Class _ ^^ 7^-i4_ Coioiicl C'oiiiDiiimliii!; Trut/i /\'cgi>iieiil (>. I . I Boys of 'n. A. HISTOFJY Tenth Hegiment Ohio Volanteer Infantry. {1st Sergeant Co. I, 10th 0. V. I.) II_I_U©XRAXED. 1899. ,{^'^'>- 4B OHRONICL*. TO THE LOVED ONES AT HOME WHOSE COURACxE EQUALLED' THE VALOR OF THOSE WHO MARCHED AWAY. Boys of '98. Tenth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry. ORGANIZATION — CAMP BUSHNEI.L. iyy«HEX on tlie nineteenth of April, 1898, the one hundred and twenty-third anniversary of C A I a day momentous in American history, word flashed over the wires that Congress had ^^^ passed a measure which practicaUy declared war against a foreign power, the fires that had been smouhlering in the breasts of every soldier and militiaman in the United States, since the day that heralded the sad tidings ol the Alaine dis- aster burst into a rudc'.y glow. They knew the hour for action had arrived, and scarcelv a company of National (lUard in tlie coimtry but immediately began prepara- tions for a call to arms which a few hours would certainly bring forth. Two davs later a call for one hundred and twenty-five thousand volunteers was issued by the I'resident. and it was responded to by nearly every organized military company in the land, whether a part of the National Guard or not. All were anxious to go to the front and they were willing to fight to get there. But some were of necessity doomed to disappointment, and when the quota allotted to each State had been announced, and their respective Governors had selected the organizations to be honored with orders to respond to the first call, there was noth- ino- to do for those remaining but to wait for a second call. Then followed that period of anxious waiting when uncertainty reigned — when prayers for the success of those who had gone tc the front, were mingled with hopes that more troops might be necessary: for he. would be a poor soldier indeed whose first ambition was not the hope of seeing service. Of all the State troops none were more prompt to respond — none more disappointed at being left behind — than those of Ohio. Telegrams to the Adjutant General, to the Governor, and even the President himself kept the wires busy, all witli one object in view — to get in before the war should be over. Some were from companies and regiments alrea'. by Lieut. Commander A. U. Betts being located at the former city and the Second Battalion under Lieut. Connnander CSco. R. McKay, at the latter place. The three engineer eomijanies had but just entered the State service, being composed of the famous Cleveland Grays and located in the Forest City. Perhaps no regiment that served during the war w'ith Spain was organized under more fav- orable conditions. Certainly none could be more versatile, for every branch of the military service was represented in some form. As some one aptly ]nU it. "the Tenth ( )liio could march to the sea, man a ship, sail across the ocean if necessar\-. make a lantling, and with big .guns beseige an enemy in his stronghold, and all the work w.iuld ho done intelligently an^! by men who were accustomed to the varied duties necessary in such an expedition." To lead such a regiment required a man no leis versatile, no less experienced, than the organi- zation itself. Happily such a man was at hand in the per.son of the then Adjutant General of ■.he State, Henry A. .-Xxline. Gen. .'Kxline, upon wT.om had fallen the bruut of the lnn\!cn in mobilizing nearly ten thous- and State troops but a few weeks before, clieerfuliy undertook his new duties with a zeal that left no doubt as to the regiment's future welfare. Rcsi.ening his position as .Adjutant General he was commissioned Colonel on the iiwA of June and ,ind tlircf days later ihe v.irious companies asscm])led at Cam]j I'ushnell, Columbus, ()hio, and that ni.g1.t i,.^26 ofticers and men slept on a tented field, and their war experience had begun. ')uring the month that elapsed from the time of iIk second call to the mobilization at Camp l.ushnell on the j.^tli of Jime, each of the National Guard organizations were recruited up to 106 men each, and the two new comjianies orgar.ize>'. at Cincinnati and Zanesvillc. The first baltalion was organized from the aniliery coiroanics D, E and F, and the Cincinnati company L. 'Jhe four divisfions of naval rejer.-cs comprised the second battalion, the two from Boys of g8 — Trii/h KcgiDiciil Ohio I'oluntecr Infanlry. 3 Toledo became companies (i and II. and didse irom Llevcland I and K. The tliinl (the Grays' IJsttalion) consisted of companies A, 1! and C from Lleveland and Co. L from Zanesville. Captain E. C). Dana, a retired National Guard (-rficer .if Cincinnati, was appointed Lieut. Col- onel, Lieut. Commander A. U. Belts, of tiie Toledo naval reserves, Major of the Second battal- ion, and Capt. ( ). M. Scha.'.e, of the Grays, Majoi; to command the thini. \\'. ^;. Wclbcn. Lieutenant and executive officer of the first battalion O. X. 1'... was commis- sioned 1st Lieutenant and Regimental Adjutant, A. H. ISedell holding the same rank in the Cleveland battalion was made Regimental Ouarteiniaster, W. .\. Westerveldt, AI. 1).. of Columbus. Major Surgeon, J. J. iM^vin, M. D., of Clevelan !. and Chas. W. Newton, M. 1).. of Toledo, Assistant Surgeons, an,! the Rev. Carlos H. Hanks. c;f Zanesville, Chaplain. COLONEL AXLIXE. Col. Henry A- Axline was born on the i6lh day of September, 184S, at Indtonham, (now Ax- line P. O.j, Ohio. He attended the common scl.cir.ils of his native town and later I'ultoniiam Academy. Graduating from Ohio W'esleyan C'niversity with a degree of A. B. in 1872, he studied law anci was admitted to the bar by the Supreme Court of Ohio in 1873 and was later admitted to the practice of law in every court in the United States, including the Supreme Court. His first military expetience was that of a private during the war of the Rebellion. Enlisting at tlie age of 13 years in '64. he served until the fall of '65. some time after the war closed. In 1877 he entered the ( )hio National ( kiard as Captain, was later promoted to Major of the 17th Ir.fantry ( >. \. G., and after a few months service became Lieut. Colonel of the same regiment. Boys of '9^— Tenth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry. REGIMENTAL ROSTER. Colonel. HENRY A. AXLINE, Columbus. Lieutenant Colonel. EDWARD O. DANA. Cincinnati. Major. ARLINGTON U. BETTS. (2nd Battalion) Toledo. Major, OTTO M. SCHADE. (3(1 Battalion) Cleveland. I'Mrst Lieutenant. \\TLLL\M C. WELBON. A.ljutan:. Toledo. First Lieutenant. .\RRN W. M()R(L\NT11ALER. Q. NL Cleveland. Major Surgeon, \\TLLL\.M A. WF.STERVELDT. Assi.stant ."burgeon. FIRST LIEUT. J. J. ERWIN. Cleveland. As.sistant Surgeon, FIRST LIECT. (iEO. H. JONES, Tole.lo. Chaplain. CAi'T. TCLLius ( . rn'iM:R. Portsmoutli. LIEUTENANT WM. G. WELBON, ADJUTANT. Boys of 'g8 — Tenth Regiment Ohio I'olunteer Infant)-}'. NON-COMMISSIONED STAFF. Sergeant Major, WALTER C. O'KANE. Quarternrtster Sergeant, Principal Musician, FRED H. HARWOOD. BERT. F. PAUKEN. Chief Musician, Hospital Steward, 1R\IX(; J. MARTEX. j. MERTON BRIGGS. Principal Musician, Hospital Steward, ALLEX B. HUUSE. ROBERT S. SMITH. REGIMENTAL BAND. J. J. MASTEX Director. EARL TAYLOR Drum Major. Piccolo and Flute, Geo. Leyland. Clarinets. Trombones. Val. X. Sauerwein. Chas. Everettr.. A. L. Treuschcl. Wm. Lewis. Walter S. Kelley. Andrew Baker. Chas. Hoover. Benj. Good. Chas. Skinnev. '-ornets. Clarence E. Ju'dd. Baritones. D. E. Halsey. B. W. Halsey. A. H. White. Guy Sheffield. Ainsley Haskins. Frank L'hlcr. Fred Ranke. Basses. Altos. Wright Chandler. F"red Hoppe. Leo. Haskins. P. Herzog. A. W. Spafford. Harry Ficken. James Mears. Battery. l^YiQ^ Xick Hamilton. Wm. Cronin. Raymond Shaimon. < i. 1 >. Richards. 6 Boyso'''gS — '1 enlh Regiment Ohio I'ohoileer Infantry. Ill ]88<). under (luvernur Foster's administratiuii. he was ap])ointC(l Assistant Adjutant Gen- eral with the rank of Colonel, and served as su-:li until 1884. In 1886 Governor Foraker made him Adjutant General, which office he held until 1890. In 1896 Governor Bushnell appointed him to the same important position, in which capacity he was serving when the war with Spain broke out. The efficient work done by him in handling and equipping troops encamped at Camp Bushnell during April and May, '98, stamped him as being the most eligible man to command the new regiment, and on the 22nd day of June he resigned his position as Adjutant General and a few hours later was commissioned as Colonel of the Tenth ( )hio, then a part of the Xatiunal (iuard. hut in a' few days to be L'nited States \olunteers. J KIT I- NAM I'irst Lieut. Wni. S. Welbon. Regimental .\djulant. was In 1867. moved tn Tole.lo, Ohio, in 1882. and was educated in Detroit, in 1887 he joined llie famous Toledo I a.iets, uikUI and was a member of lliat organization eiglit years, serving ; and ])articipated in all tlie c(jnipetitive drills for which that i. active part in organizing the Ohio Xava! I'.rigadc ; ■n in Detroit, Mich., .March 2()th, the public schools of Toledo and died company of the O. X. G.. s ])rivate, corjjoral and sergeant inipany was famous, lie took an ived a conunission as l".\ecutive ( )fli- cer and Adjutant of the First Battalion in 1896, and was also electe.; Treasurer of it, ni wli; ca|)acity he served until June 25, '98, wlien he was made Adjutant of the 10th O. \ 1. On Se if)th was detailed as Assistant Adjutant General of the l-"ir.st I'.rigade at Camp .Meade, an,l LIEUTKNANI" H. W. MOKGANTHALEK, OUARTKRM ASTER. Boys of "gS — Teii/h Rci^imcnt Ohio I'oliDitccr Infantry, 1 Oct. 20th as Assistant Commissary of Musters in tiic same brigade, being on dctacbetl duty from the regiment until Jan. loth. 1899, at whidi time he resumed the duties of Adjutant, and was nuistered out as such. First Lieut. Harry W. Morganthaler, Regimental Quartermaster, is a native of Ohio, having been born in Massillon, Stark county, in 1870. In 1876 his parents removed to Cleveland, where he attended the public schools, Brook's ^lilitary Aca.k-my, and later took a course in Case School of Applied Science. In 1893 he joined the Cleveland Grays and served as private, cor- poral, and sergeant up to the time of the organization's decision to enter the volunteer service when he received a commission as 2nd Lieut, of "A" company. L^pon the resignation of Quartermaster Bedell on the 22nd of September, '98, Lieut. Mor- ganthaler was promoted to that position with a rank of ist Lieut., and he most acceptably per- formed the arduous duties connected with that department until the regiment was mustered out of service. The reputation which the regiment had of having its sanitary condition at all times in the best possible shape, was due largely to his indefatigable efforts. All buildings were con- structed under his personal supervision, according to his own plans, and the work done at Camp Mackenzie represented no little amount of ability in that line. For strict attention to busi- ness and faithful performance of duties, no matter how irksome, Lieut. Morg^anthaler's record was above reproach. Major Surgeon W. A. Westerveldt was born in Columbus, (J., August 21. 1870. c;raduating from Ohio University in 1891 he four years later received the degree of A. M. from that insti- tution, having in the meantime served as instructor in chemistry, also demonstrator of chem- istry to the Indiana Medical College. While at the latter school he was ambulance surgeon of the Indianapolis I'ree Dispensary. Receiving his oiploma in 1894. he immediately began the practice of his profession, in which he made rapid strides, and was later honored b\- being elected Assistant Secretary of the Association of Military Surgeons. Major Westerveldt's military career beg-an while he was yet a student. Fnlisting in the O. N. G. in 1892 he was the same year commissioned Second Lieutenant of company B, I7t'; Reo-iment an^'. on |ulv 30th, 1893, promoted to First Lieutenant. On May 7th, 1894, he wa* transferred to the department for the duties of which his education fitted him, being made Cap- tain and Assistant Surgeon of the 17th. In June, '96, he was transferred to the ist Ohio Light Artillery, maintaining the same rank. Not being called with the four companies of this com- mand which entered the United States \'olunteer Artillery service at the first call for tr.wps, he received his commission as Major Surgeon of the loth, on June 29th. '()8. and served as such during its period of enlistment. F.ndowed to an unusual degree with the ability to read human nature, and being well qualified in other ref.pects for the arduous duties of chief medical officer Dr. Westerveldt's record was one to be proud of. 8 Boys oJ'(pS—Teii//i Regiment Ohio I'oluntecr Ivfautry. Dr. lames lay Erwin was born near Newton Falls, Trumbull county, Ohio. Jan. 30th, 1850. He finished the curriculum o[ the Xewton Falls High School in 1866, ami on Sept. 1st. the same •scar, commenced the study of medicine, his preceptor being an army surgeon of the Civil War. He graduated from the Medical Department of the University of Wooster, as president of his class in 1887. Afterwards he served a term as president of the alumni association of his alma mater. Having acliieved the doctorate in medicine, he also took a course in pharmacy and graduated in that profession, although he had for a number of years been a registered phar- macist in Ohio. In 1891, he removed to 1617 Cedar Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio, which city he made his home. 1)1. Erwin is the autlior of a number of valuable jiapers on medical and medico-military subjects, wiiich were published in various journals and tran.sactions, and has written some verses of no liule merit. He has been a member of a number of professional and scientific organizations, among which are the Ohio State Dental Society and the American Pharmaceutical Association, the Cleveland Medical Society, the Ohio State Medical Society, and the American Medical Asso- ciation. He became a member of the Association of Military Surgeons of the United States in 189;, and was elected its Treasurer in 1896. When the battalion organization was adopted fcr the regiments of the Ohio National (iuanl in 1893, Dr. Erwin was commissioned as Captain and Assistant Surgeon of the Fifth infantry, an.; in 1896 was transferred with grade and rank to the First Light Artillery. When the first call was made for volunteers to serve in the war with Spain, he responded iimmptly and took charge of the hospital for the battalion of artillery at Camp lUishnell, but when the commis- sions in the V. S. V. service were issued his pasi service and (|ualilications availe,! him not. He resigned his commission in the National C.uard and returned to Cleveland. In less than a month he was commissioned Surgeon of the Second Battalion of Naval Reserves of Ohio, with whom he entered the lOth Ohio U. S. V. 1. Dr. Erwin is a military man and a patriot by inher- itance, for he traces his lineage to the invasion of Scotland by the Norsemen early in the second century, since which time the military spirit has been transmitted through each succeeding gen- eration. In America, no less than two representatives of his family served in the Colonial War 1762 to 1766; three in the American forces, war of the American Revolution; two officers in th' war of 1812. and his father an officer of volunteers, American Civil War. A member of the society of the Sons of American Revolution, of tlie war ..f 181 2. of the Sons of N'eterans, organ- izer and commander of the military Order of Foreign Wars, Ohio Commandery, and elected vice-Commander General to the National Commandery, Dr. Erwin's record in military and civil life is one to be proud of. - C.eo. H. Jones was born in Toledo, Ohio, Aug. 12, 1876. an:': comes of a distinguished family, prominent in law and in military circles. He was educated at the University of Missis,-. ijipi, ,ind afterwards at the Xashotah Theologi- cal Seminary (Episcopal) in Wisconsin, for the ministry. He served in imjiortant positions as l\if.tcr of Christ Church, Little Rock, Ark., St. raul's Church. Leavenworth, Kan., St. Phillip's C Inirch, Atlanta, Ga., and Christ Church, Portsmouth, Ohio. He has always taken great interest in the Public Schools of our country an;l has done considerable work as a lecturer in v;.rir,us institutions of learning. The honorarv v;'egree of Doctor of Divinity was conferred i-pon him in 1886 by the State University of Arkansas. Ca])t. Tupper is a first cousin of the late Lt. Ccl. Tullius C. Tupper, of Cleveland, ( )., for- merly of the 6th Cavalry, U. S. A., and also of Mrs. Gen. John Beatty, of Columbus, ()., whose husband served three years as Brigade Commander under Gen. Sherman in the late Civil War, and since as a Con.gressman from his districtfor three consecutive terms. That good judgment had been used in the seiecticn of a staiT was made evident at once by the readiness with which the officers adapted themselves to their new duties, and the enthusiasm shown by them was rapidly infuse^', throug'h the regimcnf until it was instilled into the minds of t 'cry man that the "Tenth" was to be a regimeiu for business. ( )n Montlay, June 27th, actual drills began in earnest and preparation.s began to l)e made by tompany conmianders for mustering into the United States service. Although most of the mei! were raw and unaccustomed to out-door life the ze;;l with which every task was undertaken showed them to be made of the right kind of stuff. Alen who but a few days before had gone to their office at i) in tlie morning, and in the evening had donned their full dress suits to attend some social function or other, slept in the .same tent ;:nd performed \\\: same duties with those uho were accustomed to rise with the dawn, snatch a hasty lircakfast. an,', then with their lunch box in their hand start cut for a long days work with pick or shovel at one-fifty per v'.ay. Many were tlure as privates who were accustomed \.o all the luxuries of good living, and yet they just as cheerfully marched down the little stre.-t at the back of the camp to tlie commissary deiKirlment oud sliouldered their greasy ham o.- bag of potatoes as those who had been used to hard labor. 10 Boys of 'gS — Tenth Regiment Ohio I'oliiuteer Infantry. The foui'i during those first weeks was all tha; could be expected, the conunissary department under Col. Freeman, having profited by its experience in feeding the first call troops. Fresh milk and butter were a part of the daily ration and that bane of the soldier — hard-tack, was as \ et an unknown quantity, and black cofifee still a thing of the future. During those early days everv' effort was made by those in command to procure the equip- ment as rapidly as possible and to get just as much of it as they could. The men, uniformed as they were in lhe'"r old National Guard clothes,presented a strange ai)pearance. Artillerists with clanking sabre touched elbows with the jolly jack-tars in their wide trousers and mush- room shaped hats, an,l intermingling with these could be seen the natty uniform of the "Grays," and the "rookies" with no uniform at all. For the time being, however, they had tu be content and dress parades were held regularly, although at times it seemed as if the members of each battalion were engaged in a contest to see which could present the mnsi nundescrijjt appear- ance. Meantime prejjarations were being ma.'.e fur the final step of enhstment. The few faint- hearted ones droi)])jd mu and went back home sadder but wiser from their short experience in military life. { )n the 7th day of July in a beautiful grove near regimental headquarters, officers and men with uncovered heads, uplifted their right han^'.s and took the oath of allegiance to the United States, to serve faithfully and obediently for two years "unless sooner discharged." The oath was administered by Capt. Kockerfcller, U. S. A., mustering ofiicer for Ohio. The final step had been taken and not a man but was impressed with the .-olenmity of the ^Vief ceremonv. Many of them had left good homes and loving relatives and no matter how light the duty or iiow short the term of service some of them would never return. That afternoon the .\aval Reserve liattalion escorted the com])anies of the 51)1 Regiment and llie Ninth llaltalion (colored) still remainining at Camp lUishnell, t" their train on their way to join their regiments. 'Hie sailor boys received many comi)Iimenis upon the neat appearance they presented in their white nuistering suits, ap.d were also highly praised for their good marching. On July 13th the uniforms and e(|uipmenl began to be issued .-md then the regiment began to take on a soldierly appearance. The hard work at drills also made itself Lpparenl in the increased precision with which muvements were executed, and when on the 3d of Aug. the new Springfielvls arrived everybody was happy. The feeling that nothing could be gained by remaining longer at Cam]) Mnshnell now prevailed, and the chances of the organization seeing service now began to be agitated. "Pipedreanis" began to develop an; as being promoted. Such is the case here, however, and as a token of the regard I feel for a man with whom 1 have been associated so long, and who has always proved himself to be a faithful and true friend, together with the confidence I place in the men of this regiment, I wish to present as a personal gift, these two flags, one representing your regiment, the other our country. I know they will be safe in your hands, and if you ever get in front of the enemy I am confir the white trimmings of tlie "dough-boys." Mounted drills became a thing of the past and like their neighbors, the Naval Reserves, they felt very nuich out of their element. P.ut good soldiers adapt themselves readily to circumstances- and so it was with thom, but it was a long time before many of the boys could see a mounted officer or orderly pass with- out casting longing eyes at his mount. It was but fitting that Col. Dana should l)e made cliief of the artillery battalion of the Tentli. having served with them for so long before their regiment was broken up to enter the infantry branch. Lieutenant Colonel Edward O. Dana was born in \'an Hornesville, N. Y., atteniling the fommnn schools of that town and later the High Schools of Cincinnati, O., which city he mad.- bis home at an early age. Boyso/'c)'8 — Tenth Regimen/ Ohio I'ohinteer Infantry COMPANY D. TOLEDO. Captain. HAZEX r.. NORTON. First Lieutenant, SAXFORD H. HOWLAXD. Second Lieutenant, \VM. E. McBAIN. First Sergeant, FRED KASDORF. Albiii E. Liebold. jtulr..^ F. Steger SERGEANTS. Quarter-Master Sergeant, HARTWELL GREEXING. Charles S. Wragg. Harry E. Kern. Arthur Greiner. John C. Dlohm. Arthur .\. Reagan. Walter Artificer. Charles A. CORPORALS. Fred A. Schrader. George Skeldon. Fred Stone, onipany Clerk, Henry C. Miller. Rold. Wagoner, Company Cook, Peter Vogel. Crandall Eugene .Munier Arthur Xitschke. August F. Keller. Frank Sherman. Henry T. liird. Edward Kessler. MCSICL\XS. Julius Harhite, Donald F. Bowman, George Howes, John L. P.urkard, Peter L. Boeck, Peter r.roer, Benj. V. P>igelow, Louis H. r.lainey, James A. Bright, Walter D. Clemens, Samuel B. Crandall, Hal B. Clements, John T. Chandler, Orin M. Coakley, John J. Delalianty. Joseph Elliott, Frank L. Ellis, Clarence iMlson. Robert K. John Carragher George Reichard TavU Alex H. (iuul PRIVATES. l-lint, Herbert A. I'rank, Herman Gamble, James B. ( irabelski, !• rank Hall. Walter L. Hanly, John Haynes. Wm. Ikany. l-'rank Hdsly. Thos. H. Hampton, John Jennings, Wm. F. Kelley, Ernest R. Kessler, Albert Isirscner, Fred Lammc. ^'an Heber Leonard, George Le Suer, Frank A. Limber, John M. l,()wton. Harry W. DISCH i-.li E. Culver David O. Strouse Maple, Mack Mattimore, John J. Mears, John F. ^'escall, John .Mi.ldaugh, Charles Monette, Richard Mullins, William Myers, Bcrnal Newbury, William Xutter, Orry C. Oatley, Robert A. O'Konski, Peter Radunz, Eniil Rafferty, Bert Y. Reinhart, Albert ( i Ricss, Frank A. Riechers. Fred (i. Richardson. l->ed .X. arc.1':d. Granville Ray I-"rcd iMelbacii Roller, Louis Reilly, Joseph J. Sears, l^'oster Slattery, Mathew F. Schwartz, William Seward, Walter B. Seward, Russell M. Smith, Carl E. Thomas, Edward C. Treuschel, Alfred G. \ ogi, W alton \oght. Walton Wahl. Frank Wagner, Walter .A. Walter, Christian G Walter. IVank .\. Warner, Leigh M. Williston, John C. William Glennon WW "i ''■].•», ■ , ' i I, 'i !,-.■* Jiltli CAPTAIN H. B. NORTON. Boys o/^gS — lenlh Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 15 Enlisting as private in the "Lytic Grays" (Co was connected with some military organization c( the volunteer service. Appointed corporal of Co transferred to Co. "F" and made Second Lieut, (j again transferred to Co. "B." maintaining the san the artillery, which he did, hecoming a member Cai)tain of that organization, which |)(j-sitinn he i ■1!," 1st Infantry,) of that city, in 1880, he ntinni nsly up to the peri. id of enlistment in •W Jan. 20, 1881, he was on Nov. 6, 1882, thai company. On May 19th. 1883. he was e rank, and in June. 1 SS4, deci.'.ed to enter of r.attcry -B," and in October wav, niadr jsigned June 3, 1885. LIKUTENW.NT .S LIEUri;.\A.\T W. K. m'k.\ne. In 1886 the First Regiment was organized and Caj)t. Dana was commissioned Major on June 14. Recommissioned June nth, 1891, he was elected Lieutenant Colonel July 11th, one month later, and was honorably discharged at the expiration of term of commission, July 11, i8(/). He then became Captain of an independent troo]) of cavalry known as the Cincinnati Troop, which he brought to a high state of efficiency, and which was to have acted as escort to President McKinley in the fall of '98, at the (J. A. R. reunion, but for the interference of tlie war. I i6 Boyso/'gS — Truth Regiment Ohio I'oliDiteer Infantry. Batten,- "D," or "D" company as it had now come to he called, was organized at the begin ning of the Civil War by Major Silas Ramsey, of the U. S. Army, and was mustered into the vol- unteer service Xov. 2, 1861. as Battery "H" 1-irst Ohio Light Artillery. Its first commanding officer was Captain James P. Huntington, who served till (let. 2y. 1863, and was then succeede 1 by Cai)t. Geo. W. Morton and he in turn by Capt. Steven \\\ Dorsey. who remained with it until the nuister out at the close of the war. ; In }*Iav. 1866. the surviving members organized the ist Ohio Independent Battery, by which name it was known until the organization of the First Regiment, Light Artillery, O. X. C, in 1886, when it became liattery •"D" of that command, which title it has since retained. In Jan- uary, 1897, First Lieutenant H. B. Morton was elected Captain and he brought the battery out from Toledo June 25, '98, to participate in the second war in its history and to maintam if necessary the honorable record made by its members in '61-5. Captain Norton was born and raised in ToIe,:o, the date of his birth being April 19, 1807. He joined Battery "D" as private, July 8. 1887, and was appointed sergeant in September of the same year. In July, 1888, he was mnde 1st Sergeant, en 1 was co.iimissioned 2nd Lijut Dec. 19th, 1893. On the 4th of April, two year.-, later, he received his appointment as Firs' Lieutenant and on Jan. 19, 97. was elected Captain, serving tbrcugh the war and bjing dis- charged from the service (>.f the l^nitcd States with his connnand. P'irst LiLUienant S. H. Mowland, a native of Toledo, wa."-. educated in the public schools oi that citv and at the time of enlistment in the volunteer service was Principal of Birmingham School. His first military experience was acquired as a private in Battery "D," to which he became attached April 9. 1894. On September nth he was detailed as "(iu'dc-n" and Ju'.y 30, 1895. was made Q. M. Sergeant. On the 3rd of March, 1896, he became a tluty sergeant and chief o: section. In the same month of the following year he received a commission as ist Lieutenant, where he remained and was mustered into the United Stntcs .'-.ervice as such in June. 'i)8. serv.n • with the loth Regiment through the war and was mustcrtd out with it. Second Lieut. W. V.. Mcllain was born in Scotlan;! and reeeiveil ins first military training in the I'.rilisli volunteer service. At the age of se\enteen lie enli;led and served nine months m the Nth Hussars— "The Cherry Pickers." Upon coming to .\merica he spent some years in Brazil, South America, where he l)ecame a veterinary surgeon. While in that country he served in tlic Brazilian army un'.er Don Pedro II., Emi eror of P.razil, in the Paraguayan war. Upon returning to the United States he located at Toledo, where, in June, 1888, he enlisted in Bat- tery "D" and was made veterinary sergeant. In 1889 he was made regimental veterinary sur- geon, in which capacity he served until 1896. On June iitii, '95. he received a commission as 2nd Lieutenant and served as such up to and all throu}:li the war with Spain. CAPATAIN H. E. SMITH. Boys of ^ ^8 — Tcittli Rcgiii/cii/ Ohio I'oliDileer Lifantrv. 17 COMPANY E. SPRINGFIELD. Urst Lieutenant, GRANT S. TAYLOI First Sergeant, HENRY D. SMITH Robert I. Netts. Captain. HORACE E. SMI SERGEANTS. .Stoonil Lieutenant. RODNEY W. ilELL Orie O. Castle. Henry K. Morris. Cimrles F. Hentiiorn. Charles E. Randall, Charles L. Netts. CORPORALS. William Eccles. Charles Folck. Alfred AL Fanning. Roy I-". Gable. Edgar M. Humbarger. Reuben .\. Mitnian. Walter S. F"ulmer. Quarter-Master Sergeant, SIDNEY H. BEVITT. James N. McConnt Charles Dillahunt. Robert A. Earnest. Wilbur I. Hohl. Artificer, Manford S. Teacl Peter Herzog. Wasfoner, Sat .\1. Lock. MCSICIANS. .•\rthur Humjihrey PRIVATES. Addlesberger, Bernard Dempsey. Marion Alexander, Elmer Atkinson, Charles Baker John H. Bakhus. Carl V. Bevitt, Ec'.win D. Boland, Frank Bradfield. .Albert D. Brown, John Br>'an, Bert John Budd, Charles F. Burrett, Emil Buroker, James h. Carpenter, Albert H. Clair, Philip Clark, John W. Clark, William H. Cloud, Charles M. Clouse, George W. Cook, Charles De Van, Charles Dillcw, James F. Eaton, William Elliott, Reuben J. Finney, Samuel I-'leming, John H. I-^olk, Herbert I>antz, Dore M. Fuller, William E. Garrison, John L. Grinnell, Bernard Harley, William G Hoppings, James Hoover, James Krupt, Benjamin Leonhardt, Albert C. Little, Daniel Long, .'\aron H. Luce, William Alagnett, William Martin, Henrv Mitchell. Harrv Nagle, Larry Norris, Delbert W. I'erry, John S. Pride, James N. Euckridge, Bert Ran, Harry Rhodes, Irwin Henthorn, William T. Riley. William Hughes. Milton Robinson, Jo.scpb Jones, William .\. kaiser, I-'rank [. King, Lester Dalrymple, Oiarles E. King, Wesl< Roller. Oliver Rur.^ell. J..sepl> K. K'usi, William .'•'cherschiuidl. Charles Shingledicker, Harry Showalter, Clarence Shultz, Elmer C. Skinner, Cornelius Small, Lester Smith, Azet Smith. David W. Smith, Elmer SummerviUe, Floyd E. Stabner, George Stoekle, Clarence Stevens, Earnest Thalls, Clyde Tuft-^, l^arl D. \ester, Carl !•. Ward. James E. W'ingert, Frank O. Wingert. Sidney Wood. George M. ^"eazel, Paul R. I DISCHARGED. Musician Arthui Humphrey. Private Krupt. Transferred to regular army. Hospital Corps. Privates Little and Wood. 18 Boys of g8 — Tenlh Regiment Ohio I'oluiileer hifantry. Halti-ry "£" was organized as an independent battery of arliller_\- in iS8o l)y Captain Geo. Sintz. in Springticld. witli Wilbur J. Colvin I'irst Lieutenant. .\\ the time it was known as the Xinth I'.attery. but afterwards ehanged to the I'lfth. After the Cincinnati riots, in 1884, through which it served with creiht, it l)ecame a four gun Ijattery, and J. C. ( )gden was elected Second Lieutenant. In 18X6. at the organization of the Iwrst Artillery. Capt. Sintz was pro- moted to the Lieutenant Colonelcw and John G. Kcnnan was elected captain of T.attery "D," as tho organizr.tion had now come to be called. UTKNANT K. \V. IiHI.1.. At this lime II. I-:. Smitli was electeil Junior Second Lieutenant, was recouuui^, ii.ned in 181,1 and again in iXgj. shortly after which he was elected Captain ..i the battery and it was under hi: leadershi]) tliat thj command entered the Tenth and served ihrougii the war. Cai)taiii Smith was born and raise am was ma.le C(jrporal June t6th, 1884, which |)osition he held at the time of his conimission a: Second Lieutvnatit. Boys of gS — Tenth Rcgiutciit Ohio I'olunlecr In anirv. 10 First Lieutenant • i. S. Taylor was horn near Sandusky. lirie county, ( )liio, on tiie iStii of ( )ctolK'r. 1868. A lioy on the farm, he attenile,: the public schools of his native town until he removed to Tole.^- Co. His first military training was receive^', with the organizati' :n which he accompanied to Colum- bus on June 25th to become part of the Tenth. Like company 'T-:," ccjmpany ■i'~" was also an independent organization i)revi(ius to 1886, Ixing known as the 6th Hattery, (). X. (i., and att;.ched to the 8th Regiment of infantry. Capt. J. C. Fwart was in command up to the tinu- of the if.t Regiment's organization, when 1 st Lieut. J. W. Payne was promoted to the cajjtaincy. Capt. Pr-yne resigned in a few weeks, his term of rcivice hr.vmg exi)ired. and 2nd Lieutenant C.eo. M. W'light was elected to succeed him. Cap- tain Wiight also serve.l but a short time and in July, 1897. Junior 2nd Lieutenant llerma-; Wen-.er wss electc;. Captain, under whi>se able dire lion the liattery served \\y ti; the time o: Coining the Tenth. Captain Werner went out witii 1 is cempany. but ill iiealth and business interests compellii'. him to re.-ign when it became a'pparent that the regimeii; was not to see a.-tive service, and i;n .\ugust 141)1 he received :i hcnciable di::hargc and r.innied honu. At tlii.', time 1st Lieut. John AL Straub was commLsfioncd Ca.Jta'n to su;c-ed Captain W'erne.-, Mid 2n,: Lieut. J. P, Cohvell was promoted to tiie fii.-U lieutenancy. J-'irst Sergeant W. C. Rus- sell was later commissioned 2nd Lieutenant. Capt Straub was born in Snyder county Pennsylvania. Sept. 2},. 1872, removing to .\kn ( )'hio, in March, 1888. 1 le enlisted es a private in Paltery -V" April 3, 1892, serving as such ui S(])tember i>t. when he was appointed trumpeter, lie held this important position 11; -March iith. i8(j7, and was then made 1st se'-gtanl. h'rom this grade he was elected isl Lii tenant. Aug. 12, 1897. liolding that rank until the fortunes of war and. his ability as an ofiic advanced him to the command of his company, which he held at the end of the war. 20 Boys of g8 — Tenth Regiment Ohio I'ohtntcer In/aiitr COMPANY F. AKRON. Captain, J. M. STRAUB. First Lieutenant, J. P. COLWELL. First Sergeant, C. M. HILL. J. }L Hollingcr. O. H. Wise. Call Khnigenliagen. (ieo. Keifer. (-. J. Moll. William Ynutz iMike Gahvvolf. j.^seph Myers. .Artificer. H. J. Howe. F. I. .Speck. Second Lieutenant, W. C. RUSSELL. SERGEANTS. J;,nies Linibcrt. CORPORALS. E. Carol Mellor \{. \\. Parker. \Vm. Slater. Quarter-Master Sergeant, J. E. MUIR. E. W. Lappin. Harry Trun. B. E. Wilson. Will Hutton. MUSICIANS. PRIVATES. Wagoner, C. Seyfold. W. E. Noland. i'.tennan, Pat I'rigger, Albert Chaffee, Daniel Chandler. W. G. Coleman, Arthur Decker, Monroe Dice, Wm. Dice, J. P. iJause, h'rank Ecklcr, .'Xdam Eckle, Gustav Edgar, E. E. Fink, Jos. R. 1-uchs, C. F. Gallagcr, Thomas Gale, C. W . Geis, C. J. (;oo>:al, Albert ll:'ckelt. Win. ' llanlin. l'. C Harris. E. M. Ilerwick. A. C. llerwick. F. i". i'avre, C. R. Keller, H. E. Kilso, W. A. Klinglcr, G. W Koons, Geo. W Korbet, Geo. Kramer, (i. I'. i,e Daux, I lent Le Fevre, M. J Lenard, Andrew- Lewis, S. F. McCann. John McDonald, Angus Mahoney. D. J. .Martin, C. H. .Metzler, I'. M. .M-ller. Will .Mortchland, Dave Nelson. W m. D. Nigh, Wm. D. Pitlinger, Joe Kabe, II. J. Peineckc, Chas. Reinhard, James Reinke, G. E. koussen. Leo. iiadoff, A. Reudy. Henry Smith. I-:. J. Staub. (_)tis Stirgner, I larr\ .^ues, hrank SpciTnnl. Gus E. Sharp. !■■. W. Siattery, M. T. Trauger, C. C. \ ermillion, R. L. Whalon, Geo. Wright. Geo. Warner, C. H. Private Iio musiereil out with it. [KUTEX.-\NT W, LIEUTENANT J !•. COL\VHi.L. Second Lieutenant Walter C, Russell entered the v.jlunteer service wearing the chevrons of a 1st sergeant. ( )n the 20th of Oct. 1898, he dropped the insignia of a non-commissioned officer and put on the shoulder straps of Second Lieutenant, having been appointed by Governor Ihishnell to fill the vacancy caused by promotion of Lieutenant Colwell. Lieutenant Russell was born m St. Louis, Mo., lint his first military exi)erience was obtained in the service of his adopted State, wiien he joined Dattery "F" as private on the 7th of May, .1894. (3n Nov. 27tli he was made corporal, in July, '97, sergeant, and Nov. 29111 of the same year ist sergeant. Bovs of 'g8— Tenth Regiment Ohio I'olunteer Infantry. COMPANY M. CIXCIXNATI. First Lieu V. H. (iU' enaiil, HKIF First Se Oi'lX S IMCOE Arthur 1 Otto \'aderson. Milton McGccliin. l->ar.!< Delano. Ciias. Kappauff. Answel Dcltsch. \Vm. Baunisartner i-red jnhen r.rvin-s. Captain, K. EMERSON. SER(il-:.\.\T.S. niinghani. riiillip -M CORPORALS. Ri licnry Harry Willi: i Assel Hoc Second Lieutenant, S. J. McGREW. ( )uarter-Master Sergeant, "da.xiel HEATOX. ■xcr. William Rov. rhe. Chas. Stanley, ■in. Ceorge .Schniid: i',a'.(!win. Michael Murpli Wat^oner Thoiiia.s lliggins. MI'SICIAXS. I lertenstcive. Rav McGee. I'RIX-ATES. .■\danis, John !-:ngle, John Kramig, l-"red Sntith. I')eiij:;niin Albeitz. Albeit I'arrel, Thomas Larkins, Thomas Smith, John H. Baker, Fred h'inklcr, William Lavin, Edward Sperry, George Battist, Gustav Fleisrh, Robert Logue, John Sylvester, Henry Barnes, (korge Gabriel, Gccr-e Lcftus, John Tamme, Louis Borcavv, William Ceng, George Manning, John Toebben, Harry Bogen, William Gormley, Tl'.oni:. D Middenclo:f, George Ury, Felix Braun, Fred Grape, John Mular.ey, Mathew Van Pelt, Edwar,'. Caldwell, H-racc Hammel, Osmar Muller, George Vcn Felde, Fred Caldwell, Irvin Haake, Gustav McFadden, Chas. Westmeier, Henry Carrol, William Hansfeld, Bcnjar r.;:t Oetingcr, Walter Wcwer, Seward Clott, Chad s Heger, Geo gc Price, Jam.cs Wcnning, Emil Cryncs, Jose, h Ilubcr, Ccr.rg; Rodecker, George ■>\ittles, Jacob Clift. Ernest Jaeger, J- hn Ruppert, An;,hony Wright. Ray Cribbtn, John Jaegle, Henry Schimmol, John Wurz, Chas. Crambcrt, Frank Janscn, Jorepli Simon, George Yitlier, Philip Dickman, Louis Jones, William Smith, Chas. H. Zahn, Armin Egbers, George Krug, Henry Smith, Chas. J. Zapp, Andirew Elwart, William 1 )IS(llARGl':i). ; Albert lli-d..n. Thos. I'l rocter. 1 iGhas. 1 luni|)hreys. Sergeant Alhert Leighner. DllCl). )eL;iin-ier. CAPTAIN LOW E. EMERSON. Boys of ^S— Tenth Regimen/ Ohio lolmifeer Infantry. 28 Company ••.M," of Cincinnati, was recruited a, the in-inning of the war and was known as one of tlie "rook.e" companies of the regiment, very few of its officers or men having received any prevous military training. The spirit was there, however, and tl,e proverbial quickness of An,encan volunteers n, preparing themselves for service, was exen,pline. Mvers. SERGEANTS. (iustavc CORPORALS. Harvev Second Lieutenant, REUBEN C. LEMMON. Ouarter-Master Sergeant, ~ KE\'IN O'DWYER. L. Gens. Earl W. Tayler. Harold D. Harmon. ]•". Kewley. Harvev Alorgan. E. A. Parsons. Iios. Koester. W. R. Cunningham. C. H. Myers. :.lin A. \an Karsen. W. H. Whipple. Company Cook. David Shanteau. Artificer, Christian II. Heisey. Wagoner. \Vm. H. Shant .MUSICL\NS. Henry A. Hudson. Walter 11. Creause. PRIVATES. I W R. Barrett, Armen Blackman, DeW P.othe, A. J. P.utler, Carleton Cahoun, J. Croy, C. C. Cusick, Paul 1". Canby, Ernest L. Campbell, Charles Cauley, C. F. Chandler, Wright (', Cunningham, I-'rank Cohen, W. R. Chinner, H. I". Callard, L. W. Dieball, E. E. Durriage, Emery J. Dongheny, J. J. H. Lauffer, John Logan, Walter J. Meyers, A. J. .Mills, Harry A. .Mills. Harry A. Murphy. John P. ( )'l'.rien. .Andrew 1*'. Partlan.l, F. H. Peck. . Vug. H. Pierce, C. I'. I'iene, C. 1*". Recter, Cyrus 11. icock, Almante R. Recter, John W. Rodenhauser, John Roethlisberger, A. R. Rodgers, Herer H. Rothert, Chas. Rehfeldt, Olln 11. l-".hrbnr, Cliarl Eech, M. J. F.jipstein, Isadore I-lhlenfeldt, Wm. j Fitch, Roy E. Meig, E. C. i'o'.ey, Wm. Gordon. J.jhn 1-.. ( lens, L. C. Hal ford, 11. S. Haughton, 1'". R. Hoehler, Wm. H llav.'.en, 11. M. Kerwin, J. W. Kctelson, J. C. Langenderfee, Louie D. Wm Lenz. H. C St. John, J. Sanzenbacli Sisco, Arthur Smith, A. 1!. Smith, Cleut. Skidmore, ICarl W. Spohn. Howard L. Steele. Frank J. Stieglemeyer, Fred H. Sullivan, John J. Tuttle, Cornelius Teat.sorth, R. P. Turner, H. E. \ullete, James Williamson, J. F. Wil.son, W. H. Wirth. Gc... W. \-nnng. John Corporal Theodore W. Day. Corporal Edward Wettheim. TRANSFERRED. H. W. Alford. Harry P.. Ruhl. I ( ieo. R. Zenher. DISCHARGED. Sergeant Wm. P.. CI lohn Bovd de l^ree. .*^heldon C. Weed. Timoi Stank DIED. Aug. 23rd, V 1'. Morrisey. B. Smallev. Ernest M. JelTre\ _ Corporal Edward Daly, Sept. i6th, 1898. CAPTAIN MYKR GELEKRI Boys ofgS — Tenth Regiment Ohio ]"olunteer Infantry . "iTi boys returned to Toledo and there put in a long winter's drill in their armory at naval signal- ing, with the Lee Rifles, and on an artillery piece familiarly known to them as "Little Jake." The marines waited paitently for a call to arms when the Spanish war broke out, and daily expected it, ;;s the Naval Reserve was the tirst Ohio organization called upon to prepare itself. But the call didn't come for the organization. The department decreed that the boys should surrender their identity as Ohio reserves and ship as individuals to be scattered all over the high seas, hiasmuch as the New York York, Michigan and other reserves had their organiza- tions kept inlacl ami manned ships by themselves, the Ohioans insisted upon better treatment than that offereil. They seized upon the opportunity to go to war with their organization intact l:)y entering the infantry service. ( )f the warrant officers of the Toledo Naval BMialiop. Chief Boatswain ^L E. \'an Dusen came out as first sergeant of "H" company, formerly .Second Toledo l)i\isi(in. Later he became a lieutenant. Harry M. Eagan, Earl W. Taylor and Kevin O'Dwyfr, the other warrant officers went out as sergeants in "G" company. .-Xmong those |)r(iminent in the formation of ilu- I'.rigade was Arlington l'. Betts, a well- known business man of Toledo, and who was also prominent in vachting circles, being at the time l-'IcLt Ca])tain of the Inter-Lake Yachting Association. At the organization of the Toledo Battalii:)n, he was elected Lieutenant-Ccnunander of the two divisions. This made him thv- senior officer of the B.rigade, and whep. the Toledo I'.attalion joined with Clevelan,;, making a four company l)attalion for the Tenth Regiment, he was conuuissioned Major to com Major Betts made just as good a soldier as he had been a sailor. In addition to a nautical education, received at Oxford Naval Academy, on the shores of Chesapeake Bay, which he atteiiiled three years, he was in 1889 First Lieutenant of Company "A," Ohio State I'niversitv, and in 1890 was Adjutant of the Cadet Battalion of North Western Universitv. In 18(^7 he entered the United States Torpedo School oi Instruction on Goat's Island, completing a course there, and in 1898 entered the War College at Newport and participated in the wa-- games of that year. In addition to a fine military education, Major Betts was well (lualified in other respects for a military career. Being of a genial disposition and alwavs showing great in- terest in, and kindness to the enlisted men under his connnand, he was one of the most popu- lar officers in the regiment. Bom in Bettsvillc, he resided in Ohio nearly all his life, and was for some years the head of an extensive manufacturing business in Toledo. In i8()7 he dis- posed of his business interests in that city and invested in Mexico, where he was at the begin- ning of the war, but np' ni tlie l)reaking (uu of h. •>,t!iities he returne. ]„ le,. than a month he was elected Ensign and on March 9th, 1898, was pro- moted to Lieutenant. Junior grade, serving as such until he was commissioned a" First Lieuten- ant of infantry on July 7t1i. While at Camp Bushnell Capt. Bliss (then Lieutenant) contracted. typhoid fever and for some time it was doubtful if he would recover, but a strong constitution inilled him through and he was enabled to join his company at Camp Meade and serve with it to the end. Quiet and unassuming in manner, Capt. Bliss was a general favorite in camp and well liked by officers and men, 30 Boys of 'gS — Tenth Rcgiiueiit Ohio ]'oIuntecr Infantrv. COMPANY H. TOLEDO. Captain, riCRXETT 1-. liLlSS. First Lieutenant, Second Lieutenant, frank l. schflllxci. mfnzies f. \a.\ dusfx si:r(;faxts. First Ser.y;eant, Quarter-Master Sergeant. ROBERT \' LAW. PERRY W. WAITE. \Vm S. Sumnierskill. Le;chroder, C. F. Diirian, Louis E. E.linger, John Egert, George Kelly, Roy 11. King, Nelson B Larkin, John F. Lf)gan, I'levius •"ackleman, George A. Logan, Theodore 'Vedricli, Gustav C. Ludv;:kcski, John Gardner, Howard J. Gates, Albert Gessner, George L. Glover, Ralph N. Good, Benjamin R. Gregor}', I'rank Q. Hall, John Hannnond, Bert iam W. Hunter. William E. HofTnian, George J. Jolley, George A. McAllister, Henry McCarthy, I-'rank McChath, Charles Meyers, Andrew P. Nafus, Charles R. O'Hearn. Edw. P. (TBrien. ALiurice Pafenbach, John F. Pearson, William J. Richards, (iomer 1). Robertson, John S. Rook, 'i'liomas Rcnh, Rudolph .Sarnes, I'.ugene K. .^chcevkr. William C. Schwager, lulwanl A. Scott, William P. Shepa dson, C. AL Spenny, Charles (>. Strub, Charles E. Sunnnerskill, C. J. Tanner, Albert E. Towers. Frank \V. \-ighes, Peter A. Willey, kVed W. WiUi.-.ms, I'.urtcell E. Winn, .\ddison G. Wortsmith. llenrv G. TRANSFERRED. Recce, Edward W. .■, Ray E. •luckt DISCIIARGI'.D. 1st Sergear.l Meiizies Iv \ an Duscn. Sergeant Eied E. Bossard Earl R. Myers Will J. Colcleugh Julian R. Day Joseph Luce Keil, John A. Dll (icorge J. La Point, Sep Frank E. Wismar, Sept. Isaac Logan, Nov. 8th, .Mcl-adden. Charles L :d. I. jnd, i8(>S. 51 h. 1898. 1898. CAPTAIN BURNETT F. BLISS. Hoys of'gS — Tenth Regiment Ohio I'ohinteer Infantry. 31 First Lieutenant F. L. Schelling was bora in Toledo, Ohio, Feb. i8t1i, 1874. After pass- ing through the oranmiar and high schools of the city, he turned his attention to the upholster- ing business, but at the time the Naval Reser\'es were called into service, he was one of the largest painting contractors of Toledo. Previous to this he had paid quite a lot of attention to military affairs, enlisting in the i6th O. X. G., in March, iSqo, and appointed Cor[iOral the same year. .\fter serving his term of enlistment of three years, getting as high as duty sergeant, he withdrew from ' military life LIKUTEXANT F I, .SCHELLIXG. LIEUTENANT M. E. VAN DUSEN. for a time, but six months afterwards he re-enlisted in the same regiment, Company •■C," and served another year. In 1897, when the Naval Reserves became so well well known, he joined them and was appointed boatswain's mate of the Second Division, and on April 2, 1898, was elected ensign. And when this organization was called into the field as infantry, he was com- missioned Second Lieutenant, and promoted First Lieutenant, Dec. 8, 1898. 32 Boys of 'gS — Tenth Regiment Ohio J'o/nntecr Infantry. Second Lieutenant Menzies E. \an Dusen was born in Picton, Ontario, Canada, Oct. 26tii, 1871. A part of his youth was spent in his native town, where he attended the pubHc schools, but soon moved to Flint, Michigan, and there graduated in the high school of that town. He then resolved to enter the jewelry business, and. removed to Detroit, Alich., where he was con- nected with F. Petz & Co., jewelers, for 5 years. The past few years he has spent in Toledo. Ohio, and four years of this time he was a clerk in J. j. iMXcman's large wholesale and retail jewelry establishment. During this time the Naval Reserve organization was formed, and he became one of the hrsi to hand in his name, in fact, being one of the charter members. -Soon after this he was elected boatswain of First Battalion, and when merged into a part of the loth Ohio he was appointed First Sergeant of Company ■'H." On the 8th of December. 1898, he received the commission of Second Lieutenant, vice Lieutenant Schelling promoted. The earlv historv of the Naval Reserve movement in Cleveland was proliably not unlike that of most military and National Guard organizations in the early days (.f their existence. With many obstacles to surmount and difficulties to be overcome, the men who interested them- selves in the undertaking woidvcd long and faith. I'ully to bring their efiforts to a s.icces^ful termi- nation. Capt. D. H. Pond, of Company "K," Fifth Ke,-iment O. N. G.; Capt. Geo. H. Gibson. and Lieut. F. .\. McReynolds, also of the I'iith, assisted by Norris J . Shupe and others, finally succeeded in getting a bill passed i)roviding in a measure for the support of two division? in Cleveland. On the 28th of January, 1897, the division was mustered into the state service. and shortly after the Cleveland Catling Gun Battery became the second division. At this time Captain Pond, who had been elected Lieutenant to command the First Division resigned, and Geo. R. McKay, an old Catling gunner, was made Lieutenant Commander of the Battalion. Meantime the old revenue cutter Andrew Johnso.n had been purchased for a training ship and the sailor boys were steadily perfecting themselves in the art of navigation. .\ full outfit, in- cluding the Lee Magazine Rifle in use in the United States Navy had been furnished them and when, in 1898, word came that the Naval Reserve organizations of the country would be the iirst fo be called out, extra efforts were put forth b_\- officers and men to prepare for any duty that might be required of them. Like their friends from Toledo, they were also .loomed tt> .'isappointmcnt, and the best they could do was to enter the infantry service, and as one of the boys expressed it, "Tramp around like a lot of land lubbers." - Following is the roster of the officers of the two divisions, or companies, as they came out: First Division (Company I.) — 1 LIEUT. WM. B. MAXSON. LIEUT. JR., GEO. II. GIBSON. .ENSIGN, NORRIS J. SHUPE. Second DivisiiJii (Companv K.) — LIEUT. ED. D. SHUMER. LIEUT. IR. CLIFFORD II. FULLER. ENSIGN "(Acting) RALPH T. HATCH. CAPTAIN GEORGE H. GIBSON ^oysofgS — Tenth Regimen/ Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 33 After arriving at Camp llushnell rome changes were made in the personnel of the officers. Lionl. Maxscn returns', heme and for two weeks or more the command of C"o. 1 devolved upon Lieutenant (junior grade) (libson, wli j had been instrumental in recruiting the company up to 106 men. (~)n July 12th, Junior Lieutenant Fuller of the Second Division (now become com- pany "I-C"). was promoted to the captaincy and transferred to Co. "L" Lieuten;.nt Hatch was nio\ed up one grade and Sergeant Wni. G. Meade, of "I" company, was connnissioued a second lieutenant and assigned to " !\ .1 -.UTIXANT [EL'TKNANT R. Li September Captain l-'uller resigned and Lieutenant (iibson was made Captain, Lieutenant Shupe First I-ieutenant, and Acting First Sergeant Molyneaux (First Sergeant Bundy on sick leave). Second Lieutenant. ! Captain Gibson was born in North Ridgeville, Ohio, Oct. 18, 1852. In the spring of 1857 his family removed to Chicago, living in ih: Windy City until 1887. It was in the Illinois xVational Guaru that the Captain received his first military training. Enlisting in Co. "A," 1st Illinois 34 Boys of gS— Tenth Regiment Ohio I'oliinteer In/antr COMPANY I. CLEVELAND. First Lieutenant, NORRIS J. SHUPE. Captain, GEO. H. GIBSON. Second Lieutenant, R(Jli]':RT T. ^lOLYNEAUX. EdmuiK Harry O. Love. W'm. S. Stevens. Albert S. Caulkins SERGEANTS. First Sergeant Quarter-Master Sergeant, PAUL A. REVERE. WALTER D. EASTMAN B Tompkins. Sam T. Stewart. Joseph B. Clough. Wm. E CORPORALS. Fred H. Tovell. John P. Essex, Jr. Samuel O. Sellers. Robert H. Myers. Ren D. Jones. Chester S. Williams Company Cook, Thomas JvL Yergey. Artificer, Geo. H. Twitchell. Wagoner iMUSICTANS. I. Farr. Abram N. Wileman. Calvert J. Winter. (nto G. Mcy^r. Thomas iNIason. Geo. H. Potter. Brown, Frank lirunner, William Burlienn, Loui Butera, Mike B. Byrnes, William Bailey, Arthur R. Blackstock, Jas. G. Carson, Thomas Curry, W. F. Cauthard, Harry T. Cooke, Milton W. Cummings, Geo. H. Eastman, Frank R. Eckstrom, Carl I'orsyth, Louis Frazior, William l-'arr, Edwin II. I'erris, Robert T. Goodrich, Marry Gleason, Frank Y Guthmann, Fred Joseph Fink IXATES. McCormack Frank Majors, Carl Minnemeyer, Edvvare Gundermann, Harry J. Machkner. Robert Gavan, Frank Mahrdt, John Gould, Mulvin O. .Mcrserbcrg, Hen (;rcen, Herbert G. Mish, Guy Hartz, Dave E. Mackey, Guy A. Hoffman, Robert .Vlinshull. Harry Grugal, Gustav (Juinlan, I'rank ilogan, Frank J. Ritzmann, Carl Hoeltz, Louis Regan. Joseph Jamison, J. K. Reed, Chas. F. Karnatz, Rudolpli Reuss, Fred King, Dewick Reeves, James Lamb, Eugene H. Scbott, Otto Lewis, Charles Steen, Andrews Loewc, Fred Schwalm, Willia DISCHARGED, 1st Sergeant Charles C. Bundy. Sergeant James H. Cleland. Sergeant A. H. C. Vaupel. TRANSFERRED. Harry Miller. i'erry L. Morgan. I'.enjamin ]•" Herbert R. Clark. Stvfien, Gus Soeder, Henry Senne, Adam Sutton, Hal. Schurdell, Kdw. H. Stirling, William Spicer, Ora T. Schultz. Jacob Thompson, Dallas Walsh, James Weber, William Wagner, I'red Wells. Geo. J. Wetzel, Louis Witte, Edward H. Witte. Geo. .\. F. R. Johnson. 1 Ferben Adams. ( lyde r-. McMillin DIED. )rwick. October 8y8. SERGEANTS COMPANY '^^-% F; !p L. Ml P|^^^|-;;«^^ '■■ "- -_-?'"^*_,/.;./|||;,^''^|^:^^ Nl ' .T' ^^Mf ■%-^- i ••■•f/ .,■■ /'J HI ,■ ;:A.v.;/;:-'^'- 7 ^ r^ r ' '' SHHB^^^^BI^EIB^ Boys of g8 — Tenth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry. ^5 Infantry, in 1877, in July, 1879, he was appointed Inspector of Rifle Practice with the rank of Captain, but resigned in 1883 and four years lattr removed to Cleveland where he entered the employ of The Root & McBride Co., one of the largest wholesale dry goods establishments of the middle west. As before mentioned, Captain Gibson was one of the hardest workers of the Naval Reserve organization and Co. "I" when it entered the Tenth, one hundred and six men strong, was largely the fruit of his efforts in recruiting. Always proud of his "boys" the Captain was one of those officers who believed it was impossil,le to make regulars out of volunteers and not a man in his company Init received his fatherly interest and not one of them ever asked his counsel or hel[) in vain. l"ir'--t Lieutenant \orris J. .Shupe, a young lawyer of Cleveland, before entering the service, was born and raised in the Forest City, attendiiit; the grammar and high schoo's there. Hl' went to Kansas in 18S8 but remained only a yea,' and a halt, when he returned to Cleveland, and for three years was employed as a locomotive tireman on the Big Four Railroad. Being an ambitiiHis young man, he decided to tit himselt for a profession, and immediately took up th,- study of law with Hon. .\. J. Marvin, uf the Cle\ eland bar. I',y ijcrscverance ruid hard wurk he was admitted to the I'.ar in 1894, and innnediately engaged in the practice of his profession with ! is former preceptor, under the firm name of Marvin & Shupc. Lieutenant Shupe's first military experience was in Co. "B," Fifth Regiment. ( ). X. G., in 189J. Promoted to corporal and afterwards sergeant, he was with the regiment during the coal niioe riots in 1895. At the formation of the ist Division Cleveland Xaval Reserves, he was elected Ensign and served with them up to and including the war, going out as a Second Lieutenant ami promoted to First Lieutenant in September, at tl:o re.-ignr.tion of Captain Fuller. In Au-iist he was detailed as Assistant Regimental Quartermaster and later as Assistant Regimental ( )rdi- nance Officer . At the resignation of Quartermaster Bedell he was made Acting Regimental Quartermaster and detailed as Acting Brigade Quartermaster of ist Brigade, ist DivisLi, 2nd Army Corps. In I3ccember he was detailed a^ Judge Advocate of General Court Martial of 1st Division, 2nd Army Corps, and served continuously as such on four successive courts, uiitii relieved at his own request, in March, when the company went on provost duty at Summerville near Camp Mackeiuie. Second Lieut. Robert T. Molyneaux's first military experience was with the luiclid Light In- fantry of Cleveland, Ohio, commanded by Capt. \'. E. Gregg, March 15th, i8(/). After serv- ing some time he was appointed Corporal in October, 1892; duty sergeant in June, 189,^ and acting First Sergeant from 1894 to time of discharge in September, 1896. In 1892 he ac- companied his organization to Chicago and participated in the dedication of the World's I'air Buildings, and the folowing year served in the coal strike at Massillon, Ohio. Lieutenant Molyneaux was one of the charter members of tlie Naval Reserve of Cleveland, an,! on Jan. 28, 1897, was appointed Quartermaster, but later in July, 1897, he was appointed P.oat- 36 Boys of ^g8 — Tenth Regiment Ohio volunteer Injantry. COMPANY K. CLEVELAND. Captain, i ED. D. SHURMER. First Lieutenant, Second Lieutenant, RALPH T. H.-^TCH. WILLTAAI G. MEADE. i SERGEANT.S. First Sergeant, Quarter-Master Sergeant, FRANK R. SEMON. BENJAMIN F. STAFFORD. Finis D. Harvey. \ul)lic schools of Cleveland and graduated from the Forest City liusiness Colljge. but not wishing to follow that line, he took up the building trade, and became one of the firm of J. H. Caunter ^: Co., a large contracting firm, and for between three and four years he was insjjcctor on the i)oar.l of L'nderwriters of Cleveland. This officer joined the (irays in 1891, going in as private and rising to to 11 OS Root. Craig. jiiial Corjjs. Murrav, Char'.es A. Schaar, \'incent D. .McNaily. I-rank Swaffield, Harry Okcrt. Oscai O. Stotter, Joseph H. ( )wens. Lewis Tyler, Ralph FL Price, Joseph H. Wagner, Joseph Price. Walter W. Weber, William S. I'iiilpott. i'ercy J. Watson. hVank H. Ky.ier, Clarence A. Welsh, J.ihn Ryder, John R. White. .Arthur 11. Rock. Edward 11. Young, William 11. Randall. Walter W. ARGI-.I). •i"hnm;i is .\'. Miranda. Williai n A. Rasch. DII-D. William Tlioemmes. IVank Crawfonl. CAPTAIN HKNRY FRAZEE. Boys of^gS — Tenth Regiment Ohio i^ohinteer Infantry. 47 Mist Lieutenant Frederick ]\I. I<"anning was torn at Monroevillf. Huron county, Ohio, July loth, 1861. Being adapted to study, he soon became efficient in the many branches of the piiljlic schools of his native town. His parents then moved to Cleveland, where the young fellow became connected with the Cleveland Plain Dealer, as chief correspondent, afterward joining with tlie Press, for which he corresponded during the entire service of his regiment in the field, thus relating all the happenings to friends at home. He was elected as a member of the Cleveland Gray.- in July, 1892: was appointed color serqcpnt in 1804; sergeant major in Oct LIHUTEXAXT K. .lEUTEXANT P. E. H.\TH.-\\V.\V, i8g6. \\'hen the Grays were merged into the National Guard he was elected 2nd Lieutenant of Co. "C." 1st Battalion of Engineers, and commissioned on July nth. i8(j8. He was com- missioned as First Lieutenant of volunteers on July 7th . Second Lieutenant Perry E. Hathaway was born in East Claridon, G«auga county. Ohio. Sept. 5th, 1863. He attended the public schools of his own town, and afterward Western Re- serve Seminary at Farmington, Ohio, where he acquired the learning which helped him in after years, that of bookkeeping. He early moved to Cleveland and took up his line of work, secur- ing a position with tlie firm of Gere, Trnman, Piatt & Co., as chief bookkeeper. He afterwards 48 Boys of ^g8 — Tenth Regiment Ohio I'olHnteer Infantry. COMPANY L. ZANESVILLE. Laptain, CHARLES A. REYNOLDS. First Lieutenant, WILBOR H. PHILLIPS. SERGEANTS. First Sergeant, HARRY J. DENNIS. William C;. Dickman. Claude H. Evans, Second Lieutenant, HENRY A. BUERHAUS. Quarter-Master Sergeant, EDWARD STARKLY. Louie C. Swope. CORP(JRALS. George F. Bell. Charles McCahill James G. Grubb. .Artificer, Hugh Purely Robert AL George. Dewey Hutchison. .\lden AL Dietrich, l->ed D. Hoopes. Robert J. Burns, Walter W. Suttles. .\IUSICL\NS. Earnest Clark. Wagoner, William Henrv Fouts. Carl B. Phillips. James R. Larimer. Thomas M. Doty. John Ferguson. r. White. PRIVATES. Acbesoii, Charles Adrian, Edward Adrian, William Bailey, John Bain, Sylvester Brown, Bert A. Brown, Hershel \'. Brown, William E. Caldwell, John Campbell, Frederick Carson, John L. Chalfant, Ernest Cobb, Sylvanus Colman, Clinton Crooks, George Dosch, Lee C. Dover, Harry Doyle, William Dozer, Charles t). Dummeade, Samuel I'rasley, Henry I'clunslee, Charles I'outs. Harry P., I'liuts, Pliiiieas l'"()Uts. William l-'recmaii. Martin iM'itz, Louis ( iicscy, Louis Harris, Charles llauserman, Eriiest Hayes, John Hina, Charles Hull, Curtis Hull, William Kain, Jolin Kildow, Clarence Klies, David Lonley, Carlos Loyed, John Maroney, James Mathews, Robert McGee, Walter .Milvin, Charles Mills, Chester Minor, W'illiam Money, Thomas .Mitchell, Alexander Nicholas. Louis Norton, \'ernie Nowell, Roy Osborne, George Orwig, .'\rchford I'arrish, Louis Pa.xton, James Paxton, George Riley. Stephen Roach, Richarvl RothriK-k, James Rowland, Henry Rush, William Sines, Thomas Sproat, Frank Stull, Rhey \'arncr. Otto Warier. 1 loward Wendell, Otto Wiles, Florence Wilson, Harlin Wood, George DISCHARGED, Corporal Charles F. McCoy. Forest Tomson. .Mfred Wolfe Sergeant Marti William Wells. J. Sauer. Carl Ramsv. DIED. William Korn, Oct. Boys of ^g8 — Tetiih Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 49 served Stone & Wilcox Co., and the National Furniture Co., beint;^ with these three firms for nearly 20 years . He ranked hij,d) in the society of that city, being a member of the Iv. of P.'s for about twelve \ ears, taking all the degrees and holding every position in the line of officers of the same, and aiso belonged to the Grays from 1892 until 1898, then entering the loth Ohio as First Sergeant, but was commissioned Second Lieutenant July 7th, i8<;8, and was detailed as Acting Regiment- al Commissarv Officer from Oct. ^, 1898, till regiment was mustered out of service. Company "L" was another of the "rookie" companies recruited to fill up the three battalion formation. Although a new company, and lacking the training that the ten National Guard com- panies had received from their past service, they made up in enthusiasm what they lacked in experience, and under Capt. Reynolds' able leadership they progressed rapidly in the duties of infantrymen, perhaps more so in some respects, than those who had been connected with other branches of the service, and who had to unlearn many peculiarities attained by the dififerent tactics emploved in those branches. For instance — it was hard for the Naval Reserves to break away from the manual of arms used in the navy, by sailors on duty ashore and armed with the "Lee" rifle, and the artillery boys found it difficult to handle a gun, being accustomed to using the sal)re. At any rate, h\ the time the uniforms had arrived, no one could tell by watching the dilTerent companies at drill, which were the old and which the new. After all, the i.niftjrm of a soldier cuts quite a figure in discipline and correctness of movement. Give a body of men in citizens clothes guns, or any other implements of warfare, and just so long as they lemain attired in the togs of civilians, all the drilling that might be given them would not make them good soldiers. But give the same men uniforms of any sort, and a few Ijrass buttons to keep clean and bright, then discipline and unison of movement become apparent at once. They feel the soldier, and with the coat buttoned up to the chin it seems right to extend a salute ')r carrv a gun, where, in a dress that is unmilitary, a feeling of awkwardness prevails. Company L was organized for the purpose of going to war, at a time when it was evident that troops would be needed, consequently there were none of its members that felt obliged to go on account of belonging to some company that would be called upon because of being m the State service. They were volunteers in every sense of the word. Capt. Chas. A. Reynolds was the organizer of the company which he named the "Foraker Guards," and on the evening of the same day (April 19th, 1898), he tendered its services to the Governor of Ohio and was accepted into the O. N. G. as Co. "C" of the 17th Regimen-:, arriving at Camp Bushnell on the morning of June 23, 1898. He was then transferred into the loth O. V. L as Co. "L." Captain Reynolds was born at Steubenville, Ohio, Feb. 17, 1857, entering the National Guard as a private in 1875, being then a member of the famous Steubenville Greys and the McCook Light Guards of that time, serving with the latter in the Tuscarowas Valley coal strike in May, 50 Boys of 'gS— Tenth Regiment Ohio I'olunteer Infantry. 1876, and was everywhere known as an amiable young man, always true to duty. Afterward he organized, and was elected Captain of, the Sherwood Guards, independent, of his native town, in 1880. First Lieutenant \Mlbor H. Phillips was born in Shenandoah, Iowa. May 24, 1876. His par- ents removed to Zanesville, Ohio, the same ycai. He there attended the public schools of that town, graduating from the same with high honor. When the loth ( ). \'. I. was organized, he was enlisted as Second Lieutenant of Co. "L," and was promoted to First Lieutenant Oct. 17, 1898, filling the vacancy caused by the resignation of Walter O. H. Black. Second Lieutenant Henry A. Buerhaus was born in Zanesville, Ohio, May 20, 1877. educated in the public schools of his native city, entering the volunteer service as duty sergeant in Co. "L," loth O. V. L, when the regiment was organ'zed. He then received the appointment of ist .sergeant Jtsly 19, 1898, and commissioned 2nd Lieutenant Oct. 17th. 1898. vice Wilbor H. Phillips, made 1st Lieutenant. LIEUTENANT H. A. CAl'TAI BUERHAU; c. A. kia: ■.UTENAN'T W. U. I'HILIl'S. 51 Boys of ''gS — Tenth Regiment Ohio I'ohinteer Infantry, CAMP MEADE — MIDDLETOWN, PENNSYLVANIA. ■11 .Uj HE real history of the Tenth Ohio began upon leaving Columbus— that is, the Afi'^* mteresting part began then. Not that the time spent at Camp Bushnell was any /^fg^ les-, important than any oth:r period— for the fitting out and early training of anv body of troops is of course a very essential part of its existence, and upon those early conditions depend much of its effectiveness as a fighting force— buc U was at Camp Meade that the Tenth had its first contact with any considerable l)ody of soldiers and it was there that military science, in the strict sense of the word began to be taught. Then the men had gotten away from home influences, and they felt that they were n<-) longer "tin soldiers," but in the field, and that the eyes of regular army ofiicers were upon them, who noticed all the little defects that are overlooked by the civilian and even the National Guard officers. It was there that they first became attached to the army proper, becoming (for a short period only) a part of the Second Brigade, Third Division, Second Army Corps. Major General Graham was in command, and the occasional glimpses had of him were the first that many of the men ever had of an officer of that grade. \\ "hat is there in the presence of an army man that impresses one with the sense of power.-' Officers of the highest rank are often small men, physically, and yet, even in citizens" clothes there is sometliing about them that- is at once Imposing and indicative of power. Every word spoken, every gesture made, every glance of the eye, hints at a hidden force that only needs opportunity to make itself visible, and the higher the rank the more apparent become these marks of greatness. Be that as it may, both officers and men began to improve rapidly in the matter of discipline and military courtesy, and while of course there were many rough edges to be filed off, the Tenth Ohio began early to gain the reputation of being one of the best volun-. teer regiments in the service. Then the situation of the camp— its beautiful surroun>':ings, pure air and perfect sanitary condi- tions, began at once to have a beneficial effect. The sick books began to show less new cases each day, while those who had been afflicted with one complaint or another began to report for 52 Boys of ()8 — Tenth Regiment Ohio I'oliinteer Infantry. diUy. -Bright eyes and sunburned faces, told of .a.od health that is brought about by life in the ontn air with plentv of exerci.-e and good plain wholesome food (and no: too much of it) to supply the vitality necessary in any active work. Perhaps no camp was ever more happily situaie.i. Only a short distance from the banks of the Susquehanna River, on the sides of hills commanding magnificent views of that beautiful stream, were dotted the thousands of white tents of an a;n}y corps. Here and there, on the top of a green clad hill could be seen the Hag staff of some brigade Or division headquarters, with Old Glory I'oating proudly in the breeze. What a few months before had been a vast expanse of farm and woodland, devoted to that most peaceful of pur.suits, agriculture, was now the scene of warlike l^reparatioiis and military pageants. The rnt'le of musketry reverberated from hilltop to hilltop. ■ H^ M ^F^ ^^^^-■**^ W ^•*-':f-> a^pj ^m^^M 1 ^pPr '^ H P :■ -;- -'-- C.'\MI' .MK.MJH. wbcre not long since was hearil nothing more CO. ui;:ilive ili;'.n the bellowuig of cattle or the cackling of barnyard fowls. It was 11:15 P- m- «'"' f'l'-" 'y'l "' August, tha the train, consisting of three sections with a battalion to each section, pulled into Middletovvn. Slee|)ing on the cars that night, the njxi morning shelter tents were pitched on the lianks of a little creek close to the village, remaining there until the morning of the 23th. when regulir c.imp was established on the pipe mill road. It was during those early days that the regiment Karned what I'eimsylvania hospitality meant. It seemed as if tlie people o,' the little village vied with each other in extending courtesies to the Ohio boys. The sick were remembere.'. with all llie little delicacii-S allowable (and some th;it were not) while the v. ell were not forgotten with more substantial articles of diet, blowers in profus- ion, reading matter, fruit, all these and more found their way to the boys, but what they prized Boys of gS— Tenth Regiment Ohio J'olunteer Infantry. 53 more than all else was the fact that doors were opened to them in many a family circle, where, after the duties of the day were over, the social side of life could be cultivated. For a while the rations were not "coming any too fast, nor in any too great variety," as one of the men expressed it, and then some took to the habit of "taking their meals out," and never was a hungry soldier turned away from the door unfed in that conmnmity, whether it was just after pay-day, or just before. It would be hard to tell (from a ^liddletown standpoint) the exact time when travel rations were exhausted, and fr.^h meat and the regular allowances began to^ be issued, but it is said that some people of thai locality b.ave to this .'.ay a very poor opinion of Uncle Sam's commissary department. On the 4th of October four companies of the Tenth went on provost duty and the ties of friend- ship alreadv existing were more firmly cemented than ever. On Sept' yth occurred one of the finest reviews of the war. The entire Second Army Corps with nearly twenty thousand men. passed in review to do honor to Secretary of War Alger, w^ho with numerous officials from Washington, General Shafter and other heroes of bloody battles in Cuba, were on a tour of inspection of the different camps. It was a beautiful day and the sight of that immense body of troops lined up for review in a large field near the First Division hospi- tal was one not soon to be forgotten. .Music from a score of bands, fluttering guidons indicat- ing the different brigades, with here and there a division flag surrounded by brilliant stal? officers u-ho from time to time dashed over the field carrying orders from their chief, the whole making i briiliant an-! imposing spectacle. Then when the commanding general and reviewing officers, follow ed l)y the great yellow corps flag with its red. wliite and blue clover leaf (the insignia oi th.e Second Army Corps) in the centre, had pas.ed up and down the long lines of men standing like statues, orders were given and the whole coips broke into column and marched by in review. To one unaccustomed to military customs, the various flags and guidons used to des.gnat: the sub-divisions of any considerable body of troops are very confusing, and their meaning is hard to solve. Yet the arrangement is a very simple one. being for the most part a grouping of the three national colors, red white and blue. For instance,— the badge or insignia of the Second Army Corps is the four leaf clover. The corps b Jng divided into three divisions, and they in turn into three brigades of three regiments each, the markings remain simply a matter of arranging the three colors. Red represents the First Division, white the Second, and blue the Thir.l, thereforearedcloverleaf on wliite is the First Division flag, a white clover leaf on a blue flag represents the Second Division, and blue on red the Third, the Corps flag being on a yellow field with a clover leaf of the three colors combined. These are all rectangular flags, the brigade o-uidons being triangular in shape, each one being made with three colors. When the red is next to the staff it represents Inrst lirigade, white next to the stafif Second, and blue next to the staff Third, only as there are three brigades to a division some other distinction is necessary and here again the clover leaf is used in the mid.lle section to designate the division as before. Beginning with the first of September brigade an On September i6th Colonel A.xline was cletailtd to take command of the First Brigade, and from that time until Dec. 6tli, was .\cting Brigadier General; Lieut. Col. Dana taking command of the Tenth meantime. Adjutant Welbon was detailed by Colonel Axline as Acting Assistant Adjutant (jeneral, and Lieutenant Meade as Aide-de-Camp; Lieut. Chas A. Yost acting as I\egimcntal Adjutant in place of the former. Owing to business interests and feeling that there was no probability of his services being re- tpiired in any active campaign. Rcgiincntal Oua',crni;;ster Lieut. A. 11. Htdell, resigned on Sept. Cll AI>I..\1N T. C. 2int\. In lo ing liim the regiment lost one of its u'usi [ (>|)nlai i.iTu-crs. luidowe,". with a happv dispositii.n., Liiut. r.ed.'ll had a way of performing the by no means ea.sy duties of his position in a maimer that wa.-< at (AKt; pleasing yet effective. He could give a man who wore a number nine shoe a [);;ir of number sevens, and when he returned to protest would thnnv in a pair of lacings or so and send him off, satisfied that he had received just what he wanted. Lieut. Harry W. Morganthaler, of Co. "A," was appointed his successor; First Sergeant .\. !■". Coodhue, of "K" c(jmpany being commissioned Second Lieutenant and assigned lo "A" comiiany. Scon after Lieutenant liedell's return home Chaplain Hanks announced his intention of resign- ing and Sci)tember 20th, he too left "his boys," .-is he called them, and to every one's regret departed for his home in Zanesville. The interest he had always sliown in the wellfare of every man in the regiment, not only from a spiritual stanclpoint but from a mental antl pliy.-iical point of view as well, had gained for him the respect and gratitude of all. His position was later filled by the Rev, Tullius C. Tupjier. Boys of ^g8 — Tenth Regiment Ohio J'oh/nteer Infantry. 55 Just about this time orders were issued by the war department for a representation of the corps to paiticipate in the great Peace Jubilee at Philadelphia, to be held October 26, 2y and 28th. It was decided that one battalion from each regiment should go, thus giving each one a representa- tion without the ex|)ensc of moving so large a body of troops. An exception was made in the case of the Pennsylvania regiments at Camp Meade, who were--allowed to go in their entirety. The Second Battalion of the Tenth was chosen to represent Ohio, not because it was any better tiian either of the others, but because neither of ihem were superior to it. On the morning of the 26l1i, in a driving rain, making the roads muddy and extremely slippery, the four companies with 56 files front, in heavy marching order, trudged through to the station on their way to Philadel- THE ARMY COOK.S'. phia. A battalion each from the 35th Michigan and JMrst Maryland accompanied them, and it is safe to say that there were no three regiments in line out of all that immense gathering of regu- lars and volunteers, that marched better, or presented a more soldierly appearance. During the parade the different organizations at every halt had good things galore showered upon them by the thousands of spectators in the stands which had been erected for miles along the line of march. Fruit of all kinds, sandwiches, cakes, pies, lunches carefully wrapped in boxes; everything imaginable short of a regular course dinner, were to.ssed into the willing hands of the boys in blue. It seemed as if all of Philadelphia and the greater part of the several cities visiting there that day, had no o.her object in view than to give the largest amount possible, in the shortest space of time. After that day's march (it was a good day's march too) all the old stereotyped jokes about the proverbial slowness of the City of Brotherly Love, fell flat in at 56 Boys of 'g8 — Tenth Regiment Ohio \ olitntecr Infantrv least one regiment that participated in it. No one coukl tell the nun of the Tenth ( )hio that any- thing ever moved slowly in that town after such a fusilade. The brief respite from the daily routine of camp life afforded by the trip, acted as a tonic, a;id ihe balance of the time spent at Camp Meade passed quickly away. I'ootball and other outdoor ;-.ports were indulged in daily, and excursions t j "the cave" and otiier points of interest in the vicinity were taken by those lucky enough to get passes and possibly by some that were not. Gett3'sburg. the scene of that great battle, the name of which will ever remain a living e.\- aniple to soldiers of how men can fight and die. was oniy a few hours' risue of the L'. .S. ,:50-calil)re ritle to a regiment is about the highest honor that could be conferred upon it. Thanksgiving came on Xovember 24111 an, I great pre|)aratii ;ns were made in the ilifferent com- panics' for a big turkey dinner. It was to many their first Thanksgiving away from home and many a \'uung fellow felt a tnuch of homesickness steal over hini as he sat diwii in his tent, with the good things piled u]) belo.e him. not served in the most fa.'^hionable way, perhaps, but plenty of everything (and ([uantity is the chief re(|uisite in a soldier's bill of f:,re) fioni turkey and the fixings, down to mince pie. luUs and raisins. Of course this bill of fare was not furnished bv the cnnunissary department, but boxes from home and the canteen fund supplied the nec-^.aries which in this case seemed like luxuries. Two of the Cleveland companies, -l" and ■'K." received a generous donation Imni the ( iat- ling Gun Battery Association of that city and the f<.rmer comi)any pitche.l a large tent in the middle of the company street, built tables in it and had a regular printed bill .>! fare, with after dinner speeches, interspersed with a musical and literary program. December 6th, aher serving for nearly three months as commander of the 1st I'.rigade, Colonel Axline returned to duty with his regiment, but remained only a short time. General McKibbon's health again failing him, and on Dec. 31st he was again placed in comman.l, which he retained up to Jan. 23rd . December 20th President McKinley paid a visit to Augusta on his tour through the South . The two brigades were drawn up in two lines on each side of the road along which he drove on his way from Wheless Station to the city, presenting arms as he passed, and the hands i)lay- ing the President's March. This was the second time the regiment had been reviewed liv the Chief Executive, the first time having been at the Peace Jubilee in Philadelphia. In the meantime preparations were heing maOe for Christmas. Every .lay s(|uads eould be seen bringing in holly and mistletoe to send home and for decorations, which were begun on an extensive scale. Quartermaster Morganthaler designed two regimental arches bearing the names of Colonel Axline and Lieut. Col. Dana, also a general idea for each company to follow out in the construction of its arch, there being one placed at the head of every company street bearing the Captain's name, also the company letters. These arches were very beautiful and in the North 60 Boys of 'gS — Tenth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infajitry. woiilci have cost hundreds of dollars each, but in the swanijjs near camp, holly, mistletoe, ever- greens, and moss grew in profusion and could he had for the picking-. Christmas dinner was served in the new mess halls, fifty in lengtli. constructed for each c_im- ])any . The bath house, containing fifteen stalls, eac li having a galvanized iron tub. was al.so com- jilcted about this time. With hot water in abundance there was um excuse for tmcleanliness among the men. Sentr\ bo.xes were constructed for use of guards in stormy weather and N'arious ininnsviments made which addeil ti> tb.i. C'nifi ^rl i :f the men. Tlic cild wall tents were dis- .\ .SOUTH EKX Ci-.rded for the round "Sibleys'" (if improved pattern, and with the conical Sibley stoves everyone was made comfortable. These preparations for winter were made none too soon, for on the uih of l'"el)ruary came up a regular Xortlitrn bliz:;ar(l. With snow six or seven inches deep and the wind blowing a gale the conditions were net favorable for enjoyment of c;-mp life. Th? tliermiiiieur went down to three degrees above zero and remained in that vicinity for several days. \\ hen ihc snow had drifted however, and "tilled in the cracks" it was not so disagreeai)le as might be supposed. I'rom a social i)oint of view the stay at Cani]) Mackenzie was onv of the most enjoyable periods of the 'I'enth's service. Ucing near to Augusta, and easily reached by electric cars, there was constsint visiting on the part of both soldiers an', civilian.s. At first the reserve of the South- erners was a little embarrassing, but after a shori time the true Southern hospitality began to assert itself. The people of Augusta found that as a rule the boys who hail come out to fight for their country were gentlemen, and any ])reju(iice tliat the Xortlum men may have felt was swept away and attachments were fnrmeil that time ^\w never ciTace. Boys of ^g8 — Tenth Regiment Ohio \ olnnteer In/an try 61 The following item cliijpcd from the .//(!^;(5/(/ Chronicle aii.l written hy a society lady wlio chaperoned a party of young people on a visit to Camp, describes the impressions made u])on one of the fair sex in "Dixie Land" by some of tlie Xorthern soldiers: "We took the Monte Sano car on Saturday noon and went out on a visit to the soldiers at the camp. We have not been rushing them to death, understand; this was our first visit. 1 was acting chaperon, being quite old and dignified. This group of bri'lliants consisted of Mr. Tom Ii'azlehurst, handsome, debonair and altogether charming; Louise W'illiams, from Aiken, a fas- cinating society girl; Eliza Eraser, tall, beautiful and altogether lovely ; handsome Marion Usher; pretty Miss Anness from New Jersey, and little fiaxcn-haired Hess. We passed several car loads of soldiers going into the city. Our car slows uj; and dumps us down. The wind is blowing a high gale. We plod along, sinking up to our shoe tops in sand at every step. The provoking sand gets into our eyes and mouths. We hold on frantically to our hats, which threaten to blow off any minute. And with plumes twisted wrong side out, we parade down these rows of streets, hned on each side with tents. These young girls look distractingly pretty with bright eyes and rosy cheeks and wind-tossed hair and sand-drajged sldrts. It was quite interesting to see the various groups. We peep in at the long sheds, built of l)lanks. The men were eating and drinking and looking gay and comfortable. They cheer us and look quite saucy. Mr. Hazlehurst takes snap-shots of the various scenes. It was comical around the mess tents. Witli l)ig aprons before them, the cooks. I suppose, and butlers, d p- ping out soup and so on, ami \va?liing up tin plates and cups. We slow up again and watch the hzA\ game and see the balls knocking about and brass button.'-,, blue ur.i.'oims, stars and stripes. galore . The Tenth Uhio band was playing as we passed, also the Thirty-fifth Michigan. We met, by chance, Adjutant Charley Burger and Isidore Lang, of the Thirty-fifth Michigan regiment. We were their guests for the afternoon. They were perfectly lovely to us — these fine handsome boys from up North. W'eiiked the way they rolled their r's, I suppose their funny way of talking is due to their bracing climate. It is very cute. Mr. Burger invited us up to his home in Detroit next summer and to go yachting on Lake Michigan, I suppose. They took us into their tent, which was just as neat as possible, and we washed the grit out of our eyes in a real china bowl and dried them on a Turkish bath towel. \\'t sat and chatted quite a long time with these nice little Yanks. They offered us cigarettes in the most innocent manner and hinted at beer, but we said, no, thanks, very sweetly, tore cur languid selves, we Southern women, verv re- luctantly away as the sun was setting, and boarding the electric car returned to the city. Good-bye, Yanks, dear. However, we are to return next Sunday afternoon, "don't you know," and Adjutant Charley Burger and Isidore Lang are to have us out to high tea. Now, won't that be nice?" , i .\ short lime before the departure of the First Division after ijrders had been received to nuis- ter out. the folh 'w ing appeared in one of the papers of the city: "There will l)e the kindliest feeling in Augusta for many years for tlie \'oluiUeer infantr_\- of the Spanish-Amerkan war. They came among us for physical profit and they have been profited. Restless under military rule, the patriotic fire that was kindled in their manly breasts having ])aled when it became apparent to them that there was to be no fighting. Away from home and freedom under the restraint of authority — we have found them to be gentlemen. Homes in Augusta have been thrown open to them and their welcome has been honored by them. There ()2 Boys o/'gS — Tenth Regimeut Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 898- 1899 "\VHc-rc-wio, The Volurteer Soldiers of our Army are to be mustered out at an early day, we, the citizens of Augusta, in mass meeting assembled, desire to give formal expression to our respect, our friendly regard and our good wishes for the officers and men who are about to go from among us to their homes. Therefore, be it "■tvc----. olv'c-cl. That we cordially endorse the sentiment so happily expressed by the President of the United States that "sectional lines no longer mar the map of our common country," and we regard it as a fortunate circumstance that men from the North and men from the South volunteered in a common cause, have shared together the fortunes of war and the hardships of camp, and that thousands of men from the Northern States have been encamped for months in Southern communities where they have had the opportunity to observe for themselves the charm of our climate, the f:rvor of our friendship and the patriotism of our people. "iTjec;c»lv*c-£l, That the thanks of the country are due to the soldiers in camp as well as to the men at the front, and the volunteer who left his home and business and has faithfully complied with the regulations of camp during weary months of inaction, is as much a patriot as he whose fortune it was to face the enemy's guns. ■fyc-ooIv'C-cI, That we consider ourselves exceptionally fortunate in the officers and men who were assigned to Camp Mackenzie, and bear cheerful testimony that their deportment has been such as to demonstrate the right of the American Soldier to the respect and esteem of all. We appreciate their coming and their stay among us. and we shall see them go away with regret. To Gen. S. M. B. Young, and through him, to all the officers and men of the First Division of the Second Army Corps encamped at Augusta, we extend assurances of our cordial regard and of our best wishes for their future happiness and success. Bnysof'gS — Tenth Rci^inieiit Ohio I'olntilccr Infanlry. 03 c->re thiJse who will he so unkin.:'. as to say the iiUerost in them is commercial — their"s in us is of the recreative sort, to be forgotten when the soldier is back in the h(jmc port. Xewspaper reporters, who roam around a g/sat deal and know a bit that is going on will say that is not the sentiment. True, the merchants will hate to seem go — for the $4,000 or $5,000 per week that they freely ]nit intu the channels of trade will be missed until the permanent post is established. ( )n the other hand, there is many a lad who will say an earnest good-b3e when the soldiers go, and many a lass will say that the warmth of a Southern heart follows a cavalier that is homeward bound. There will be visits to and from the West and Northwest as a result of friendships made during the fojcurn cf the soldiers. Already there has been heard the talk of the soldiers who will raurn tcj .\ugu.-ts as citizens when they return to Xorthwestern homes to settle up their i.ffairs. There was a marriage the other night. There is to be another tomorrow night — the groom a soldier, the bride a civilian. From enjoyable c'.inner parties and |)arlor entertainnient the military voice is heard. On the promenade the uniform of the I/. -S. \'. is ])romineni ami now and then the sterner dres.=. of the regular is seen. Knowing all these things, it is idle talk to .,ay that there is not the deepest interest in the scldiei - I'.n tiie part of Augustans." In ; ,'ditiiin tr compliments of this kind which appeared almost daily, both editorially and a> news items in tlie public ]jress. the citizens uf the city held a public meeting and adopted resolu- tion;- expressing their appreciation in no uncertain terms cf the deportment of the entire brigade during its sojourn in the vicinity. .\ co])y of the resolutions were presented to every officer and eidisted man at Canii) Mackenzie, a fac simile of which is here shown. The regiment hr.,! now been in service nearly nine months, and the report that had circulated froin time to tinu^ — that muster out was near at hand — was about to be verified. All had been anxious to serve their country in time of trouble . but now that peace was assured men who had left gojd positions and comfortable homes were anxious to return to both. So it was with glad hcaiis r:nd willing ears that the organizations comprising the First Division received orders specifying the date set for their discharge from the United States service. March 23rd was the day set for the Tenth ( )hio, and preparations began immediately for a return to civil life. The good record nuu'e by the regiment during its nine months service was kept up to the last, and when en the evening of the _'3rd of March, twelve hundre;l American citizens boarded trains to take them to their homes frr up by the s.iores of old Erie, it was with a sense of duty well per- formed, although it had not been their lot to take an active part in the war. It was just as the Southern tiees were bursting their buds, and the birds were singing sweetly their springtime melodies, that the Tenth marched away from "Dixie," and while on their way to a colder clime, where winter's mantle had scarcely been laid aside, the warmth of loving hearts and the sunshine of hapi)v faces awaited them, and that was enough. G4 Boys of ''gS — 'I ciith A'egiment Ohio I'ohinteer Infantry. A SOLDIER'S REVERIE. ^'es, now wcVf to W mustered out, the time will soon be here; And I remember how the boys l)roke out in one long' cheer. The roar went throun;h the res^fimenl, the non-cm,-- and the men ^'elled until they couldn't speak, then stoi)])ed: then yelled again. ■I'.ut sonu-liDw. tliini.t;-h I'm pleased to .u;-o, and somehow, though I'm glad. And know I'll soon be home again with Mollier, Sis auv'. Had; A feeling way down in my heart chokes up and seems tn sa\': "Lookout old man. it's going to be a wrench to break away." I'm puffiing on my cigarette and through the curling smoke I see my tentmate staking me whene\er I was l.iroke. I sec the comjjany street alive, and \\a\ down in my heart I know it won't be easy when it comes lime to part. And bless your heart, why there's the captain, gruti', bm just the same. We would have followed wht-re he led. 'gain>l devil or old .^pain. Corporals, sergeants an.', lieiucnants, captains, majors — say — I'm mighty .glad ther're mustering out — but it's tough to break away. The Colonel with his kind ol 1 eyes and witli his martial air That would make you quake one minute and the iie.M you'd walk on air. Through the smoke 1 see him and he seems to say. young man, lie a soldier and a gentleman, and do the best \ou can. () well, 'twill soon be over; from reville to taps. And soon I'll take you oil. old blues— my, how the old tent llaps! There 1 near t'orgot you, .'.ear old tent, you've sheltered nu- night an.l dav. (iood bye old tent, we'll soon be gone, we'll have to break away. —A. L. \Vh:i.\.STt)CK. ITINERARY. 1898. luiie 25th Kut,Hinenl a; ,''.nil)lc(l at Camp lUislmcll, (.'olnmhus. ( )hio. August i8th lA'ft Cump lUishndl fur lamp .Mcadc Au-ust 19th Xrriv.d =:; Cami) Mcadc, Mi,l'ijutant general. Capt. F. D. I'uckinghani, Lieut. W. R. Smedburg, Capt. T. R. Rivers, aides. Lieut. Col. W. S. Edgerly. inspector .general. Lieut. Col. Guy Howard, chief quartermaster. Lieut. Col. J. N. Allison, chief commissary. Lieut. Col. A. C. (iirard, chief surgeon. Lieut. Col. ^\'. P. Duvall, chief ordnance. Lieut. Col. E. B. Ives, chief signal officer. Lieut. Col. Geo. Ak-C. Derbv, chief engineer. Lieut, and Assistant Surgeon. W. P. Banta. Lieut. Clark Elliott, acting assistant quartermaster. Jesse Stedman, chief clerk quartermaster. Jo.t-.eph O'Kirk, chief clerk adjutant general's office. E. M. Rawley, chief clerk commissary. J. M. Sells, chief clerk chief engineer. C. G. \'an Hook, chief draughtsman second army corps. James H. Boyle.- hospital steward office chief surgeon. ':-S'£''y'.i\-} .'^^^^^^^