The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-05-11
Many Members ofthe Grand Army
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to Attend the Annual Dinner
Given byZ. G. Simmons.
GRAND COMMANDER COMING.
National Commander of the Veterans
to pay Unusual Compliment to
Private Citizen During His
WiscOnsin Visit.

The Grand Army of the Republic in
Milwaukee, Racine and other parts Of
the state will attend an entertain
ment to be given in Kenosha on the
evening of Friday, June IL, by z. G..
Simmons, who has endeared himself
to the veteran soldiers by erecting
monuments to the soldiers, endowing
Lowell post of Kenosha and by other
acts of Mbera1ity.
Upon this occasion E. B. Wolcott
post of Milwaukee will attend in a
body, and they will act as escort to
the cohmander-in- chief of the G. A.
r. in the United States, Gen. Wilmon
w. B1ackmar of Boston, who will take
part in the Simmons festivities. The
COMMUNICATIVE chief will deliver an
address.
Commander-in-Chi B1ackmar is
one of the active veteran soldiers Of
the United States. Since the war he
has been prominent in business affairs
in Massachusetts,, and year ago at
r. he was the choice for the head Of
| the order. He will retire this year at
| the Denver meeting in September.
| While in Wisconsin, Commander-in-
Chief B1ackmar will attend the state
encampment of the order, to be held
at La Crosse. Escorted by E. B. VOL
colt and Lowell posts, he will proceed
from Kenosha to La Crosse on the day
following the celebration in this city.
| The occasion at Kenosha, as well
as the annualenoampment, will prove
important meetings of the G. A. r. of
the state. Members of E. B. Wo1cott
post will leave Milwaukee for Keno
sha on the afternoon of June IL, and
will arrive here IN time to escort the
commander-in-chief from the train
upon his arrival from Chicago. The
Wo1cott and Lowell posts will act as
escort to the head of the G. A. R. A
banquet, given by Mr.. Simmons, will
form feature of the gathering.
The visit to Kenosha of the COM
mander-in-chief of the Grand Army Of
the Republic will, it is believed, be
the first instance in the history of the
G. A. r. in which the commander-in
chief has ever visited a distant state
TO do honor to private citizen, not a
i veteran. Veterans in Wisconsin also
feel especially honored by this visit.
Gen. B1ackmar has a record Of the
best. It shows that he was trooper
of the Fifteenth Pennsylvania, lieu.
tenant in the First West Virginia cav
airy; he served in both the eastern
and western armies, and took active
part in twenty-five actual engage
ments during the war. Among these
we're Antietam, Stone River, Chicka
manga, Wauhatchie, Chattanooga
the Shenandoah Valley cam paign Of
1864, and the final fighting from Din
widdie courthouse to Appomattox. FIX
was madea captain by General Custer
on the field of Five Forks for con
spicuous ga11antry which was furthel
recognized later by the presentation
of a medal of honor.
Shortly after the war he was mad,
judge advocate general on the staff O.
the governor of Massachusetts, il
which position he served for ten years
under four administrations.
He completed his studies after tn,
war, as he was preparing to enter col
lege when he enlisted. For some
years he was director and vice presi
dent of the Boston National bank, ant
is at present a director in the Hami1
ton Wooden company and the Nan
tasket Beach Steamboat company. Fl,
is member of the Union club and O
the Boston Art club, Of which he wa
at one time vice president. He has
beautiful winter home in Boston ant
in the summer time he resides at the
far-famed estate, Worlds End farm
situated near Nantasket beach ant