St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-05-30

government headStoneS for soldiers
graves from Gen. r. w. Batchelder.
deputy quartermaster general United
States army. These stones have al
ready been described in tie GLOBE,
together with the manner of their re-
ception.
Can't. Stees takes lively and pecu-
stones for deceased soldiers from the
fact that three companies of his regi-
ment, and more particularly his own
company, G., Sixth Minnesota, were
raised right here in st. Paul, and many
of them have received their last march
ing orders" from the cOmmander-in-
chief above to ''report for duty" on the
othey side of the dark river, and who
are now side by side awaiting ''roll call'
in Oakland and Calvary. Capt. Stees
has also been commissioned to provide
for the appropriate burial of all hon
orably discharged soldiers or sailors
who may die in Ramsey county with
out sufficient means to defray their
funeral expenses.
Information is wanted where the fol-
lowing named soldiers lie buried-to
wit, the name of the cemetery, number
of the grave, lot and block: Peter Wit
man, or Widna, private Company u,
Second Minnesota cavalry; Chester or
Christian Voelker, private Company E,
Fifth Minnesota infantry: Samuel Ga
heen, late corporal Company E, Sixth
Minnesota infantry. Also the rank,
company and regiment of Timothy Z.
Lehman, William Gordon and Robert
Gibbons, who lie buried in Oakland
cemetery, and Patrick Romer and John
Bennett, who lie buried in Calvary cem-
etery. Any information regarding the
above sent to Capt. G. j. SteeS, Room
No. 8, Stees block. northeast corner
Seventh and Jackson streets, will be
duly appreciated.
OF the 100 stones ordered for st. Paul
graves, which represent all nationalitleS
and creeds, were: infantry, 81; cavalry,
16; artillery, z, and engineers, 2: from
the following states: Minnesota, 81;
New York, IA; Illinois, 4; Massachu-
sets, 3; Ohio, Q; Wisconsin, 2; and Con-
necticut. Pennsylvania, Iowa, Ken
lucky, Missouri and Louisiana | each,
while the regular army furnished IA.
Since the year 1885 there have been
placed in position at the head of Union
soldiers graves in the cemeteries in and
around st. Paul 1SS government head
stones ordered by Capt. Stees, while a
number have been received for graves
outside Ramsey county. while "a appli-
cations have been made and will be or
dered so as to be placed in position by
the following Memorial day, May 80,
1891.
The comrades of the G. A. R. in gen.
eral and those in this immediate vicinity
in particular are keenly sensitive to the
courtesieS extended and facilities fur
nished for eXpeditlng matters so that
the possibility OF the above stones being
placed in position by to-day became
fixed TACT, and their Warmesta and heart
felt appreciation for the same is eX-
tended to Messrs. &. w. Hartzell and
William.H. Cooke,Iof the qual termaster'S
department, United States army, of
this city, and to Hon. M. II. Dunnell,
member of congress, for the lively in
terest he took and energy displayed in
assisting i'll having orders promptly
filled at the quarrieS and the stones
shipped in due season. Thanks are
also due Messrs. Lindeke and Schroeder
of the German Lutheran cemetery for
generously setting aside plat Of
ground in their cemetery sufficient
for the interment of twenty soldiers of
limited means, and to Archbishop Ire
land, late chaplain of the Fifth Mime
sofa infantry, for space i'll Calvary
cemetery, and to Gen. Bishop and the
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for like movement that is about being
made i'll that cemetery for the same pur-
pose.
Ramsey county is coming to the front
in this matter, and Hennepin has
already generously donated a last rest
ing place in Lakewood cemetery for its
veterans, capable of burying four hun
dred soldiers, with proper distances
and the requisite walks between the
graves, with a spot left in the center
nearly thirty feet in diameter for
monument. The veterans hope soon to
see soldiers monument in the ceme-
teries of st. Paul in honor of Ramsey
cOunty's dead heroes.
Should any of the decorating details
of the &. A. R., or any comrade, friend
or relative, notice the grave of soldier
unmarked with government headstone
on Memorial day, if they will leave or
send the full name of the same, with
rank, company. regiment and name of
cemetery where buried, to Capt. c. j.
SteeS. government headStone will be
ordered for the soldier, and 1t will be
placed in position by Memorial day next
wear.