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Company H-First Lieutenant Henry F. O'Neal: Wagoner John D. Cradlebaugh ; Privates James Acklin. C. Buckhalter, James Buckhalter, Davis Branham, William B. Bass, John W. Brodess, Jesse W. Barton, Cary Brown. William A. Ballard, J. Barrett, John Catlin, M. R. Carroll, Ashley Codey, John V. Cole, Isaac N. Core, F. M. Dickey, George R. Dawson, James P. Dawson, Joshua Doty, Moses Doty, Isaac Doty, Phillip Etherington, A. Everhart, James \. Enos. Austin Fosdick, Franklin Ford, Oliver Ferrell. E. Haining. John Huff. H. Horsman, William H. Hammer, S. J. Humphrey. M. Hollingsworth, P. Hockstra, F. Jennings, Charles Johnson. James M. Johnson, Samuel Kinart, Peter Kesler, George M. Kerr. William Melroy, William Mullins, John A. Mark, Robert M. Naudain, John A. Noasman, H. F. O'Neal, James M. Pendroy. S. Rickenbaugh. Jackson Reno, A. L. Rees. Peter Rickenbaugh. Samuel P. Rees, John P. Scott.
Company K-C. M. Cating. Samuel G. Grey. D. W. Hiatt. C. W. Har- court, Joe Kindle.
FORTY-FIFTHI INFANTRY ( BATTALION ).
Company B-Captain Joseph R. Rodgers: First Lieutenant Thomas Allum: Second Lieutenant Joshua J. Anderson ; Sergeants S. V. Shellady. William M. Boyd, Samuel S. Fowler, William Carter, William Mills, Will-
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iam A. Livingston; Corporals Cyrus Hill, L. Hammer, A. Adamson, Marion Pease; Musicians H. L. Stern, John C. Schack; Wagoner O. W. Burkhalter; Privates Thomas Adamson, William J. Barrow, A. G. Donnell, William H. Estle, W. Eggert, B. Elliott, W. J. Graves. Willian Hill, A. J. Honald, Edward E. Harris, John M. Hiskey, H. J. Iliff, L. Kes- ter, John C. Kelley, A. S. Livingston, William W. Logsdon, Thomas J. Long, J. N. Martin, D. L. Marrs, Benj. F. Meek, O. C. Meredith, C. W. Post, Marion Pease, Homer Reyburn, S. H. Rees, John W. Sego, S. T. Sparks, H. L. Stem, James Street, James M. Schooley, John Trotter, H. M. Talbott, C. F. Winslow.
FOURTH CAVALRY REGIMENT.
Company -James McIntosh.
Company E-Captain Exum R. Saint; Commissary Sergeant William R. Matthews; Sergeant William G. Work; Corporal John Blackman; Far- rier D. M. Savage; Privates Eli E. Carson, Allen Davis, Robert J. Gaza- way, John Jennings, D. W. Jones, J. M. Kime. E. Mahler, john W. Rafferty, J. J. Sparks, James Starr, Andes Turck.
Company F-James L. Hume, William F. Minshall, John Thompson, B. Volk.
Company K-Jonathan Wright. John Mitchell (company not certain).
FIFTH VETERAN CAVALRY.
Company A-Thomas J. Smith, John Walker.
Company I-Captain Robert A. McKee; Second Lieutenant John Q. A. Campbell: Robert Bain, Samuel Capel, William P. Fouts, William E. Gra- ham, D. R. Loudenback. William Martino, E. McReynolds, B. F. Stearns, George Gaston, Delos Williams.
SEVENTH CAVALRY.
Company E-John H. Story, a saddler : Shubill Hurt, David Nimms, James E. Storey.
Company G-Captain Elias Hammer; Second Lieutenant Job S. Beals ; Commissary Sergeant Benjamin R. Jones : Corporals John M. Baker, James T. Allen, John M. Hammer, Malco Doud; Wagoner H. Borton, Ferdinand Adamson, Samuel Armstrong, James F. Baker, A. J. Chenoweth, James C.
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Friend, Frank Gifford, A. T. Hammer, James G. Hanawalt, Samuel Hen- nings, J. F. Haines, Enos Hammer, M. H. Harper, I. R. Jordan, Thomas Kerr. F. P. Oldfield, John C. Piper, Charles Parks, George R. Rowe, James A. Stephens, Edward R. Bell and A. Minnick (in unknown company of the Seventh Cavalry).
NINTH CAVALRY.
Company H-Corporal L. C. Draper; Adam Means. Silas Thornburg. Company L-Captain Orlando C. Howe; First Lieutenant William W. Moore; First Lieutenant Norris Richardson; Second Lieutenant Richard Armstrong: Second Lieutenant David Scott: Commissary Sergeant H. Mathies; Sergeant George W. Bronson: Sergeant John Murray; Sergeant James C. Painter ; Corporals Napoleon P. Church, Julius A. Baldwin, James B. Scott, C. D. Knapp, O. P. Springer; Trumpeter William W. Allen; Trumpe- ter James Bain ; Wagoner A. McDonnell, George Anderson, Henry Baker, WV. H. Barton, George Brady, T. Broomhall, James F. Burroughs, Baxter Banks. D. Y. Cross, James Clement, N. B. Collrell. A. J. Collrell, James Drake, James Early, James R. Gentry, William Grubb, William A. Hankins, C. H. Jennings, John W. Knox, William L. Kimberly, William Loaman, John T. Leach, Milton Lee, Joseph Logsdon, John March, H. H. Maus, C. H. Mendenhall, D. T. Mortimore. W. Mudgett, George Oldfield, D. H. Parker, D. M. Priddy, William Reynolds, Jacob Reutson, William E. Schooley, Foster Scott. George Sims, William J. Stewart, F. Trotter, Purdy Trager, Jacob Trevets, S. E. Welch, D. M. West, James Wilson, Theodore Winkler.
Company M-Second Lieutenant William H. Crotzer: Corporal C. R. Squires.
MISCELLANEOUS COMMANDS.
Second Veteran Infantry-Justus Dunn, J. F. Guthrie, J. C. Living- ston. J. H. Trotter.
Fourth Infantry-Musician Samuel Osborne; Corporals William Bill- ings and I. D. Bloom.
Sixth Infantry-Sergeant M. Holland. William H. Bolton, John Gard- ner, J. J. Moore. M. Holland.
Seventh Infantry-H. C. McGill.
Eight Infantry-Captain David Ryan: Sergeant Robert Ryan, F. McConnell. S. M. Peck. Lewis Scott.
Ninth Infantry-Joseph Koener.
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Eleventh Infantry-Charles Rairden, C. C. Cloud, R. M. Davis, John Dally, H. Fisher, U. M. Gable, William Goodrich, I. Higgins, L. P. Hazen, Elias Humphries. H. Kandwig. Lewis Lobeer, O. K. Landrue, A. Lansing, A. McCauley, R. Neese, F. Neese, Peter Peterson, R. R. Royster, L. J. Roy- ley.
Fifteenth Infantry (Mustered out July 24, 1895)-Patrick Cotter, An- drew Crouch, Alexander Corbin, J. M. Dilton, Frank Emmerson, J. M. Hort- man, W. T. Hiler, William Peterson, David Phillips, San Pierie, W. A. Spencer, A. A. Woodard, William Waddell, David Webster.
Seventeenth Infantry-D. S. Reagan, T. S. Smith; Captain George W. Deal; First Lieutenant Theodore Thompson, M. H. Davis, Joseph A. Louden- back; Corporal Elijah Carnahan, James George, C. Kaiser, F. Kinton, F. McBride.
Eighteenth Infantry-S. V. Shellady, Edward Rogers, John R. Scutt, Adam Whiteman; First Lieutenant John H. Harvey ; Sergeant John H. Har- vey : Corporal John W. Cattrell : Corporal M. W. Settle, Mayville Drake. H. C. Farnsworth, William P. Holmes, John P. Johnson.
Twenty-fourth Infantry-Isaac Anderson.
Thirty-second Infantry-John McFarland, C. A. Stone.
Thirty-third Infantry-James H. Bates, Holland Myers, Thomas Dun- naway, Delano Myers, D. VanNoss.
Thirty-sixth Infantry-Theodore Brown, John Herring, H. T. Dimmitt. Joseph M. Scott.
Thirty-ninth Infantry-Samuel E. Thornton.
Forty-sixth Infantry-Sergeants Milo Cowan, George Baxter, Albert Harrah. Seth W. Macy, Joseph Shorer.
Forty-seventh Infantry-Chaplain James P. Roach; Corporal James W. Davidson, C. Means, D. M. Pruny.
First Cavalry-Quartermaster Samuel C. Dickerson; Sergeant James -
G. Rutter: Captain Charles Dustin ; Sergeant James H. McCord: Corporal Peter B. Greaves : D. M. McCord, James E. Arnold, John S. Davis, James J. Gray, W. P. Kimberly, David Rutter, I. H. Wildman.
Second Cavalry-Corporal Elias Thatcher ; A. T. Sims, George W. Poore. John R. Seeley, William H. Shoewalter, James S. Smith, H. C. Smith, John B. Kuhns, H. B. Seeley.
Third Cavalry-John F. Offil, Alexander Snodgrass, Cororal Ransom Sumney ; Wagoner Daniel A. Buckhalter ; T. S. Donnell. James H. Harvey, H. C. Vaughn. Joseph N. Box, E. B. Carr, Orris Carter, William C. Goodman, David Hankins, M. T. Norris, Robert Sterritty, Robert Stallcop, Henry Smith, James H. Morgan, M. S. Morris, T. J. Sinclair.
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Sixth Cavalry-E. C. Stephens.
Eighth Cavalry-William Bundy, John Friend, Jasper Robinson. Finley Sterrett.
First Infantry, A. D., Co. E. (Sixth United States Volunteers A. D.)- Captain George F. Work; Sergeant John Green; Corporals H. Hayes, D. Siegel, H. Jones : Captain Alexander Nichols; A. E. Fine, S. F. Gordon, C. Graves, A. Hays. Lewis Castleton, T. E. Marshall, Austin Samuels, John Shearer, William Tait, W. Wolden. Jerry Wilson.
Dodge's Brigade Band-George A. Bluem, Vernon W. Skiff, James F. Needham, John F. Lister, John P. Strator, James Smith, Samuel Failor, Charles Gilman.
Sixty-sixth Illinois Infantry-John Briggs.
Third Missouri Cavalry-William Jordan.
THE COUNTY'S DEATH ROLL.
If it can truthfully be said that. "It is good for one to die for his coun- try." Jasper county certainly acted well her part from 1861 to 1866. Out of the almost fourteen hundred men who went forth to the field, about one hun- dred and seventy fell on the battle field, or died from other army causes, and never reached home alive. The following may, and possibly may not. be a complete list of the honored dead. This list is one compiled from the adjutant- general's reports published from 1863 to 1866, inclusive, and there may be errors and omissions. The latest military work on Iowa soldiers is not yet out of press, hence the following will be given :
Adamson, D. N. Baxter, William W.
Clements, James
Armentrout, D. R.
Beals. A. F. Dibble, Milo
Atha, C. H.
Blasdell. William
Derringer. Il. C.
Andreas. F. W.
Bargenhaulz. J.
Duncan. E. D.
Alloway, Abisha
Brodess, John W.
Dickerson, Samuel C.
Beath, T. E.
Brady, George
Easterday, A. P.
Bodley, J. D.
Bolten, William H.
Edmonds, E.
Bevan, A.
Cure. Abel L.
Erickson, J.
Blackwood, I.
Cottrell, M. W.
English, Thomas
Byerley, William H.
Cushatt. Jas. T.
Etherington, Phillip
Boyer. Jacob
Connor, Daniel E.
Flemming, Job
Brown. S. B.
Callison, A. P.
Fisher, William H.
Baker, Charles P.
Cozad. Jacob C.
Flemry, A.
Bair, Emanuel
Cline, P. M.
Frazier, E.
Bennett, Adam
Connelly, L. J.
Flover, David
Butters, W. H. Connelly. M.
Fowler, H. C.
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Green, John L.
McCollough, Jas. P.
Scott, Foster
Goodacre, Robert
Mclaughlin, E. R.
Skiff, J. M.
Grooms, S. C.
McKeever, George
Smith, James
Gravatt, T. H.
McCary, Rich
Scarbrough, S.
Gould. F. W.
Mc Williams, H.
Scoville, Bennett
Hunter, Jacob Huff. John
Mudgett. Phillip
Shipp, Thomas
Hammack, John
Manning, John
Shill. G W.
Housel, Thomas H.
Moore. Jacob B.
Shook. J. R.
Hawk, H. T.
Moss. J. W.
Swaggert, John
Hamilton, James M.
Mateer, Alex C.
Spurling, J. T.
Hackett, Jonas P.
Nelson, N. G.
Sturgeon. D. T.
Helphrey, S. W.
Newcomer. S. F.
Sprunce, Levi
Hendricks, H. W.
Newhouse. J.
Sturgeon, A. Smith, Alvoy
Herring. Abel
Oblenis, William
Swan, M. F.
Haines. John W.
Powell, G. B.
Sego, Solomon
Hammel, S.
Poots, William
Smith, L. D.
Hunnel, J. F.
Parks, T. J.
Taylor, James
Hart. William
Pease. Andrew
Taylor. James C.
Hammack, A.
Powers. J. W.
Trotter, James N.
Haxton, William H.
Parker. F.
Thornton. Samuel E.
Hilsinger. J. M.
Poage. S. W.
VanGrundy. L.
Haves. S.
Parks, Jasper H.
VanGrundy, William W.
Jay. Thomas H.
Piper. O. B.
VanHorn, D. M.
Jordan, William P.
Peyton, John L.
VanHorn, O. E.
Jeffries, F. T.
Pope. A. T.
VanFossen, H.
Jordan, John
Rippey. William F.
Weston, Benjamin F.
Jones. G. L.
Rees, A. L.
Wren, John
Knapp. C. D.
Rees, Samuel P.
Watt. James
Kenady. J. R.
Runyon. William H.
Weston, G. W.
Kuhus. John B.
Rice, Francis
Walker, Enos
Kawapot, C.
Reno, Jackson
Winterhalter. I. W.
Kerr. Wesley
Samei, James H.
Williams, Robert
Laudenback. D. R.
Shelley, L. F.
Wolf, Geo. W. 1
Longfellow, E. E. Linton, H. B.
Streett. James
Wallace, John
Likins, Thomas N.
Shreck, J. K.
West, Jacob
Lowe, George W. McConnell, F.
Shutts, Joseph F.
Willock, John
Stott, Thomas
Stem, J.
Wetzel, Joseph
McDonald. T. L.
Street, W. W.
Hopping, John
Norris, David H.
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THIE JASPER GRAYS.
This military company was organized in January. 1876, with the follow- ing officers : Than Townsend, captain; J. L. Mathers, first lieutenant ; Al J. Richards, second lieutenant : Al Wykoff. J. R. K. Lamb. Newton Smith, Henry M. Rose, sergeants ; Zach Stokes, William S. Ferguson, Herbert Rose, George Failor, corporals. The uniform selected was navy blue, trimmed in fine style. The company was immediately armed with Springfield breech- loading rifles. In 1878 there were forty-five names on the roll. The company was sworn into state service April 30, 1878, and was under orders in the riots of 1877, and were also a part of the escort of the lamented Gen. N. P. Baker, whose remains they followed to the grave.
SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR.
President William McKinley's proclamation ordering war between the United States and Spain was issued April 23. 1898, and read as follows :
"Whereas, a joint resolution of Congress was approved on the 20th day of April. 1898, entitled 'Joint Resolution for the recognition of the indepen- dence of the people of Cuba, demanding that the government of Spain relin- quish its authority and government in the island of Cuba, and to withdraw its land and naval forces from Cuba and Cuban waters, and directing the Presi- dent of the United States to use the land and naval forces of the United States to carry these resolutions into effect,' and
"Whereas by an act of Congress entitled ' An act to provide for temporar- ily increasing the military establishment of the United States in time of war and for other purposes.' approved AApril 22, 1898, the President is authorized, in order to raise a volunteer army, to issue his proclamation calling for volun- teers to serve in the army of the United States :
"Now, therefore, T. William McKinley. President of the United States. by virtue of the power vested in me by the constitution and the laws, and deeming sufficient occasion to exist, have thought fit to call forth, and hereby do call forth. volunteers to the aggregate number of one hundred and twenty- five thousand, in order to carry into effect the purpose of said resolution ; the same to be apportioned. as far as practicable, among the several states and territories and the District of Columbia, according to the population, and to serve two years, unless sooner discharged. The details for this object will be immediately communicated to the proper authorities through the war depart- ment.
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"In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.
"Done at the city of Washington, this 23d day of April, A. D. 1898, and in the independence of the United States the one hundred and twenty-second.
"WILLIAM MCKINLEY.
[Seal. ] "By the President : JOHN SHERMAN, "Secretary of State."
On April 1, 1898, the following was the roster of the Iowa National Guard at Newton, as comprising Company L. Second Regiment :
Henry T. Kennedy, first lieutenant : William E. McMurray, second lieu- tenant : Alva Baker, Henry M. Burnett, Harry Barber. Albert B. Bryant, Walter H. Boyd, Frank Besack, Frank H. Boat, Roland E. Benjamin, Frank H. Clements, Engene M. Errett. Charles H. Fox, Pearl G. Gibford, John W. Hendryx, Marion R. Hammer, John Hayes, Harry T. Lewis, Thomas B. Law, William H. Montgomery, Will L. Maus, Harry C. A. Miller, Harry J. Mc- Murray, Thomas F. Morrissey, George W. Ohler, A. L. Parish, James M. Richmond, Charles H. Ruberg, Arthur Reynolds, Guy H. Smith, George Selb- her, Harry A. Stallings, George W. Turner, Fred E. Wilson, I. O. Wilson, William S. Westbrook, Arthur P. Woods, William H. Wert, John C. Wert, R. A. K. Wilson, Albert F. Williams, Fred H. Wells, William M. Wyrick. Lewis E. Young.
When the troops made up from the National Guards were finally mustered into the service of the United States, those from lowa took the regimental numbers of the state, commencing where the last number left off in Civil war times. Those from Newton and Jasper county were in the regiments named below :
THE FORTY-NINTH REGIMENT.
This regiment was organized from the First Regiment of Iowa National Guards ; was ordered into Camp Mckinley. Des Moines, Iowa, by the Gov- ernor on the 25th day of April, 1898, mustered into the service of the United States by Capt. J. A. Olmstead. United States Army, at Des Moines, June 2, 1898; left Des Moines, June 11. 1898, by rail for Jacksonville. Florida ; assigned to the Third Brigade, Second Division. Seventh Army Corps ; moved to Savannah, Georgia, October 25, 1898, and to Havana, Cuba. December 19,
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1898. Companies F, C, H, K. A and I returned to the United States, April 5, 1899, for muster-out. Headquarters band and companies L. M. E. D, G, and B returned to the United States, April 9. 1899. for muster-out. The whole regiment, January 1, 1899, participated in the ceremonies attending the evac- uation of Havana by the Spaniards. The regiment was mustered out of the United States service at Savannah, Georgia, on the 13th day of May, 1899.
Those serving from Jasper county in Company L were : Amos J. Under- wood, Elliott E. Lambert (colonel), John C. Trease. Howard T. Gibford, Swain Dennis, Ezra G. Baird. Frank E. Besack, John Wert, Thomas F. Mor- risey, Burrell Owens, Fletcher H. Helm, Andrew J. Streeter, James W. Vaughn. Thomas B. Law, Herman E. Dahlgren, Ike O. Wilson, Clarence G. Errett, John McFarlane. John W. Callahan, Alexander S. Crawford, Fred H. Coleman. Thomas W. Corrigan, Homer Vasco Clutter, Frank Leroy Harsha. John A. Hayes, Horatio S. Howard, Albert L. Kennedy, Carl D. Kiser, Henry A. Mckinney, Bertram Mendenhall. William J. O'Neill, Fred L. Shrader, Arthur E. Small, Charles P. Smith, Perry E. Spencer. Jesse R. Stallings, Ed C. Stevenson, Andrew J. Streeter. James W. Vaughn, Bazil Wells, Leonard A. Wells.
FIFTY-FIRST REGIMENT.
This regiment was organized from the Third Regiment of Iowa National Guards ; was ordered into quarters at Camp Mckinley, Des Moines, Iowa, by the Governor, on the 25th day of April, 1898: mustered into service of the United States by Capt. J. A. Olmstead, United States Army, at Des Moines May 30. 1898: left Des Moines June 5. 1898, by rail for San Francisco, Cali- fornia, per telegram from war department: arrived in Camp Merritt. San Francisco, June 10. 1898: removed to Camp Merriman, Presidio, July 29, 1808: embarked on board transport "Pennsylvania," at San Francisco, No- vember 3, 1898: arrived at Honolulu November 12. 1898. arriving at Manila Bay. Philippine Island. December 7. 1898: remained on transport in Manila Bay until December 26, 1898, upon which date the regiment sailed for Iloilo, arriving at the latter place December 28. 1898; remained on board the trans- port in Iloilo Bay until January 29. 1899. upon which date they sailed for Cavite, arriving January 31. 1899: disembarked from transport February 3, 1899, and went into quarters at Cavite. The regiment participated in the oc- cupation of San Roque, February 9. 1899, and the various companies were in the following engagements of the Philippine expedition : Gaudalupe church, Quingua. East and West Pulilan, Calumpit, Santo Tomas, San Fernando, Calulut. Angeles.
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September 6, 1899. the regiment was moved to Manila preparatory to returning to the United States : sailed on transport "Senator," September 22, 1899, arriving at San Francisco, California, October 22, 1899; mustered out of service of the United States November 2. 1899, at San Francicso, Cal- ifornia.
In this regiment there were soldiers from Jasper county as follows : Fred S. Carpenter, Joseph V. House, Herbert W. Marshall.
FIFTY-SECOND REGIMENT.
This regiment was organized from the Fourth Regiment of Iowa Na- tional Guards, and was designed to go to Porto Rico, but never left this coun- try, being stationed at Chickamauga Park, Georgia, and were mustered out at Des Moines in October. 1898. Only two from Jasper county served in this regiment, Charles A. Leonard. of Mingo, and Robert H. Rose, of Van- dalia.
GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC.
The Grand Army of the Republic is composed of men who placed their lives at the disposal of their government for the preservation of the Union during the years of 1861 to 1865. They are organized to continue the frater- nal comradeship which grew out of their associations in a common cause, and the seeking of a common end-"The perpetuity of the Union." To teach coming generations by precept, as well as by example, a reverence for our flag, a love for our country, and the continuance of a "government of the people, by the people and for the people." Also to care for the needy soldiers, widows and orphans. Its motto and its practice is. "Fraternity, charity and loyalty."
Garrett Post No. 16, Department of Iowa, located at Newton, Iowa, was organized and mustered in on the 20th day of August. 1879, and was named in honor of Col. John A. Garrett, who entered the military service in the war of the Rebellion August. 1861. as captain of Company I. Tenth Iowa Infantry, and was mustered out at the close of the war as colonel of the Fortieth Iowa Infantry. Colonel Garrett died at his home in Newton, Iowa. January 23, 1877. This post now has a membership of about seventy-five Civil war soldiers and two Spanish-American soldiers.
The 1911 officers are: J. W. Donavan, commander: J. W. Longley, senior vice-commander : T. M. Rodgers, junior vice-commander : A. Dennison, quartermaster : J. R. Sitler. adjutant : J. D. Edge, officer of the day : John Potter, chaplain.
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With the return of each Memorial day the old veterans take charge of the services and decorate the graves of the one hundred and sixty soldiers now buried in the City cemetery, in a very befitting and truly touching manner.
OTHER POSTS IN JASPER COUNTY.
The Grand Army is also represented at the following points within Jas- per county : F. H. Keyes Post No. 511, at Mingo; Shellady Post No. 84. at Monroe; McGray Post No. 27, at Prairie City : Alloway Post No. 106, at Lynnville : E. D. Duncan Post No. 253. at Colfax ; General Wilson Post No. 432, at Kellogg: Garrett Post No. 16, at Newton. There was a post at Baxter, but on account of the death and removal of many of the members their charter has probably been surrendered.
Nearly if not all of the posts have had connected with them many years the helpful auxiliary of the Woman's Relief Corps.
THE PASSING OF THE "GRAND ARMY."
As the years speed by the ranks of the Grand Army posts are fast dis- banding through the inroads of death. Perhaps no more eloquent passage along this theme can be here narrated than that recently delivered by Sant Kirkpatrick to his comrades of the Hornet's Nest Brigade, at Oskaloosa. Iowa, in April. 1911, when, in closing his well-timed address to the boys who once wore the loyal blue, he remarked :
"To me, an occasion like this, in a great measure, is an hour of sorrow. a never ending day of mourning. The length and breadth and depth of the wounds and scars occasioned by that cruel war are as a poisoned arrow, the shaft of which has deeply pierced the heart of every true American citizen.
"Comrades, you and I have passed the meridian of life ; we are now going down the decline on the other side, and I feel sometimes as if all creation was greased for the occasion.
"With you and I, the morning of life has gone, somber shades of even- ing are gathering closely around about us, we have heard the reveille at sun . rise and listened to the tattoo of night, and taps. yes, taps, that once betokened the extinguishment of lights, now come reverberating back as the heralds of death.
"AAnother decade and many of us will have crossed the bar, another score of years and nearly, or quite all of us, will have answered the roll call of
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eternity, and not only the Grand Army of the Republic, but the grandest army of the world, will have passed into history.
"Already the great majority of those with whom we once touched elbows have crossed the river. Would you behold them today? If so, then come with me and draw aside as it were the veil of immortality."
CHAPTER XV.
THE BENCH AND BAR OF JASPER COUNTY.
Wherever laws are enacted, there will always be need for capable and honorable lawyers to interpret and help put into execution the enforcement of legal enactments. The day has long since passed when the honorable attorney at law is looked upon as any but a member of one of earth's most useful professions, one needed in every intelligent community. He it is who helps us apply law to daily life. Changes comes in law, and hence the more need of a lawyer to point out such changes to his client, that he may not err in transacting his business. The discoveries of the arts and sciences, the in- ventions of new contrivances for labor, and the increase of development in commerce are all new unexplored fields into which law must delve and it must needs be handled by competent lawyers who have been schooled in the science of their own peculiar profession. Hence the lawyer is a man of the day-a needful factor in advanced civilization.
It is to be regretted that no more complete record has been kept of the Jasper county bar than has been made, for it would be read with no little inter- est today, to note the many trials, and who were the combating attorneys who took part in the same, during all the years of the county's history. All that can be learned for the reader of this chapter of the county's history is found in the following. a carefully compiled statement of facts as they have been picked up, here and there, from memory and record, bringing the list of at- torneys down to the present, and trying to give a fairly comprehensive glimpse into the earlier lawyers and judges of this county and district. The publishers are indebted to Hon. W. G. Clements, who has compiled the follow- ing excellent account of the bench and bar :
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