The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-06-04

greater love OF home, Of country and
OF humanity as he contemplates the
unselfish and invaluable services of
Mayor-General George Armstrong Gus
ter.
Many Picturesque Sights.
From the time of President Taft's
arrival from Detroit, until his de-
parture this afternoon for Jackson,
where he dedlcates the memorial
erected to commemorate the spot,
Under the Oaks" where the Republi-
can party was born, Monroe and the
state OF Michigan were lavish In cele-
brating the unwilling OF the Custer
monument
Immediately upon President Tafts
arrival at O'Clock, he Gov. Warner,
Senators Smith and Burrows OF Miciti-
gan and a score OF other distinguished
f.. guests were hurried TO St. Marys
Catholic college for a l0-minute visit.
Then for half an hour the party was
driven in automobiles through the lit
tie town.
A military parade occupied another
hour.
Ii was led by the members OF the
Custer Brigade each wearing the
Custer red necktie.
Following them according to the
orders issued by Adjt..Gen. VIM. 7.
McCurrin came in full dress uniform:
Troop z. First Cavalry, Detroit; one
platoon Battery A. First Artillery.
Lansing; Mai. John S. Bersey and
stan and first battalion First lnian-
try. Detroit; Maj. Jos. Kreamer and
STAN aud third battalion First lnfan-
try, Detroit: First Infantry band;
Cant q. II. Parmelee, First detach-
ment Hospital Corps. Detroit; Brig
Gcn, Bates. frt brigade NJ. n. c.,
Sault Ste. Marie: Col p. L. Abbey
Second lnfartry, Kalamazoo; Col.
Geo. B. McCaughna, Third Infantry.
Owosso; Capt. Ben. III. Dorcey, u. s..
A.. retired U. S. instructor NJ. N. G.
Col. John Il. Kirk, Ypsilanti, CON-
manded the infantry with the follow
Ing stan: Mai. NJ. ] Phillips, Owosso;
Capt. Dan. w Smith, adiutant, De-
troit: Capt, Robert n. Bell. quarter
master; Capt. o. Z. Kilstrom.
Governor Warner and his stan ac-
companied the president here from
Detroit, but the Custer reunion festi-
vities started yesterday afternoon,
when nearly every living member OF
the famous Custer Brigade In the Civil
War came In response TO the call is
sued by William o. Lee OF Port Huron,
president of Clusters Michigan Cav
airy Brigade association, to partici.
pate in last nights campfire. Though
the festivities were strenuous the
followers of the gallant Custer were
out early today ready 10 do honor to
the man they followed through thick
and thin from Gettysburg to Appoma-
tox.
With the brigade are many men
now high in the affairs Of life. None
are more interesting than Thomas
Loughney and Serg John Ryan.
Loughney, now a prosperous bust
ness man Of Salt Lake City. was the
Youngest man In Clusters brigade He
was a bugleT, having enlisted in Bay
City in 1868. after three unsuccessful
attempts, when he was but ten years
old. II was only through the help OF
other recruits In evading the ques-
lions Of the mastering officer that he
got to the front He first was under
fire at Haggerstown Nd, during Get
tysburg and bugled In Clusters Cav.
airy until captured and sent to Libby
prison, from where he was sent to An
Jacksonville for five months until ex.
changed. Loughney was a great fav-
orite with Custer.
serseant's interesting Story.
Serg John Ryan. nov a captain OF
police IN Newton, Mass, Joined troop
W. Seventh Cavalry. in 1866. and was
in every battle during the ten years
Custer mad the regiment.
IL was the first sergeant OF the
troop" he said, and | fired the first
and last shots in the memorable en-.
gagement when Gen. Custer and 26l
officers and men lost their lives.
was in charge Of Major Reno's Skin
mish line Fourteen Of my troop were
killed My detail buried Custer, his
brother. Col. Thomas Custer, his
brother.in-law. Lieut.. James Calhoun,
and 45 other officers and men"
But these stories are only samples
of the hundreds that are being ex-
changed today by the survivors OF the
famous Seventh.
on the platform with President Taft
at the unwilling were United States
senators Burrows and Smith, the lat.