The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1897-01-21
MUSTERED OUT.

Veterans OF the Country's Grandest Army
Who Have Answered the Last Call.
TowNsEND.-At Saguache, Colo, Dec IL, Of
pneumonia, +. NJ Townsend. Co. X, I53d Ill.
Comrade Townsend enlisted Jan. 81, 1865, and
was discharged Sept. 81, 1865, at Memphis,
Tenn.
wAHLDREcK.-At Ashby. Mimi, Dec. o,
1885, Comrade Wahldreck, Cos. III and e, 10Th
U. s., aged So. Comrade Wahidreck was born
in Holstiene, Germany. He came to this
country in 1853, landing in New York City,
where he worked in cigar factory. Later he
went South. In 1858 he enlisted in the Regular
Army. At Gettysburg Comrade Wahldreck
received four dangerous wounds while carry
ing the flag OF his regiment. He was mustered
out in 1866. Deceased was member of Preston
Post, 1885, and had done much to build up the
GAR. in his section. widow and four chill
dren survive him.
WALKER.-At Fairfax, o.. Dec. "a, 1896.
Riley Walker, Co. A, 168th Ohio. Deceased
was an honored member of Thomas holland
Post, $50.
HACKErr.-At Lisbon Falls, Me, Dec 30
1896, Henry Hackett. Co. ], 18th Me-, aged 80.
Deceased was a member of Berry Post, 10.
BEAL.-At Lisbon, Falls, Me-, Dec. %, 1896,
Henry Beal, Co. b, 25th Me-, aged 70.
CHEREY.-At Ashburn, No., Jan. 6, w. B.
Cherry, Co. ID, 18th w. Va.
DANNER.-As Ioina, Mich, Dec. IS 1895.
ofrheumatism and heart disease, Simon Danner,
Co. j, LIST U. s. Sharpshooters. He was a mem-
Der of Wm. II. Borden Post, 211.
BELL.-At Marvin, Kan, Dec. g. Geo. Bell,
Co. K, 18th III. ComFade Bell enlisted in Au-
gust. 1862 He was severely wounded at the
battle of Stone River. In May, 1863 he was
discharged on account of his wounds. He leaves
a widow.
WETZERIcH.-At Washington, ID. c., Jan. s.
George F. Wefzericb, I'd u. s. Band, aged 60.
Comrade Wetzerich was native of Prussia.
His regiment was doing duty at Forts Laramie
and Leayenworth when the war broke out, and
it was ordered to Washington. He served in
the campaign through the Valley of Virginia,
at Antietam, Getty sburg, the Wilderness, Seven
Pines. Gainesville, and Richmond. After the
war he was appointed clerk in the Bureau Of
Records and Pensions, War Department, re-
manning there until he became helpless and
unable to sit at his desk. He had been con-
fined to his house for three years. He leaves
a widow in feeble health.
SPURGEON.-At Washington, ID. c., Jan. g
Thaddeus Sturgeon. Co. L. Sd N. Y. Cav. Com
rade Spurgeon was prominent in GA r. circles.
Farragut Post attended the funeral in body.
| Interment was at Arlington National Cemetery.
NEwELL.-At New Brunswick, N. j., Jan. 5.
Lieut.-Col. john w. Newell, Paymaster of the
Army of the Potomac aged ~. Comrade New
ell was bora in franklin, o. He was appointed
| Paymaster of Volunteers, Sept. 5, 1861. He
was brevetted Lieutenant Colonel March Is,
1865 for faithful and meritorious service. He
was mustered out June I, 1867 Comrade New.
| ell handled millions of dollars during the war.
He was known to all officers of the Army of the
| Potomac. He was brother Of William New
| ell formerly Governor of New Jersey; was .
/ high officer in Masonic and Odd Fellows
\ circles, and was Superintendent and Manager
i of the New Brunswick Gas Company.
| RoBERrs.-At Harms City, Fa., Dec. 90 1895,
| William Roberts. Co. d. 18th Pa. aged SO.
| O'KANE.-At Ferguson, Mo-, Jan. 5. Capt
James OKane, q. s. N. Capt. OKane was in
/ Missouri for his health leave of absence.
He entered the navy in 1856 from Indiana. and
/ graduated from the Naval Academy in June,
| 1860. He was commissioned as an acting Lieu
tenant in 1861, and later in the same year -
l Master of the Niagara In 1861-62 he served
/ in the Brooklyn, and was wounded at the pas
| sage of the forts below New Orleans. He be-
/ came Lieutenant in 1862, as well as Executive
Officer of the Paul Jones, the monitor Sagamon.
and the z. z. Cuyler. He was q member of
the staff of Admiral Dahigren until the close
| of the war. Capt. OKaHe commanded the
Boston in 1889 aud the Wabash in 1891. Inter-
ment was at Auburn, N. Y.
SLAUGHrER.-At Conkling, N. d., Dee. 26,
1896, of paralysis and nervous prostration re-
suitug from q wound received in the service,
DIR. B. Frank Slaughter, Surgeon, 55th Ky.
| MID Inf, aged "a. DIR. Slaughter was native
of Kentucky, his ancestors being Virginians,
closely related to the Lees and Washingtons
and other leading families of that State. After
| graduating from ST. Joseph's College. at Shels
bvville. he entered the Kentucky School OF
Medicine, at Louisville, and on his graduation
at the opening of the war. he was appointed by
the Secretary of War Medical Cadet in the
United States Medical School at Louisville, and
| upon his graduation was appointed Assistant
Surgeon of the 55th Ky. MID Inf, and shortly
after, on his Oath birthday, was promoted to
full Surgeon, with the rank Of Major of Staff.
Az the close of the war DR.. Slaughter continued
N the service and was appointed Assistant Sur.
geon in the Regular Army. He served in the
South until the reconstruction. when he WAS
ordered to Fort Rice, Oak. Ter. There he
endured much arduous service, frequently
accompanying the surveying parties OF the
Northern Pacific to the westward. He was
one of the lizard of Officers to locate the
post at Fort Lincoln, and accompanied
| Gen. Hazen's 9th Inf. to Fort Buford. He
was stationed at Fort Greene as Post Sur
geon, and accompanied the detachment from
Fort Rice that built the mounds marking the
| military mail-trail between Forts Rice and
Stevenson. In August, 1872. he was ordered to
the new post of Camp Haneock-now Bismarck
where he served as Post Surgeon until No
| yember 1878, when he resigned to become Z
| citizen of Bismarck. DR.. Slaughter was the
first Postmaster of Edwinton-now Bismarck
and member Of the first City Council Of
Bismarck in 1875. Last Fall he went to Conk =
ling. The funeral was under the auspices OF the
GAR. A flag was 1raped over the coffin, and p
on it lay his sword-a splendid one, oeantiuhy
chased and suitably engraved, that bad been
presented to him on April 10. 1865, his 2Ash
tbirthday. by the officers Of his regiment He
leaves . widow and three daughters