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those Prussan exiles who formed a col
ony in Missouri and helped to keep that
state in the Union. When the war broke
ont he was ready with trusty blade. and
the Union forces We're glad to take him
in as MA ior. He became a brigadier
general of volunteers in '62 and major
general in '6I. He had commanded a di
vision at Pea Ridge. Vicksburg, Chatta-
nooga and Atlanta.
After the war ended and before entering
tie regular {. ;J'ishment he served as
our consul at Lyons. Later he was en-
SaGed in the manufacturing business at
Mannheim Fbur years ago Congress ex-
pressed the nations gratitude to the dis
tinguished old soldier by placing him on
the retired list of the regular army
with the rank of brigadier general. He
was still living al Mannheim when the
War Department heard from him, about a
month ago.
The next oldest of the surviving war
ma inr generals of the Union side is Dan
lei E. Sickles, now eighty-three but still
very much alive. He is one of only four
corps comma nders living and few Amer
leans have had careers as varied and
exciting AS that Of this wonderful man,
who has played upon the stage of life
the respective roles of printers devil,
lawyer. state legislator. congressman sol
dier and diplomat. He had just finished
his second term in Congress when the Civil
war broke out, and entering as the colonel
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that the Jacobean style OF furniture.
which was in vogue when the Augusta
was aiiGat. would be the most appropriate
STYLE in which to fashion the timbers.
i beautifully carved oaken chair, dated
1869. exhibited at the treasurer's house.
York England was selected as the model
for many Of the chairs, and the same in
telligent judgment was used in picking
models for the other pieces of the fur
aiture.
The wood, darkened and changed from
its long immersion in the water, had be-
come very beautiful and rich In tone. that
cut from the heart of the timbers being
rather lighter i'll color than that taken
from the outside. This variety of color in
the old oak added lot to the charm OF
tho result.
No filling in with sheiiac was necessary
waxing alone being required.
AS far as durability and finish of ap-
pearance went the completed furniture
might have been part of the fittings of
the Augusta. instead of some of the tim
bers that had undergone the shock of
battle in the for American inde-
pendence
commentaries is we'll worthy OF being
remembered.
1t was ono Of those early achievements
of the war where Americans, though eX
posed to the superior skill and equipment
of the enemy were nevertheless able to
. win out.
When the fine frgate of war Augusta
was launched in Rotherhite, England she
rated stanch and fine ship of war,
having sixty-four guns and hroahside
with a total weight of something; like ], ,2oD
pounds.
In company with another great vessel
she sailed from England in l716 to assist
in suppressIng the presumptuous colonies
then seeking by force of arms To break
their connection with the mother country
The fleet which she joined on her arrival
i'm the new world was notable for It's size
and power. and commanded by Ad-
mral Richard Howe. "A brother OF SIR
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the darkest days which that cause knew.
Howe was accupyfng the toryinfestcd
Philadelphia. being made as welcome as
though he were the American chieftain.
Washington, with his army, was across
the Schuylkill, and the distractions in the
Delawa together with the little Ameri-
can forts at Billingsport. Mud Island and
Red Bank alone prevented Howe from
having matters entirely in his own hands
Foreseeing the Importance of the Della
ware. the Americans had done adnllrapie
work in making its navigation dlfilcuil
and dangerous for the enemy ).
Commodore HaZelwood, commander OF
the American navy. had constructed chew
aux de friese in the river. one set COM
prising the two rows IN the chahlfl ne
tween the present Little Tmicum Island
and Riliingsport on the Jersey mainland
and the other composed of four rows
near Mud Island on the Pennsylvanla
side. There was a fort on MUD: isiano,
Fort Mifflin; another at Red Bank. Fort
Mercer. and third building at Billings
port.
The feet with which Commodore
HaZelwood had to do his fighting con-
sisted of about twenty vessels, most
Heterogeneous collection of schoonefs,
sloops, galleys. floating batteries anu
fire ships. Altogether he could muster
ONLY about one hundred cannon. ana
pitifully inadequate supply or men,
This little force had TO lacS -AuhiiI IA a
Howe with eight or nine warShlps. fuiiE
manned, accompanied by transports ana
having 2S5 guns, or nearly three times
as many as were on the American yes
sells. On two of HoWe's ships alone, the
Augusta and the Merlin, were more men
and officers than HaZelwood had in his
entire fleet.
Lord Howe was safely settled III Phil
adelphia. but he did not command the
water approaches to it. This was a
source of embarrassment to him, for h,
could not bring his provisions up the Del
aware, and the activity of the American
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The HaIf-Breeds.

HTHE Countess de Pour.ales was a
New York Lorillard' said a New
York tobacconist. so on both sides. of
course. she has blue blood. Yet she is
without false pride.
AT a recent tobacco mems convent 4
a director told me of remark the count
made in BiarritZ TO an arrogant Eng
liShnan.
This fellow hoas.ed of his ancestry.
The countess said that sort Of talk
wouldn't be understood in the wild west
She said an Enslishman said TO Texas
cowboy once:
~ have Tudor blood in my veins on
the maternal side and through my
fathers family ] am Plantagenet
Is that So? said tile COWBOY, bright
eninS with keen Interest. My hoods a
leetla mixed, TOO. My grandfather was a
Jersey tenderfoot and my Srandmot her
a Digger Indian squaw. We're both halt
breeds, stranger. Come and liquor up.' :"
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IIIp WITIItT .tIIU
eventual life in retirement at his old
home in Munfordville, Ky. When this
now hoary soldier was graduated at the
Military Academy, back in a. Arthur
Macarthur, the present lieutenant general
of our army was not born. and few or
any of our present generals on the ac-
tive list had yet seen the light 'when
young Buckner had received two bre-
vets for sallantry in three bloody battles
of the Mexican war. More than three score
years and ten ago. before the birth OF men
now living within the time allotted by
the Scriptures, this veteran had. with
trusty blade cut his way through one
bloody .~ugsle wounded. though hon
ored But many more strenuous days
were yet coming to hinl-days spent i'll
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still alive somewhere i'm Europe at the
age of seventy-seven He is a descendant
Of the Duchess of Polignac. "A favorite of
Marie Antoinette. and after oar civil war
he fought with his French kinsmcu
agains. the PruSsans. Later he led some
engineering expeditions into Algiers. and
the last years of his life have been de-
voted to engineering and journalism IN
France.
Thomas l.. Rosser. the Confederate
major general of cavalry who refused
to surrender with Lee and who made
a sensational escape after charGingi
through the Union lires al Appomat-
toX, is now seventy-two. and lives at
Charlottesville. Since the war he has
been chief engineer of the Canadian Pa
cic railway and has been connected
with other railroads aud some mining e.
terprises. Another surviving Confederate
major general who became a railway of
fetal after the war is Robert Frederick
Hcke, now living in Raleigh y. G., at
the age of seventy-two He entered tie
civil struggle as jor in I'll. became
bricadier general in 'Ss and received \
major generals commission in "a. He
commanded division al the battle oe
Cold Harbor and surrendered Nth john
son at Durham station. After the war
he rccame president of the Seaboard Air
Line.
The list or the surviving brigadier gem
erals Oi lI1e CIVIL WdI IL SUN so lDnS tldL
page "f this newspaper would be filled
by the by:efest information as to how they
ar: spending tieir last days.
The Oldest surviving civil war general
of either side is of this category of hiica-
diers He is Gen Sherman's father-in-
law, Gen Daniel Henry Rucher. Sill liv-
in- i'm Washington, where, April ~ Just
passed he celebrated his ninety seventh
birthday. This remarkable old gentle
man was born in New Jersey the year
Of the outbreak of the second war with
Great Britain. He went to Michigan in
his youth. settling at Crosse Isle, and
entered the regular army as second lieu
tenant of the ist Ora Soons the 18th OF
October. 1887
So he has been Seyenty-two years In
the army. He fought Indians. then went
through The Mexican war. where for gal
lantry at Buena Vista he was brevetted
major February 23, 1S41-siXty-two years
ago. At the outbreak OF the civil war
he was offered the commission of major
of cavalry, but preferred staff appoint
ment, becoming colonel and aid-de-camp.
Then lie was made brigader general OF
volunteers in 1863. He was retired from
the regulars, by reason of age. in 49,.
tWenty y-seyen years more than a genera
ton ago. If he lives three years longer
he will he the first American general TO
reach the 10O-year mark.
JOHN ELFRETH WATKINS.
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DUT One Lieutenant Gen.
l. eral and a Dozen Major
Generals Left on Both Sides
Buckner, Osterhaus and
Martin, Now in Their Eighty
seventh Year = Sickles at
Eighty-three and 0. 0. How
ard at Seventy-e;ght = Two
Veterans Who Live in Retire
ment Abroad-Count Pollg-
nae, Confederate Major Cen
eneral, Still Living in France.
at Seventy-seven = Two IN
Their Nineties-French Nine
ty and Rucker Ninety-seven
-Rucker in Regular Army
Seventy-two Years.
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forces outside of the city made it difficult
to bring provisions into Philadelphia In
any quantity by land.
He saw the necessity, therefore, of cap
turing the forts and removing the OBJ
StruCtionS
Two regiments. under Lieut.. Col Stirl-
ing, were sent against Billingspori. There
were but Il handful of Americans here,
and knowing that they could offer no
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HAT great generals
Of The civil war
have survived To
see this Memorial
day?
Upon the roll of
lieutenant generals
but one IS left, and
he of the gray
army-S Simon Boil
var Buckner. Now
in his eighty-sev-
ent year, he is
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eral in April. 90. He was distinguished
as engineer officer during the early
part of the war. Then he was called
to the War Department to become chief
of the cavalry bureau, after which lie
returned to the field i'll command of
the Sd Division of Sheridans cavalry.
1t was in October "a, that he be-
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EU RNITURE Is Made
/ From Remains of Old
British Frigate Augusta
Artistic Decoration for New
Jersey Room in Memorial
Continental Hall, Washing
ton-Timbers Had Lain in
Mud of Delaware River for
Years-Ship Was Destroyed
by Americans Under Commo-
dore Hazelwood.
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timbers alone remained to tell of what
WAS once a proud fighter.
Now the daughters of those who made
the fight have the precious timberS for
a permanent mementO.
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ish war in which he became major gem
eral of volunteers, commanding the lst and
9th Army Corps in Georgia and also the
Departments of MataEZas and Santa
Clara Cuba. He was also in the Porto
Rican campaign. He remained in the
army AT the close OF the Spanish war,
and when the emba ssies in Peking We're
hesiegcd by the Boxers he commanded
the cooperating force Of American and
British troops which captured the eight
temples He finally commanded lne
American forces left in Pekine, and
later represented our army at the corona
ton of King Edward He is the author
Of seven books on traver and biography,
including life of Gen. Grant. which ne
wrote in cola boraton with Charles A.
Dana
Grenville NJ. Dodge. the fourth Of the
Union corps commanders still alive, is
quite as famous for having built the Pa
cfic railway as for having been one o.
the great generals of the Union Army.
He was but thirty when he commanded
q brigade at Pea Ridge. where he had
three horses shot under him. and where.
although severely wounded in the side,
he kept the field until the final rout of the
enemy. Grant had him at the top of his
list for promotion when he was made
major general in 1861. at the age of
only thirty y-three Since the war he built
the Union Pacific railway. has sat III Con-
gress and managed many great engineer
ing enterprises. President Mckinley of
fered him the commi sion of major gen
eral in the Spanish war. but he declined
lie is now seventy eight.
The only other surviving civil war
aior general is Wesley Merritt. He was
out % West Point but one year when
the civil struggle commenced and was
but tWenty-SeVen when made briSa-
der general in 1868. He became a major
general when only twenty mine. He is
now seventy-two.
Lieut.. Gen Miles having been in COM
mand Of the regular army throughout the
Spanish war and for five years there
after. the public is apt to class him with
our generals of only the past decade and
to forget that he. too, was one of the
ma ior generals and great soldiers of
civil war times. No surviving general
of that bloody epoch made more me-
teoric rise than that of Miles. He was
not a West Pointer. When the war
broke out he was in Boston. starting IN
mercantile pursuits. Enlisting as leu
tenant of a Massachusetts volunteer
company in 1861, he rose grade by grade,
to the rank of major general OF Noiun-
teers and comman nded a whole army
CORPS at the age Of only twenty-five. He
exercised a major generals command
long before receiving a major generals
fun commission. What made him one
Of the great generals of the civil war
was his part in the operations in the
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seventh year, and just A few days older
than Gen. Ruckner, while vet few weeks
younger thar Gen. OsterhaGs This sol
dier is a <entuckian by birth, and was
Whig in politics when tie war broke
cut. He had moved to Mississippi at an
early age and had made good start
there in the law being district attorney
when only twenty-five. Entering the Con-
federate army aS a captain, he rose to be
brigadier general in 1862 and a ma jor
general in 1863. He was in the siege of
Yorktown. was wounded at Williamsburg
but fought afterward at Seven Pines. and
in the seven days near Richmond: at An
tietam, Spring Hill. Shelbyville. Chicka-
mauSa. Ciinch River. Maryvile Knox
vile. Fair Garden and Messy Creek Then
he was with Johnson and Hood to the
fall of Atlanta and finally surrendered
with Dick Taylor in May, 1865. Three
years after the war his neighbors sent
him to Congress. but he was denied his
seat. Then they sent him to the state
senate. where he served twelve years
He. too. has since been engaged in the
railroad business.
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of New York city regiment, he was
brisadier general the next year ana
wit hin less than another year he was Il
major general. 1t was he who gained the
first success at Charlottesville. and ne
left a leg on the field after bloody night
against overwhelming numbers at Gettys-
burg. Then, at the close OF the war,
he went on a diplomatic mission to South
America entering the regular army as
a colonel upon his return. 1t was forty
years ago when he was retired as a ma
jor general of regulars. Since then he
has been minister to Spain. member of
Congress, sheriff and civil service COM
missioner of New York. He is living at
his old residence in New York city.
Il
The last surviving "army" commander
and one of the four surviving corps COM
marders of the civil war is Maj. Gen.
o. o. Howard. the seventy-ninth year of
whose strenuous career is being spent a,
his old home al Burlington, in his native
state of Vermont. where he has lived
since his retirement. He certainly did
not look any the worse for wear when he
rode up Pennsylvania avenue as marshal
of one of the divisions Of the Taft in
augura parade. He sat his horse like
centaur and kept it in perfect control
despite the fact that his right sleeve has
hung Nemptv at his side since the bloody
battle of Fair Oaks, in June. G.. But
three months after that unfortunate
event he was on the field again, fchting
hard at Antietam. and in two months
more he was ma Tor general. Next he
comma nded coros through Gettysburg.
Lookout valley. Missionary Ridge and
Picketts Mil. where he was again wound
ed. Then he commanded the right wing of
Shermans armv during the march to the
sea. Entering the regular army next as
brigadier general. he commanded the Army
of the Tennessee and engaged in all of its
important battles until the close of the
war He received the thanks of Congress
for his galantry at Gettysburg and
medal Of honor for ds;ir guished bravery
at Fatr Oaks. Since the civil war he has
seen some troublesome Indian fighting in
campaigns against the NeZ Perces. Ban
nOcks and PiuteS. During all of this
time he had worked also for the cause
of tempera nee and of the colored brother.
and was instrumental in establishing How
ard University. the colnred institution OF
Washington that bears his name.
The third surviving corps commander,
Mai Gen. James Harrison Wilson, is
now enjoying the seventy-frst summer
of his life at his home, in Whining
ton. Del. He just out of West
Point when the civil war commenced and
entered the struggle as lieutenant colonel
of volunteers. becoming brigadier gem
eral in October, 6i, and major gen
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ROM a fricate that
was blown sky
ward by Americans
lighting for the
freedom OF the in
fant republic has
been fashioned the
furniture that will
adorn one of the
rooms in tie new
Ii . III q q I I n e
Daughters of the
American Revolu-
Altho gh small, the
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tenant colonel or regulars. and "for gal
liant and meritorioas services was bre-
vetted major general !Fated States
Army.
After being honorahly discharged at lis
own request in 1870 he engaged in large
en:..IetrinG and railroad operations here
and abroad until the outbreak of the Span
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Copyright 1909, by John Elfrcth Watkinsl
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Count Camille Jules Poignac. who
at the outbreak of the civil war came
I" this country and offered his serv-
ices to the Confederaies, receiving in 1859
a brlSadier generals commission for his
pains, and then a major general, in GA, is
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met maker who had confidence in his
ability to turn out furniture that would
bear some samblance of beauty.
c. Gerald Evans of Philadelphia too
the matter in hand and commenced op-
cratiCnS.
Miss Mecum and Miss Matlock decided
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ticn IN Washington. Although small. the
New Jersey room VIII be one OF the finest
The Detroit times., 1909-03-04
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.

DETROIT. March CLOSE Snow :
report came out on THURSDAY ana ~
very builish. IL makes farm resefN g
OF wheat only 1873 per cent, or the
smallest on record. giving farlI re-
serves 1913, 900 600 Du. against Ss,oOv q
600 bu year ago. This is the SINAI .
est reserves ~ ten years, dhu cons a.
ering requirements, PROBABLY Tue
smallest ever had. Commercial ana
farm supplies make total OF -VV,V"V' :
900 bu Corn In farmers HANDS IS 8S.S
per cent or S69 600. 900 bu. against 800.
O0O. 900 on year ago. ana zlO VVo'oVl
two years ago. The government report
Will be out on Monday. and is expected
Co be bullish for both wheat and corn.
Chicago reports "A great increase IN
speculation. The public IL very bu.I
ish and buying u on large scale.
Wheat hurtuated good deaf On
Thursday. without moving far and the
market was nervous The figures is
sued by snow are considered very bull
ism and show chat wheat viii be very
scarce before The new crop Is avail
able
Wheat quotations No. =. 49,:
Nav opened without change at u. -.
gained .. c. dropped 10 81 22la and adj q
vanccd 10 sl.s3. July opened AT fi.oN =;
advanced 20 81 .0Siz, declined lc. and
advanced TO ti0Si. September opened
az Sl.O.. gained &c. lost L.. and adj
vanced to sio2. No. rcd S. p. 40
coarse grain quotations Corn Cash
40 3. 6stac No. yellow. cars at
Gsiac
Soc closing at 5G2. e.. MAY. o. i2c
RVe--t'ash " - N2isC.
Brans-Cash s. 20. Nav s245
Glover seed-Prim- spot. 10 bags at
Ss45. Maroh. 200 bags at S5.42is 2e1
al SD. sample alsike. - bags ~
s. TO- 30 AT $50. 90 ~ s. 10 AZ s. 80.
30 ut S5.i5: sample alsikt. Il bags al
s. 40 S1.es.
Ttmotby seed-Prime spot. : 5 bags at
s165
for good samples
Receipts In tie Detroit market on
ThursdaN Included 400 bhls OF Hour.
3 cars Of wheat and 81 oats. With
drawals were 400 bbls OF -four stocks
are 351 500 bu OF wheat a62 $40 bu 90
corn. 1100i0 bu OF oats. and 1900 bI
OF rye.
Argentine wheat exports this week
q. POO. 600 hu. Australian. 100000 bth
both estimated
Winnipeg received 10 ears OF wheat.
year ago. 81
Northwestern wheat Teoe'nts Thurs
dav. 2-S cars, re1f ago. li".
~ l.nu.s received .t GOO nIl ot wheat
tvs.. ago. 90 h0' htt
Wheat u ttt.fuool c'usrd e. ilF'r
amt ypru "a VIAL gHer
i,-es lnis ol W.icaI lu Kansas CITY. -
It
Wtett r,cflrts 81 primary points
rHHrsdaf. te.uUb hu. yrar azt $500 u
ha
I'm -t1rIttv- -irrzrs qaft tt.s.ittts -.,F4
The Detroit times., 1909-03-04
MOTHERS LEAGUE
TO KEEP UP
SCHOOL BOARD FIGHT
,Coatinued from Page oaeJ

of the ward. We used the records 10
prove hat we said
1T ~ the first time ! ever took
part In anything OF the kind. but we
intend 10 keep the Mothers league up
in our ward, and | believe the others
will 90 likewise. We know that Mr..
Condor will do what is right. but there
are other matters 10 be looked after
We will watch carefully the attitude OF
the board of education In all matters
pertaining to the schools. and the men
who vote for Mr.. Martindale. we be-
lleve will not have the best interests
OF the city at heart
The women were thoroughly organ
lied in the Fourteenth ward. They
had an officer in every precinct and
each precinct officer had her workers
Cards were handed out at each meet
ing OF the league 10 those present, re-
guessing the names of at least 10 9TH
er women in the ward. These were
scheduled and informed that IL they
were unable To walk 10 the election
booths conveyances would be provid-
ed for them. Automobiles We're
brought into requisition and mothers
were in some instances taken away
from their washtubs and the little ones
taken with them in order that they
might register a vote against Leonard.
Mrs. Creusere took u women with her
when she went to vote
In the Tenth, Twelfth, Fourteenth
and Sixteenth wards. where the Moth
ers' league Is in operation. the ladies'
carried the day. They are not going
To let the matter drop here. but from
now until election. they will hold meet
ings and carry on an organized cam
naign I'm the interests OF what they be-
iieye 10 be the betterment of condi-
lions in the schools. The campaign or
will be carried on and an
eye kept on the doings of the school
board so that the inspectors VIII real
ize that the ladies are force 10 be
reckoned with. and their influence nee
essary in order TO carry elections.
The Detroit times., 1909-03-04
Boardey Fiunks On
Marriage Promise
LandIady Sues Him

A tale OF matrimonial and financial
disappointment was told in Judge
Wisners court, Wednesday afternoon.
by Mrs. Mary Frazer. who sought to
recover from Victor Moran, grocer
and former saloonkeeper. OF No. l4i6
MI Elliott-ave.. the sum of $3.50 In
1906. Mrs. Frazer said, Moran came
TO board at her home, and was taken
I'll. She nursed him for eight weeks
and he promised To marry her. He
also promised IN deed To her one-halt
OF his property, she alleges. The pa
pers were partly prepared and the
wedding day was set They started
for the office OF Justice Felix A. Lem
kie TO have the ceremony performed
but when they arrived in the county
building Moran was SO drunk that the
justice refused to ofiiciate. Never
again could Mrs. Frazer get Moran so
near the altar
Mrs. Frazers bill of particulars
which totals 1890, includes $l60 for
nursing, seven weeks board. work as
housekeeper for seven weeks. besides
presents OF pipes. cigars. suspenders.
handkerchiefs. socks and shirts.