The National tribune., 1897-09-02
Department Commanders Grand Army of the Repubi

years hard service as a member Of Pennsys-
wanna commands He joined the s. Union
Guard OF Lancaster in April, 1861 which
organization soon after was mustered as Co.
h, list Pa. Reserves. He followed the for
tunes of that grand regiment from it's first
victory at DranesviIle, Dec 20 1861, until
its muster-out. Re-enlisted as First Lieu
tenant in Co G., 195th Pa; was transferred TO
Co. C., and later promoted Captain of Co. III.
He was a charter member of George IL
Thomas Post, 81, Lancaster, and has served
as its Commander
Thomas S. Hopkins, Department of Po-
tomae, was born in Mt. Vernon, Me, and IS
direct descendant OF Stephen Hopkins who
came over in the Mayfower in 1920. At the
age OF II he enlisted in the 10th Me, and
was wounded at Fredericksburg. In the Fall
OF 1865 he was sent to the hospital. Later,
he was transferred TO the Veteran Reserve
Corps. After discharge he was a Departments
clerk, and studied law. He resigned 20 follow
his profession. He was prominent in the
case of Judge Long against the Commissioner
of Pensions Through his efforts many COM
rades IN Government employ who were re-
duced or discharged have been reInstated.
He is a member of Meade Post
Livingston Scott, Commander of the De-
partment OF Rhode Island, was born in Black
stone, Mass, in 1899, and received his educa-
ton at Brown University and Harvard Law
School He enlisted in 1862 in the 10th
K. /. In 1868 ne was transferred to the Sd
r. |. Cav, and appointed Adjutant with the
rank of Lieutenant. A year later he was
promoted Captain, which rank he held at the
close of the war. For four years he has been
Probate Judge, and is member of the Rhode
Island House of Representatives.
@. 3. Clark, Commander of the De-
partment of South Dakota, was born in New
York State, but at the beginning of the war
was living at Mt. Pleasant Iowa, from which
State he enlisted in August, 1862 as "a pri-
yate of the 25th Iowa. The regiment saw
much hard fighting and marched with
Sherman to the sea. Comrade Clark
was wounded during his service. He
served term as presiding elder of the
Mitchell District and is now pastor of the
Methodist Church at Huron. He has been
actively identified with the GAR. He was
four terms Chaplain of the Department Of
South Dakota, twice an officer on the staff
of the ommander-in-C Chief, and one term
Commander OF Fitzpatrick Post, of which 40
is still a member.
Halbert 3. Case, Commander of the De-
bull County, o., May 3, 1888 His ancestry
is pure English. They bore their full burdens
in the Indian and Revolutionary wars His
father, J. l.. Case settled in Mecca, Trumbull
County, o.. in 1882. Commander Case was
educated in the common schools. at Western
Reserve Seminary, at Oberlin College, and at
Ann Arbor, Mich. He served in the 7th and
S4th Ohio. He has been nearly "a years a
citizen of Chattanooga. From 1876 to 1879
he served as City Attorney OF his own city;
made a most brilliant canvass for Congress in
1880; was elected to the Lower House of the
Tennessee Legislature in 1882, and to the
Senate in 1854. He was the candidate for
Elector in his Congressional District on the
Harrison ticket in 1888, carrying his District
by $50 maloTity,-the first Republican VIC
tory for the District in Is years,-and in
1896 was nominated second time for the
State Senate, and Is now member of that
body.
Ed. Ketchum, Department of Texas first
enlisted in Co. f, 18th n. G.. s., n. Y, a
three-mOnths regiment, commanded by Col.
Robert 3. Clark, and served from May, 1862,
to September, 1862 He Joined the f76th
n. Y. for three years, as private, command
ing his company as Captain when mustered
ont in April, 1866. The regiment was one OF
the best sent out by the State, and served IN
Growers Division, Nineteenth Corps.
Erastus W. Jewett, Commander of the
Department OF Vermont, was engaged IN land
surveying at the breaking out OF the war, but
enlisted in Co A, 9th Vt, and was commits
stoned Second Lieutenant The year follow
ing he was promoted First Lieutenant In
1868 he served on the staff of Gen. Wistar,
but reiOined his regiment ut his own request
With 100 picked men he was sent to the sup
port of an isolated redOubt at Bermuda hum
dred. and in the assault that followed drove
back the enemy with heavy loss. Again his
company defended the works with only the
help of Co Z, LIST Conn. III. A. A medal OF
honor was awarded him for gallant conduct in
the defense of n bridge at Newport Barracks,
n. c., Feb 2, 1864. He has served as Com
mander of his Post, and has rarely been abb
sent from Department or National Eneamp-
mentS.
John W. Stebbins, Department of Vir-
ginia and North Carolina, was born at Dam
vile, N. Y, in 1s4S. His parents were ma
tives of Massachusetts, where the family had
been prominent in the early wars Conn
mander Stebbins was the youngest of four
brothers who served in the Union army. In
the Summer of 1864 he was mustered into
the 9th n. Y. Cav. He is Past Commander
of Post %, Norfolk, and has served three
terms on the staff of the COMMUNICATING
as Aid in charge of Military Instruction IN
Virginia. In 1895 he was elected Senior Vice
Commander, and this year Commander.
John F. Mclean, of the Department OK
Washington and Alaska. was born IN New
castle. New Brunswick in 1889; novel to
Massachusetts, and enlisted in the 9Th Mass.
He re-enIisted in the LIST Battalion, Frontier
Cav, and served until the close of the war.
He moved to Illinois and then to Montana;
Joined the Grand Army at Virginia City in
1868: moved to Walla Walla. Wash, in 1869,
where he is engaged in the grocery business
He is a member and Past Commander Of
Lincoln Post. 4, and has served as Commits
sioner of the Washington Soldiers Home.
Thomas A. Maulsby, Commander of the
Department of West Virginia, was born IN
Virginia in 1888, where he received COM
mon-school education. He was clerk and
book-keeper until two years before the war,
when he engaged in business at Atlanta.
He returned to Virginia in the Fall of 1860,
and entered the service as Captain IN the 9th
Va. His company was detached and desig-
mated Battery f, Va. L. A., although better
known as = Maulsby's Battery" While
commanding the battery at Martinsburg, Va,
June IA. 1868, Comrade Maulsby was severely
wounded. He has been Recorder of his
County two terms and held office under Presi-
dent Harrison.
Col E. B. Gray, Commander of the De-
partment of Wisconsin WAS born at Canton.