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Very truly yours, JOSEPH P. JARDINE, Captain and Secretary Board of Officers.
UNION LEAGUE CLUB.
BROOKLYN, N. Y., March 24, 1895.
To the Officers of the Twenty-second Regiment, N. G. N. Y. :
GENTLEMEN :- On behalf of the Union League Club of Brooklyn, I de- sire to acknowledge the receipt of your beautiful gift, and in its name to express to you the thanks of the Club therefor.
At the next meeting of the Board of Governors it will be called to their attention, and suitable resolutions will be moved and sent you.
As this Club stands for order and the conservation of everything that protects home, society and the country at large, it owes you more than thanks for your gift. It owes you a debt of gratitude for the part you
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been done in the summer time. While they were familiar with rain, mud, hard accommodations and short rations, yet they had never had any previous experience of service in cold weather. The general opinion is that they do not desire any more of it. They accommodated themselves, however, to the situation without complaint, and with that adaptability which is an American charac- teristic. It was a strange sight to the residents of the peaceful City of Churches to see long lines of picket fires stretched along the prominent streets, each sur- rounded by a small group of blue-overcoated soldiers,
took, and the personal sacrifice you made in behalf of this city and the commonwealth to restore order and bring lawlessness to an end.
Yours very respectfully,
HERBERT S. OGDEN, Secretary.
UNION LEAGUE CLUB.
BROOKLYN, April 29, 1895.
To the Officers of the Twenty-second Regiment, N. G. N. Y. :
The Union League Club of Brooklyn desires to extend to you the thanks of the Club for your friendly gift of the bronze bear. We shall cherish it as a work of art which will appropriately adorn our club-house, as an expression of your good will toward us, as an indication of your sensi- tive and over generous appreciation of the little which we were enabled to do for your comfort, and as'a souvenir of our pleasant relations during the service of your regiment in maintaining law and order in our good city of Brooklyn.
We are of those who believe in the usefulness and efficiency of our National Guard, and who appreciate the debt of gratitude which the com- munity owes to our citizen-soldiers. This debt has been increased by the protection and safety afforded us by your presence in Brooklyn during the late disorders, and we as an organization representing a large number of citizens of Brooklyn feel that we are indebted to you and not you to us.
We send you this inadequate acknowledgment of your generous thought- fulness by direction of our Board of Governors, and by the authority of the Club at large.
Yours very sincerely, STEWART L. WOODFORD, President.
HERBERT S. OGDEN, Secretary.
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and having tin pots, containing coffee or soup, warming over them, the effect being as of a city besieged-which, in fact, was not far from being the case.
The other regiments of the two brigades were scat- tered all over Brooklyn, sleeping in the power-houses, car-sheds and other buildings which were liable to at- tack, and patroling the streets through which the vari- ous trolley lines were operated. The places in which they were stationed were absolutely unsuited for the accommodation of troops. In addition, they were cold and often wet. They were also destitute of facilities by which the men could cook their rations, and an attempt to carry cooked rations to them was here, as in Buffalo, an utter failure. The Buffalo experiences, however, had not been forgotten. The regiments, particularly those from New York, purchased their own rations and had them cooked upon the grates which they had brought. Every company had more or less of men in it who were accustomed to camp life and knew how to cook, and the men fared well-in fact, better than the Twenty- second, who, while they were under cover, yet had very limited cooking facilities.
The campaign lasted eight days-from Sunday night, January 20, to Monday night, January 28- and was com- paratively uneventful. There was a good deal of trouble in other parts of Brooklyn, but it seemed as if the strikers recognized that any attempt to disturb the peace in the territory covered by the Twenty-second would be unprofitable. At all events, they did not attempt it.
At a number of different times during the strike squads from the Twenty-second were sent to different parts of the city as a guard to the patrol wagons, which
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were used to repair the trolley wires when they were damaged by the strikers. This brought an element of excitement into the service which was very welcome, for the duty on Bergen Street, after a few days, became so uneventful as to become extremely monotonous. These patrol wagons went to all parts of the city, even as far as Maspeth. They were not, however, inter- fered with at any time, at least while they were guarded by the Twenty-second. The strikers and people upon the sidewalks scowled at the workmen, and saluted them and their escort with cries of " scabs," " tin soldiers," and similar epithets, to which the soldiers paid no attention. No other opposition was experi- enced.
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Shortly after the arrival of the New York regi- ments, a number of prominent gentlemen in Brook- lyn who were interested in the National Guard formed a Citizens' Committee, of which Gen. John B. Wood- ward (formerly adjutant-general) was chairman, and raised a fund with which they presented each soldier with a pipe and a bag of tobacco, and also sent to the different headquarters cases of arctic overshoes. and thick gloves, which were given to all those who lacked these very necessary articles for a winter campaign. The almost universal use of these arctics or rubbers gave a mysterious effect to the movements of the columns of troops which were constantly marching in different directions. Custom has associated a heavy military tramp with the movements of a body of sol- diers, so that it is hard to disconnect the two. When, therefore, one would see in the streets of Brooklyn a column of. troops approaching in the dusky light of
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the early morning or evening, appearing dimly through a fall of snow and moving without the least noise, the effect was as if they were ghosts instead of simply National Guardsmen with arctics.
It might naturally be supposed that the railroad cor- porations would have welcomed the citizen-soldiers who had left their homes to protect their property, and would have done everything in their power to make their service agreeable and pleasant. This was the case with the New York Central and the other railroads at Buffalo, and it was naturally expected that it would be repeated by the trolley roads in Brooklyn. To the great surprise of the National Guard regiments, how- ever, the treatment they received from the railroads was, as a rule, hostile and ungracious. It is more than probable that this ill-treatment sprang from the wounded self-importance of the subordinates in charge of the various car stables and car houses, who, " clothed in a little brief authority," thought their prerogatives inter- fered with by the commanders of the National Guard organizations who were stationed there. It is certain that when a complaint was made to the general officers of the railroad, the matter complained of was rectified at once. But from whatever reason it occurred, the fact is, nevertheless, that while the workmen and en- gineers were very obliging in some places, no attention whatever was usually paid by the foremen and starters to the needs or comfort of the troops who were quar- tered at their stations. In some cases coal was not furnished, and the only fires which heated the buildings where the troops slept were permitted to die down. In one instance they would have gone out entirely had it
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Edward Ulrich. Granville F. Martyn. Capt. Geo. A. Tuttle, M. D.
SURGEON AND AMBULANCE CORPS.
Edward K. Kern. Wm. H. White. Paul Wysard. Henry M. Grotta.
Maj. Bennett S. Beach, M. D.
Capt. H. Eugene Stafford.
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not been for the threat of one of the officers com- manding a detachment that if coal was not furnished he would use the cars for fire-wood. It is unnecessary to say that the coal soon arrived. In many cases where the troops slept in the cars, the subordinates in control seemed to take pleasure in shifting them around, and in other ways, too numerous to mention, making the service as disagreeable as possible to both the officers and men.
In the evenings, after the day's work was done and supper disposed of, the men of the Twenty-second lighted their pipes and sat around on the floor of the drill-room in groups, telling stories, narrating the day's adventures, and comparing notes on the Buffalo cam- paign, as contrasted with the present one. Perhaps a variety show would be improvised, with a piano bor- rowed from one of the company's rooms of the Twenty-third Regiment. Surprising talent was de- veloped in the way of speeches, songs and recitations. Games of poker, whist and the like were an unfailing source of amusement.
On the Sunday preceding the end of the campaign, the chaplain, the Rev. Dr. Dunnell, rector of All Saints Church, New York, held service in the large drill-room of the armory. Private Edward D. Jardine, of Company G, officiated as organist, and there were plenty of good voices to make up a fine choir. A special service, adapted by the chaplain to the occasion, was held. Cards of the service were distributed, and the responses were hearty and devout. The behavior of the military congregation was exemplary, and the discourse of the chaplain was appropriate, eloquent and powerful.
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One night there was an alarm of fire in the room where the commissioned officers slept. Capt. "Billy" Smith added to the many amiable characteristics which have made him popular among his brother officers a most sonorous and blood-curdling snore. On this occasion he was in fine voice, and produced a suc- cessful imitation of a steam siren. He had finally ex- hausted the patience and disturbed the repose of his brother officers to such an extent that in self-defence they had quietly picked up his cot and deposited it in the corridor without awaking its occupant. Capt. Jardine, who had assisted the "firing party," thereupon finished his pipe and retired to slumber, with the rest of . his brother officers. Previous to "turning in" he emptied his pipe into a cuspidore which was under his cot. This happened to be full of cigarette boxes, and the red-hot ashes from the pipe caused them to smoulder. Soon the smoke became so dense as to wake up all the officers, who at once sprang from their cots under the impression that the armory had been fired by the strikers. The delinquent was sternly ques- tioned by the indignant and half-suffocated surgeon as to why he had not perceived what he had done. Ile mildly pleaded that he was a little hard of hearing. " Hard of hearing ?" exclaimed the irate doctor. "Great Scott, man, where was your nose ?"
The turmoil awoke Capt. Smith, who immediately jumped out of bed and attempted to find his uniform and accoutrements. As he had gone to sleep in a room surrounded by cots, and with his clothes and sword within easy reach, he was, not unnaturally, para- lyzed when he suddenly awakened to find himself alone
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in a strange place and with everything missing, and it was some time before he was able to ascertain whether he was himself or some other person. He was per- mitted by his brother officers to restore his cot to its former position, upon his solemnly pledging himself to desist from further snoring.
On Wednesday and Thursday a detachment of 200 men was sent to Myrtle Avenue to assist in the open- ing up and running of the cars upon that street. The rest of the regiment, although reduced by this detail, patrolled the same extent of streets that it had done previously. On Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Mon- day peace was restored throughout the city to such an extent that the Twenty-second was held in the armory, it being considered wise by the brigade authorities to exhibit no more soldiers in the streets than was actually necessary to preserve the peace. On Friday each bat- talion was, by order of Col. Camp, marched out of the ar- mory and given a thorough drill in street riot tactics, upon the broad asphalt pavement of Bedford Avenue, equally for exercise, occupation and warning to the lawless.
On Saturday Company G of the First Battalion was sent on a " driving trip" in patrol wagons, to guard the linemen who were repairing the trolley wires in the northern part of Brooklyn, and the two battalions went out in the afternoon for drill. On Monday Company G was again sent out to guard the linemen repairing the trolley wires, while the Second Battalion was drilled in the morning and the First in the afternoon.
The ordering of the men out of the armory was a wise proceeding. As heretofore stated,* the experi-
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ence of the Twenty-second upon many occasions has · demonstrated that nothing is more demoralizing to a military organization than to have the men kept idle and shut up in a building.
During the stay of the regiment in Brooklyn the armory of the Twenty-third was literally besieged with the friends and relatives of the members of the . Twenty-second. It was impracticable, for military rea- sons, to admit any considerable number of visitors in- side of the armory, and as exceptions could not be made without creating invidious distinctions, the rule was enforced that no admission should be given except in the most urgent cases. The main entrance to the armory was closed by an iron portcullis, at which guards were stationed, and when anyone called to see a Twenty-second man, word was sent in to him and he interviewed his visitor through the iron grating. The general effect was that of a call upon a jailed prisoner. except that a jail would have been warm, while the entrance to the armory was bleak and freezing. Nat- urally, the crowd was of a very variegated description. It included, besides the friends and relatives of the mem- bers, many who were merely attracted by curiosity, and who exhausted every expedient to obtain admission into the armory, those being frequently the most urgent who had the least claim.
Many different expedients were invented by the men of the Twenty-second to pass away the time dur- ing the last few days, when their duty became light. A mock trial was a great success; a mock battalion drill .was even greater. The commander of this battalion drill was mounted upon the shoulders of a private
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" MUSICIANS."
Paul Joye. Jas. A. Draper.
Geo. W. Brown.
Walter B. Love. (ico. Kiermacr.
Jacob Knight. Alonzo Warde.
George E .. Love. Luc'us Bourdonnay.
John B. Cass. Chas. J. Sohl.
.John H. Raynor.
Wm. Hille.
Chas. C. Van Ronk. John Sumner.
Chas. Wannamacker Robert T. Campbell.
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soldier, and rode with great dignity. It was necessary, however, for him to change his mount four times dur- ing the drill.
About 4 o'clock on Monday afternoon the sec- ond senior captain of the Twenty-second appeared in the gallery overlooking the drill-room and waved his hand. Some one started a cry, "Something's the mat- ter," which was a slang expression then in vogue, and which was based upon a call of a recruit of the Twenty- third to his corporal of the guard. Before the cry could be taken up, as was the custom, another man saw the motion and understood it. "We're going home," he yelled, and from all the lookers-on of the Second Bat- talion came the cry :
" We're going home, We're going home, We're going home to-day."
The major of the First Battalion verified the rumor and dismissed his command at once. The armory was immediately put into a condition of cleanliness equal to what it presented previous to the regiment's ten-day encampment on its floors, the men put their equip- ments and their Merriam packs in order, the quarter- master's department packed and placed in wagons all the regimental and movable property, and in a very brief period the regiment was ready to march. As the party sent to guard the repair wagons was still absent, permission was obtained from brigade headquarters for the regiment to await its return. As soon as it arrived battalion line was formed, and then regimental line, the order to march was given, and the regiment moved out
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of the armory towards home. They did this with joy- ful hearts, for, although the campaign had not lasted for any considerable length of time, it had been suddenly sprung upon the officers and men at a season of the year when the demands of business were very pressing, giving little or no time for preparation. In addition, the weather had been extremely inclement. The strain upon the members of the regiment, for all these rea- sons, had been severe, and it was a great relief to them when it ceased.
The Kings County Elevated cars were boarded and the East River Bridge was soon reached and crossed. The march was continued through the City Hall Park, up Broadway to Franklin Street. There the Manhattan Elevated was taken to the armory, where the regiment was dismissed.
Notwithstanding the cold weather and change of diet, the health of all was excellent. This was largely owing to the experience obtained in Buffalo, and par- ticularly to the care and vigilance of the medical department.
The general feeling of the National Guardsmen who served in the Brooklyn strike was not kindly to- wards the trolley companies. While the officers and men did their duty, enforced the law and maintained order, they could not help feeling that these companies had forced their men into a strike by cutting their wages down to the starvation point, in order to declare dividends upon their watered stock. They therefore con- sidered that the railroad corporations were responsible for the losses they had sustained in leaving their business and the great expense suffered by the State and county,
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for it was clear from the outset that disorder would be the inevitable result of the companies' action. They were firmly impressed with the idea that a little tact, kindness and consideration shown towards the men by their employers (as was done by Col. Partridge of the DeKalb Avenue road) would have either entirely pre- vented the strike, or would have terminated it very shortly after its inception. They also felt that these companies had done little or nothing to make their own service easy or to reduce the hardships which they had been obliged to endure. They therefore did not feel at all amiable towards those who they considered had obliged them to make the personal and pecuniary sacrifices which their service in this strike had involved.
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CHAPTER L.
STRENGTH OF TWENTY-SECOND REGIMENT AT EACH ANNUAL INSPECTION FROM ITS ORGANIZATION TO 1895."
PRESENT.
DATE OF INSPECTION.
Field Staff.
Non
Commd.
A
B
C
{ D|
E
F
G
H
1
K
Band.
Total.
Aggregate Present Absent.
Mustered into N. G. Oct. 19, 1861. In U. S. Service, 1862.
5
5
48
vac.
54
33 65 16
79 66
43 60 36 54
vac. 59 25
70 78
33 59 26
vac. vac. 67 34 57 40
35. 23
386 616 328 629
... 611
... 53.68
In U. S. Service, 1863
8
8
59
88
64
52
58
69
42
30
...
...
Inspection-
October 28, 1863
II
8
46
55
25
59
29
43
42
27
16
23
36
429
626
68.53
31, :S64
13
8
46
74
36
54
vac.
54
53
33
vac.
36
37
444
553
80.29
26, 1865
8
9
57
IOI
68
44
52
vac.
44
44
45
vac.
40
472
668
70.65
-
22, 1866
5
IO
46
114
55
50
46
43
49
49
4I
35
40
467
706
66. 15
28, 1868
3
5
44
65
55
53
56
44
34
40
33
40
472
664
71.08
15
45
80
49
52
53
40
41
29
3I
=
45
480
600
80.00
25, 1870
7
5
5L
71
50
42
38
39
39
43
36
40
461
601
76.71
15, 1871
13
...
14
...
47
54
34
42
47
49
38
33
59
40
457
579
78.93
17, 1873
6
4
54
37
38
47
44
46
34
34
43
reported. 65
5.42
622
87.14
7
6
64
55
36
4I
32
34
38
41
4I
82
40
526
689
76.34
6, 1867
6
7
46
60
52
vac.
62
47
50
40
=
=
53
40
487
616
79.06
16, 1872
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·
.
387
503
76.94
19, 1874
9
9
67
38
27
3I
47
Inspection, Oct. 31, 1862
5
7
36
402
...
.
64
40
48
37
43
4I
47
not
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23, 1869
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Staff.
STRENGTH OF TWENTY-SECOND REGIMENT AT EACH ANNUAL INSPECTION FROM ITS ORGANIZATION TO 1895 .- Continued.
PRESENT.
DATE OF INSPECTION.
Field Staff.
Non
Comind.
A
B
C
F
G
H
I
K
. Band.
Total.
Aggregate Present Absent.
Inspection-
June 16, 1875 .
9
3
46
40
38
41
36
39
3I
37
84
66
514
79.81
16, 1876
9
...
47
59
3I
55
36
41
28
36
83
65
530
88.86
14, 1877
7
6
48
79
38
95
43
42
33
37
37
76
05
606
982
79.46
October 16, 1878
IO
9
37
89
44
78
39
49
vac.
40
43
49
60
547
6.40
85.47
May 24, 1879 .
9
9
36
83
45
80
40
55
42
47
39
44
65
594
661
89.86
20, 1880
17
33
7I
46
72
4I
51
63
4I
32
5I
64 not
582
657
88.58
October 11, 1881
14
...
32
57
38
62
53
56
50
35
29
35
mustered.
461
673
68.50
October 5, 1883
IO
IO
35
49
45
54
72
35
71
38
37
38
489
590
82.88
9, 188.4
IO
IO
36
56
42
50
94
35
43
32
29
34
471
571
82.49
7, 1885
IO
8
38
86
38
48
94
44
44
40
40
54
544
611
89.03
7, 1886 .
8
6
38
90
38
40
80
38
40
49
38
56
..
523
613
85.32
November 2, 1887 .
IO
. II
43
37
33
37
53
50
34
36
4I
43
428
525
81.52
14, 1889
10
IO
79
65
60
38
89
86
50)
44
59
49
639
669
95.5I
June 20, 1890
6
8
72
56
55
35
100
74
50
4I
59
41
597
659
90.59
April 29, 1891
9
9
70
57
60
48
IO3
48
53
74
vac.
58
589
6II
96.40
May 5, 1892
IO
43
55
67
52
94
64
46
58
38
56
..
591
661
89.26
October 23, 1893
14
8
44
58
76
62
IOI
73
58
45
46
59
47
65
6.41
693
92.50
" 10, 1895
15
IO
57
52
63
51
103
76
54
52
46
71
650
668
97.3
609
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May 2, 1894
15
IO
37
56
67
57
102
77
58
50
42
40
552
599
92.15
9
8
63
78
50
36
88
39
43
56
28
25
490
578
84.78
July 29, 1882
9
37
57
41
43
57
36
63
33
.
·
-
649
713
90.32
14, 1888
-
644 667
44 40
.
Staff.
APPENDIX I.
OFFICERS OF THE TWENTY-SECOND FROM ITS ORGANIZA- TION TO SEPTEMBER 1, 1895.
COLONELS.
Name.
James Monroe,
October 4, 1861.
Lloyd Aspinwall,
October 28, 1862.
Jas. Farley Cox, .
November 15, 1867.
Geo. B. Post,
February 8, 1869.
Wm. W. Remmey,
January 30, 1369.
Josiah Porter,
October 11, 1869.
John T. Camp,
January 18, 1886.
LIEUTENANT COLONELS.
Name.
Date of Commission.
Lloyd Aspinwall,
October 4, IS61.
J. Henderson Grant,
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November 12. 1862.
Jas. F. Cox,
Geo. B. Post,
January 12, 1866.
Wm. W. Remmey,
February 8, 1867.
Josiah Porter, Jos. T. Camp,
January 30, 1869. October 11, 1869. April 14, 1871.
John T. Camp,
December 22, 1873.
Wm. J. Harding,
February 8, 1886.
July 30, ISS8.
William Vinton King,
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April 21, 1890.
MAJORS.
Name.
Date of Commission.
Jas. F. Cox, James Otis,
.
November 12, 1862.
" IS63.
Geo. B. Post,
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November 3, 1863. January 12, 1866.
April 2, 1867.
John T. Camp, .
David S. Brown, . .
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January 30, 1369. October 11, 1869.
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Edw. M. Townsend, .
Josiah Porter,
George Alfred Miller,
Date of Commission.
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July 13, 1863.
David S. Brown, .
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MAJORS-Continued.
Wm. J. A. McGrath,
April 14, 1871.
John H. Horsfall,
February 9, 1877.
Thomas H. Cullen,
April 8, 1881.
George A. Miller,
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March 5, 1886.
William Vinton King,
November. 19, 1888
March 23, 1891.
May 15, 1893.
elected August 26, 1895.
ADJUTANTS.
Date of Commission.
October 16, 1861.
July 17, 1862
Isaac Dean,
Chas. S. Bunker,
August 3, 1866.
J. Langdon Ward,
March 15, 1867.
Wm. C. Besson,
January 30, 1869.
Wm. J. Harding,
October 11, 1869.
Pierre L. Boucher,
John Waydell,
Wm. J. Harding,
August 1, 1877.
William B. Smith, .
September £, 1886.
Stephen F. Hart,
January 12, 1891.
Harry H Treadwell,
May 25, 1893.
CAPTAINS AND ENGINEERS.
Name. Jas. Renwick, Jr.,
Henry E. Howland,
Date of Commission .. October 16, 1861. June 5, 1865.
Name.
W. B. Meeker, .
J. T. Baldwin,
Charles Lanier, .
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· March 21, 1863.
November 21, IS63. 1
COMMISSARIES.
Name.
Henri Braem,
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Wm. C. Rogers,
PAYMASTERS.
, Date of Commission. October 16, 1861.
November 12, 1862.
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Charles E. Miller,
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November 8, 1864 ..
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Robert J. Daly, .
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.
Date of Commission. October 16, ISSI. June 30, 1862. September 15, 1867.
Geo. McClure,
Franklin Bartlett, George E. B. Hart, Geo. F. Demarest,
Name. J. Henderson Grant, Wm. J. A. McGrath,
January 7, 1873. June 21, 1875.
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COMMISSARIES-Continued.
Robt. Pardow, .
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