The National tribune., 1893-05-11
PERSONAL


e +. Grant Superintendent of the National
Cemetery nj Yorktown. Va, enlisted Aug @ 1862
in Co. @, Is7th Pa, and engaged in the battles
Of fredericksburg aud Chapccilorsville. lie re-
enlisted In Co r. 18th Pa and took part in the
battles OF the Wilderness. Spoitsy lvania Cold
HHrbor etc. and altogether in IS battles and
-kirnishes. RE WAS wounded three times, having
his right leg shot of. He - Pas. Commander Of
Kit Carson Post. 2. GAR, of Washington.
Maria NJ. Rehr Cooper, widow OF William NJ
Cooper. who established the Cooper Refreshments
Saloon at Washington Avenue Wharf. Philade phia
for volunteer soldiers, during the war dial on
Saturday, April 20. at the residence Of her son.
Edward 5. Cooper. IT'S Wellington street. Pha-
dclphia. Mrs. Cooper was born in i;erSs County in
1s09, aud was married in is32. When the civil war
broke out Mr.. Cooper had prosperous business
One evening, in conversation with a number Of
friends Al Eighth and Arch streets he stated that
regiment to pass through Philadelphia the
next day, aud suggested that the boys be given
good meal at his cooper shop on Washington
avenue. The idea was adopted with enthusiasm
and n committee appointed TO buy eaiabIes. This
was the beginning Of the Cooper Shop Volunteer
Refreshments Saloon which fed thousands Of SOL
ders during ths war; and in which work Mrs.
Cooper took an interest second only that Of her
husband Mr.. and Mrs. Cooper were also instru-
She was honorary member Of Meade Post, l.
GAR. aud the Post paid the customary respect
10 her memory.
That Grant County, Wis. Is a loyal settlement IS
evidenced by the fsct that majority of the County
officers old Union soldiers. Among them are
G. n. Eye. Co. D. 49, Wis, Superintendent Of
Schools; George 3. Carter Co. G, I'd Wis, and Co.
a, 33d Wis. Probate Judge; j. G. Harshberger, 81
Wis, County Treasurer; Lewis Better, Co. G, I'd
Wis, Register of Deeds; Jacob Miller. 18th Iowa.
Sheriff. This is pretty good County for old vet
Grams TO live in. for i: that they are recog
nized.
dispatch from San Francisco, Cal. last week
announced that Col. Clark Z X. Royce, Treasurer
of the Veterans Home Association at Yountville
short for Mt least $50 600 and il may be $40 COO
The Veterans Home at YOuntyille Is an institu-
ton supported Jointly by the State and Federal
Governments for the aid Of decrept ard disabled
Union soldiers. The dispatch states: Royce IL
now lying at his home very i'll and partially para
lyzed from wounds inflicted by himself one week
ago IN the Burlington House. where he had en-
gagged n room. He was found In this room uncon-
scious and bleeding from two severe wounds, one
In the neck, which narrowly missed seyering the
spinal cord. lie was removed to his home, and the
mystery OF his wasn't explained till late when
the facts of the defalcstion were admitted by the
Veterans Home Directors Royce elected
Treasurer a year ago. and thoroughly
trusted that he wasn't required to produce his bank
books Instead OF banking the funds he simply
used them, but how lac squandered this sum Is not
yet known. An Investigating Committee is at the
Soldiers Home in Yountville Naps County, try
ing ascertain the exact amount Of the shortage,
which may reach so. COO as Royce handled all the
National aud State appropriations for the associa-
ton. Royce Is lawyer who bore q good reputa-
ton"
Capt. o. Fl. oIdroyd lately removed by the
Board of Control "a the Custodian of the Lincoln
Home in Springfield, Ill., and Herman Hofferkamp
elected TO succeed him. The State Journal OF
Springfield. says that the removal purely po
llical. Capt OIdroyd is Republican and his
successor is Democrat, and that hundreds of peo-
pie of both parties will decry this action of the
Board of Control in supplanlinG the Captain with
"A man who has none but mercenary interest in the
Home. This Home was the Lincoln residence In
Springfield. and was one Of the sights shown to
visitors at the Illinois Capital
The long military career Of Gen. James Melee
OF Brooklyn, ~ Y. was celebrated by a public
dinner last week. Gen. McLeer now commands
the brigade of New York State Militia composed
OF the Brooklyn regiments Jasles McLeer is now
In his SD year. having been born in December
1910. He is a native of Brooklyn, and was study
Ing law in the Office of Gen. Crooker, prom nent
member Of the local militia when the war broke
out, and he promptly enlisted in 1861 in Co. C. nth
n. Y, best known. from their Zouave uniform, as
The Red-legged Devils" He wounded in the
first battle Of Bull Rum bu: was able to return to
the field in few months. On Aug %, 1862, at the
battle of Groveton. Va, he wounded in the
left arm and one leg. 1t WAS proposed to smputate
both. they badly shattered, but lie protested
vigorously that his leg was saved. He was prac-
ticsly helpless, however, for two years, and at the
return of his regiment rode in a carriage with his
left arm off near the shoulder. he then joined the
National Guard. and held the various offices of
First Lieutenant. Quartermsster. Major, and Lieu
tenant Colonel until he became Colonel of the l4th
Regiment. While in command of it in 1888 he
made Brigader- General of the Third Brigade, TO
succeed Gen. james Jourdan, who made
Major General, and put in command of the Second
Division When the division formation abol-
ished in 1856 and the Third and Fourth Brigades
were consolidated in the Second Brigade, n. G.. 8.
N Y, Gen. McIeer was placed In command and
has remained there ever since.