The National tribune., 1899-02-16


the Eleventh Corps on the crest of Cemetery
Ridge. After the war he was one of the
Chiefs of the Freedmen's Bureau, and
then served term as United States Sem
ator from Florida. He wrote much and
well on the necessity of the United States
controlling the Panama Canal.
Comrade S. J. Churchill, A. A.-G. of
the Department of Kansas, GAR, is the
proud poSsesSor o. a medal of honor,
granted,fr special and conspicuous gal
iantry at the battle of Nashville. He
was a Sergeant in Battery q, I'd Ill l.. A.,
In which he served from Aug 6, 1861, to
) sipt. 5, 1855, making 40 months of service,
in which he participated in 19 battles. At
Nashville the gun he commanded was run
forward into an exposed position, where it
became the target for the concentrated
fire Of the rebel cannon. Such torrent of
shot and shell was hurled againstit that
all his squad We're killed, disabled, or
driven from the gun. but he continued to
load and fire it alone. until he had dis
charged II shots, when he was sent help.
The rebel batteries were silenced or driven
OF. Comrade Churchill is a fine speaker,
and SO graceful a penman that he is en-
ployed by the State to write the commits
sions of the Kansas officers
COmrade j. A. Goulden, Chairman of the
Memorial Committee of the Grand Army of
the Repub ic OF New York City, has been
making spirited denunciation in the
New York papers Of the action of Dis
trict- Attorneys Gardiner and Steele in
discharging veterans fro positions about
tho courts. Comfade Gould denies that
the 6. AR. want to keep unfit men in
office. The veterans have precisely the
same interest in good Government that
other loyal citizens have. but laws pro-
.tecting them in pubic employment have
To be made and enforced, to protect vet
era IS from the greed OF policai spoi -smen.
/. Maj. Gen. Elweli S. Otis, who has
showed cDnsummate military ability in,
his fight with the Filipino insurgents, is a
81 lendid type of the cid volunteer officer.
He was a lawyer, "a years old, when the
war broke out. and raised company in
1862 for the 140tf N. Y, which was com
maf1ded by the gallant Patrick H. O'Rorke,
who was killed lsadins the regiment on to
the Little Round Top. He was succeeded
by Geo! Ryan, who, with Mai. Starks,
was killed at Spottsylvania. Capt. Otis |
bHCiA 'DtCSduc A1cQtcltSiIIt OCtohtf, StilO
commander of the regiment, which he led |
until lie succeeded to the command of the |
brigade The regiment lost 533 killed and |
wounded out Of its total enrollment OF
Is7GTs o'Ats the fight. ON the Welisn Rail I
road Col. Otis was shot through the head, /
a wound from which l1e still suffers. He /
was breyetted a Brigadier General, and i'll I
1886 was commissioned Lieutenant Col |
onel of the 22d II. S. He is a quiet, cour- |
tcOuS man, OF few words, but an ardent |
lover of his profession, which he studies |
incessantfy. The secret cf his success Is
this constant study, and unremitting, |
painStaking attention tn any work that he |
may have in hand. This was magnifi-
Gently illustrated at the battle at Manila |
The English correspondents say that
every contingency had been prepared for,
and when the battle opened everything
moved like clockwork."
Commodore John w. Philip, late COM
mander of the battleship Texas, Feb. IS
was presented a magnificent sword at
Galveston, Tex. 1t cost $500, which was
contributed by I 500 Sunday school chill
dren OF Texas. in recognition of the Com
modore's avowal, after the battle off Santi
ago, of his belief in God, and His favor in
the battle. At the same time a Bible,
costing $500 was presented to the ship.
The Texas's crew was given the freedom
of the city, and thousands of Texans
them. Capt. Sigsbee, who now com
mands the Texas, was also given testi-
mOniai. i.
At the meeting OF Toledo Post, Toledo
O., Feb. 8, Comrade S. A.. Wildman, OF
Norwalk, o., read a most deserved tribute
to the memory Of Gen. Nat Haughton,
formerly Commander Of the Post, and one
of the best soldiers that Ohio sent out.
He went cut in June 4, 1851 as a First
Lieutenant in the 25th Ohio, and Sc,
step by step, To be Colonel OF the regiment
and Brevet Brigadier General. He offered
his services to the Government in any
capacity at the outbreak of the Spanish
war, and the refusal to accept them broke |
his heart. He died Jan. 81, 1899.
Col. Fred Funston, who distinguished !
himself at Manila, in command of the |
2Gth Kan, is a son of a veteran. His |
father, Edward II. Funston, formerly
from Kansas, was Firsti
Lieutenant of the 18th Ohio battery, and
saw long and hard service. Gel. Fred
Funston is little fellow, but with pluck
and dash enough for half dozen. He dis
tinguished himself, while in the employ of
the Agricultural Department, by hazard
Dus explorations of Alaska. Then he
Joined me Cuban insurgents, and served
IL months under Gomez and Garcia. In
leading a cavalry charge he was shot
through both lungs, and his horse, killed
under him, fell upon his leg. The Spani
ards took him prisoner. They happened
o be in merciful mood, and thinking
lim done for anyway, allowed him to
,ome home. He was rarried just before
ais regiment left San Francisco, and his
pride went with him to Manila.
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