The National tribune., 1894-02-15
MUSTERED OUT.
Veterans Of the Country's Grandest Arm
Who Have Answered the Last Call.

| veterans OF the Country'S Grandest Army
| Who Have Answered the Last Call
/ lsenders of obituaries will please adhere strictly
i TO the form in which the notices below are worded
Notices must be brief and be sent Immediately after
| the event 10 which they relatel
| FERNALD.-At Chicago. H. Jan. s. Capt. Geo.
! p. Fernad. ConIrade Feruads iVice Of five
years commenced la the l0.h Me. Pc 1851 and con-
Iinued in that regiment and its successor inc 9th
Me until May, 1864. when lie entered the Sl-l o. 6
| G. T. lie was Adjutant of this regiment for Two
| years. aud was mustered Oat Captain with his
regiment late IN 1866 His was one Of the last regi
hehts 10 ieaye The servcs being retained for Pro-
vo-t duty ia New Orleans. account of il superior
drill, discipline and.efficieucy. Capt Fernad was
wounded at the battle of Cedar Mountain, Va, ia
| 1852. He was model soldier and efficens
officer fearless In action and prompt, skilfuI aud
CONSCIENTIOUS IN the discharge of bis duties. His
record was one of honorable service ereditabie
alike to himself and the cause he loved and served
! so well. He Haves a family.
METCALF-- At Providence, r l., Jan. Is Edwin
Meteaif 81 fs l. L. A.. aged II. He passed through
| the public Eehools and entered Brown University
III 1888. and graduated with high honors in 1872 He
| served his native State in its Legislature and as
| Attorney General, in both of which positions lie
won great distinction. In 1861, while serving in
! tho Legislature, he resigned his position and
doEned the uniform OF blue. and did gallant serv-
| ice under Commodore Dupont and Gen. w T.
Sherman in South Carolina Later on he was
made Colonel of the Sd X. j. II. A.. and The
respect OF those with whom he was associated, and
| for gallantry displayed many occasions his
services were highly appreciated by Gems. Hunter
and Gilmore He was always active aud earnest
not only during the late war; but upon his return TO
civil life his services and sympathies were with
those who had fought that the Union might be pre-
served. Comrade Meiealf had been very prOmi-
nent ia the GAR, and had served as Commander
| of the Department of Rhode Island.
| NEwCoMB-At SauIt Ste. Marie Mich. Nov. 25
! 1893 of heart disease, William l. Nsweomb. Co. X,
| Let Mich, aged 81. Comrade Neweomb enlisted in
/ 1861 rs private, and was discharged in 1863. He
lost his left arm in the second battle Of Boil Ran.
| He was a member of Marceus Post, 3i3, and WAS
| buried by that body. He leaves a family.
| CHAPEL.-At Spring Grove. Wis, Dec. 8 1893
| Austin G. Chapel Co. B. bah Wis, aged g. Com
rade Chapel served in the army three years. and
a brave soldier. At the time Of his death the
| eomrade was Qusrtermasier of Ben Davis Post,
264, and By his death the Post loses honorable
| member who has always taken deep interest in
| the Order.
| DRAKE.-At North Trenton. " " Nov 25 1893
of cancer of the stomach, Henry w. Drake. Co. K,
! 56th Pa aged 62. Conlrade Drake enlisted March
D. 1862 participated la nearly all the battles of the
| Army of the Potomac; wounded several
/ times, and served Till close of the He
member of o. q. Banks Post, I57, Greene n. Y. He
was gallant soldier and good citizen. He leaves
| a widow, two grown SOUS, and daughter.
K0TH-At Beidler. O., JAM :. Of drop-y, Benja-
member of Banks Post. 534.
BESTHUYsEN.-At Nevada City, Cal, Nov I2,
1895. d. Van Benthuysen, Co. g. 18th H. Cav. aged
GA. he was Chaplain OF Post lis, and WAS buried
By his comrades
EDDY.-At Canaan. Conn. Nov. 80. 1893 Hiram
Eddy, Chaplain, I'd Conn, aged 81 After the
he served year and a half in the service OF The
American Missionary Assoc alton, and assisted in
establishing the first freedalan's school az the
South. In 1857 he became pastor Of n large church
in Milwaukee. Wis, and later OF large church in
Jersey City. n. J. After establishing permanent
home in Canaan. he supplied the church in Shelf
field. Mass. several years. He was prominent
member and Past Commander Of David s. Cox
Post.
MUHANY.-At Eldon, Iowa. Jan. 9. Thomas
Muhany, Co. II, 44th n. Y, aged 81. Comrade
Muhany engaged in the battles of Aulietanl,
Fair Oaks fredericksburg Yorktown. Chieka-
bominy. Wilderness. and SpottsyiyaHia Court
house. He belonged to Post AZ.
FIELD.-At Lisbon, Conn. Dec 20. 1893. S. A
cid q,
charter member of Lincoln Post. ~ of Hope VAL
ley, r /.
HARPER.-At Coalton, O.. Dec 81, 1895, suddenly,
OF heart disease. James e. Harper Co K 56th Oho,
aged 50 years Cvmrade Harper entered the service
in 1861. aRd served over -four and oue-iaif years.
He WAS brave aud gallant soldier. prominent
member of the GAR, All honorable citizen. and
respected by ali who knew him. He leaves
widow, two daughters aud five sons. The funeral
service conducted by his comrades
EsrEs.-At Mckinney, KY. of disease contracted
in the service, Benjamin z. Estes. Colonel 18th
KY. Col Estes a gallant soldier, and Gen.
sherman in his Memoirs makes hattering refer.
to his acts OF bravery while he was operating
in and around Nashville, Chattanooga, and At
lanta.
sHIPMAx-At Shelby City, KY, recently. Frank
L. Shipman, Co. NJ. 18th KY. Cav. He leaves
widow.
Veteran Post. AZ. Denver. Colo. has lost the fol-
lowing comrades by death during the past year:
Daniel o. Sutphin, Corporal. Co. E. Sd Colo. Cav,
Nov. %, 1898; Taylor Keys. private. Co l. l92d
Ohio Nov. o. 1898; John II. Durham, Sd U-S.L-A-.
Nov. 80 1898.
kLUErSCH.-At Lincoln, NED, Jan. =, john II.
Klueiscll. 45th ILL.,. aged So Conrads Kluetseh
born in CobIenlz. Prussia. After passing the pri-
mary sc=ools of the town he studied at Reckling-
hansen. in Westphala, and AZ CobentZ and frier, in
the province of Rbenish Prussia. Upon grndn-
ating, Mr.. Kluetsch visited the University of Bonn
and the Academy OF Forestry at Eisenach, aud
having completed his studies he entered the
Prussian army volunteer in the Eighth
Prussian Sharpshooters battalion at WetZar
He emigrated to this country in 1861, and soon
after entered the army as a private, and received
many promotions for his bravery and good
behavior He served on the staffs Of Gems.
O. o. Howard and Carl SchuTz, and took part in
many of the hardest-fought battles After leaving
the army Mr.. Kluetsch went TO Chicago, where Inc
was employed in the Postal Service and ia the
Recorders Office as map clerk. He elected
Collector of Taxes for West Chicago in 1870 and
again in ISL. In 1S72 he went to Lincoln. where he
pursued various vOcatious until February, 1856,
when he purchased the Lincoln FTeie PreSSe. which
lie has owned and operated since that time.
KILLEN.-At ST. Peters Fla. Jan. 2l John Kilen.
Co. q, sd Wis. aged 60. The eomrade was
member of II. NJ. Walker Post, l8, ManitOwOe Wis.
KLEMAN.-At MaDitowoc, Wis, JAN q. Michael
KEENAN,, Go. ID, 9th Wis.,, aged 90. He was n MEM
Der of Post Is.
BAIRr.-At Monticello. H., Jan. %, William B.
BART I55th Ohio He was a member of Post 256,
and was buried by his comrades.
DAvIDsoN.-At Post Mills VT, Jan. Is, of disease
contracted in the service. James Davidson, Cor
poral, Co. A, 18th VT, aged So. COmrade Davidson
enlisted in 1862. and served one year. when he was
honorsbly discharged He re-enlisted IN the l7th
VT, and served until the close OF the war He WAS
a member of Frost Post A widow. daughter,
and two sons survive him.
HULBERT-At Naples, ". V, Jan. q, 1894 Lieut..
John II. Hubert Co. K, l20th N Y, aged 81. Lieut..
Hubert was q member of Bingham Post, "A, and
was one of the charter members. He enlisted from
his native town of Naples in August. 1862 and went
out as Corporal of Co. of the above regiment,
and for efficient service was promoted to Second
Lieutenant with rank from July, 1868. His remains
were inferred with GAR. hOnOrs. He leaves
widow.
MoReAN.-At I.abanon. n. Y, Feb. II, 1898, from
the effects of la grippe, Albert Morgan Co. ID. lS9th
n. Y, aged AZ years.
MoRsE-At Eaton n. Y. June l. 1898 of lung
disease contracted in the service Alfred b. Morse,
Co. E. Is9lh N. Y, aged AZ He leaves a widow
and several small children.
WooTTEN.-At Eaton, n. Y, June 10, 1898 OF
complicated diseases contracted In AndsrsOnvie
Prison, VIM. Wootien, Co. A. 18th ". Y. aged 4S.
PowELL-At Eaton. n. Y, Dec 20, 1898. Ira q.
Powell Co. ID. II4,h n. Y. COmTade Powell had
been n great sufferer from heart disease. asthma,
and rheumatism for n number of years, and at last
was attacked with dropsy, from which he died.
SKINSBR.-At Vernon, N Y. JAN 20. of heart
failure JOHN G. Skinner ODD Wis, aged 50. The
in the service from Aug. 2. 1862, to
May 30 1S65 He was prominent member of JO-
seph H. Warren Post. 6l5 and WAS Its Quartermas-
tor at the time of his death. widow and an
adopted daughter survive him.
WYNN.-At Lakeside, Ind. Jan. 20, Jacob Wynn,
Co. X, 29th Ind. ComrHde WYNN was mustered
into the service in August, 1851 and served until
September 1854 He was buried with military
honors by Post 8. of South Bend, Ind, of which hs
was honored member.