The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1904-07-21

Comrade George W. Patten, Depart
ment Commander Of the Tennessee G.. A.
r., now serving his second consecutive
term In that Office. Is q man of energy;
hence, man who succeeds, and that is
why he is so popular among his comrades,
to the whole country. They propose 10
have him elected Junior Vice Commander
in-Chief. The Department Encamp-
ment unanimously adopted this resolution
which will be strenuously pressed and
pursued at the National Encampment:
Resolved. That the Department of
Tennessee, Grand Army of the Republic,
in annual session assembled in Knoxville,
Tenn. on this the 18th day of May. 1904.
situated in one of the most intensely loyal
sections of the Nation, do unanimously
and most Heartily memorabilia the next
National Encampment of the Grand Army
of the Republic. which meets in Boston
the present year, to elect as Junior Vice
Commander-in-Chief our beloved comrade
and Commander of the Department of
Tennessee. Maj. Geo. w. Patten, of Chat
tanooga. Tenn. as an honor which will
furnish mighty impetus to the various
Departments of the Southland"
The Chattanooga Press editorially re-
fers to this resolution, and closes ky say
ing: 1T would not only be a source of
satisfaction to the Department of Ten.
uessce 10 pe HOHOTeu III the election OF
Maj. Patten to a position in the National
Enca mpment of the great Order of which
he is distinguished member, but it would
be gratifying to the people among whom
he lives. regardless of party. for no man
stands higher among his fellow citizens
than Maj. Geo. w. Patten."
He was born in Jefferson County. y. Y.
May 8, 1896: fatherless at the age of
eight. educated in the public schools and
| minor academy by his own efforts: a
| teacher in 1854: to Illinois in 1857. where
he taught school and farmed: enlisted as
| private in Co. B, I'D ILL.,, 1862: appoint
ca sergeant: promoted to Lieutenant: to
captain; brevetted Major-all promotions
| Delns for conspicuous bravery or gallant
rry in service. The I'D ILL., was engaged
| IN great many battles, campaigns and
skIrmishes. and Comrade Patten did NOT
miss one of them. At Nashville his horse
was killed under him; at Chickamauga he
was shot IN the left arm. The greatest
| ADVANCE ever made by the Department of
tennessee. G. A. r., it is claimed has
Deen made under his administration: and
IL IS also claimed that that Department
mas under his administration. made
greater progress than has any other De.
partment in the same period
| Gen. William Hartsuff died June os AT
MS home In Port Huron, Mich. and the
Iunerai was conducted by William San
/ -, d
General was born in New York. but his
parents removed to Michigan in 1912. and
when the war broke out he was the Prin.
clpai OF the City school. He raised Co. Z
OF the 10th Mich, and became its Captain
serving through the. war. He was pro-
spector- General of the Army of the Ohio
at the close of the war. Every male mem.
Der of Gen. Hartsuff's family served in
the war. His father was in command of
oid Fort Gratlot, then military station.
One of his brothers was Maj.-Gen. George
L. Hartsuff, a distinguished solder. and
another, DIR. Albert Hartsuff, was a Sur
geon in the Regular service. Gen. Hartsuff
was regarded as one of the ablest stumn
speakers in the Republican party. and his
services were always in demand. For many
years bitter factional fight was carried
on in the Seventh Congressional District
between the followers of Gen. Hartsuff and
those of John 7. Sanborn, who was the
Republican boss. The result of this was
the. defeat of both for Congress- Gen. Hart
suff was Postmaster of Port Huron for 1G
years. and then Collector of Customs until
President Cleveland removed him. He was
member of the Board of Control of the
Soldiers Home at Grand Rapids. and Vice.
President of the Commercial National
Bank
Capt. s. A. Glenn, of Tampa, Fla. is
an applicant tor the position of General
appraiser in the Custom House at Tampa
Fla. made Vacant by the death of Com.
radc Dwight Jarvis. Capt Glenn served
four years in the S9th Ohio, the regiment
in which Senator Foraker and the father
OF Senator Beveridge served. He gave Sen
ator Foraker his, first start in life by pro
melting him to a Sergeant, and afterwari
securing for him a Second Lieutenancy
He stands very high in the community anG
at the time he was a candidate for Post
master he received the Endorsement of al