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Hest living army officer in the person
sSof Second sLieutenant Miehael Moore
who will celebrate the 95th anniver sary
sSsof his birth, II spared, on Thursday next
B / July 4, Says the Irish World. Lieut.
4 Moore, who was born in the city OF New
york on independence Day. 1900, enlisted
#in the United States army when yet
I boy. He obtained a commission; IN the
infantry branch of the service IN 1869,
and he was placed on the retired list 81
the army on Dec. Is, 1872. Lieut.. Moore,
Who lives at No. 90 Seventh avenue, with
his wife, two daughters, and HIS son,
i celebrated his golden wedding six years
ago. He hasabeen in the service OF the
United States more than eighty years,
.sof which long period sixty years were were
spent by him in active service. 81
His record is remarkable. Lieut..
Moore antedated Gen. U. S. Grant by
twenty two years, Cen. w. T. Sherman ma,
by twenty years, Gen. Winfield Scott
Hancock by twenty-four years, Gen.
Philip Fl. Sheridan by thirty-one years,
Gen. Henry w. slocum by twenty-seven
years, and Gtn. .. o. Howard by thirty
years. He is the senior of the Grand Old
Man, William z. Gladstone, in. point Of
age. by nine years. He had been a sol-
der for three years before Prince, Bis
marck was born. It is believed that. a g
is the oldest military veteran IN the
world. .ss !.
When Lieut.. Moore was a boy he,'went
fishing on the creek where Canal street
is now. In company with an elder
brother he ran away from home and he
enlisted in the United States army Ills
first service was in Capt. John Sprouts
company of,the. Thirteenth United States
Infantry regiment, which latter was
commanded by Col. Peter 3. Schuyler.
He Joined the. Thirteenth at Greeenbush,
opposite Albany, and soon thereafter the
comm and was ordered to the then
frontier of Western New York. Young
Moore took part in the battle OF Queens
town. and also in the capture OF Fort
George. He joined In the pursuit OF
the enemy and in the battle Of Stony
Creek, where Gen. Winder and Gen.
Chandler were captured late at night
He was severely wounded at Fort George
and still bears scar on his arm. He was
with his regiment when it took part UNI.
der Gen. Wilkinsons command in the
movement down the st. Lawrence, with
an attack on Montreal as its objective
point. After the battle Of williamsburg
he went into winter quarters at French
Mills. Under Gen. lizard, in 1914, he
was at Sackett's Harbor, and subse-
duently he served at Fort Erie. Eventu-
ally his regiment was consolidated with
the Fifth Infantry regiment, which was
sent to Detroit, Mich. Here, at the close
Of the war he was honorably discharged.
He re-enlisted Immediately after re-
ceiving his discharge in the Second Reg
iment Of Infantry, OF which Col. Hugh
Brady was the commandant. A mill
tary post was established by the Second
at Sault Sainte Marie in1S21. The Sec
ond, in 1920, was escort to Gov. Cass
when he went on an expedition to nego-
tiatet a treaty with the Indians at the
head Of Lake Superior.
j He served in the Black Hawk war in
1882, and later on he participated in4Ithe
Seminole Indian war in Florida, having
three years of service there. Having
then been twentyeight years soldier,
Lieut. Moore received his discharge at
Fort King, Florida, in 1871. He then pro-
ceeded to Bedloes Island, where he re-
manned on recruiting duty until he. re-
#ceived his commission as second lieuten-
3 ant In January, 1863. Since his retire
1nent III 1872 he has lived happily with
his family in Brooklyn.