The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-08-31
UNION VETERANS.
Sketch of Comma ander-in- Chief George J. Oaks-U. y.U. Has 60 ,OoO Membors.

Sketch of Comma nder-in- Chief George J
 oaks-U. v.U. Has e0,oo0 Members.
 General George J. Oaks of Rochester
 N. r.. the new commander-in-chief O
 the Union Veterans Union. who wa
 elected at the annual national encamp
 ment in Rochester last week, was bor,
 in that city in 1s42.
 In 1861. when Lincoln issued a cal
 for troops, he enlisted in Company (
 of the old Thirteenth New York regI
 ment and marched to the front. Aftel
 the first battle of Bull Run his com
 pany was transferred to the Third New
 York cavalry.
 On account of gallant service he was
 commissioned second lieutenant in the
 One Hundred and Fifty-first regiment
 New York State volunteers, in 1882
 and later was promoted to first lleuten- ant of Company D ofthe same regiment, and finally made captain of Company E.
 The next step In the line of promo tion was the appointment of Captain Oaks as an aide-de-camp on the staff of General William Morris, command ing the First brigade. Third division, Sixth Army corps. Later on he served in similar capacity on the staff of Brigadier General J. B. Ricketts, and was finally appointed to the responsi- ble position of ordnance officer. Dur ing the fighting in front of Petersburg, Va.. April 2, 1865, Captain Oaks took a prominent part, and 1t was there that he was brevetted major for con- spicuous services in leading a charge against and capturing one of the ene- mics star forts. General Oaks takes pride in the fact that dur ing his entire service in the army he never missed an engagement in which the troops to which he was attached took part.
 On his return to Rochester after the close of the war, General Oaks entered the employ of Messrs. $. Rosenblatt & Coo of Rochester. He was finally ad- nitted to partnership, and on the re- irement of MT. Rosenblatt the estab- ishment passed into the hands of Oaks < Calhoun. the junior partner having 'een associated with General Oaks for bout twenty-one years. A year ago he vas unanimously elected deputy com of the Union Veterans Union at the encampment held in Bos- on.
 At the national encampment held last week., General D. W. Wardrop, depart nent commander of Massachusetts, vas unanimously elected deputy com General Louis Ellis f Ohio. second deputy commander-in- hief; Dr. s. S. Bond, surgeon general. nd General Green Clay Smith, chap lin.' The executive committee consists J. E. Clifford of the department of he Potomac; c. E. Forrest, depart lent of New York: J. M. Brown, de- artment of Ohio; D. w. Gould, depart lent of Massachusetts; J. A. Anderson. apartment of Pennsylvania. Colonel ames s. Graham of Rochester was ected chairman of the committee. he place of the next meeting was left the executive committee.
 I. c. Gibbons, George H. Washburn . V. Jacklin and General Roberts were opointed a committee to arrange for ansportation next year. General 'ardrop of Massachusetts is well 1oWn in this city in army circles, He as at Roanoke Island in 1864. when aptain Joseph H. Barnum of Hartford as in command of the Sixteenth reri- ent, preserving the nucleus of the { mmand through the summer of '64. ; nile the bulk of. the organizations gre in Andersonville prison. t Adjutant General George H. Wash , lrn of Rochester was in the service rough the war. He belonged to the , le Hundred and Eighth New York. lich was brigaded in the Army of 6 e Potomac with the Fourteenth Con- cticut. He Is the present secretary c
 the regimental organization and is e 3 historian of the command. The | History of the One Hundred and h ghth,' which he has recently pub- p he'd, is one of the best regimentaJ a tories that has been published. It f. of particular interest to the Four II nth Connecticut, as it gives extended h counts of the regiment and some of e
 leading officers. including General right Morris of Bridgeport, The ume. contains a full roster of the = urteenth men at the present time. ' he Union Veterans Union now has wards of 6o.o0o members. Identified h it is a Woman's Relief Union ichis in fourishing condition. Miss ! lporn, the national president Of the CT. has made the stan appointments N ecretary, Mrs. Emily J. Potter La. ~ ia, N. H.; treasurer, Mrs. Sarah | lman. Laconia, N. H.: inner guard }. c. A. Williams, Massachusetts. CT guard. Miss Anna T, Kierle M ryland.
 he officers were installed at Roches- last week, Mrs. Tannehill. past na- lal president. acting as installinp ;er,' assisted by Past COmmander-in. ., Of Roberts. .' =
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