Evening star., 1897-04-28
A SOLDIERS MONUMENT
Meeting of the Charter Members of the Ma
tional Association.
Report on the Constitution and By
Made-The Charter Members.

The Union Soldiers and Sailors National
Monument Association met last night al
Union Veteran Legion Hall. quite large
number of the charter members being
present. The temporary president, DR..
Frank t. Howe. occupied the chair, ana
DIR. H. j. Penrod was secretary. The even
ing was chiefly occupied in considering the
report of the committee of fifteen appoint
ed 10 present constitution and bylaws
The work of this committee had been very
,boroughly performed, and the draft pre-
sented was approved with some Few verpai
an en6ments The four classes OF meHlper-
shin provided have already been publlshed.
The officers proposed are president, three
vice presidents, d financial secretary
corresponding secretary, treasurer anu
eight directors, who, Wi n the 'HIcefs, Sha.i ~
constitute a board of directors, 10 Whoii
shall I,s intrustCd the details OF manage
ment. These officers and directors are u
be elected at the annual meeting Oh the
association, which VIII De hSiu the 'h
Tuesday in May
A report was also submitted containing a
draft of a bill to incorporate the assocla-
ticn and also sugge sting a site 1or tne plo,
posed monument, which IL Is lhtehueu siiaii
sUrpaSS in beauty and cost any tha' ha9
been erected in this country. for, as the re-
port says, ii will be in ccmmemoratlon OF
..those who served their country In the
who sacrificed their lives in the war OF the
rebellion"
In the discussion of the reports submit
ted many stirring and patriotic speeches
were made by Captain Williams, COL John
A Joyce Captain Ashley, Major Montague.
Major Miller. Col. Luke Kelly, MI W. u.
Mack Mr. J. H. Robinson and others. All
expressed great enthusiasm in the PROPOSE
tion to erect in this city monument, ma
tional in its character. in memory of the
Union soldiers and sailors, and it was the
unanimous belief that the work OF the asso-
clation would be so systematically carried
On and would appeal so generally TO the
patriotic sentiment throughout the whole
country that it's object could be accom-
plished within the next five years
The charter members of the assoc tion
are as follows: Jacob W. Abel. 115th Pa.
Ncls.; VIM. VI. Ash, nth and lyJth Pa vols
Alexander Ashley. 10th Pa. Reserves; John
J. Balm. I'd Vermont Vols; James j. Barnes,
1st and 9th Michigan Vols; o. n. Bates.
9th Pa Vols; H. G. Bell. 10Th Inl. Vols.
George B. Bennett. Sd Wis. Inf; Aug. S.
Boernstein, ID and 9th Missouri Inf; A. w.
BOgia, 1st Del. Vols; Wallace G. Bone, 1th
ILL., Cav; James Boyce, 42d New York Vols:
Charles a. Boynton. Sth and 42d Ohio Vols.
James H. Brooks. 18th L. S. Colored Vols;
Calvin 5. Brown, 9TH Squadron r. 1. Cav,
18th y. H. Inf, and 1st Bait Me. Inf; A.
c. Brust. United States Navy; NJ. B. Buck
ley. 9Th United States Cav; Michael Burke,
2Uth Ind. and 1st Mich. Vet. Vols; VIM. W.
Chambers, Sd United States Inf; James F.
Collins. 1st New York Mounted Rifles;
James ID. Compton, 10th Ind. Vols: Amos
Crounse, 152d New York Vols: r. F. De-
Grain. 18th and 6Sth New York Vols.
Christian B. Dickey. 104th Ohio Vcls; A. F.
Dinsmore, Sd Michigan Inf: c. H. Dow 9Th
Maine and Sth L. S. Vet Vols; Edward
Dunn, United States Marine Corps; II. H.
c. Dunwoody, United States Army: James
EDGAR. list Pa. Vols. and 11th Missouri
Cav; Allen Feathers, Sd New York Cav.
John Finn. sth Ohio Inf; Lemuel Fugitt,
r1r No -fr Ito,
H. Fuss. 9th Battalion d. C. Vols.
Andrew Geddes, 1st and sth Iowa Inf; II.
W. Happy. list Missouri Inf: ]. W. Har-
sha, 102d Penn. Vols: John c. Hawley, Sth
United States Inf; August Herbst 1st
United States Cav: Charles 5. Heron, 4th
Ohio Vols. y. Hershler. 124th New York
Vols; a HildebTand Sd Indiana Cav. and
Inf. and 9th w. Va. Cav; Charles E.
Hooks. 9TH Coma Vols; Franklin T Howe
10Th Mass. Vols; Henry Huss. 18th Conn.
Eo!s-; Hiram johnson. 10Th Michigan Inf;
John A Joyce. 2ith Kentucky Inf: T. d.
kearns, 11th Penn. Cav: W f. Keefer 2d
Delaware Vols: David Keller 1u5th Penn.
Vols: Luke Kelly. I'd Rhode Island Vols.
W D. Mack, I'd Michigan Inf: Michael
Mahany. 11th New York Cav: F. NJ. Mar
shall, hospital steward, L. s. A: James
Mcitea, 42d and 5yth New York Vols
Alex. p McElroy. 1st Maryland Vols: J.
l. McGee. I'd West Virginia Cav: w. B.
i.
Middleton, lst Maryland Vet. Cav: James
NJ Miller. 10th Ohio Battery Light Artil-
lery; Calvin S. Montague I'd Michigan
Inf; Frank II. Moores 11th Maine Vols
II. A. Myers. I'D Penn. (RinggolD Cav
Halvor Nelson 18th L. S. Inf and I'd Miss
Vols; VIM II. Norton 143d New YORK
Vols; Hirah F. Olmsted 44th New York
Vols: Charles l.. Patten, 1st Maine Heavy
Artillery: Samuel p. Pearson, 10th Penn
Reserves: Hiram j. Penroi. 54th Penn
Vols; Hermann Perls, 103d New York
Vols: W. II. Rand. 9th New Hampshire
Vols: c. ]. Reed, 9Th Iowa Inf: Jesse H
Robir son. L. s. Mil. Tel Corps; James
Rowen. 11th Maryland Vet Vols: James
B. Royce. 9TH Vermont Inf; Henry F.
Rugg. 21 New York Heavy Artillery; Louis
Schutter, 18th New York Vols; Rudolph B.
Schwickardi. 39th New York Vols: John
t. Scott, Sth Maryland Vols: Chas. Smith
Atm United States Artillery: BENJAMIN F.
Sparhawk, I'd and sd N Y Vols and Sd
Independent Battery. y. Y. Light Artillery:
VIM. p. Stedman, 4th Michigan Cav: VIM
H. Sterne. Sth Penn. Cav: Israel w Stone
LIST Illinois Light Artillery: John Sullivan
lGith New York Vols; Alva s. Taber 10Th
United States Inf: James Tanner, S7th
New York Vols: Elias b. Thompson, 21st
Wisconsin Inf: j. |. Thompson 1st Iowa
Cav and 4th L. s Vet. Vols: f. d. Tracy
11th N Y Independent Bat: Noah w
Tryon. 18th Ind. Vols VIM H. Walker
9th and 10Th Mass. Vols: George Wallace
4G'h Mass. Inf. 30th Co. Mass Hy. Art
Naltemeyer, LIST Maryland Vols: NJ NJ
hitney. 10th y. Y. Vols: Henry F. VIII.
iams. nth Conn. Vols; Lawrence Wilson
ltn OHIO lni.: I'd. A. Kreidler f41 N Y