The times., 1898-05-15

Pasco was in the army and Mr.. Mallory
in the navy.
Senator Bacon of Georgia wore the
gray, and was commissioned captain in
the provisional army of the Confederate
States.
Senator Shoup of Idaho served the North
as scout, along the base of the Rocky
Mountains. His experience is almost as
exciting as that of Buffalo Bill" and
reads like a fairy tale.
The Illinois senators are both disciples
of Blackstone. and hence did not make
a record on the field The same thing
is true of the Indiana senators.
Iowa has one senator who rendered
valuable assistance during the war in
the person Of Mr.. Allison. This distin-
guished statesman served on the staff Of
the Hawkeye States governor, and aided
in organizing volunteers.
The State of Kansas had a representa-
tive in the Confederate army. Mr.. Har-
ris served three years as the assistant
.adjutant general of Wilcoxs Brigade
and as an ordnance officer in the Army
Of Northern Virginia.
Senator Lindsay Of Kentucky was pit
ted against the Union soldiers, and cap
tured by them He was. however, paroled
as a prisoner of war at Columbus, Miss.
in 1863
Both Of the Louisiana senators took a
prominent part in supporting the South.
Mr.. Caffery was on the staff of Gen. w
w. Walker, and Mr.. AcEnery was in the
Trans Mississippi department.
The Maine senators are both lawyers,
and hence did not need TO seek the bub-
bic reputation at the cannon's mouth
The Maryland senators are business men,
and likewise do not figure on the pages
of the war. The Massachusetts senators
are pre-eminently literary men. and while
they did not go to the front, they served
their country to good advantage.
Senator Burrows of Michigan was an
officer in the Union Army in 1S62-64
Both of the Minnesota senators were in
the War of the Rebellion. Mr. Davis was
first lieutenant in the Twenty-eighth
Wisconsin Infantry, and Mr.. Nelson was
| in the Fourth Wisconsin Regiment as a
private. The latter was wounded and
taken prisoner at Port Hudson, La, June
H. 1863.
Senator Money of Mississippi and his
late colleague, Gen. Walthall, We're both
in the Confederate ranks. Senator Money
was compelled to retire from the service
on account of defective eyesight Gen.
Walthall entered the Confederate army
as a lieutenant, and rose so rapidly as
| to be made a major general In 1864
Senator Vest of Missouri was a mem
| ber of the Confederate Congress, serving
/ in both the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives.
Mr. Allen of Nebraska served in the
] Union ranks. and was on the staff of Gen
/ James L Gilbert.
Senator Sewell of New Jersey made
! quite a record in the Union army, and
was brevetted brigadier general for dis
! tinguished services at Charlottesville
as well as major general for gallant ser
vices during the war. His recent ap-
pointment as major general in the Cubar
army is only another attestation of his
/ great ability as a soldier.
Senator Foraker of Ohio served as q
/ private in the Eighty-ninth Regiment
! Ohio Volunteer Infantry and was bre.
| Vetted a captain at the close of the war
Pennsylvania had a gallant soldier In
| the Union ranks in the parsonage of Mat
! thew Stanley Quay. The senator was IL
! turn lieutenant in the Tenth Pennsyl
! vania Reserves. colonel in the One-hun
dred and Thirty-fourth Pennsylvania
Volunteers, and assisted commissary
general.
Both of Tennessee,s senators were II
the Confederate army. Senator Bate wa
in turn a private, captain, colonel, briga
der general and major general surren
dering with the Army of Tennessee il
| 1865. He was three times dangerousI,
wounded, but managed to survive, ant
reaped the reward of his heroic service
by being made governor of Tennessee
and afterwards United States senator
Mr.. Turley served as a private In tn,
ranks of the Gray during the entire war
Senator Mills of Texas was colonel o
the Tenth Regiment of his State
Vermont had distinguished son In th.
Union ranks in Redfield Proctor Th,
senator served as lieutenant and quar-
termaster of the Third Regiment of Yer
mont Volunteers, and later on becam,
colonel of the fifteenth Vermont Regi
ment. Since then he has been honore.
by every office in the gift of his State.
Senator Daniel Of Virginia became ma
jor and chief-of-staff of Gen. Jubal A
Early, in the Confederate army, an,
served until crippled in the battle o
the Wilderness.
OF the West Virginia senator's, Mr.
Faulkner served with the Confederate
| while mere cadet. He afterward be