The National tribune., 1889-03-07
NATIONAL TRIBUNE: WASHINGTON G., THURSDAY, T.

and was commissioned Colonel of the first,
which he commanded with distinguished
courage and ability. His regiment belong
ed to the First Brigade of the Third Divis-
ion of the Ninth Corps, and he took part
with it in all its engagements. He was sub
sequently commissioned as Colonel of the
127th c. T., and put in charge of the rebel
prisoners at EImira, n. Y. He was brevetted
Brigadier-G General March -, 1865. At the
conclusion of the war he returned to New
York and resumed the practice of the law,
becoming a member of the firm of Benedict
Burr & Benedict, of New York He gained
a National reputation by his management
of the Beecher case. He is very popular
with the comrades of Brooklyn, where he
resides, and they set up rejoicing at the
first mention of the probability Of his going
into the Cabinet
Gen. John W. Noble, Secretary of the In
terror, has brilliant military record. He
was born in Lancaster, O., in 1881, graduated
in the law, and removed to Iowa, where he
was when the war broke out He enlisted in
the Sd Iowa Cav, was shortly after elected
Lieutenant, then appointed Adjutant, and
fought his way up to the Colonelcy of his
regiment, which he held when the war
closed. He was breyeted a Brigadier-Gen-
eral for gallant and meritorious conduct.
About Is years ago he removed to st. Louis,
and is one of the foremost lawyers of that
city. He is an earnest GAR. man, and
very popular with all who know him.
w. II. Fl. Miller, Attorney General, was
born in New York 48 years ago; began life
as teacher. During the war be was re-
siding at Perrysburg, O., Principal of the
Schools there, and also law student under
the late Chief Justice Waite He was a
Second Lieutenant in the Saith Ohio, and
First Lieutenant in the 142d Ohio. He sub
since 1874 has been law partner of Presi-
| dent Harrison.
Gov. Jeremiah II. Rusk, Secretary of Ag-
rieulture, was born in Morgan County, o.,
in 1880, and removed to Bad AK County,
Wis, in 1853. In 1861 he was member of
the Wisconsin Legislature, but in 1862 he
accepted a commission as Major of the 25th
Wis, which he accompanied on a campaign
against the Minnesota Indians. He subse-
quently rose to the command of that regi-
ment, which joined the Army of the Ten
nessee, and led it in nearly all the battles it
participated in in the siege of Vieksburg and
the Atlanta campaign. He returned home
at the close of the war with brevet as
Brigadier-General and high record for
| courage and capacity, and has since been a
prominent figure in Wisconsin politics. He
| came into National notice during the an
archist troubles, by his yigor in dealing with
Socialists who were fomenting murder in
Milwaukee. He was Commander of the
Department of Wisconsin, GAR, in 1868,
and well-known member of every Ma
tional Encampment. At several of the last
National Eneampments he has been attend
ed by his staff, composed wholly of one-leg-
ged or one-armed soldiers.
John Wanamal1er, the Postmaster Gen.
eral, is probably the greatest retail merchant
in the world His store in Philadelphia
surpasses even the gigantic Bon Marche of
Paris, or any similar institution in London.
He is a selfmade man, and is one of the
broadest-minded, most philanthropie men in
the Nation.
The Senate confirmed the entire Cabinet
within 10 minutes after it was sent in.