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In December, 1889, after an absence of twenty-four years, he turned his face toward his native state, and made his home at Anderson, Indiana, which place, on the organ- ization of the One Hundred and Sixty-first Indiana, he left to accept a commission as quartermaster of the regiment. While at Anderson he was secretary and treasurer of the Anderson Iron & Bolt Company, and its receiver for two and a half years after its failure, and upon its reorganiza- tion was made secretary and manager, resigning this posi- tion in February, 1898. In 1886 Lieutenant Brunt was the Democratic nominee for congress from the Eighth
Indiana district, and made an excellent race against over- whelming odds.
Upon the organization of the regiment he was ap-
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pointed to the position of ordnance officer, which office he held in addition to his position as regimental quarter- master. On February 24, 1899, he was made acting regimental commissary officer during the illness of Lieuten- ant Freeman, and he accordingly was responsible for the work of three positions. He continued in this latter posi- tion one month.
During the months of September and October, 1898, at Camp Cuba Libre, he was acting brigade quartermaster of the First Brigade, Third Division. Quartermaster Brunt understood his place; he got for his regiment what others in a like position did, and usually a little more, and if the staff and line were in large tents as well as the men; if, in fact, the One Hundred and Sixty-first Indiana was the best tented regiment in the corps, it must be placed to his credit that it was so. He is a plain man, without boast, but what he . does he does well.
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WILLIAM E. BIEDERWOLF.
Captain William Edward Biederwolf, chaplain of the regiment, offered his resignation to the Broadway Presby- terian church, in Logansport, Indiana, that he might go to
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care for the spiritual needs of the boys of the One Hundred! and Sixty-first Indiana. He was born in the year of 1867, on September 29, at Monticello, Indiana. Graduating; 15
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from the high school of his native place, he taught school for one year, and then, in the fall of '86, entered Wabash College, Crawfordsville. After four years' work in this in- stitution, he entered Princeton University, at Princeton, New Jersey. Upon graduation here, he began his theolog - ical course in the seminary of the same place, receiving his degree in 1895. After a year's evangelistic work with Rev. B. Fay Mills, the evangelist, in April, 1896, he was married to Miss Ida Casad, of Monticello, Indiana. They went at once to Germany, where for eighteen months he enjoyed the privilege of study in New Testament Greek, as Fellow- ship scholar from Princeton Theological Seminary. After traveling to the Holy Land he returned and accepted the pastorate of the Broadway Presbyterian church, in Novem- ber, 1897. Captain Biederwolf, during his study at Prince- ton, devoted his vacations to rescue work in the slums of New York city. He is a lover of athletic sports, and was for four years a member of Princeton's athletic and gym- nastic teams, and in other ways connected with her ath -. letic interests. Chaplain Biederwolf took delight in his work and the men called him their friend.
Writing of a chaplain's work from an experimental and retrospective view point, one sees discouragements and hindrances unthought of at the initial stage of that experi- ence, and which in spite of any further recognition of the man and his work which is justly due from the highest military authority must still depend for their alleviation upon circumstances of character with which the war department has nothing to do. The efficiency of the chap- lain's work depends upon other things besides "what the chaplain makes it," which nothing but the grace of God can remedy. Some men have written that army life is a character moulder. 'Tis false-the drift, or better still the current, of army life is anti-moral and anti-religious; neither
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space ñor appropriateness of place permit any defense of this statement, but experience proves it in spite of excep- tions. The chaplain of the One Hundred and Sixty-first is not elated over his work. He is, however, on the whole proud of the morale of the regiment it was his privilege to serve; it was as good as any and better than many, due more to the make-up of the men than to anything he was permitted to do. But he knows the ministrations inthe hos- pital among the sick and the dying, the friendships with the men, the words of counsel and the utterances from the place of worship were not in vain, and that even results unseen below eternity will reveal in rich fruition.
And yet much of the chaplain's work does depend upon what he makes it and with this in mind early efforts were made to purchase a suitable tent for assembly purpose. Nearly all the towns from which the boys came donated liberally, a large 50 x 80 tent was purchased, and through help from the Christian Commission, furnished with an organ, with reading, games and writing material. At times peculiarly appropriate for letter writing, from six hundred to seven hundred letters a day were written from the tables of this tent. The first ten days in Jacksonville, nightly evan- gelistic services were held by Fred Schivera. Services were held every Sunday by the chaplain, usually morning and evening. An occasional concert given and such other meetings held as were legitimate for such a place. Elbert M. Blake, of Company K, was detailed to care for the tent and was a most valuable aid to the chaplain. After the severe storm the center piece was left out and the tent became circular with a fifty-foot diameter. At Savannah, Fred C. King, Company G, had charge of the work; in Cuba, Chas. Sheller, Company G, for one month, and John Coates, Company A, for a few weeks, when Mr. Blake was again put in charge.
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Some of the most precious moments and glorious hours were those spent by the cot side of sick in the wards of the hospital.
There was much of this to do in Jacksonville and when the regiment left for Savannah, eighty-seven men were left behind in the tents of the Third Division Hos- pital. The chaplain was granted the privilege of staying with them, and the writing of letters for them, furnishing them with such delicacies as medical authority would allow, the moments of serious conversation and the bidding them good-bye as they were helped into the hospital trains bound for the north, were experiences for which one may well be grateful and feel that his ministry was worth its while.
It was hard to sympathize with many of the men who took up their lodgings in the quarters shown in the following cut. It was all voluntary, the men didn't have to go there, that is, at a period considerably prior to their registration, but when once there resolutions were readily made that they would never go again nor recommend its accommoda- tions. These resolutions and promises, whose place if not the chaplain's to help the men to keep them, and as so many would have it that the building on opposite page and similar institutions belonged to the ecclesiastical depart- ment, its cut is appropriately and with pleasure inserted here.
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VICTOR M. BACKUS.
Lieutenant-Colonel Victor M. Backus is a born sol- dier. His grandfather was an officer on Napoleon's staff, his father was a soldier and Colonel Backus himself a hard
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Union fighter in the war of Rebellion. He therefore brought with him into the recent service a large experience of army life and this with his peculiar genius and character-
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istic earnestness made him an invaluable officer of the regiment in which he served.
He was born at Williamsburg, New York, the 27th ·day of March, 1850. When six years of age his parents came to Franklin, Indiana, and six years later moved to Indianapolis. His school education was meagre, being interrupted by the war, where he felt, young as he was, that he was needed and therefore belonged. He was only eleven years old, he waited two years and then succeeded in gaining enlistment in the Seventeenth Indiana Regiment, then a part of the Army of the Cumberland. General Wilder commanded the brigade and General Gerrard, the division. He was a brave and daring soldier and although but a boy, bore well the part of the strongest man. He fought at Dalton, Resaca, Rome, Big Shanty, Noonday ·Creek, Kennesaw Mountain, Peach Tree Creek and many other battles. In all he was actively engaged in nineteen battles and fifty-one skirmishes. It will be remembered that it was Wilder's brigade that made the famous charge against the breast works of Selma. Assault after assault had been made when Wilder hurled his men against the stubborn resistance and went over the works at a great ·cost of life, but thereby making possible the almost com- plete destruction of General Forrest's command.
At Macon, Georgia, Colonel Backus was made one of a picked detail of sixty men to effect the capture of Jeffer- son Davis, who it was learned was attempting to escape to the west. This detail came up with another within an ·exceedingly close distance from where it had captured the fallen Confederacy's president, and together they brought him back to Macon and with him another prisoner of distinction then, and of still greater fame to-day- fighting Joe Wheeler, the hero of Santiago.
At the close of the war the fifteen-year-old soldier was
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mustered out at Macon, August 12, 1865, and taken to Indianapolis for final discharge. He had reason to be proud of his record. He never missed a battle in which his regiment was engaged and from beginning to end was never once in attendance at sick call.
There was no more fighting to be done and the youth entered the Shaw Company Carriage works as an appren- tice at seven dollars per week; but in ten years after taking this position, he had by his constant diligence and earnest application acquired a one-half interest in the concern, and a few years later he had purchased Colonel Shaw's inter- est and the firm was known as V. M. Backus & Company.
In 1890 the colonel was nominated by the democratic party for county and city treasurer of the county of Marion, and the city of Indianapolis. He was elected by a hand- some majority. At the expiration of his term of office he turned his attention wholly to the business of contracting, undertaking and satisfactorily completing some of the largest and most important systems of sewerage and other works in the country.
When the war with Spain came on Victor M. Backus raised a regiment and offered it to Governor Mount two days before the president issued his first call for troops. , The members of the state militia being already sufficient in numbers to furnish the state's required quota, the colonel's regiment could not be given place. Upon the . second call for troops the One Hundred and Sixty-first Indiana was created and the position of lieutenant- colonel tendered him, which he accepted and which posi- tion he has filled with the greatest acceptability.
His experience in contracting has made him an invalu- able part of the regiment. He cheerfully assumed that which properly was the duty of others; he was always busy and always had some scheme to keep others busy.
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To him must be given much of the praise for the building and adornment of the camp. The seven-pointed cement star, the bamboo band stand, the monument and the Backus garbage burner, warranted to cremate anything from water to a stone, will always be connected with his name.
He was commander of the First Battalion, but was often in command of the regiment while Colonel Durbin commanded the brigade. He made a capable officer, and a good disciplinarian; he was not hard to approach and his easy-going manner made for him friends throughout the whole regiment.
COMPANY K.
WILFRED T. STOTT.
Captain Wilfred T. Stott, son of Dr. W. T. Stott, president of Franklin College, was born March 6, 1869, at Columbus, Indiana. He was graduated from Franklin Col- lege at the age of twenty-one and soon after became en- gaged in the newspaper business as a reporter. In this profession he continued until the outbreak of hostilities against Spain. His first work was done on the Indianapo- liş News. Later he entered the University of Chicago and took a three years literary course at that institution, sup- porting himself in the meantime by reportorial work on the Chicago Tribune. Afterward he was employed on that paper for a number of years. In 1897 he returned to his native city and purchased the Republican, a daily and weekly paper, which he published for a year.
During the stay of the regiment at Savannah, Georgia, Captain Stott was detailed as recruiting officer for the regi-
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ment and was absent in Indiana on that duty for one month. He has served in the Indiana National Guards for five years and is a son of a veteran, his father being a captain in the Civil war.
CHARLES C. SMITH.
First Lieutenant Charles C. Smith was born Decem- ber 22, 1871, at South Bethany, Indiana. He was edu- cated in the public schools of Columbus, Indiana, and soon after completing his education became engaged in the pen-
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sion business. He continued in this business until 1893, when he formed a partnership with Samuel W. Daugherty under the firm name of Daugherty & Smith, and purchased the business of his former employer, to which real estate and insurance business was added.
Lieutenant Smith has served three years in the Indiana National Guards and is the son of a soldier.
TEMPLE H. OWENS.
Second Lieutenant Temple Hubert Owens was born in Noblesville, Indiana, July 14, 1876. He was educated
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in Columbus, graduating from the high schools of that city in 1895. Since that time until entering the service he was engaged in newspaper work, being employed on the local papers of his home city, besides acting as corres- pondent for many of the metropolitan dailies. :
For three months during his service with the One
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Hundred and Sixty-first Indiana he was detailed on duty with the Tenth United States Infantry at Havana and Mantanzas, serving as lieutenant in Company F, and also as adjutant of the Second Battalion.
Lieutenant Owens also acted as adjutant of the First
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Battalion, One Hundred and Sixty-first Indiana, at Camp Cuba Libre. His father was a veteran, having served dur- ing the entire Civil war.
COMPANY HISTORY.
Company K was organized at Columbus, Indiana, April 28, 1898. At the meeting at which the organization was perfected two hundred men were enrolled.
W. T. Stott was elected captain and C. C. Smith, first lieutenant, and T. H. Owens, second lieutenant. A strenu- ous effort was made by the officers and men and citizens of Columbus to have the company ordered out on the first call for troops. Feeling confident, however, that it would later be called into service, the organization was main- tained, though a number of the members enlisted in the regular army and in the volunteer regiments already ac- cepted.
The second call for troops found the company in readiness, the armory having been converted into tempo- rary barracks and daily drills having been conducted for several weeks.
In accordance with orders from Governor Mount, the organization reported at Camp Mount July 4, 1898, after having undergone a preliminary physical examination at the home station. Company K, which designation was later given, arrived at Camp Mount with a greater number of men than any other company, there being one hundred and thirty-two in the ranks. It was also strongest in point of numbers when mustered in, July 13, 1898, entering the service with one hundred and five enlisted men.
The company was assigned to the First Battalion, and at the time of muster-out was the ranking company of that
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battalion. It has been fortunate in having a complement of good non-commissioned officers. The list of sergeants remained unchanged during the service of the company. This organization bore distinction for its many tall men and for its excellence at drill.
COMPANY K ROSTER.
WILFRED T. STOTT, Captain, Columbus, Ind., Reporter.
CHARLES C. SMITH, 1st Lieutenant, Columbus, Ind., Insur -- ance Agent.
TEMPLE H. OWENS, 2nd Lieutenant, Columbus, Ind., Re- porter.
SERGEANTS.
Thompson, William A., 1st Serg't, Columbus, Ind., Civil Engineer, promoted to 1st Serg't Nov. 3, 1898. Bray, Charles, Q. M. Serg't, Columbus, Ind., Mechanic, promoted to Serg't Nov. 3, 1898.
McGovney, Charles S., Columbus, Ind., Student.
Voris, G. Ashley, Columbus, Ind., Clerk.
Carr, Frank, Columbus, Ind., Miller.
Wynegar, Eugene, Columbus, Ind., Stenographer.
CORPORALS.
Haislup, Harry H., Columbus, Ind., Cabinetmaker. Oliphant, Wilfred H., Noblesville, Ind., Painter. Ghrist, Orlando P., Columbus, Ind., Tailor. Allison, Franklin E., Hope, Ind., Teacher. Day, Elmer C., Columbus, Ind., Mechanic.
Cobb, Edwin A., Columbus, Ind., Student, discharged Feb. 4, 1899.
Pruitt, Elmer T., Edinburg, Ind., Laborer, discharged March 13, 1899.
McCoy, Harry, Columbus, Ind., Clerk, transferred to 3rd Div. Hosp. Corps Aug. 20, 1898. 16
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Luse, Joseph L., Edinburg, Ind., Stenographer, appointed Corp. Aug. 29, 1898.
Von Willer, Adolph R., Columbus, Ind., Laborer, appointed Corp. Aug. 29, 1898.
Tobrocke, Frank A., Waymansville, Ind., Clerk, appointed Corp. Aug. 29, 1898.
Roth, Louis A., Edinburg, Ind., Laborer, appointed Corp. Sept. 26, 1898.
Pursfield, Forest, Columbus, Ind., Hostler, appointed Corp. Nov. 4, 1898.
Phillips, Joseph F., Edinburg, Ind., appointed Corp. March 24, 1899.
Beatty, William J., appointed Corp. March 24, 1899.
MUSICIANS.
Israel, Horace B., Edinburg, Ind., Laborer, appointed Mu- sician Aug. 30, 1898.
Clark, Alexander, Columbus, Ind., Student, appointed Mu- sician Aug. 30, 1898.
ARTIFICER.
King, Edwin, Columbus, Ind., Carpenter.
WAGONER.
Bruce, Herbert R., Nortonsburg, Ind., Farmer.
PRIVATES.
Abell, Samuel, Seymour, Ind., Student. Abernathy, Robert, Seymour, Ind., Laborer.
Adkins, James, Columbus, Ind., Molder. Ayers, William A., Seymour, Ind., Engineer. Barmes, Frank H., Hope, Ind., Farmer. Beabout, David, Columbus, Ind., Laborer.
Betterly, Benjamin, Seymour, Ind., Clerk, discharged Sept. 27, 1898.
Blake, Elbert M., Columbus, Ind., Student.
Branaman, Henry, Becks, Ind., Farmer.
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Bruce, Mell, Lexington, Ind., Farmer.
Brumfield, Gurtis, Columbus, Ind., Mechanic.
Burns, Samuel, Columbus, Ind., Printer. Coats, William T., Shelbyville, Ind., Student, transferred to Co. C Jan. 26, 1899.
Carr, Harry C., Hartsville, Ind., Student.
Carter, Allen, Columbus, Ind., Laborer.
Collins, Samuel, South Bethany, Ind., Farmer.
Cook, Joseph L., Columbus, Ind., Mechanic. Coy, Lora E., Pikes Peak, Ind., Farmer.
Craig, Clifford, Seymour, Ind., Laborer.
Cron, Henry, Indianapolis, Ind., Handlemaker.
Dill, James R., Columbus, Ind., Laborer.
Dillman, Harry, Bedford, Ind., Mechanic.
Dinkens, Thomas, Liberty, Ind., Laborer, discharged Jan. 30, 1899.
Dobson, James M., Columbus, Ind., Farmer.
Downs, Charles M., Edinburg, Ind., Laborer, discharged Feb. 3, 1899.
Ehlers, George C., Columbus, Ind., Brakeman.
Fawcett, Oliver, Columbus, Ind., Laborer.
Fuller, William, Columbus, Ind., Clerk.
George, John S., Scipio, Ind., Farmer.
Grove, Clarence B., Columbus, Ind., Student. Haislup, Charles A., Columbus, Ind., Laborer.
Hardesty, Sylvanus G., Nebraska, Ind., Stone Cutter.
Henderson, Edward F., Columbus, Ind., Laborer.
Henderson, Walter E., Seymour, Ind., Mechanic.
Hodler, Charles H., Ogilville, Ind., Cook, discharged Feb. 7, 1899.
Hodler, Samuel S., Columbus, Ind., Mechanic.
Huffer, Welden, Newbern, Ind., Student, discharged Jan. 13, 1899.
Jones, Percy, Hope, Ind., Farmer, transferred to Reg. Band Aug. 20, 1898.
Keethler, James, Ogilville, Ind., Laborer, transferred to 3rd Div. Hosp. Corps Aug. 20, 1898.
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Kerth, Franklin, Cincinnati, Ohio, Mechanic. Kellenberger, Bertram S., Columbus, Ind .; Clerk. Ketner, Robert E., Hartsville, Ind., Laborer. Kroencke, Henry F., Columbus, Ind., Carpenter. LaForce, David E., Bedford, Ind., Clerk. Lambert, Arthur S., Conway, Ky., Farmer. Lathrop, Lyman G., Hope, Ind., Student. Lockman, Cecil, Bedford, Ind., Laborer. Lunsford, Robert A., Indianapolis, Ind., Laborer. Manuel, Andrew, Christiansburg, Ind., Farmer.
McCallie, Ralph, Newbern, Ind., Laborer. McKee, Melvin, Columbus, Ind., Carpenter. Marlin, Temple, Hope, Ind., Farmer. Marlin, Nathaniel W., Hope, Ind., Farmer.
Myers, Jacob, Edinburg, Ind., Laborer.
Oaks, Robert F., Edinburg, Ind., Mechanic.
Payne, Charles B., Columbus, Ind., Teamster, discharged Jan. 30, 1899.
Pickens, John M., Columbus, Ind., Mechanic.
Potter, Charles, Columbus, Ind., Laborer.
Pruitt, Leslie, Edinburg, Ind., Farmer. Quick, George W., Columbus, Ind., Carpenter.
Richey, Alonzo, Indianapolis, Ind., Laborer.
Repp, John F., Columbus, Ind., Moulder.
Rich, John W. D., Columbus, Ind., Teamster, discharged Feb. 16, 1899.
Romine, John D., Ogilville, Ind., Farmer.
Rowell, Fred C., Columbus, Ind., Cabinetmaker, transferred to Hosp. Corps Aug. 20, 1898.
Seeger, John F., Columbus, Ind., Farmer.
Skinner, Elihu M., Brownstown, Ind., Farmer, discharged Feb. 4, 1899.
Stiner, Harry E., Taylorsville, Ind., Laborer.
Stuckey, Erastus, South Bethany, Ind., Farmer.
Schierff, Olif, Chicago, Ill., Clerk, discharged Feb. 15, 1899. Thomas, Charles E., Taylorsville, Ind., Farmer.
Thomas, Martin R., Taylorsville, Ind., Engineer.
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Thompson, William H., Columbus, Ind., Barber.
Turner, Joseph, Modora, Ind., Laborer.
Twaddell, Forrest, Columbus, Ind., Clerk, discharged Feb. 1, 1899.
VanArsdal, Evert, Taylorsville, Ind., Farmer.
Western, William C., Columbus, Ind., Engineer.
Yerger, John, Bedford, Ind., Barber.
Young, Hallard G., Columbus, Ind., Laborer.
Everson, Charles, Columbus, Ind., Moulder, died Dec. 2, 1898.
Carr, Victor M., Hartsville, Ind., Cook, transferred from Co. A Jan. 17, 1899.
Gifford, George H., Indianapolis, Ind., Clerk, transferred from 159th Ind., deserted March 17, 1899, at Camp Colum- bia, Cuba.
Koehne, George H., Evansville, Ind., Machinist, transferred from 159th Ind.
Miller, Isaac J., Clifford, Ind., Laborer, transferred from 159th Ind.
Swartwood, Sherman B., Columbus, Ind., Farmer, transferred from 159th Ind.
Schaufler, Charles, Evansville, Ind., Potter, transferred from 159th Ind.
Ruby, Edward T., Indianapolis, Ind., Cook, mustered as Cook Dec. 8, 1898.
Cole, Bert A., Bloomington, Ind., Civil Engineer, transferred from 159th Ind. Vol. Inf.
COMPANY M.
GEORGE A. WEST.
Captain George A. West is the oldest man among the officers of the One Hundred and Sixty-first Indiana Regiment. He was born at Lawrenceburg, Indiana, Feb-
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ruary 14, 1844, and received such education as could then be obtained in the public schools of his native town. In 1861 he went to New Orleans and remained there until the outbreak of the Civil war, when he hastened north, coming
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on the last steamer that came up the Mississippi river, and enlisted at once.
He served during the entire war, re-enlisting in the Second Indiana Battery at the expiration of his first enlist- ment.
During a greater part of his service Captain West was engaged as a scout west of the Mississippi river and while
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serving in this capacity was wounded five times. He was also wounded at the battle of Prairie Grove. Special authority from the war department was granted in order that Captain West could be commissioned in the Spanish- American war. In re-entering the service he forfeited a pension of fourteen dollars per month.
Captain West has a son, John B. West, who is no less a fighter than himself. John B. West was a bugler in the army at Santiago but asked for a gun and went on the fir- ing line and was severely wounded, being shot through both legs.
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GEORGE W. FITCH.
First Lieutenant George W. Fitch was born at Law- renceburg, Indiana, March 24, 1868. He was educated in the high school of Lawrenceburg and later was employed in his father's bank. Afterwards he held a responsible posi- tion with the Adams Express Company, and still later he was identified with the Potter, Parlin Company, of New York, as assistant secretary and treasurer for a number of years. At the opening of the Spanish-American war he was city engineer of Lawrenceburg.
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