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CIRCULARS AND ANNUAL MEETING
1885
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OHIO COMMANDERY
LOYAL LEGION OF THE UNITED STATES
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CIRCULARS, PAPERS
AND
ANNUAL MEETING
OF THE
OHIO COMMANDERY
OF THE
MILITARY ORDER
OF THE
LOYAL LEGION,
DURING THE YEAR 1885.
H. C. SHERICK,
1887
Allen County Public Library 900 Webster Street PO Box 2270 Fort Wayne, IN 46801-2270
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Military Order of the Lroyal Legion of the United States.
HEADQUARTERS COMMANDERY OF THE STATE OF OHIO.
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CIRCULAR NO. I. SERIES OF 1885. WHOLE NUMBER, 41.
CINCINNATI, Jan. 26, 1884.
A stated meeting of this Commandery will be held at the Burnet House Wednesday, February 4, 1885, at 7:30 o'clock P. M.
I. The stated business of the meeting will be the investure of Com- panions elect and ballotting for candidates for membership.
II. The following candidates for membership will be ballotted for : For the First (Ist) Class:
JAMES TUTTLE STERLING (Postponed from last Meeting),
Late Lieutenant-Colonel 103d Ohio Volunteer Infantry ; Brevet Colonel U. S. Volunteers.
REGISTER-Commissioned First Lieutenant Company B, 7th Ohio Volun- teer Infantry April 22, 1861 ; Captain Company I, July 25, 1861 ; Lieutenant- Colonel 103d O. V. I. September 1, 1862 ; resigned September, 1864; brevet- ted Colonel U. S. Volunteers 1865.
THOMAS TINSLEY HEATH (Postponed from last Meeting),
Late Colonel 5th O. V. Cavalry ; Brevet Brig .- Gen. U. S. Volunteers.
REGISTER-June, 1861, a private soldier, authorized to recruit a regiment of Cavalry ; August, 1861, promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel of Cavalry ; Aug., 1863, to Colonel of Cavalry; November, 1864, to Brevet Brigadier-General U. S. Volunteers.
ROBERT HARVEY FLEMMING (Postponed from last Meeting), Late Captain 77th Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
REGISTER-Originally enlisted as a private soldier in Co. D, 77th O. V. I., Oct. 23, 1861; appointed 2d Sergeant in front of Corinth, May 17, 1862; Ist
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Sergeant, Feb. 4, 1863 ; mustered as 2d Lieut. 77th O. V. I. May 1, 1863; Ist Lieut. and Adjutant, Dec. II, 1863 ; Captain, June 5, 1865 ; on detached duty as'Acting Asst. Adjt .- Gen. of the "Separate Brigade," Army of the Rio Grande, Aug. 21, 1865, until mustered out, March 8, 1866.
JACOB WILLIS GANO (Postponed from last Meeting),
Late First Lieutenant and Adjutant 75th O. V. I.
REGISTER-Enlisted as a private soldier in Co. A, 75th O. V. I, Sept., 1861 ; appointed Corporal Co. A, in Oct., 1861 ; promoted to Sergeant-Major of regiment, June 13, 1862 ; Ist Lieutenant and Adjutant, Feb. 9, 1863 ; honorably discharged from service Nov. 6, 1863, on account of wound, as per Special Order No. 494, War Department.
ANTHONY L. CARRICK (Postponed from last Meeting),
Late Major and Surgeon 2d East Tenneesee Regiment Volunteer Cav- alry, Medical Director 4th Cavalry Division, Army of the Cum- berland.
REGISTER-Entered U. S. service Feb. 24, 1862, as Acting Asst. Surgeon, and served as such in Field Hospital at Lebanon, Ky., and at Corinth, Miss .; Aug. 2, 1862, was assigned to duty as Assistant Surgeon 3d Kentucky Volun- teer Cavalry ; Dec. 10, 1862, commissioned Surgeon 2d East Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry ; Sept. 2, 1863, appointed Brigade Surgeon, 2d Brigade, Ist Cavalry Division, Army of the Cumberland ; August 24, 1864, appointed Medical Director 4th Cavalry Division, Army of the Cumberland, and continued on said duty up to date of muster out, Sept., 1865.
THOMAS JEFFERSON COCHRAN (Postponed from last Meeting),
Late First Lieutenant and Adjutant 77th O. V. I.
REGISTER-Enlisted in the Ist O. V. I., three months' service, at the break- ing out of the war, and mustered into service May I, 1861 ; mustered out at expiration of term of service, August 2, 1861 ; enlisted in 77th O. V. I., three years' service, Aug., 1861, and mustered Oct. 5, 1861 ; commissioned Ist Lieutenant and Adjutant Nov. 25, 1861 ; resigned Oct. 6, 1862.
HENRY BLANCHARD FREEMAN (Postponed from last Meeting),
Captain U. S. 7th Infantry; Brevet Major U. S. A.
REGISTER-Enlisted in 18th U. S. Infantry at Columbus, O., July 8, 1861 ; private and Ist Sergeant Co. B, 18th U. S. Infantry, to November 4th, 1861; appointed 2d Lieutenant 18th U. S. Infantry, Oct. 30, 1861 ; Ist Lieu- tenant, May 30, 1862; Captain, July 28, 1862 ; Adjutant Ist Battalion, 18th Infantry, from March 16, 1863, to Nov. 1, 1865 ; transferred to 27th U. S. Infantry, Sept. 21, 1866; unassigned June 14, 1869; assigned to 7th U. S. Infantry, Jan. 7, 1870 ; Brevetted Captain U. S. A., "for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Murfreesboro, Tenn.," Dec. 31, 1862; Brevetted Major U. S. A., " for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Chickamauga Ga.," Sept. 20, 1863.
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FAYETTE BROWN (Postponed from last Meeting), Late Major and Paymaster U. S. Army.
REGISTER-Appointed Paymaster U. S. Army to rank as such from the first day of June, 1861 ; commission dated August 7, 1861 ; resignation tenderd in April and accepted by the President, May 4, 1862.
COMMITTEE OF INVESTIGATION COMPANIONS :
GEORGE W. NEFF, late Brevet Brig .- Gen. U. S. Vols. (Chairman), 21 W. 3d street, Cincinnati, O.
WM. E. MERRILL, Lieut .- Col. U. S. Corps of Engineers ; Bt. Col. U.S.A. JOSEPH W. WILSHIRE, late 2d Lieut. U. S. Vols.
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EDMUND W. S. NEFF,
Late Second Lieutenant Ist Regiment Ohio Vol. Heavy Artillery.
REGISTER-Second Lieutenant Ist Regiment O. V. Heavy Artillery May, 1863 ; detached and assigned to duty as A. D. C. on staff of Brig .- Gen. Davis Tillson ; in January, 1865, appointed A. A. A. Gen. on staff of Gen. Tillson, and served with him in that capacity until resignation, June, 1865.
HISTORY OF SERVICE-On duty at Covington, Ky., until Jan., 1864, being sent on special duty to Chattanooga, Tenn., in Sept., kept there by Bragg until latter part of October; ordered to Knoxville, Tenn., and reached there Jan. 20th, remaining until Jan. 1865, Gen. Tillson being assigned to command of 4th Div., 23d Army Corps, and District of East Tenn .; had no serious fighting until Wheeler's raid in Aug. and Sept., 1864, when was steadily engaged in skirmishes, ending in engagement at Flat Creek, East Tenn., where lost five officers out of seven, and sixty out of seventy-two men ; in Jan., 1865, Gen. Tillson's command was transferred to the Department of the Cumberland, and known as the 4th Independent Division A. C., and was sent into Virginia and North Carolina to hold passes in the mountains while Gen. Stoneman made his raid; in May, 1865, was sent to Ashville, N. C., to head off Jeff Davis, and on return in June resigned, the war being ended.
Address. Arctic Ice Machine Manufacturing Co. Occupation, Manufacturer.
RECOMMENDED BY COMPANIONS :
W. D. Bingham, B. B. Peck, H. S. Sherman.
FELIX G. CROSS,
Late First Lieutenant Co. K, 84th Indiana Volunteer Infantry.
REGISTER-Enlisted as a private soldier August 22d, 1862, in Co. K, 84th Indiana Volunteer Regiment Infantry, Col. Nelson Trusler commanding, at Richmond, Ind .; appointed Orderly Sergeant, and served as such until the battle of Nashville, 1864, when was appointed and commissioned Ist Lieut., and served as such until the close of the war; served one month as Acting Commissary of Subsistence on staff of Gen. Wm. Groose.
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HISTORY OF SERVICE-September, 8, 1862, the 84th Indiana Volun- teer Infantry was assigned to the defense of Covington, Ky., and Cincinnati, then threatened by Gen. Kirby Smith ; regiment afterwards ordered to Point Pleasant, thence to Catlettsburg, and thence to Louisville, where was assigned to the Army of Kentucky, thence to Nashville ; in June, 1863, assigned to the Reserve Corps, commanded by Gen. Granger, and reached Chattanooga September 13, 1863, taking position on the left of the Army of the Cumber- land; in the battle of Chickamauga ; the 84th Indiana was attached to the First Division, commaned by Gen. J. B. Steadman, losing in the terrible en- gagement of Sept. 20th one hundred and twenty-five men ; during the Atlanta campaign which followed, was engaged in battles at Tunnel Hill, Rocky Face, Dalton, Resaca, Kingston, Pumpkin Vine Creek, Pine Mountain, Kenesaw Mountain, Neal Dow Church, Peach Tree Creek, Shoal's Creek, Jonesboro, Lovejoy's Station, and after Atlanta, at Franklin and Nashville ; participated in every battle in which regiment was engaged; after close of the war, be- came a member of the medical profession, and appointed Acting Surgeon of the National Military Hospital, located near Dayton, O.
Address, Lock Box 1395, Cincinnati, O. Occupation, Physician and Gen. Ag't Penn. Mut. Life Ins. Co.
RECOMMENDED BY COMPANIONS :
D. W. McClung,
A. W. McCormick,
A. H. Mattox.
ROBERT HUNTER,
Late Captain Co. A, 74th O. V. I.
REGISTER .- Enlisted as a private soldier in Co. D, 74th O. V. I., Oct. 15, 1861; elected Second Lieut. Co. D at its organization, and appointed to said office by Gov. Tod, Dec. 28, 1861 ; mustered, Feb. 28, 1862, at Columbus, O .; appointed Ist Lieut. Co. D, 74th O. V. I., to rank from Nov. 25, 1862, by Gov. Tod, Dec. 4, 1862, and mustered accordingly May 19, 1863, at Murfreesboro, Tenn .; appointed Adjutant 74th O. V. I., June 15, 1864 ; appointed Capt. Co. A by Gov. Brough, Nov. 10, 1864, and mustered accordingly Dec. 25, 1864, at Savannah, Ga .; mustered out of service July 10, 1865, at Louisville, Ky., by reason of the close of the war.
HISTORY OF SERVICE .- On duty at Camp Chase, O., Feb. 24 to April 20, 1862 ; reported at Nashville, Tenn., April 24, 1862 ; in movement under Gen. Dumont toward Cumberland Gap, in June, 1862 ; in blockade at Nashville, Sept. to Nov., 1862, during which time was in several skirmishes ; on reorgani- zation of the Army of the Cumberland, Dec., 1862, was assigned to 7th Brig- ade, 8th Division, 14th Army Corps; engaged in battle of Stone River, Dec. 31, 1862, and Jan. 2, 1863; in reorganization of Feb., 1863, was assigned to 3d Brigade, 2d Division, 14th Army Corps ; participated in the battles of Hoover's Gap, June 24, 1863, Dug Gap, Sept. 11, 1863, and Chickamauga, Sept. 19 and 20, 1863; in April, 1864, assigned to 3d Brigade, Ist Division, 14th Army Corps, and participated, with that command, in the following battles and campaigns :
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Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge, Nov. 23, 24 and 25 ; in Atlanta cam- paign, Buzzard Roost, Resaca, night engagement near Dallas, New Hope Church, Kenesaw Mountain, Chattahoochie River, Peach Tree Creek, Siege of Atlanta, battle of Jonesboro, "March to the Sea," Siege of Savannah, cam- paign through the Carolinas, battle of Bentonville, March 22, 1865; March to Richmond and Washington, Grand Review at Washington, May 24, 1865; and review by Gen. Sherman at Louisville, July 4, 1865.
Address, 61 W. 4th st., Cin'ti, O. Occupation, Merchant.
RECOMMENDED BY COMPANIONS :
M. F. Force, E. C. Dawes, J. B. Foraker.
ALEXIS COPE,
Late Capt. 15th O. V. I.
REGISTER .- Enlisted as a private soldier in Co. K, 17th O. V. I. (3 months' service), April 22, 1861; discharged August 16, 1861, by reason of expiration of term of service; re-enlisted in 15th O. V. I. Sept., 1861, and elected Sergeant of Co. K; promoted to Sergeant-Major of regiment March, 1863; to 2d Lieut. June 3d, 1863 ; Ist Lieut. Jan. 10, 1864; Capt. Dec. 27, 1864; final muster out of service Nov. 21, 1865, at San Antonio, Texas.
HISTORY OF SERVICE .- In campaign under Gen. Rosecrans, in "West Vir- ginia, during 3 months' service ; in three years' service, was in the Army of the Cumberland; in campaign against Nashville in winter of 1861-62, in Johnson's Brigade, McCook's Division ; in movement against Corinth, Miss .; absent on recruiting service at time of battle of Shiloh ; in campaign in Ken- tucky during Bragg's invasion, in 1862, ending with battle of Perryville; in Murfreesboro campaign and battle of Stone River, receiving a slight wound in that battle ; was absent from command, detailed at Post Adjutant, at Camp Chase, during the Chickamauga campaign ; was in Atlanta campaign and all its battles, including Jonesboro and Lovejoy; was in the Hood campaign and battles at Spring Hill, Franklin and Nashville; was in movement up the East Tennessee Valley at time of Lee's surrender ; afterwards, was in the Texas campaign, ending services at San Antonio, Texas, Nov. 21, 1865, ar- riving at home Jan. 1, 1866; served as private, Sergeant, Sergeant-Major, 2d and Ist Lieutenants and Captain, and as Adjutant of regiments, brigades and divisions, and as Inspector-General of division ; regiment was nearly the en- tire period of service in Ist Brigade, 3d Division, 4th Corps, Army of the Cum- berland, the brigade being known as Willich's. .
Address, Columbus, O, Occupation, Attorney-at-Law.
RECOMMENDED BY COMPANIONS :
Henry M. Neil, James Kilbourne, James Kilbourne Jones.
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WILLIAM S. MATHEWS,
Late Capt. 60th O. V. I., Brevet Capt. U. S. Vols.
REGISTER .- Mustered into the U. S. service, as a private soldier, Jan. 8, 1864, Co. I, 60th O. V. I .; was promoted to 5th, 3d and Ist, Sergeant ; to Ist Lieut. Dec. 30, 1864; Capt. July 25, 1865 ; commissioned Capt. of U. S. Vols., by brevet, by the President of the United States, for "conspicuous gallantry before Petersburg, Va.," April 2, 1865.
HISTORY OF SERVICE .- Served with the 2d Brigade, Ist Division, 9th Army Corps, and during the campaigns of 1864 and 1865, with regiment, participated in twenty-three engagements, terminating with and including Appomattox.
Address, Youngstown, O. Occupation, Physician.
RECOMMENDED BY COMPANIONS :
James L. Botsford, R. B. Hayes, A. H. Mattox.
THOMAS WAKEFIELD SANDERSON,
Late Col. Ioth O. V. Cavalry, Brevet Brig .- Gen. U. S. Vols.
REGISTER .- Entered the military service of the U. S. on the 12th day of Sept., 1861, as Ist Lieutenant and Adjutant“ 2d O. V. C .; Oct. 7, 1861, ap_ pointed Capt. 2d O. V. C., and mustered same date ; Jan. 15, 1863, appointed, commissioned and mustered Major Ioth O. V. C .; April 20, 1864, appointed, commissioned and mustered Lieut .- Colonel Ioth O. V. C .; Jan. 30, 1864, ap- pointed, commissioned and mustered Col. of the 10th O. V. C .; May 22, 1866, commissioned Brig .- Gen. U. S. Vols., by brevet, to rank from March 15, 1865.
HISTORY OF SERVICE .- Began an active service in the field in winter of 1861-2, in the Department of the West, under Gen. Hunter and others; joined the Army of the Cumberland at Nashville, Tenn., in Feb., 1863, and participated in all movements and battles of that army under Gens. Rose- crans and Thomas, then with Gen. Sherman to Atlanta, in 3d cavalry division, under Wilson, Stoneman and Kilpatrick, to fall of Atlanta; then with Gen Sherman in " March to the Sea," under Gen. Kilpatrick ; thence Northward, under Gen. Sherman, through the Carolinas, to the surrender of Gen. John- ston's Army ; and back to Salem, N. C., holding the country until August, 1865; mustered out August 8, 1865; participated in all cavalry engagements during said time ; was honorably discharged.
Address, Youngstown, Mahoning Co., O. Occupation, Lawyer.
RECOMMENDED BY COMPANIONS :
James L. Botsford, R. B. Hayes, A. H. Mattox.
For the Second (2d) Class. JAMES TAYLOR WRIGHT,
Eldest son of Companion Gen. Geo. B. Wright; age twenty-nine; born at Newark, O.
Address, 415 Meridian st., Indianapolis, Ind. Occupation, Lumber Merchant.
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RECOMMENDED BY COMPANIONS :
James R. Carnaham, James Kilbourne, C. C. Walcutt.
COMMITTEE OF INVESTIGATION, COMPANIONS :
W. D. BICKHAM, Late Major and Vol. A. D. C. U. S. Vols. (Chairman), Dayton, O.
J. D. PLATT, Late Lieut .- Col. U. S. Vols.
S. W. DAVIES, Late Capt. U. S. Vols.
III. Companions having objections to candidates for membership will please forward the same to the Chairman of the Committee of Investigation, or to the Recorder, as soon as possible, in order that the most complete knowl- edge may be had of every case before presentation to the Commandery.
IV. Applications for membership should be presented either at the stated meetings of the Commandery, or forwarded to the Recorder, not later than forty days previous thereto, in order to insure action thereon a the next meeting.
V. Applicants for membership, upon whom action will be taken at the business meeting on the evening of February 4th, who propose being present at that time, to be invested (if elected ), and who will attend the dinner, should notify the Recorder, so that covers may be laid for them. Recommendors of such applicants will please so notify them.
The proper blanks will be furnished on application to the Recorder.
FEBRUARY FOURTH.
The second Annual Dinner will take place Wednesday, Feb. 4th prox.
The business meeting will be held in parlor No. 12, and will commence promptly at 7 o'clock. Members elected on that evening can present them- selves for investiture immediately after election and attend the dinner, if they desire to do so; but notice of their intention to be present to be invested and to attend dinner, must be given to the Recorder at once.
PROCEEDINGS OF MEETING OF JANUARY 7th.
VI. The following proceedings of the stated meeting, held Wednesday evening, January 7, 1885, are promulgated for the information of Companions.
Commander Brevet Major-General R. B. Hayes presided.
The minutes of the last meeting, December 3d, were read by the Recorder and approved.
Prayer omitted, in absence of the Chaplain.
Roll call by unanimous consent was omitted.
Fifty-five Companions were present.
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Companions elect (Ist Class) were installed as follows : Brevet Major A. B. Burton, Captain S. W. Bard, Captain Jacob R. Stewart (Cincinnati), Cap- tain J. L. Botsford (Youngstown, Ohio).
VII. The Committee of Investigation, Brevet Brig .- Gen. Geo. W. Neff, Chairman, reported favorably upon the following applicant for membership, and the ballot being taken, Companions Gen. J. H. Bates and Capt. S.W. Bard acting as tellers, he was declared duly elected a Companion of the Order, as follows :
For the First Class:
JEREMIAH GORDON TAYLOR,
Late Captain Co. E, 7Ist O. V. I., Captain and A. D. C. U. S. Vols.
VIII. Companion Major E. C. Dawes moved that, if the Investigating Committee were ready to report upon other applicants in the circular, and de- ferred doing so in accordance with the observance of Rule No. 6, the Rule be suspended and the applicants be ballotted for.
Companion Gen. Geo. W. Neff, Chairman of the Investigating Committee, stated, as other members of the committee were not present, he would ask that the motion might not prevail. Major Dawes withdrew the resolution.
IX. Companion Major W. R. Lowe, Chairman of Committee on Music and Song Books, reported progress, he hoped, for the last time, and stated that at the next meeting, Feb. 4th, unless unexpected: obstacles interfered, the song book of the Ohio Commandery would be ready for sale and distribu- tion among its members. Companion Lowe gave a detailed account of the difficulties the Music Committee had encountered in the way of securing copy- righted songs, etc. Said they had acquired the right to some, and in regard to those where permission to publish had not been secured, had determined to go ahead and print them in the book, and if it got up a fight in the courts, as there were numerous able lawyers in the Commandery, would depend upon them to see the Commandery safely through. Several pages of proof had been submitted, and gave evidence of the work (in the hands of a Cincinnati firm) being well done. Companion Lowe asked companions to make sug- gestions of appropriate songs for the book, and read a list of the songs selected.
THE ANNUAL DINNER.
X. Companion Major James L. Foley, Chairman of Council, reported that arrangements for the second annual dinner were about completed; the price of tickets would be $6.00 per plate. Contracts for the music and decora- tions had been signed ; both would be appropriate, and the latter very hand- some ; the correspondence received indicated a large attendance,-perhaps as many as 200. Among those who would respond to regular toasts were : Bishop (chaplain), Fallows, of Chicago (Illinois) Commandery ; Companion .
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Gen. Wm. H. Gibson, Companion Gen. J. M. Scofield, U. S. A .; Companion Capt. J. A. Watrous, of Milwaukee (Wisconsin) Commandery ; Companion Major J. S. Ostrander, Companion Surgeon J. R. Weist, Companion Jas. E. Murdoch, Companion Capt. H. L. Morey and Companion Capt. J. Kent Hamilton ; in addition, would have a number of volunteer toasts ; the dinner would, it was hoped, be satisfactory to all, as a tempting bill of fare had been prepared.
RECEPTION COMMITTEE.
Companion Foley announced that the Council had appointed a Committee of Reception for the annual reunion. He spoke of the cordial reception given visiting members by the Cleveland Companions at the meeting in that city last June, citing the heartiness and warmth of feeling there and then dis- played as worthy of imitation. It was the wish of the Council, respectfully, but earnestly, expressed, that the Committee appointed on Reception would, every member of it, be at the Burnet House, headquarters of the Command- ery, early on the day of the reunion, February 4th, to extend a generous and cordial welcome to arriving Companions-see that they were properly taken care of, and then escorted to the headquarter rooms and introduced.
The following appointed Committee on Reception was announced :
COLONEL L. M. DAYTON, Chairman.
CAPT. A. C. KEMPER,
MAJOR GEORGE B. Fox,
LIEUT .- COL. S A. WHITFIELD,
GEN. J. H. BATES,
BREVET BRIG .- GEN. GEO. W. NEFF,
BREVET MAJOR FRANK B. JAMES,
BREVET LIEUT .- COL. E. C. DAWES,
CAPT. W. E. CRANE,
LIEUT. LOWE EMERSON, BREVET BRIG .- GEN. A. HICKENLOOPER,
BREVET BRIG .- GEN. ORLAND SMITH, MAJOR W. R. LOWE,
BREVET MAJOR L. M. HOSEA,
LIEUT. E. V. CHERRY,
COL. C. A. WOODRUFF, U. S. A,
MAJOR J. MORRIS BROWN, U. S. A.,
LIEUT. Jos. W. WILSHIRE,
BREVET MAJOR L. R. HAWTHORN,
BREVET BRIG .- GEN. ROB'T W. HEALY,
ENSIGN E. CORT WILLIAMS,
COL. F. L. GUENTHER, U. S. A.,
COL. THEO. Cox,
LIEUT .- COL. GEO. M. FINCH,
BREVET MAJOR FRANK J. JONES,
BREVET LIEUT .- COL. A. W. MCCORMICK, CAPT. J. V. H. LEWIS, MAJOR J. V. GUTHRIE.
Major Foley also announced that designs for a library case and a photo- graph cabinet had been adopted by the Council, and that contracts for both would be made as soon as possible. The former was greatly needed, and it was hoped that both would be completed by May.
XI. The Recorder stated that, at the request of Companion Gen. M. F. Force, the Hon. Secretary of War, Rob't T. Lincoln, had presented the Com- mandery, for its library, several volumes of the Official Records of the War. Thanks of the Commandery were given to the Hon. Secretary of War and .Gen. M. F. Force.
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It was also stated by the Recorder that the Commandery was indebted to Companion Col. E. A. Scovill, of Cleveland, for valuable and historical con- tributions to the Commandery Scrap Book. Thanks were voted Companion Scoville.
XII. Companions Capt. H. L. Morey and Gen. Rob't W. Healy stating upon honor that their badges were lost, and that advertising and searching for same had failed to find them, asked that duplicates be ordered by the Chancellor. On motion of Companion Dr. A. C. Kemper permission was given for the issuing of duplicate insignias, Companions Morey and Healy to pay actual cost of same.
XIII. The Recorder announced that Companion Gen. Rob't W. Healy, at his own request, had been transferred from New York to the Ohio Commandery.
"Resolution of Sympathy to Commander-in-Chief General Hancock."
XIV. At the instance of Companion Dr. A. C. Kemper, the Recorder was unanimously requested to transmit the following resolution to our Command- er-in-Chief, Gen. W. S. Hancock, in reference to the bereavement he has suffered since our last meeting.
"The Ohio Commandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States assures Major-General Winfield S, Hancock, U. S. A., Com- mander-in-Chief of the Order, of their sympathy with him and his esteemed wife, Mrs. Hancock, in their grief over the death of their only child, Mr. Russell Hancock."
XV. At the close of the business meeting, Companion Dr. A. C. Kemper read a very interesting paper entitled, "The Growth of an Idea," contributed by Companion Gen. W. B. Hazen, U.S.A., Chief Signal Officer, of Washington, D. C., which was followed by a paper from Companion Gen. M. F. Force, entitled, "Personal Recollections of the Vicksburg Campaign." Gen. Force's paper, one of the most pleasing of the many entertaining papers read before the Commandery, was listened to with wrapt attention and warmly applauded. A vote of thanks was extended both Gens. Hazen and Force for their valuable contributions.
XVI. The usual lunch, with singing and speeches, was enjoyed after the reading of the papers.
XVII. Among the non-resident Companions present were: Capt. J. L. Botsford, Youngstown, O .; Capt, A. P. Baldwin, Akron, O .; Col. John T. Mitchell, Urbana, O .; Capt. D. Lostutter, jr., Aurora, Ind .; Lieut. George W. Wilson, Hamilton, O .; Capt. H. L. Morey, Hamilton, O .; Capt. Justin H. Chapman, Soldiers' Home, Dayton, O.
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