The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-09-09

7 the Ninety-ninth Pennsylvania. one into
the One Hundred and Seventy-ninth
Pennsylvania, and one into the one Hun
! dred and Thirty-llIth Pennsylvania Nj
E y. Gron was a member Of the Thirty
first Cavalry for while. and also served
ia the Two Hundred and Third Rezi-
menL commonly known as Birney's
! ShaTpshooters- None of the brothers
saw each other during the war and all
! reached home about the same time One
OF Them was badly wounded. Two OF the
( four are still living. Their home was
/ at Lancaster.
! Mr.. Cron Joined the Two Hundred and
Third at Philadelphia. leaving home at
night and travelling large part OF. the
way on foot. The regiment was formed
/ in Philadelphia and rushed &c Peters
. burg without being drilled The raw
/ soldiers were at Petersburg one night
and were then rushed to the second Hsbt.
! At Deep Bottom. After the worst Of
I the trouble was over there the regiment
was ordered to Laurel Hill and became
Of Richmond The fighting was close and
hard and the Pennsylvaniaus found that
4 the Maine regiment had been cut in Two
and that they were left exposed. They
/ literally lad TO sneak out Of the trap at
night and succeeded in getting ont with
! out great loss
] The Penns- lvanians next served under
Gen. Ben Butler and were hurried 10
/ the mouth Of Cape Fear River 10 take
. part in The bOmbardmelt on Fort Fisher.
! After service there they were ordered
4 back TO Chapins Farm. Va and were uu-
/ der General Terry
Mr. Croft has vivid reCoIlectiOls Of the
fighting about Fort Fisher There the
! colonel OF the regiment. John @. Moore
/ and Lieutenant Colonel Lyman were
killed His company, 4. came out with
( out an officer The regiment was 100
[ strong, and 500 picked men went into
/ the fight OF that number $50 were left
dead or wounded on the field There
/ were several forts in the vicinity A.
rebel ram in the river gave the Union
men q great deal Of trouble
Mr. Croft and his comrades were At
Raleigh when the war closed and were
( practically mustered out there They
were in Raleigh while the great review
was taking place in Washington They
were finally released IN Philadelphia
/ July 3. 1855.
Mr.. ". K. Jones. Who has been en-
lpIoyed in the Government Printing ONCE
for the past eight months. has been
appointed 20 a position in the Govern
uent service n the Philippines. He
/ viii be sent to the new printing Office
/ in Manila. where ne viii be either
/ pr0ofTeader or comDositor He went
( out under the auspices OF the War De
/ Partment- Mr. Jones came 10 the Of
fee from South Carolina. where he was
editor Of weekly paper, He is a na-
/ tive Of England and learned the trade
+ in Liverpool He has been IN the coun-
+ Try for several years and has worked L.
several sections.
Miss Catherine Schmidt. of the Rail
+ road Commissioners Office. has been in
+ the Office for several years. being an
appointee from the First Ohio district.
She has been the assistant Of the ven
cradle General Lonzstreet IN the Of
. fee and IS quite proficient in the work
The force has been cut down and the
scope Of her duties is increased
I The clerks IL one of The departments
/ were talking the other day about the
. District Commissionership AID one lady
asked what coIored man of prominence
and ability the President had in mind
+ Cor the place. Asked as TO her idea for /
/ thinking a negro was going 10 get the /
job she said Why. know IT. Didu'rI
/ l see II II The Times that dark horse I
vas liable TO be chosen Now and
the wicked masculine clerks say that it 4
/ is another proof Of the hopeIessness OF 1
teaching The dear creatures anything F.!
about politics
M Stanley Rulings. a handsome and |
popular young man employed in the !
fifth division Of the Government Print /
ing Office. left about a week age for q /
visit 20 his old home in Missouri. Fur
Their than going 10 see his relatives he !
avoved no object His associates and i
friends were therefore much surprised /
to learn from q letter that Immediately .
N his arrival IN Missouri he was mar !
ried 10 young lady Of his Old home
Further details were not sent. Mr. and
Yrs Rulings are expected IN e short
while
NJ Mcpherson Reynolds, a clerk in !.
The dat-ying division Of the Agricultural
Department. is an expert ateuograDher.
He won q position IN The division IyI
civil service examination. and since com:
ing in q few years has been twice
promoted he Is considered one Of the
most expert sten0granhers in the Gov
eminent service and IS q good clerk ia
any line ar Reynolds is a native Of
Kansas. after becoming q steuug-apheri
he went TO Chicago. where he was clerk
IL one OF the large railway Offices for sis.
years He is q talented and stuGiCus
young man, and has been q student at
Columbian University since coming here.
de VIII soon graduate from the medica!
school
Two Of the most charming and accom-
piishcd young ladies employed in Uncle
Sans big printing Office are Misses Pull
niger and Collins. of the press room I
They have been in Office about two years,
and are expert press feeders. There is
a striking resemblance between these l.
two young LADIES', and they are both de-
seryedly popular
Pref A. won Haake. representing the