The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-07-28
CAPITAL AWAITS
COMING OF CAL R.
Forty ninth Reunion Of V0ter-
ans to Be Held In Seutambef.
BLUE LINES GROWING THIN
Colonel MeEIroy, Past Senior Vice
Commander In Chief, One of the Best
Posted Men on the Civil War, Is Com
pilinS a Roster of the Noted Figures
Who Will Be Present.
BY ]. WALTER MITCHELL,

Wno WIN 6c rTeseHts
BY ]. WALTER MITCHELL,
National Patriotic Instructor. United
Spanish War Veterans.
Clad In a reception gown of red,
white and blue, Washington will wei
come the time worn survivors of the
once powerful legions of Grant and
Sherman, Meade and Sheridan at the
forty-ninth annual encampment of the
Grand Army of the Republic and the
flftieth anniversary Of the grand re-
view the week beginning Sept. ~. In
the hurry burly of patriotism at Wash
ington on that history making occasion
will be many conspicuous characters
Of the greatest war In the preceding
century.
Colonel John McElroy, past senior
vice commander In chief Of the G.. A.
r., who is regarded by his comrades as
a veritable living encyclopedia of the
civil war, its men and events, is COM
piling a roster Of the noted figures of
the sixties who are expected to attend
the big encampment. 1t is interesting
to note In this connection that the two
surviving corps commanders Of the
civil war. Major General Grenville NJ.
Dodge of Council Bluffs, Ia. and
Major General James III. Wilson OF
present. General Dodge commanded
the noted Sixteenth corps. General
Wilson commanded all the cavalry be-
tween the Allegheny mountains and
the Mississippi river. Details of his
troopers swept down through Alabama
and Mississippi at the close of the wal
and captured Jefferson Davis.
Major General Osterhaus Coming.
AT the head of the list OF division
commanders is Major General Peter
Joseph 0sterhaus, who has been living
for many years at Mannheim, Ger
many. At the time of the encamp-
ment of the G.. A. II. he will go TO
Washington to visit his son, Admiral
Hugo Osterhaus, u. S. n, retired, and
will greet his old comrades OF fifty
years ago. General Osterhaus stood
among the splendid foreign officers who
N"hhc " AhhS Souhtiy W serve tue ChuSt
of the Union.
Another noted division commander
who is expected to greet his former
soldiers at the encampment is Major
General David Men. Gregg. who is
auditor general OF Pennsylvania. He
commanded with great credit one Of
Sheridan's cavalry divisions.
Major General Adelbert Ames, who
commanded a division OF the Tenth
corps. distinguishing himself at Fort
Fisher, and who was afterward gov-
ernor OF Mississippi and later senator
from that state, is living In retirement
In Massachusetts, and is expected to
attend the encampment.
Others who are on the roster of pro-
specttve visitors are Admiral George
Dewey, who was one of Admiral Far
ragut's young officers, gaining distinc-
ton In the attack upon Port Hudson;
Major General Nelson A. Miles, who
entered the service as first lieutenant
and became colonel OF the Sixty-frst
New York volunteers and who as a
brigade commander delivered at Sun
derlands Station. Va, the momentous
blow that u General Lees last rail
road connection and compelled the sur
render of Petersburg and Richmond;
Admiral Colby Nj. Chester, a young
officer of Farragut's squadron; Lieu
tenant General S. b. M. Young, who
rose from an enlisted man to be colo
mel and brevet brigadier general and
then entered the regular army, being
retired In 1904 with the rank of lieu
tenant general, and is now governor of
the United States Soldiers home at
Washington.
One Veteran Still In Service.
Colonel John l.. Glenn, quartermaster
corps. U. S. army, the only survivor Of
the civil war now ON the active list Of
the army, is stationed at Washington,
and is taking a lively interest in the
arrangements for the ~forty-ninth en-
campment of the q. A. X. Colonel Glenn
was baptized In the fire of battle as a
drummer boy in the sanguinary contest
at Shiloh. He had many thrilling ex-
periences, and because of his undaunt-
ed valor In the hornets nest at
Chickamauga Generals Rosecrans and
Thomas bestowed upon him the title
Drummer Boy OF Chickamauga,"
which he proudly wears to this day.
Prior TO the battle Of Chickamauga he
wore the cognomen, Johnny Shiloh"
Another drummer boy OF the civil
war who will be present is Abraham
Springsteen. who was but ten years Of
age when he entered the service. He
will have charge of a drum, fife and
bugle corps Of 100 sons and grandsons
Of Union veterans I'm the grand review
at the u. A.. II. encampment.
Major General j.. Warren Keller OF
Ohio has promised to attend the en-
campment. He wore the double stars
OF his rank I'm TIVE wars and is still ac-
tce. He commanded a brigade and d.
vision In the fighting Sixth corps In the
civil war and was commander Of a
division of the Seventh army corps In
the war with Spain. General Keifer
served several terms I'm congress and
was II time speaker Of the house OF
roDresentafivna.