. Polhemus, First
Lieut.. Henry G. Davies. Sd Art; First Lieut..
Medorem Crawford, I'd Art; First Lient.
| Stephen d. FOote, 4th Art, Recorder second
| order directs the following nOn-eommissioned
officers 70 appear before the Board for examine
ton: Serg't LuBsford Daniel, Battery H. I'd
| Art; First Serg't Robert Alexander Co. q, 18th
| Inf; Serg't Fred. s. Wild, Co Il. 18th Inf;
! Serg't Simon ii. Drum, Co. III, 7th Inf, and
C0rp1 Albert Wedemeyer, Co. II. I'd Inf
Commodore Francis III. Ramsay last week
took the place vacated by Commodore Walker
as Chief OF the Bureau Of Navigation. Com
| m0dore Ramsay has been in command Of the
| Brooklyn Navy Yard, and when he left was
given a salute OF IL guns.
| The United States man-Of-w Galena, in.
| ward bound, went aground shortly after 2
| o'clock Thursday morning on Romer Shoal, in
New York Harbor. Government tug was
sent from the navy yard 10 assist her. The
| GaIens bad 10 pilot on board. At lib the
! Government tug hauled the Galcna into deep
water and she then steamed up to her pier al
| the navy yard. The Gaiena is said by her
officers 10 have sustained no damage. There
will be All official investigation into the cause
Of the accident.
The President made the following appoint