St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-05-02
The Loyal Legion Arranges
to Entertain the Secre-
tary Of War.
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Gen. ]. w. Bishop Chosen, ito
Succeed Gen. Sibley as
Commander.
Chief Jackson Makes Some
Important Promotions in 81
the Fire Department. g,d
jh..n
Comptroller Roche DeeideSctO
Appeal From the Decision 81
Of Judge Villas. sns a

A meeting OF the Minnesota CON-
mandery of the Loyal Legion was held
last evening in the Hotel Ryan. There
was large attendance of companions,
the business of the meeting being. the
election of officers for the ensuing year.
They are: Commander, Bvt. Brig. Gen:
Second Minnesota Infantry, U. S. V;
Senior Vice Commander, Major William
d. Hale, Minneapolis, Fourth U. S.
Colored Infantry; Junior Vice Com
mander, Bvt. Lieut.. Col. Charles G. Ed
wards. Spring Valley, MIMI, Major
One Hundred and Fifth Ohio Infantry,
U. S. V; Recorder, Bvt. MAJOR George
@. White. U. S. A., retired. st. Paul;
Registrar, Capt. Charles II. Woods,
Minneapolis, Sixteenth New Hamp-
shire Infantry, U. S. V; Treasurer, Al
bert Scheffer, st. Paul, Forty-fifth Wis
consin Infantry. u. s. v; Chancellor,
Major Evan Miles, st. Paul, Twenty
fifth U. S. Infantry.
Chaplain, Edward D. Neil. D. D., st.
Paul. chaplain First Minnesota in
fantry. United States volunteers; coun-
ell, Bvt. Maj. Gen. G.. G. Andrews, St.
Paul, brigadier general United States
volunteers; Lieut.. Col. William Smith
St. Paul, deputy paymaster United
States army; Maj. G. B. Heffelfnger,
Minneapolis, First regiment Minnesota
heavy artillery, United States vOlun-
teers; Capt. William r. Bourne, United
States army, retired, st. Paul; Capt. E..
A. Pratt, Minneapolis, Eighth United
States colOred infantry. Committee on
nomination, Bvt. Brig. Gen. William r.
Marshall, United States volunteers, st.
Paul; Capt. Chas. II. Hackett, United
States volunteers. St. Paul; Capt.
Eugene M. Wilson, United States volun-
teers, Minneapolis; Bvt. Col. ChaS H.
Graves, late United States army, Du-
luth; Capt. S. w. Groesbeck, United
States army, st. Paul. -
There were also elected members of
the commandery: First class-Maj. A.
C. Wedge, surgeon Third Minnesota i'll
fantry, U. s. ": Maj. j. D. Daniels,
surgeon Second Minnesota cavalry, u.
S. "; Maj. f. Nj: Rose, surgeon Forty
third Ohio infantry, U. S. w.; T. A. W..
Shock (by inheritance), son of T. A.,
Shock, chief engineer United States
navy, who died January, 1878. Second
class-U. S. Grant, son of Brevet Maj.
Gen. L. A.. Grant; E. F. Zimmerman,
son of Lieut.. E. o. Zimmerman. The
financial report gave the society
bala nee to its credit 5of
50, 144.94. The commandery decided to
entertain the secretary of war and party
at an informal reception OH their visit
to St. Paul, the 18th inst. The recep-
ton will take place at the Hotel Ryan.
Secretary of War Proctor is accompanied
by Gen. Schofield, general commander
in-chief of the army; Gen. George
Crook; Adjt. Gen. Drum, aud ColsN.
F. Barr, secretary to the secretary of
war. Ex-President Hayes wrote re-
GREETING his inability to attend last
nights meeting, and extolling the work
of the comman,lefy in treasuring the
personal war narratives of its members,
declaring: ''Thel greatest war in ais
history; the greatest war, surely, in the
history of America, will grow more ard
more interesting with every passing
year." -
Judge Severance, Of Mankate, read a
very scholarly paper entitled 1.-The Re-
suits of the War;. The freeing of the
slaves was the paramount result OF the
War. This result was not only potent
at home. but it went careering over
every ocean and compelled every nation
to withdraw the charge of hypocrisy it
had formulated against our Institutions.
The unity of the empire was the other
grand result. Capt. Severance enlarged
upon the progress of the country within
the past century. The nation had dis
tanced all nations on the face of the
earth, and the triumphs open to it in
the century now entered upon passed
beyond 'human KEN" A banquet con-
Guided the evenin g's programme.