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ton cemetery. and the pallbeavers viii be
selected from among the members of The
Grand Army of the Republic, the Union
Veterans Legion and the Oldest 1nhab.-
tents Association, with all of which or
plantations Colonel Cults had been con-
nected.
The palbearers thus far selected are S.
Thomas Brown and B. W. Reiss of the
Oldest Inhabitants Association; Mr..
Womersley Luke Kelley, John Finn, ". W.
Brown. j. Edmund Brown. Nathaniel Shats-
well of Encampment No. 60, U. V. L. The
representatives of the G. A. r. have not
as yet been named. The services at the
grave will be in charge of the Union Vet
eran Legion.
A Native of Washington.
James Madison Cuts was born in Wash
ington in a house which still stands on
18th street between F and G streets north
west, October 30, 1897. His grandfather,
Richard Cuts, was a member of Congress
from Maine for many years, and married
a sister of Dolly Madison, the family resi-
dence being at the corner of Madison place
and H street, on the lot now occupied by
the Cosmos Club building. In this resi-
dence Colonel Cults spent his early boy
hood. His father James Madison Cults.
was the second controller Of the treasury.
Colonel Cults prepared for college at the
Academy of Georgetown University, and
entered Brown University at the age OF
eighteen taking prominent place in the
affairs of the Alpha Delta Phi fraternity at
that institution. He entered Harvard Uni
versity as law student after finishing his
college course at Brown, and graduated
from the law school in 1861, at the age OF
twenty-four
The civil war then broke out and the
young lawyer was among the first to enlist,
serving as a private soldier in the LIST
Rhode Island Volunteers for three months,
when he was commissioned a captain of the
18th United States Infantry by President
Lincoln. After organizing as mastering and
disbursing officer Rhode Island troops, cav
airy, artillery and infantry, he was ordered
to report for duty on the staff of Major
General Burnside, and served on that gen.
erals staff a,d-de-camp, judge advocate
and in other staff capacities in his success
sive commands of the Department of North
Carolina, the 9th Army Corps. the right
wing of the Army of the Potomac, the
Army of the Potomac. and the Department
Of the Ohio. During that period he was
present in the battles of South Mountain
Antietam and Fredericksburg in which his
services We're regarded as of a very high
order of distinction.
Served With Distinction.
He thereafter served with his regiment
at the Mine Run campaign of General
Meade, and in the many battles of General
Grants campaign of the Wilderness, and
was acting field officer, and thereafter COM
manded his regiment at General Grants
headquarters, City Point. Va, and at Gem
erai Meade's headquarters, and in the bat
tie of Fort Steadman. Virginia. His final
service was in Louisiana, as commander of
the post at Shreveport, La, with subposts
al Marshall and Jefferson. Texas.
Medal of Honor Man.
He was twice brevetted for gallant and
distinguished services, and was recon-
mended for the colonelcy of one of the regi-
ments of General Hancocks corps Colonel
Cults was also the possessor of medal of
honor of the United States, which was
given to him for distinguished services In
the army. His medal is triple medal,
IN recognition of three distinct acts of ex-
traordinary bravery. 1t bears the following
inscription: For gallantry at Wilderness.
Spottsyivania and Petersburg, 1864"
The only sister of Col Cults married
stephen A. Douglas, and during the latter's
campaign against Lincoln Col. Cuts travel
ed about the country with him In the ca
pacity OF private secretary to Douglas He
was also at the bedside OF Douglas when
the latter passed away. The widow of Mr.
Douglas married Gen. ROBBERY Williams
Her death occurred about four years ago.
In 1871 Col Cults married Miss Mary E.
Wheeler OF Baltimore. At the time of his
marriage he was professor of rhetoric and
oratory i'm Seaton Hail College at Orange
City, n. ]. Twenty-one years ago Col.
Cults and family moved to this city, where
he had been employed ever since in the
War observation-disclosures years in the sur
geon generals Office and ten years in the
office of the adjutant general.
Survived by Wife and Six Children.
Col. Cults is survived by his wife and six
children. One daughter and four sons live
in Washington. Their names are Miss
Mary Cults and Arthur, Horace, James
Madison. jr., and Harold. The youngest is
ten years of age. The oldest son, Leo Mer.
rift Cults, was a first lieutenant of volun-
teers in the Spanish-American war At
the close of that conflict the young man
resigned his commission and engaged In
business in Samar. Philippine islands
where he is at present
Col. Cults was a member of the follow
ing organizations: Alpha Delta Phi fra
ternity Columbia Historical Society," Medal
Of Honor Legion. Lafayette Post, G. A R.:
Encampment. No. 60. u. Y. L., and the
large circle OF friends. AIMING whom he
WAS highly EST aeyued for he hifyf, chs 81