The National tribune., 1894-07-12
PERSONAL.

Rrig.-Gen. James B. Colt, of Norwich, Conn,
| one of the gallant veterans of the late war, is
| Ill at his home suffering from eight distinct
wounds received during the rebellion. He
commanded the Second Corps in Haucock'a
| forces. He is now SO years DID,
Congressman Richardson last week intro
duced bill authorizing the Secretary of War
| to award to John s. Carpenter, of Grand Rapids,
a medal Of honor for bravery and distinguished
| services rendered while on the United States
steamer Cossack, in rescuing from extreme
| peril the crew of the steamer City of New
| York, naval transport engaged in the Burn
side expedition, near Roanoke Island, in jan
uary, 1862.
/ Capt Paget, who has been elected Military
Instructor to the Boston Public Schools, is an
| Army man, having enlisted for the war in Co.
| ]. 42d Mass, under command of Isaac s. Bar
| rili. He was Second Lieutenant of Co. j, Ist
regiment, and in 1868 was elected Captain,
rssigning in 1876 He was member of
| Washington Post, GAR. South Boston, but is
| at present member of Post So, Dorchester,
and is Officer of the Day.
| The table upon which President Lincoln
signed the Emancipation proclamation is now
| the property Of Onited States Treasurer Morgan.
| VIM. Walsh, the last but one of those who
| defended Baltimore against the British invasion
| in 1914, is dead. He was Ia years old at the
| time, and was pressed into service to mold bull
| lets.
In regard to the old beech-tree near Frying
| pan Church, Va. mentioned I'm recent ISSUE q
comrade, whose name is carved thereon, writes
US: ] remember cutting my name, Harvey D.
| Judkins, Co. 6, Sd VI, and I thought would
| like your readers to know that / am still alive
and live in East Barnet. VT; Box IT,"
! The New York State Board Of Commissioners
| of Chattanooga Monuments has decided to ap-
propriate 800 for the three best sketches and
designs submitted for regimental monuments
| and markers for New York regiments upon the
battie6elds of Chattanooga, Lookout Mountain,
Wauhatchee, and Ringgold. The decision is to
be made by the Commission. In case of the
use of any of these designs, an additional COM
pensation, to be agreed upon, will be made for
their use. The Commissioners are Gen. Daniel
Butterfeld, Col. Lewis r. Stegnan and Clinton
Beckwith.
Comrade Ed. Brown, of Holmes, Iowa, who
served three years and a half. and who asserts
that he was not absent from his company day
during that time. has received notice from
the Pension Office that his medical evidence.
which was filed four years ago. does not suffi-
ciently prove that he is entitled to $12 per
month. and he is accordingly reduced to So
without investigation. Comrade Brown is
broken down in health.
Representative Amos ]. Cummings proposes
to introduce into United States practice some
thing analogous to the "red ribbon of the
Legion of Honor" prevailing in France. He
has already introduced joint resolution which
permits persons entitled to medal of honor
to wear in lieu thereof bow-knot of ribbon of
pattern TO be prescribed by the President of the
United States. A fine of $100 is provided for
the unlawful wearing of such a ribbon.
The model for the equestrian statue of Mai.-
Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock is finished The
work has been accepted by the Commission for
Gettysburg monuments. When cast in bronze
and placed on Cemetery Hill it will be the first
equestrian statue erected on battlefield in this
country. The General sits in the saddle in an
erect commanding attitude. looking over the
battlefield and pointing to Round Top in the
distance.
Medals of honor have been awarded to the
following named prvates who volunteered for
the storming party at the siege of VicksbHrg:
]. g. Ayres, Sth Me-, Moorhead, Mich; A. T.
Goldberg, 127th H., Maynard, Iowa; P. w.
Sehneck, I16th H., Decatur, ILL.,; J. s. Cum
ningham, 6th No., Burlington. Kan; Fred
Rock. 37th Ohio, Tampa, Fla; Fl. w. FrizzeH,
9Th No.. Fredercktown. Mo-; William Camp
bell, Both Ohio Des Moines Iowa; ]. Fl. Over
turf. SD Ind, Halton. Ind; Joseph Frantz,
SD Ind, Dundas. Mimi; Fl. G. Trogden. sth
No., Chicago; Uriah Brown, 30sh Ohio, Flor
ence, o.; Wilson McGonagie, Both Ohio, Saxon
burg, Pa.
The old house at Fourth avenue and Twenty
eighth street. in New York, in which Peter
Cooper lived once, is to be carefully taken
down. removed. and rebuilt on the property of
Abram 8. Hewitt. at Ringwood. N. ]. 1t is q