Omaha daily bee., 1919-09-25
Civil War General.

r. O., Union, Neb. sidney Drew
died April 8, in Detroit. where he
was playing at the time,
Civil War General.
Ninety years old September ~.
was Gen. Byron Root Pierce, one OF
the few surviving officers of the
Union army in the Civil war. Cen
eral Pierce was born at East Bloom
field, N. Y, September 20, 1929, and
after working for a while in his
fathers wooden factory, became a
dentist, and in 1855 removed to
Grand Rapids, Mich. In 1851 he
wet to the front with the Third
Michigan volunteers and within two
years had risen to the command OF
the regiment, which served through
the war with the Army of the Poto-
mac. In 1864 he was commissioned
brigadier general After the war he
resumed his profession in Grand
Rapids. From the opening of the
Michigan Soldiers home, in 1887,
until 1891, he was it's commandant.
For two years he was commander
of the Michigan department OF the
G. A. R., and later headed the Loyal
Legion commandery.
Portrait of President Wilson.
Maj William Orpen, who is COM
ing to America to paint portrait OF
President Wilson, is a well
known portrait painter, who in
the early part of the war
was commissioned by the Brit
ish government to paint, incidents
and personages engaged in the con-
flict. Major Orpen is an 1rishman,
and one of the most brilliant and
humorous of the younger painters.
His art education was received at
schools in Dublin and London. He
belongs to all the prominent art
societies and clubs of England and
since 1910 has been an associate of
the Royal Academy. His art was
certainly born to blush unseen. or
rather unrecognized, for he has at
tanned an exceptional vogue as a
portrait painter, and in his own line
is one of the most successful artists
in London.
Would Be Governor OF Louisiana.
John Fl. Parker, who has opened
his campaign for the Louisiana gov
ernorship at meeting in New
Orleans, was prominent figure
in the organization of the
progressive party and later it's nomi-
nee for the vice presidency. Aside
frc M politics he is one of the leaders
in the business life Of the Crescent
city and is widely known in CONNER
cial circles throughout the south.
He has been an important factor in
the New Orleans Board of Trade and
Cotton Exchange for many years,
and for two years was president of
the Southern Commercial congress.
His proved business ability led to his
appointment during the late war to
be administrator of the Federal
Food control bill in Louisiana
British Minister to Poland.
Sir Horace George Montagu Rum
bold, who has been selected to be the
first British minister to Poland, has
had varied diplomatic experience.
He Is 81 years old and a son of the
late Sir Horace Rumbold, who occu-
pied many high posts in the British
diplomatic service. Educated at
Elton, the son began his career in
1858, when he was appointed hon
orary attache at The Hague. Three
years later he was transferred to
Cairo. In 1895 he went to Tehe-
ran, and in 1897 TO Vienna. In 1900
he went to Madrid, and from Mad
drid, two years later, to Munich. He
was transferred to Toxic in 1909, and
in 1913 went to Berlin, where he re-
NAMED until the outbreak of the
war. Sir Horace is an accomplished
linguist, and has been granted spe-
cial allowances for his knowledge of
Arabic. Persian and Japanese.