The National tribune., 1894-04-05
MUSTERED OUT.
Veterans of the Country's Grandsst Army
Who Have Answered the Last Call.

Who Have Answered the Last Call.
ESenders Of obituaries will please adhere strictly
TO the form in which the notices below are wordsd.
Notices must be brief and be Immediately afssr
the event TO which they related
PRICE.-At Lenoxville Pa, recently. Of can
GER of the stomach, o. Z. Price, Co. X, 17th Pa.
He was pensoned at the rate Of $40 per month.
DowNs.-At Aberdeen, Wash, March IL.
Robert Downs, Co. B, 10th Mich, aged 60 He
a good and faithful member Of Geo. Crook
Post. 63. He was buried with the GAR. serv-
ices. widow, one son and six daughters
survive him.
TARLEY.-At Washburn, Me-. Feb Is, OF dis
ease contracted in Andersonvile Prison. John
farley, Co. II, 18th Me-, aged -. His funeral
attended by s w. Stratton Post, I55, of
which he was an hOnored member
POMRoY.-At Providence, r. l., March 10. Of
pneumonia, Edwin c. PemrOy. Maj. Pomroy
was member of the famous Ellsworth Zouaves,
and was with that organization in the Alex
andria Hotel when Col. Ellsworth WAS shot
after hauling down the Con federate flag Sub
sequently he enlisted in the Sd r. J. Cav and
served with it to the end of the war, when he
held a commission as Major. Comrade POmrOy
Joined Post /, May 81. 1867. He was member OF
the Council of Administration in 1869, Assistant
Quartermasier-General in 1871; Junior Vice
Department Commander in 1872; Senior Vice
Department Commander in 1873; Department.
Commander IN 1875. succeeding in that Office
Comrade Edwin Metcalf
WHEELER.-At Pieasanton, Tex. March II,
Frank Wheeler, 4th Mich. widow and sew
eTal children survive him.
RUTHERFoRD.-AtJef Jacksonville, Ind March
Is, of consumption. caused by exposure in the
service. Alexander Rutherford, 20. ID, 22d Ind.
He enlisted in July. 1861; re enlisted at Blsin's
Crossroads East Tenn, on Dec. %. 1863 and
was honorably discharged Aug. /. 1865, after a
continuous service of over four years. At Mis-
sion Ridge, when the 22d Ind reached the
breastworks, rebel shot at him several times
from under the headlog. Comrade Rutherford
reached over aud grasped him by the hair Of
his head and hauled the Johnny over and out
side Of the works and sent him to the rear.
BENNETT.-At Kingfisher. Okla, Feb. 49,
Jacob A. Bennett, Co. K, 10th iii. Comrade
Bennett was born at Utica Ind Dec. IA, 1881.
He was elected Second Lieutenant OF Go. z
upon the organization ef the regiment in Sep
TENDER. 1862; was promoted to First Lieuten-
ant, and mustered out in July. 1865, as breyes
Captain. Served in the 18th n. C. under A. J.
Smith, and was wounded at the battle Of
Tupelo, Miss, from the effects of which be
became paralyZed in January. 1893. Comrade
Bennett was Past Commander of Dick Yates
Post %, Waco, Neb and was also a Mason He
had long been an applicant for pension on ac-
count of wounds, and about one year ago
received the sum of IS per month. He had
required constant care and attendance for
more than a year. but could get no increase Of
pension. Two married daughters survive him.
CAsEDY.-At Henderson, Mo-. Jan. 2. John
c. Casedy, Co. l.. Sd Mo Cav, aged IS. He was
mustered into the service in 1862 and received
au honorable discharge in 1865. A widow and
three children survive him.
KARNs-At Arcadia. o.. Feb. g. of q COM
plication OF diseases resulting from army serv-
ice, VIM. Harms. Co. G. 11Sth Ohio. aged IS.
COmrade Harms was born in Hancock County,
o.; enlisted in August 1862; was with his
regiment through the East Tennessee cam
paign; was with Sherman in the Atlanta cam
paign as far as Peach Tree Creek, where he was
wounded the skirmish-liRe July 90 1864,
which resulted in the loss of his leg near the
hip, for which he was discharged. widow
and six children survive him.
COSNELL.-At Rich Hill, Mo-. March 9. oil
paralysis, Stewart COnnell, Co. /, 149th IDd.,
aged g. He was an active member of Post 10,
which marched to the cemetery and conducted
the burial services at the grave. A widow and
four daughters survive him.
CoCHRAN.-At Peru, Iud., recently, Of con-
sumption, J. II. Cochran, Cd Lieutenant, Co. c.
S7th Ind, aged Sc. w. B. Reyburn Post. Of
which he was an honored member passed reso-
lutions on his death. widow and two children
survive him.
PooLE-At Trenton n. J., recently, Henry
A. Poole, Co. G. Sd Pa h A. The comrade was
killed by train, and after being brought to
the morgue papers were found in his pockets
giving name and regiment. When it became
Known that he was q member of the GAR
Post and Post % Immediately took charge Of
the remains His pension certificate was ad-
dressed to Hagerstown, Md. For further in
formation address James w. Royle, Trenton,
n. J.
CHAsE-At Fort Ann, n. z, recently, Of
heart failure. George w. Chase, Co. D. 123d
n. Y. aged 55. Com rade Chase enlisted Aug.
IL. 1862, and went directly to the front. His
regiment was assigned to the Western De-
partment, and shared in the fatigue and hard
ships of Sherman's army in the famous
march to the sea. He was discharged with his
regiment after the Grand Review at the close
of the war. On his return home he resumed
his former occupation, that of farming. and
lived quiet unassuming life. He had been
great sufferer for many years. He Joined Post
$50 in 1883. and was its Chaplain for a number
of years. The Post attended his funeral in .
body, and the ritual of our Order was read at
the grave. A widow, three sons and two daugh-
tiers survive him.
INMAN-At Long Island. Kan, Feb. Is,
John R. Inmsn. Long Island Post, of which
the deceased was member. passed resolutions
on his death, and ordered that the charter be
draped in mourning for 30 days.
SUTER.-At Baltimore, Nd, recently, of con-
gestion of the lungs and pneumonia, Capt. John
II. Suter. aged 81. During the memorable
cam paign of 1860 he was prominent member
of the Bell and Everett Association of Minute
Men, whose hall. on Baltimore street, OF p site
Holiday was attacked by a mob on April IS,
1861. That same evening Gov. Thomas Holli-
day Hicks commissioned Suter a Lieutenant
with orders to recruit men in defense of the
Government, duty which he Immediately un-
dertook, and in which he accomplished much
for his country. He was for a short time at
taehed to the LIST Nd, and furnished soldiers
for the Cd and Sd regiments. On Ang %, 1862,
after having served without compensation for
over year, he resigned his position, and en-
listed in Co. A, 4th Nd, under Col. E. n. Bow
erman. He was soon promoted Orderly-Ser-
geant, and served such until Jan. IL. 1863,
when he was commissioned First Lieutenant.
In August 1863, Lieut.. Suter became Quarter
master of the regiment. and in October, 1864.
was detailed as Brigade Quartermaster. His
worth as an executive officer was recognized in
his being detailed by Gen. q. K. Warren, com.
manding the Fifth Corps. as Assistant to Col. ID.
L. Smith, Chief COmmissary at those Head
quarters. Here he served until the close of the
war. At the time of his death Capt. Suter
was Clerk of the Circuit Court 2. He was Q
member Of Post 46. widow and three sons
survive him.
BLEcHER.-At Milwaukee, Wis, recently,
Jacob A. Blecher, Co. H, list Wis, aged s..
The comrade enlisted on April 16 1861, and,
at the expiration of his term. re-enlisted in
the 9th Wis. In this regiment he rose to the
rank of First Lieutenant. The comrade was
a member of Post 2, under whose auspices the
funeral services were conducted.
THAYER.-At Templeton. Mass, March Is,