The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1903-02-12
PERSONAL,

| IChuSu IJNeteE at All
dover, preparing for Amherst College,
which lie entered while quite young. In
his junior year he enlisted in Co. d, 9th
| Mass. In 1865 he was married to Miss
Annette Louie Goss, of Middleboro, Mass,
the couple soon after taking up their resi-
dence in st. Louis, where for several years
he was associated with the publishing
house of r. Z. Studley & Co. Comrade
Pratt returned East few years later,
and for some time was one one of the
| firm of Pratt Bros, of Boston and Marl-
boro. In 1884 he took up the business of
general advertising. For the past six years
he has been connected with the Custom
House. He is survived by widow and
one son, Arthur FL. Pratt.
Col. Philip Deitsch. Superintendent of
Police of Cincinnati. Ohio, died in that city
Jan. %. He was born in Bavaria in
1910, and came to this country when quite
young, enlisted in the Regular Army, and
at the outbreak of tile rebellion re-enlisted
and served in the Army Of the Potomac
until the close of the war, when he went
to Cincinnati and entered the police force,
with which he was thereafter continuously
member. He was largely instrumental
in establishing the Police Bureau of Iden-
LITIGATION, and at his death was Chairman
of the Board of Governors.
The comrades of Columbia, Pa, are
much interested in the reappointment as
Postmaster of Comrade Amos r. Hough-
endobler. He served for three years in
the Pennsylvania Reserves, and was first
appointed as Postmaster upon the rec
ommendation ofCangressman Brosius, and
has been so capable and obliging that 9S
per cent of theGbusiness men, 1000 citi-
zens and 200 veterans have petitioned for
his reappOintmene 1t is believed that
this will be done.
Comrade Albert e. Sholes having left
the Departmental Georgia for good to
take up his residence in Bethlehem, Pa,
has transferrednlh his membership to the
Post there. u
Gen. Benjamin b. Pritchard, of Allegan,
Mich, will be tbeteandidate of G. J. Bas-
sett Post, So, foE the Office of Department
Commander ato tue Encampment, to be
held at Muskegen jim June, 1903. He. en-
tered the service,in August, 1862, as Cap
tain of Co. L, 18th Mich. Cav, and con-
tinued in actiyessesvice until July 1, 1865.
In November, 1864, he was commissioned
in May, 1865, he was made. Brigadier-Gen
eral, U. s. Vols. for faithful and meritor-
ious service for the capture of jeff Davis. -
Gen. Pritchard has been twice elected
State. Treasurer of Michigan, and also
served the State of Michigan four years
as Commissioner of the Land Office. For
more than 20 years he has been Treasurer
of the Grand Lodge of the 1. o. o. f. of
Michigan He is the present Commander
Of C. J. Bassett Post.
Mai. Emil Adam, U. s. A., retired, died
Jan. II, at his home in Beleville, ILL.,, af-
ter an illness of about week, aged Y.
He was born in Kirchheim- Bolanden Ger.
many, and came to this country when a
young man, locating at Alton, ILL.,, where
he married Miss Mary Hill, June 10, 1858.
When the war broke out he was a MEM
Der of the Alton GILL; Yeagers, which ten
dered its services to the Governor and be-
came a part of the 9th Ill. He was made
Second Lieutenant; was promoted to First
Lieutenant, July %, 1861, and to Captain,
Nov. IA, 1861. He served through the
entire war In July, 1866, he was APP
pointed First Lieutenant in the 31st U. s.
Inf, and afterwards was assigned to the
| 9Th Cav. He was commissioned Major IN
the 9th Cav, June II, 1866, and served in
the Pine Ridge Indian campaign. After
80 years service, he was retired, March
8, 1893. He is survived by widow, two
daughters and three sons.
It is believed that Mrs. Sarah D. Wi
mans, of Ohio, will be the next National
President of the w. r. @. She is the wife
of Col. J. Cory Winans, for many terms
Chief of Staff to the Commander-in-Chief,
and she came within few votes OF beln !!
elected last year at Washington. She is
woman in the prime of life, and has
served in nearly all the subordinate Of
fees. both of the Department and the Ma
tional organization, and has from her ear
lest girlhood been thoroughly devoted to
the great work of the Order.
Comrade ]. Prettyman, who attended
the National Encampment, has given sew
eral of its incidents a good write-up IN the
Havana Qll.) Republican. Comrade Pref
tyman's name is enrolled Oh the Mason
CITY 0Il) Soldiers Monument as mem
Der of Co. A, 2Sth LII.
Ex-Supreme Court Justice William
Rumsey died suddenly at his home in New
York, Jan. 16. He was born in !S4l, and
entered the service as First Lieutenant
Adjutant of tlfeliregiment, and in Sep
TENDER, 1868, was promoted to Captain
land Assistant o,Adjutant-G General, and
served on Gene lAverilPs staff, attaining
1.-THE rank of Colslia. He served as Secre-
Itary of Legationoto Gen. Van Valkenburg,
Minister to Japan, and succeeded his
father as Judge ,S6, the Supreme Court Of d
sociate Judge of, the Appellate Division OF
the Supreme CapFt.
Jan. Z William Logan Rodman Post
No. /, New Bedford, Mass, had an in.
stallation, whithnwas conducted by Maj
Austin S. CusHmhh, the first Department
Commander ofbNfhssa chusetts, and the
first Commander 6f the Post. After be-
ing installed, gthmander Thomas w
Cook made PHEASANT speech, in which he
referred to theT pleasure it afforded him
to have Comrad9t Cushman present, and
he presented him with handsome silver
loving cup, gold-lined, and suitably inscrib
ed. William Logan Rodman Post will
boom Mai. Cushman for COMMANDMENT.
Chief. Maj. Cushman was Adjutant oil
the Sd Mass In the first three months
service, and then raised company fol
the 47th Mass, Of which he became
Major.
Commodore Foote Post, Cincinnati, O.
will present Comrade John T. Booth
M. D., as candidate for Senior Vice Com
mander before the Department of Ohio al
the Encampment to be held at Marietta
Comrade Booth, at the opening of the
war, in 1851, was a student at Marietta
College. He laid down his books and en-
listed in Co. B, 18th Ohio, for three
months, then again in Co. G, Both Ohio
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