The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1897-09-02
rtr1ert Commanders Of the Grand Army Of the Republic


Territory. was born in Jackson Township,
o., and at the age Of Is enlisted in the 18th
Ohio. Nov II, 1851 Comrade Shriver was
discharged Dec. 81. 1-j3. but re-enlisted. Ito
was mustered out as Corporal lie was
charter member and Commander Of Seneca
Post 10, Department of Missouri and has
served IN the Department of Indian Territory
rs Commander OF AcPherson Post. H. Miami,
Junior Vice Commander and Senior Vice
Department Commander.
A. IT. Evans, Commander Of the Depart
ment of Iowa. was born in New jersey in
1910. and enlisted under President LincOIn's
first call for 5000 men. He served three
months and Te-eHIisted in Go. +. 9th y. J.
When mustered oUt at the close OF the war
he was Captain of Co u. lie " 3 taken
prisoner in March. 1855. but oscaped and re-
joined his regiment at Coldsboro. y. c.. lust
before Shermans advance on Raleigh With
the exception Of 1861 the regiment was at
tached to the Army of the James. in the
Department of North Carolina. having gone
with Cen Burnside in 1862. He removed
to Arkansas after the war, and remained un-
til ISL when be went 20 ke0kuk, Iowa.
Theodosius Botkin, Commander of the
Department Of Kansas. was born in Clark
County, o., June %, 1915, and enlisted in
Co. F, 44th Ohio, at the age of 10. He re-
enlisted at Strawberry Plains, Jan. :, 1861,
and served until Aug. ), 1865. The designa-
tlOn of the regiment was changed to Sth Ohio
Cav. in January. 1861. He went TO Kansas
Immediately after the war; has been Prin-
cipal of the public schools ut Pleasanton
Police Judge; Probate Judge of the Linn
County Court; Judge of the 32d Judicial
District, and member of the Legislature.
(iorDpeapdar ROtLir, hos hoaD a .,,a,,.rc& -
the Order many years, first in Post So, Mound
City. transferring to Post 81. Anthony and il
now connected with Joe Hooker Post, II,
Hutchinson. He has attended many Depart
ment Encampments and was chosen as a
Delegate to the National Encampment az
Louisville
Andrew J. Tharp, of Kentucky. was one
of the youngest Commanders ut the National
Encampment. He was born in Estill County,
Ky, Aug. -, 1916. He attempted to enlist
in 1861. but was refused on account of age.
In 1862 he was mustered as n member of Co.
f, 18th Ky. Cav, in which he served until
March Is, 1864; re-enlisted in Co. L, 4th
Ky, serving until June "A, 1860. He was
captured on a raid near Lovejoy Station. and
was one of the last to leave Andersonville in
| April, 1865. lie is merchant at Winston.
| Comrade Tharp was County Judge four years.
| He became a member of the r. in 1899,
| since which he has filed nearly every Office
| in his Post and Department.
Charles w. Keeting, Commander of the
| Department of Louisiana and Mississippi was
| born in Lowell Mass, Aug II, 1871. At the
age of 10 he enlisted in Co. Fl, 18th Mass.
In February, 1863 ne was ordered TO New
York for promotion and mustered as Lieuten-
ant in the Sd L. S. March /, 1867, he was
mustered ont as Captain in the 18th q. s. c.
| T., and Brevet Lieutenant Colonel of Volun-
| teers- He was appointed Postmaster at
| Shreveport La, by President Grant in 1869
He is Examiner of Merchandise of the Port
of New Orleans La. In 1893 he Joined Joseph
A. Mower Post, /, New Orleans; was elected
Commander in 1885; was Assistant Adjutant-
General, serving under six Department Com
manders. He is now serving his fourth con-
secutive term as Department Commander
Leroy T. Carleton, Commander of ths
! Department Of Maine was born In Phillips,
/ BE. "a lS47, en- enlisted, at the age OF IA,
j e Ire 9Th $'s. He was mustered out on ac-
coaDt o.. - .bility, but again enlisted in the
32G de, ssrving until the end of the war;
Ia WIS t'Sice wounded He taught school
: Ia i9l53 he was admitted to the bar, and has
The -ep0 cation of being one of the best crimi-
I n@l Layers in theState. He has been promi-
nsDs 4 GAR. affairs of Maine, 7hile his
! wife. Nellie VI. Carleton, is well known in
tae 7f.RC.
George w. Johnson, Commander of the
Department of Maryland, was born in BaIti-
j more Md, Nov. 20, 1884; enlisted rs pri-
vate in Co. ID, Sth Md, Aug. - 1862; was
promoted First Lieutenant March %, 1864,
remaining in the service until June 10. 1865,
when lie was mustered out at Arlington Va.
| The regiment was part OF the famous Mary
| land Brigade. COmrade Johnson became q
| charter member of the first Post organized in
| Observation-Disclosures, land served in many
| minor offices He became a charter member
| of Wilson Post, /, SER ing as Commander in
| 1883. He later became n charter member of
| Veteran Post, As, in V hi h he has served as
| Officer of the Day, Quartsrmaster, and Conn
mander. He was Inspector of the Depart>
merit III 1896, and has served on the National
Staff He is a member of the District of CO.
lumbia COmmandery, OIder of the Loyal
Legion; Encampment 1G9, L. V. L.; Com
mand Z, q. V. L., and has for 81 years been
Secretary of the Union Veterans Association
of Maryland.
John M. Deane, Commander of the De,
partment of Massachusetts,, was born at Free
| town. Mass, in January, 1910, and enlisted
i under President Lincoln's first call for 10 COO
men, re-enlisting as Second Lieutenant in
the 29th Mass, and reaching the position of
Ma jor commanding his regiment during the
AppOmattoX campaign. In 1863 he was Post
Adjutant at Paris, Ky. In the Spring of
| 1860 he was made Provost-Marshal of the
First Division, Ninth Corps, on the staff Of
| Gen O. b. WILCOX with the 10Th Mass as
| ProvOst-Guard. In May he was made Pro-
vost- Marshal os Georgetown, ID. C., and in
| july st-Marshal and Pass Officer of the
| District of Columbia He was brevetted
| Major and awarded medal of honor for dis
| tinguished galantry at Fort Steadman, Va.
| March %. 1865. He has lived in Fall River
since 1866, and has engaged in business.
| COmrade Deane is a member of Richard BOr-
! den Post, As, Fall River. He has served as
| Commander five years; was a member of the
| Department Council of AlministratiOnin1 1889;
| Chief Mastering Officer of the Department in
| 1890: Assistant Quartermaster-General ID
1892: Assistant National Inspector in 1894;
Junior Vice Department Commander in 1895,
and Senior Vice Department Commander in
1896.
Aaron T. Bliss, Commander of the De-
partment of Michigan, was born at Peter
boro. y. Y, May D, 1887. His early life
was spent on a farm, working in Summer
and attending the District School in Winter.
In October, 1861, he enlisted IN the 10th N.