The times., 1898-05-15

came an aide Of Gen. T. C. Breckenridge,
AMI surrendered with Gen. Wise at Ap-
pomattox
Both of the Wisconsin senators were
in the Union ranks. Mr.. Mitchell. at the
age Of nineteen entered the military
service as second lieutenant Of the Twen-
ty-fourth Wisconsin Volunteers and
later on was detailed on the staff or
Gen. Rousseau. He was compelled to
resign, on account Of being threatened
with loss of eyesight. Mr.. Spooner en-
! tered the war as a private, and was bre-
vetted major at its close
Senator Warren of Wyoming served
as private in the Forty-ninth Massa-
chusetts Regiment till it was mustered
out of the service.
So much for the record of the upper
house Of Congress. Turning, now, 10 tho
| House of Representatives, we find a large
number of members who served on on.
side or the other during the rebellion.
Here are the names alphabetically by
States:
Alabama-Messrs Taylor. Brewer.
! Bankhead and Wheeler The latter is
Fighting Joe Wheeler" who was In
| command of the Army corps of cavalry
| of the Western Confederate Army. and
! only the other day appointed by Presi-
| dent Mckinley as a major general in
! the Cuban war.
Connecdcut-Mr sperry, who was
chairman of the recruiting committee of
New Haven during the war
! Florida-Mr. Davis who entered the
| Confederate army al the age of four
teen!
Georgia-Messrs. Lester, Livingston
and Maddox.
Idaho-Mr. Gum.
Illinois-Messrs. Mills, White, Warner,
Marsh and Connolly.
Indiana-Air. Steele
Iowa-Messrs. Clark Henderson, La
! cey, Hull, Hepburn and Perkins.
Kansas-Mr. Botkin says he made
| three attempts to enter the army during
the last year Of the war, but being under
age and size, was rejected, Neverthe-
| less, the State did not suffer for repre-
sentatives, for Messrs. Broderick. Ridge
| ly and Simpson served under the old flag
Jerry" is an old sailor. besides being
a good soldier and had command of
| many large vessels on the Great Lakes
| before the war.
| Kentucky-Mr Evans.
Louisiana-Messrs. Meyer and Ogden.
| Maine-Messrs. Burleigh and Boutelle
Speaker Reed was acting paymaster of
the Navy from April 10. 1864, to Novem-
Der l. 1865. Mr.. Boutelle took part in
the blockade of Charleston and Whining
ton. Afterward in command of the
Z. S. S. Nyanza, he participated in the
capture Of Mobile, and in receiving the
surrender of the Confederate fleet.
Maryland-Mr. Mcdonald.
Observation-Disclosures Barrows and
Lowering.
Mississippi-Messrs. Allen, Catchings.
and Henry.
Missouri-Mr. Pearce
| Nebraska-Mr. Strobe.
New Jersey-Messrs. Gardner and How
ell.
New York-Messrs vehslage, Cum
mings, Shannon, Low, Ketcham, Ray
Addison, Wadsworth and Alexander.
North Carolina-Mr. Linney.
OhIo-Messrs. Shattuck, Brown. Ly
brand. Fenton, Grosvenor, Norton and
Danford
Pennsylvania-Mr. Grow was Speaker
of the House of Representatives durins
the war. Those who served in the Rebel
lion We're Gen Bingham and Messrs
Young, Brosius, Brunn, Mahon and Hicks
West yirginia-Mr. Dovener.
Wisconsin-Messrs Griffin, Minor ant
jenkins.
1t can be readily seen that, although
almost thirty-ffve years have elapsed
since the close of the civil war, We ar
| yet returning our soldiers to Congress
; This article covers only the presen
Congress, and does not refer to the vete
rams of the Rebellion who have receives
) political preferment in their respective
States such as governor, secretary o
state, ETC. Nor does it include the mel
who are holding diplomatic position
abroad, like Gen. Porter in France, Gen
Woodford in Spain, or Gen, Draper il
Italy.
Even the wayfaring man must admi
that the present scramble to get into tn
ranks offers some pretty tempting in
ducements. If you cannot make tn
Presidency, you may get into the mex
Cabinet. And the chances are about eve
of your going to Congress, if you max
! any kind of a record in Cuba. There
some difference between the Army an
Navy as regards reaching the Whit
House. We have not yet had a sailo
) President, but we have given undyin
: | fame to men like Paul Jones, Perry