The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-15
RECORDS 70 Be PROUD OF
THEIR VALOR ON SOUTH
ERIN FIELDS
BEGAN AS PRIVATE SOLDIERS
Veterans Conclude the Business of
the Thirty-Fffth Encampment
and Return to Their
Homes.

The G. A. r. encampment is now at a
close and from this time until the ma
t1onal encampment at Cleveland little
will be heard OF the old soldiers. The
principal business before the encamp-
ment at the Auditorium yesterday was
the election of officers, which resulted
as follows:
Department Commander-WiIliam II.
Harries, of Caledonia.
Senior Vice Commander-Perry- Stark
weather, of Minneapolis.
Junior Vice Commander-Isaac L. Ma
han, of st. Paul.
Coy. s.. r. Van SAINT Perry Stark
weather and D. Is. Searle made speeches
on resolution which was introduced,
recommending Judge Ell Torrance, OF
Minneapolis, for commander in-chier.
The resolution was adopted with a rising
vote and three cheers.
The members of the council of admin
istration are: H. M Richardson, Roch-
ester; George A. Whitney, Wadena; Au-
gust koerner. Litchfeld;J j. o. Milne, Du
luth and j. S. Wyman, Mortified. The
other officers elected We're: Medical di>
rector, J. H. Force Minneapolis; depart
Ioent chaplain, Frank Locke, Long
Prairie.
In the beginning of the morning ses-
sion several reports were read, showing
the various posts throughout the state to
be in flourishing condition. The figures
presented by the council Of administra-
ton showed the amount of funds OH hand
at the beginning of the year to be
$3,5SQ25. The sum of 1854. So was received
from various sources, making the total
$6,424.60. Disbursements were $2,S03. 10.
leaving a balance on hand of $3,671.11. A
bill was presented which will be offered
to the legislature for the purpose Of hay
ing the department headquarters in the
new capitol building 1t was recon-
mended by the committee on legislation
that no action be taken on the soldiers
preferment bill; that the act providing
for the rehabilitation of the muster rolls
of Minnesota regiments in the Civil war
be approved and both recommendations
We're adopted without discussion The
matter of the removal of the battle flags
from the state house was postponed for
one year.
One of the interesting incidents of the
day was the presentation to Commander
Ives of gold past department COM
mander's badge set with diamonds. 1t
was presented by Con1rade Hairless and
Commander Ives made an appropriate
and characteristic reply.
The war record Of the new department
commander is one to be proud of. He
was a member of the famous Wisconsin
Iron brigade, having enlisted Aprn II,
1861, as a private in Company B, Second
Wisconsin infantry. Late in the year he
was made corporal; in 1862 he became
a sergeant, in 1865 lieutenant, and 1864
captain. He was with Grant all
through the Wilderness campaign and
took part in the battles of Bull Run,
Groveton, South Mountain. Antietam,
Fitzhugh Cross, and gettysburg He was
wounded at Antietam. but in the early
part or 1863 he ejoined his regiment. 81,
Perry Starkweather, the senior vice
commander enlisted in the Ninth Michi-
gan infantry at the early age of sixteen
and served for four years in the Army
of the Cumberland He saw fighting at
Chickamauga, Stone River and Atlanta
and was mustered out as an orderly
sergeant.
Junior Vice Commander Mahan also en-
tered the war as private and he glories
in that fact lie enlisted in Company c,
Eleventh Observation-Disclosures, under Gens
Lew Wallace 81 in 1861. He saw hara
service all through the East Tennessee
campaign. He was post commander in
1862 and in 1864 was mustered out as cap,
tain in the One Handred4and Thirty third
Indiana volunteers.