The National tribune., 1901-04-25
PERSONAL.

The family of Gen. Walter Hartman
will present to the town of Warner, N.
H., a statue thar will cost about $4,000.
The statue and base will be 20 feet in
hight, and will occupy a square in the VII
lage.
Boston Is h& wing an unusual experience
in competitive trial among portrait
painters for large size picture OF Gen.
Il. r. Butler. to hang among the portraits
of the Governors of Massachusetts in the
State House. All the best painters in
the city have been drawn into it. and the
result is some exceptionally fine pictures.
Some depict him in a Major-GeneraTs
uniform. and others in the famous frock
coat and boutonniere.
Comrade L. J. Burr, Of Anderson, Ind,
and his wife. Mrs. Laura 5. Burr, Presi-
dent of the Indiana W. K. c., are repoic-
ing at the home e-coming of their son, Maj.
Kenneth NJ. Burr, Both Z. $. Vols, who
will soon arrive at San Francisco with his
regiment. His young wife will go to San
Francisco to meet him, and be the first
to tell him of his promotion to Major. He
went out in the Spanish war in the 160th
Ind. and at the conclusion Of that ser
vice entered the Both L. s. Vols, and has
distinguished himself in the Philippines.
The Inter rUrb0H, of Indianapolis, Ind,
says:
'The cut on the title page represents
Mrs. Laura $. Burr, Department Presi-
dent of the Woman's Relief Corps for the
State of Indiana. Mrs. Burr is not only
popular in this State, but Is universally
beloved in her home city. She is charm-
ing, winsome woman, gracious alike to
those of high and low degree. Many calls
are coming from different parts of the
country for Mrs. Burr to become a candi-
date for National President before the
Convention that meets In Cleveland this
Fall"
Gel. Cyrus S. Roberts, who has been ap-
pointed by the President to be Colonel of
infantry, has been Colonel Of
the 18th Z. $. since August, 1890. He be-
gan his military career as private in the
150th n. Y. He was appointed to the
Regular Army in May, 1855, as a Second
Lieutenant of the 18th .. s., and was ad--
yanced through the ranks, becoming Ma
jor in April, 1898. During the var of the
rebellion he received four brevet commits
siOns-for gallant and meritorious services
at Winchester, Va, Sept. 19. 1854; in the
battle of Fishers Hill. Va, Sept. "a,
1864; during the campaign in West Vir-
ginia, and in the Shenandoah Valley, and
for services generally.
Brig. Gen John G.. Gilmore, Colonel i'm
the Adjutant- Generals Department, was
placed on the retired list last week. He
went into the army in 1861, as Captain
III tue IOtu ". l., ana came OUT IN 1900
Lieutenant Colonel OF the 1881 n. Y. He
received bFeyets for distinguished gallantry
at Antietam. Fredericksburg and Salem
Hights. He was appointed Second Lieu
tenant in the 18th G. S. in 1865, and in
1880, after having served "a years in the
infantry, he was transferred to the Adju,
tant-GeneraFs Bureau with the rank of
Major. He was appointed a Brigadier-
General of Volunteers in the Spanish war.
and accompanied Gen. Miles to Cuba and
Porto Rico. He is very popular in the
army and outside of it.
Col II. N. Roberts, the senior Colonel
of the Engineer Corps, is scheduled to re-
tire on account of age May 2. -Four years
ago he was strongly pressed for appoint
ment as Chief of Engineers, but Col. John
NJ. Wilson was selected instead. Gen.
Wilson will retire in October, and he has
expressed a willingness to retire now, so
as to let Col. Roberts be appointed Chief
of Engineers, hold the Office a few days,
and be retired as a Brigadier General.
Maj. Joseph Smith Bryce, the Oldest
graduate of West Point, died in New
York April 16. He was born at George
town. ID. c., on Sept. q, 1908, and was
graduated ut West Point with distinction
in 1929, one of his classmates being Gen.
Robert Il. Lee. He served throughout the
civil war on the stats of Gems. Wads-
worth and Barnard. He retired from the
army and practiced law. He was the
father of Gen. Lloyd S. Bryce, formerly
Paymaster- General of New York State
and late editor of the North American Re-
view.