The National tribune., 1893-12-21

bringing them out to vote the rgb. ticket Hs
cast his first for Abraham Lincoln while in the
! army.
GOv-elect Greenhaige. OF Massachusetts,. hes
| honored number of comrades By appointing
them to serve hts staff for 1so4. Among shern
are Lieut. George r. Hall. Col. James A. Carter.
Lieut.. Gardner c. Hawkins. A. O. Davidson, Cyrus
| A Page, Ben. s Lowell. James A. I4arkin.
Lieut. Geo. F. Hall Is AT present Rils Inspector
OF the ist Mass v. NJ. lie born in Charles
town. His first military experience was gained in
the nine months c'mpsiEn Of the 4Ith regiment.
He is n member Of Edward W. Kinsley Post, tl3,
and vas its Commander two years ago.
Col James L. Carter. of Broo<iine T. already
| Colonel. being Of the junior Assistant Ia
spectors-General on the present sGsf OF Gov. R1s-
sell. having received his appointment Jan. l3 1893
/ He was born in Cambridge. His military expert
enee commenced with the loth U. s. @. l.. with
| which command he served as First Lieutenant
| from 1864 to 1863
Gardner G. Hawkins Of Boston, was a Firss
Lieutenant OF the 81 VT. and for distinguished
gHilantry at the battle Of Petersburg April 1868
he was awarded by Congress during this last year
| medal Of honor. which transmitted TO him
last September. At critical point in the battle
! he was assigned to the command Of his regiment.
1
| tack he was wounded. just outside the encny's
| workS and carried from the field suffering from
what was thought to be a mortal wound. Lieut.
| Hawkins Is q native Of Vermont He enlisted
when II years old. in 1863 as a private. and was
promoted to be Second Lieutenant At the battle Of
Cedar Creek, Oct. 10. 1854; Adjntani, December
1864. and to be First Lieutenant Feb. o. 1865. He
10 member of the GAR. the Loyal Legion. and
OF the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company
A. o. Davidson. OF Waters own, was born ia Gem
esee Falls. n. Y aud i'm 1s6Fwent to Massachusetts
and settled in Lowell. Two years later he enlisted
IN the army for nine months and WAS discharged
at the end of his of service He has always
been an enthusiastic Republican. and during Tho
recent campaign was member Of the GTeenbslgs
Railying Committee.
Cyrus A Page born in Bedford. and since his
early manhood he has always lived in Boston.
When but II years old he enlisted in the 5lh Mass
Co. +, aud with this regiment he remained until Il
disbanded.
Benjamin g Lowell. Of Weymouth Is one Of the
best-kDown and most popular men in the State
He was born IN Weymouth in 1874 and in the be-
ginning Of the war; ut the age of Is enlisted iB Co.
A, 42d Mass. His connection with GAR affairs
both State ard National. il familiar to all GAR
men. In 1870 he Joined Reynolds Post, and was
Senior Commander from 1871 to 1873. In 1876 he
was chosen Commander. which position he has
held ever since. He bHs been J. v. Dept COM
mander in 1881. was Abide Camp to Gen John G.
Robinson, COmmander-iu-Chief Of the National
EncHmpment in l577-75 and member OF the Coun-
eli of Administration in 1887. He was elected TO
the Senate in ISS3
James A. Lakin. Of wesifsId. Is a veteran soldier.
and was wounded in the rebellion. He served on
Gen. Ayers staff during the year ia which the
National Encampment held In Boston, and at
present 10 Commander Of the GAR Post In West
field.
Every year at Flushing. L. l.. two events Of tho
war are celebrated. These are the anniyers of
the siege of Knoxville Tenn. and the firing of tho
last shot of the in frontof Petersburg. In both
of these events Major jacob Roemer, OF the old
Flushing battery, figures hero. Nov. o. was
the anniversary Of the former. II the day on
which Longstreet made his famous charge upoa
For Sanders with the hope Of breaking the Union
lines and defeating Burnside before Gen. Sherman
could arrive. who was at Loudon, two days march
away, and WAS coming To the relief Of the be-
ieaguered garrison. IL he had been succes-fuI no
might have defeated Sherman, but Roemer's
guns. double shotted with canister, were too much
for the charging Confederates Mai. Roemer. who
Is now crowned with a wreath Of years" calls to-
geiher his comrades within a hundred miles and
celebrates each anniversary with a banquet. On
the las; occasion about loo gathered half Of whom
were survivors OF the fight Among them were
Gen. Richmond. of Burnside's staff: Mai Brackett.
ofGen. WIlcoxs staff; Capt. J. y. Dixon and many
others. The old Knoxville flag which waved over
the fort, was prominently displayed; also the bat
terry guidOns and many relics of The fight. one
piece of shell that killed two Union n8en and
wounded the Major; another. rebel bowie knife,
made of large file, with bloody record. and .
lead mortar made of IL pounds OF bullets taken
from the walls of the fort. A carefully pre- pared
history Of the event read by L A. FuFnsy.
Tho firing at Petersburg will be celebrated next
April, which occasion Mai. ROemeF fires q
cannon at the soldiers monument at O'Clock In
the morning.