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CHAPTER IX.

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ORGANIZATIONS OF UNION SOLDIERS.-SOCIETIES OF THE ARMIES OF THE TENNESSEE AND OF THE CUMBERLAND. -UNION EX-PRISONERS OF WAR.-GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC. LOYAL LEGION.- WOMAN'S RELIEF CORPS.

THE seventh re-union of the Society of the Army of the Tennessee was held at Toledo, October 15, 1873. The meeting was one of surpassing satisfaction, both to the members of the Society, here in large numbers, and to the people of Toledo, who took a deep interest in the occasion. The regular session was held in the forenoon, when the usual business was transacted, Gen. W. T. Sherman, President, in the Chair, and Gen. L. M. Dayton, Secretary. Among the distinguished Soldiers present, were President Grant, Gen. Sherman, Gen. P. H. Sheridan, Major-Gen. John A. Logan, Secretary of War Belknap, Gen. O. O. Howard, Gen. John Pope, Gen. G. A. Custer, Rear Admiral Worden and Governor E. F. Noyes.

In the evening, at Wheeler's Opera House, was held a public meeting, when the Society was welcomed to Toledo by Mayor W. W. Jones. Gen. Sherman delivered an address to the Society, in which, among other things he claimed for it priority in time, having been organized by a small group of officers in the old State Capitol, in Raleigh, N. C., April 14, 1865, only five days after the surrender of Lee in Virginia, and five days before the surrender of Johnston, in North Carolina. Brig. Gen. Wm. B. Woods of Ohio presided at the meeting. Gen. Frank P. Blair explained the object of the Society to be to perpetuate the friendly feelings which bound them together as comrades in arms during the previous four years, when they were battling and marching from Cairo to Vicksburg ; and from Vicksburg to North Carolina. The Society was finally completed in its organization April 24, 1865. Membership was extended to every officer who at any time served with credit in any of the Corps which composed the Army of the Tennessee, while any officer of the Union Armies, with like good records was admissible on a vote. The Society was pledged to acts of charity and generosity to families of dead comrades ; and also, to cause proper memorials of the services of dead comrades to be collected and preserved, and "thus to transmit their names to posterity." A poem, written by Maj. C. G. Mayne, in which was fittingly mentioned the names of many Soldiers and Sailors, dead and living, was read. Gen. Logan delivered an address. A prominent feature of the occasion consisted of a solo obligato, and the Star Spangled Banner, by Miss Ida M. Bond (Mrs. Frank I. Young), of Toledo. A second session of the Society was held October 10th, when new officers were chosen, and resolutions of condolence on the death of fellow-members adopted, and other business transacted. The officers chosen were as follows : President-Gen. W. T. Sherman ; Vice Presidents-Maj. John A. Logan, Col. A. H. Markland, Maj. Gen. John Pope, Gen. J. M. Herdick, Col. Geo. E. Welles, Gen. John E. Smith, Lieut. John Crane, Brig. Gen. R. N. Pierson, Col. Frank Lynch, Gen. S. F. Hutchinson, Maj. I. P. Smith, Brig. Gen. John Tilson. Recording Secretary-Col. L. M. Dayton ; Corresponding Secretary-Gen. A. Hickenlooper; Treasurer-Maj. Gen. M. F. Force. At the close of this session, President Grant and his party were taken in carriages from the Opera House to Summit Street; thence to Cherry ; and to the Board of Trade, where a brief stop was made and the President held a short reception, when the party returned to the Boody House. At about 3 P. M, a ladies' reception was given by the President, at which it was estimated 2,000 ladies attended. The pressure was very severe, and was made the greater by the delay incident to the quite free action of the President and Gens. Sheridan and Sherman in saluting the callers with a kiss, which operation was continued for a long time.

On the evening of the 16th a banquet was given the Society and its guests by the citizens of Toledo at the Boody House, S. Groff, Proprietor. Three tables were filled, as follows 23]

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At the Center Table- Gen. W. T. Sherman, President; President Grant, Gen. John A. Logan, Gen. Belknap, Secretary of War; Admiral J. L. Worden, U. S. N.; Gen. Geo. A. Custer, Gen. Van Vleet, Gen. J. G. Hawkins, Gen. Phil. H. Sheridan, Col. J. M. Herrick, Gen. E. W. Rice, Gen. F. S. Hutchinson, B. Ford. Maro Wheeler, A. T. Austin. Geo. W. Davis, John Cummings, Gen. Godfrey Weitzell, Dr. S. S. Howard, Lieut. W. E. Osborn, Thos. J. Collins, Maj. C. H. Smith, Capt. Edward Spear, Capt. W. L. Watt, Capt. Geo. W. Merrill, Dr. J. M. Woodworth (Medical Director of Army of the Cumberland), E. V. McMaken, Col. A. H. Markland, Gen. Chas. C. Walcatt, Col. J. Mason Loomis, Gen. Geo. P. Este, Lt. Col. J. T. Herbert, Col. Frank Lynch, Gen. Andrew Hickenlooper, Capt. J. Barber, Gen. W. E. Strong, Gen. Daniel Weber, Gen. W. Myers, Maj. W. K. Thrall, Gen. O. E. Babcock (President Grant's Private Secretary), Capt. W. W. Gillingham, Col. R. Macfeeley, Col. R. M. Moore, Perry B. Truax, S. L. Phelps, Marshal Burton, Chas. West, Maj. Wm. Dunn, Col. J. G. Klinck, Col. Fred. D. Grant (son of the President and on Gen. Sheridan's Staff), Horatio S. Young, Wm. W. Backus. Col. J. M. Bacon, Fred. B. Shoemaker, Ed. T. Waite, Gen. O. M. Poe, Ralph Keeler, S. H. Waring, Gen. Collinder, Dr. W. C. Jacobs, Dr. John W. Bond, Capt. C. S. Ilsey (Aide to Gen. Pope), Dr. J. R. Zearing, Capt. W. D. E. Andrus.

At Table Right of Center-Gen J. Pope, Gen. E, F. Noyes, Admiral Worden, M. R. Waite, Gen. John McArthur, Gen. Hurlbut, Dr. E. A. Duncan, James Secor, C. A. King, Ed. C. Shaw, Calvin Barker, John Berdan, Abram W. Colton, Gen. J. W. Fuller, Dr. J. A. Brown, Chas. Hipp, Gen. F. W. Swift, Col. Louis Von Blessingh, S. Post, Gen. S. D. Atkinson, Geo. H. Hopkins, Capt. J. L. Curry, Wm. E. Parmelee, Jr., Dr. J. B. Trembley, Dr. J. M. Cooke, W. I. Kelley, Capt. J. K. Hamilton, Avery S. Hill, Clarence Morris, Chas. G. Mayers, Maj. E. S. Dodd, Gen. M. F. Force, G. T. Wiles, Gen. R. P. Buckland, W. S. Williams, Geo. W. Hamblin, Gen. Geo. E. Welles, Mayor W. W. Jones, Col. G. D. Munson, M. D. Carrington, Gen. D. W. H. Day, James W. Myers, T. J. Spencer, U. S. A.; Luther Allen, L. Evens, Capt. A. S. Skilton, S. S. Parker, W. R. Jackson, A. R. Robinson, O. C. Forum.

At Table Left of Center-Rev. Wm. W. Williams, Gen. E. H. Doolittle, Gen.Wager Swayne, Max Woodhull, Mr. Wilkinson, Dr. L. H. Bodman, Gen. J. C. Lee, E. C. Bodman, Col. D. F. DeWolf, A. Sabin, Geo. Milmine, Gen. C. B. Phillips, Maj. Fahnestock, J. B. Potter, Maj. Newcomb, Col. J. C. Frankenberger, Lieut. W. H. Snell, Gen. Reuben Williams, Gen. Parrott, E. C. Davies, Gen. W. H. Gibson, R. H. Flemming, Col. Dukhert, F. O. Wyman, Maj. Dillingham, Dr. A. McMillan, Col. F. A. Stevenson, Gen. L. M. Dayton, Clark Waggoner, Capt. J. B. Newton, Capt. A. N. Campbell, Bvt. Brig. Gen. I. R. Sherwood, Maj. J. R. Swigart, John B. Carson, Capt. P. H. Dowling, Chas. O. Brigham, Lieut. Earl W. Merry, W. D. Potter, Gen. Kimball, Lieut. James Harpell, Gen. Spooner, Capt. James B. Luckey, Gen. W. H. H. Terrell, Gen. Bayne, Mr. Halford, Walter Pickens, Adjt. Goldsmith, Capt. S. Baldwin, F. W. Childs, Lieut. Demott, Lieut. H. DeGraff, Ralph H. Waggoner, Surgeon D. B. Sturgeon, Capt. H. W. Bigelow.

Toasts were responded to by Gen. S. A. Hurlbut, Gen. M. Bayne, Secretary W. W. Belknap, Admiral J. L. Worden, Gen. John Pope, Gen. W. E. Strong, M. R. Waite, Gen. M. F. Force, Gen. J. C. Lee, Gen. O. O. Howard, Gen. I. R. Sherwood, Gen. P. H. Sheridan, Gov. Noyes and Gen. Logan. In response to special calls, President Grant, General Sherman and Admiral Worden made brief remarks.

General Pope responded to the toast, " Our Soldiers." Among other acceptable things, he said

How immeasurably the subject falls below the tribute that is due to the Private Soldier especially. The officers who played their parts honorably in the late Civil War, had each his distinct individuality ; was each well known to a greater or less number of people ; had each his own objects to serve, aside from the interests of his country-the ambition to be distinguished-the desire to be promoted-the thirst for personal success and a thousand other motives, proper enough, perhaps, but on a lower plane than the great patriotic impulse which stirred the public heart and more or less debased the pure coin of patriotism which stamped the Private Soldier. It is true now, as it always will be true in a free country and among a free people, that in time of War, the self-denying patriot and true hero is found in the ranksa nameless man, with no hope or wish for personal preferment-with no purpose save to save his country. He lives in the affectionate remembrance of thousands of his countrymen who never heard his name, and whose only knowledge of his history is the touching record of his devoted service or patriotic death. Well will it be for many of us, if the time shall ever come when our shortcomings are forgotten, and when posterity shall judge us worthy to be mustered into the ranks of these gallant men- the true Heroes of the War-without fear and without reproach.

We meet on occasions like the present, not as Soldiers, but as Citizens of a common and loved country; to pay our tribute of sorrowful gratitude to the Citizens who lie buried because their lives were needed by their countrymen. We honor them because they exhibited the highest qualities of Citizens -because they stood ready to maintain in arms the principles of Civil Government which they held sacred in peace, and because they hastened to pay the last great sacrifice to the safety and welfare of their countrymen.

Reasoning from these considerations, Gen. Pope said, " the greatest quality of a good Soldier, is that he is a good Citizen." It has been

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deemed proper here to make record of the character of the Citizen-Soldier, so ably and justly declared by one of the most prominent officers of the Union Army, himself a Soldier by profession, and in position to speak candidly of the comparative claims of officers and privates to the grateful consideration of their countrymen. General Pope's estimate in that regard, is greatly emphasized and strengthened by the strong endorsement so promptly given it by President Grant-another officer even more fully qualified to speak intelligently. When General Pope had closed his remarks, President Grant took him by the hand, saying, " General Pope, that's the best speech I ever heard." Such recognition of the real claims of the Private Soldier to the country's consideration is specially just, in view of the tendency to pile honors upon Army officers by promotions and building monuments to them, while the Rank and File are passed with little or no recognition.

Toasts to the memories of Generals J. B. McPherson and George H. Thomas, were received in silence.

Mr. Waite responded to the sentiment-The Geneva Arbitration.

Peace hath her victories

No less renowned than War.

The speaker had just returned from the Arbitration at Geneva of what were known as the " Alabama Claims " of the United States against Great Britain, for damages sustained by American commerce through the action of Confederate War Vessels, and chiefly of the War Steamer Alabama, for which depredations the British Government had made itself responsible. At that adjudication that gentleman had acted as the leading Counsel for the United States. In the course of his response to the toast, Mr. Waite said:

Peace achieved her grandest triumph at Geneva. On the one side of that great arbitration was a Nation of Soldiers-then, it is true, plain citizens, but their past history had given them an inalienable right, a record such as a brave Soldier only can have. It Was a Nation young, active, determined. On the other side, was a Nation powerful in all that wealth, credit, prestige and complete organization could make it. Pride was equal on both sides. Ours was the pride of youth-theirs that of old age, well preserved, and commanding everywhere the highest respect. They were English-we American. We sprang from their stock and spoke their language. We had just passed through the hardest struggle for life, against internal foes, that the world had ever seen. War had achieved its proudest victory. We had saved ourselves from ourselves, and compelled all at home and all abroad to acknowledge us a Nation. In our struggle we thought we had complaint against them. If our complaint was just, we had cause for War. Peace, in her good time, instigated and concluded a treaty between us and them, by which the rights of each were to be determined--our Wrongs, if any, vindicated, due reparation made, and War averted. * * The trial proceeded. The testimony was heard, the case considered, justice done, the condemnation money paid, and the Victory of Peace is complete. Truly, if War ever could usurp the province of Peace in the councils of the Nation, it might have done it in this case. It did not, and it did not because in these days of advanced civilization good warriors are good citizens. Both Peace and War have therefore the right to be proud of this victory. But there is more : This victory reaches beyond the two Nations immediately interested in its result. We, on the one side, accused them of wrong. They submitted to a trial on such accusation. No two Nations ever before had done the same thing. The example thus set, is one the world must heed. A long step has been taken in the direction of universal peace. We surely have the right to hope the end of this victory is not yet.

The party broke up about 2 o'clock A. M. The Society by resolution made expression of high appreciation of the exceptional success which attended its entire session, and of thanks to the people of Toledo for the judicious and liberal provision for the convenience and pleasure of their guests. On the other hand, the citizens were highly delighted with the privilege of entertaining so distinguished and worthy a company of visitors.

In this connection it is proper to state, that the people of Toledo were largely indebted for such privilege to General Ralph P. Buckland of Fremont,, on whose motion and strong pledge of Toledo hospitality at its preceding session, the Society voted to meet in this City.

The Twelfth Re-union of the Society of the Army of the Cumberland was held at Toledo, September 22 and 23, 1880. For the occasion the people of Toledo had made liberal and judicious preparation. On the first named day, at 10A. M., a procession was formed, which marched from the Boody House along Madison to Seventeenth street; thence to Monroe, and the Saengerfest Building on that street. Here the first session of the Society was opened by Captain D. R. Austin, Chairman of the Toledo

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Executive Committee, calling upon Chaplain H. M. Bacon to offer prayer, when General Sheridan, President, took the chair, and the business of the Society was begun. Messages of regret for absence were read from General Grant, at Galena ; and President Hayes, and Generals Sherman and A. McD. McCook, at San Francisco; also, a letter of like import from General W. S. Hancock, then a candidate for President of the United States. A business session was held, and adjournment taken until 8 o'clock P. M., at which time the hall was completely filled by citizens. General Sheridan called the meeting to order, when Captain J. Kent Hamilton, for the Toledo Committee, delivered an address of welcome to the Society. The Arion Society rendered a vocal selection, when General Ben. Harrison, of Indiana, delivered the annual address, and was followed by Mrs. E. M. Irving, who recited a poem written by Mrs. Kate B. Sherwood, entitled " Thomas at Chickamauga." General James A. Garfield, then the Republican nominee for President, delivered an address to the Society. General Garfield referred eloquently to the battle of Chickamauga, giving prominence to the fact, that in that contest was signally shown the extent to which the two elements of the Regular Army and the Volunteers, had been harmoniously united in the Army of the Cumberland. He said

Thomas stood like a rock, the center of that mighty fight; and yet, with all that, behind him, in front of him-all around him, in fact-were the gallant, courageous volunteers, making the elements of science, art and courage triumphant in the fight. Think of it for a moment-and I take pleasure in referring to it. Here, away off on the hills, posted at a special post, to do a special charge,. were some three Ohio Brigades. When their commander heard the sound of cannon on the 20th September, at Chickamauga, he would not lie by and guard a bridge. GORDON GRANGER, with J. B. STEEDMAN as second, marched to the sound of cannon until they came into the fight. When, riding forward, they asked Thomas, "Where shall we go in?" the answer, in two monosyllables, came, "You see." A force almost in his rear a force on his flank-the three Ohio Brigades, the most of whom had never heard the sound of a hostile shot, filled the gap. Not less than 700 were dead and wounded in 40 minutes' fighting. But they protected the flank, making them a living wall of fire around Thomas. There was the practiced, trained Soldier, and with him the enthusiasm of the independent, thinking Volunteer, that made our war triumphant and victorious.

Brief remarks were made by General W. B. Hazen, General Fullerton, General James Burnett, General H. M. Cist, General C. C. Doolittle, and General J. W. Fuller.

On the 23d, an excursion to Put-in Bay was tendered the Society, which was much enjoyed, the, business of the session being continued on board the Steamer Chief Justice Waite, including the election of officers for the ensuing year, as follows : President, General Sheridan; Corresponding Secretary, General H. M. Cist; Recording Secretary, General J. W. Steele; Treasurer, General J. S. Fullerton ; Vice Presidents, Captain H. H. Tinker, for Ohio. Chattanooga was selected for the place of meeting in 1881, with General B. H. Bristow as orator for that occasion. In the evening a large assemblage of citizens filled the Hall, where there was speaking by General Harrison, and a supper prepared by the citizens-the whole affair having been, in all respects, pleasant to the visitors, and gratifying to the people of Toledo.

ARMY OF NORTHWESTERN OHIO.

An organization, known as " The Army of Northwestern Ohio," was made at Toledo, July 15, 1870, by a meeting of Union Soldiers, of which General P. S. Slevin was made Chairman, and General P. C. Hayes, Secretary. A constitution and bylaws were adopted, and the following officers elected : President, General P. S. Slevin; Vice Presidents, General William Stough, Colonel W. E. Haynes and General J. C. Lee ; Secretary, General P. C. Hayes ; Treasurer, Major J. R. Swigart.

UNION EX-PRISONERS OF WAR.

No bond of sympathy and interest is stronger in the human heart, than is that wrought by common experience, and especially of common suffering; and it would be difficult to conceive of a relation in life binding men more firmly together than that sustained by Union Soldiers in Rebel prisons, as portrayed in the facts here given.

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Hence, the strong hold of sympathies on each other, which is not possible among comrades who escaped such terrible experience.

The more fully to recognize this sentiment of common suffering, a large number of Union Ex-Prisoners of War convened at Toledo, October 1 and 2, 1879, and spent the two days in rehearsing their prison life and cultivating closer relations of sympathy. The attendance was large and the interest very deep. Ample preparation was made for the occasion by the citizens of Toledo. Saengerfest Hall had been secured for the meetings. The visitors were welcomed by Mayor Jacob Romeis, on the part of the City; by Dr. D. P. Chamberlin, on the part of the resident Ex-Prisoners; and by General J. W. Fuller, in behalf of the Soldiery of Toledo. Mrs. H. D. Walbridge read an address (" Looking Backward "), written by Miss Emily S. Benton ; and Mrs. E. M. Irving recited " Sheridan's Ride."

Among the speakers on the occasion was General James A. Garfield, whose address challenged the closest attention. In the course of his remarks he said:

To say that a man is willing to die for his country, is a good deal ; but these men who sit before us have said a great deal more than that. I would like to know where the man is, who would calmly step out on this platform and say : " I am ready to starve to death for my country." That would bean enormous thing to say. But there is a harder thing than that. Find a man, if you can, who will step forth and say "I am willing to become an idiot for my country." Now, let me make this statement to you, fellow citizens : One hundred and eighty-eight thousand such as this were captured by the Rebels who were fighting our Government. One hundred and eightyeight thousand!-forty times as many as there are persons now in this building. And to every man of that enormous company, there stood open, night and day, the offer-" If you will join the Rebel Army and lift up your hand against your flag, you are free! And you shall have food; and you shall have clothing; and you shall see wife, mother and child." And do you know, that of the one hundred and eighty=eight thousand there were less than three thousand who accepted that offer? And of these, perhaps nine-tenths did it with the mental reservation that they would desert at the first opportunity. But 185,000 of the 188,000 said: "No! Not to see wife again-not to see child again-not to avoid starvation-not to escape idiocy, nor the most loathsome of loathsome deaths-will I lift this hand of mine against my country ! " I bow in reverence-I would stand with unsandaled feet-in the presence of such heroism and such suffering. And I would say to you, fellow-citizens, such an assemblage as this has never before met on this great earth.

EX-PRISONERS' ORGANIZATION.

November 3, 1879, a meeting of Union Ex-Prisoners of War, chiefly residents, was held at Toledo, for the purpose of effecting a permanent organization with a view to social advantages and to the promotion of such other interests common to them as occasions might favor. The result was the institution of the Union Ex-Prisoners of War Association of Toledo, with the following officers, who were to serve until the annual meeting to be held in January, 1881, to-wit:

President, Dr. D. P. Chamberlin. Vice-President, A. W. Storms. Treasurer, Daniel Harmon. Secretary, J. F. Holliger.

The officers of the Association since have been as follows :

President-Dr. D. P. Chamberlin, 1879-85. Geo. W. Vrooman, 1885-7.

Vice-President-A. W. Storms, 1879-81; C. L. Thomas, 1881; Geo. W. Vrooman, 1882; Alfred R. Hill, 1883-84; Wm. Adelsperger, 1885-86; J. W. Greene, 1887.

Treasurer- Daniel Harmon, 1879-84; Jabez W. King, 1885-87.

Secretary-J. F. Holliger, 1879-87.

Following is a list of names of Union Ex-Prisoners of War of the Rebellion, residing in Lucas and adjoining Counties:

The Ohio State Association of Union Ex-Prisoners of War was organized at Norwalk, September, 1883, with the following officers

M. T. Britton, President, Cleveland ; G. A. Gessner, First Vice-President, Fremont; D. P. Chamberlain, Second Vice-President, Toledo ; J. E. Hutton, Secretary and Treasurer, Cleveland; Dan Harman, Recording Secretary, Toledo.

The following officers served for 1884-85:

G. A. Gessner, President, Fremont ; George W. Vrooman, Vice-President, Toledo; Joseph E. Hutton, Second Vice-President, Cleveland ; I. F. Mack, Treasurer, Sandusky ; D. S. Moses, Chaplain, Fremont ; E. B. Moore. Secretary. Fremont.

1885-86 George W. Vrooman, President, Toledo; A. R. Hill, Vice-President, Wauseon; Wm. Hineline, Second Vice-President, Fremont; D. G. Nesbit, Treasurer, Cleveland ; D. S. Moses, Chaplain, Fremont ; J. W. King, Secretary, Toledo.

1886-87 W. H. Polhamus, President, 548 Detroit Street, Cleveland; S. S. Canfield. 1st Vice-President, Toledo; D. S. Moses, 2d Vice-President, Fremont; D. G. Nesbit, Treasurer, 1279 White Avenue, Cleveland ; C. C. Shanklin, Secretary, 55 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland.

1887-88 S. S. Canfield, President, Toledo ; E. R. Hart, 1st Vice-President, Cleveland; William Hinline, 2d Vice-President, Fremont ; D. G. Nesbit, Treasurer, Cleveland ; J. F. Holliger, Secretary, Toledo.

MILITARY ORDER, LOYAL LEGION, UNITED STATES.

Instituted at Philadelphia, April 15, 1865 (evening of the assassination of President Lincoln).

OBJECT.

"The object of this Order shall be, to cherish the memories and associations of the War in defense of the Unity and Individuality of the Republic ; to strengthen the ties of fraternal fellowship and sympathy formed by companionship-in-arms; to advance the best interests of Soldiers and Sailors of the United States-especially those associated as members of this Order and to extend all possible relief to their Widows and Children; to foster the cultivation of Military and Naval Science ; to enforce an unqualified allegiance to the General Government; to protect the rights and liberties of American Citizenship ; and to maintain National Honor, Union and Independence."

ORGANIZATION.

"The several constituted bodies of this Order shall be designated as Commanderies, to be known as the `Commandery of the State of ------;' and a National Commandery, to be known as `The Commandery-in-Chief."'

MEMBERSHIP..

The members of Companions of this Order are of three classes:

First Class.-1st. Commissioned Officers and honorably discharged Commissioned Officers of the United States Army, Navy and Marine Corps, Regular or Volunteer. 2d. The eldest Sons of original Companions of the First Class, and of Officers dying previous to 31st of December, 1885, who at death were available for membership.

Second Class.- The eldest Sons of living original Companions of the First Class, of the age of 21 years and over; the same to become members of the First Class upon the death of the Companion through whom eligibility to the Second Class was derived.

Third Class.- Civilians who during the Rebellion were specially distinguished for consistent loyalty to the National Government, and who were active and eminent in maintaining the supremacy of the same the number of such Class not to exceed the ratio of one to thirty-three of the First Class.

OFFICERS OF COMMANDERY-IN-CHIEF.

Com.-in-Chief, . Lt.-Gen. P. H. Sheridan, U. S. A. S. V. Com. in-Chief, Major Gen. R. B. Haves, U. S. V. J. V. Com.-in-Chief, Maj. Gen. J. R. Hawley, U. S. V. Reorder-in-Chief, Colonel J. P. Nicholson, U. S. V.

Headquarters, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

OFFICERS OF COMMANDERY OF STATE OF OHIO.

Commander, . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Major Gen. R. B. Hayes, U. S. V.

S. V. Com., . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Major Gen. M. F. Force, U. S. V.

J. V. Com., . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Major Gen. J. W. Fuller, U. S. V.

Recorder, , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Captain A. H. Mattox, U. S. V.

Headquarters, Cincinnati, Ohio.

LUCAS COUNTY COMPANIONS.

Lieut. David R. Austin Chap. H. M. Bacon, D. D.

Col. John B. Bell. Maj. Chas. E. Bliven.

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Capt. Henry W. Bigelow. Gen. James M. Comly.

Capt. Rich. W. Clarke. Capt. Warren W. Cooke.

Lieut. Robt. H. Cochran. Surg. G. A. Collamore.

Gen. John W. Fuller. Lieut. Henry P. Fowler.

Surg. Samuel F. Forbes. Surg. Edwin M. Goodwin.

Capt. J. Kent Hamilton. Lieut. Cary D. Lindsay.

Col. Henry C. Neubert. Major Hartwell Osborn.

Rev. H. W. Pierson, D. D.* Gen. W. H. Raynor.

Lieut. Wm. H. H. Smith. Capt. Wesley S. Thurstin.

Capt. Richard Waite. Major Norman Waite.

Lieut. R. D. Whittlesey. Lieut. Joseph L. Wolcott.

Mr. Birchard A. Hayes.t Mr. William T. Walker.* General Chas. L. Young.

*Third Class. t Second Class.

THE TOLEDO CONTINGENT.

The following are the officers of the Toledo Contingent (local and unofficial)

President, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .General J. W. Fuller.

Vice President, .. . . . . . . . . . . General J. M. Comly.

Treasurer, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Captain H. W. Bigelow.

Secretary, .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . General C. L. Young.