The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1898-09-29
THE INVESTIGATING COMMISSION.

President has at last secured for the
Commission to Investigate the Conduct
of the Spanish War, nine gentlemen
whose abilities, reputation and standing
are such as to give complete confidence
to the country in whatever findings they
may make.
The President Of the Commission is
Maj. Gen. Grenville M. Dodge, who
entered the army as Colonel Of the 4th
Iowa, and became one of Gen. Sher-
mans most highly-esteemed Corps COM
manders. Since the war he has been
conducting such great works as the
building of the Union Pacific and the
Texas Pacific Railroads, and enterprises
Of similar magnitude.
Ma Gen. A. d. McCook is gradu-
ate of West Point, and went into the
war as Colonel of the 1st Ohio. He
subsequently commanded the Twentieth
Corps, in the Army of the Cum berland,
and is now a Major-General in the
Regular Army, on the retired list.
Brig.-Gen. John M. Wilson is at
present Chief of Engineers of the
Army. He graduated from West Point
in 1860, and took a prominent part in
various operations Of the war, particu-
larly the campaign against Mobile, in
which he was the Chief Engineer.
Brevet Brighten. James A. Beaver
went into the army as Captain in a
three-months regiment from Pennsyl-
vania, became Lieutenant Colonel of the
| 45th Pa. and Colonel Of the 14Sth Pa;
was shot through the body at Chancel
lorsville; wounded again at Spottsyl
vania, Cold Harbor, and the first assault
on Petersburg, and lost leg at Ream's
Station. He was Governor of Pennsyl-
vania in 1886, and is now Judge of
the Appellate Court of Pennsylvania.
Ex-Gov. Urban A. Woodbury., of
Vermont, enlisted in the I'd Vt. in May,
| 1861, and became First Sergeant He
lost his right arm at the first Bull Run,
and was taken prisoner. After his ex-
change he became Captain in the | tn
Vt. He was elected Lieutenant-Gov
ernor of Vermont in 1888, and Gov
ernor in 1894.
Capt. Evan p Howell went into the
rebel army as Orderly-Sergeant of Co.
L, 1st Ga, and served through the war,
most of the time as Captain of battery.
He surrendered with Gen. Joe Johnston,
and returning home resumed the prac-
tice Of law. Later he became principal
owner of the Atlanta Constitution, the
leading paper in the South, and has
been leader in all the work of building
up Atlanta to its present prosperity and
prominence.
Col. Jas. A. Sexton enlisted when II
years old in the 51st H., afterward be-
came Captain in the I'D ILL.,, and COM
manded his regiment. at Columbia,
Spring Hill, Franklin and Nashville.
He was wounded four times, and re-
peatediy mentioned in orders for gallant
conduct. After the war he went into
the foundry business in Chicago, and
has been very successful. President
Harrison appointed him Postmaster Of
Chicago, and the National Encamp-
ment at Cincinnati elected him Com
mander-in- Chief of the Grand Army
of the Republic.
Col. Chas. DENLY was born in Vir-
ginia, was a graduate of the Virginia
Military Institute, and settled in Evans
vile, Ind, where he engaged in the
practice Of law. He helped raise the
42d Ind, and became its Lieutenant
Colonel. Afterward he became Colonel
of the 80th Ind. President Cleveland
appointed him Minister to China, and
he showed such abilities for that place
that he was retained in it Is years.
DIR. S. p. Conner, of Cincinnati, O.,
is one of the most prominent physi-
clans of the Interior. He has been
President of the American Medical
Association, the American Academy of
Medicine, the Cincinnati Academy, and
the Ohio State Medical Association