The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-09-16
FREEMAN, NAMED
BY H|NE, ELECTED
BR|GAD|ER-GENERAl
Unanimously Picked as Bren-
singers Successor in First
Regiment, N. q. N. j.

AS forecasted in the evening edition
Of the STAR yesterday, Colonel Henry
w. Freeman, of the First Regiment,
N. G. n. J., was last night unani
mously elected brigadier-general, COM
handing the First Brigade, at the cleo
ton ordered by Major-G General P. Far
mer Wanser and participated in by the
field officers of the First Brigade. held
in Jersey City, and as a successor to
Brigadier-Genera Joseph II. Brensin-
ger, retired recently under the work
ings of the ~Vredenburgh act
Major General Wanser presided at
the election, with Lieutenant-Colo
Leon w. Manton, division adjutant-
general, as secretary. Before the cleo
ton a half-hour caucus was held. from
which Colonel Freeman, of the First,
and Colonel Hine, of the Fifth, were
excluded, both being prospective candi-
dates. When the fifteen field officers
assembled to ballot, Colonel Hine
placed the name of Colonel Freeman
before the meeting and paid him many
glowing compliments. Colonel Brink
erhoff cast one ballot for Colonel Free
man.
The new brigadier was chosen to fill
the caused by the retirement
of Brigadier-Genera Brensinger, and
will have less than two months to serve
before he himself is retired, reaching
the 81 year age limit on November a..
Upon his retirement, Colonel e. w.
Hine, of the Fifth Regiment. will be
chosen to fill the vacancy thus oc-
curing.
EBrigadier-General Freeman, after his
discharge from service In the war of
the Rebellion, which occurred on Oc-
tober l, 1855, became a private in the
Seventh Regiment of New York. This
was on July 20, 1866. He was honorably
discharged from this regiment on July
q, 1877. He became a member of the
First Regiment of Newark and was
made first lieutenant and commandant
of the gun detachment on May Ia, 1885.
He resigned June 10, 1887. He Joined
again on October "a, 1887, and was
made first lieutenant and commandant
of the gun detachment of the same
regiment. On April Ia, 1891, he was
made captain and commandant of the
gun detachment. He resigned, but was
recommissioned captain and command
ant of the gun detachment on June IT,
1892, and held that command until
March II, 1893. He was made lieuten-
ant-colonel and assistant adjutant-gen-
eral on August 81, 1901, and acting ad-
jutant-genera on July IA, 1902. and
served until September 80 of that year.
Ga October 13 of the same year he be-
came colonel of the regiment. During
the war with Spain Brigadier-General
Freeman vas major of the First New
Jersey Regiment of Volunteers. He re-
signed on August 81, 1898.
II the War of the Rebellion he was
sc15iief of commissary of the Third Di-
Vision, Fourth Army Corps. He was
to this command on January
16, 1865. He was %honorably discharged
on October 1. 1865, at the close Of the
war.
The officers taking part in the cleo
tion were: Colonel Freeman, Colonel
Hine, Colonel H. H. Brinkerhoff, Lieu
tenant-C Colonel John D. Frazer, Lieu
tenant-Colonel Arthur L.. Steele, Lieu
tenant Colonel Albert A. Van Wal
raven and Majors Arthur H. MacKie,
George M. Buttle, Roland ID. Croker,
Henry Lohman. George T. Vickers,
William Robinson. jr., Isaac ~Shoenthal,
Henry r. Goessel and William w.
Stalter.