Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1903-09-14

through lire with the defenders of the
country's cause, be snatched from the
arms of penury, or from the gates o1
the almshouse, and also the widows o1
VETERANS, and placed in a position
| whereby they can spend the few re
naming years of their lives in comfor,
This the greatest of nations can and
will care for the veterans, and their
surviving wives or Widows
At the conclusion of General
Blacks address, another informal re-
ception was held in the plaza, after
which the General and his party again
took their carriages and visited the
cathedral and San Miguel Church.
Just after dusk this evening, a ire-
works display, in honor of General
Back will be held in front of Judge
Met'ie's residence, to be followed by
bean bake at Carleton Post hall.
Geheral Black and his party will leave
on the 9:35 train over the Santa Fe,
en- route to his home in the Windy
City.
General Blacks Career.
Gen. John G. Black, commander-in-
chief of the Grand Army of the Repub-
lie, has distinguished record.
When the great war came John c.
p Sex was student at Wabash col
ege, Charlottesville, Ind. His first en-
listment for three months service,
was on Sunday, April IA, 1861, (the
day after the surrender of Fort Sum-
teri, as a private in company |,
Eleventh Indiana Volunteer infantry,
commanded by Col. Lew Wallace.
Soon after he was promoted sergeant
major of the regiment. His first fight
was at Romney, w. Va, June II, 1861.
At the close of his first term of SER
vice he returned to his home in Dan
Vile, ILL.,, assisted in raising a COM
pany for the Thirty-seventh Volun-
teer infantry and was elected its
captain. Upon the organization Of the
regiment he was made it's major, and
was subsequently promoted to lieuten-
ant colonel and to colonel, and later
was given the rank of brevet briga-
dier general, each promotion game
for gallant and meritorious service in
battle. At Pea Ridge he was severely
wounded IN the right arm, and at
Prairie Grove his left arm was dis
abled and remains so to this day. In
the campaign and siege Of Vicksburg
and on other historic fields he gallant
ly bore his part. His last battle was
at the storming of the Blakeley bat
teries in the Mobile campaign, April
9, 1865, the day of Lees surrender at
He resigned in August
1865, after continuous service of
four years and four months.
Appointed commissioner of pen
sions March Z, 1885, the fact that Gen.
eral Black administered the AFFAIRS of
that great trust, so vitality important
to old veterans, to the entire satisfac-
tion of his comrades of war, approx
ing and granting about 100000 pen
sions during his four years term, in
Guiding $1,000 original pensions to the
soldiers of the great war, others be-
ing for Mexican war service, widows,
minors increase, etc.-speak volumes
for his administrative capacity, ability
and fidelity.
General Black was elected Congress-
from the state of Illinois
in 1892. He served for the northern
district of Illinois from 1895 to 1899.
He was a member of the board Of
managers for the National Homes for
disabled volunteer soldiers for twelve
years. He is president of the board
of trustees of the Illinois Soldiers and
Sailors Home and president of the
Illinois Vicksburg Park Commission.
General Black has given
about twenty years services for ex-
soldiers without fee or reward.
For many years General Black has
practiced law in Chicago.