The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-09-26
TIE PRESIDENTS
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4 DURING NINE ADMINISTERS
HONS, VISITS PlTTsRuRG-
HE FOUGHT IN TIE FA-
NOUS SECOND U. s.
CAVALRY.
Mai. Chales =. a. Loefier, now or
the retired list OF the United States
army. is in Pittsburg. visiting his
friend, J.. Kornblum, says the Pitts,
burg Times. The Major is ]doorkeep,
er 10 the President at the White
House and has held that responsible
place since the first administration OF
President Grant. During the nearly
nine administrations in which Major
Loetfier has een d~oorkeeper he has
been brought into intimate contact
with all the prominent men of both
great parties, and has made himself
deservedly popular. Few, if any. men
in the United States have as wide ac.
q~uaintance as has Major Loefler. His
fitness for his position is attested by
the fact that no change in the poll.
tics of National administrations has
affected his tenure of office. He Is
justly regarded as an Indispensable
White House official, his knowledge Of
public men and his tact rendering
him eminently qualified for his del.
icate duties.
Major Loeffier is a German by birth,
bat came to this country more than
80 years ago. When living In Lock
Ig.aS-ar, DO g ~, I &C EI,a7 MONT Nv !, :. !, j, n
TO Baltimore, and there enlisted in
the famous Second United States Cav
airy. When the war broke out the
Second regiment was stationed in
Texas, where it had been doing from
tier duty and fighting the Comanche|
Indians It's officers numbered many
of the most distinguished men after
ward engaged on both sides in the
Civil war. Its colonel was Albert
Sydney Johnston. who O. into the
Confederate service and was killed at
the battle of Shiloh in April, 1921
The lieutenant colonel was Robert e.
Lee, commandments of the Con-
federate armies. One of it's majors
was George H. Thomas. major general
in the Union army, and who won the
liz VI w L L.
William ]. Hardee. another tistin-
guished Confederate general, who CUR
rendered to Sherman III North Carol
lima after Appomattox, was the second
major. Earl Vandorn and Kirby
Smith, both of whom became major
generals in the Confederate SERVICE,
company commanders, and Johre
B. Hood, who fought Sherman in the
Atlanta campaign, was the regimen
tai adjutant. Fitzhugh Lee, after
yard a major general in the Confed-
crate army, and who was made a NAL
general of volunteers and later a
brigadicr general in the regular army
by President Mckinley during the
war with Spain, was a lieutenant in
Second cavalry. In a fight with
C~omanches on the Canadian riv-
ar in Texas Lieutenant Lee was sell
vereIy wounded and Major Loef1er,
a private, was detailed to attend y
to him. That began a friendship
outlasted the variances and diff
~erences of the Civil war, and still
continues.
When Maj. Gen. David J.. Twiggs.
hen commanding h department of
Texas, surrendered the government
orts and stores to the Confederates
n January. 1851, and, with the above
famed officers, excepting Major
Thomas, entered the service Of the
orces aiming to destroy the Union,
t is to the eternal credit of the pri-
of the Second cavalry that
hey with the exception of a
stragglers, remained true to
heir country's cause. They were
OF paroled, and under the lead |
f those officers who stood firm, took
steamer at lndianola, Tex, and, af- '
er having had to put into Havana to '
ct the water and supplies refused :
at Tampa, Fla, reached New ,
'ork in safety. They were at once :
ent to Washington, where they got :
orses, having been compelled to :
theirs in Texas, II were put on =
rovost duty at the capital during =
le trying days when the rebellion =
in its inception. ).