The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-07-08


service ~ . private in Co; ID, SECOND
the ranks, passing successfully through
several grades until be was promoted TO
colouelcy Of his regiment. In the Grand
Army OF the Republic he has held the
high position OF senior vice commander
In chief.
The honored head of Brown University,
President T.. Benjamin Andrews, was
private In co. @, Fourth Connocticut In
fAntry, afterwards the First Connecticut
Heavy Artillery. He was subsequently
promoted to lientenanucy.
Prof. Alonzo Williams has al honorable
record of service in the Third RHODE ISL.
AND Heavy Artillery, and In the Grand
Army has held the Office OF department
commander
Prof. William Whitman Bailey was a
private in the Tenth RHODE ISLAND In
fantry, and IL descended from good mill
tary stock. bis father, the laIe MAYOR
Jacob Bailey, was n graduate OF West
Point Military Academy, and was suose-
quently professor Of chemistry. mineral
ogy aud geology at that institution.
One Of the principals Of our grammar
schools, Albert j.. Manchester, was ser
geant In the Tenth RHODE ISLAND lnfan-
try. and our honored Ex-Mayor Henry X.
Barker was n sergeant aud file-closer IN
the same regiment.
Capt. Charles G. Gray, manager OF the
RHODE ISLAND Printing Company entered
the service Ms n private In the First
RHODE ISLAND Light Battery, and re-
enlisted as Corporal in Battery ID First
RHODE ISLAND Light Artillery. Comrade
Gray was one of RHODE ISLANDS pluck
lest soldiers. His gallantry at the battle
of Aptietam and the siege Of Knoxville,
is weil-known to every RHODE ISLAND
soldier. At the battle OF Cellar Cresk In
the Shcna ldah Valley (although IL may
seem an exaggerated statement, yet 1t Is
a fact that can be substantiated) that he
captured an entire rebel battery.
In the medical profession DIR. Lester ;.
Hill has a good record as an enlisted man
in Battery 4, First RHODE ISLAND Light
Artillery, and was afterwards promoted
to second Lieutenant in the Fourteenth
RHODE ISLAND Heavy Artillery. DIR.
Charles y. l,allou of the Eleventh RHODE
ISLAND Infantry served as private In
the ranks. Both OF these comrades have
occupied the position OF m dtcal director
In the Grand Army of the Republic.
Among the clergy the Rev. John II.
Larry, pastor of the Free Conerega, ional
Church here, served as private in the
Third Massachusetts, Infantry aud subse.
quently as second lieutcnantin the Third
Massachusetts, Heavy Artillery Dr. T.
Church, was n drummer boy in the Four
teenth Maine Infantry. DR.. Forest F.
Emerson of Newport was private In the
Tenth RHODE ISLAND Infantry.
Capt. Joshua NJ. Addenan, who was
Secretary OF State OF RHODE ISLAND for
several years, marched as "A private sol
dier in the ranks of the Tenth RHODE
ISLAND and was afterwards captain In the
Fourteenth RHODE ISLAND Heavy Artil-
lery (coloret)
Among our prominent business men
three of the Goddard Bro hers marched
to the music OF tue union" in. the ranks
nf q hA ircf mud At
them afterwards served with distinction
on the staff of Gen. Burnside William
A Harris, maker Of the celebrated Har-
ris- Corliss engine, aud William A. Spicer
OF The Spicer Stove Co npany were pri-
Yates in the Tenth RHODE ISLAND Infan-
try. Walter Calender of the well-known
house of Calender, McCausland g.
Troupe, was private in the Thirteenth
Massachusetts, Infantry, and was after
wards captain In the First Regiment
Quartermnster Volunteers.
Commander Edward +. Curtis Of Slo-
cum Post, No. 10, was a private In the
First RHODE ISLAND lnfantrs aud subse-
quently u lieutenant in the Third RHODE
ISLAND Heavy Artillery, and then on
staff duty in the Army of the Potomac.
Commander Edward O'Nell OF Prescott
Post, carried his musket until severely
wounded in the right thign mt the battle
Of Fair Oaks, Va, when he WAS discharged
in consequence of his wounds. Gen. Mel
son Wall, the warden of the RHODE
ISLAND State Prison, was corporal In the
Mexican war, aud served with marked
distinction in the war of the rebellion.
And so we might mention thousands Of
names OF men who shouldered the musket
in the war for the Union but enough has
been said to prove that our soldiers as a
whole were no hirelings, but the " flower
Of the youth" of our land, who bat tied
for their country's welfare and preserva-
tion.