New Britain herald., 1914-04-15
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Elected Department Commander at
 Annual EnCampmeat.
HAS ALMOST Z TO I MAJORITY

New Britain Man Honored By State
 c. A. R., Has Had Interesting
 Career-Was Personal Acquaint-
 ance of President Lincoln.
 Frederick V. Streeter, commander of Stanley Post, G. A. R., in this city, was elected to the position of com mander-in-ch chief of the department of Connecticut today at annual encamp- ment of the Connecticut veterans be- ing held in Meriden. The position of department commander to which Commander Streeter has just been elected, is the highest that the veter- ans of this state can give him and in being chosen to succeed Department Commander James R. Sloane, of Mer- iden, great credit is bestowed upon the local Grand Army leader and the local post as we'll He was elect ed by about a two to one majority.
 Commander Streeter is one of the best known veterans in the country and is admired by all who know him.
  gime over Stanley Post in this city he has built up the post in remark able way, until today it stands sec- ond to none in the state. Grand Army men in general feel that they have made no mistake in electing him.
 Lafayette Starr, of New London. was elected senior vice commander and J. Brown, of Colchester, was elected junior vice commander.
 Is Seventy-One Years Old.
 Commander Streeter is almost sev- enty-one years of ago, yet he acts as young as a man of fifty and declares that he is as young as he feels. He was born in Vernon, Vt.. on June 22, 1843 and after studying in the schools about his home town he prepared to enter Dartmouth college. Instead, however, he entered Macedon. aca- denny at Macedon Center, N. Y.. and then entered Yale college.
 Enlists at Age of 21.
 During his freshman year at Yale war broke out between the north and the south and young StreeteT togeth- CT with many others of his class, en- listed in the ranks of the north in Au- gust, 1864. He enlisted at Albon, N. Y. and was sent at once to join the 17th New York Independent Battery under command of Captain George T. An thony, then stationed at Deep Bottom with the army of the James river. MT. Streeter remained with this regiment and fought in several battles until December, 1864, when Secretary of War; E. M. Stanton ordered him to re- port to Brigadier General McCal1um, ', yfx10r qyq qpor nf h0 United States Railroad department at Washington
 Made Lieutenant.
 The young Yale student did his duty we'll and was soon rewarded with promotion to the rank of first lieuten- ant, in charge of the office of the com missary department of the United States Military railroads at Alexandria, Va. He held this rank until he was honorably discharged from the service at the close of the war in May, 1865.
 Acquainted With Lincoln. <
 Commander Streeter was personal acquaintance and friend of the martyred president, Abra ham Lincoln, While in the army his duties often took him to City Point, Va, then the distributing station of the Army of the James river. In making his weekly visits to report to his superiors at Washington Lieutenant Streeter met many of the chief officials of the gov ernment and it was in this connec- tion that he met Lincoln. He also witnessed the last grand move of the northern army on its way to Peters burg and Richmond, just before Lees surrender. He also saw the last re- view of the northern forces through the streets of Washington and heard President Lincoln's famous address from the White House balcony In this connection MT. Streeter says he remembers Lincoln's closing remarks as though it was but yesterday that he heard them-"While we rejoice over our victories and the return of peace, let us give credit to Him, to whom credit belongs"
 After the War.
 After the war Lieutenant Streeter went to New York where he went into business with his brothers, soon after which he married the daughter of M. B. Spaulding, who was then manager of the freight department of the New York Central & Harlem River rail- road. A few years later Mir. Streeter moved to Rochester where he was identified in business and from there he went to Chicago where he went into the music business.
 Wiped Out by Fire.
 In the great Chicago fire of 1871 Mr. Streeter's entire possessions were wiped out and he left that city for Kalamazoo, Mich. He then adopted music as his profession and became
 oA schools. He was also in charge of part of the chorus of 10000 voices which participated in the great worlds Peace Jubilee in Boston in Boston in the summer of 1872.
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