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Clin 3 1924 030 725 158 HISTORYI OF THE- 13™ R egiment K G. S. N. Y, :(@):: eeNTAlNINS OVER FORTY ILLysTRATlONS AND MANY BI0GRAPHICA12 SKETOHES. Compiled and published under the direction of James he Mandeville, Ex-Captain, Company I. 5 »3^0S §TRAlJS- H IW The Stale's Book Dep't is easily the only complete Book Store in town. Book Dep't. 2d floor. ApraHam a- |>TRAlJ§- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. In the preparation of this history the following works have been consulted: Style's History of Brooklyn and Kings County. The Eagle of Brooklyn. Townsend's History of the Rebellion. Reports of the Adjutant-Generals of State of New York. Acknowledgments are likewise due to Gen. H. C. King, Lieut. Col. W. L. W.\tson, Major George G. Cochran, Major F. Baldwin, Major T. McElrath, B. W. Ennis, Esq., William Lane, Esq., Drum Major McIntyre, Sergeant Bruce, the Captains of the different Companies, and many other members of the Thirteenth. JAMES UE MANDEVILLE. ALL WIDTHS AND SIZES. The " Hanan " shoe is made in so many sizes and shapes that a perfect fit is certain, and duphcates always obtainable. Made of best stock, well put together, the)^ are durable, S(:5dish and comfortable. For sale at an}^ Hanan shoe store, or of our agents in all principal cities in the United States. HANAN & SON, K «sTnDF«s 207, 297 1-2, 419, 1203 Broadway, a ^lUKLO, 3gg Pulton Street, Brooklyn. Brand! Stores. — Boston, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Milwaukee, New Haven, Buffalo, Chicag-Q, St. Paul. Kenyon & Newton, -MANUFACTURERS OF- Doors, Sashes, Blinds, Mouldings, etc. CARVING AND CABINET TRIM WORK OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS. OFFICE, 528 UNION STREET. The Thirteenth Regiment. CHAPTER I. ITS ANTIQUITY AND EARLY CAREER. THE Thirteenth Regiment, N. G., S. N. Y., has had an eventful and disting-uished career. Its history as an organization dates from the first establishing of the present Militia system of the State — that of some of its integral portions is traceable back to a period upwards of a century prior to the Revolutionary War. The direct progenitor of the Thirteenth was the Regiment known at the begin- ning of the Revolutionary War as the " Sixty-Fourth; " the whole militia force of Kings Count)^ having been in 1775 embodied in a single regiment. When the war of 181 2 broke out the Sixty- fourth was under the command of Major Francis Titus, who was soon afterwards superseded b}^ Lieut. -Col. Jeremiah Johnson, a name familiar in Brookl5-n in this generation. The Brooklyn company of the regiment had as its officers : Capt., Joseph Dean ; ist. Lieut., John Spader ; 2d Lieut., Charles J. Dougherty, and Ensign, William A. Mercein. In 1814 Col. Johnson was promoted to Brigadier-General, and was assigned to the command of the Forty-fourth Brigade, to which the Sixty-fourth belonged. In the Brooklyn Evening Star of March 29, 1827, we read that: "Major-General Jonas Mapes of the 2d Division of Infantrj^^ of the Militia of the State, has resigned, and Gen. Beekman M. Van Beuren, of the 44th Brigade, has been appointed his successor. Col. Robert Nichols of the 64th Regiment has been appointed Brigadier-General of the 44th Brigade." At that time the " Brooklyn Village Guard " — which will be recognized under several different designations in the course of this condensed narrative — was at the right flank of the Sixty-fourth Regi- ment. Gen. James E. Underbill commanded the Brigade in 1837. Col. Joshua Telford commanded the Sixtj'^-fourth regiment, which had as its flank companies the Brooklyn Light Guard, formerly the Village Guard, Capt. Remsen Lefferts ; and the Nassau Guard, Capt. George Birbeck. In 1843 Harmanus B. Duryea became colonel of the Sixty-fourth, and Horace A. Sprague was captain of the Nassau Guard. 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In.Taliani, Counsel LIEUTENANT-COLONEL "\yiLLL\M L. WATSON. Established 1832. Iiitorporatetl 18S2. \ x\. ki\\\ VALENTINES -GARNISHES AND COLORS: 5? V^' ^A^S^ RECOGNI Z ED AS THE STAHDAP \V '^1 f OR QU A LI TY " fl 'I / i*""*-^ C^^/ ^-^^msa 1^4'j^T^^ *z|:_ VA^R^NT^BES MAXITFACrrKKKS OF Coach and Railway Varnishes and Colors, 57 BROADWAY, NEW YORK. Chicago. ■?■ Boston. • Paris. uniformed, and its heterogeneous composition finall)^ began to attract the attention of the Legislature. The only appointed regimental drills were the farcical perform- ances, at stated intervals, known as " Training Days," when the members of the regi- ment attended for muster, epauletted and armed as their individual tastes suggested or their wearers' means permitted. It was the custom, so far as practicable, to have a uniformed company on each flank of a regiment, but even those companies were not tiniformed alike. In 1844 the militia of Kings and Richmond Counties con- stituted the Second Division, under command of Major-Gen. Underhill. A new regiment, the 265th, had been added to the 44th Brigade, and its colonel, Gilbert Reid, was in that year made Brigade Commander. In 1846 Col. H. B. Duryea was promoted to the comm-and of the Brigade, being succeeded as colonel of the Sixty- fourth by Elisha Burbank. The flank companies of the vSixty-fourth were then the Brooklyn Light Guard, Capt. Charles H. Pearson, and the Nassau Guard, Capt. Horace A. Sprague. On May 13, 1847, the Legislature passed a bill for the reorganization of the State Militia, by consolidating and reducing the number of the brigades and regi- ments, with the intent of encouraging the formation of uniformed companies, and placing the citizen-soldiery on a more distinctively military basis than they had hitherto occupied. Under the provisions of this bill, eight companies of light infantry, riflemen, grenadiers or infantry, were to form a regiment, with two addi- tional flank companies, one of cavalry and one of artiller)^. This combination of the three arms in a regimental formation must have given rise to some singular tactical complications. Under their reconstruction the militia force of New York City was formed into a Division, consisting of the first twelve regiments. The next regiment in numerical order, and the first in the Second Division, was the Thirteenth Regiment, which then had its birth — its organization dating from July 5, 1847. The membership, so far as practicable, was made up from that of the old Sixty-fourth, whose career from the period prior to the war of 181 2 has been briefly sketched above, and forms an interesting link of connection between the Thirteenth of to-day and the era of the Revohitionary War. The 265th became the Fourteenth Regiment. The original composition of the Thirteenth was as follows : Col., Abel Smith; Lieut. -Col., Edwin Beers; Major, John A. Gans. Right Flank Compan)', Light Artillery, Brooklyn City Guard, Capt. J. N. Olney; A, Pearson Light Guard, Capt. J. J. Dillon; B, Washington Horse Guard, Capt. J. McLeer; C, Brooklvn Light Guard, Capt. Chas. Morrison; D, Williamsburgh Light Artillery, Capt. Lewis; E, Williamsburgh Light Artillery, Capt. Hanford; F, Oregon Guard, Capt. Walsh; G, Washington Guard, rifles, Capt. Eiseman; H, Jefiferson Guard, Capt. Willys. The dress and accoutrement of the several companies of the Thirteenth at the time of its organization, were as diverse as their designations. It is recorded some- what vaguely that the " City Guard " wore red coats, and the " Brooklyn Light Guard " white coats, while Company C wore the old " Continental " imiform. That company, later on, was commanded b}^ Capt. Burnett, father-in-law of Gen. 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CAPITAL, $250,000.00 RESERVED FOR RE-INSURANCE, UNPAID LOSSES, Etc., - 629,877.63 NET SURPLUS, 597.389.89 $1,477,25752 ASSETS. Henl E.-est call for MOOltB'S. THe PIL.CRI7VY •••• J^L •^ STET^TVY L-MUNDRY. KV a/'e ai'T/nr/ Ihe ''' Th'ii U milt lifffuno)! '■ 'o umkf. Kj Armonj htauitful and asl th<. 7/iefnher.s to repay vs. and at the iaiiu time benefit theinselves, bii tetfhig '<>■• havp Iht-i) iiu>rk. A nostal nr telephone <'ar wii receive <'signers itinl ^Idnitfurt n i-trs ^^]lt^tf.~>,V^^^^(r^\U^\l!.Ji>t^ Artistic Metal Mantels, Flower Vases, Medallions, Placques, Electro- Plating, Bower-Barff Work. in- -?ii- i^ "/i'f -71^ -}ii- ($atalo(^u(^s ai^d Estimates furr^isl^ed 09 j^pplieatioQ. S. ^Morgan; E, City Cadets, Capt. B. G. Edmonds. Left Flank Company, Bethon Rifles, Capt. Charles Bethon. About 400 men were then on the muster rolls. The regiment made its first parade in its new uniform at the celebration in New York of the completion of the Atlantic Cable, in August, 1858, and its first in Brooklyn at the celebration of the introduction of water into this citj', on the 27th of April, 1859. Col. Abel Smith still commanded, with Robert B. Clark as Lieutenant-Colonel and Elbert Willetts, as Major. The lacking companjr, " D," was organized in October, 1859, at a meeting called for the purpose at the Union Hotel, in Brooklyn. Its first officers were Capt. Harry Balston; ist Lieut., Strang; 2d Lieut., Valentine, and 3d Lieut., Oswald. In April, 1 860,, Companies B and C were consolidated, retaining the last named lette/r. Capt. Horace A. Sprague, of whom mention has been made as commanding in 1846 the " Nassau Guard," one of the flank companies of the old Sixty-fourth Regiment, was in command of Company A, of the Fourteenth Regiment — famous then as the " crack " drill company of Brooklj-n. Desirous of re-establishing his relationship with his former organization, he succeeded in effecting a transfer of the company from the Fourteenth Regiment to the Thirteenth, and the old " Nassau Guard " resuscitated as the " National Guard," became Company B, of the Thirteenth Regiment. Some interesting historical facts relative to the several companies of the regiment will be presented further on. True to the spirit of the Regimental Motto : " Pro Patria Armamns" the Thir- teenth has throughout its career displayed patriotic alacrity in responding to the calls of the civil authorities for its protective assistance. Its services have been frequently brought into requisition for the suppression of riotous demonstrations in Brooklyn and throughout the State. While j-etthe " Sixt3--fourth " it was on duty at the Atlantic Dock riot in 1846. The Thirteen'ih was one of the regiments called ovit several times in 1854, to assist in quelling the disturbance caused by a fanatic calling himself the " Angel Gabriel," who preached in the streets of Brooklyn, and by his personal denunciations provoked a serious riot. During the exciting times imme- diately preceding the outbreak of the Rebellion, the Thirteenth was several times assembled secretly to assist the police in case of necessity. It rendered effective service in April, 1 861, in what was afterwards derisively called " The Navy Yard Scare," though there is little reason to doiibt that had not Major Powell promptlj' called into requisition the police and military forces of the city, the governmen': property at the Navy Yard, where there was a garrison of only eighty men, would have suffered at the hands of the rebel S3rmpathizers who were plotting for it; destruction. STAFF fiFFICERS OF THE Til IL'TEEXTIl I:i;( i IM EX'I STAFF OFFICERS OF THE THIRTEENTH KEUJMEN John ^V/. Moran, vSucccssor to I. A\ . L<: H. C. Moran, DEALER IN '^ )\|ortl7 t I^iuer t Blu<^ t 5toi7<^, ^ r lagging, - '^illv-,, - I^inlels, - Coping, - Steps, = Etc, VAULT ROOFS AND DOORS' CUT TO ORDER AND ALL KINDS OF CE:\[ETKRY AVoRK. RU3BED MANTfcLS, SILLS AND LINTELS, HEARTHS. TH.E, ETC. HAniLTON AVENar. Gof. I IkH. S^ -- BROOKLYN. TELEPHONE 1045. Residence, 5' Third Placs. Box 107 Mechanics' and Traders' Exchange, Fulton St. ^-^.,\' S^//2S//1®hee|^ CHAPTER 11. THE THIRTEENTH IX THE AVAR OF THE REBELLION. THE Thirteenth Regiment was among the earliest if not actually the first of the New York regiments to offer its services in response to President Lincoln's call for 75,000 three-months' volunteers. In fact, the Thirteenth's patriotic impulse anticipated the call. Fort Sumter fell on Saturda}^, April 13, 1861. On Sunday, April 14th, the members of the Thirteenth held ameeting and by a unanimous vote, tendered their services to the President and telegraphed the offer to Washington. On Monday, April 15th, President Lincoln issued his proclamation calling for the three-months' volunteers. The services of the Thirteenth were accepted, but a week elapsed before the necessar}- orders could be obtained from Albany permitting the departure of the regiment. On April 23d, the Thirteenth, 486 strong, after crossing the Fulton ferry, sailed from Pier 4, N. R., on the steamer Marion, for Annapolis. The inarch through the streets of Brooklyn and down Fulton street to the ferry was attended with the wildest excitement. Might}' shoxits went up from the multitudes that filled the streets, and door-steps and windows on their line of march, and from the Armory to the ferry thousands of voices united in making one grand continuous round of encouragement and cheer. Ensign William B. Brownell was a protid man that day as he strode along carrying the national colors — the identical flag which he carried agan thirty years afterward when the regiment celebrated the anniversary of its departure for the war in April, 1891. When it became known that the Thirteenth's services had been accepted by the Government volunteers poured in from all sides, many of whom however being wholly unequipped were unable to set out with the regiment. Among others the old " Victory " Company of Firemen from Williamsburgh, led b}' their chief, Thomas H. Dakin, thereafter to be known as Company H, were in the column that left Brooklyn on that memorable day, wearing the red shirt uniforms of the old vokmteer fire department, because there was not time for them to procure the gray uniforms of the regi- ment they had just joined. The Fire Department of Brooklyn turned out in force along the line of march. As the ferryboat Atlantic left the slip with the regi- ment an artillery company, F of the Seventieth Regiment, fired a national salute, the band played " Auld Lang Syne," flags and streamers waved by thousand from the shore, cheer upon cheer went up from the river front, steamboat, tug and factory whistles adding to the din of the parting salute. It was a marked day in the history of Brooklyn. It is to-day a triumphant epoch in the history of the Thirteenth. Not I, nor 2, nor 3, nor 4, "6: Highest Awards at ttie World's Columbian Eiposition CHICAGO, 1893. nor 5---But 6" Brass Bedsteads, Iron B)edsteads, Metallic Crihs, Children's Metallic Toy Fnrniture, Etc. -m Metallic Wash Stands, Enameled Steel Hospital Ecjuipmrnts, Operating and Bedside Tables, Woven Wire Springs. Doc- tors' Instrument Closets, Etc. -t No. 315. This beautiful wiiite cuaiueleii and liandsoinely brass triiunind bedstead, $-21,C0. ti\'(: years f^uarantee. 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M. to 3 P. M. Saturdays from 10 A. M. to 13 M., and MONDAY Evenings from .5 to 7 o'clock. PRESIDENT— BitTAN II. Sjuth. \ Edward ]). White. I IlKNin" K. Sheldon. CASHIER FEi.rx E. Fi.andrkau. comptroller— CnARLEs C. Pctnam, VICE-PRESIDENTS- TRUSTEES. Amount due Depositors, July 1, 1894, $18,311,017.94 Amount of Surplus at Par, $1,123,032.07. Edward 1). White, Bryan I-I. smith. Henry K, Sheldon, ,\b'ni" B. Baylis, Wm. (t. Low. Richard L. Edwards, Edward H. Kidder. Franklin K, Taylor, (.'rovvell Iladden, Edward (Joridwin, C. T. chrislenscn. ■Tonathan Bulklcy, Lyman R. Greene. .\le,\aiider Forman, Kd'w H, Litchfield, Frank Lynijin. I']dwin F. Knowlton. Henry E. Pierreiiont, David (t. Let^u'et, Willis I,. Ofriien. ■lohn K. Ilalsted. William A. Read. I'ourtlandt P, Dixon, Daniel F. Lewis. Willi,am V. 1(. Smith, Hiram V. \ . Braman. ADJUTANT PENNEY AND NON-f i iMMISSIONED STAFF. TiaiJTKKNTII KEGIMKNT. STATE CAMP. 1894. T K->^^i](?>^-« HE HEATING am. VENTILATING APPARATUS erected in oUl and new i3T[i Rkoimknt Armories, was constructed b}- E). RUTZLKR, •i'l. ^'«. ■>:<(- ^/t^ ^1? ViS^ Jieeting and Ventileting Engineer, ITS CENTRE STReeT, NEW YQRE.. Estimates Furnished. ♦ i QJ -J^^"—^ U-T<5 — 5 ♦ By some strange and unfortunate fatality the lecords of the Adjutant-General's Offiee, at Albany, do not contain a roster of the Thirteenth durini^ its service under the United States authority in 1861, and efforts recently made on behalf of this piiblication to obtain a complete list of the rank and file of the regiment at that time from the War Departmmt at Washington have proven futile. Attainable records however show the following officers to have belonged to the command that sailed from New York on April 23, i86i-. Colonel, Abel Smith; Lieut.-Col., Robert P. Clark; Major, Willetts; 2d A'lajor, J. Muinbeg; Paymaster, Boyd; Commis- sar}% Henry Strong; Chaplain, Rev. Mr. Lee; Surgeon, Chase; Asst. Surgeon, Allingham; Adjutant, Johnson. Company A, Capt., John Sullivan, Lieut., Mead; B, Capt., Horace Sprague, Lieuts., Jos. W. Hawes, William ^NIcKee; C, Capt., Morgan; Lieut., Dodge; D, Capt., Bolsden, Lieuts., Strang and Bennett; E, Capt., Jones, Lieut. Richards; F, Capt., Stone; G, Capt., Thorn, Lieuts., Woodward and Johnson; Colonel's Secretary, Frank A. Brockway; Sergt. -Major, J. H. Rosenquest; Quarter-, Master-Sergt., Oliver E. Vail; Sergt. of the Guard, Charles H. Carpenter; Right Genl. Guide, Sherman; Left Genl. Guide, Nash: Engineer Corps, 1st Sergt., Briggs; 2d Segt., Irwin. The regiment was transported on the Marion to Annapolis, and was mustered into the service for the term of three months, during which it performed arduous duties at that point and at Baltimore. The remainder of the CQramand was soon after despatched from Brooklyn, raising the total strength to 1,044 ofticers and enlisted men. As is stated in the brief notice given elsewhere of the Einginecr Corps of the regi- ment, the Thirteenth has the credit of building, and then running with a crew selected from its own ranks, the first railroad ever owned by the National Govern- ment — a road from the warehouses and depot at Annapolis to the wharves. Detachments were constantly sent into the surrounding countrv, discovering and bringing in rebel stores and inunitions. On May i8th the Thirtei.x re, supported by the Eighth Regiment, recaptured a lightship, that had been stolen by the Con- federates. On June loth a secret expedition composed of three companies of the Thirteenth and headed by Col. Abel Smith captured a battery of six brass cannon, taking five prisoners. The casualties attendant upon this inovement are not recorded and the presumption is that the surprise of the enemy was complete, and not attended with bloodshed. In like manner we find that on June 12, 1S61, j\Iajor J. S. Morgan of the Thirteenth Regiment, Brooklyn, with 160 men, captured 500 stand of arms from the enemy," but no further details of the occurrence are given. The Maryland State elections drawing nigh, and an outbreak being appre- hended in Baltimore, the Thirteenth was ordered from Annapolis to that cit)-, where the conduct of the coinmand so won iipon the people, and especiall}^ the ladies of Baltimore, that they presented the regiment with a beautiful flag which is a cherished souvenir kept with jealous solicitude in the Council Chainber of the Board of Officers. On July 23, 1861, Major-Gen. John A. Dix assumed command at Balti- more. The Thirteenth were becoming restive at being held back from the Capital, where they fancied their services were most urgently required Gen. Dix, after BROOKLYN. CHICAGO. REIB'S IGC GRCAn -IX IS XME BEST- 858 Fulton Street, Brooklyn. ••• ••• Telephone, 344 Bedford. Lliur-che-s, Fair-s, Fcstix-a's arjd hntcrt-airjnjonts 'Proirjpjtlv '^Dupplied. 500 Jefferson Avenue. Corner Sumner. F=IRST CL-KSS GaFE and RESTAaRANT. Steak,^, Ghops and Rarebits, W. H. BUSH, Proprietor. LOUIS B. PRAHAR, MAnvfacti'iiek of r ancy ^letal (aoods IN Brass, Copper, Sterling Silver, Aluminum, &c. 124-130 Pearl Street, * Brooklyn, N. Y. TELErnoNE No. 1195 Bkooki.yn. E. H. ITJEN G0AL ^t^ w ^'r^ ^ -AND- VOOD. WlIAl.'F AND YARD, Union St., and Gowanus (\anal, T.upho,..- vjs. BROOKLYN. A. KORBER, Arctiitect, Decorator^ AND Farnlsher, FACTORY AND WAREROOMS: 29 and 31 Db Kilb Ave., Bear Pulton St, SAMUEL W. CORNELL, 121 Court Street, DEALtR IM BUILDERS' HARDWARE, TOOLS, CONTRACTORS' and R. R. SUPPLIES. Telephone No. 6t)5. Brooklyn. 38 COLONEL DAVID E. AUSTEN AND STAFF, STATE CAMP, 1892. CHE'Kr ADAMS' PEPSIN TXJTTI FRXJTTI. IT AIDS DIGESTION. (^ir Plat [■ ]I53 G. G — \ll-Open Porci.lairi-Liiv.l R,)ll-Him Bath. 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Clark tendered the regiment to Major-Gen. Dix for a term of three months. The following letter was received in reply, embodying a gratifying allusion to the General's appreciation of the conduct ■of the Thirteenth while under his command the previous 3-ear: Baltimore, February 25, 1862. ]\Iy Dear Colonel, — Will you return to the officers of the Thirteenth Regi- ment, N. G., S. M., my sincere thanks for their unanimous vote tendering the service of the regiment to guard any posts under iny command for three months, or longer if it be deemed necessary. I should be much gratified to accept their services if it were in my power, but I have no authority in the matter. I shall never forget that on a critical occasion here, when the term of service of your regiment had expired, and officers and men had resolved to return home, they decided with great unanimity, after a strong appeal from me, to remain in the field, and did so until it was con- venient for me to to relieve them. With m}- good wishes for the regiment, and all connected with it, I am very truly yours, John A. Dix. The tender of the regiment's service was however subsequently accepted by the Government; and in May, 1862, the Thirteenth, 708 strong, went again to the front for another term of three months' service. Its commander was Col. Robert B. Clark. The regiment was placed on duty in Virginia, in the Dismal Swamp region, the headquarters being in Suffolk. Its services were, as on the previous campaign, so efficiently rendered that it was retained in the field for a. fortnight after the expi- ration of the three months for which it had been mustered into the Government's service. The following roster of the officers who accompanied the Thirteenth in its campaign of 1862 is a transcript from the Muster-in Roll: iluster-in Roll of Field and Staff Officers of the Thirteenth Regiment (Artillery) of New York State Militia, commanded by Colonel Robert B. Clark, calted into service of the United States by the President thereof, from the 28th day of May, 1863 (the date on which the regiment left New York), for the term of three months, unless sooner discharged. Robert B. Clarlv, Colonel. John B. Woodward, Lieutenant Colonel. John N. Manly, Jr., Sergeant Major. Samuel K. Boyd, Major. Edward E. Lombard, Quartermaster Sergeant. Charles T. Chase, Surgeon. Benjamin H. Lawrence, Commissary Sergeant. William N. McNary, Engineer. Frank A. Murphy, Standard Color lieai'er. Dudley C. Hannes, Chaplain. Frank J. Quintan, Standard Color Bpa.rer. William Augustus MoKee, Adjutant. Francis Denike, Drum Major. Joseph H. Mumby, Quartprnmster. Thomas T. Dodge, Hospital Steward. Robert Ormiston, Jr., Assistant Surgeon. 35 AM Plumbing, Gas ^ Steam Fitting, LOW ESTIMATES GIVEN ON ALL WORK. .Tobhhif/ jtroinjtffi/ nllcndcil to . IIARTER. Pres't, gEST D UYERS guY P ROOKLYN D ISCUIT Tralesale and iretuil lit-aler^ in BROOKLYN. 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G. Thorne, R. V. W., Jr., Captain Fuller, William L. , First Lieutenant. Abbott, Josiah H., Second Lieutenant. Badger, Brackett H., Second Lieutenant, Jr. I. George A. De Le Ree, Captain. D. Ira Baker, First Lieutenant. Francis Coleman, Second Lieutenant. Henry Heath, Captain. William S. Clirehugh, First Lieutenant Harry H. Beadle, Second Lieutenant. William. Barnett, Second Lieutenant, Junior. H. Dakin, Thomas S., Captain Bach, James B., First Lieutenant. Van Cleef, John T., Second Lieutenant. Bergh, S.amuel N., Second Lieutenant, Junior. K. Ward, Rodney C, Captain. Powell, Willoughby, First Lieutenant. Lau, Jacob Henry. Second Lieutenant. Robert S Jones, Jr., Second Lieutenant, Junior. Bergen, John L., Second Lieutenant, Junior. I certif)' on honor that this ;\Iuster Roll exhibits the true state of the Field and Staff and the Non-Commissioned Staff of the Thirteenth Regiment, . National- Guard Artiller}', New York, for the period herein mentioned ; that each man answered to his own proper name in person, and that the remarks set opposite the name of each officer and soldier are accurate and just. (Signed.) Robert B. Ci.ark, Colonel. June i6, 1862. Commanding Regiment. Station, vSuft'olk, Va. I certify on honor that I have carefully examined the men whose names are borne on this Roll, their horses and equipments, and have accepted them into the service of the United States for the term of three months unless sooner discharged, from the 28th day of Maj^, 1862. (Signed.) Geo. Nauman, Lieut.-Col., ist Artillery. Date, June 16, 1862. . Mustering Officer, Station, Suffolk, Va. flassau pire l95ura9e(^ Qompai^y, ^ OK BT?OOK:LYr<. J^ .30 COUBT SrHEET, JlliOOKLTX. ^.M ■I THE OLDEST COMPANY IH BROOKLYH. Insures against Fire^Houses, Pnrniture, Merchandise and risks of all descriptions at Reasonable Rates, Thos. M. Harris, Sec. AV>I. T. 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J.,U, ^M/^ .^V?^ ^H. 5SI ILiLaMINATlNS CeMPANY, ^V^tSS 'i!t> BRO0KLYN. # The Thirteenth had a third term of field service in 1C63, when on Jutie i8th it was hurried to the front in Pennsylvania just before the Gettysburg Campaign, in which it participated with great credit, being re-called, however, to assist in quelling the fierce Draft Riots which broke out in New York on July 13, 1863. The regiment was on this occasion only thirty days in the service, though it had offered itself for ninety days. The following were the officers of the Thirteenth in this final cam- paign : Col. John B. Woodward ; Lieut.-Col. and Major, vacant ; Adjt. William Augustus McKee ; Surg. R. Ormiston, Jr. ; Q. M. Joseph B. Leggett ; Co. A, Capt. Mead, Lieut. Copeland ; Co. B, Capt. Baldwin, Lieuts. Dean and Lane ; Co. C, Capt. Dodge, Lieut. Felt ; Co. D, Capt. Balsdon, Lieuts. Strang and Chase ; Co. E, Capt. Briggs, Lieut. Richards ; Co. F, Capt. Heath, Lieuts. Clirehugh, Beadle and Barnett ; Co. G, Capt. Thome, Lieuts. Kissam and Hunter ; Co. H, Capt. Dakin, Lieuts. Bach and Van Cleef ; Co. I, Capt. Baker, Lieut. Jones ; Co. K, Capt. Powell, Lieut. Law. I')* BROOKLYN LKiHT GUARD. COMPANY ('. THIRTEENTH REOtMENT, m47 ^ WILLIAM S. W l;li;llT. .lAMKS S. \\ 1;UIIIT. ^ WILLIAM S. WRIGHT & SON CARPEMXERS AND BUIl-DEFJS AND GE/MERaL CO/\TRaCTOR§S 758 to 764 Fulton Street, <'(nrn-r <'](i-|(on Avt-ime OFFICE, 431 CARLTON AVENUE, BROOKLVN, TELEPHONE No. IT 2(». I'-Jepairing in all its Hr-.- mclje-s "Pr-oiij] itiy Atterjdeti U>. %^ 44 CLAKKXC'E 1). MACKENZIE, m -n o c m O Z H 3 m n: ri o 3 H c/) O -n o o r < CLARENCE D. MACKENZIE. CLOSE to the flag-pole on the soldiers' plot in Greenwood Cemetery is a handsome monument dedicated to the memory of Clarence D. Mackenzie, a drummer Ido)- of the Thirteenth Regiment, after whom, also. Post No. 399, of the G. A. R., is named. He was but twelve years old when he met his death in Annapolis. He entered Company D on July 9, i860, when he was eleven years old. His first parade was at the reception of the Prince of Wales. Young as he was he felt the stir of events as the citizen soldiers began to prepare for their country's call, and busy as he was this little drummer insisted upon going to the front, when in April, 1861, the call for the Thirteenth came. He knew that it was his duty to go where his colors went, and he would accept no suggestion to the contrary. Clarence's brother, William A. Mackenzie, was a member of Company D, and joined the regiment at Annapolis. He and Clarence, on the afternoon of June 11, 1861, went over to Com- pany B's quarters, and McCormick, in order to prepare for dress parade, which was about to take place, asked the boy to "put him through his manual of arms," at the same time procuring a musket from an adjoining closet. Taking up his position about fifteen feet from McCormick, young Mackenzie, priding himself on his knowl- edge of the manual, gave his orders like a captain, u.ntil he came to " Charge bayo- nets !" In response, McCormick hurriedly pointed the weapon toward the floor, when the piece was discharged, and Clarence fell, mortally wounded. The musket was loaded, but McCormick did not know it. The bullet struck the floor, bounded to the wall, and rebounded, striking the boy in the back and passing entirely through his body. When the surgeon pronotmced the wound fatal the drummer boy said : " Oh, my dear God, I hope you will forgive McCormick." His thoughts turned to his mother. " Oh, what will she do ?" he moaned. The captain whispered between his sobs: " Clarence, you must commend your soul to God." He breathed his last prayer asking to be received into the arms of Jesus, and so died, "the first life- offering from Kings County in the War of the Rebellion." The whole regiment was in mourning. Tears fell like rain as the men filed by his coffin next day to take a last look at the drummer boy. Every man felt the child's death to be a personal loss. Captain Balsdon and a detachment from Company D escorted the body to Brooklyn. The whole regiment followed the coffin to the cars, and the "Dead March " never sounded so solemn. Several efforts were made to erect a monument over the grave of the drummer boy, but it was not until Drum Major Mclntyre took hold of the movement that it succeeded. Mclntyre was also a drummer boy in the Thirteenth attached to Company G, the Brooklyn City Guards. After the war he went into the Forty-seventh Regiment, but returned to his " first love " in 1881. It was then he began agitating the erection of a^memorial to the little drummer boy. He was aided by the drum and bugle corps, and b)' their exertions they succeeded in obtaining sufficient money. 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Gray, of the Sixth Fusiliers; ;Major Redpath, of the Victoria Rifles ; Lieut. Davis, of the Engineers ; Capt. Robert, Sixty-fifth Rifles ; Capt. McArthur, of the Cavalry, and Capt. Forbes, of the Garrison Artillery. From this time forward the Thirteenth was in the hands of those gentlemen — and right royal entertainment did it receive. After receiving an ovation at vSt. John's, Montreal was reached at 4:10 p. m., but at the outskirts of the city the train v^^as switched off to the Lachine wharf, where the troops were welcomed by a large part}' of citizens who were waiting to invite the visitors to take a ride down the famous Rapids on the steamer Filgate. In the party was Chaplain Bc-echer, who had gone on in advance of the regiment. ~SIt. Beecher was carefulh:- attired, the white plume in his chapeau being freshly curled, and his golden epaulettes — which he then wore for the first time — glittering in the sunshine. On one side of his plush hat he wore a velvet and gold cross cockade, his coat was buttoned straight up the front, the handle of his sword was brilliantly polished, and his boots were adorned with gilt spurs. Here, too, Mrs. Col. Austen and her two daughters and Chaplain Newland ^laynard, of the Forty- seventh Regiment, joined the excursionists. The sail down the Lachine Rapids was exciting and interesting, and after passing under the famous Victoria Bridge the steamer headed for the wharf. The streets of Montreal were crowded as far as- the sight could reach, and the steamers and shipping in the harbor were decked with bunting. The guard of honor was drawn up in line on the wharf. It consisted of a squad of the Montreal Cavalrj' and two companies each of the Foot Artillery, Prince of Wales, Victorias and Sixth Fusiliers, with the bands of the two last named regi- ments. On the pier to receive the guests were the Maj^or, the City Clerk and Alder- men and a large concourse of military inen, civilians and ladies. On landing in Montreal the Thirteenth was formed in line facing the Canadian soldiers, both bodies presenting arms while the Thirteenth's band played " God Save the Queen," the Canadian band having previouslj' played " Hail Columbia." At this point Mayor Rivard, attended by the City Council, stepped forward and presented to the Thirteenth a magnificent silken flag, bearing in beautiful and elaborate embroidery, on one side, the Dominion colors and on the other the Stars and Stripes. Mayor Rivard's remarks in making the presentation were as follows: " Col. Austen — Your visit to our city to assist in celebrating the birthday of our beloved Sovereign evinces on your part the most cordial and friendly feeling, and as your regiment fitly represents the intelligence and the feeling that exists throughout the United States, we welcome you with the most hearty good will on this your peaceful inva.sion. We trust that the effect of your visit may be to cement yet more firmly the hearts of 3'our people and ours. As a memento of j'our visit it is my pleasing duty to present to 3'ou, on behalf of our citizens, this flag, which has been prepared by the ladies of the officers of the Prince of Wales Rifles, our oldest volunteer rifles. On your return home we trust that this happy blending of the Stars and Stripes with the flag of our Dominion may be regarded by j^our people as evidence of the friendly feeling that exists in the hearts of the Canadians toward your great nation " 56 Fulton (vlunicipal Gas Compaay, General Office NO. 44 COURT STRKET. 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For whatever the flags of other nations express, ours stand for the expression of the literature of liberty and religion, of humanity and progress. May our flags never be fotmd against each other in war. May they ever go together, but never against each other. We shall place it in the most prominent place in our Armory, and when in the future we shall be favored with a visit from you, we trust to be able to show that your flag has never been dis- honored." Col. Austen then handed the flag to Capt. Dillont, commanding the Color Com- pany, amid tremendous cheers. The march was then taken up, to the Victoria Rink, which had been assigned for use as barracks for the Thirteenth during its visit in Montreal. The reception throughout the route was most enthusiastic, the streets being gay with flags and the doorsteps and windows crowded with spectators. The Rink was found to be admirably fitted up for the regiment's accommodation. On its expansive floor were five hundred beds, with spring mattresses, &c., and every possible convenience was provided. The command was given full liberty until nine the following morning, and a hearty dinner provided by Mr. Southgate, the propri- etor of the Windsor Hotel, was then partaken of, forming not the least enjoj^able of the day's exercises. Immediately after the dismissal of the regiment the band proceeded with all haste to the Academy of Music to fulfill an engagement to give a concert. A large audience which had waited patiently over half an hour beyond the advertised time gave the band a cordial welcome, and received all its selections with hearty applause. A medley of English, Scotch and Irish airs created great enthtisiasm, the audience standing during the performance of "God Save the Queen." Mr. Werenrath sang several pieces to a piano accompaniment by Major King, and Company B's Glee Club also contributed infine style to the evening's entertainment. Miss Clara Fisher was the ladj'' soloist. The field and staff of the Thirteenth, and the Veterans, were quartered at the Windsor Hotel, where likewise the Marquis of Lome and the Princess Louise had apartments. The hotel presented a brilliant scene that evening. The utmost courtesy was shown to the visitors and nothing was left tmdone that could conduce to their entertainment. On the following morning, May 24, beneath a cloudless sky, Montreal turned out bright and earlj^ to celebrate the birthday of Queen Victoria. The Thirteenth ESTEY WIRE WORKS, 65 Fulton St., New York, VL'^ire <$lott7, U/ire F{aili[}(^s. -FACTORY 810 to 816 ATLANTIC AVE., BROOKLYN. TELEPHONE, 1579 CORTLANDT. WALLACE, ELLIOTT & CO. - :M A N L" FACr UR ERS OF - Boots, Shoes and Slippers, liw & 120 DuANE St., New Yokk. Fai'tories at Rochester, N. IL, Farmint^ton, N. II., Stouj.'-l.tMn, Ma>-s., Haverhill Mass., Poiij^hkeepsie, N, Y. J. A. GEORGE & CO. (Columbia fT\aQ\)\T)e U/orl^s, M A N 1." 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TEl.El'lIllNE, lOJII P,Ri>CKLYN 68 by nine o'clock were ready for the grand parade. They formed on Dorchester street, in the rear of the Hotel Windsor. Hundreds of citizens lined the sidewalks to witness and admire the formation of the troops. From the windows of their apart- ments in the Windsor the vice regal part)^ viewed the regiment. The command saluted them by presenting arms. In an hour they were ready to move, and headed by the red-coated band they inarched up toward Fletcher's field, the scene of the di.spla^-. As they filed past the crowds cheered heartily, and before the grotmds were reached they had received a perfect ovation. By the time they had formed on the lower part of the field the Canadian forces began to traverse the green to the positions assigned them. The Dominion forces presented an imposing appearance. Their tmiforms of gay and varied colors were made all the more effective by the fine ph}''sique of the men. There were gigantic grenadiers, in red coats and enormous bear-skin hats ; fusileers in Highland costume ; riflemen with uniforms of black and chasseur caps ; foot guards in dark blue, and engineers with formidable helmets and more formidable axes. Dragoons, booted and spurred, clattered by on big, sturdy horses, gaily caparisoned. The artillery, with brilliantly polished cannon, rumbled over the turf with steeds at a canter. All the troops wore an abundance of gold lace which flashed in the reflection shot from their gleaming scabbards and bayonets. The infantry were all armed with the Henr5r-Martini rifle, the regulation arm of the British service. The Canadian forces participating in the maneuvers of the day were the Montreal and Ottawa troops of Cavalry, Montreal Artillery Brigade, B Battery of Quebec, Montreal Field Batter)', Shefford Battery and Ottawa Battery, Engineer companies, Governor General's Foot Guards, Fifth and Sixth Fusileers, Eighth Royal Rifles, Prince of Wales Rifles, Victoria Rifles, Queen's Own Rifles, fSixty-flfth Rifles, St. Jean Baptiste Infantry Company and Royal Military Academy Cadets. With the Thirteenth, which turned out over 500 strong, there were about 4,000 men in the field. By noon they had formed in a position forming three sides of an enormous hollow square, facing inward. The Thirteenth occu- pied a place in the centre of the line. The standard bearers bore, between the National ensign and the National Guard banner, the magnificent flag presented to the command by the ladies of Montreal, for whom it was manufactured by the de- voted gray nuns of Hochalaga. The Brooklyn troops were carefully watched by the people, who hj this time had come out in multitudes to see the show. Every point of observation was closely crowded. Several thousand men and women climbed the mountain side and stationed themselves upon the terraced knolls and jutting points of rock in the upper part of the park. Others thronged the housetops overlooking the field and many thotisands looked on from behind the lines formed by the Mon- treal police and Her Majesty's naval reserve. The noon hour boomed from the towers of Notre Dame as the Governor-General of Canada and the Princess Louise rode into the park, escorted by a detachment of dragoons, and attended by a brilliantly uniformed staff. The Marquis was in civilian dress, and sat upon his steed like a perfect horseman. The Princess was dressed in a long, flowing costume of black. Her face was covered by a light veil. 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TelppliMiir. ■Itro.iklyri ID'.lf," 60 a magnificent bay thoroughbred, managing him with ease and faultless grace ;N*^'«:i^'-^^'^;.^^}i*] choice of their Chief Magistrate, so that a term of four years, or eight years at most, is the measure of the service of our rulers. Four years is not long enough to learn how, but another four years brings with it wisdom and a knowledge of the people's wants. Mr. Hayes came to the Presidency at a time of peculiar embarrassment, but what President in the last twenty years has not been embarrassed ? Surely, Bu- chanan was, but of him history sa5^s nothing, because there is nothing to be said. When President Lincoln was elected to the chief magistracy the country was on the verge of the worst civil war the world ever knew. His first effort was to prevent it, but it burst on him like a Southern tornado and the whole nation, along the front of loo miles, was wrapped in the flames of civil strife. After the war ended in the sur- render of Lee it seemed that President Lincoln was to have one term free from dis- tracting care. It pleased God to give him the crown of :nartyrdom, and he has gone from a world of trouble to his reward. Mr. Johnson, who succeeded him, was a man of most honest intentions, but he was too obstinate and did not know enough to change front on the battlefield. He went out of office more welcome than he came in. [Laughter.] After that the choice of the people was Gen. Grant. [Cheers.] Gen. Grant has been called a man of luck. I think he was. He was lucky in his father and mother, lucky in the bod}' and mind they gave him. More than that, he had the good luck to succeed. For the first two years we were surprised in the number of victories gained by the Southern Confederacy who were willing to sacrifice everything for what was right. We were but learning the art of war, and if we overcame them it was not because our men were any better than theirs, but because in the North we had that indomitable spirit which in free workingmen it is impossible to conquer. [Applause.] For eight years Gen. Grant administered the Government in a manner that showed he had good luck. Now he has good luck abroad and has been received as no American was ever received in Europe before. No man has ever carried with him so much admiration in a circumnavigation of the globe. If it could be expressed in words it would encircle the earth with a polyglot chain. He is coming back to our Western horizon. [Cheers.] Whether he will rise again no one can tell. After Grant, President Hayes was called to the chair. He represented men who believed that every vestige of the war should be removed, that the industries of the South should be revived and maintained, and that every element of coercion should be withdrawn. His task of peace was not easy. The President has had no bed of down. He has lain in a bed of thorns, btit with great patience and gentleness and gentlemanliness, and bids fair to come out in the judg- ment of the people second to no President in the last score of years. The Govern- ment of the United States desires to express and does express good will to all nations. We are not destitute of the capacity for war, but we are not a warlike people. We know that industry builds up the common people, and our Government desires no vain conquest which would extend our territory. We want no more wealth in our mines. We want our people to cultivate peacefully the valleys we have. On our southern border is Mexico, but we do not desire her territory. The only territory our people want is your territory, gentlemen. [Laughter and applause.] Why ? Mathew Dean. Pres. James L, Jensen, Treas. John Hills. Vice-Pres. J. N. Bissell. Sec'y and Mt,'r. 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[Laughter.] The Fenians tried to take it and pocket it, but they failed. It may be said of the Thirteenth that it is the first regiment that ever conquered Canada. [Applause.] But our weapons of war- fare are not carnal. We brought our hearts and you accepted them. We are men who earn our living by the honest sweat of our brows. We come actuated by the generous sentiments of good neighborhood. We said Canada is destined to live as a separate kingdom for a thousand )''ears. [Applause.] She is better to us as a rela- tion than as a subject. It is far better for her to be between us and the north than for us to be jammed into the North Pole itself. [Laughter.] Your institutions are kindred with our own. What have we in America that we don't owe to dear old England. [Cheers.] First, ourselves, then our literature, our jurisprudence and that progressive element that revolutionizes ignorance to inculcate intelligence. When, after one hundred years, we disagreed with our father and mother they un- dertook to whip us. Then this spirit died out as our interests, which were reciprocal, overcame our prejudices. It happened that France opened hospitable arms to our ambassadors. For that service there will always be in our bosoms a generous feeling of gratitude. It would be an unfortunate day that would harm the nation that in our death throes gave midwives' help to us. We honor France, but, gentlemen, blood is stronger than water. [Cheers.] In spite of all, our hearts go out to our motherland. It is only self conceit to say that we originated laws that made our institutions. God made the seed and we planted it on a larger field. These are the sentiments of the great State of New York which lies contiguous to your territory, and of all our people. The heart of our people turns to the English nation. We desire to disturb no nation by combinations. When great interests of humanity are imperilled may the flags of Great Britain and America float side by side in the smoke of battle for the right. [Cheers.] We wish to be thought worthy of doing equal honor to the Queen with the Queen's own. I wish to express great gratification at the presence of the Governor-General, whose father and mother I personally know, revere and honor, and that he represents here the most noble empress that sits upon the throne in any land. [Cheers.] It is necessary that in every free government there should be jealousy and not watchfulness touching the throne, but in our land we look upon her not as a liberal or radical, but as a noble specimen of womanhood. May her life be doubled in length with such goodness as to draw to her the sympathy of her own sex and of all our people. Not in England itself is there more ardent admiration entertained than by our people for Victoria, by the grace of God Queen of England and Empress of India. [Cheers.] I hope that in the course of events we may be able to play the host and welcome several regiments of Canada to Brooklyn. May we be able to say they were entertained as well as have been the Thirteenth. [Cheers.] WHAT THE MARQUIS SAID. The Marquis of Lome, in responding to the toast of "The Governor-General," said Mr. Beecher had earned the gratitude of every British resident in Canada. He complimented the troops for their maneuvers during the review and said to the 69 THE PIANO IS THE MUSICAL CHARM OF OUR SOCIAL LIFE." — Lancaster. t t t ^ t t t 1230 Beuforu Av„ J Near Fulton St., t 1 t t t t t ^^PIANOS^l^ ORGANS-e^' S gj S tKn^ BROOKLYN, N. Y, t t ; t I t t J-ubUKhfir, <,,iinitini our w-hTProoms. :^p{41S space _1|. beon pciid fop b- M Hi i *.■ 1 1 c of- 1>- r^^ <_;iriK[i t- , who Jt.>cs ,Jot :,dvcl ti.sc. Mb. SYI.VESTEK RilSS. ALEX, C. SNYDER. ROSS S SNYDER. Lumber md timber Thicd Aveiiue and IJoioa Street, rjSLj^riioxn, urooki.vx 1)4. BROOKLYN, N. Y. R. S. SECKERSON, STAIR =:= BUILDKR, Sackett Street, bet. 3d and 4th Aves., CABINET WORK, PANELED WAINSCOTING BROOKLVN, N. V. Teleiihoiie Call, Ifil.'i. 70 representatives of the Thirteenth: I thank you sincerely for coming so far to cele- brate the Queen's birthday. I regard it as an indubitable proof of your kindly feeling towards Her ^Majesty. You paid an unmistakable conipliment in allowing your band to play our National anthem while bearing your own colors. America has given us a helping hand to-day and I think if occasion arises she will stand by us. [Cheers.] COLONEI, .AUSTEN's REMARKS. Col. Austen, in responding to the toast, " The Brooklyn regiment," spoke as follows: The Brooklyn Thirteenth is proud of its welcome in Montreal. The story of our visit will be recorded on the brightest pages of our regiment's history. Your courtesies are more than appreciated by the regiment and the State of New York, from which we come. The Thirteenth is one of the oldest organizations of the Empire State. On every occasion it has promptly responded to calls by the State and National Governments, and I feel we are not altogether unworth)^ representatives of the National Guard. You m.ay be assured not many months will roll by before the invitation will be extended to some of your regiments to visit the United States. If we can offer j'^ou a reception equal to the hearty greeting you have given us we shall feel abundantly satisfied. May the friendly relations of to-day be continued through all the years to come. [Cheers.] Several other toasts were responded to by Canadian gentlemen, songs were sung and the officers and their guests parted at midnight with mutual expressions of good will. On the following day, Sunday, Maj^ 25th, about two hundred members of the Thir- teenth, escorted b)^ Col. A. A. Stevenson, with the Montreal Field Battery, without music, proceeded to St. James' street M. E. Church which was packed with civilians and soldiers. Mr. Beecher preached from the 13th verse of the 13th chapter of the First Corinthians: "Now abideth faith, hope, charity; these three, and the greatest of these is charity." Those of the regiment who did not attend church wandered about the city examining the quaint structures of the old town and the magnificent buildings of the more modern portion of the cit}'. ^Nlount Royal Park was crowded with carriages containing members of the command, who drove up its winding roadways to enjoy the grand view from the summit, whence every part of Montreal, a long stretch of the St. Lawrence and a large tract of surrounding country were visible. In the afternoon Princess Louise invited Col. Austen and the members of his family to her apartments in the Windsor. The Colonel, his wife and children were received with the utmost cordiality. The Princess expressed her pleasure that an American regiment had visited the Dominion, and expressed a hope that friend- ship would continue between two peoples who were so closely bound together by common ties of language and thought. She hoped that an American regiment would visit Canada every year to take part in celebrating the birthday of her Majesty the Queen. The interview lasted about half an hour. The Montreal visit was ended. At six that evening the Thirteenth, amid enthu- siastic demonstrations by the people of Montreal left the city where it had been so S. ROEBUCK, Patentee and Manufacturer of W IRE :: QCREENS In all Woods for Doors and Windows. MOSQUITO CANOPIES AND FIXTURES FOR BEDS. 172 Fulton Street, New York. Telkptione Call, ("'outland 215. {m^vi\ wtabie.Sj BETWEEN Putnam and Jefferson Avenues. COAef^ES, CeUPES, LAJMOAUS AjV-D \'*!CT-OpIAS, Telephone 67 Bedford. 1177-1183 f?edford Avenue. 1J.A.S. C3-. "w^iLSOisT, ""vr„frr„rer. 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Here the Thirteenth disembarked and marched to Bishop's Park, being received by the Second Regiment, Connecticut National Guard, under command of Colonel Lucius Barbour. The troops marched down Main street, past the City Hall, where they were reviewed by Mayor vSumner and the members of the Common Council. The regiments then returned to Bishop's Park and formed in line. An immense throng of spectators witnessed the evolutions of the troops. Governor Andrews rode into the park in a carriage drawn by four prancing steeds. The troops were reviewed in line by the Governor, and they then had a dress parade in line of masses before Brig.-Gen. Smith. After the parade they moved to the West Park where arms were stacked. The soldiers then dined in the rink, 1,100 men participating in the collation. The Thirteenth, after the collation, went to the train. At 5.27 p. M., the special train rolled into the Grand Central depot where the Ninth Regiment of New York, Col. Ryder, and the Ringgold Horse Guards of Brooklyn, Capt. Mohrwan, were in waiting to escort the Thirteenth through the City of New York. The passage through the city was attended by a continuous roar of applause from the crowds that thronged the sidewalks and stoops. The Wall street ferry was crossed, and the Twenty-third Regiment, Col. Rodney Ward, escorted the Thirteenth in its march through Brooklyn, from Montague street to the Armory. Brooklyn has seldom witnessed such a scene of enthusiasm as attended the return of the Thirteenth Regiment that May evening. It seemed as though the whole population of Brooklyn was out to greet them; the streets on the route were decorated with bunting, in which British flags were frequently exhibited ; the streets were radiant with colored fires, and the entire march resembled a triumphant procession. At precisely nine o'clock the head of the column entered the Armory, and a few minutes later, after listening to some brief words of commendation from Col. Austen and Chaplain Beecher, the companies were dismissed, and the delightful ^lontreal excursion had become a matter of history. How it is treated historically is indicated by the mention made of it by the Dominion officials in the reports they subsequently rendered. For example, in the Ottawa Official Gazette of May 31, 1879, the following paragraphs appear: " The Lieutenant-General conveys to the officers and men composing the various corps of all arms, assembled to celebrate the Queen's Birthday in Montreal, the entire approbation of the Governor-General of their admirable soldier-like appearance and general efficiency.' The following reference to the Thirteenth Regiment is made : " The attendance of an American battalion, the Thirteenth, Brooklyn, was an agreeable incident in the celebration that will not soon be forgotten. The arrival of this magnificent regiment to fall into line with Canadian troops and to unite their tribute of honor to our gracious Queen with them will long be remembered among the events of that day." JOHN W. MASURY & SON, -Manufacturers- PAINTS AND ■Mi. •as- VARNISHES, NEW YORK ... and CHICAGO. 0_( Take cars — OF THE — SteinWay Railway AT 34tli STREET & ASTORIA FERRIES, FOR ALL POINTS IN Long Island City. Try Them AH, Every Tom, Dick and Harry's Buckwheat. THEN TRY In like manner the Canadian Minister of Militia and Defence in his Annual Report issued in 1880, states that in the year 1879 two grand military reviews were held, one at Montreal, on the 24th of May, in which 3,200 took part, and the other on the 9th of September, at Tdronto, when 3,000 troops were on parade. The report thus refers to the visit of the Thirteenth Regiment on the former occasion: "At the first (at Montreal) the Brooklyn Battalion of New York National Guards fell into line and fired a feu de joie with our troops. They afterwards took part in arid formed an important factor in the review and field day. This magnificent regiment, the fii'st Afnerican battalion, as I informed them, that had been under the orders of a British general officer for full one hundred years, acquitted themselves with the credit their soldier-like appearance inspired. Their visit was in every respect a happy success, pleasantly stamped in the memory of all who par- ticipated." This necessarily conden-sed iiaffative of the Thirteenth Regiment's trip to Montreal could not probably be more fittingly closed than with the following synopsis of the journey and its incidents, rendered into verse by one of the wits of the command: THE RHYME OP THE THERTEENTri REGIMENT. HOW THE BROOKLYN BOYS DID THE PAIR THING BY MRS. VICTORIA GUELPH, AND CONQUERED KANUCKDOM. It was the Thirteenth Regiment, That went to Canaday, To celebrate the birthday of Good Queen Victoriay. By honoring' England's Queen we sought To also celebrate The honor and the glory of The good old Empire State. II. Our Chaplain's name was Beeoher, A typical Brooklyn man, Who shouldered his blade, and marched in parade, And gallantly led the van ; And when it came to speaking, The regiment passed a law That Beecher should be, and only he, The mighty man of .jaw. So when he rode his charger, This chieftain of the tongue, Our Chaplain's banner over us. Was "Go it while your young!" 75 James Healy, fmporljjr and ffijialfsr in ©i loods, ^_ 755 BROADWAY. Cor. Flushing Avenue. BROOKLYN. k., ffik. All departments are now replete witli large stocks of fresh goods for the Fall, the newest and most fashionable designs and styles of the season. Prices astonishingly low, our pur- chases being arranged with the advantage of the new tariff laws. r-G^ ^ ^■^Sra c- MPI:IMEN¥.S C'F 1 he UoW & Columbia Stores GUSTAA'E A. JAHN. WILLIAM J. GRIFFITHS. GuSTaVE el. JfeVH/N & Co, p-©^^g:^./^^<^- ^u6ar^,^4ola^§e§,Kice,$5Yrupg ^®>'SaA/^<^hS ?fei? 98 \^^all Street, /\eW york, AND LAKE CHARLES, LA. Agents Lake Charles Rice Milling Co. of Louisiana. - _ _ . . Proprieiors Atlantic Rice Mills, Brooklyn. We bade our wives and sweethearts A long and fond adieu, And said farewell to Brooklyn streets, And stores and counters, too; For when we might return again No man among- us knew. The fearful British lion Lay stretched across our path. And might arise, with angry eyes. And tail erect in wrath; But naug'ht we cared for lions, As forth we went to war. With olive branches piled so high, They filled a baggage car. With fruit of maize and of the vine We hoped to charm our foes. To soothe that lion's jealous soul. And titillate his nose. We took with us a full supply Of pleasant Brooklyn weather. For Brooklyn daj'S and Brooklj'u boys Go merrily together ; And when on schemes of conquest bent, Far northward we might go. And capture Greenland's glacial clime. With all its ice and snow. We curbed our wild ambition well. Or might have been to-day Pursuing polar bears beyond The mouth of Baffin's Bay. Or might inscribe our deathless names With penknives on the Hole, Or hold the fearful pass that leads Through Captain Symmes' s Hole. New York we took by a bold assault, Connecticut's flank we turned, But found a foe in fair Vermont That soldier never spurned. When that most friendly foe of ours Had softened us with millf. We fell a prey to bright blue eyes And hair as soft as silk. On front and flank attacked at once, By glances soft and tender. No strategy remained to us But simple, sweet surrender. Fain would we all have lingered long. Nor ever sought release, Nor begged to be exchanged, nor hoped For future days of peace. Our Colonel thus dissolved the charm : "Rouse ye, ray merry men! Remember Brooklyn girls will wait To welcome you again!" 77 ~,^~~ jffi«t,i,^ ■A/^/& /txadf*^ ever been invenleii t > mi 1 "v 1 1 tl s t P Ol tl 1 ) mpl 11 at p 11 be pciat even a child. Tlip siii<>s work entirplv idi-p.>ridp|it (.f eaoli otliPi-, I \>\ V\\.\^{\\\z niiP side ;t sin- !'■ Im'H 1- ulpt;L.ined, and hv nisjii- |„,th sides a fLidsiz.'d '■d IS tjie residi. It (.-an be made up with llip bed clothes on, tlieti ilosed and covered witii the dr'apery 1o he u-ed as a .■ouidi llirou-h the .lay, and , , r., , T-i 11 I - c ^^''d be I'eadv foi' use as a \\% hIso ealTy ill stork a T'UU Line <,f ,„.,, .^^ nJt^^l.t, simply bv re- r;irh>r. cliambeT" and Diniiiff Jiuoiii Kurni- iii,,vinp: ihe dra|.er\ "and 'lire. Wliite Enamel and lirasg Be.ls. raisin- tlie sides. Fi-Hiur Only. Complete Coueli. Matti'ass ami Bedding at Prices that Defj" Competitinii. JOHN WOOD & CO., 609 Fulton St., Opp. Flatbush Ave. When homeward bound, we quickly took Connecticut by storm ; The welcome and the dinnner there Were hospitably warm, And back to big New York we came In capital racing form; Escorted well, supported well. With plumes and banners gay -And crowds to see, we gallantly Paraded down Broadway. When we had crossed the river, here Was Brooklyn all ablaze, -And fairest hands to crown our brows, Were holding wreaths of bays. We thought, as then we gazed upon The lovely faces there, How truly said the poet that The brave deserve the fair! To gallant men, returning from The gory field of " wah," How fit it is that eyes so bright Should flash a feu de joie. We who the British lion foiled. And captured the Kanucks, Surrendered at discretion to That dear brigade of ducks. Then to the Armory we moved, And quickly grounded arms, Glad to be home and safe at last From war and war's alarms, ■Our Chaplain made a little speech. Assisted by his horse ; "Our colonel gave some good advice, And we went home, of course. 81 ^^^ x^ ,jS^\i I^ VJXl^ 1J Fr^ C. N .a^.i.p^^ ■^^t^ Pr-iencl of the 1 3tl] jAeomient, fxl«^^^^ 'O r^ ^/V-^/Z/:: /^8V C'F ^t'^ e\ >4- CHAPTER IV. THE THIRTEENTH AT YORKTOWN. ON OCTOBER IS, 1881, the Thirteenth left Brooklyn to participate in the Centennial Anniversary of the surrender of Lord Cornwallis, at Yorktown, Virginia. The Regiment had signified its intention to be present at the ceremonies, two years previously, and a cordial invitation was tendered to it b}' the First Regiment Virginia Infantr}', of Richmond, followed by a visit to Brooklyn of Col. John B. Purcell, its commander, to emphasize the invitation. The Thirteenth offered its services as a guard of honor to Governor Cornell and Staff at the Yorktown cere- monies, and the offer was accepted by the Adjutant-General of the State, but when at the next ensuing session of the Legislature a bill was passed appropriating money to defraj' the expenses of the trip. Governor Cornell vetoed it, and cancelled his acceptance of the escort. In the meantime other States had made liberal appropria- tions to insure their adequate representation at the anniversary and the Thirteenth characteristically determined to pay its own expenses, the estimated sum being in the neighborhood of $20,000. A portion of this amount was raised through a Fair held at the Armory, and the balance was made up by personal contribution. Per- mission was sought and promptly received from Governor Cornell for the Regiment to leave the State, as well as from the Governors of the intervening States for it to pass through their territory. The Adjutant-General of Virginia, on behalf of the Governor, wrote a cordial letter to Col. Austen in which he not onl)' accorded per- mission to the Thirteenth to enter the State, armed and equipped, but he begged it to remain there as long as it might be agreeable, assuring the Regiment that it would be warmly welcomed to Virginia by her authorities, her soldiers and her citizens. The trip was in every respect successful. The Thirteenth was received in Washington by the Light Infantry Corps, Col. William G. Moore. President Arthur and Postmaster-General James secured for the members of the Regiment the freedom of the public buildings during their stay at the National Capital. At Richmond the Thirteenth were the gnestsof the First Virginia Regiment and were the recipients of distinguished courtesies from that organization during the subsequent four days' ceremonies at Yorktown, which included the laying of the comer stone of the Cen- tennial Monument, an Address by President Arthur, a Military Review, participated in by militia from every State in the Union, and a Naval Review of all classes of vessels in the United States Navy. H. A. GRAEFS SON, IMJoRTER OF Wines, &c. 58 Court Street, Near City Hall, Brooklyn. Sol^ Affrnt for Ihr t'nit<'Iew York. (^ F': hAfeS>™ pvIE,N'^'^ -id- Cj'ood \\ isl bijes. |j?'> 84 THE THIRTEENTH REVIEWED BY GENERAL U. S. GRANT. A NOTEWORTHY incident in the history of the Thirteenth was its review- by Gen. U. S. Grant, followed by a reception to the hero of Appo- mattox, which took place in January, 1881. Gen. Grant had been entertained earlier in the evening- at an informal dinner at the residence of Col. Austen, No. 681 Sackett street. The only ladies present were the hostess and her two daughters. Among the guests were Major-Gen. H. W. Slocum, who commanded a wing of Gen. Sherman's army in the famous "March to the Sea; " Brig.-Gen. A. C. Barnes of the Governor's Staff ; Brig.-Gen. C. T. Christensen, commanding the Fifth Brigade, N. Y., N. G.; State Treasurer N. D. Wedell ; Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, Chaplain of the Thirteenth; Col. Horatio C. King;- Col. M. Chauncey; Major Wing; Captains Randolph Scrymser, Smith and Ackerman; Lieut. Wernberg; John A. Nichols, Lorin Palmer, Augustus Maverick, Amos F. Learned, Bernard Peters and others. Gens, Molineux and Jordan sent letters of regret. A surhptuous banquet was served in the Colonel's spacious parlors. When the ladies retired after the dessert, Cpl. Austen rose and said that it was not designed to offer any toasts or call for speeches, but he would so far infringe upon his purpose by offering a toast to the health of General Grant. The toast was drunk standing, and Gen. Grant responded without rising by simply expressing his thanks for the compliment paid him. As it was then time to repair to the review the carriages were called and the whole party proceeded to the Armory in Hanson Place and Flatbush avenvie. A large crowd of invited guests were in attendance early in the evening. The Armory was elaborately decorated with flags and banners. Facing the reviewing stand was the regimental crest, with the motto, "Pro Patria Armamiis," while suspended from the roof, in the centre of the drill hall, were the two historic colors which are the special pride and glory of the Thirteenth; one, the interwoven American and English colors presented to the regiment on the occasion of its visit to Montreal in May, 1879, on the Queen's birthday; the other, the flag presented to the " Old Thirteenth " in Baltimore, in 1861. The assemblage viewed with interest the ceremony of guard mounting, conducted by Adjutant George B. Davis, with Capt. Henry L. Jewett, Officer of the Day, and Lieuts. Frank Harrison and John L. Kellner, Officers of the Guard. About 8.30 o'clock the arrival of Gen. Grant was greeted with enthusiastic applause, the band playing " Hail to the Chief." Entering . le Armory upon the arm of Col. Austen, and accompanied by a number of military and civic digni- taries. Gen. Grant was escorted to the reviewing stand and took his seat in an arm chair, his escort arraying themselves at his right and left. After the performance of some appropriate music by the band, the regiment was formed in line for the review,, the line, including the Veteran Association and the band, extending completely around the four sides of the drill floor. At Col. Austen's command " Present Arms," Paragon Furnaces Fidelity Ranges Unsurpassed in Onality UXJiXCELIJ-D IX PERFORMANCE. ADDRESS, WILLIAM KERBY, Nos. 4 and 6 PECK SLIP, NEW YORK CITY. Ftdfliit Range. I*A1 A" ()N i UUN ^( I YOUR SUIT WJorr) all summer tjas a doubtful lool^ ! It ujor)'t Gost you a (Jreat deal to u;ear a r^eu; o^i^ -say Jer; Dollars for a (^ood /111 U/ool Business Suit — do you object to t^zi ? U/^eQ you " looK i'r)rou<^\^ " our llr^e, you may sperjd more t^ar) tl;)at. \'^m- bny will |M(jk nobby if wearing' inir stj-les— ami it will cost yon less money. Yon will find AI-L onr good tliini,'s nniler otn-. roof. X(i I!RAXCHF,.S. John ^3. (vicKeon, CLOTHIER, S. W. for. Broadwa\- & Bedford Ave. 9^->^-^^^^<-X H. B. LAaE, 344 Sy/nNER AVE. KesiauFanl and i Q >^. Open Every EvE^ ■Si-ock ^itf' CM I:iquor-.5 /\l\va\-s "Best of" Evor-\-thir|'_i t, . Htit and "l)r-ink. -J'-H ^-Wp-^ -*- 86 the band struck up " Hail to the Chief," and Gen. Grant advancing, uncovered, returned the commanding officer's salute with a slight movement of his right hand. During the rapid inspection down the long lines, through the open ranks, the audience kept up a steady outburst of applause. As the regiment then passed in review in column of companies. Gen. Grant responded to the salute of each Company Com- mander by raising his hat. A short drill sticceeded the review, the details of which were closely observed by the veteran guest, who, although he could not be induced to address the regiment, paid it a marked compliment in personal conversation with Col. Austen. His words were : " You have given me the best drill I have ever seen, and I am not in the habit of saying a thing like that without reason." An informal reception followed, and after his hand had been shaken by every- body present, Gen. Grant made a brief visit to the regimental and company Headquarters, which had all been elegantly decorated for the occasion, and the inspection of which occupied him until nearly midnight, when he took his departure. THE VISIT TO CLEVEL.VND, OHIO, AND HAMILTON, ONTARIO. IN the Summer of 1889 a distinguished compliment was paid to the Thirteenth, in the shape of an invitation from the Common Council of the City of Cleveland, Ohio, tendered through Mayor Gardner, of Cleveland, to visit that city on July 20, and be reviewed by the Governor of the State. As that was also the season of hold- ing the Summer Carnival, at Hamilton, Ontario, the Carnival Committee gave an urgent invitation to the Thirteenth to be its guests on July 23d, on the return trip from Cleveland. Both invitations were accepted, permission having been secured for the regiment to leave the State and likewise to enter Canada. The outward trip was begun on the afternoon of August i8th in a special train of two sections, over the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad. The regiment mustered 400 strong. On arriving at Buffalo, early on the 19th, the two sections were joined into one train, soon after which breakfast was partaken of in the International Hotel at Niagara Falls, at which latter place the day was passed until 3 p. m. Returning to Buffalo, after receiving some agreeable hospitalities from the officers of the Sixty-fifth Regi- ment, the route to Cleveland was resumed at midnight, and the Thirteenth were landed at their destination about 8 a. m., Jul}^ 20th. As the first section of the train rolled into the depot it was greeted with a salute of thirteen guns from Battery A. The Euclid Light Infantry was in waiting to escort the visitors to their quarters at the Hollenden Hotel, the " Freedom of the City " having been tendered to them by Cit}' Solicitor A. T. Brinsmade on behalf of the Mayor. The salute to the Brooklyn guests, and the military courtesies which signalized their entrance into the city but faintly presaged the fuller festivities and ceremonies of the day in their honor. The civic and military officials had left no provision for the proper welcoming and enter- tainment of their guests from the " City of Churches " to be made. Gay streamers i;iiLo>;Kr, ai-iel smith, thk fii;<'I' i(j[.ri\Ei, uk i-hk 'riiinTEENTii i;e«i.\ihnt. i84: and biinting-j the national colors and such inscriptions as " Welcome to the Thir- teenth," met the eye everywhere and when, after a sumptuous breakfast at the hig hotel where quarters in an imfinished portion of the building had been provided, the Brooklyn men started out to see the city, their uniforms elicited expressions of welcome on every side. On the surface cars they were not permitted to pay fare and everywhere they had free access to the various places of interest in and about the Forest City. At 3 p. M., the entire militia of the city was assembled for grand parade in honor of the Thirteenth, under Gen. E, vS. Myers. Crowds of spectators filled the various thoroughfares in a solid mass for half a mile on either side of the reviewing stand at City Hall, where the superb breadth of paving of Superior street furnished an ideal passage way for the pageant. The organizations in line were the Fifth Ohio Regiment, the Euclid Light Infantry, in blue and white, with tall white bear- skin head dress; the Cleveland Grays, uniformed like New York's Seventh; a. gatling gun; the First Artillery, mounted with guns; the First City troop and the Thirteenth, of Brooklyn, in full dress uniforms, with snow white trousers. Adjt.- Gen. H. A. Axline and two other members of Gov. Foraker's staff representing that dignitary, occupied the reviewing stand, together with a hundred of Cleveland's prominent military and municipal officials. Gen. Axline took the review. Bursts of applause and cheering preceded and followed the column. After the passage in review the militia marched back past the stand and the Thirteenth was halted immediately in front of it, presenting arms. Gen. Axline spoke hriefl}-, explaining that a visit of President Harrison to Ohio had rendered Gov. Foraker's presence in Cleveland impossible and a telegram from him must be accepted in lieu of his presence. He welcomed the visitors most cordially and praised their fine appearance. Colonel Austen said in reply: " I had hoped that Governor Hill would have been able to accompany us to Cleveland and we are as much disappointed as you can be over Governor Foraker's absence. There is an idea abroad that 3'our Governor rep- resents the best manhood and spirit of the Republican part}', while we know that our Governor represents the strong arm of the Democratic. I had hoped that Gov- ernor Foraker and Governor Hill might meet here to-day and decide the next Presi- dency amicably between them, one taking the presidency b}' drawing lots to see which name should stand first on the ticket. Then the millennium would be very near and we would have a single party as we have a common country." This sally was greeted with much laughter and applause and the column moved awa}', the Thirteenth being escorted to their quarters b}' the Euclid Light Infantr)^ In the evening a reception, which called together the representatives of all ths local .military organizations, was tendered the visitors in the Fifth Regiment Armory, which was profusely decorated. At 10 p. m. a magnificent banquet, given to the officers of the Thirteenth by the joint civil and military authorities, was discussed at the Weddell House. Major William Cary Sanger responded to the toast of the Thirteenth Regiment, Colonel Austen having used up his voice during the parade. coi/iNKT, i;i)I',fi;t n. ci.ack. skconh iiir.(iNi';i. of tiik ■riiiiri-EKvi ii lii^GnfEXT. Wednesday, Jvily 21st, was devoted principally to experiencing- the ampiittide of Western hospitality. In the forenoon a steamboat trip was made on Lake Erie, and in the afternoon some of the men visited Garfield's monument, while others attended a match game of baseball between the Cleveland and Pittsburgh teams. Shortl}' after midnight the regiment returned to Buffalo, where it was again marched to the Sixt3--fifth Regiment Armory and then to breakfast at the Genesee Hotel. The day was given up to rest and preparation for the next day's work at Hamilton. The regiment slept at the Sixtj'-fifth Regiment Armory and at 8 o'clock Friday morning, July 23d, took cars for Hamilton, Ontario. About II o'clock on the morning of July 23d the trains pulled into the Hamilton Station, where Col. Austen was received by Mayor Doran, Col. Gibson and the officers of the Thirteenth Battalion and Battery. The regiment was marched tip King street to the Crystal Palace, which had been tendered as its quarters, and there breakfast was awaiting them, which was especially grateful from the fact that they had been on the go since 5.30 a. .\r. and had had no food since the previous night. Mayor Doran, Col. Gibson and members of the reception committee gathered around Col. Austen and the officers of the Thirteenth, and the mayor delivered a brief but cordial address of welcome on behalf of the citizens of Hamilton, to which Col. Austen made a suitable response. In the afternoon the purpose of the visit to Ham ilton was achieved in a parade of the local military force in which the Thirteenth was given the place of honor. The troops that turned out were the Thirty-eighth, Lord Dufferin Rifles, of Brantford ; the Thirteenth Battalion, of Hamilton ; the Hamilton Field Battery, or four nine-pounders ; a battalion of veterans of the British army, and the Brooklyn Thirteenth. In the evening the bands of the Hamilton Thirteenth and the Brooklyn Thirteenth gave a joint concert, and at midnight the train was taken for home, stopping at Binghamton for breakfast. Clll-ilNKL .lilllX II. WdnliW \lil>; IJEU'I", ! i i|,i IXKI. \VM. A, M.KRE; MAJDI! .IDSKIMI I!, LEGGF.TT. < Fnim ;i r: .i;|-;i]ili takrii hi ISH;;. CHAPTER V. REV. HENRY WARD BEECHER BECOMES CHAPLAIN. IN January, 1878, the Rev. Henry Ward Beeeher accepted the position of Chaplain of the Thirteenth, tendered to him by Colonel Austen. On the evening of his induction into office between 5,000 and 6,000 persons assembled at the armory. The ceremony of swearing in the chaplain and presenting him to the regiment was performed with all the eclat that magnificent music, imposing martial movements and brilliant social surroundings could bestow. Had the regiment been on the point of departing for the scene of war, there could not have been a greater civic attack on the armory. Rev. Henry Ward Beecher's first entrance into military life was of course the special loadstone of attraction. No mere military parade, however im- posing, and no music, however sweet, could have commanded the crowd and excited the interest which the affair that evening did. That Mr. Beeeher was the bright particular star of the occasion was evidenced when he made his appearance amid the loud and prolonged applause of the spectators, although there was much disap- pointment that he did not show up in the military dress of his rank, as it was gen- erally expected he would do. Mr. Beeeher and his party, accompanied by Capt. J. Fred. Ackerman, the Chairman of the Committee on Reception, and Lieut. Trussell, reached the armory at about 9 o'clock, when the regiment was engaged in battalion drill. This was succeeded by dress parade, during which the presentation ceremony took place and Mr. Beeeher made an address. The dress parade drill was perfectly executed, the command moving their muskets like one man. When Col. Austen had put them through the manual of arms, he stepped to the place where Mr. Beeeher and his party were siting, and having taken the new chaplain by the hand, walked to the front, where the interesting ceremony of presentation took place. REMARKS OF COLONEL AUSTEN. Fellow Soldiers of the Thirteenth Regiment — I have the pleasure of pre- senting to you a gentleman who needs no introduction at my hands to either the citizens of Brooklyn or to my fellow soldiers of the National Guard of our State, Rev. Henry Ward Beeeher, Chaplain of the Thirteenth Regiment. [Applause.] REMARKS OF MR. BEECHER. I am not now for the first time made acquainted with this organization. The Thirteenth Regiment has a name belonging to the city of Brooklyn, which is an honor to the city and in which the city rejoices. I therefore deem it an honor to ,^ ■-^ CEXEKAL JAMKS JOIKDAX. FoJiMEIi ( OLoXi;i, OF TlIK TIIIKTEE XTH l!K(.DIENT. have been selected as your chaplain. The duties of the position are to be sure, not onerous; they are more honorable than burdensome; but such as they are, I shall endeavor to discharge them faithfully, and to be, as far as in me lies in my own nar- row sphere, all that which I suppose every honest and honorable man among you means to be in his sphere. Time was when these regimental formations were re- garded somewhat in the nature of sports, having in them more of show and the gratification of vanity than of serious work; but we have in the last twenty years passed through scenes which have sobered the minds of our people and educated them to the value of our soldiery. And only within this last year, we have passed through intestine troubles which have taught us the lesson, or should have taught us the lesson of the great value of citizen soldiery. In Europe the interests of nations have demanded standing armies, and from the nature of the people and from the nature of their institutions and from the long influence of historic association the standing armies of Europe have been a perpetual menace to the liberty of the people. To-day Europe expends three millions of dollars a year in the support of her standing armies. They are a moth, a waste and a corruption. In our land there has sprung up from the very beginning a great prejudice against a standing arm)'. We have per- mitted only a small one to be formed; that we glory in and honor; but we depend upon our citizen soldiery as our main instrument for intestine defense and for the de- fense of the country at large whenever foreign invasion is threatened. Let us hope that you will never, and that your successors will never, be called into the field again in any such war as has already transpired; but it is within the province of probability that you may be called on time and time again as the right hand of the police, and as such I regard you as eminent police. I can, therefore, hardly exaggerate the im- portance of having well trained regiments of men — not raw men brought together under circumstances of excitement, not knowing each other, not versed in the duties of citizen soldiery, but men that are thoroughly practiced and well commanded, and that can both do and abstain from doing according to the necessities of the case in any civil emergency which may call them forth. Your name and 5'our reputation are such, I have no doubt, that should you be called out you will be found doing work as honorable as you have done in days gone by. Let us hope that all these troubles which lie in our horizon will pass away, and that, if there be any storm, it shall be one of those refreshing ones which clear the air and leave things better afterward than they were before. May I not express the earnest desire which I have, since now I may call myself a member of this regiment, that you fulfill your duties not only with alacrity, but with such a pride as that your name shall be second to that of no other regiment in this goodly city ? May I not hope that these companies may be filled up with such men as shall be fit companions for those alreadj^ here ? May I not hope that you will put your heart and your honor into this service, and fulfill every duty, not merely in a lagging and perfunctory way, but with such a sense of pride and honor as shall make those who mention your name proud of you. Al- ready the Brooklyn Thirteenth has won a name to be honored. Let it grow more and more illustrious, and as time goes on and we pass away, may others take our MOiiGAX .1. iui,i;ei.ky. i-:x i:iiVK1;X(i|; i>F cdNNECTICTTT. iFnvmiTly ;i Mpllibrv ol llir I'lni-tceiilli K.-Kiineiit.) ^,X>-4 '-'■^^-^-^ .,ife7^ places that shall fill up the measure of the glory of this goodly company of citizen soldiery. Gentlemen, I tender to you such service as may lie in my power. I shall so far identify myself with you hereafter that I shall be subject to your call, and in any way in which I may serve the interests of this city and this State; by serving "you, it is for me to obey your request, and to be present on every occasion when there shall be any use, or supposed use, of my appearance. [Applause.] At the close of Mr. Beecher's remarks the parade was dismissed, and the visitors had an opportunity of inspecting the various parts of the building. Mr. Beecher and his party, accompanied by Col. Austen, made a brief call at each of the company rooms, in all of which he received a warm and enthusiastic reception. He expressed his gratification at finding that the body over which he is ' to preside, in a certain sense, as spiritual adviser, are so well provided with home comforts. Altogether he was delighted with his first military experience, and promised to frequently call up and see the "boys." In Company H room (Capt. Tienken) a beautiful floral tribute, with the words "Welcome to our Chaplain," had been arranged, and was presented to Mr. Beecher on his arrival there. UNVEILING THE BEECHER STATUE. ON June 24, 1 89 1, the bronze statue of Henry Ward Beecher, which stands in the City Hall Park, was unveiled and formally presented to the city of Brooklyn in the presence of the Thirteenth Regiment and of the remnant of the Sixty- seventh Regiment, known as "Beecher's Regiment." The statu.e is nine feet high, standing on a granite pedestal ten feet high, on the front of which are inscribed the dates of Mr. Beecher's birth and death, 1813 and 1887, and his name. On the rear face is the inscription : " The grateful gift of multitudes of all classes, creeds and conditions, at home and abroad, to honor the great apostle of the brotherhood of man." On the right of the main figure is that of a negro girl laying a palm branch at Mr. Beecher's feet; on the left are the figures of a boy and a girl, typical of the little ones whom Mr. Beecher met at the door of Pl5'mouth Church when he was leaving that building for the last time. The ceremonies were opened with a praj^er by the Rev. S. B. Halliday, of Plymouth Church. The Rev. Dr. Charles H. Hall, Chairman of the Statue Fund Committee, then introduced Mayor Chapin, the presiding officer of the occasion. The statue was unveiled by Mr. Beecher's grandchild, Gertrude Roxana Beecher, who was assisted by the sculptor J. Q. A. Ward. During the unveiling the Sunday- school children of Plymouth Church sang Mr. Beecher's favorite hymn, " Love Divine, all Love Excelling," the Thirteenth Regiment band playing the accom- paniment. The statue was then presented to the City of Brooklyn by the Rev. Dr. Charles H. Hall on behalf of the subscribers to the fund. Mayor Chapin accepted the gift on behalf of the city, and transferred it to Mr. George V. Brower, President of '^ CS>r< C '5r6^/v^cY^ BREVET COLONEL, U. S. VOLUNTEERS, BRIG. GEN. A.N-n JUDGE ADVOCATE GENERAL, STATE OF N. Y., i83i-86. the Park Department. The Thirteenth Regiment band then played the adasio from Beethoven's Fifth Symphony. Ex-Mayor Seth Low, President of Columbia College, followed with the oration of the day, after which the audience, accompanied by the Thirteenth Regiment band, sang "America," and the exercises closed with a bene- diction pronounced by the Rev. Gustav Gottheil, rabbi of Temple Emmanu El, New York PAKADE OP' THE THIRTEENTH EBGIMENT AT HAMILTON. ONT.. !». <;ENEEAL THOMAS DAKiy, FORMERLY I'OLOXEL OF TIIR 'I'll IRI'I-: RNTII RKOrMRNT. CHAPTER VI. THE switchmen's STRIKE AT BUFFALO. AT 6:50 p. M., August 17, 1892, the following- despatch was received by Capt. Geo. G. Cochran who, as senior officer of the Thirteenth, in the absence on Summer vacation of Col. Austen and Lieut. -Col Watson, was in command: Albany, N. Y., Atigust 17, 1892. The Commanding Officer Thirteenth Regiment, Armory. "Hold yourself in readiness to assemble your regiment for actual service on short notice." JosiAH Porter, Adjt.-Gen. Capt. Cochran proceeded to carry the order into effect by summoning all the companj' commanders to report at the Armory, with their non-commissioned officers. Notification was also sent to the field, staff and non-commissioned staff. Capt. Cochran also made a requisition on the Chief of Ordnance at the State Arsenal, in New York City, for 30,000 rounds of ball cartridges and 800 blankets, and arranged for the subsistence of the command during the time it might be held in waiting in the Armory. By direction of Gen. James McLeer, commanding the Second Brigade, orders were issued at 11:15 p. m., for the immediate assembling of the regiment, and despite the difficulty of reaching the members of the command at that late houriof the night, so earnest was the effort made, and so prompt were the men to respond to the sudden call, that when the roll was called at 5 a. m., on August i8th, upwards of 500 were found to be present. Col. Austen in the meantime had arrived at the Armory, and assumed command. The occasion of this imperative demand for preparation was a strike of switch- men in the yards of the various railroads running into Buffalo. The strike had begun at midnight August 13th, and lawlessness at once prevailed. Entire trains of cars belonging to the Erie and Lehigh Valley roads were burned, rails were torn up, switches were opened, the lights extinguished, and property mishandled in the most wanton and outrageous manner, and the power of the civil authorities was set at defiance. On the evening of the 15th the Sheriff of Erie County was obliged to call for the assistance of the National Guard. The Fourth Brigade, Gen. P. C. Doj'le commanding, was at once dispatched to the scene of the trouble, but even that force of 1,700 men was found inadequate to afford protection to the extensive railroad FIRST BATTALIfiN Tl I IliTKEXTII I; !•:( IDtKNT. MA.InIi (;. (i. ( ■("ICllK AN. (■I'likiii!.- tlic fiist train fi'irn Ihe liiilTalo ViiiM<. isfl-:.! interests against which the rioters' animosity was displayed. There were about seventy miles of railroad yards to be guarded, including over six hundred miles of tracks. The yards being crossed in all directions by streets it was impossible to exclude people from them, and the striking switchmen being indistinguishable from other citizens were thus enabled to carry out their destructive purposes almost without hindrance. Accordingly, on the evening of August 17th orders were issued for the whole National Guard to hold itself in readiness for immediate service, and several regiments, of which the Thirteenth was one, were dispatched at once to Buffalo. About six o'clock on the morning of August i8th, Col. Austen received orders to report with his command at the Grand Central depot where a special train would be in waiting. The orders did not specify the regiinent's destination, nor did the members inquire, it being sufficient that they were called on to do their duty. The armory speedily assumed an animated appearance as the men hastened their prepar- ations for a campaign. At 10:25 ^^^ assembh' was sounded and the regiment was formed into battalions. After the company roll calls Adjutant Clayton reported that 25 officers and 528 enlisted men were present. The regiment mustered as follows : Colonel, David E. Atisten; Lieut. -Colonel, W. L. Watson; Adjutant. B. T. Clay- ton; Quartermaster, Werner; Surgeon, John A. Cochran; Inspector of Rifle Practice, Theodore Babcock; Commissary of Subsistence, Jere A. Wernberg. First Battalion. — Captain, George G. Cochran, commanding; ist Lieut., John A. Anderson, acting Adjutant; Company C, Capt., G. C. Russell; Company E, Capt., James H. Russell; Compan}' H, Capt., W. E. C. Ma3'er; Company G, Capt., W. W. Hanold; Company I, Lieut., W. Taylor. Second Battalion. — Captain, Charles Denike, commanding; Lieut., I. R. K. Barlowe, acting Adjutant; Company* A, Capt., F. R. Wiswell; Company B, Lieut., W. C. Rowe; Company D, Lieut., F. R. Pceble; Coinpany K, Lieut., George W. Rodgers; Company F, Capt., F. C. Earle. Regimental Band. — Drum Major, E ward Mclntyre; Ambulance Corps, Hos- pital Steward, G. C. Curtis. At 10:40 A. M. August i8th, the Thirteenth left the Armory and marched down Flatbush avenue to Fulton street, and thence by Joralemon, Court and Atlantic streets to the South Ferr}-. The streets were crowded with spectators and the regi- ment was greeted at every step with vociferous and enthusiastic cheering. As the coinmand boarded the ferryboat Union, which was in waiting, Col. Austen received a telegraphic order instructing him not to land at New York, but to proceed to the West Shore Railroad depot at Weehawken, where a special train was found in readi- ness for the transportation of the regiment to Buffalo. The train started at 3 p. si. and arrived at its destination the following inorning, after some vexatious delays, but without incident other than such as arose from stifling heat and unappeased hunger. Intense excitement was found to prevail at Buffalo, which resembled a great arsenal. 103 MESS TAl'.LK ANL .;! AI:TI-:l;s (IF .liMl'ANY H iFLATBIsU. l.UinN.: lirFFALn liK.TS, ISW. The streets were crowded with curious visitors from the surrounding regions, whose holiday attire and deportment were in sharp contrast to the suggestions of the gleaming bayonets visible on every side, and the earnest countenances of the men who bore them. The Thirteenth was at once assigned its position in the rail- road district. Its position was the most important one occtipied by any regiment, being recognized as the key of the situation. The First Battalion was located in what was designated as "Camp No. 6," on Gansen street, in the great lumber district known as "The Island," containing important docks and trestles for loading lake vessels. The camp Avas on an island almost rectangular in shape and connected by drawbridges with the mainland. A freight house and some empty freight cars afforded comfortable quarters to the companies, and in a very short time sentinels had been posted, mess fires started, and hand}^ workmen had been wet at constructing benches and mess tables and other improvised accessories of the qualified comfort attainable by soldiers in the field. Tbe Second Battalion was placed in Camp No. 4, located at the Ohio street freight sheds of the New York Central RailrcaJ. Capt. Charles H. Luscomb, of Company K, arrived on the ground during the afternoon, having brought with him a reinforcement of 64 members of the regiment who had been tmable to start with the main body. Captain Luscomb being the senior officer of the Second Battalion was placed in command by Col. Austen. The regi- mental headquarters were established in the freight office of the Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburgh Railroad. From the moment of their arrival at their respective camps the two battalions took hearty hold upon the duties assigned to them, and the effect of their presence was speedily manifest. Col. Austen, in his report to the Adjutant-ljeneral, says: " In twelve hours 1 7 1 cars were run out by the Central Railroad, and afterwards at the rate of about 300 per day." For six days previous not a car had been permitted by the strikers to leave the yards. The duty was severe, but it was performed with unfailing cheerfulness. The first day of the campaign passed peaceably until about eight in the evening, when the First Bat a ion had its introductory encounter with the strikers. Two companies were on guard duty, and the 5'ardmen of the N. Y. Central Railroad undertook to miove some of the stalled freight trains. A bridge at Michigan street forming the connecting link between the two battalions which, through some misunderstanding had been abandoned by the police, was taken possession of by the strikers, who jeered at the soldiers and workmen beneath them, and followed up their abuse by pelting them with showers of bricks and stones. A section of Com- pany I was ordered to clear the bridge. When the soldiers reached the spot the mob, heedless of the order to disperse, fired a fresh volley of missiles at the yardmen. Some of the men in the ranks were struck by the stones and sticks, whereupon the company' was ordered to " charge bayonets." The incensed troops made a vigorous rush, equalled only by the precipitate flight of the assailing party, who tied incon- tinently before the glitter of the threatening steel, of the taste of which some re- ceived substantial reminders. Mr. Webb, Vice-President of the N. Y. Central Rail- road soon afterward ordered the work in the yard discontinued for the night, in 10.? order to prevent serious trouble, and no further violence was offered. No injury had been received by the soldiers beyond a few scratches and bruises. On the second day crowds assembled as on the previous evening, bvit warned by their former experience kept well outside the line of sentries, often in the liquor saloons that abounded in the vicinity. Their method was to assail a sentinel with abuse and missiles and disappear on the approach of the guard. Col. Austen caused the saloons to be closed thereafter from 7 p. 11. to 7 a. m., and all parties who annoyed the sentinel were promptl)- arrested and turned over to the police. vSmall disturb- ances continued for several days, but as arrest and punishment were found to be prompt and inevitable, they finally died out. Capt. Luscomb reported that clashes with the mob were often averted by the forbearance and tact of the officers, and the fact that no shooting became necessary by the Second Battalion was the result of clear headed and judicious treatment of the situation. An attempt was made on the 24th to arrest Capt. Cochran on a warrant obtained b}' a saloon keeper who had been wounded with a bayonet the evening before while resisting the troops who were driving a part}' of roughs from his house. Capt. Cochran, however, politel)' declined to be arrested by civil process and nothing further was heard of the matter. On the night of the 26th the sentries guarding the Delaware, Lackawana and Western Rail- road trestle, were attacked and two soldiers were slightly injured. Two shots were fired at the assailants in the darkness but without effect, and Capt. Cochran reported that, with one exception, that was the only firing done b)^ the First Battalion during the campaign. After that the attacks on the trestle guard ceased. On August 25th it was announced that the strike was over, and on the evening of that day the Thirteenth took a train for Brooklyn, reaching the armory at 7 p. ji. Friday, Au- gust 26th. THE FIRE ISLAND CAMPAIGN. SOON after returning from Buffalo the Thirteenth was again called upon tor field service. In the Summer of 1892 several cases of cholera were reported to have broken out on vessels arriving from European ports and stringent quarantine regulations were enacted and enforced by the Quarantine Commissioners of New York. Owing to lack of accommodations for the detained passengers of infected ships, the commissioners decided to utilize the breezy sand dunes of Fire Island for the purpose, and on September 12th the commander of the Hamburg Steamship " Nor- mannia," on which vessel several cases of cholera were reported, was ordered to land his passengers at that point at once. The inhabitants of Fire Island, few in number, mostly fishermen by occupation, regarded this conversion of their island into a laza- retto with outspoken disfavor, a sentiment that was expressed with equal vigor b}' the citizens of Babylon and the adjacent towns on the opposite shore of Great South Bay, about twelve miles distant. Apprehending forcible resistance to the landing of the " Normannia's " passengers Governor Flower, on the night of September 12th (AMP I't" F[l;>.-|' HATTM.hiX. -ril I irFKEXTH RF.l ;I.M KNT iriiiiil. Xn. i;. (iuiiiii; B .ITmIi. Rinls. ls!l-.\i ordered Adjt-Gen. Porter to send the Naval Battalion and about 250 soldiers by steamer to Fire Island to repress the threatened disturbances. The expedition sailed on the steamer " Pegasus " on the afternoon of the 13th, but a heavy gale and conse- quent high seas prevented the steamer passing the inlet to the bay, and at 9.20 o'clock on the morning of the 14th the " Pegasus " returned to New York, where the troops composed of the Naval Battalion and the 69th Regiment, N. G., S. N. Y., were dis- missed. Having on the afternoon of the 13th received directions to send an addi- tional force to the scene of the expected trouble by rail, Gen. Porter at once ordered Col. Austen to proceed with such force as was available of the Thirteenth to Baby- lon by the Long Island Railroad and thence by boat to Fire Island. The Thirteenth having recently returned from BuiTalo was fully equipped and prepared for field duty, and was for those reasons selected for this service. Col. Austen arrived at Babylon with 428 men about 8.15 that same evening, and the command was quartered in the stables, bowling alley, etc., of the Watson House, where they were supplied with supper. On the following morning the tents were pitched and the command went into camp, its strength having been increased by detachments of the Naval Brigade- and the 69th Regiment, desirous of joining their commands, which were supposed to have been landed on Fire Island. Orders were received that afternoon, however, for the detachments to be returned at once to New York, which were gladly complied with, as they had not been estimated for in Col. Austen's requisition for subsistence supplies. The people of Babylon displa3-ed their disapproval of the preserice of the Thirteenth in various ways, and Col. Austen, in order to communi- cate with headquarters, was constrained to seize the telegraph office and place at the instruments operators detailed from the regiment. Earl)' that evening Col. Austen was ordered to send about 125 men to Fire Island and to return to Brooklyn with the remainder of the command. Companies F, Capt. Earl; H, Capt. Mayer; and I, Capt. Cochran, were ordered on this detached service, Capt. Cochran commanding. As it was too late to cross the bay that night, the command was quartered in the stable of the Watson House, excepting Company H, Capt. Mayer, which was detailed to pro- tect the steamboat wharf from destruction, the people of the town threatening to burn it to prevent the passage of troops to Fire Island. The antagonism of the community was typified by the sheriff calling on Capt. Cochran about 2 o'clock in the morning to inquire by what authority the latter was there and to ascertain his orders. The sheriff was quite outspoken in criticising the presence of the soldiers and protested against their crossing to Fire Island. After breakfast the command marched aboard the steamboat " Ripple," and at 11 o'clock reached Fire Island. As the steamer approached the dock the sheriff came alongside in a sailboat and re- peated his criticisms and protests, but finding them utterly unheeded he sailed off again in disgust. Camp was established about midway between the bay and the ocean, the tents being pitched with some difficulty m the soft sand. The passengers of the ' Normannia," who had in the interim been landed, were found to be occupy- ing the hotel, and parallel lines of sentries were established on either side of this building, inside of which they were compelled to -remain. On the following day the 109 W'y^"-. N-0%^ \3^.^-^ quarantined passengers of the '' Normannia " were discharg-ed. The majority were taken to New York on the steamer '■ Cepheus," the remainder crossing on the " Rip- ple " to Babylon to finish their journey by railroad. A commissioned officer with a strong detachment accompanied the " Ripple " with instructions to return with the passengers in case the local health authorities at Babylon objected to their landing there. But it was found that the authorities in question had withdrawn their objec- tions, and the passengers were escorted to the depot where they took a special train for New York. Several disturbances of a minor character occurred on the following day, including a strike of the hotel employees, which the police force, that had been sent to the island on the 14th, were able to handle without calling on Capt. Cochran for assistance. The crew of the " Ripple " also struck, and communication with the main land was threatened, but as always occurs in such emergencies, the Thir- teenth furnished a competent pilot and engineer and the boat thereafter was run by the soldiers. On September 17th Capt. Cochran received orders to re-turn with his command to Brooklyn. While preparing to obey them, however, he received information that the " Board of Health " of Islip, L. I., had ordered the Sheriff to take possession of Fire Island, eject therefrom all detained passengers and their luggage and allow no more to be landed. As Health Officer Jenkins had notified Capt. Cochran that a quantity of luggage from an infected vessel was to be landed there that afternoon, the Captain telegraphed Adjt. -Gen. Porter that he should await further orders before leaving the island, and meanwhile he would prevent the landing there of the Sheriff's forces, and would protect the landing of luggage and passengers by all the force at his command. The response came from Gov. Flower in these words: "The town of Islip Board of Health have no jurisdiction over Fire Island. Protect the quarantine lines established by Dr. Jenkins, health officer, against all trespassers. If you need more help call on Adjutant-General Porter." No demonstration however was made that day, and no vessel arrived with passengers or luggage to be loaded. On Sunda}', September i8th, Col. Austen was ordered to proceed to Fire Island with a reinforcement of fifty men, and to report to headquarters as speedily as possible on the situation. Meanwhile during the day the occupants of the numerous fleet of sailboats that was constantly flitting about Fire Island wharf — representing probably the Sheriff's posse comitatiis — were profuse in threats, and made a flourish of guns, but made no further hostile demonstration. In the afternoon the Cepheus arrived with passengers and luggage fjom the W3'oming, which were successfull}' landed, the troops being in position on the shore prepared to resist any attack that might be attempted. That evening at 8 p. m. Col. Austen arrived with the reinforce- ment above mentioned, under command of Capt. Wiswell, and at once entered into conversation with Capt. Cochran, Dr. Voight, the physician in charge, and Mr. Wall, the hotel superintendent. He also conferred with the- battalion of newspaper cor- respondents who had been located on Fire Island from the beginning of the diffi- culties. Col. Austen in his subsequent report to Adjt'-Gen. Porter expressed the highest satisfaction with the condition of the camp and the conduct of the command, m i ( iii . i if. i ,ri i , ii fr, i Kri iii i^ff ^gjfai| and gave it as his opinion, tliat as it was manifestly necessary to maintain the quar- antine lines established by Dr. Voight, a military force should be retained for that service as the police alone were insufificient for the purpose. Col. Austen returned to New York on September 19th. The situation remained unchanged after that. On the 2ist Capt. Cochran was notified that his command was to be relieved on the 23d by detachments from the Fourteenth and Forty-seventh Regiments. Dr. Voight and ]\lr. Wall both applied to the Governor for the retention of the Thirteenth, but the change had been decided upon. On the afternoon of September 23, Col. Clobridge with the relieving force arrived, and that evening at 6 p. m. Capt. Cochran with his detachment arrived in Brooklvn. PRESENTATION OF LONC, AND IIONOR.ABLE SERVICE MEDALS. propAtrjaarmamus ON THE evening of April 26, 1892, the Thirteenth Regiment celebrated the thirty-first anniversary of its departure for the seat of war by the presentation of Long and Honorable Service Medals to 168 past and present members of the otganization. Nothing of the kind had ever before been undertaken. In addition to the fact that the medals were awarded for long and honorable service, the intention was to couple with their be- stowal a recognition of members of the regiment then living who had served in the War of the Re- bellion. Accordingly the legend "War" was at- tached to the medals of that class. The committee ehtrusted with the preparation comprised the fol- lowing officers of the regiment: Lieut.-Col. William L. Watson, Chairman; Lieut. W. L Taylor, of I, Secretary; Capt. Charles O. Davis, D; Capt. George D. Russell, C; Capt. Charles A. Denike, B; Capt. A. L. Earl, Jr., F; Capt. Frank R. Wiswell, A; Lieut. George W. Rodgers, K; Lieut. George W. Hunt, E; Lieut. D. P. Smock, H; and Col. H. H. Beadle, Major Fred. A. Baldwin, Capt. Willoughby Powell and Lieut. Henry A. Darbey of the Vet- ei'an Association. I The medal designed' and adopted by the com- mittee is made . of bronze and is suspended from the pin by a red ribbon. The crossed cannon and rifles typify the fact of the Thirteenth having been once a Heav}' Artillery organization. Below the pin is a bar on which is designated the length of service in the TniRfi-EENTH beyond the ten years which are requisite to entitle a member to receive the medal, and on the back of each medal are engraved the recipient's name, his highest rank in any organization, and the badge number. To those men who were not ten years with the regiment, but who had served with it at the front one or more of its seven months of duty, an allowance was inade of one year for each month so served. On the medals of all who were in the war, whether with the Thirteenth or with other commands, the legend "War" is placed above the motto Pro Patria Arniaiims. The proceedings were of great interest, and a large concourse of spectators wit- nessed it. The regiment was reviewed by Brig.-Gen. James McLeer and Staff, con- sisting of Lieut.-Col. Frothingham, Maj. McNult}', Maj. Langle}-, Maj. Rice, Maj. Cochran, Maj. Beard and Capt. Leigh. Among those present were; Gen. H. C. King, Gen. T. H. McGrath, Col. Story, Col. Harding, Col. R. M. Sullivan, Asst. Adjt.-Gen. of Michigan, Maj. Jahn, Maj. Morle, Capt. McCumber, Capt. Maj'er and many others. The medals were presented with an appropriate speech by the chaplain of the regi- ment, the Rev. T. DeWitt Talmage. The chaplain's address was as follows: Soldiers, followers and defenders of that old flag against which no nation on earth dare fire. At the sight of that flag floating from the mast of a war steamer a threatening and belligerent South American Republic feels Chilly. Under the ; starlight of that banner we are convened for this ceremony of decoration. Almost as old as the world has been the custom to recognize nobility of character and prowess of achievement by badge or medal, or star or coronet. Away back in the centuries, Joseph, the Prime Minister of Egypt, for grandeur of character had put upon his neck a chain of gold. Queen Vashti's forehead flashed with the insignia. Isabella, the Queen, in the sight of an applauding populace, took off her throat a collar of : ^old and put it upon her son. All nations have honored warriors come back from victorious battles. Amid shouts of " God Save the Queen " were put upon the returned English soldiers the medals inscribed with " Inkermann " and " Balaklava '' and " Sebastopol," and hanging over many a brave English heart, or kept in the archives of many an English homestead, are the Waterloo medal, the Sardinian inedal, the Turkish War medal, the Victoria Cross medal. And it shall never be ■ told of this side of the sea, that we, under the enjoyment of the most benignant Government that ever blessed the world, allowed the men who have served on fields of blood, or in honorable citizenship, to pass on and off and to pass up without our -compressing in some " long and honorable service medal " our appreciation of what they have done and of what they are — a medal that will be carefully preserved and displayed in the families of America long after those upon whom we place the decorations to-night shall have ascended. Does some hypocrite say that a seme like this is one of mere sentiment ? My reply is, banish sentiment from this world and you would rob the human race of its highest satisfaction. Liberty is a sentiment. Justice is a, sentiment. Religion is a sentiment. Victory is a sentiment. And to-night we are here to do honor to the magnificent and God-given sentiments of patriot- ism and gratitude as in the name of the Thirteenth Regiment and the Lord of Hosts, we put upon the breast of these veterans this bronze suspended by this ribbon. > Ed o o ■II 3 3 s > ^ H ■C w c l5 m G 5 > ~ o K -- We have the highest authority for such decoration. Are not the heavens decor- ated with stars, and the rivers with sheen, and the earth with flowers, and the skies with ribbon of rainbow, and are not the final victors to have put on them the badge "Well done, good and faithful servant?" What is this Thirteenth Regiment that rises up to-night to distribute its honors ? It has been appropriately called "The Mother of Regiments," and because of the 688 officers it furnished for the Union armies, it might appropriately be called "The Brooklyn West Point." When in 1861 the agonized United States Government called for troops, the Thirteenth Regiment responded "Ready!" When in 1863 multitudes of our people had given up all as lost, and the call came for troops, the Thirteenth Regiment responded "Ready!" .In the ranks of this regiment have stood the most stalwart and honored of our citizens, and the boys of the Thirteenth Regiment to-day are jugt as good and brave as^-jtheir predecessors.,? What splendid officers have Commanded this regirnent in the';years gone by, and what splendid officers command it now, and amid all the nam^| none more magnetic than Colonel David E. Austen, the second time called to this post because Brooklyn could not get enough of him. I will not dwell on names, although I must, before I close this thought, say that the Thirteenth Regiment once had in its chaplaincy the illustrous champion of human rights and the glory of Brooklyn for all tim2 to come — Henry Ward Beecher. And so, while we honor the present, we commemorate the past. Tears for the dead, medals for the living. Myrtle and palm branches are twisted into the same garland. So I hardly know whether to cry or laugh, or sing or pray. I guess I shall do all before I finish. What a wise thing it was that the committee selected for this -decorative service the anniversary of the departure of the regiment for the war, thirty-one yeirs ago. Alas, for those times! What good-bys at rail-car windows and street wharves! What parting of loved ones — in some cases, never to rpeet! What long marches; What homesickness in the hearts of those who never again should see wife or child! What shock of battle! What awful hemorrhage of the nation! Veterans, is it a dream, or was it a horrible reality? But the Government was saved and you helped save it. " And now, our songs and thanks ascend To Thee, our Father, Ruler, Friend; While Heaven's high arch resotmds again With " Peace on earth, good will to men." Hail, Veterans of the Thirteenth Regiment. I offer you the love of Brooklyn and the gratitude of all the land. Prepare to receive your decorations. The medals were then given to the persons enumerated below: War Veterans of the Thirteenth Regiment. Thirty Years. — ist Sergt., Philip Franz. Twenty-five Years. — Capt. Wm. A. Brown; Watkin W. Jones. ^■A^':AIX F],'A:\K I;. WISWELL AXD y. C oFFIcKIJS. ('(tMr^ANY A, IiTRTNt; BI/FFALO STHTKES. MSt T'tvcnty Years. — Capt. Edward ;\I. Smith; Q. ]\I. S. Thos. S. Woodcock; ist Sergts., George W. Smith, James Younie, Philip A. Phillips. Fifteen Years. — Colonels, Philip H. Briggs, Robert B. Clark, Harry H. Beadle; ]\Iajors, Gustave A. Jahn, William R. Syme; Captains, Fred. A. Baldwin, Henry Balsdon; ist Lieutenant, Joseph H. Mumby; Sergeants, John H. Baldwin, Samuel P. Noyes, Charles E. Strong, John C. Strang, Drum Major Edward Mclntyre, Jesse W. Mills. Ten Years. — Major-Gens. John B. Woodward, Theo. B. Gates, C. T. Christensen, James Jourdan, F. L. Molineux; Brig.-Gens. Thomas H. McGrath, H. C. King; Lieut. -Cols., Wm. L. Watson, Samuel Richards; Col. Wm. J. Harding; Captains, W. Powell, Wm. Cuff, Wm. R. Hunter, A. T. Dodge, D. S. Jones, J. N. Lau, W. W. Mead; ist Lieutenants, C. Stanley, J. P. Bach, B. W. Ennis; 2d Lieutenants, H_ Street, J. O. Voute, W. J. Brooks, W. T. Lane, H. R. Darbey; Sergeant S. B., Chas. J. Holt; ist Sergeants, W. D. Crouch, Jos. Maddern, Jas. Stoophof, H. C. Alburtus, M. G. Bulkeley; Q. M. Sergeant Geo. Wheelright; Sergeants, J. J. Martin, C. H. Penn- oyer, C. W. Tandy, E. H. Shannon, T. D.'Wilson, F. A. Brockway, R. S. Maddern, J. C. Phillips. J. Lynch; Corporals, H. E. Walters, J. W. Walters, C. E. Brooks, J. A. Pierson, J. B. Sherman, Privates, H. F. Herkner, L. Harris, H. Smith, G. R. Dutton, T. Frere, A. H. Johnson, T. J. Watson, R. X. Bell, J. T. Greenwood. Long and Honor.able Service ^Medals. Twenty-five Years. — Capt. W. J. Collins; ist Sergt. W. S. Gendar; Sergt. Robert Bruce. Twenty Years. — Ordnance Sergt. J. !McNevin, ist Sergt. H. Smith; Sergt. L. S. Cole. Fifteen Years. — Major J. F. Ackerman; Capt. A. R. Jarrett; Sergt.-Major E. H. Narwood; ist Sergeants, C. H. Higgins, F. H. Parmalee; Hospital Steward, C. G. Curtis; ist Sergeants, J. J. Ramsbotham, G. E. Follenus; Rt. Gen. G., Chas. Codet; Q. :^L Sergt., P. A. Miller; Sergt. E. F. O'Reilly; Privates, H. J. Cummings, G. E. Love, J. D. Sprower, G. G. Blanck, Sr., J, B. Fradenburgh, J. W. Read. Ten Years. — Colonel David E. Austen; Lieut. -Col. R. H. Sillman; Captains, C. O. Davis, W. Kerby; 1st Lieutenants, J. P. Scrj^mser, C. Werner, J. T. Jennings; 2d Lieutenants, H. E. Kinkel, W. P. Rae, H. A. Williams, E. J. Jennings; ist Ser- geants, F. Kihlholz, J. H. Bell, N. R. Caffrey, A. H. Linn, A. J. McCarty, E. W. Powell; Drum-Major, J M. Smith; Sergeant S. B., George Sandhusen; Q. W. Sergeants, E. J. Anderson, B. G. Conklin, S. Grant, T. A. Gendar, E. Haagensen, A. Parker, H. W. Kraft; Sergeants, J- P. Gallagher, H. P. Fowler, L. Payne, G. F. Constable, G. R. Hazard, G. S. Mosely, F. H. Rowley, J. T. Baxter, G. W. Benson, Jr., E. J. Baker, W. T. Hudson, S. E. Isaacson, H. ^Morris, F. D. Van Houten, E. Comer, J. A. Stewart; Corporals, W. D. Stewart, S. A. Johnson; Privates, L H. Slocum, G. E. Bailey, E. P. Gallagher, W. S. Gallagher, T. Dumbleton, E. Redmars, W. H. Neal, P. Dorini, J. Langdon, J. M. Fischer, T. A. Bell, E. J. O'Flyn, A. W. Morrison, W. Fricke, C. \\. 119 CUlJiXEL EDW'AHIl FACKNER. Brown, W. H. Conliff, W. Diesel, J. S. Maralious, Jr., T. A. McHugh, S. L. Pelgrif: G. Pettit, Jr., J. J. Ryan, J. Woehr. The Hon. Morgan G. Bulkelc}', Governor of Connecticut, after the distribution of medals, made a brief address to the regiment, complimenting the command and re- calling the old days when he too wore the uniform of the Thirteenth. The training there gained, he said, was of inestimable value to him when he came into the com- mand of a brigade. Col. Austen then called Bandmaster Innes to the front, and on behalf of the men of the command presented to him a regimental pin, set with dia- monds. The exercises of the evening ended with dancing. MISS LUCY H. SIMS, THE DAUGHTER OF THE THIRTEENTH. AMONG the many interesting episodes connected with the history of the Thir- teenth there was one in particular, embodying combined qualities of pathos and romance, that testified to the manly traits that are predominant characteristics of the regiment. Captain Samuel A. Sims of Company G, Fifty-first Regiment, New York Volunteers, formerly a Second Lieutenant in Company B, Thirteenth Regi- ment, was killed at the explosion of the mine at Petersburg, Va. Captain Sims left a motherless daughter about fifteen years of age, named Lucy, whom the regiment enthusiastically determined to adopt and care for during her minority. Accordingly, in January, 1866, General John B. Woodward, then the Colonel of the Thirteenth, formally introduced Miss Lucy H. Sims to the regiment in the Armory at Flatbush avenue and Hanson Place, and she was adopted by the command as the Daughter of the Regiment. Each member of the organization was assessed a small sum for her support, and a committee was appointed to provide for her welfare and to supervise her education. Miss Lucy was educated at the expense of the Thirteenth at Vassar College, and after her graduation became a successful teacher in the Washington Avenue School, No. 11. During the four years that she had been the ward of the regiment upwards of $6,000 was contributed by its members for her maintenance. The committee who had the management of her affairs was composed of Colonel Woodward, Captain R. V. W. Thorn and Captain F. A. Baldwin. Miss Sims died April 19, .1889. She was buried in Greenwood cemetery beside her father, under the shadow of the monument erected to his memory by the Fiftj'-first Regiment, New York Volunteers. In accordance with her request a panel on the shaft was left for an inscription for herself, which is now being cut at the expense of the Veteran Association of the regiment. The inscription will read as follows : LUCY H. SIMS, DAUGHTER OF THE 13TH REGIMENT, N. G., S. N. Y., DIED APRIL 19, 1889. CI OFFICERS OF C'CI.MI'ANY A. COMPANY HISTORIES. COMPAXY A. Company A is the oldest military organization existing on Long Island, its first formation being in 1654, as a corps of minute men, authorized by the magistracy of Flatbush, 1 latlunds and Brooklyn, for the protection of the surrounding country against marauding pirates and robbers. The renowned Lefiferts family have been continuously and conspicuously identified with the com- mand, the records showing that as many as three of them were members at the same time in 1715. Another became First Lieutenant in 1776, when, during the i evolutionary period, meritorious ser- vice was rendered in the patriot cause, the j'ounger members generally following the fortums of the American army, while, of necessity, during the more than seven years occupancy of the vicinage by the British forces the local existence of the company fell into abeyance ; however, in the winter of 1783, the corps, having been rejuvenated, participated in a grand patriotic jubilation and barbecue at Bushwick in hoi or of independence and peace. Subsequently tlie command devolved on the celebrated "Hem." Lefferts (1837), and more recentlj' the company was under leadership of the ever genial Captain John C. Lefferts (1870). During the war of 1812-15 the company was present with the 64th Regiment among the troops encami ed on Fort Greene under command of the gallant General Jeremiah Johnston, and was specially complimented for efficiently performed duty in the fortifications. The title " Village Guard " was assumed in honor of the formal incorporation of the Village of Brooklyn in 181G. After the declaration of peace the organization was permitted to gradually' decline to a state of semi-torpor, from which it was aroused and re-organized in 1823, tlie members holding a meeting at the hospitable home of John Lawrence, Esq., when renewed activity was resolved, and Simeon Black, James W. Smith and John Dikenian were appointed a committee to revise the by-laws. The following year, July, 1823, the Guard — infantry and artillerj'— being the onU' uniformed com- pany of the Sixty-fourth Regiment, Forty-fourth Brigade, New York State Militia, paraded as escort to the Independence Day procession, and fired national salutes at sunrise, noon and sunset in honor of the " glorious fourth.'' Two years after, July 4th, 1825, under Captain Burroughs, the Guard paraded as escort to the procession formed to receive General Lafayette on his memorable visit to Brooklyn, when, according to Ancient Masonic Eite he laid the corner stone of the eld Apprentice Library, which formerly stood at the corner of Henry and Cranberry streets, on the site now occupied by the City Armory building elected in 1858. The prior designation being deemed incongruous with the dignity of the newly chartered city, in the fall of 1834 the company assumed cognomen of Municipal Guard, and with this title on their State flag and guidons paraded the following year under Captain Wm. P Blazrene, who has been succeeded in the order here given by Captains Eemson Lefferts, Charles H. Pearson,* Joseph J. Dillon, Nicholas Pike, Robert B. Clark, Abraham Allen, John Sullivan,* Wm. W. Mead, Wm. Cuff, John C. Lefferts, Thos. McGrath, Henry T. Bragg, Jacob David. f M'ra. Collins and Frank R. Wiswell, the latter being the present efficient and popular commandant * Died in the service of the country, t Mexican M'ar veteran. %^- I OFFICERS OF COMPANY B, October 10th, 1837, the bill of dress was changed from dark green to blue, and by vote of the membership the appellation Brooklyn Light Guaed was adopted ; and memorative of their late Captain, who led with noted bravery many of the former members of this Corps as Company E of the First Regiment, New York Volunteers, in the war with Mexico, and lost his life by a wound received at the storming of Chapultapec on the 13th of September, 1847, it was authorized to change the name to that of The Pearson Light Guard, and an order to this effect was issued in the fall of 1847 signed by Joseph J. Dillon, Captain ; A. W. Tomes and Remson Lefferts, Lieuten- ants, and Adam Schepper, Orderly. The remains of Captain Tearson were brought to Brooklyn and interred with military honors in centre of circular lot 2 233, sections 107 and 108 Highland avenue and Bayside path, a short distance from the main entrance of Greenwood Cemetery. Owing to the election and so-called abolition riots the command was ordered on active duty twice during 1834. The year 1845 also proved disastrous to the tranquility of Brooklyn by reason of the public excitements that broke out ia the reckless Atlanl ic Dock and other riotings, for the suppression of which the military were on several occasions called to aid tlie civic powers. In performance of these most iinpleasant and deplorable of all martial services, when friends and neighbors are often encountered under frenzy of unreasoning mob excitement and clamor, the men of The Brooklyn Light Quard acquitted themselves with credit, and their forebearance, good judgment, manly consideration and meritorious conduct under exasperating conditions was esteemed worthy of the special thanks ami praise of superior commandants. AVhile doing duty at this time in the then " wilds ' of South Brooklyn, through spirit of jocularity and because of the fierce fightings seen and encountei-ed, the irr prcsnihles of the company denomi- nated a part of the region "Texas," in mayhaps doubtful compliment of the intrepid " Lone Star State," and the name adhered and still designates the now vastly improved lccj.lity. In the re-organization of the New York State Militia institii'.ed in 1847 the Company title, of necessity, was again changed, and it became known as The Brooklyn Light Guard, Company A, Thirteenth Regiment, New York State Militia, and this designation continues in maintained high standard of membership and efRciency, while perpetuating an enviable fame for soldierly good qualities and lavi>h hospitality that has extended far beyond the many localities of fraternal inter- change of military courtesies and visitings as a company — viz.. Philadelphia, Boston, Baltimore, Washington, etc. — and the older ex-members are wont to revert back with exultant admiration to antebellum days, when, using their own language, they participated in the "happiest frolics ever enjoyed by mortals," and this was especially the experience under the renowned Captain Clark, when the command fell under the sobriquet of "The Kid Glove Company," by reason of adopting to wear white leather hand-wear, with a newly deterrained-upou uniform consisting of white dress coats trimmed with gold mountings, and French i-ed trousers with towering bearskin bushy headgear, and this was retained until adoption of the regimental bill-of-dress, when it gave way to the familiar gray. "As units of regiments. National Guard companies have few notable episodes apart and exclu- sively their own to recite. The history of Company A is bound up in the traditions and annals of the Thirteenth— popularly known as the Mother of Regiments — and of which our old Village Guard may proudly claim to be the progenitor. All that we may properlj' do here is to call atten- tion to events and special points distinguishing the Company. Organized before the inception of our Great Republic, and doing yeomanry service for the protection of settlers in a new country ; zealous in support of the American cause in the wars of the Revolution and 1813 ; a large number of its members volunteering for the Mexican campaign ; and under the same identity and impulse marching with the regiment to the defence of the imperiled Union in 1861-2-3 ; while many of its membership united with brave commands formed to sustain the government and aid in the pres- ervation of our country's nationality and integi ity in the dark days of rebellion, and having fullest participation in every active duty placed upon the Thirteenth, whose deeds are associated with our Municipal, State and National existence, the past of Company A is lialoed' with interest and honor, yielding that elation of mind which prevails among all men when contemplating the OFPHJEIIS OF (Olll'ANY (', career of an organization, not alone ancient, but also most useful, excellent and worthy. The years passed in the National G uard are usually looked back to with pleasure, their remembrance often gilds many again called for. The company, with the rest of the regiment, responded promptly, and on the 28th day of May marched again into Baltimore, and encamped at Locust Point about one week, when General Dix, having been appointed to a more southerly department, requested the regiment " by reason of its good record the jear previous,' to accompany him. The regiment sailed for Fortress Monroe, and from thence to Portsmouth, and finally was transported to Suffolk, Va., where it went into camp and was brigaded with the Third and Fourth New York Volunteers, under command of General Max. Weber. The duties of camp and picket guard (as the place was an outpost) were performed, as also brigade and target drill everj' day. Nothing occurred to vary the monotony of such a life, except a few scares occasioned by the enemy's cavalry making dashes at the 127 '-"^^-^"--.MAv,.„,c.,.P.,va picket, or driving off stoolv or slaves from the immediate neighborhood. At the end of the term of service the men were sent home and mustered out. 'I he company immediately reorganized and entered the (rotate service, and were ordered on duty several times during the year an account of the draft troubles. The company with the regiment was again called into service by the Government in the year 1863, to aid in repelling the attack on Carlisle and other towns in Penn- sylvania, and at this time experienced more of the sufferings and privations of troops in the pres- ence of an active enemy than ever before. Besides its services under these calls from the Government, the company furnished to the Volunteer service sixty-four commissioned officers, many of whom attained high rank and achieved distinction during the war. The present officers of the company, conscious of the high standard of excellence it attained under their predecessors, are using every effort and working harmoniously to maintain and promote its reputation. In this they have the undivided support of the members, and all feel that the future of Company B is as bright as its past is praiseworthy. The Company to-day numbers sixty-six men, and is constantly taking in more of good material. This company has the largest percentage of veterans of any in the regiment, over 30 per cent. Captain J. T. Jennings served 14 years ; First Lieutenant C. W. Smith, 9 years ; Second Lieutenant W. H. Van Kleeck, Jr., 11 years in Seventh Regiment; First Sergeant William S. Gendar, 30 years ; T. S. Woodcock, 34 years ; Sergeant F R. Littlefleld, 11 years ; Daniel Des- mond, 11 jears ; P. Dorini, 11 years; A. A. Haywood, 13 years ; C. D. Snow, 13 years ; and four- teen men who served over 5 years. The present non-commissioned officers of the company are : First Sergeant, William S. Gendar ; Quartermaster Sergeant, Robert H. Morrison ; Sergeants, Frederick R. Littlefleld, Archibald f ". Edwards, John A. McElvery, William H. Skelton ; Corporals, Charles M Brown, Walter B. Wickes, Charles W. Mansfield, Henry E. Lubbers. COMPANY C. It was not until two years after the re-organization of the State Militia that Company C began its existence under the title of First (."ompany Continental Guard of Brooklyn. Captain William M. Burnett was its first commander and Captain Joseph B. Morgan was his successor. The com- pany was famous for its exhibition drills. Its uniform was after the style of the old 1776 Conti- nentals. In 1851 the Continental Guards re-organized as the Putnam Guards, and two years later became the American Volunteers, wearing a blue uniform. In 1855 the organization joined the Thirteenth and had assigned to it the letter "C." While on duty with the regiment at Fort JlcHenry in 1861, Captain Morgan was promoted to Major and First Lieutenant A. T. Dodge be- came Captain of Company C. '. COMPANY D: The manner in which Company D was organized in October, 1859, is related in the First Chapter. The Company's record has been one of uniform progress. The organization accom- panied the regiment with full rjnks to the seat of the war in 1861, 1863, and 1863, and has been ■on hand for duty on all occasions when called upon by the State or city authorities. On returning from the front in 1861 a large number of its members took commissions in volunteer regiments, and Company D is well represented in the posts of the Grand Army of the Republic. The present company officers are Captain W. E. C. Mayer and Lieutenants Reilly and Redmond. iFFlCEiiS UK ((iMI'ANY E. COMPANY E. This company was origiually Company C ot the Fifty-sixth Regiment. On March 7, 1870, it was mustered out ot the Fifty-sixtli, seventy seven strong, and was mustered into the Thirteentli by Brevet Captain Thomas Dean of Company B. Its old Captain, Garrett C. Hollenbecls:, was re-elected and served until 1877, when he was succeeded by Captain Harrison, who was First Lieutenant of Company F. Lieutenant Harrison was succeeded by Captain George A uld, from the Ninth Regiment, who in turn was succeeded by Captain Edward Fackner, and then by Captain Kerby. Captain Taylor commands it now. COMPANY F. [The following sketch of Company F's history is contributed to the work by a member of the company]: On the morning' of April 13, 1861, the report of the first shot on Fort Sumter sounded through- out the length and breadth of the land, awakening the Nation to the solemn fact that the civil war was indeed begun. The country sprang to arms, and among those who went immediately to the front was the Thirteenth Regiment, N. Y. S. M., with a roster ot 10.JO men, being fifty more (according- to the official returns) than even the gallant Seventh of New York City. During the absence of the Thirteenth from the city, numerous companies were formed iinder the general term ot Home Guards, among which was the Carroll Guard, which was organized among the young men of the South Congregational Church in Court Street, opposite Carroll Park ; hence its name, Carroll Guard. The Company was organized in the lecture room ot the church, May 3, 1861, and for several months drilled in the Sabbath school room of that church. Its ofiBcers were : Captain, Henry Heath ; First Lieutenant, John Winslow ; Second Lieutenant, James H. Stebbins ; First Sergeant, Wm. S. Clirehugh ; Second Sergeant, G. H. W. Bird ; Third Sergeant, Geo. P. Willey ; Fourth Sergeant, Chas. H. Sleight ; First Corporal, Wm. Moore ; Second Corporal, E. L. Childs ; Third Corporal, C. E. Barrett ; Fourth Corporal, R. W. Clark, Jr. The Rev. Rufus W. Clark, then pastor ot the church, and now ot Albany, was appointed Chaplain. On the return ot the Thirteenth from their three months' campaign the Carroll Guard united with several other companies similarly organized, formed a battalion and proceeded to New York to escort them home, where they were received with great enthusiasm. On the 13th of October the company voted to hold itself in readiness to unite in the re-organi. zation ot the Thirteenth Regiment, or in the formation of a new regiment, to be composed ot the various Home Guard companies which had been recently formed. In December, 1861, an application was drawn up and signed by thirty-five members of the Guard, requesting Governor E. M. Morgan to organize (hem into a company under the Military Code of the State, which was approved by Lieutenant-Colonel R. B. Clarke, then commanding the Thirteenth Regiment, and also by General Philip S. Crooke, commanding the Fifth Brigade, and a preparatory inspection was ordered for December 26, 1861 . General Crooke not appearing at the inspection, it was stated by Colonel Clarke that it was apparent that Company F of the Thirteenth Regiment would be disbanded for lack of the legal number of members, and proposed that the thirty-five men enter at once into Company F, and thus save time and trouble ot the necessary inspection. This was accepted, and they joined the company December 30, 1861. The next day the officers of the company resigned, and the old members ot the company were transferred to another company, thus leaving Company F com- posed ot the thirty-five members of the Carroll Guard. An order was immediately issued for the election of officers to complete the organization according to law, which was held January 4, 1863, and resulted as follows : Captain, Henry Heath ; First Lieutenant, Wm. S. Ciirehugh ; Second Lieutenant, H. H. Beadle ; First Sergeant, Lyman H. Day. 131 LIKUTENAXT fi. W. COWKN, COMMAXDIXG COMPAXY F. The exigency of the Nation again required the service of the Militia, as the National Guard was then called, and on May 28, 1863, tlie Thirteenth Regiment was again ordered to the front, leaving Brooklyn on Friday, May 30th, proceeding to Baltimore via Harrisburg, Pa., reaching there a little after noon on Saturdjy, and taking up our line of march through the city over to Locust Point, wliere we proceeded to pitch our cam|i, opposite an old rookery of a place which answered for a hotel, called "Tlie Vineyard." Our camp equipage having arrived, we set about to lay out the camp, when at about 6 o'clock p. M. there came up one of those tremendous slaowers which are common in that section, and we were obliged to seek shelter where we could, some in barns, but Company F, with two or three other companies, took possession of an old hotel which happened to be vacant, named the St. Charles, where we spent the night, the storm not abating until near morning. Sunday, June 1st, turned out a most beautiful day, and was spent in laying out our camp, which was in crescent form, and named Camp Crescent. While in Camp Crescent, the Forty- seventh Regiment, under Colonel J. V. Meserole, arrived and took up their quarters in Fort McHenry. On Thursday, June oth, camp was broken, aud we started for Norfolk, via Chesapeake Bay and Hampton Roads, where we remained on board our transport until the balance of the regiment arrived, when we all disembarked at Portsmouth, Va , on Sunday afternoon, June 8th, under orders to proceed to Suffolk, Va. (. olonel Clarke succeeded in securing- a train, which took six companies down, arriving about 4 A. M. of the 9th, and found at the depot the First Massachusetts Regiment ready to take the train on its return. Tlie balance of the regiment arriving during the day, our camp was again pitched on the old South Quay road between Riclimond and Petersburg, and Portsmouth and Weldon Railroads. This camp was named Camp Crooke,. and was in the usual form of a cam p of infantry. Here we remained, doing the ordinary routine of camp life, company and battalion drills, guard and picket duty, until the term of service, three months, expired. Other regiments of infantry and cavalry arrived at Suffolk, and the Thirteenth was brigaded with the Third and Fourth New York Volunteers, under the command of Colonels Alvord and McGregor, and the Twenty-fifth Regiment, N. Y. S. -M., from Albany, umler the command of Colonel Bryan, the brigade being under command of General Max Weber, and General Mansfleld was in command of the post. We broke camp for our return home on Sunday morning, August 31st, proceeding to Fortress Monroe and embarking on board the steamship Baltic, together witli the Twenty-fifth Regiment. Orders were received on Sunday evening to send our brigade to Antietam, which battle was about being fought, but our Quartermaster reported the regiment as having sailed. The balance of the brigade was sent, however, and was pretty well cut up. Many of the officers were wounded, among them General Max Weber and Colonel McGregor, and General Mansfield was killed. We left Hampton Roads about 7 o'clock on the morning of September 1st, proceeding toward New York, when, at 3 o'clock P. M., we ran on to Chincoteague Shoals, where we lay for twenty- one and a half hours, swinging clear from them at precisely half-past twelve on Tue.sday. During this time we threw overboard much of our coal and freight, and shipped off the Twenty-fifth Regiment, with some !iOO of our own men on vessels which came to our rescue. Putting well out to sea, we passed the rest of the day without incident, arriving home about noon on September 3d. Ag-ain in June, 186 i, the regiment was ordered to Gettysburg, and Company F went out in command of Second Lieutenant William Barnett, and was gone twenty-nine days, and on its return was placed on guard at the Atlantic Docks for several days succeeding tlie riots in New York City. The company was out with the regiment on the occasion of the Orange riot, July 12, 1871, in New York City, and on duty at our own Armory in July, 1877, during the lluilroad riots. 133 IIFFIC'ERS (IF COMPANY G. Thu C iinmandants ot the company have bi'en Captain Henry Heath, whose rank was January 4, 1863 ; Captain Harry H. Beadle, rank March 17. 1868 ; Captain J. Frank Dillont, rank December 5, 1876 ; Captain E. P. Morle, rank July aO, 1880 ; Wm. H. Courtney, rank August 3. 1883 ; J. Frank Dillont, rank February 4, 1887 ; A. Lent Earle,' Jr , rank August 28, 1890 ; Joseph R K. Barlow, rank September 7, 1893. On August 18, 1893, Company F, as a part of the Thirteenth Regiment, proceeded to Buffalo, having the proud distinction of a record ot 100 per cent, every member on the roll reporting for duty, which is shared only by one other company in the Guard, that being Company D, Twenty- third Regiment. Company F also served at Babylon and Fire Island during the full tour of the regiment at those places in September, 1893. Owing to the resignation of Captain Barlow, Lieutenant G. W. Cowen is now commanding the company. Names of Fair Committee— Corporal J. S. Cowen, Chairman ; Sergeant J. H. Morris, Secre- tary ; Private E. J. Anderson, Treasurer. Members. — Quartermaster-Sergeant Alex. Parker ; Sergeants W. D Graham, W. G. Dowling ; Corporal W. J. Kerr; Privates D. B. Briody, H. C. Voss, F. H. Alcott, A. Anderson, W. Mc- Taggart. COMPANY G. Company G, 13th Regiment, N. G., S. N. Y., known as the " Beecher Company," came into existence in the Summer of 1878, having been mustered into the State Service July 26 of that year. It was recruited under the auspices of Plymouth Church through the efforts of the late Henry Ward Beecher, and (ienerals Horatio C. King and C. T. Christensen. Its origin brought it much public attention — its proficiency in drill which it early displayed gave it hig'h rank as a military organization and thus early in its career it secured a fame rarely the lot of National Guard companies. The social status of its members is most excellent and its jjosition among the first class companies of the Gua: d is prominent. Mr. Beecher's interest in the company was always of the warmest, and "his boys " as he frequently called them, were justly proud of having as a friend and honorary member so great and grand a man. Much of its success can be traced to the laudible ambition ot proving worthy of such an interest and association. In all tlie regi- mental affairs brought to life through the enterprise of Colonel Austen the company has borne a conspicuous part, and its loyalty to him and to his efforts to place the regiment in line with the first organizations of the country, has been devoted and earnest. Recognizing the importance of skill in the use of the rifle, the company has devoted much time and care to this important branch of the service and has secured a reputation as a shooting company that is most gratifying. Some of its members have achieved much renown in this respect, notably Tho-. G. Austen, who, with a score unequaled as yet, brought the President's prize for the first time to Brooklyn, winning the same in competition with the best rifle shots of the country. In recognition of this ability the regiment presented Mr. Austen with a handsome gold and diamond badge. The Company's greate.st distinction is without doubt its selection as Guard of Honor over the remains of Mr. Beecher while lying in state at I'lymouth Church. For four days and nights it was unremitting in its care and watchfulness and gained much consideration for the tenderness and devotion with which it discharged its duties. There hang to-day on the walls ot its com- pany room, handsomely encased, the sword and belt worn by Mr. Beecher during his chaplaincy of the Thirteenth Regiment, presented by Mr. Beecher's family, and a letter of thanks from Plymouth Church society, in appreciation of this service. In number the company leads all the companies in tho ' pgimont and holds the right of line through the rank of its commander. Since APTAIM W. K. \ AN O'LIXDA. COMPANY 11. its organization discord and disruption have been unltnown in its ranks, while harmony and good fellowship have been a marked characteristic, a fact that has been a great aid to its success. COMPANY H. In the early days of the war Company H was organized out of old " Victory " Engine Com- pany, No. 18, of Williamsburg. The late General Thos. H. Dakin, the first captain of Company H, ■was a member of that company, besides being pitcher of the Putnam Baseball Club, which also furnished a large number of recruits to the company. Since Captain Dakin its commanding oiRcers have been Captains Van C'leef, Hull, Tienken, Appelbanga, Merriam, Kane, Kretschmar and Van O'Linda. COMPANY I. Company I had its origin during the troublous days of the rebellion, at the time the Thirteenth was preparing- for service in the South. Among the auxiliary companies designed to replace at home those that had gone to the war wa-s one organized under the auspices of Company A and entitled ''Company A, National Gray Home Guards, 'I hirteenth Regiment" Its officers were: Captain, George A. Debree ; Fii-st Lieuti naut, J. H. Ackerman ; Second Lieutenant, D. I. Baker ; Third Lieutenant, C. W. Dunlap. In December, 1861, the company was attached permanently to the regiment as Company I, and participated in the campaigns of 1863 and 1863. In 1870, when the Fifty-sixtli Regiment was disbanded, Major Allen C. Bush of that regiment accepted the cap- taincy of Company ], and recruitrd it largely from his old command. Its officers then were : Captain, A. C. Bush ; First Lieutenant, Frank Deacon ; Second Lieutenant, Franklyn Coit ; First Sergeant, B. W. Ennis. This company was the first in Brooklyn to act as escort to the G. A. R. on Decoration Day. Captain Push, after commanding the company for about a year, was made Major of the Forty-seventh Regiment. His successor as captain was Captain Cocheu, who was followed in turn by Captains Grimm, Jewett, Dennison, De Mandeville, Cochran and the present commander. Captain Turpin. An interesting incident of the company's liistory was its acting as bodyguard to General Grant on Decoration Day, 1884, the last public appearance in Brooklyn of the Great Commander. COMPANY K. Company K, The Talmage Coftipany. as at present existing, was organized on March 15, 1888, by Mr. Fred. A. Lawrence and Mr. Henry D. Dumont, assistedby members of Dr. Talmage's church. The majority of its members being connected with the Tabernacle, the company became the Tal- mage Company. UiitilJuly, 1888, the company was under the command of Lieutenant Cough- lin, by detail from Regimental Headquarters. The first parade of the new company was made on Decoration Day, 1838. On Decoration Day, 1889, it paraded two commands and gave a detail. From its organization the' advancement of the company has been steady, and at its first annual dinner at Wilson's, March 1"), 1889, there were one hundred and three men on the roll — a complete company. A t the Centennial Parade in New York, April 30, 1889, the company paraded two com mands of twenty files and sent a dolail of four files besides. Careful attention is paid by the Recruiting Committee as to the character and standing of all app icants for membership, and by this means only the best class of men are able to gain admission. Company K is essentially a .soldier's organization, and its members seek all the instruction in practical work that the training of the guardsman affords. All-night bivoiiacs and tours of guard duty, outpost and grand guard work and outdoor skirmish drills have been entered into with a thorough enthusiasm and energy, and as a result the company stands ready, from practical OFFICEliS l)F CO.MPAXY r axperieno- and training to undertake the actual duties of tli.! soldier in time of service and to take the flt-ld at short notice. The value of this character of instruction, when compared with thf lim' of practice so gener- ally prevalent of confining the guardsman's drill to the armory floor under the polish of manual and marching', is distinctly apparent v^rlien placed under the test of the actual practical cff.ct- iveness of the citizen soldier. The occupation of Hempstead, Long Island, by Company K, on the occasion of the establish- ment by Colonel Austen of the line of defence across l.oiiglsland in 1889, and the subsequent march in on Creedmoor in the ear'y morning, was one of the most instructive and interesting tours of duty ever entered upon, and tlie result was of great benefit and satisfaction. This is the spirit of progre s which familiarizes the soldiiT with all the requirements of his position, and gives to his term of service the romance of the field and the camp without the hard- ships and dangers of a hostile campaign. The drill night of Company K is Wednesday of each week, when an opportunity is given to witness the drill, and on these evenings the company room is always open to the friends of the members and to those seeking admission to its ranks. As the social side of the National Guardsman's life is developed as well as his soldierly pro- fioieney, it renders his time in the Guard not merely a round of work on the armory floor, but a series of pleasant reunions, where many acquaintances and friends are made, while the Company room affords a common meeting place and presents many of the inducements of a social club. Among the many incidents worthy of note may be mentioned the prompt response when ordered out during the Switchmen's strike at Buffalo in the summer of 1893, when the Company left Brooklyn with eighty-six men ; the hearty response when ordered to Fire Island; and having reported with more men at every tour of dut3' at the State Camp since its organization ; the trip toCranford, N. J., on invitation from the citizens of that place to celebrate the Fourth of Jul}', 1894, and the hearty reception with which the company was received, the sh im battle at Roose- velt Manor, and the entertainment furnished by the ladies, all tend to create within the breast of every man who has served in its ranks the warmest feeling for the Company and personal pride at having been one of its members. The Company has almost reached the maximum and has only room for a few more men. Having been organized since 1888 honorable discharges have been given to those who have served the five years, and notwithstanding that, it has held its place as the largest Company in the Regi- ment, showing a gain of twenty-three men during the last six months. , Captain Charles H. Luscomb was its first commandant, Charles W. Wilder First Lieutenant, and George "W. Rodgers Second Lieutenant. Upon the resignation of First Lieutenant Wilder, Second Lieutenant Rodgers was promoted to First Lieutenant and First Sergeant William H. Lux promoted to Second Lieutenant. Lieutenant Lux having resigned, First Sergeant Timothy J. Hooley was promoted to Second Lieutenant. Upon the election of Captain Luscomb to Major in the Regiment, Lieutenant Rodgers was unanimously elected Captain, and Second Lieutenant Hooley and Sergeant George L. Turton elected First and Second Lieutenants respectively. The non-commissioned officers of the Company are as follows : First Sergeant, R. S. Case ; Quarter- master Sergeant, A. L. Conklin ; Sergeants, F. H. Rodgers and F. E. Case ; Corporals. J. D. Mac- kenzie, P. W. Lyon, E. F. Snethen, C. A. Boden. W. I. Rodgers, J. AVesterfleld, Jr., A. G. Dale and C. Robertson ; Lance Corporals, G. J. Bolles, F. Tutschulte, G. S. Langdon and J. J. Murphy. 'lf'F|i-i:|;s (IF (■(j.Ml'Axy |<. BIOGRAPHY OF OFFICERS. Colonel Bavid E.Austen was born in New York City on February 6, 1841. His grandfather, David Austen, was prominent in the uptown religious movement among the Episcopalians in New York, the outcome of which was the erection of Grace Church, Mr. Austen and Mr. Peter Schermerhorn being the first wardens of the new parish. Colonel Austen was educated at the Swinburne Collegiate Institute at White Plains, and when twenty years old he was appointed Superintendent and Chemist of the New York Kerosene Oil Company, and subsequently became President of the Brooklyn Oil Refining Company. He has held political offices on several occasions, and graduating with high honors at the law school of the New York University, had a successful practice at the bar, which, however, was interrupted by his appointment as Auditor in the Finance Department of New York City. Since the nomination of Horace Greeley for the Presi- dency in 1873 he has been affiliated with the Democratic party. Colonel Austen's military career began with his enlistment in Company H, Seventh Regiment, in February, 1859. He accompanied his command to the South at the outbreak of the war in 1861, and was elected First Lieutenant of Company I, Forty-seventh Regiment, in Ni ''ember, 1863. The following year he was appointed Adjutant. He was elected Captain of Compa.^y 1 in March, 1864 ; Major of the Regiment in October, 1865 ; Lieutenant-Colonel in January, 1868, and Colonel in 1869. While holding this rank he was invited to the command of the Thirteenth, receiving his commission July 13, 1877. Seven years later he was succeeded by Colonel A. C. Barnes, who gave place in 1887 to Colonel Edward Fackner. The latter resigning within a year, Colonel Austen was recalled to the command of the Thirteenth, which he has since held with distinguished credit. Lieutenant-Colonel William Le Roy Watson is a direct descendant of John Watson, who was a survej'or in Hartford, Conn., in 1644, having come from England as a member of the Plymouth, Mass., Colony. Colonel Watson was born in Albany, N. Y., March 8, 1844. He moved to Wisconsin in 1859. He has been engaged many years in the business of commission merchant and is a member of the New York Produce Exchange. In the summer of 1863 he enlisted as a private soldier in the Twenty-first Wisconsin Volunteers, leaving his studies in the Lawrence University at Appleton, Wis., to shoulder the musket. He was in the battles of Chopin Hill, Ky., Stone River and Hoovei-'s Gap, and was taken prisoner at Chickamaiiga and sent to the Libby Prison. He escaped through the famous "tunnel," but was recaptured and .soon afterward was transferred to Columbia, S. C, from which latter place he eventually escaped and found his way back to his regiment. At the end of the war he was mustered out with the rank of Captain, and subsequently served a seven years' enlistment in Company E, Seventh Regiment. When Company G of the Thirteenth, the " Beecher Company," was formed in 1878 the command was tendered to Captain Watson, who was commissioned on August 16, 1878. When Mr. lieecher died Company G was selected as the Guard of Honor for the body while it lay in state in Plymouth Church. In appreciation of its services the company received from Mr. Beecher's family the sword and belt worn by the distinguished Chaplain of the Regiment, and they are now carefully treasured in the company room. Captain Watson retained command of the company until he was elected Lieutenant Colonel of the Regiment. He is a lueiuOer of the iJilitary Oi der of the Loyal Legion and of U. S. Grant Post, G. A. R. 2 o P3 Major George G. Cochran was born in Brookl^'n, November, 3, 1863, and was educated at the Juvenile High School and the Tolytechnic Institute. After studying Medicine at Columbia College he was appointed Assistant Surgeon at the Chambers Street Hospital and the Mount Sinai Hospital, New York City. He is at present an Inspector of the F.rooklyn Board of Health. In 1880 he assisted Colonel David E. Austen in organizing the Cadet Corps of the Thirteenth Regiment, and the next year was appointed its Captain. In 1880, wiiile traveling in Europe, he was elected Second Lieutenant of Company I, Thirteentii Regiment In May, 1887, he was elected First Lieutenant, and January 16, 1888, Captain of the same Company. Since 1889 he has been a member of both the regimental and brigade examining boards. In 1890 he was Assistant Instructor of Guard Dutj' at the !- tate Camp. Througliout his whole service he has held the annual 100 per cent medals, and he has also received the State Marksmen's and Armory Sharp Shooters' badges. He interested himself earnestly iu organizing a signal service in the Second Brigade, and also in establishing a bicycle corps in his own company. In 1892 he was elected Major of tlie Thirteenth. He married Miss Edith Austen, daughter of Colonel David E. Austen. Major Charles H. Luscomb was born in Salem, Mass., February 14, 1856, and removed to New York in 1863. He enlisted in Company D, Twenty-second Infantry, June 13, 1877; was warranted corporal iu Company H, Twenty-second Regiment, December 30, 1878 ; promoted sergeant April 1, 1880 ; commissioned First Lieutenant, Twenty-second Regiment, with rank from December 20, 1880. He resigned with full and honorable discharge February 14, 1883. Major Luscomb became a resident of Brooklyn iu 188i', and on June 14, 1888, was elected Captain of Company K, Thirteenth Regiment. He was promoted Major, Thirteenth Regiment, with rank from May 16, 1893, and was assigned to the command of the Second Battalion. Major Luscomb's record during the entire time of his connection with tlie National Guard is over 99 per cent in attendance. He has been a member of the Regimental Rifle Team of the Thirteenth for six years. He is a Past Master of Girard Lodge, New York, and Central Lodge, Brooklyn, F. & A. M. ; Past High Priest of Constellation Chapter. R. A. M. ; Senior Grand Warden of Aurora Grata Lodge of Perfection, A. A. S. R., and a member oE Aurora Grata Council, Chapter and Consistory, being a 32d Mason. He is also President of the League of American Wheelmen, and Chief Consul of the New York Division of the L. A. W., and President of the Long Island Wheelmen of Brooklyn. He served for four yeurs as a Park Commissioner of this city, and is a member of the Brooklyn Club. Major Luscomb is a lawyer, practicing in New York and Brooklyn Courts. Adjutant William F. Penney enlisted in Company I, Twenty-third Regiment, April 25, 1885. Was commissioned Second Lieutenant of Company C, Ninth Regiment, September 23, 1889 ; First Lieutenant. January 5, 1891 ; Captain, November 30, 1891. He was honorably discharged December 20, 1893, and on that same date was appointed Adjutant of the Thirteenth Regiment. Edward Gibert Sohermekhorn enlisted as a private in the Seventh Regiment October 30, 1885, and was honorably discharged August 7, 1891. He was appointed Adjutant of the Thirteenth Regiment September 26, 1883. Arthur Southard Pierson entered the service as a private in Company K, Thirteenth Regi- ment, March 15, 1888. He was promoted to Corporal October 25, 1888; Sergeant, November 30, 1890 ; First Sergeant, June 4, 1891, and was honorably discharged August 29, 1893. He was appointed Adjutant of the regiment September 26, 1893. The Rev. T. DeWitt Talmage is Chaplain of the Thirteenth Regiment. He was born at Bound Brook, N. J., January 7, 1832. He was one of seven sons of a sturdy Christian farmer, four of whom became ministers of the Gospel. His own earliest preferenge was for the law, but the desire of his parents that he might be a preacher prevailed, and iu 1853 he entered the Theological Seminary at New Brunswick. His first pastorate was in the Reformed Church at Bellville, N. J., where he remained three years, spending the following tliree years in cliarge of the Reformed MAJOR GUSTAV A. .TAIIX. Church in Syracuse, N. Y. la 1S63 he accepted a call from the Second Reformed Church of Phil- adelphia, remaining there seven years. In 1869 lie received three calls from churches in San Fran- cisco, Chicago and Brooklyn, the latter being from the Central Presbyterian Church, which he accepted. Within a j'ear his eongregatioa had increased to such dimensions that a new church ediBce was required and the Tabernacle on Schermerhorn street, near Nevins, was erected, with a seating capacity of 3,000. It was destroyed by Are in December. 1873 A new church was built the following year but it was burned in October, 1889. At once the construction of an immense structure was begun on the corner of Clinton and fireene avenues. The first service was held in it on Sunday, April 30, 1891. The main auditorium was 100 feet long, and 130 feet front, and the church would accommodate al>out 5,500 persons. Unhappily this splendid edifice like its predecessors was destroyed by fire after liaving been only about three years in use. Dr. Talmage's reputation as an earnest, eloquent speaker is familiar to the whole globe. He has preached four thousand original sermons, built three Tabernacles, raised in his thirty-five years' pastorate fully a million dollars for church purposes, has trained and equipped many missionaries and sent the Gospel to the end of the earth. The Thirteenth is proud of its Chaplain, and he is proud of his regiment. Jebe a. Wernbero was born in New York City in 1846. After graduating at the College of the City of New York he entered the University of Pennsylvania and later the Columbia College Law School, where he received his degree when 21 years of age. He speedily obtained high rep- utation as a lawyer, especially in criminal pi-actice, in Brooklyn, to which city he removed in 1873. From 1879 to 1883 he was Assistant District Attorney under General Isaac S. Catlin. He is a popular member of several leading local clubs and holds the commission of Commissary on the staff of the Thirteenth Regiment. Arthur R. Jarrett, Captain and Assistant Surgeon, was born in Brooklyn, where he received his early education in the public schools, also in the country schools of Bordentown, N. J., and other places Owing to the loss of his parents at an early age, he chose the sea as a profession, entering the U. S. Navy as third-class apprentice, promoted to first-class, passing his educational examinations for the Naval Academy, but failed ou account of physical disability. He entered the Long Island College Hospital, graduating four 3'ears after third in his class, entered at once in private and public practice. He soon became well known in the community, has occupied many positions of honor and trust with credit to himself and benefit to the city. He is a Com- missioner of Education, one of the founders and directors of the Bedford Bank, member of the Oxford, Montauk, New England Society, and Marine and Field Club of Brooklyn, Director of the United Service Club of New York, and an active veteran of the Thirteenth Regiment, in which he is finishing his twentieth year, fourteen years as private and six years as a staff officer. Captain William Kerby enlisted in 1870 as drummer in Company H, Thirteenth Regiment. In September, 1873, he was transferred to Company C, Twenty-third Regiment. On October 27, 1880, he was elected Second Lieutenant of Company E, Thirteenth Regiment, and on June 17, 1881, he was promoted to First Lieutenant, and 31 ay 23, 1885, to Captain of the same company. Being the second senior Captain in the Regiment, Captain Kerby was detailed to command the Second Battalion, and served in thatcapacity for over a year, when he was placed on the super- numerary list. Captain Kerby is at present Inspector of Rifle Practice, and has been Regimental Treasurer for the past twelve years. Lieutenant Charles Werner enlisted as a private in the Thirteenth on October 4, 1878, was promoted to Quartermaster-Sergeant of Company H on June 8, 1880, and Regimental Quartermaster-Sergeant on June 3, 1881. He was made First Lieutenant and Regimental Quartermaster April 15, 1885 ; was honorably discharged Nov. 17, 1886, and reappointed First Lieutenant and Quartermaster on January 16, 1888. Doctor Henry Pelottzb De Forest, the Junior Assistant Surgeon of the Thirteenth Regi ment, was born at Fulton, Oswego Co., N. Y., December 39, 1864. He may have inherited some 146 MA.TOK MICUAKI. CIIAI'NC'EY. military tendencies, for his father was Captain J. T. De Forest of the Eighty-first Regiment, New York Veteran Volunteers, and the young man had seven uncles, all of whom were officers in the Union army during the Civil War. Captain De Forest died early in 18 ,6, as a result of disease, contracted in his four years of service. Dr. De Forest's early education was received at Fulton, and in 1880 he graduated at Falley Seminary in that village. The same year he entered Cornell Universitj', and after four years' study in the course of Philosophy, was graduated in 1884 with the degree of Ph. B. For two years, after leaving Cornell, he was Assistant Principal in the High School at Rossville, 111., and during this time began his medical studies under the direction of a physician of that place. In 1887 he returned to Cornell for a year of post-graduate work, under the direction of Prof. B. G. "Wilder. At the end of the year he had finished the work required in the two-years' medical preparatory course of the University, and was given the certiflcate of this course, together with the degree M. S. (cum laude). His first year in a medical college was spent in tlie Columbian University at Washington, D. C. During the year he was able to secure positions as Assistant in the Emergency Hospital of that city, and also in the Government Laboratory of Bacteriology. In the fall of 1888 he came to New York and entered the College of Physicians and Surgeons, where lie remained for two years, graduating in 1890. Dr. De Forest's hospital experience has been extensive and varied. Besides various temporary appointments as assistant in many departments of Roosevelt Hospital and the Vanderbilt Clinic, he succeeded, by a competitive examination, in securing appointments as Interne on the resident staff of the Charity Hospital of New York and the Methodist Episcopal or Seney Hospital of Brooklyn. In the latter institution he served for twenty months. After the completion of his term of service as House Surgeon he went to Genoa, Italy, as Ship Surgeon on the Anchor Line, but soon left the service to enter the Gener;.! Hospital at Vienna. Here he remained for two semesters in the departments of Pathology and Internal Medicine. At the close of the college year he went to the University of Friburg and worked during the vacation in the Patholog-ical laboratory of Professor Ziegler. In the fall of 1893 he returned to this country and entered directly upon a term of service as resident physician at the Sloane Maternity Hospital of New York. At the completion of this last hospital service the doctor came back to Brooklyn and opened an office at the corner of Hancock street and Throop avenue, where he now resides. Since his return he has received appointments upon the attending staff of the Methodist and the Norwegian Hospitals, and the Brooklyn Central Dispensary. As a result of the recent competitive examination the doctor stood first on the list of successful candidates, and was appointed Assistant Sanitary Inspector in the Brooklj'n Department of Health. His appointment upon the staff of the Thirteenth Regi- ment was made by Colonel Austen, September 5, 1893. Captain Frank Remington Wisvsteli, entered the Thirteenth Regiment as Second Lieutenant of Company A on August 16, 1887. He was promoted to First Lieutenant April 22, 1889, and became Captain of the company November 19, 1891. Lieutenant James W. Stewart enlisted in Company A, Thirteenth Regiment, April 17, 188S ; was promoted to corporal, November 4, 1889 ; to sergeant, August 7, 1890, and was com- missioned First Lieutenant, March 31, 1892. Captain John T. Jennings of Company' B, Thirteenth Regiment, has the following military record : Private of Company B, Thirteenth Regiment, April 29, 1878 ; Corporal, July 30, 1880 ; Sergeant, October 2.j, 1880 ; Second Lieutenant, January 16, 1883; First Lieutenant, March 24, 1884; discharged. May 29, 1888; re-enlisted, April 25, 1889; discharged. May 5, 1890; Second Lieutenant, June 27, 1893 ; Captain, December 23, 1893. He acted as Sergeant of Grand Guard at Prospect Park in 1888. First LiiMitenant Clarence Wilbur Smith lias worked himself up from the ranks. He entered the Regimental Cadet Corps, in whicli he did duty about two years. He then enlisted in Company G, better known as the Beecher Company, five years of which he served as a private and two as a corporal, and was then detailed as Regimental Marker. This position being abolished CAPTAIN THOMAS E. KAXDOLPH. on the adoption of the new drill reornlations, he was detailed as acting Sergeant Major, which position he filled with credit during tlie regiment's tour of duty at the State camp at l"eel.MI'AXY (,. iBei.-clnT I ompiiiiyi Cattain M'. L, \\'at>on. F'n:ST Lieutenant Lionel F,. I'-uown. Sktonii Lieutenant Samuel Skinner. Fn:sT [.[EUTKNANT FuLLEK Tome--. i-'ii:-:T Lieutenant Wm. W, II\noij.. SEruNu Liei'tenant William Kae. house, in which lie became a partner. In 1870 he retired from business with a competency. In 1858 he enlisted in Company G, Thirteenth Regiment, and in 1863 he organized Company H of that same Regiment and became its captain. Appointed to a staff position under Philip S. Crooke, of the Fifth Brigade, he went to the front in 1863. Four years later he was commissioned Major, in 1867 Lieutenant-Colonel, and in 1869 he was given the Colonelcy rendered vecant by the res- ignation of General Jourdan. In the fall of 1869 he was elected Brigadier General of the Fifth Brigade, and in 1875 Governor Tilden appointed him Major-General, with the command of the Sec- ond Brigade, which commission he held until the time of his sudden death. May 13, 1878. General Cheistian T. Christensen was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, January 26, 1833. When 18 years old he came to America and obtained a position as bookkeeper in New York. In 1855 he became a partner in the firm of Pepoon, Nagro & Co., note brokers. Joining the First New York Volunteers in 1861 as First Lieutenant he rose through every rank in the volunteer service to that of Brigadier General, serving through the war from beginning- to end. In 1865 he entered the employ of a firm of coffee importers in New York, being taken into partnership in 1868. He left the concern in 1877 to take the man.agement of the Nevada Bank of San Francisco, afterward being- for ten years manager of the extensive banking house of Drextel, Morgan & Co. From 1879 to 1885 he was an active member of the National Guard, serving in that period as Major of the Thirteenth Regiment and Commander of the Third Brigade, and for iVtime commanding the Second Division. He has been President of the Brooklyn Excise Leiigue ; Director of the American Exchange National Bank : Trusteeof the American Missionary Association ; Chancellor of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion, and a Park Commissioner in prooklyn. He is Vice- President of the Brooklyn Society for Improving the Condition of the Poor, and also of the Philharmonic Societj-. He was a warm, personal friend of the late Henry Ward Beecher, and has been for nearly a quarter of a century a leading member of the Plymouth Church congregation. M. G. BuLKELEY was born at East Haddam, Conn.. December 26, 1837. and removed with his parents to Hartford, Conn., in 1846. He was educated in the District and High School of that city, and in 1831 removed to Brooklyn in the employ of the firm of Henry P. Morgan, located at 111 Fulton street, afterwai-ds became a partner, and until the firm retired from business so con- tinued. He enlisted in the Brooklyn City Guard, Thii-teenth Regiment, May, 1861, and .served con- tinuously until his return to Hartford in February, 1873. He has been largely interested in public affairs, served in both boards of the City government, and eight years as Mayor, four terms. On January 10, 1889, he was inaugurated as Governor of Connecticut, and continued in office until January 4, 1893. He is interested in the business life of Hartford as director and officer of many of its leading institutions and is largely interested in the JKtna Life Insurance Company founded by Hon. Eliphalet Adams Bulkeley, who was for many years its president, which office the subject of this sketch was elected to in 1879 and still continues to hold. He was married in San Francisco, Cal., February, 1835, to Fannie Briggs Houghton of that city, and has two children, Morgan Gardner, Jr., and Elinor Houghton Bulkeley. Adjutant GEOUGii B. Davis enlisted in Company F, Thirteenth Regiment, September 36. 1873, was elected corporal in December of the same year, sergeant in October, 1875, and First Lieutenant of Company E in March, 1878. He was nonorably discharged in 1879, but was reap- pointed, with rank of Adjutant, by Colonel Austen in September, 1880. Died August 30, 1886, buried August 33d. Major James J. Terhunb enlisted in Company A, Twenty-second Regiment, New York Volunteers, on September 33, 186'3 and was discharged June 3, 1863. He re-enlisted in Company E, Third New Jersey Cavalry, on March 1, 1864, for three years, and was discharged as corporal August 1, 1865. Major Ternune was in the battles of the Wilderness, Spotsylvania Court House, Cold Harbor and Petersburg, and in all of Sheridan's fights in the Valley. At the battle of Five Forks he captured a rebel officer and secured his belt, which is one of the trophies decorating U. S. Grant Post of the G. A. R. 117 V*** MAJOII .r. FUKL), ACKEKMAN. Major Frederick A. Baldwin joined Company D, Fourteenth Regiment, N. G., S. N. Y., January 26, 1849. Promoted to Corporal, March 10, 1849 ; Sergeant, May 16, 1854 ; transferred to Company B, Thirteenth Regiment, June 9, 1860; promoted to First Sergeant, June 28,1860; promoted to Second Lieutenant, November 15, 1861 ; promoted to Captain, April 27, 1863 ; Brevet Major, October 29, 1877. Honorably discharged, June 6, 187!). General W. H. Bulkeley, the subject of this sketch, was born at East Haddam, March 2, 1840. His father was the founder and first president of the ^tna Life and also of the Connecticut Mutual Insurance Company. General Bulkeley was educated in the public and high schools of Hartford. After completing his course in the High School, he entered the employ of Thacher, Goodrich & Stillman, then the oldest and leading dry-goods establishment in Hartford. In March, 1857, he came to Brooklyn and engaged in the same business with H. P. Morgan & Co. After- wards he entered the dry-goods trade for himself and conducted a succesful business for six years on Fulton street. In 1866 General Bulkeley returned to Hartford and organized the Kellogg & Bul- keley Company, lithographers, of which he has since been the president. He was for several years vice-president of the ^tna Life Insurance Company, and is at present a member of the board of directors. He is also a director in the Orient Fire, the American National Bank and the United States Trust Company. General Bulkeley has had a creditable war record, having been one of the first to respond to the call for troops after the attack on Fort Sumter. He was a member of the Brooldyn City Guard, Thirteenth Regiment, N. G., N. Y., and advanced to the front with his command, April 23, 1861. The organization was in the service for four months. In 1862 he organized Company G of the Fifty-sixth Regiment, N. G., N. Y., and was elected Captain. He was with his command through the Pennsylvania crisis of 1863, being in General " Baldy " Smith's division. The regiment was ordered home during the New York draft riots, after which it was disbanded, its term of service having expired. General Bulkeley is an active member of Robert O. Tyler Post, G. A. R., of Hartford, and also of the Army and Navy Club of Connecticut. Ordnance Sergeant James McNevin of the Thirteenth has made a record of which any man may be proud. On March 7, 1867, he enlisted in Company B of the Fifty-second Regiment, which became Company C of the Fifty-sixth Regiment September 28, 1808. When the Fifty-sixth was disbanded Company C became E of the Thirteenth. This was on March 7, 1870. Private McNevin was elected Corporal, April 22, 1870; Sergeant, April 2i, 1874 ; Quartermaster Sergeant, May, 1877. He was appointed Standard Bearer October 26, 1877, and in 1879 carried the Stars and Stripes into Canada, when the Queen's dominions, were peacefully invaded by the Thirteenth. On April 29, 1881, he was appointed Ordnance Sergeant. For the entire period of his service he performed 100 i)er cent, of duty. In 1881 and from 1886 to 189,S he was a member of the Thirteenth Regiment team, and for the whole nine years was first on the list. In 1881 he won the Baker & McKenny and the Boylan medals, open to the riflemen of the State. In September, 1882, he shot on the National military team, selected to meet the British volunteers, under Sir Henry Halford, being the only Brooklyn man among the number. In 1888 Sergeant McNevin won the Long Range Championship of the United States, making 134 points out of a possible 130, at 800, 900 and 1,000 yards. He shot on the New Yoi-k State team in inter-state matches in 1887 and 1892, and won both the silver and bronze medals of the National Rifle Association m 1887, 1888, 1889, 1890 and 1891. On September 3, 1881, he captured the Duryea skirmish medal, and in 1891 he secured, with 115 out of a possible 125 points, the medal presented by the Veteran Association for the best aggregate score at 100, 200, 300, 500 and 600 yards. Last year he won the medal again with 111 points. Drum Major Edward McIntyre was born in New York City, March 11, 1849, and at eleven years of age enlisted in Company G, Thirteenth Regiment, in 1860, as a drummer boy. He made his first parade with the regiment on the occasion of the reception of the Prince of Wales m that year and was on duty with his company at the old Armory on Cranberry street just previous to the war in anticipation of trouble at the Navy Yard. He marched with his regiment to the LIEUTENANT C. W. TOPPING. front in 1861, probably the youngest soldier who went to the war, being only twelve years of age, and on the return of the regiment from its tour of service he re-enlisted in the Eighty seventh Regiment, New York Volunteers, with his father, Captain Mclntyre. The regiment was assigned to Kearny's Division, Third Army Corps, Army of the Potomac. After his discharge from the Eighty-seventh Regiment he again enlisted in Company G, Thirteenth Regiment, in 1863, and went to the front with the same in that year, and on its return was discharged from the service. He was afterwards connected with the Treasury service, his father being special agent of the same, with headquarters with the Army of General Grant, for the collection of all aban- doned property, and was the means of turning in to the Government a large amount of money. After the close of the war he returned to Brooklyn, and enlisted in Company D, Thirteenth Regiment, in 1868, and was transferred to the Forty-seventh Regiment, N. G., N. Y., in 1873, and appointed Drum Major by Colonel D. E. Austen, who at that time commanded that i egiment. He was again transferred to the Thirteenth Regiment in 1881, and appointed Drum Major by Colonel Austen. The last annual inspection of this regiment was his twenty-sixth consecutive one in the service. During all those years he has performed 100 per cent, of duty. The present Drum and Bugle Corps is tl!% third one he has instructed and trained for the regiment, and they have gained for themselves a reputation second to none in the State as a field music corps, and were highly complimented by the State officers at camp this season for the very efficient manner in which they performed their duty. Drum Major Mclntyre being highly complimented by the Adjutant General. .The Drum Major joined Rankin Post No. 10, Department of New York, G. A. R., in 1872, and takes active interest in the same, having been elected Delegate to the State Encamp- ment on several occasions. Sergeant Robert Bruce, Company D (one of the '-Old Brooklynites "), served thirty-seven years in the Thirteenth Regiment under Colonels Abel Smith, Clark, Woodward, Mason, Jourdan, Briggs, Dakin, Fackner, Barnes and Austen, with the approval of his commanding officers and credit to himself. Captain David M. Demarest enlisted in Company D, January 31, 1876. He was promoted corporal August 5, 1878 ; sergeant, March 6, 1879 ; First Lieutenant, December 8, 1882 ; Captain, January 15, 1884. Captain Stewart resigned on account of pressure of business September 27, 1884. His record in the company was excellent, he having during his connection with it never missed a roll call. Captain William Kingslet Van O'Likda enlisted as private in Company F, Twenty-third Regiment, February 7, 1888 ; Regimental Marker, January, 1889, to January, 1893 ; honorably dis- charged May 22, 1893. Enlisted as private in Company E, Thirteenth Regiment, May 22, 1893 ; corporal, Jtme 21, 1893; transferred to Company H, Thirteenth Regiment, July 1st ; sergeant, July 1, 1893 ; First Lieutenant, July 14, 1893 ; Captain, September 11, lb94. Captain John H. Tienken enlisted in Company K, October 7, 1865, under Captain Jacob H Law. He transferred to Company H in 1867 under Captain J. S. Van Cleef. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant of Company H in April, 1874, by Governor John A. Dix, and was promoted to Captain of Company H in April, 1876, by Governor Samuel J. Tilden. He was discharged July 9, 1879, by Governor Lucius Robinson. Regimental Commissary Henry F. Hekkner, a merchant, residing at 443 Greene avenue, one of the War Veterans of the Thirteenth, joined the Engineer Corps under Sergeant (now General) Philip H. Briggs, in 1859, and went to the front with the regiment in the war days. He trans- erred to Company F, and during the Riot in 1863 was in charge of a squad guarding the Atlantic. Dock Stores until the regiment came home. He resigned on removal to New York, and now proudly wears his ten years' service medal. Returning to Brooklyn in 1887, he became active in tlie Veteran Association, and, as its Commissary, shows that his interest in the service has not abated He is an officer in Lafayette Post No. 140, and has been honored with several staif appointments 161 ]ii;rM >rA.joj; kkward m. intyi;e. in the Grand Army of the Eepublic. Vigorous and liearty, he says that he is ready for service when his country needs him. Lieutenant C. W. Topping, after serving in the war from December 20, 1863, to August 31, 1865, in the Thirteenth Regiment, New York Heavy Artillery, enlisted in the Thirteenth Regiment, N. G., S. N. Y., on October 27, 1882, in Company D. He was made corporal June 15, 1883, and re- ceived a commission as Second Lieutenant on February 15, 1884. He resigned on April 15, 1886. Lieutenant Topping was appointed First Lieutenant and Quartermaster on December 29, 18'?6, and was retired and placed on the supernumerary list on February 15, 1888. Henry D. Dumont enlisted in Company A, Thirteenth Regiment, April 16, 1870, under Colonel Mason and Captain John C. LefFerts, served as private, corporal and sergeant until April 21, 1874, when he was elected Second Lieutenant of Company A until January 20, 1876, when he resigned his commission and afterward joined Company D, under Captain T. M. Hempstead, and served the balance of his time in this company, receiving his discharge from that company as a private on January 11, 1878. In March, 1888, together with Lieutenant Fred A. Lawrence, he organized the Talmage Company, and was assigned by Colonel Austen to take K Company as its letter. He was elected Captain of that company, but finding his business duties such that he could not give it proper attention, he declined the appointment, and with Mr. Lawrence enlisted in the company for one year as a private on the 31st day of March, 1888, and was discharged April 18, 1889, having served altogether in the regiment about eight years and nine months. Band Leader F. N. Innes. — A branch of its organization in which the Thirteenth has just cause for pride, is its band. It has been the regiment's fortune to have had as its band leaders during the past quarter of a century two of the most capable and most distinguished musical leaders of America. From about 1878 for a period of nearly ten years the renowned Harvey B. Dod worth was leader of the Thirteenth Regiment Band, conducting it in all its notable parades and excur- sions and contributing largely to its popularity at home and abroad. On his retirement, shortly prior to his death, his mantle fell upon an equally distinguished and competent director, Frederick N. Innes, the present Regimental Band Leader. Mr. Innes was born in London in 1854, and before he was twelve years old he played the trombone in the famous First Life Guards band, of which his father was a prominent member. In 1874 he came to this country and speedily attracted the attention of tlie late P. S. Gilmore, and liis success as the soloist of the Gilmore band was immediately achieved. Mr. Innes not only took a place among the foremost instru- mental soloists of America, but secured similar recognition among the musicians of Europe. During the winter of 1881-1882 he played with marked success in Paris, Berlin, Hamburg and other Continental capitals. Returning to this country he appeared as a soloist at prominent concerts throughout the United States, and then sought the larger field of the director, where his magnetism and unique ability have placed him ahead of many of his older confreres. He organized his first band in San Francisco in 1887, and after a succession of triumphs there he accepted the leadership of the band of the Thirteenth Regiment. Major Gust AVE A. Jahn's relationship with the Thirteenth Regiment began with his joining Company K in June 4, 1863. He was made a corporal on June 20th of the same year, and in that capacity served through the Pennsylvania campaign with the Army of the Potomac, and later in the draft riots in New \''ork City. He was commissioned First Lieutenant and Regimental Com- missary by Governor L. Robinson August 8, 1877 ; Captain and Commissary of Subsistence of the Fifth Brigade by Governor A. B. Cornell, July 22, 1880 ; Major and Commissary of Subsistence of Third Brigade, by Governor Grover Cleveland, April 33, 1883; Major and Commissary of Subsist- ence of the Second Brigade, by Governor D. B. Hill, October 5, 1886; Major and Brigade Inspector, Second Brigade, by Governor D. B. Hill, July 23, 1887. Major Jalin is at present a member of the Veteran Association of the Thirteenth Regiment and an honorary member of the Regimental Council of Officers. ">rA.IiiR ALFRKll "R. rAI.imi'X. AiitliMr Mf III,- Tliiitc'c'iilh Ret'iniciif Marcliin;;' Sonr. an.l of tlw Veterans' iSi.nc, "Tlie Old Thirleentl:. ' .MaJMf (■alliMiiii is ulsf. tlie aiitlinr nf ihe famous setnp. "Marcliinu- Thrniii^li Genrtria " and e>f rhe "s.ildi.r's ^tory-" shertly to he priidueed in Br". .klyn. William P. Eae. — This officer joined the Thirteenth as a private in Company G on March 20, 1879 ; was warranted as corporal June 8, 1883 ; promoted to Sergeant, May 8, 1884 ; made First Sergeant, November 5, 1888, and received a commission as Lieutenant, October 3, 1889. He was honorably discharged December 13, 1890 ; reinstated as private in 1892, and honorably discharged, October 31, 1893 He is a member of the Veteran Association, President of the William P. Eae Company, Real Estate Managers and Auctioneers ; Managing Director of " Mapleton " Property, New Utrecht Improving Company, Sea Gate ; Norton Point Land Company, etc. He is connected with the Long Island Title Company, a member of the Union League Club, the Sea Gate Club, the Royal Arcanum, Knights of Malta, and other prominent organizations. William Vander Wegen joined Company F, Thirteenth Regiment, August 4, 1874 ; was promoted corporal, October 13, 1874 ; promoted sergeant. May 9, 1876 ; elected Assistant Secretary of the Veteran Association, February 10, 1594. Discharged, November 5, 1881. Major-General Edward L. Molineux was born on October 13, 1833, in London, England, of a family which, under the name of Molyneux, had flourished since the days of the Conqueror. He came to this country in his infancy and was educated at the Mechanics' Society School in New York, and entered the business house of ex-Mayor Daniel F. Tiemann, in which he became a partner, continuing there until the beginning of the War of the Rebellion. His soldiering began in 18.)4, when he became a member of the Brooklyn City Guard, Company G, Thirteenth Regi- ment. At the first call for troops In 1861, young Molineux joined the Seventh Regiment and went to the front. Returning, he was prominent in the organization of the Twenty-Third Regi- ment, of which he became Lieutenant-Colonel, and was instrumental in reorganizing the Eleventh Brigade. In 1863, with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, he raised the Hundred and Thirty-ninth Regiment New York Volunteers, and in November of that year, as full Colonel, he was mustered with his regiment into the service of the United States. Assigned to the Banks expedition, his men were the first to land at Baton Rouge, La. At the battle of Irish Bend, April 14, 1863, as he was leading his men and rallying them with " Forward, New York ! " he was shot in the mouth, the ball carrying away part of his jaw. The " Draft riots " occurring during his absence on sick leave, he volunteered his services and did eflfective duty during those troubles. He was back in the field by July and served as Assistant Inspector on the staflE of Major-General Franklin ; as Provost Marshal General and Commissioner for exchange of prisoners ; as Military Commander of the La Fourche District ; at Bermuda Hundreds with Butler, and in the Shenandoah Valley. He was promoted to be Brigadier-General for conspicuous gallantry and zeal at Fisher's Hill, Winchester and Cedar Creek. He was afterwards breveted Major-General for gallantry during the war. As Military Commander of the northern district of Georgia, near the end of the war and after it, he not only secured obedience to the Government, but did it so wisely as to receive the thanks of the Mayor, citizens and common council of Augusta for his ' bold administration of military law," which "brought order out of chaos," while it "respected the rights of the citizens," and led them to " cherish a sincere respect " for him. Among the endorsements on his papers recommending his promotion were those of Generals Sheridan, Gilmore, Emory, Hurlbut, Grover, Beige, Woodford, and others. In 1868 he was, by Act of Legislature, commissioned Major-General for his services during the war. When the Eleventh Brigade, N. G., S. N. Y., was organized, he became the Brigade Inspector. In 1879 he was given the command of the Brigade, and in 1884 he was appointed by Governor Cleveland Major-General commanding the Second Division. During his tenure of this command, which lasted until all the Brooklyn regiments were included in a single brigade, he devoted himself to practically preparing the troops for service. Special attention was given to street riot drill, both by day and by night ; field manoeuvres over rough ground and out-door drill in winter, which he demonstrated was healthier than summer work. His development of the signal service in the National Guard was perhaps the most strikingly successful of his measures. Among General Molineux's contributions to military literature are published articles on "Riots in Cities," "Railroad Riots and Their 165 FAIli < (IMMIT'I-KK ny \- K'l-EKAN ASSOCIATION. LlErTENANT-CoLONtl. HtAIH.K. Kx-LlEUTENANT W'M. 'l\ I.ANB. lli:\K\' I). DrMONT. Ex-<_'A r'lAiN W- AtavOmI) FRKNf^H. L[KI TENANT JOHN S'llVMSKlt, il. F. He' kner, K\ Sek(;eant W'm. \"an dek Wegen. Suppression, " and "Military Drill in Public Schools " His plan for the latter form of education was practically exempliQed in the cadet system of Boston. Abroad he has been ideo ifl il with the problem of military operations in desert campaigns, for which he submitted plans for a water supply on the principle of the American pipe lines. He offered to take a corps of five hundred American rifles to attempt the relief of Gordon at Khartum, paying his own expenses and serving without compensation, if James Gordon Bennett would guarantee the funds of the corps. General Molineux was President of the National Rifle Association during the time of the International match, in which Sir Henry Halford captained the British team. He has been Commander of the New York military order of the Loyal Legion, President of the United Service Club and Nineteenth Army Corps, Vice-President of the Society of the Army of the Potomac, and is a member of Rankin Post, No. 10, G. A. R. Captain James de Mandeville comes from an old Norman family, whose genealogy is traced in a direct line in England from the time of the Norman conquest. Nearly every genera- tion has been represented in the military service. His great great grandfather was a distinguished officer in the British Army. His grandfather held an important military command in India, and his father served under General De Lacy Evans in the Carlist war in Spain, receiving the order of Knighthood from the Government of that country in recog-nition of gallant services. He came to America with a number of other retired English Army officers, and settled in Canada, where Captain James De Mandeville was born. He left Canada in 18C3 with the purpose of joining the Army of the Potomac. He joined the scouts under Colonel Charles Carpenter and served as one of General Ewing's scouts through Price's cam pain in Missouri in 1864. He enlisted in Company I, Twenty-second Regiment, in May 1883. He was afterward nominated for Second Lieutenant of that company, and at the same time was nominated and elected Captain of Com. pany I, Thirteenth Regiment, September 19, 1883, receiving his Captain's commission January 2, 1884. Captain de Mandeville resigned December 5, 1887, in consequence of business engagements requiring his presence in another State. Captain William Waldron Hanold served in the United States Navy from 1865 to 1871, and enlisted as a private in the Howitzer Battery of the Eleventh Brigade, October 35, 1875, being promoted to corporal, February 7, 1876. He was made a sergeant in the Gatling Battery, March 4, 1878. He entered the Thirteenth Regiment as Second Lieutenant of Company D, November 18, 1879, and was promoted to First Lieutenant, September 3, 1880. He was First Lieutenant of the Third Battery, September 2,' 1882. On September 17, 1888, he was commissioned First Lieutenant of Company G, Thirteenth Regiment, and became Captain of that Company, May 26, 1892. He has since resigned and is now a member of the Veteran Association. Lieutenant-Colonel Edwin Beers. — The first Lieutenant-Colonel of the Thirteenth at the time of its organization in 1847 was Edwin Beers. This gentleman received his first commission as Lieutenant of the Two Hundred and Sixty-fifth Regiment from Governor Wm. C. Bouck on October 11, 1843. He was commissioned Captain by Governor Silas Wright, February 20, 1845, and Lieutenant-Colonel by the same official on June 7, 1845. Colonel Quevedo com- manded the regiment, the division being under command of Major-General Underbill, and the brigade under Brigadier General Reid. When the Legislature abolished the old military organi- zations of the State and the National Guard came into existence. Colonel Beers became a member of the City Guard, Captain James W. Olney, First Lieutenant Richard J. Thorne. Being the oldest field oflBcer in the district, it became Colonel Beers' duty to organize the first regiment in Brooklyn under the new law, which was the Thirteenth. Colonel Abel Smith, who had formerly been Colonel of a New Yorlt regiment, expressing a willingness to accept the position, was elected Colonel of the Thirteenth, and Colonel Beers the Lieutenant Colonel. He received his commission from Governor John Young, April 18, 1848, resigning at the same time his membership in the City Guard. Two years later Colonel Beers was "appointed on the staff of Brigadier-General H. B. Duryea as Judge Advocate. Colonel Beers /^/Tv y- »^> CAPTAIN .lOlIX II. 'ITKXKEN. resigned from the State Militia after twelve years' service. He is at present actively engaged in business in Brooklyn as director in several banks and other large corporations. Capt. T. E. Randolph before joining the National Guard had a war record, having served a term of enlistment in Company C, Hawkins Zouaves, from 1861 to 1863, in which latter year he was honorably discharged by reason of the expiration of his service. He enlisted in Company B, Thirteenth Regiment, August 16, 1878, and was made Corporal March 6th, 1879. He was elected 1st Lieutenant November 18, 1879, and Captain September 3, 1880, resigning from the service August 16, 1883. Captain William J. Collins enlisted in the Thirteenth Regiment September 20, 1863. Was promoted to Corporal, February 33, 1869 ; Sergeant, May 12, 1870 ; First Sergeant, June 19, 1877 ; Second Lieutenant, November 14, 1877 ; First Lieutenant, October 1.5, 1878 ; Captain Company A, August 13, 1881. Captain Willoughby Povs^ell began his military career as a private in Company B, Seventh Regiment, July 6, 1857. He was transferred to the Engineer Corps of the Thirteenth Regiment November 5, 1860. In 1861 he became First Sergeant of Company F, and on May 37, 1863, while the regiment was in active service, he was promoted to First Lieutenant of Company K. On April 2, 1863, he was made Captain of that company, and was appointed Regimental Adjutant, March 2, 186.5. On January 18, 1866, he was honorably discharged. He was made Captain of Company B, March 19, 1886, resigning in 1890. He served a year as president of the Veteran Asso- ciation. Captain Charles P. Schoeneck entered the Thirteenth Regiment as a private in Company K on June 3, 1880. He was made Sergeant, January 10, 1883, and Sergeant and General Guide, December 26, 1884. He was honorably discharged February 18, 1887. On August 36 of that year he accepted the position of First Lieutenant of Company F, Thirty-second Regiment, and was promoted to Captain of Company I in that regiment, March 3, 1888, resigning December 31, 1890. He was again made Captain of Company I, January 23, 1891, and placed on the supernumerary list, May 36, 1892. Captain Schoeneck served in the National Guard for fourteen years with 100 per cent, of duty to his credit. While a member of the Thirteenth he personally brought twenty-six recruits into the regiment, and it was mainly through his efforts that Company K won the famous "Beecher Trophy" for recruiting — a |500 clock. Major William Henry Albert Cochran, Inspector of the Second Brigade, entered the Thir- teenth Regiment as a private, April 31, 1883. His several promotions were as follows : Corporal, June 6, 1883 ; Second Lieutenant Company K, November 11, 1885 ; First Lieutenant, January 37, 1886 ; Captain Company H, July 6, 1887 ; Captain and Aid-de-Camp Second Brigade, March 30, 1890 ; Major and Inspector Second Brigade, March 38, 1893. Major Cochran was born in Brooklj'n in 1864. His father was a disliinguished physician While Captain of Company II Major Cochran became well known as a careful military writer, and he has published several noteworthy articles on tactics and general manocuvers. He is a lawyer by profession. He is a popular club man, and it is due to his enthusiasm for bowling that the Inter-Club Bowling League was established. He was chairman of the committee that secured the passage of the bill for the erection of the new armory. Lieutenant Charles F. Stagg belongs to old Revolutionary stock, his grandfather having been a General in the Revolutionary War, and to one of the oldest families of New York. His father was the organizer and president of the Union Fire Insurance Company of New York City. Lieutenant Stagg is a stock broker. He enlisted in Company I, Thirteenth Regiment, February 16, 1883. He was elected Second Lieutenant, September 19, ISS.S, and First Lieutenant, October 17, 1884. He resigned July 16, 1886. Captain W. H. Courtenay enlisted as a private in Company G, One Hundred and Thirteenth New York Volunteers, Auguist 15, 1863, and was made First Sergeant in the following year. He F(H;>iI-:i; OKFlrEi;s Oh' THE TIHKTKKNTII KF.ciMKNT. ■'ATTAIN WlLlJilflHn^" I'nWELL, <_'OMTANV' l!. (.'aI'TAIN W'lI.l.lA.M < 'lH_' KTN EV . CoMl'ANV F. ('Al'TAIN (.'IIAKI.!-:- KKhJTiHMAR. COMTAN'i II. ('ATTAIN WlTI.IAM ('iiLLINS. '■'0M1'AN"\" A. Stri.eon FnANi'. I.'. I)E La \'i:r;KNK. was commissioned Second Lieutenant, February 16, and Captain, March 8. 1865. He was mustered out of the service, August 1, 1865. He was elected Captain of Company F, Thirteenth Regiment, from civil life. He died December 10, 1886. Quartermaster John P. Scetmser's military life is as follows : Appointed as Commissary on staff of Brevet Major General James Jourdan, commanding Thirteenth Regiment, May, 1867. Pro- moted Quartermaster 1875, re-signed 1877, serving during that time on the staffs of the following commandants of the regiment : General James Jourdan, Colonels Thomas S. Dakin, Fred A. Mason, General Jourdan (second term) and Colonel Philip H. Briggs. He served several years as Commissary of Veteran Corps and is at present Second Vice-President of the association. WiiilAM T. Lane, the subject of this sketch, was born in Brooklyn, January 13, 1837, and has always resided in and taken an active interest in all that pertains to the prosperity of the city of his birth. His military services in the Guard commenced with his enlistment with what was then known as "The National Guard" of Brooklyn, commanded by that uni ivalled instructor. Captain Horace A.Sprague, which was then the crack company of the State and perhaps of the country. This company at the time was attached to the Fourteenth Regiment, New York State MUitia, which then occupied in part the old armory on the corner of Henry and Cranberry streets. Becoming dissatisfied with its environments, the company were transferred iadividually to the Thirteenth Regiment in June, 1860, and then became known as Company B, Thirteenth Regiment, Natiimal Greys. He has filled the various grades of service in the Guard, from private to Lieuten- ant, participating in the various campaigns during the late war, resigning his commission and re- ceiving an honorable discharge from the service January 19, 1864. He was prominently connected with the organizing of the Veteran Association of the Regiment, and is now the Treasurer of that body. He is also a member of Lafayette Post, No. 14, Grand Army of the Republic. Colonel H. H. Beadle's first military experience was in 1844, when he went as a substitute, which was allowable in those days, to a "General Training" or " Muster " of the ununiformed Mil- itia in Cheshire, Conn., going there from Jleriden, where he then resided. Being but a slender boy and having on his back a knapsack marked " 76," he was an object of some criticism. In 1845 he went again in a similar capacity to Waterbury, Conn., this time uniformed as one of " The Meri- den Greys."' The arms in use at that time were the old fashioned, smooth bore musket, with flint lock and the necessary accoutrements of powder horn, priming wire and brush, etc. This was before percussion caps were known, to say nothing of breech-loaders and fixed ammunition. Colonel Beadle's military record then ceased until the breaking out of the war in 1861, when he joined " The Carroll Guard," which the following December became Company F, Thirteenth Regi- ment. On October 6, 1863, he was elected and commissioned First Lieutenant. March 17, 1868, he was elected and commissioned Captain. One of the occasions of active duty which occurred while he was Captain was the Orange Riot in New York City, July 12, 1871. The Regiment at that time was under command of Colonel Fred A. Mason. November 10, 1876, he was elected and commis- sioned Lieutenant Colonel, and as such participated in the celebration of the 60th birthday of Queen Victoria, May 24, 1889, at Montreal. He was in command of the Regiment during the Rail- road Riot in 1877. Colonel Beadle was Brevetted Colonel, December 31, 1878, and received an hon- orable discharge from the service October 20, 1879, since which time he has been connected with the Veteran Association. Colonel William J. Harding joined the Twenty-second Regiment, N. G., S. N. Y., as a private in Company B, Captain Camp, July 14,1867. Served as such until October 14, 1869, on which date he was appointed Adjutant of the Twenty-second by Colonel Josiah Porter, the present Adjutant General of New York. Served as Adjutant until elected Captain of his old Company B, Twenty-second Regiment, January 7, 1873, and filled the captaincy until resignation, January 20, 1876. Again appointed Adjutant, August 1, 1877, by Colonel Porter, fining the position until February 8, 1886, when, soon after Colonel Porter's appointment as Adjutant V >-^^Cl5«;,T^. f^*^ ^1 ,> JAMES MrNE\'lN, (Former Re^imt*iU;il Ordii;inco StirgeantJ General, he was promoted Lieutenant-Colonel in place o( then Lieutenant-Colonel Camp, promoted Colonel of the Twenty second. In July, 1888, he was unanimously elected Lieutenant-Colonel of the Thirteenth, and was then transferered to that Regiment with original rank, and served as such until promoted by Governor Flower in January, 1893, to be Assistant Inspector General of the State of New York, the military position he now fills. During his career in the National Guard he was an incorporator of the National Rifte Association and one of its original directors, a member of the Amateur Eifle Club, Captain of the Twenty-second Regiment teams of 1873, 1874 and 1875, which took most of the Creedmoor prizes in those years. President of the National Guard Association, Colonel, appointed by Governor Hill, of the First Provisional Regiment at the Washington Centenary Parade in New York of 1889, Assistant Adjutant General of General Fitzgerald's First Brigade during part of 1886, member of the First Brigade Examining Board, etc., etc. Before joining the Twenty- second Regiment he had recently been mustered out of the U. S. service as a Captain, having enlisted as a jjrivate in the Seventh N. H. V., October 14, 1863, and being promoted corporal and sergeant in that regiment and holding commissions in the Thirty-eighth U. S. C. T. as Adjutant and Captain. He served during the war in the 10th, 34th and a.^th Army Corps in the Departments of South Virginia, Virginia and North Carolina, on Moons Island, at the S'Cge of Charleston, Olustee and Jacksonville, Fla., in the campaigns of the armies of the James and Potomac, in 1864^1865, until the capture of Richmond, which city he entered as Regimental Adjutant in the forenoon of April 3, 1865, the day of the evacuation. He was with General Sheridan's army of observation in Texas in July, 1865, and served there in various staff positions as Assistant Adjutant General and Assistant Inspector General of the First Division of the 35th Army Corps, General Giles A. Smith, and also as Provost Marshal of the District of the Rio Grande. Colonel Harding is a companion and has been an officer in the New York commandery of the Military Older of the Loyal Legion, a comrade in the Grand Array of the Republic, a member of the Society of the Army of the Potomac, Secretary of the Association of the Veterans of the Department of the South, etc. He holds ten and fifteen years long service medals of the Twenty-Second Regiment and the War service medal of the Thirteenth. Colonel Harding is a lawyer of excellent standing and a member of the firm of Alexander & Green, New York City. Ex Colonel Edward Facknee was born in New York City in 1849, and in 1868 he went to the front with the Twelfth Regiment, N. G., N. Y. He served sixteen years in the Twelfth Regiment, passing through all grades from private to Captain of Company K. In 1881 he resigned from the Twelftli Regiment, and later was elected Captain of Company E of the Thirteenth. In 1885 he was elected Lieutenant-Colonel, and in 1887 Colonel, resigning from the Regiment on making a trip to Europe. He is a member of Lafayette Post, G. A. R., Socrates Lodge, F. & A. M., the Montuuk Club and the Amaranth Literary and Dramatic Society. In 1886 he married a daughter of Leonard Moody, and has since been connected with that gentleman in the real estate business. General John B. Woodward was born in Brooklyn in 1885, and since 1850 he has been engaged in South American trade. In 1854 he enlisted in the Brooklyn City Guard, Company G, of the Thirteenth Regiment He rose rapidly through all the intermediate grades to be Colonel of that Regiment in 1863. Five years later he succeeded Major-General H. B. Duryea in the command of the Second Division of the State National Guard. In 1875 he was appointed Inspector General of the State, in 1879 Adjutant General, and in 1880 he retired from the service and has since been actively connected with the prominent interests of Brooklyn. General Woodward served in the War of the Rebellion with the Thirteenth Regiment in 1361 as Second Lieutenant, and for three months in 1863 as Lieutenant Colonel. In 1888 he was appointed President of the Department of Brooklj'n Parks, holding the office for one year. At present General Woodward is President of the Third National Bank, a director of the Commercial Mutual Insurance Company, the Guardian Insui'ance Company, Franklin Trust Company and Franklin Safe Deposit Company; Vice-President of the Birkbeck Saving and Loan Association and a director and trustee in other f' JOHN GUfLFOyLE, Coiitnictdi- fur th(;' Thirtueutli rteiiiment New Armory, iadustrial corporations. As President of the Brooklyn Institute he was instrumental in changing- that corporation into the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences. He is also a member of the Brooklyn Club and the Ridiog and Driving Club. General Alfred C. Barnes was born in Philadelphia, October 27, 1843. In 1845 his father, the late A. S. Barnes, removed to New York, and in 1846 to Brooklyn. A. C. Barnes entered his father's office in 1857, and eventually became the head of the firm. In 1860 he joined the Seventh Regiment, and in April, 1861, went to the field with that command. In 1863 he joined Company E, Twenty-third Regiment, and in 1864 was elected First Lieutenant of that company. Resigning in 1867 he was invited to return to the regiment, in 1876, as Major. January 1st, 1880, he was appointed General Inspector of Rifle Practice of New York State, with the rank of Brigadier General. He superintended Creedmoor and all the other ranges and introduced the system of rifle practice now generally followed. He retired in 1883, but in 1884 was recalled to the service by a unanimous election to the Colonelcy of the Thirteenth Regiment, with the brevet rank of Brigadier General, being the only Colonel in the service of the State holding that rank. He resig'ned the command of the Thirteenth in the year 1887. General Barnes is prominent in social and business circles in Brooklyn, and has always been active in church work. He; is a charter member of Lafayette Post, G. A. R., and is also a member of the Sons of the Revolution. THE ENGINEER CORPS. At the time of the beginning of the War of the Rebellion there was an Engineer officer attached to the staff of the commanding officer of each Militia regiment of the State, holding the rank of Captain The Engineer officer of the Thirteenth was Captain John Maralions. The roster of the Regimental Engineer Corps in 1861 was as follows : Sergeant, Philip H. Briggs ; Privates. Willoughby Powell. R. K. McMurray, Henry F. Heckner, John Irwin, Harry Irwin, Abram M. Kirby, D. Lansing Lambert, Randolph M. Botts, Harry Ray, Joshua Felter, Geo. N. Dick. Edward Bonner. To the Engineer Corps of the Thirteenth belonged the di-itinction of surveying, grading and laying the first line of Government railroad during the war. It ran 'from the depot at Annapolis, Md., past St. John's College through the Navy Yard to the wharves, and was of inestimable value in facilitating the despatchiag of troops and supplies to Washington. It was in Maj', 1861, that the first train of cars passed over the road. The Thirteenth was on board, and the engineer, firemen and brakemen were furnished from the Regiment. In that critical emergency it was demonstrated that skilled labor in almost every branch of industry was obtainable in the ranks of the New York regiments and the Thirteentli stood conspicuous in;that reo-ard. The regimental Engineer Corps laid out camps, erected field fortifications, and proved itself fully competent for every duty exacted of it. o o 3 z i' V, §.'■'•' ' { ' 'hy ', ; KfP } "^ THE VETERAN ASSOCIATION. THE Thirteenth Regiment Veteran Association was organized in the 5'ear 1879. Its first President was General John B. Woodward. The organization has been useful in keeping together the old officers and men of the regiment, many of whom have gone hack again into active service in its ranks. The corps encamped with the regiment at Rockawa}-, and marched on its right when it went to Montreal and Boston, also in the celebration of the Centennial of Yorktown and Newburgh, likewise on the visit of the regiment to Cleveland, Buffalo md Hamilton, Canada, all of which were enjoyed very niuch by the men, "old and young," and were highly creditable to the regiment. It has been assigned very handsome and commodious quarters by Col. David E. Austen in the new Armory, which are intended by the members to be furnished in a rich and artistic manner, so as to be thereby in harmony with the other portions of the building. The Association is in a very healthy condition, at present having added largely to its membership since the summer vacation. It will have charge of one of the principal booths of the xi'air and expects to add considerable to the fund to be raised for the Old Thirteenth. LAYING THE CORNER STONE OF THE ARMORY. THE comer stone of the Armory was laid with impressive ceremonies on Saturday, October 3, 1891. Shortly after 2 p. m. the regiment left the old armory at Flatbush avenue and Hanson Place. The command was out in full force, and in the rear of the column were the Veteran Association and the Cadet Corps. The ceremonies were conducted according to Masonic form, and the column as it ap- proached the appointed place was composed as follows: First, an escort, of mounted police, then in the following order came the Band^ the Regiment, Col. Austen, com- manding; the Cadet Corps, Capt. William H. Cochran, commanding; the Grand Lodge F. and A. M., State of New York, in carriages, escorted by Clinton Com- mandery. Knight Templars and the following commanderies: DeWitt Clinton, No. 27; St. Elmo, No. 57; Damascus, No. 58; Columbia, No. i; Morton, No. 4; Palestine, No. 18; Coeur de Lion, No. 23; Manhattan, No. 31; Ivanhoe, No. 36; York, No. 55; Constantine, No. 48 and Adelphi, No. 59. The procession passed through Bedford avenue to Lafayette and thence by way of Throop and Putnam to Sumner avenue. The regiment halted on Putnam avenue, right resting yu Sumner. Tlie luemoei.:, i7r 4 '^r t<^ '■> ^ -„ s a ^ >.\. ! 4~ fcW csb; of the Grand Lodge were conveyed to the grand stand, after which the Thirteenth and the Sir Knights formed in line facing the new Armory. The streets in the vicinity were crowded with interested spectators. The ceremonies were conducted by Most Worshipful William Sherer, Grand Master of the State of New York. He was assisted by the following members of the Grand Lodge: F. A. Burnham, Deputy Grand Master; Rufus T. Greggs, Senior Grand Warden; Sidney P. Walker, Junior Grand Warden; John J. Gorman, Grand .Treasurer; E. M. L. Ehler, Grand Secretary; Rev. Dr. Wright, Grand Chaplain; John W. Richardson, Grand Marshal; Theodore W. Taylor, Master Architect; John H. Cunningham, Grand Standard Bearer; John Miller, Grand Sword Bearer; Rollin M. Morgan, John W. Evans, Aaron L. Northrup and Robert T. Hay, Grand Stewards; John C. Davis, Grand Senior Deacon and Charles W. Gushing, Grand Junior Deacon. The Masonic ceremonies occupied less than half an hour's time. Grand Master Sherer used a silver trowel, presented to him by the officers of the regpiment. It bore this inscription: " Presented to Most Worshipful William Sherer, Grand Master Mason, State of New York, by the Board of Officers of the Thirteenth Regiment, N. G., S. N. Y." " This trowel was used in laying the corner stone of the Armory, Sumner and Putnam avenues, Saturday, October 3, 1891." A copper box was deposited in an aperture left to be covered by the stone, which contained a history and roster of the Thirteenth Regiment and of the Veteran Association; histories of the various companies; a copy of the Proceedings of the Grand Lodge, F. and A. M., for 1891, together with the names of the officers of the Grand Lodge and of the invited guests; copies of several daily newspapers; a bound copy of the Eagle almanac for 1891; a history of the new armory down to that date and a complete set of United States coins. When the box had been deposited, the stone was slo-.v'.y lowered into its place and Grand Master Sherer concluded the cere- mony by pre.5sing the mortar into place and tapping the granite rock with his silvei- trowel. As he did this the Knights Templar, the members of the Grand Lodge and the whole concourse of spectators joined in singing the " Doxology," accompanied by the regimental and the Masonic bands. The services terminated with a spirited address by Chaplain T. DeWitt Talmage, in which he dwelt eloquently upon the homage which the sword pays to the trowel. In the evening the officers of the Thirteenth and a party of invited guests were entertained at a dinner at the Union League Club. THE NEW THIRTEENTH REGIMENT ARMORY. I^HE Thirteenth Regiment Armory covers the entire block in Sumner avenue, between Putnam and Jefferson avenues. It was completed in 1891, and the cost of its construction was about $650,000. The architecture of the structure is of 179 the old Norman style, with modern improvements. The architect, Mr. R. L. Dans, thinking that the Thirteenth Regiment wonld prefer a building suggestive of the XIII. Century, and "believing that, apart from sentiment, the Norman barons of that period knew what was serviceable in military architecture as well as what was handsome, resolved to construct the armory in accordance with that idea. Tlie building is regarded by experts as the very expression of simplicity, strength and dignity. The main features are two large circular towers flanking the armory right and left. The main entrance is formed by a deep, funnel-shaped arch, the keystone of which bears the initials N. G. S. N. Y., and the number 13. Covering the arch and between the towers is a terrace sufficiently large to hold and partly conceal a strong defensive force. The northerly circular tower is surmounted by an octagonal turret of considerable height, from which a view is obtained covering a broad expanse of the city. The front of the building is 200 feet in length, and at the iour corners octagonal turrets with crowned battlements project upon the main body, offering excellent bases of defense in case of attack. The material used in construc- tion is brick, with blue-stone, granite and terra-cotta trimmings. The side entrances open into the center of the drill hall in both Jefferson and Putnam avenues, and although of smaller dimensions than the main sallyport, are also strongl)'- fortified in harmon}' with the design of the building. The windows of the lower story are protected by a sort of ornamental iron grill-work. Those of the second stor)' are large and ornate, r.nd the towers and turrets are pierced with loop holes. Entering the large main hall, forty feet in width and eighty-six feet in length, containing a majestic staircase, two large corridors lead into the main hall. In the center of the building and between both corridors is the large company drill room, 54 feet wide, 115 feet long, covered with a vaulted roof of fireproof tiles and lighted by large sky- lights. When used for drilling this room will be an independent room for itself, but it is so arranged that by folding back the doors of the ten large openings, which are 14 feet wide each, its character as one isolated room will be abolished, and it will appear as a unit with the surrounding haVs and corridors, giving it the appearan::;; of one immense memorial hall. Each corridor gives access on the first floor to six company rooms, to reception and reading rooms and couloirs, the janitor's and ■armorer's quarters. Each company has a room 22 feet wide by 50 feet in depth, containing private staircases leading to the locker room above. From the locker rooms by private passages the gymnasium can be reached on the second floor. Two rear staircases in addition to the main stairs lead to the second story, where the Colonel and Field and Staff officers have their quarters. Two beautiful rooms on the north and south corners, 42 by 54 feet, are reserved for the meetings of the Board of Officers and for use of the Veterans' Association. The third story contains a large mess hall and kitchen. A rifle range with all the latest improvements and patent appliances for the speedy expelling of the smoke is situated in the basement, where are also squad rooms, magazines and toilet rooms. Here also is the largest swimmin'^- bath in Brooklyn, an elegant tiled affair, besides eight bowling alleys. Unequalled in its dimensions by any of the armories of recent erection is the 180 large drill hall, which is covered by arched iron trusses of 200 feet span, embodying the latest improvements of modern engineering science. A description of this magnificent strncture would be incomplete without some mention of the contractors under whose skilful supervision it was erected. The architect was the well-known Rudolph C. Daus, of 36 Court street, whose naine is associated with many of the most prominent buildings of Brooklyn. The contractor was John Guilfoyle who personally superintended the entire work. John W. Moran furnished the stone, excepting the granite furnished by the Branford Granite Co., Edward Freel, President, of 4 and 6 Court square. The steam fitting, etc., was supplied by E. Rutzler, ; the roofing by Wm. Martin; the doors and window sashes, etc., by Jacob Morgenthaler; the carpenter work, including the hard wood floors, by M. S. Wright & Son; the plastering work by James Hurley, of 228 Atlantic avenue; and the stairways b}^ R. S. Seckerson, of 416 Hancock street. The iron work, which is one of the noteworthy features of the Armory, was put in by the firm of Milliken Brothers, whose office is at 168 Montague street, and their shops at the foot of Bridge street. This firm also furnished the iron work for the Four- teenth Regiment Armory, and that of Troop A, in New York City. The pictures shown elsewhere represent the work for the Thirteenth Regiment Drill Hall, during the process of erection. The method employed was somewhat novel, and may be interesting. So far as known it is the only case in which trusses of this description were ever raised in pieces and connected in the air without the use of scaffolding to support the trusses while they were being placed in position. The method herein employed was to use four very large poles. Each truss is delivered and assembled on the ground in three parts; in other words, the circular part of the truss is divided into three pieces, two of which rest on the ground, and the third piece is the con- necting piece at the crown of the arch. It is clearly shown in the statement how the two side poles support the tw.) ends of the broken arch, while the two center poles raise the crown or key o^ the arch into position. The other view shows the truss immediately after the center piece has been connected and while the men are in process of putting in the bolts. Very powerful machinery had to be employed to erect this work, as one single truss weighs about thirty tons, and the centre part of the truss had to be raised to a height of about 85 feet. The extreme height of the poles employed has to be 104 feet, and the poles are only used after a careful inspection, the timber coining all the way from Oregon. All of this work is raised by an engine which is capable of lifting twenty tons without the use of interme- diate blocks. The roof of the drill hall is supported on twelve inain trusses, the distance out to out of the trusses being 196 feet, the top of the lantern being some 90 feet above the floor. The truss is a perfect circle in itself, having a radius of 99 feet if inches, the center of the circle being 18 feet below the floor; in other words, if the truss were carried down 1 8 feet further, the roof truss would then be exactly half of a circle. In preparing for the erection of these trusses massive granite blocks were set on brick foundations, into which six very heavy foundation bolts were leaded. These granite blocks have to be placed into position before the roof 181 trusses are erected, consequently, the distance across the drill hall must be measured with great accuracy, so that when the tiaisses are set in place the foundation bolts vn\l come true and in their proper places. So great is tlie care necessary to do this work that the work is regularly surveyed with an engineer's transit and by the use of very accurate steel tapes, and these measurements are taken in different directions to avoid anjr possibility of mistake. In the erection of these roof trusses, this con- cern made a record for speed which has never before been attained, having placed in position three of these large trusses in one week. This firm is now putting in the gallery which goes entirely aroimd the main drill hall and which is constructed almost entirely of iron. Persons fainiliar with the dangers attending these great engineering operations will appreciate the commendable record for precaution attending this work and also that of the Fourteenth Regiment Armor)', both of which were executed wholly without loss of life, or even injury to limb, among the forty odd workmen continually employed on each building during erection. THE FAIR. I'^HE OBJECT of the Fair is to provide a fund to properly furnish the new Armory. The arrangements for the entertainment are being rapidly made at the time of the present writing, each company of the regiment having the con- trivance and the construction of its own booth. Through the liberality of our merchants and the generosity of the many friends of the Thirteenth, donations of valuable articles have been steadily flowing in during the past fortnight, to be dis- posed of during the Fair ; and the splendor of the building, the tasteful and artistic designs of its decorations, the elegance and variety of the wares exposed for sale, the beauty of the ladies who have tendered their services to assist in the Fair, will combine to produce one of the most brilliant spectacles ever witnessed in Brooklyn. Mr. A. B. de Frece, who enjoys a wide reputation for organizing and successfully conducting fairs, has been elected Director. The Executive Committee appointed to assist the Director comprises the fol- lowing named officers : Lieut.-Col. W. L. Watson, Chairman ; Majors G. G. Cochran and C. H. Luscorab ; Captains G. D. Russel, F. R. Wiswell, W. H. Lyon, J. T. Jen- nings, G. W. Rodgers, J. R. K. Barlow, W. E. C. Mayer, W. A. Turpin, W. I. Taylor, H. A. Williams, and «- officio, Col. D. E. Austen. Too great credit cannot be given to the untiring zeal displayed by the Veteran Association of the Thirteenth in promoting the interests of the Fair. 182 To W. L. Watson, Lieutenant-Colonel, Thirteenth Regiment, N. G., S. N. Y. My dear WatsuN ; — The spirit that prompts me to dedicate to you the "Marching Song'' of tlie Thirteenth Regiment will, I am sure, compensate for its defects. When we were officers in our teens we suffered together in Libby Prison. Through all the intervening years, I have regarded my meeting with you at that time as the only bright incident in the darkest epoch of my life. If I could sing a better song, your acceptance would enhance its merits to your old friend ALrRED E. Calhoun. Brooklyn, N. Y., October 8, 1894. HURRAH FOR THE OLD THIRTEENTH. Chorus : (a marching song). I. Ask the Nation of the Thirteenth, Then hark to the reply : "When the flag went down in Charleston town And war clouds filled the sky, Its waves of steel met my appeal. Nor gave to self a pause. And six hundred leaders from its ranks Fought for the Union cause.'" Then Hurrah for the Old Thirteenth ! Cheers for the officers and men ; What was done by the vet, 'tis safe to bet. Can be done by our boys again. II. ' And what of the Brooklyn Thirteenth ? (Jo ask our Grand old Stale ! Hark 1 the answer com* like the roll of drums : "When I sent they made no wait, But one and all sprang at my call To uphold the cause of law ; And the flash of their arms still'd all alarms. And riot fled in awe. Chorus : Then nurrah for the Old Thirteenth ! Etc. III. Of the dear old Brooklyn Thirteenth Tell us. Oh, lady fair ; " Why, its men are gay in a taking way. And dearly love to pair ; They're never rude, nor play the dude. For they're made of manly stuff, And if handsome is that handsome aoes. They are just handsome enough. Chorus : Then Hurrah for the Old Thirteenth ! Etc. IV. Men of the (Old) Brooklyn Thirteenth, Come speak for our command ; We shout aloud : "Of the past we're proud. And on its record stand. To State we're true and Nation, too. So while our glasses clink, To the soldiers' joy — the girls, my boy. Let the Thirteentli ever drink. Chorus : Then Hurrah for the old Thirteenth ! Etc. 163 To Captain James db Mandeville. My dear Captain; — "The Veterans' oong" which I dedicate to you, as it was written at your suggestion, is saved from the common-place by the music of Monroe H. Roseufield. Please accept it with the regards of your friend Alfred R. Calhoun. Brooklyn, N. Y., UuLoUer a, 1894. VETERANS' SONG. THE OLD THIRTEENTH, I. There's no stronger tie than binds us To the Old Thirteenth, And the call of duty finds us With the Old Thirteenth ; "When war clouds veiled the sky "We heard the Nation's cry •D i ( And to arms we quick did fly ^®P®^*^ With the Old Thirteenth. II. Let our hist'ry tell the story Of the Old Thirteenth, They helped to save Old Glory Did the Old Thirteenth ; What was then done by the vet, When fields were red and wet, ■D 4- ( Our young men can't forget Repeat I •>' s ^^ ^^^ q^^ Thirteenth. III. In the camp, the march and hard strife With the Old Thirteenth True to sweetheart, true to wife Was the old Thirteenth ; And so our brave men to-day Prove this in ev'ry way, ■o i ( That love still keeps under sway i^epeatj ^jj ^jjg Old Thirteenth. IV. Then come join us in three cheers For the Old Thirteenth ; May it live a thousand years As the Old 'J'hirteenth. Keep its swords and honors bright And ready for the fight o ^ ( Then we'll battle for the i ight, Repeat ^j^j^ ^j^g q^^ Thirteenth. 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