The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1903-01-29
Personal.

That grand old hero. Gen. z. ]. Oster- {
haus, of the Army of the Tennessee, who
at times commanded the Seventeenth
Corps, is still living in Bonn, Germany,
virile and happy, in his Slst year. He
is much respected by the people. and the
commander of the garrison has issued or
ders that officers and soldiers must stand
ut attention and salute when lie passes
Gen. Samuel Thomas died at his home
in New York, Jan. IL. He was born in
at Marietta. At the organization of the
18th Ohio he entered the regiment. be-
cane Il First-L Lieutenant, soon received a
commission as Lieutenant Colonel in the
'i3d U. $. c. T., and later was promoted
to Colonel OF the 9th L. s. c. T., and
was brevetted Brisadier-General He be-
came Assistant Adjutant-General of the
f'reedman's Bureau. and served till 1861,
when lie was mustered out and began
managing coal ard iron interests i'm the
Hooking Valley of Ohio. He rapidly ac-
CURED large railroad interests. and at one
time was President of several important
railroads, among them the Monon. He
was one of the contractors for building
the Croton AquedTct in New York City.
Benjamin W. Loring. First Lieutenant.
retired, L. $. r. NJ. s., died last month at
Oswego. \. V. at the age of 1S He was
born in Duxbury. Mass, and claimed to be
direct descendant of John and Priscilla
Alden, and early in life had an adventure
ous career. He went to mining gold in
California, but as soon as the war broke
out dropped everything and hurried East
tie made for naval recruiting station.
where he enlisted and was made Acting
Master. He served on the Galena and
was commended for gallan;ry Mt the at
tack on Fort Darling. May Is, 1862 The
gun he had charge of had three crews be-
fore the fight was over. every man of the
first two having been killed or wounded.
He served on the monitor Weehawken. and
invented the method of firing the guns
more rapidly. He commanded the gun
boat Wave when, owing to the exhaustion
of coal, the vessel could not escape from
the rebels near Calcasieu Pass, La. who
shot the Wave to pieces and captured her
officers and crew. He made several at
tempts TO escape. and endure: severe hard
ships, from which he never completely re-
covered. At the end of the war he en-
tered the Revenue Cutter Service and was
retired in 1895. He was at the theater
the night that Lincoln was killed, and
was the second person to enter the box
to the assistance of the President.
\ bill is now before the Senate author
izins the President TO promote Neterina-
rian John Tempany, 9th L. $. Cav, to
Second Lieutenant and retire him. DIR.
Tempany has the dictinctiOn of being the
last American dragon in the service, hav-
ing enlisted in the LIST U. S. Dragons,
May p, 1857. There is only one man III
the army who entered the service earlier
| Col. Hayes. of the 18th U. s. Cav. who
enlisted in the list U. S. Cav. in 1870. DIR.
| Tempany has the distinction of being the
| man before lie became a veterinarian. He
has the proud record of never having
been before cOurt-martia: and never
missed a days duty on account OF ILL
ness.
| Mai. Augustus Tate, formerly of the
131st n Y, suffered an smputatiOn of his
right leg above the knee at his home in
| Brooklyn, Dec. %. from which he died
early in January. Maj. Tate was Ga years
old, and had been suffering some time
from a weak heart and threatened gan
creme of his lower limbs. the latter sup
posed to be due to the strains of forced
marches during the war. He was Water
Registrar of the City of Brooklyn, and
prominent in political and Grand Army
circles. President Arthur appointed him
United States Marshal for the Eastern
District of New York, and he was APP
administration, and had held the Office
ever since, though Tammany made Wig
orous effort to remove him, which he de-
| feated in the courts. He was one of the
organizers Of Devon Post, and was Com
mander of Grant Post. He was buried
! with military honors in Greenwood Gem
etery, and the funeral cortege was one
of the most notable and impressive ever
seen within its gates.