New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-06-22

tcmbcr, 1864. In February. io'-' ,s.,,i Ca
Grant appointed him United States 'ohsui ,to
Merida Iucatan. lie resigned, howeVu; ~ w, ~
following year. and returned TO Ne"-f DE IN
resume business. He joined Morgan Us. ler
1854 served ,as Junior and senior Vlce-couihiau.,,
and in 1888 was elected commander. pa.e
which he occupied with signal abihty LOT one
term. ~, x,o., has n
more honorable record and few nave steh NOR
hard service than Colonel Add ison ware, one VI
the Oldest and best known members lie was mus rus
tered into the United States service in the s,n
Missouri Volunteers April 10, lsol' III .oe
following September he was assignee 10 I"'s
as aide-de-camp on the s'a! OF ~eI'' Tho re-.
nowned battles Of Fort Henry, roi' D 3ntison
and Shiloh. the siege Of Corinth and ElcKsoui,1
and all the engagements which precedea W,
of VicksbuTg, July 3, 1863. lie was tn'l ua i.t
ferred 10 the staff Of General Giles a: Sml,n' WI"
whose division he fought AZ the hat'le OF MIssI
ory Ridge after which he received
from President Lincoln as captain ana ass'ss'an .
adjutani-rcncral After the capture oi h'."hh5
Captain Ware was promoted to major, ana maIIneu
with sherman 70 the sea, ana from 'a, .n,nnart,
Washington. He was promoted '" neufnah'S
colonel and transferred 20 the Isl diNIsul, ~
the 25th Army Corps. which formed p1r' q.
INC Army of Observation on the RIO 'randc, 40
brownsville. Texas. lie has since the war pcen
"a United States Inspector of Customs NJ TINS por'.
THE RECORD OF COLONEL DEMAREsr
Another prominent member Colonel \. I"
Dcmarcst. was well known in military circles
in this city for ten years before the war HIS
first commission was issued 10y Governor iiorauo
Seymour on October \. 1853. when he was APP
pointed first lieutenant In the list Regiment
Ncw-York State Guards. Governor Myron IL.
clark commissioned him captain III the same
regiment June . 1888, and Governor John A
King made him adjutant captain DemarcS' en-,
tered the 22d New-.lcrscy Volunteers with iuu
company which he had recruited in Bcreen county.
In September, 500, and in the same montI was
promoted 10 major. and started LOT thc IIoh',,
lie was made colonel January 26. sos. ana
anI INF ha
mustered out Colonel Dcmarcst is president
OF The Veteran Association of the 22d New-JerSey
Volunteers.
Black Forest OF Germany, and inherited rcpuD-
hoan ideas from his fatxr. who was a revQln-
tiunist of Is4s. lie was a boy al college wnch
our war began hut young Bury soon found
way to come 10 America, and enlisted In the "a
battalion OF the 10th United States infantry, III
the Army of the Cumberland Comrade Bury
fought under General George II. THomas IN an
the battles in Tennessee and through me AT
lanta campaign Returning with Thomas 70
Tennessee nc took part in the terrible battle OF
Franklin and in the last contest OF NasiNliN
where "Old Pap" MS General Thomas was known
amonq his men, delivered the fnal blow when
DESTROYED Hoods army and ended the war In the
West He oincd Tie Grand Army III 49, o,d was ,s
ono of Commander Minness most valuable as
sistants in the organization OF Morgan fost
lie has been n United States Inspector oil customs
for several years
POLICE CAPTAIN FtKiNS.
Police Captain Joseph Is Eakins's name graccs
the roster of this post, and he is frequent NJ
,cndant al It's councils Captain Eakins's military
service was performed in the 9th NcwYork Heavy
Artillery. which he joined private in August,
1852 lie was discharged a sergeant. IN july
,1sGi ON the day he became twenty-onc lie
entered the police force the next year, ana hds
reached The place of captain Of his precinct
Ouartcrmaster George j. Ncnck went mo 'uc
aft1 y
Artillery February -. 1862, and after the irIl-
mcnt reached the Peninsula In the Army OF NV
Potomac. in the spring Of that year, ne was Plo-
noted 10 scrgeant-maJor for mcritorious SCI.
viccs Comrade Wenck served on the SION oil
tho Commander int hief Of the "raid MnS IN
1894 and 1855 was hrst vice-pr'siuene VI w.
Memorial Committee In 1856 ana IN ~ N"H
assistant inspector of the Department oil WV
Adiuton, Theodore w vandcrgrift still carries
the scars he received AZ tne pau. o' w State
Mini, Nav % isGl, and served through al
the battles Of the Army of the Potomac. nhlli On
September 20, l~62. be received wouh" VIZ" sn,,
compcllcA his discharge from the army As soon
~ he fol the return Of health he recruited com
many in Jersey City for the I'd New-JerSey ~ ~.
airy II was accepted IN aususo; IS"T i in COM
Vanderbilt was appointed first lieutenant III On
many IL He was promoted 10 captain IN lN"'-
and was mustered ont al Natchez, Mss NoVe"'-
Der |, 1863. il. ....,.,to,or ~
the Grand Central Hotel, is another Of Morgan
80 Shtrirg LIGHTS Comrade Sprague did his
soldic,iny In Tho seth Ohio Volunteers which ne
entered rs n hoy in the ranks "A campfire 9I
Worqnn Post is never complete unless 'ohfa"e
Sprague is there.
oTHrR Br,vE COMRADES.
Denton f. Mcgowan is another Of the posi-
mos, jealous members When the war broke out
he Joined the I'd New-York State Militia, later
known as tie SD New-lork Volunteers. lie
was promoted 10 a scrceantcy for gallant conduct
IN front of Petersburg He declined n leu'enanicy
and NJ the close of the war returned to New-lor
lie is an active and earnest worker IN Grand
ARMY matters il one of the organizers OF the e-h
New York Veteran Association and Is also prom
inent I'm Masonic circles D.,
il William Hill who enlisted in the ld2d New
York Volunteers when less than seventeen years
old The regiment formed a part of Spnoh $
Rraade He served with his regiment in the
field until the summer Of 1863 when he was
ordered on special duty and sent 10 fill an iupor-
tant place He came home on furl2ugh In ls95
INST i'm time 20 take n hand in the draft riots IN
fnIv lie was assigned 20 duty at'Gencral Wools
Headquarters. and remained until the rioters were
nuoIled Then he returned to his regiment ana
served in North Carolina until the close OF the
war Previous 70 this he had received the offer
NJ n commission in n North Carolina regiment
cnmnosed OF deserters from the COnfcderat" Army
hut he declined. He is now engaged IN min,h:
In old Mexico Comradc Hill joined Morgan Post
soon after IFS organization, ana mas served OH Tue
staff Of the Grand Marshal
The relief fund of Morgan Post does not vary
much from 81 800 On the death OF coilrauo
Lis widow receives n check for $50 soon as the
fact is known.