The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-29

na. He Is Nj. A. of Wabash and IL. D of Knox College. Galesburg, Illinois.
 A Student Soldier.
 In 1861 he was attending college in In- diana. and before the first call for troops enrolled his name anc asked his fellow students to enlist with him. They did enlist as soon as the call was made. and joined the 11th Indiana infantry. In the three months service. of which Major General Lew Wallace was colonel and he became sergeant major of the regiment. Upon the completion of that service he went home to Danville, Illinois and his fellow citizens enlisted a company for him, of which he took command. and they were assigned the 37th Illinois i'm fantry Fremont Rifles" General Black becoming major on the ofganization of the regiment. From that date until late in 1865 he was on the firing line, serving with the Army of the Frontier, the Army or the Southwest. the Army of the Tennessee the Army pf the Upper Patomac ,and in the Military Division of the Gulf. His services dates from April 14th, 1861 to August 18th. 1865.
 He became major of the 37th Illinois Infantry. 5th September, 1861; lieutenant coionel. 12th July. 1s62 colonel. 31st De- cemher. 1862; brevet brigadier general for gallant services in the assault on Fort Blakely. Alabama. 9th April. 1865. ' the date of his commission. He was awarded the medal of honor that the United States reserves for it's heroes only. 31st October, 1893, flor the battle O. Prairie Grove, Arkansas. 7th Decem- Der. 1862, where he gallantly charged the position of the enemy and captured battery. and where he was severely wounded"
 Hero of Many Battles.
 At Pea Ridge, Arkansas. one arm was shattered. but he would not leave his command had the surgeon bind up his wounds and broken arm, and led his reg iment again to victory. At Prairie Grove Arkansas. his wounds unhealed, with one arm in a sling, he led his commend and had the other arm disabled by a rifle bali He never has had the free use of either arm since.
 Promoted from rank to rank, with every commission dyed with his blood, as was said by Past Commander-in- Chief Lawler. c. A. R.. who came to Ala hama in 1895. Tn nominating him for his present high office, he commanded a brigade at twenty-three years of age, and served his country four years and day
 He joined the Grand Army of the Re public in 1866; was commander of the De- partment of Illinois in 1898: elected at San Francisco. in 1903 August 17th). Ccmmander-in-Chief of the Order His return to Montgomery is not his only coincidence in dates; he commanded the 37th Illinois, was elected to the head of the Grand Army at it's 37th National En- campment, in the 37th year of his mar rled life.
 General Black was elected a member Of the Military Order of the Loyal Le- zion of the United States. December 3, 1884. and commander of the Illinois Com mandery. in 1898. He is a member of the Ccmmandery-in-Ch of that order, composed only of officers and ex-oficers of the army, following the order of the Cincinnati. of the Revolutionary war.
 He was admitted to the bar of the Su- preme Court of Illinois, in 1867, and to that of the Supreme Court of the United States in 1899. He was manager of the National Soldiers Home for disabled vol unteer soldiers for twelve years. from 1873 to 1890; trustee of the Illinois Sol diers' Orphans Home. 1sS0-1Ss5; trustee of the Illinois Soldiers Home from 1901 to 1904 when he resigned on accepting a position upon the United States Civil Service Commission. He was trustee for Wabash College in 1898. 1889, 199O
 Record as a Democrat.
 General Back was q delegate to the National Democratic convention at Gin cinnati Ohio. in 1s7., and delegate-at- large from Illinois to the convention that nominated President Cleveland. He was an unsuccessful candidate for lieutenant governor of Illinois in 1872, for represen- tatlve in Congress in 1876. and for United States Senate, In 1879. From March 9th. 1885. to March 27th. 1883, he was commis-