The National tribune., 1901-07-04
PERSONAL.

June %, S. c. Lawrence Post, &c, G.
A r., Medford, Mass, gave farewell re-
ception to Capt. George l.. Goodale, Quar-
termaster, u. S. A, who short time ago
returned from the Columbia Barracks in
Cuba. Capt Goodale left a few days
later for Astoria, Ore, where he Will have
charge Of construction at Fort Stevens,
Ore, and Fort Columbia (Wash) Bar
racks.
All veterans will be glad to hear of
commendation of that very good comrade,
Past Department Commander Louis
Bennecke, of Brunswick, Mo- The
Brunswicker says Of him:
After serving four years as President
of the Board of Trustees for the Federal
Soldiers Home, Capt. Louis Bennecke,
of this city, declined the honor of a re-
election at the annual meeting of the
board held recently. Capt. Bennecke was
the first President of the Board after the
Home was established by an act Of the
State Legislature AS matter OF course
the duties of the office have been very
Iaborious and require great deal OF
time and attention, but Capt. Bennecke
has been equal to the emergency.
He has conducted the affairs of the
Home in such a business-like and salts
factory manner it was the subject Of
favorable mention by Gov. Stephens in one
%
ing from the Presidency of the Board
Capt. Bennecke was the recipient of very
complimentary resolutions from his fellow
laborers on the Board of Trustees.
The Brunswicker, of Brunswick, Mo-,
has this to say of a son of veteran--a
son of Past Department Commander Ben
necke: 10 ac
Louis Bennecke, Jr., who holds a re-
sponsihle position with the mammoth
Cupples Woodenware Company in st.
Louis, will have the degree of LII. h. con-
ferred upon him at the commencement
exercises of the Benton Law School, which
will take place in that city on the even
ing of the 21st inst. Young Mr.. Bennecke,
who is also q graduate of Washington
University, has pursued the course at the
night law school for the past three years
in order to qualify himself all the better
for the business career which he has
chosen, and deserves much credit for his
perseverance and determination in the
pursuit of knowledge in the profession.
Such energy and industry will always sue
ceed, and we congratulate the young man
on the start he has made on the road to
success, and trust his efforts may be
Col. ]. NJ. Weaver, 9th Ohio, is now
a real estate dealer at 1872 Riggs avenue,
Baltimore, Md. He enlisted in the 9th
Ohio in July, 1861; was promoted to Sec
ond Lieutenant of Co. L in February,
1862; then to First Lieutenant, and finally
became Captain of Co. 4. He was severe
ly wounded July %, 1864, and discharged
on certificate of disability in November
1864.
When Earle w. Tanner received his
commission as Second Lieutenant in the
1st U. S. Art. the comrades of U. S.
Grant Post, Brooklyn, of which his father,
Corporal Tanner, has been a member
since its organization, voted 500 with
which to buy the young officer sash and
sword. Lieut.. Tanner was transferred to
the 18th y. S., and for good soldiership
in that position was promoted to Captain
in the Both u. s. Vols. Last November
he was sent out with his company on an
expedition into the Lulu Mountains, and
succeeded in surprising Filipino band,
killing its Captain and some others, and
capturing large amount of arms and
fine Filipino flag. He sent this back to
u. S. Grant Post, and now it is proudly
displayed among the other trophies and
relics in the Post room. The comrades
of Grant Post have firm faith in Capt.
Earle Tanners star, and expect to see
him in command of the Army before they
die.
Hon. James Van Kleeck, of Bay City,
Mich, who was elected Department Com
mander of Michigan G.. A. X. at the re-
cent Encampment at Flint, served in the
! famous old "StonewalP' regiment, the
| 18th Mich. He was born at Exeter,
Mich, Sept. %, 1916. He enlisted in June,
| 1862, and received a severe wound at the
battle of Antietam, from which he is
still sufferer. He has taken an active
| part In G.. A. r. work from its organiza-
ton, in 1868. He is Past Commander Of
| q. S. Grant Post, of Bay City, and has
also served the Department of Michigan
as Is Judge-Advocate. He graduated from
the Law Department of the Michigan
University at Ann Arbor in the class Of
1870. He moved from Monroe County
and settled in Midland County in the Fall
of 1876, and began the practice Of law
at Midland City, where he continued in
| the profession of the law until the cam
paign of 1882, when he was elected to the
State Legislature that year by the Re-
publican party from the Midland, Gladwin
and Roscommon Representative District,
by a very large majority. He has held
various village offices in the village of
Midland, and was also Prosecuting At
torney of Midland County. He is now
one Of Bay Citys leading citizens, and q
prominent practicing attorney. He has
also been Commissioner Of Emigration
Prof. G. R. Rathbun, who served in Co.
l, Oath Iowa, is now an expert accountant
at Omaha, Neb., and is the author of
"Rathbuns Short and Practical Course of
Double Entry bookkeeping for High
Schools" He delivered an excellent Me-
mortal Day address to the school children