The National tribune., 1893-11-09
MUSTERED OUT.

Veterans of the Country's Grandest Army
Who Have Answered the Last Call.
[Senders of obituaries will please adhere strictly
to the form in which the notices below are wOrded.
Notices be brief aud be sent Immediately after
the event to which they relate.l
HoPKIEs-At Sherrard, w Vs., Oct IS OLA grip
pc Mark Hopkins, Second Lieutenant, Co. &, 7th
W. Va. aged IS. Lieut.. Hopkins born in Ire
land, and came TO this country in 1854 He enlisted
private. and was soon promoted to the Second
Leutenancy. He served over four years in the
army, and in many important battles. At
Petersburg he received gunshot wound in the
right eye, which resulted In the loss of the eyebali.
Comrsde Hopkins a member of ]. T. Baird
Post, 100 GA r., and was buried under the auspices
of that organization in Drum Cemetery, Sherrard.
w. Va.
BurLER.-At the Soldiers Home. Chelsea. Mass.
Oct. 81. of paralysis, Eli II. Butler Sergeant. Co. Ii,
SD Mass, aged 90. Comrade Butler stricken
with paralysis his home AT Worcester, in March.
1892 and WAS conveyed to- the Home in the follow
ing May. He was member of George II. Ward
Post, TO-
SCHLEIFFER-At Irvona, Pa of cerebro-henn-
orrIage, Frederick Schleiffer, Co. E 93d Pa, aged
81. Comrade Sch!efer was born In Bargen. Cam
ton Bern, Switzerland. and came to this country
with his father in 1887 Comrade Schleffer enlisted
in 1861 and served three years. He was a member
of Bucktail Post, Remove, Pa. and buried by
that Post with the honOrs due a comrade. He
leaves a widow. two sons, and four daughters.
TILToN.-At San Pedro, Cal, Oct. IA, John A.
Triton. Co. G, llth N. H., aged IS. Comrade Tilton
was born at Sandown, n. H.. 1915. aud at the
breaking out of the war enlisted in regiment
raised that part oil tie Stale. AT the Daite OF
Gettysburg he received severe wound, and shortly
after given an honorable discharge. After the
war he located in CHICAGO, ILL.,, where he resided
until 1873. when he removed to California, where
he had since lived. He was Chaplain of George A.
Triton Post, l6I.
NEwToN.-At Boston, Mass. Oct. l9. Charles B.
Newton, Co. 9th Mass. and afterwards of the 9Th
Mas Cav, aged 50. He was a member of Nepou-
set Lodge and Sloan Enc4mpment I.O.O.F; Da-
mon Lodge. X. p, of Neponset and Canton Bos-
ton, 2. NJ, and also of the Grand Army. He was q
Past Grand Patriarch of the Grand Eucampment,
LO.O.F, of Massachusetts; n Past Grand Cham
cellor of the Grand Lodge, X. p. of Massachusetts.
and represented the Massachusetts Grand Lodge.
LO.O.F.. in the Sovereign Grand Lodge for two
years. He also represented the Massachusetts
Grand Lodge, L0.O.F.. at the Denver and Boston
demonstrations of the Odd Fellows. A widow and
daughter survive him.
KosT.-At Bridgeport. Conn.,, Oct 19. Rudolph
Kost. Corporal, LIST Conn, and Second Lieutenant,
9th Conn. aged 65. Comrade Kost was born in
Germany and came to this country when quite
young and at the breaking out of the war was
of the first to answer the call for men, He served
in many battles, always with great bravery. He,
with q few other officers and 80 men, held Fort
Wagner for several hours In the expectation Of the
arrival of reinsorcemen;s, but none came. and the
little party was forced to surrender overwhelm-
ing numbers He was confined in rebel prisons
for 20 months, and when released his health was
I'm paired, but he returned North and entered busi-
ness. He was q member OF the G.. A. X. and OF many
other Orders, all of which represented by
delegation at his funeral. A widow aud two chill
dren survive him.
Ross.-At Monmouth ILL.,. Oct. 2. of paralysis
David w. Ross. Co. Il. SD ILL.,, aged 81. Comrade
Ross enlisted La August. 1862. aud served until