The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-02-25
CAPT. DAVIR.yB. LOOMS, OF THE
SECOND MINNESOTA VOLUNTEER
INFANTRY,
FINDS RELIEF IN DEATH.
SKETCH OF A MAN PROMINENT IN
THE COUGHS OF THE TER
RIToRY.
LONG REsIDENT OF THE STATE.
Ill. +. Halls Tribute to Another Old
Soldier and Member of AcIxer
Post.

There died yesterday at the Mime
sofa Soldiers home a man who was
once prominent.dn the councils of the
territorial legislature, and who helped
make for the state the gallant war
record emblazoned on the pages Of his
tory; man who succumbed to the ex-
junction of old age long before death
claimed hinl-Capt. David B. LOOMS.
OF the Second Minnesota Volunteer in
fantry.
The announcement of Capt. LOOMS
death will cause sorrow to old settlers,
VINO recognize, however, that the dark
angel has been his deliverer in his old
age from living death. He was an
Old man-was born in Connecticut
seVenty-nine years ago, and for three
years has been an inmate Of the SOL
dlers home, having been admitted
from Washington county because of
his physical condition and poverty For
forty-nine years he had been resident
OF Minnesota and Saltwater was his
nome when he first became prominent
the affairs of the then territor~.
| When he located at Saltwater he be-
came, as was almost every one else
IN the st. Croix valley, a lumberman.
his personality was strong, and his in
huence with his craftsmen put him to
the front in political matters. He was
a member of Tthe council Of the first
territorial legislature, and in the sec
onds session of that body in 1916 he
was chosen it's president. Again, in
1851, he was chosen a member of the
council, and thereafter was prominent
In the local affairs of Saltwater and
Washington county.
When the war of the rebellion broke
out Capt Loomis. was quietly attending
to his business as a citizen, though an
attendant at war meetings. When
Capt. John B. Davis organized Com
pany F, Of the Second Minnesota regi-
ment, Capt. Davis persuaded a large
number of lunbermen from saltwater
10 enlist and Jjoined with them. Mr.
LOOMS was chosen first lieutenant of
the new company The date of his en-
I1stment was July, 1861 In March,
1868, Capt Baker became Maj. Baker,
and the first lieutenant, who had dis
tlngu1shed himself in action, became
capt. Loomis. He served in this ca
paclty until Nov. s, 1864, exceeding his
three years term of enlistment bv
four months, and was then mustered
out at the city of Atlanta just after
the historic march to the sea-
Capt. Loomis was a good soldier and
an eLlclent ofhcer, and received special
mention in the official orders for his
gallant conduct on the field. He served
IN the battles that have made the
name Of the Second Minnesota. memoir
able-the battle of Mill Springs. the
engagement at Fallula Camp, at Fer
ryVllle, at Chickamauga,3 with the
Army of the Cumberland. -
Capt. Loomis was an educated man
and had his collegiate training in the.
same class with Senator John M
Palmer, of Illinois. The two met after
schooldays for the first time at Chick
amauga. Gen. Palmer had been
brevetted then and was brigade COM
mander. Capt Loomis called on his
old classmate and the meeting between
them was a delightful one 1t SO hap
pened that this meeting was their last.
Tor after the war, the. battles IF
changing fortunes drifted~ them into
separate battle fields. Last fall when
Gen. Palmer was in this city. he heard
that his old-time classmate was an in
mate Of the soldiers home. The general
immediately made some changes in the
plans for his entertainment that he
might call on Capt. Loonnis. But. when
he learned that the mind of Cant.
LOOMS was gone, that mutual recog-
milton would be impossible. Gen.
Palmer .forebSfe' his idea, saying it
would afford 20 satisfaction to his old
conrade and he:aid not wish to have
his memory offha gallant soldier mar
red by any indnate knowledge of his
Weakened condition. ,.+~- .:> ,-.
The gallant old soldier will be ac-
corded all the honor that are ungrudg-
lngly bestowed on veteran whom the
battles of life have
tired. i