New-York tribune., 1890-06-29

Commander Charles Mex. Ieoscr born in Read
inc Penn in ls29. His father an officer OF thc
United states Army in the Mexican War and MS great
grandfather and great great grandfather iolShl WIN
the patriots Of the Revolution. Young Lc''r ~ INC
90 Of sixteen entered West Point, being gFthia'oh III
Nav 1eGl. The members Of the class were A"eh a.
once 10 Washington and put on duty as drImi''c''
for volunteer troops.
Tie Fire zouivcs7 fell 20 Lieutenant Loser lh'N
had hard name and he undertook INC Ia" ih '''
spirt of bravado. Eut he was -ooE popular WIN 'lc
nrcncn although he Instituted the rrt real discipline
thcy had known. They made him rceimcn''I al
,u.,n, 0rst and when the regular organization t"oN
Mace thcy elected him major. next in rank to Colonel
tuswor,h and Lieutenant Colonel Farnham. When
Ellsworth was killed and farnham became co'"hcl'
Lcoscr was advanced 10 lieutenant colonel ana "'''
Farnham's death At Bun Run he was unanimously
elected colonel Of the regiment.
Colonel Ieo.cr said recently. in speaking Of Els
vorths murder At Alexandria that he earnestly pleaded
with the madcap colonel not To risk his life In per
or,uv taking down the flag which Landlord Jackson
had bccn Haunting in sight Of the White House. and
which Ellsworth Lad promised Mrs. Lincoln should
annoy her no moro.
III was nv purpose said Commander LooSer. L"
send ND small guard In advance to prevent lnst "ha
bappcncd But Ellsworth refused 10 listen to any such
prccaution.
..OId Abe told me- he said. that II Id bring that
GAG % him lie woald make me a bricadicr general and
I'm going 70 do it
"rpstairs he ran TO the top Of the house. tore the
flag from ts staff. wrapped 1t about Ms b"Ny' uh-
oucs,lonably having In mind the effect his appearance
with /. would have upon the troops and started to re-
,urn 20 the street These theatrical preparations made
Jackson Wild and his frenzy be seized his gun and
shot the man who was 10 him a trcspaS'cr'
After the battle Of Bull Run the regiment was re
turned 70 New York FOR reorganization ana then sent
| 10 Newport News. Finding that General Mcclellan
did rot propose 10 Include II In the mako up
| NJ the Army Of the Potomac. Colonel Lcoscr
| percmptorly resigned and went back to his
own OWL regiment in the regulars, the I'd Cavalry.
Returning 10 his rank Of lieutenant. he Joined hi, req
mcnt on the day Of the battle Of Williamsburg, and re
aiucd with II through all the vicisudes Of the war
except when wounded taken prisoner AZ Malvern
| Hill he fought with distinction and was IN all TIE
battles of the Pcnnsular campaign.
| RELIEVED n DE- MORTALITY WOUNDED.
AT thc battle Of Brandy station. .unc o. i-63. Lieu
tenant os,r vas shot through the body aid So severely
Injured that he was reported mortay wounded The
man who shot him fred from behind tree NJ extremely
| short range Lieutenant Devices, OF the same req
ment caught sight of the man as he lowered his mus
kct TO reload and before the Confederate could bite
fresh cartridge Devices gaoped upon him and severed
his head from his body with sabre cut
Ieoscr recovered sufficiently % rcioin his command
At Cnpcpcr the same fall, having In the meantime
| bccn promotcd to captain. When Grant took com
| mand OF the Army Of the Potomac In the spring %
IsG4 Captain Lcoscrs regiment opened the battle o
the wilderness for him. Captain lcoscr took part II
sbcridan's famous raid during which the cavalry fought
| nineteen battles in seventeen DAYS. It was during
this great military movement that about 400 mounted
| men Of three Union regiments, the 2d United state
Cavalry Custnr's Michigan regiment ard the Isl New
York Cavalry checked and put to night Tue Whole %
| McIaws's Confederate division
At Trevilian station Captain Lcoser was captured b.
the enemy and confined In Southern prisons AT Libby
in Richmond salisbury, Macon and Charleston. Ate
many months he exchanged, returning to his com
mand in the shenandoah Valley. During the wa he to
part In forty battles, and received brcvcts III the rcg
lar army In all the grades up to colonel Few mel
are better known In Grand Army circles. lie ha
been a delegate 10 many Department and National En-
| campmentS and three year, ago the Memorial Com
| mtee Of New York chose HIN grand marshal 70
Memorial Day, the duties Of which he discharged witt
| extraordinary skill and ability.
| The other officers Of the post are John !. Finn
senior vice commander, who was private In Compan
| X, Ilth New York John Campbell Junior vicc-con
| mandcr who sergeant in Company =, reg
mcnt. seriously wounded at hnll Run and wa
Year" he keeper Of the Ety Hall who was a corpoT,
In Company +. Of the ilth. and was 80 badly woundc
al Bull Run that he had 10 be discharged on accoun
| OF his injuries Joseph II. Ford. quartermaser
private In the Goth New York; Henry Borman. office
Of the day sergeant and afterward Lieutenant 4
Company d. Ilth Ncw'lorh; Michael Curley. Office
| of the guard. who was private in Company ID. 23
New wJer-ey Volunteers: John Fox. chaplain a land.
man IN the United states Navy Albert start. SUI
, | gcon, also a laudsman In the navy.
OFFICIALS IL THE POLICE DEPARTMENT
, Names Of prominent members of Farnham Post ar
r | now found high on the roster Of the Police Depart
mcnt Among those are Police superint ndcnt VIII
. lam Murray. who served in Company y. 18th New
York, and was severely wounded at the battle G