Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-31

posed to the present form of government, but
scquiesced in it, as he said it concentrated the
responsibility in few men who would be held
to strict account. He told one only recently that
since he had seen the workings OF the present
form OF government he approved 1t. Whenever
there was measure before Congress of in
terest to the District Gen. Logan could gen.
orally be counted on as q friend of the District.
He could not always be counted on to support
any measure, for he always did what he be-
heVed to be right, followed out his own ideas,
and was independent that 1t was not easy
TO say what he would do
Gen. Logan'S death Is a great loss to the
country, said Adjutant General Drum today
to Star reporter. He was not only a brave
soldier. but he was q courageous man. He
was not afraid Of the drive when he was once
convinced of the course he ought to follow
John Alexander Logan was born in Jackson
County, ILL.,, February 9, 1875, and was the
son OF John Logan, an Irish physician. He
attended Shiloh College for year or two and
served In the Mexican War becoming quarter
master OF his regiment. In 1049 he elected
clerk Of the Jackson County court, and after
attending a course Of law lectures at the Uni
verSity Of Louisville was admitted to the bar
in 1852. He served four times In the State
Legislature as Democrat and was elected to
Congress in 1883. He was follower of Stephen
A. Douglas in $780, and during the secession
movement gave his support to the Union cause.
When the war broke out he resigned his seat in
Congress, raised the 3lst Illinois Regiment was
commissioned colonel, and joined General Grant
ut Cairo.
HE was engaged in the Battle of Belmont
and was wounded at Fort Donelson in February
1852 In April following ne joined his command
at Corinth with the rank of brigadier general,
served in Northern Mississippi and was made
q major general in November of that year.
In Gen. Grants Vcksburg campaign he COM
manded the nth Army Corps, and in October.
1858 he succeeded Gen. Sherman in command
of the 18th Army Corps. In the Summer Of
1854 in front of Atlanta he had for a short time
the command of the Army of the Tennessee.
When President Lincoln was a candidate for re-
election Gen. Logan was q prominent speaker
in behalf Of the Republican party He rejoined
Gen. ShefmanS Army in January. 1885. and
continued with it In its march through the
Carolinas He was present at the fight at
BentOnville N. c., the last battle Of the war"
CN. LOGAN'S body was conveyed to the
Capitol and there lay In state in the
rotunda on December 30, and from here the
funeral procession marched up Pennsylvania
avenue to Fifteenth street, thence north to
Vermont avenue to Rhode Island avenue,
passing around what is now Logan Circle,
continuing east to Seventh street. and north on
that thoroughfare to Rock Greek Church road
and to Rock Greek Cemetery, where the remains
were temporarily placed In the Hutchinson
to be seen In the Soldiers Home Cemetery, on
the north side Of Hardwood road and opposite
Rock Greek Cemetery.
The honorary pallbeareFs for the funeral
were Gen. william T. Sherman, Roscoe Conk-
ling, Senator Leland Stanford, Postmaster Gen.
eral Villas Gen. Lucius Fairchild, G. H. Andrews,
Col. Fred D. Grant, DR.. Mcmillan and Gen.
John C.. Black
Shortly after the death OF Gen. Logan plans
were set on foot to erect the statue Of him we
see today IN Logan Circle-the name given this
circle by the last Congress. Few spots in the
city could have been more appropriate for here
he lived in 1885, in house No. T. from the win
dows Of which he no doubt on many occasions
admired the location, perhaps not dreaming ut
the time that his own memorial would stand
I'm the center Of its park.
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