The National tribune., 1906-07-26

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| Capt. Miles O'Reilly, of the Brooklyn
Police. served through the war in the
| 1st Long Island (67th y. ". He re-
| Gently took his vacation and spent
large part of it visiting the New York
Soldiers and Sailors Home at Bath. He
stayed for "a hours in the Woman's Re-
| lief Corps Home, and says he never had
a better time in his life. After putting
in three days at the New York Encamp-
ment at Saratoga he went over to visit
the Home without sending any notifica-
| ton whatever to the authorities of the
| establishment SO that he could be able
to see for himself exactly how his old
comrades were being cared for. He ap-
piled for lodging to get into the Home
| without any knowledge by the Com
mandant of his identity. Upon his en-
trance he found that the place was
guarded with the same strictness as an
army camp. and was delighted with the
| discipline. He could not get in at night.
but in the morning, after reveille, he
entered. still unknown, and the Ser
geant placed him at the seventh table.
where he had an opportunity to see
| everything in the room. The breakfast
was excellent He had never had better
butter, coffee and hash Everything was
| conducted in military way and with
the utmost regularity and attention to
| the comfort of the comrades. At noon
| he called upon Commandant EweIl and
threw aside his incognito, expressing his
entire satisfaction with everything he
| had seen except the dives along Belfort
street which have sprung up since the
abolition Of the canteen. They were a
| disgrace to the place, and he would not
allow such a street as BeIfort to remain
in his precinct for single day. Com
! rade Ewell agreed with him, and he
hoped that soon he would be able to
take advantage of the law that prohibits
saloon within mile and half of the
Home. and thus get the dives cleaned
out.
Mrs. Elizabeth T. Mcagher. widow Of
Gen. Thomas F. Meagher, the famous
Irish leader in the war, died recently at
Rye, N. H., at the age of rs, and was
buried from st. Francis Xayier's Church
in New York.
and Mrs. Geo. J. Montgomery
celebrated their 35th wedding anniver-
| sary lately by very enjoyable trip. Mr.
Montgomery is one Of the youngest vet
Grams of the civil war, having enlisted
in Co. L, 18th Mich. Cav, at the age of
II, serving term in Libby Prison. He
has been trainman on the Boston &
Albany Railroad for over 80 years.
William ]. Bryan is to be given a
great public reception and welcome
home at Louisville, KY, by the Demo-
Gratis Of Kentucky and the entire South
as soon as the Eastern Democrats get
| through welcoming him. The reception
will be held In the Armory at Louisville,
which will seat 1900 people, and it Is
expected that it will lie filled.
A lively campaign Is promised in Mis-
souri, this Fall. when Vice President
Fairbanks. Speaker Cannon and Senator
Warner will stump the State, and be
opposed by William ]. Bryan, Senator
Stone and Gov. Folk.
Brig.-Gen. Edmund Rice died of heart
disease, July 20, at Wakefield, Mass,
| while sitting In a hammock on the
piazza. He enlisted in 1861, and Aug
20 received a commission as Captain in
the 18th Mass, becoming Lieutenant
Colonel in 1864. He received a Medal
of Honor for gallantry at Gettysburg
when he was Major of the regiment.
and was appointed Second Lieutenant
in the Regular Army In 1865. He reach
ed the grade Of Colonel in 1893. and
was retired Aug. IA. 1908. as a Briga-
dier-General. During the war with
Spain he was Colonel of the 9Th Mass,
Inspector-General and Colonel of the
Goth U. S.
Mrs. Mary A. Loomis died ut
Burr Oak, Mich. July 2. Mrs. Loomis
was born in Ohio and her maiden name
was Mary A. Blair. Her parents took
her to Michigan, and just before the
war she married Capt. George w. Van
Pelt, gallant soldier, and accompanied
him to the front, doing good work in
the hospitals. Her husband was killed
at Chickamauga, and in 1870 she mar
ried Dr.. Loomis, Of Burr Oak, where
she went to reside.
President Roosevelt has appointed
Gen. Felix Agnus, Of Baltimore, editor
and proprietor of the Baltimore Amer
ican, President of the Commission to
Survey the Delaware and Chesapeake
Canal. Gen. Agnus, who is a we'll
known veteran, was born in France,
and enlisted. in the 5th N. Y, May 9,
1861. He was promoted to Second Lieu
tenant and First Lieutenant, and then
became Captain in the 165th N. Y. and
was promoted to Major. He was brew
cited Lieutenant-Colonel for gallantry
at Gaines's Mills, Colonel for gallant-y
at Port Hudson, and Brigadier-General
for meritorious services during the war.
Brevet Maj.-Gen. James Gwyn died
at Yonkers, N. T., July IT, and the body
was taken to his former home In Phila-
delphia for interment. He was born at
Londonderry. in Ireland, OF the old
Scotch-Irish Presbyterian stock, and re-
ceived a liberal education at Foyle Col
iege. He came to America and settled
In Philadelphia upon attaining man
hood. and entered the service in April.
1861, as Captain Of the 23d Pa He |
resigned this commission In 1861 to ac- |
cept one as Lieutenant-Colonel of the
11Sth Pa. the famous regiment raised |
by the Corn Exchange. After Gettys- |
burg he was promoted to Colonel of. the |
regiment, and in the first days fight IN |
the Wilderness was severely wounded |
In the right thigh. which kept him from |
his regiment until 1t reached Peters,
burg. At the battle of PEBBLES Farm ne
commanded the First Brigade. First Di-
vision. Fifth Corps. and was brevetted a t