Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-23
ASSUMES COMMAND
JUDGE LAN0BEIN HEAD o.
MEDAL OF HONOR LEGION.

| Judge ]. c. Julius Langbein of New York
/ has assumed command of the Medal of
Honor Legion as the successor of the late
Gen. Lewellyn g. Estes Of this city. Judge
| Langbein was the senior vice commander
Of the order.
| The staff officers under Gen. Estes all
presented their resignation Immediately af-
ter the death of their former chief, and
| one of the first acts of the new chief was
to decline to accept these designations and
| to beg the members of the staff to retain
their billets. To every one Judge Langbein
has stated that linen who were good
enough for Gen. Estes are plenty good
enough for him." There are four members
of the staff living in this city and each
| of them has received a complimentary let
ter, couched in the terms mentioned
The local officers are Col. Alexander
Scott. adjutant general of the legion: Gen.
mittee; Col. Leverett NJ. Kelley, deputy
commissioner of pensions, member of the
executive committee, and Col. e. M. Truell,
| member of the executive committee.
Prominent Member.
Judge Langbein is one of the best-known
| members of the legion. He is a very
prominent lawyer in New York city. and
/ is a G. A. r. man of high rank. Judge
Langbein is known to his veteran friends
/ as Jenny Langbein a name that was
given him during the war and which
| has stuck to him since. He was born in
| Germany in 1916, and came to this country
| while very young. When he was fifteen
! years of age the war of the rebellion oc-
| Cured and young Langbein enlisted in the
9th New York Volunteer Infantry as a
| drummer boy. This regiment was known
| as Hawkins Zouaves," and was attached
| to the Army of the Potomac 1t partici-
| pated in many engagements, and Jenny
| Langbein" came to the fore as a brave
| soldier than whom there was none more
| active. He was SO small looking much
younger than his age, that his comrades
gave him the nickname by which he Is
now known.
Judge Langbein secured his medal of
! honor result Of conspicuous bravery
| Mills, or Camden, N. c., where he saved
! the life of one of the officers of his regi-
ment, Lieut.. Thomas L. Bartholomew.
Lieut.. Bartholomew was hit as the regi-
ment rushed forward, and Langbein saw
| him stagger. The drummer boy ran to
the officers assistance and led him to
| ditch, where he laid him down and gave
| him drink of water. The drummer then
found the regimental surgeon, who pro-
nounced the officers wound mortal. Lang
| bein would not permit the officer to De
| left on the field, however, but, with the
assistance of the drum major of the band,
carried Lieut. Bartholomew to place of
| safety. The officer recovered and is still
| living.
Crossed Zone OF Fire.
To guide the officer to the protecting
ditch into which he finally laid him, the
| drummer had to cross zone of fire that
was dealing death on every side. For
| this action Langbein was recommended
| for a medal of honor. He remained with
the regiment throughout the war. At
Fredericksburg his drum was riddled
with bullets and at Antietam he had
horse shot from under him and his fez
was taken off by shot minute later.
After the war Judge Langbein studied
law. He was elected to the New York
legislature in 1877, and again in 1879, and
was later elected judge of one of the
| civil courts He entered actively into the
practice of law after retiring from the
bench after a few years service. He is
one of the best-known lawyers in New
York city and has a large practice. He Is
the author of several books on legal
questions that are regarded as textbooks
of the particular subjects of which they
treat Judge Langbein was elected senior
vice commander of the Medal of Honor
Legion at the last annual meeting in At
lantic City. He is known throughout the
Grand Army as one of its most eloquent
speakers.