The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-04-20
MORE PENSION
FOR DR.. COCK.
The Well Known Man And
Something About His History.
HAS SEEN HARD SERVICE.
Is Now Suffering with Disease and senat OF
Foraker Has Asked the Senate To
Make His Pension
Bigher.

In the senate of the United States,
April IA, 1900, Mr.. Foraker introduced
the following bill which was read twice
sons:
A BILL
Granting an increase of pension to
George B. Cock. The bill reads as fol-
lows: BE it enacted by the senate and
house of representatives by the United
States of American congress assembled.
that the secretary of the interior be, and
he is hereby authorized and directed to
place on the pension roll, subject to the
provisions and limitations of the pen
sion laws, the name of George B. Cock,
major of the Fifth Regiment United
States Colored Infantry, and pay him a
pension at the rate of $50 per month In
lieu of the pension he Is now receiving"
Mr.. Cock is suffering with slow decay
| of the nerve system, known as sclerosis.
which is effecting the brain, and 1t is
with great effort that he ls able to walk.
| Indigestion and exposure during the fall
and winter campaigns of the civil war,
| and particularly the winters of 1863 and
| 1864. Mr.. Cock is well known in Canton,
having lived here nearly all his life.
He has an interesting history and today
related a portion of it to a representa-
tive of the NewsDemocrat. "The sum-
mer following the winter of 1854" said
Mr.. Cock, II was with my command
engaged in arduous duties at Peters
burg, Virginia. Myself and my brother
Thaddeus X. Cock. were in the first
company to leave Canton, which was
Company F, Fourth Ohio Infantry
My brother Thaddeus was made first
lieutenant in the Fifty-frst United
States Colored Infantry recruited In
| Mississippi. He was afterward cap
tured by guerillas and put to death. His
remains are now resting at Westlawr
cemetery. In the early part of June
1865, 1 was stationed at Goldsboro, n
c., in charge of camp of distribution
and had $500 men under me who were
gathered together here from every par
of Sherman's army, men who had be
come separated from their commands IL
various ways. We organized, mustere,
land enrolled them, and afterwards tool
most of them to Washington, and turn
ed them over to the proper command
and was in Washington with them a
the time of the grand review of tn,
armies of Meade and Sherman. Thi
review it will be remembered, occupied
two whole days in passing along Penn
sylvania avenue and was the finest mill
tary pageant the world has eve
known"
/, In July, 1865, Mr.. Cock was tendere,
captaincy in the regular army, witt
Generals Miles, Lawton, Shafter, Nc
Arthur and others, upon the recon
: mendation of Major General c..
Paine, by authority of Secretary of Wa
Stanton. This offer was declined by MI
Cock, by reason of his i'll health. A
this time he was stationed at Narolin
City, near Beaufort, and was shakin
= with ague. In the latter part of Sep
tember orders were received fror
= Washington to muster out of service
About this time he received a commits
sion as major and owing to the Hines
of the colonel he was put in command c
( the regiment, when he brought them t
Columbus, Ohio, where they were dis
= charged October 5, 1865. Mr. Cock sal
that during the siege of Petersburg,
J, was on duty in the trenches continual
from the 18th of June to the 25th {
b August. During that time he saw man
of his own command killed. There wa
much skirmishing into exposed place
where great vigilence was required
order to keep out of distance of inces
SAINT fire of the enemy. On the 25th {
August, 1864, he made the last har
r march when he moved from this plaC
to the north side of the James river
front of Richmond. The day was ver
oppressive and the distance was
q miles. Many of the line officers SUI
: cumbed on account of fatigue. All
o the line officers except three droppe
v out. II was the only one," said NJ