The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-04-14
CONGRESsMEN WHO HAVE SEEN
6ERVICE IN THE FIELD.
The Senate.

The senate.
| Joseph r. Hawley, of Connecticut.
| Chairman of the Senate Committee on
/ Military Affairs. enlisted in the Union
Army as a lieutenant on April 10, 1851
| the same day that Abraham Lincoln is
| sued his Presidential proclamation cali
! ing for 1900 volunteers. He rose to DE
| brigadier general and brevet major gen.
eraf and was mustered out of service
ON January 10. 1866. after the close of the
war.
| Senator Mitchell. of Wisconsin entered
| the service as second lieutenant In the
| Twenty-fourth Wisconsin Volunteers at
| the age of nineteen. He took part in the
battles of Murfreesboro and Chattanooga
| His colleague from Wisconsin. John L
Spooner. enlisted as a private IN the
Fortieth Wisconsin Infantry. became a
| CAPTAIN in the fftieth Regiment. and was
a major by brevet at the close of the war.
Senator Wolcott. served in the one Hun
| dred and Fiftieth Ohio Volunteers
Senator Morgan. of Alabama, enlisted
In the Confederate service. In May. lSSl'
| in the Cahaba Rifles. He became colonel
| Of the Fifty-first Alabama Regiment. and
was made general in 1S6l. His colleague
from Alabama. Senator Pettus, served
as a lieutenant in the Mexican war, and
was major of the Twentieth Alabama
Infantry in the civil war. AT It's close
he was brigadier general of infantry.
Senator Foraker of Ohio enlisted as
private soldier in the Eighty-ninth Ohio
Volunteers and served with that regl-
ment throughout the war. holding at the
close the rank of first lieutenant aho
breyet captain. -,
Senator Quay OF Pennsylvania was cor
onel of the one HUNDRED and Thirty
fourth PENNSYLVANIA Volunteers. ana art
erward assistant cOmmissary general
senator bate OF Tennessee was wound
cd three times in the war. He ENLISTED
as a private soldier and at the close was
a major general. surrendering with the
ARM of Tennessee in 1865. His colleague,
Senator Turley. served as private soi-
der I'm a Tennessee regiment
Senator Jones OF Arkansas was a pri-
vate soldier in the Confederate Army HIS
colleague. Senator Berry, was second
lieutenant in the Sixteenth Arkansas In
fantrr He lost leg at the battle OF
Corinth in 1862.
senator Pasco of Florida was soldier
in the Confederate Army during the war.
His colleague. Senator Mallory. served
in both the Confederate Army ana Navy.
senator Harris of Kansas was Con-
federate soldier. serving three years d'
the front in a Virginia regiment.
Senator Lindsay of Kentucky served
four wears in the Confederate Army. and
was one of the paroled prisoners at the
close.
Senator Caffery of Louisiana served in
the Thirteenth Louisiana Regiment. His
colleague. Senator McEnery. served in
one of the Virginia regiments.
Senator Burrows of Michigan was TOT
two years an officer in the Union Army.
Senator Davis of Minnesota was hrst
lieutenant in the Twenty eighth Wiscon-
sin Infantry. His colleague, Senator
Nelson. was priva,e in the Fourth WIS
consin Regiment and was wounded ana
taken prisoner at Port Hudson.
Senator Bacon of Georgia served In
the Army of Northern Virginia until the
end of the war.
Senator Money of Mississippi served in
2 Mississippi regiment from 1851 to ISL
Senator Walthall rose in the Confederate
service from lieutenant 10 major gen.
eral
Senator Allen of Nebraska was a pri-
vate in the Thirty-second Iowa Infantry.
Senator SewelI of New Jersey was COM
missioned as captain of the Fifth Regi-
ment of New Jersey Volunteers at the
breakin out of he war. and later he
was brevetted brigadier general and ma
ior general for distinguished services.
He was wounded both at Chancellors
willie and Gettysburg.
Senator Mills of Texas was colonel
of the Tenth Texas Regiment.
Senator Proctor of Vermont was lieu-
tenant in the Third Volunteers of that
State. and afterward major of the Fifth
and colonel of the Fifteenth.
Senator Daniel of Virginia was adiu-
tant general on Gen. Early's staff. His
colleague, Senator Martin, was a cadet
in the Virginia State service.
Senator Faulkner. of West Virginia.
served as aid to Gen. Breckenridge. and
was one of the paroled at Appomattox.
Senator Warren. of Wyoming, enlisted
in 1862 in the Forty-ninth Massachusetts
Regiment, and served until the regiment
was mustered out
Senator Shoup, of Idaho. enlisted in
Capt. Backus' Independent company Of
scouts in Colorado, and saw duty in the
West.
The House of Representative.
The number of members Of the House
of Representatives under fire in the field
is relatively less than the number Of
senators, in consequence Of the fact that
a very considerable number of the rep
resentatives were at the time Of the civil
war too young for service The bombard-
ment of Fort Sumter began on April II,
1861, are fifty-eight years old now. A
of amnesty was issued on May %. 1865,
four years and month and half later.
There Is only one member of the House
of Representatives who Is more than
seventy-five years of age. Thirty-seven
years have elapsed since the beginning Of
the civil war. and the young men who
reached the age of citizenship in April.
1861, are fifty-eight years old now. A
majority of the Congressman are be-