New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-06-08
and James Boylan

Past Commander y. Lincoln Post. No. Is.
lis officer, for the present year are as follows:
Commander, Joseph Humphreys; senior wee
commander Thomas Welsh; junior vice-com-
mandrr. George J.. Kilmcr; officer Of the day.
David Graham officer of the NTrd John Hogan;
adutani John Wood; quarcrmaster, Paul nam
crcr TIE post meets at No. - Union Square on
tie evenings OF the second and fourth Ncdnes-
days OF every month.
Post Abraham Lincons first commander was
Major Joseph Forbes, and he held the place
Tor nine years. Before the organization u Lin-
coin Post he had been several times commander
Of Scdgwicll Post, No. II. He entered the service
i'm the engineer corps of the list New-lork y NJ,
and received his baptism of fire AT tho first battle
Of Bull Run. He promoted To captain and
aftcrward transferred major 10 tho nlted
States colorcd troops and assigned 70 the Nlnth
Army Corps I'm this command he went through
the war. and was one Of the first OF the | Mon
Army under General Grant 20 enter Richmond. lie
was twice wounded. first at Bull Run and again
N Ilatchcrs Run. south Of Petersburg. Major
Torle, has been "A delegate 10 almost every Grand
Army State Encampmcnt and TO several National
encampmcnte From ISL 10 1873 he was As
,i,iant ouartermasier- General Of the state, ana
was AdJutant General TO Grand Marshnls Henry
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and Charlie. Z. stone
General John Cochranc the wcll-known Tam
many S,chcm. and chairman Of the Tammany
Hal General Committee. Is another prom
lurut member Of this post, General
Cochrane possesses an excellent lighting record
durlug the war. In civil life he has been Sur
vcyor of the Port Of NcW-lork menhcr of the
state LEGISLATURE and Of Congress, president OF
lie Board of Aldermen ani about n year ago he
WAS appointed "a Police Justice by Mayor Grant.
In 1854 be VAS candidate for Vice President
ON the ticket headed by John c. Fremont for
President
one of the most active and influential com
rldcs ot Lincoln Post Is Past Commander Charles
A. Wells whose face is represented in this ar'l-
Gle lie entered the army in the 27th New-lork
Volunteers, whose first colonel was Henry W.
Slocum Eclore he reached his twentieth birth
day Young Wells had been promoted 10 first lieu
tenant and to captain. II" passed through all
the campaigns Of the Army of the Potomac. In
February. %. he assigned 10 duty on the
stan of Gcncrll Brooks. was brcveted major for
mrrltorlous services, and in May 1863, was mus
tered out with his regiment, its two years term
having expired. In September Of the same year
he re-entcrcd the service nlor Of the lst New
York Cavity, and continued in active service
until the war closed. In March, 1868, he was
promoted to bc Northumberland
Colonel Wells has been an earnest Grand
Army man since 1860 lie twice
COMMANDER of Webb Post (which SET
rendered its charter. and for two years
Commander of Post Abraham Lincoln. lie is
prominent figure at Department and National En-
equipments. and when General Charles Devcns
WAS Comman dcr-in-C hicf Colonel Wells served as
Inspector iener1l on his stan. Perhaps his
most substantial service 10 the survivors of the
wnr has been as president of the National Per
Diem Service Pension Association, an Office he
still holds. His unseltlSh devotion 10 the per
diclu principle has made his name household
word in the homes of veterans throughout the
land
ASSOCIATED with Colonel Wells in this work is
Major General Schuyler Hamilton also member
of Abraham LincJ In Post. General Hamilton is
treasurer of thc Per Diem Association. and is
stancn advocate OF service pensions on the per
diem pan and one Of President Weiss most
ardent go -laborers General Hamilton is a grand
son Of Alexander Hamilton, the first Secretary of
the Treasury During and after the Mexican
War he .eryed Oh the staff of General Scott aud
both iu Mexico and many OF the battlcfells
Of the war for the Union he proved 10y his valor
his right to boast of Revolutionary ancestry.
Another fighting soldier whose name the COM
their roster is Brvet Maj or General Joseph J.
BARTLETT. He went out as captain of the 9th
Ncw-York in April, 1851 and served continu-
ously i'm the Army Of the Potomac until the war
In command of tine Second Brigade. First Division
of the Sixth Corps. he made brilliant charge at
Champions Gap Md. In 500. At Salem Church
in the following May he made such a fierce on
slaught with part Of his brigade that he penc-
tratcd through three lines of the enemy and had
he been supported properly would have turned
the tide of battle. At Appomattox be
mandcd the veteran division Of the Fifth Corps
and was .clccfcd by General Grant 10 receive
the arms OF General Lees infantry at the sur
render From 1855 To 1889 General Bartlett
was Deputy Commissioner Of Pensions
That gifted and popular writer upon Incl
dents Of the war. Captain George l.. Kilmer is an
other member of Lincoln Post. The abest argu-
ments in favor of service pensions so far written
have emanatcd from his pen. Major John II
Costcr, the secretary Of the American Jockey Club
is an active member Of this post as is also Major
BENJAMIN j. Levy, of the United States Appraisers
Stores.
Hut Abraham Lincoln Post is not less rich in
dead than living heroes. Dr. Isaac l. HAYES the
famous Arctic explorer. for many years n Repub-
Ncan representative of this city in the Assembly
WAS to the day Of his death Jealous member and
n constant attendant At the meetings of the post
General Charles T. Stone, gallant officer and
graduate of West Point, and one Of the lnost
polished gentlemen that ever wore the United
States uniform, was another oomrade He, like
General Hamilton, was member of General
Soott's staff when the war began, and served to
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