Evening Star Newspaper, September 19, 1892, Page 13

THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D. C., monpaY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1892—PART TWO. a. i PATRIOTIC WOMEN. A Great Relief Corps Auxiliary to the G. A. R. HELPING - THE VETERANS. Standing Side by Side With Soldiefs of the Union in Works of Charity—Perpetuating the Memory of the Herole Dead—A Sketch of the Organization and of Its Officers. —_——-——_— HE WOMAN'S RE- lief Corps, with its embership of over 130,000, owes its origin to the example set the loyal women of the country in 1569 by a few ladies in Portland, Me., who organized the Bosworth Relief Corps, No. 1, connected with Post Bosworth, G.A.R. That pioneer society has had an active exist ence the twenty-three years since. Here and there throughout the country various or- @snizations with similar aims have been started, but little was beard of them until 1878, when the Forsyth Relief Corps was formed ia Toledo. In the east the relief corps com- menced to multiply rapidly and in 1879 all the Massachusetts bodies of the kind formed a state organization at a convention held in Fitchburg. Two years later it took formally the name of the “Woman's Kelief Corps.” As early as 1870 the Grand Army of the Republic had given a passive encouragement to the 1io- tion of auxiliary corps and in 1831 it formally Fecognized the order and suggested adding to fits title the further words: “Auxihary to G. A. R. by special indorsement of the national en- eampment, June 15. 1861.” Save for the strengthening bond of a national formation, the corps now full fledged. ‘This was effected at the Denver encampment in 1853, whea the representatives of thirteen states wer present. Mrs. E. Florence Barker of the pioneer stato organization was elected the first president, In the past ten years the corps has grown rapidly and has now about forty state and national departments, 130,000 members and bas disbursed in patriotic charities nearly $500,000, ‘Tne national conventions of the W. RC. have been held at the same time and place as the national encampments and have so far met at Denver. Minneapolis, Portiand, San Fran- cisco, St. Louis, Columbus, Milwaukee, Boston and Detroit. The convention here is held at Metzerott Hall and the national headquarters are at the Ebbitt House. About 500 delegates are expected to be present, at least 100 more stban ever before attended @ national conven- tion. ‘The organization has had from the start the cordial support, sympathy and counsel of every commender-in-cbief, beginning with Paul Van Dervoort, under whose beneficent auspices it Was organized. He is known in the W. BR. C. ac “Sister Pauline.” and is one of two gentle- men who have the right lo enter a meeting of the corps. Itisusual always at the opening session of the national encampment for the G. A. R. to send greetings tothe W. B.C. Com- rade Van Dervoort is always the bearer of these messages and is therefore a well-known figure at all the corps conventions. ‘THE OBJECTS OF THE conrs. ‘The relief corps is a secret society, having a ritual, using sign’ and countersigns, and its rules are a simplified construction of those | governing the G. A. R. Its avowed objects aid and assist the Grand Army petuate the memory | their heroic dead. To assist such Union veterans as uecd help aud protection aud to| extend needful aid to their families, widows and orphans. Ye fiud them honest employ- ment and assure them of sympathy and friend- ship. ‘To cherish and emulate the deeds of our noble army purses and of all loyal women who rendered loving service to our country in ber hour of peril. To maintain true alicgiance to the United States of America. To inculcate lessons of patrictisma and love of country amoug our chikiren and in the communities in which we live. Yo discountonance whatever tends to weaken loyalty and to encourage the spread of universal liberty aud equal rights to al” In furtherance of these give the widest practical reli hed in t timents and to tha society has © past two years a National ef Corps Home at Madison, Ohio, nurses and dependent wives, nd mothers of soldiers are recoived, ings and ¥ 214,000, The ony © @ Year ago appropriated $25,000 for the erection of @ cottage on the Grounds. widows The property. including land, bui \ he: hold goods, is worth nes egisiata < Netter conrs wome. | nishing the home the re- | country aud many pri- | ere glad to take part. f this etty contributed the fur- MHS SASDEWS, NATIONAL PRESIDENT. Mrs. Sue ore veda regular appren- ticeship im the work of the organization. She exme into the ranks im 1885 and sinee that time she bas been throuzh ail the grades of off first corps presideat, thea department presi- dent, then department counsellor and last of i national ating and installing officer Before being d to her present position, the bighest tu the gift of the corps. Her prac- tical kuowle therefore, of all the details of the immense organization of which she is the Bead has beem gained by personal experience end Which. token in connection with otber pab- Be movements with which she hae been even longer identified, hes made her im every sense « real working president. She was Aglegate-nt large of Ulinois at the convention Deki im California and was for sowe echtor of the Vilet. a monthly pa) to the interests of the W. RC. from ber zizthood wy at i i f i ty efi aay have been noted for their integrity and in- Allfour of Mra. Sanders’ brothers were in the Union army. One spent seven and an- other eleven months in Andersonville SS Another, a mere boy at the time, was left for dead on the battlefield at Vieksburg. but has lived to become known and honored in busi- ness circles and in legislative halls. Mrs, Sanders was educated at the State Nor- mal University at Bloomington, Ill, and dur- ing the war she acted as secretary of the Sol- diers’ Aid Society of that city. Mrs. Sanders for atime taught school, and in defiance of the copperhead element then so strong raised @ flag above her schoolhouse door. e act was regarded av one of great heroism. Her husband, James L. Sanders, belongs to a New Hampshire family. He is now the general superintendent of the Interstate Insuranc: Building and Loan Association of Bloomi ton. y have three chiidren, two sons of eighteen and twenty and a daughter, who is just fourteen. MRS. MANGARET R. WICKENS. Mrs, Margaret R. Wickens, senior vice presi- dent, is the wife of Mayor Wickens of Sabetha, Kan, They moved to that state in 1876 and have since been identified with its growth and development. Their family consists of two daughters and a son. Mrs. Wickens has been active in temperance as well as patriotic organizations since her girlhood spent in Indianapolis, She was among the first W. C. T. U. members in Illi- noisand an ardent worker in the cause in Kansas throughout the prohibitory amend- ment. In 1885 whe was elected department resident of the W. R.C. in Kansas. During er term of office her department grew from fifty posts to 14% At the California conven- tion she was appointed national inspector, but resigned, preferring her former post as depart- ment president. At St. Louis she was elected ss membeg of the executive board. Later ou she was appointed general agent for the G. A. R. Memorial College. At the last en- campment her comrades in her own depart- ment were highly gratified at her election as senior vice president, MRS. MARY LYLE REYNOLDS, Mrs. Mary Lyie Reynolds, junior vice presi- dent, is the wife of Orrin A. Reynolds, for- meriy of Randolph, Mass.. who served in a reg- iment from that state. She was born in County Antrim, Ireland, and comes from Scotch-Irish parentage and stanch Presbyterians, who were driven out of Scotland on account of religions persecutions, Her father, James Lyle, came out to this country when she was very young | and settled in Philadelphia Soon afterward her mother died and the eare of the family de- volved upon the eldest daughter, now Madame Alker of Paria. During the war Mrs. Reynolds, then Miss Lyle, in common with many of her friends, spent mach of her time nursing the sick and wounded in the hospitals, Eleven years after their marriage Mr. and Mra. Key- nolds moved to Covington, Ky., which has since been their home, The former having assisted in the formation of James A. Garticld Post, No. 2, and of the department of which he has since been the commander, his wife at once began to show the same interest in the work. She was the first president of James A. Garfield Corps, which she ussisted to organize, and soon after she was elected the presilent of a pro- visional department of Kentucky. It is said of Mrs, Keynolds that she never misees a meeting of either a corps, department or national con- vention. At Detroit, when she was made junior vice president, ‘all felt the honor was well deserved, MES. ARMILLA 4. CHENEY. Mrs. Armilia A. Chency. the national treas- urer of the W. R.C., has served two ‘terms in her rerpousible position. She became # mem- ber of the order in 1885, and the foilowing year was appointed secretary of the depart- ment of Michigan. In 1887 she was elected na~ and she aisplayed such great ability in handling the immense business that it was only natural her election to a post of even greater importance should dave followed, Mrs. Cheney is the wife of Capt. James W. ey of Barre, Mass. They were married in 1863 aud now reside in Detzoit. ‘MINS LENA RODB. Miss Lena Robb, national instituting and in- : stalling officer, is the youngest daughter of ptt if i Ht § if i i £ i i Hn | E i [ | | i i a8 | | i 1 a i i t iH if fr £5 i E ti if He MRS, E, FLORENCE BARKER. Mrs. E. Florence Barker of Malden, Masa., was the first national president of the Woman's Relief Corps, At the Denver encampment of 1883 she was elected chairman of the first con- vention of the sbcicties of women there as- sombled, and after the organization was ef- fected she was elected its president. The history of relief corps has shown the wisdom of ite first selection of chief. At the first meeting there were present besides the members of the Denver socicty about fifty women, At the next encampment Mrs. Barker went to the conven- tion with a membership of 10,085 behind her, alarge number of the states well organized and the books of the national treasurer to show that nearly $13,000 had been expended in charity. This remarkable showing was the more gratifying as the work was started with- out a cent in the treasury or even a particle of stationery. From the very first the founda- tions of the work were weil lvid, and the first results manifested themselves in’ securing the confidence and co-operation of the Grand Army of the Republic as well as inspiring the women of the country with faith in the move- ment and winning their help. Mrs. Barker made a fine presiding off being quick to apprehend, ready to act ‘and kindly in all her decisions and explanations. Personally sho has a most pleasing and yet a commanding presence, both qualities which would at once attract. ‘Her manner is engag- ing, her disposition sunny, and she has quite a reputation for wit. he married Col. Thomas E, Barker in 1863 while he was home on leave of absence after being wounded at Chancelloraville. She went back with him to the front and lived in cam at Point Lookout, Md., the winters of '63 au "64. Her tent was the social center for the twelfth New Hampshire infantry, her hus- band’s regiment, and the soldier boys remem- ber her with ploasure, Col. and Mra. Barker now reside at Maiden, Mass., and their home is beautified by many works of art. One room is entirely filled with souvenirs of the war and many battlefields. Tho couple have three children, one son and two daughters, ‘Mrs, Barker has lost none of her first interest in the relief corps. She is a member of the council and is always ready to perform any duty that lies in her power. MNS, KATE BROWNLEE SHERWOOD, Mrs. Kate Brownlee Sherwood, the second national president, was the senior vice pre: dent during the first year of the organization's existence. She had been very active in work- ing up the call for the first convention and had been among the leaders of the movement to band together ail the associations of patriotic women. It sccmed only fitting that her efforts should be rewarded by this unani- mons choice as the sccoud president. During her administration a great deal of work was accomplished and the organization was more fully completed. * Yirs. Sherwood is descended from a long line of her Her grandfather five generations back, Thomas Brownlee, the Laird of Torfoot, who was in the Reformation in Scotland, di tinguished himself for bravery at Drumclog, where Sir Lobert Hamilton led the for Again at the battle of Bothwell’s Bridge he added new laurels to his fame, but with 1,200 others was taken prisoner and confine: Gray Friar's churchyard, Edinburgh. By c posure, sickness, desertion and death number was reduced to 250, who were put inthe hold of a ship and banished to America, ‘The Laird of Torfoot was among them und one of the forty survivors who reached land in safe afier the vessel was wrecked atsea, When peace and religious liberty was ‘secured in his native land ho returned there, Mrs. Sher- wood’s father, the late Judge Brownlee, was born in Scotland and was in direct line of su cession to the But as he had become imbue¢ Ohio. he was associate judg Mrs. ‘Twenty years later On her mother’s a erwood comes froin Irish and Holland Her two great grandfathers were in the revolutionary war. Her grand- father, Hon, George Muilin of Bedford, Pen: was a member of th tate senate, A host of uncles and cousins were in Pennsylvania regi- ments. Her husband. Gen. Sherwood the army also and when le was stationed in Kentucky she was with him for some time. After the war Mrs, Sherwood was'active m caring for the soldiers und in organizing the Women of Ohio to assist the G. A:T, in their relief work, She brought forward aresglution at the ixth national convention at Columbus for the estublishiment of a “Home for soldiers’ Widows, Army Nurses, Mothers of Veterans, &¢.” 1 has been enlarged upon and carried ont by others beyond her most sanguine expectations. Mrs, Sherwood inherits the literary ability | of her ancestors as well as thajr patriotic legacies, She edits tho Woman's Relief Corps’ column in the i Tribune, but her best productions have been her poems, a volume of which has been published in book form. * She is a woman of fine, attractive appearance and possesses unusually good conversational powers, was in| was elected the president. Again in 1880 and Tesi ah waa retlectd fo the mame ofc, New pshire in the meantime having joined the ranks, It is to Mrs, Fuller that the order is indebted for the early documents which now form the groundwork of the whole ritualistic system. She attended the first national con- vention in-1883, was elected secretary, the next Year senior vice president, and in’ 1885 was made national president. After laying down the gavel she was made a life member of the council, She {s also the department treasurer of Massachusetts, ‘MOS. ELIZABETH D'ARCY KINNE. ‘Mrs, Elizabeth d'Arcy Kine, the fourth na- tional president, has French and English blood in her veins, Her father was of French de- ‘cent, and her mother came of an old New Eng- land family of English origin, who bore the name of Phinney. This family were among the first sottlorson Cape Cod. Mrs. Kinne was born and educated in Boston and lived there until ber marriage in 1864. When the war broke out Mr. C. Mason Kinne was in Califor- nia, but came east to Join the Union forces. When he was adjutant of the second Massachu- setts cavalry he wooed and married the hero- ine of this sketch, Miss Elizabeth D'Arcy. He served with Sheridan in the Bhenandoah valley until the close of the war in 1865, Aftera few months’ rest Mr. and Mrs. Kinne left for the Pacific coast and have since resided in Califor- nia, From the time in 1868 that her husband became a charter member of Lincoln Post, San Francisco, Mra, Kinne has taken a deep inter- est in the work of the GAR, She has had always a special knack of raising funds for the posts by social gatherings, &c., and holds in great esteem the many tokens of gratitude presented to her by those who were among the first to carry out the plans of the G. A. R. Sho aided materially in establishing the sol- diors’ home in Yountsville, for which her hus- band drove the first stake,’ Seeing the strong factor that women could become if organize for relief work, Mrs, Kinne —_organ- ized Lincoln Corps, W. R. C., of San Francisco and was ‘elected its ‘president, and has been identified with it ever since. While its president she raised $1,000 to pur- chase bedding and other comforts for the #ol- diers’ home. In 1884 whe was elected pro- visional department president of California, and a year fater, having organized a perma- nent department, was elected its president, At the Portland W. B.C. convention in 1885 sho was elected national senior vice president and the following year received the highest of- fice in ite gift. During her administration tho work of the order was every way advanced in usefulness. At the St. Louis convention in 1887 she was the presiding officer, and while she very materially differed on many questions from the majority ofthe delegates. she ac- cepted the decisions and maintained the ut- most harmony throughout the deliberations, Both in 1887 and 1888 she was elected chairman of the executive board. Shestarted the move- ment for the erection of a home for dependent army nurses, soldiers’ widows and mothersand soldiers’ orphans at Evergreen, near San Jose, which has since been maintained with the en- ergy and zeal charactermtic of the spirit of W. BR. C. in California, Mrs, Kinne's interest in the work of the order has not been dimmed in the passing of years. She is a good speaker and ts in constant demand at camp fires and social gatherings, Her cnergy, strong will and great executive ability have ‘made her con- stantly referred to ai one of the smartest women in the W. R. C., and these qualities will continue to make her an important figure in | its work for years tocome, Mra, Kinne is a fine-looking woman and is as bright and intel- ligent in the face as she is quick ar rgetic in manner. She possesses splendid conversa- tional powers and is prompt and vigorous in saying exactly what she thinks. MS, EMMA STARK HAMPTON. Mra. Emma Stark Hampton, the fifth na- tional president, is a descendant of Isracl Stark of revolutionary fame. Her father, Deacon Israel Stark, was connected with the Christian commission during the war, She had a brother who was severely wounded Gettysburg and wito afterward fell leading his regiment at the Dattle of the Wilderness. Mra Hampton was edneated in ths city of her birth, Brockport, N. ¥., and was married there in 1868 to Capt. . G. Hampton: In 1573 they removed to De- troit, where they still reside. Capt. Hampton | is an enthusiastic member of the G. A. R., and with his wife took a deep intercst in the organ- ation of the W. R. C, Mrs, Hampton was delegate-at-large at the first convention after the organization of the corps, She was elected president of Fairbanks Corps, Detroit, in 1884; re-elected the following year, but resigned to become department president of Michigan, In 1887 she was elected national president and during her term advanced ali lines of work in the organization, She made a study of the literature of the society and revised the rules and regulations, the ritual and many of the banks, Capt. and Mrs. Hampton have two sons, who are in business for themselves, Mra. Hampton has-been obliged to travel considerably lately onaccount of failing health, and lately re- turned from the West Indies somewhat re- stored. She has served as counsellor under two ad- ministrations—the present,under Mrs, Sanders, and once before, uuder Mrs. Craig, the sixth national president, | the aid of the gun boats stationed in the Poto- | So We skipped from the shadows, and mocked for his but in the face of this threat he rode with « y of tearless, patriotic men right into the city of New York, in broad daylight, seize the printiog, presses and type of the, Hew York Gantie,» tory Spaper, broke them up, scattered them in the street and after clearing out the office gave them an order on the British commander, Lord Dunmore, for Payment. Then with his ions he ‘rode kayly away, unharmed Since 1846 the family can be traced through 500 years of untarnished record and brilliant deeds, Mra. Meflenry has many of the strong traits of character which have distinguished-her family for so many centuries, Her quiet courage, her strong Purpose in the performance of well-known du- ties and her studious habite are all family char- acteristics. During her administration the relief corps was in a most flourishing condi- tion, In all branches of its work there was constant progress made. In appearance she is a quiet, extremely mod- est woman, with dark brown hair, MI AY ‘MAS. ANNIE WITTENMEYER, Few among the prominent women of the W. R. C. are as well known as Mrs, Annie Witten- meyer, the seventh national president. To her the war means actualities and not memories alone. Early in 1861 she enlisted in the sani- tary service and there remained until the close of the war. While engaged in the hospitals at Chattannooga she formulated a plan for the establishment of diet kitchens and in 1863 was deputized by the War Department for this work. In later years she has been prominent in many phases of temperance work and on the lecture platform. As assistant editor of “Home and Country” her pen has done steady service in recording the work of the women during tho war, and her constant contributions to that journal are frequently its special foat- ure. She bas been president of the N. W. C. T.U. Before being elected president of the W. R, ©. she served two years as chaplain. Mrs, Wittenmeyer resides in Philadelphia, but is well known in this city, $24 THE ONLY co RD. How Gen. Scott Stood Up for the Soldiers Who Fought at Bull Run. In Stine’s “History of the Army of the Po- tomac,” Just published, is given a small picture of a cabinet meeting in Washington during the first Bull Run panic in July, 1861. It is inter- esting and suggestive, she first battle of Bull Run, says the bis- torian, seemed to mark an ora in the history of the country, for the north was there duly noti- fied that it meant a hard struggle and, 98 Maj. Rittenhouse says, “It was the best thing that could have happened, the defeat of our troops there, for it gave us to understand ‘that the eouth intended to fight.”” will clono this chapter witha quotation from Gen. Schuyler Hamilton's description of the scene at Scott's quarters while the battle was going on that evening. He says: { At o'clock on Sunday, July 21, a vietory in favor of the Union army was reported at Gen. Scott's quarters, President Lincoln and several members of his cabinet being present. Very shortly afterward the news came that the panic that Gen. Scott had indicated in the cabinet meeting previously referred to as likely to ensue had taken place and the supposed victory had turned into a stampede of the Union forces. That night Gen. Scott's quarters were filled by the Prosident, members of the cabinet, Sena- tors, Representatives and governors of states. There was a good deal of trepidation among them. Gen. Scott said to Mr. Lincoln: “There is terror in high quarters, It is needless, With mac and the troops under Gen, Mansfield, which I have reserved here for just such @ con- tingency, the enemy cannot’ cross either the Long bridge or tho Chain bridge. I would get into my cabriolet and head the troops myself were it necessary. But, Mr. President, the enemy have not wings, and Tam assured that they bave no transportation.” At that moment some person in high official position said: “Our soldiers behaved like cowards.” Gen. Scott immediately spoke out: “Thatis not true! The only coward, Mr. President, is Winfield | Scott. When I was urging that this untoward | battle should not be fought (at the cabinet meeting to which I havereferred) I should have | insisted that my resignation be accepted rather than the battle should be fought. Winfield Scott was the only coward! — toe Bethel. AUGUSTINE JOSEPH ICKEY DUGANNE. We mustered at midulght, in darkness we formed, And the whisper went ‘ound of a fort tw be stormed; But no drum beat had ealled us, no trumpet we eurd, And no voice of command, but our colonel’s low ‘word,— “Columnt Forward!” And ont, through the mist and the murk of the mora, From the ‘beaches of Hamptons our barges were borne; And we heard not @ sound, save the sweep of the ‘oat, : TM the Word of our colonel came up from the shor “Column! Forward!” ‘With hearts bounding bravely, and eyes all alight, As ye dance to soft muste, so trod we that night; ie8 of the greenwood, with vines ‘Tossing dew drops, like gems, from our feet, as we marehed,— “Column! Forward!” As ye dance with the damsels, to viol and flute, their pursuit; But the soft zephyrs chased us, with scents of the morn, As we passed by the hayficlds and green waving ‘corn, — “Column! Forward!” For the leaves were all laden with fragrance of june, And the flowers and the follage with sweets were in tune; And the alr was so.calm, and the forest so dumb, ‘That we heard our own’ heart beats, like taps of a drum,— “Column! Forward!” ‘TIN the Inll of the lowlands was stirred by a reeze, And the buskins of Morn brushed the tops of the trees, And the glintings of giory that slid from her track By the sien of our Aiea were Bayly Alun, MRS. LOGAN AT HOME. A Woman Whose Name is Honored by the Veterans. LIFE AT CALUMET PLACE. aes The Old-Fashioned Home Which Gen. Lo- gan Selected—How It is Furnished—The Mistress of the House and Her Family— Mementoes of the Dead Soldier and States- man, —-_—. RS.LOGAN AS CHAIR- man of the Indies’ citi- zens’ executive commit- tee is virtually Wash- ington’s representative hostess during encamp- ment week. ‘The selec- tion could scarcely have fallen upon one better qualified for the work or one whose own per- sonality makes her 60 ) interesting. Spe has been a popular figure at all the recent encampments except last year, and her acquaintance with the members of the different organizations whom she will again meet now is something marvelous, For the leundreds cho knows there are thousands who who know her and tens of thoneands to whom it will be ono of the greatest pleasures of the Week to see her. Mrs. Logan's name is identi- fied with the soldier element of the country, | assimilated as it were with the organizations o: women aud representative to others of the ideal American wife and mother. fully shared a busband’s trials, hardships and triumphs. Few women have known how to ex- ert their influence in the field of politics more diplomatically than she and fewer still have | MMS, JOHN A. LOGAN, lived to enjoy to its utmost the laurels there won, “She represents the American woman in politics in a strictly American manner. Her bringing up was in no easy school. A frontiers- man’s daughter, trained to work and to work’ hard, she was married ut an early age to a poor man, in whose success all the strength of her endeavor was merged, From that on she was the real helpmeet and the untiring companion. Many trials they had together and many tri umphs came, too, to help them forget the trou- bles, Some one has poetically said: “The lute that held the music of their lives never knew a rift.” GEN. Logan's “pry,” Mrs. Logan has made Calumet Place a me-| morial to her husband, Gen. Logan. preserved everything connected with “bis mili- tary or political career. In his “den,” as they used to call.the little sitting room where they worked together, are still arranged the books frequently handled by him, and in the drawers of the desk near by are the manuscripts as he left them. He had another office, where he worked with his clerks, and Mrs, Logan makes ither workshop now. It has a big cupboard She has he was the author, It isin this room that her literary work and correspondence occupies her many hours every day. Her prominence in social and all public mat- ters, her charm of manner, her interest in all patriotic and charitable work have all passed igto proverbs, | No woman more | packed from floor to ceiling with a copy of | every bill, speech and public document of which | | | } | i ? i hall, where Mrs. Logan bas all mementoes of het husband. The scuvegirs thirty years in public life, ase seldieg end ftatesman, are there arranged in the mastuter- accessible way. ogan bas probably the largest eqjiec- tion of scrap books owned by eny private ipdi- vidual, Sbe has not only more of them, but they are the best arranged. Her first eet mode in ber husband's lifetime and mainly of newspaper clippings Carver. Later on abe tock a. fancy te the rame way all the social invitations ceived, and this alone makes « But the greatest collection is that recently had bound. It huge volumes, bound in them are preserved all the letters | of condolence went her after | Logan who held him in the highest estimation. danghter Mary, then eleven years old, saw for the first time her future husband. Four years later be came again and little Mary's hero became her |lover. When she was sixteon they were married and she went to Marion, IL, to live. Daring their long married life they were seldom sepa rated. When he was wounded at Fort Donelson sho went there and nursed him through his long illness, They had many homes in many ans, MERY LOGAN TUCKER, | places, but what they wanted in that regard | was probably never fully realized until they bought Calumet Place, It was spacious and comfortable and had plenty of ground around t, considerations which appealed to them both, | who were raised in the country, more than any- | thing else. The house, situated at the head of 13th and Clifton streets, was formerly the old | Stone mansion, and from its broad verandas a beantiful view of the city, the Potomac and the far-away Maryland and Virginia hille makes an | always attractive picture. |" Calumet Place is without doubt one of the most interesting homes in America, Its archi- tecture is that of a past century, ‘The rooms square and spacious, and the broad hall be- tokens a welcome and the air of hospitality that always reigns within. ‘The amiable spirit of ite mistress and her good taste pervades it every- where. Tt was the only home and the Inst one that Gen. Logan had in this city. When they moved JOUN A, LOGAN, JR. | in it they brought on most of the furniture from their Chicago house. It looked incongru- pus in its strange surroundings. The furniture | was modern and the house old-fashioned. Mra, Logun quickly recognized the fact and com- menced to remedy it. She spent days, she says, prowling around in old second-hand shops, |rummaging among the unulable articles they had stored away in their cellars For the traditional song «h things and had them sent h WHERE GEN. LOGAN DIED, folfon of each new-old purchase. She key | right on, however, and before she knew it | &o., thousands of which the cards, poems, mi evmpathy from poured in the time. Another set of THe MALLWAT. made np of newspaper clippings of herself, which are kept right ‘oan She has ser- eral books entirely devoted to encampment no- tices, and after this one will more than material fora couple more, = LOGAN ON HORSEBACK, have How the General Looked When Mounted on His Favorite, From the Rider and Driver. Maj. Gen. John A. Logan madea conspicuous fignre in the saddle. tremendous musta Pearance, though in reality his disposition was a genial one, But he often bad fits of pession, and then his eves blazed, but these ebullitions of temper were evanescent and they usually occurred on the battlefields, yet easy. When galloping he used to leam backward, his feet well to the front. At critical moments in an engagement he was wont to goat tremendons «peed toward the threatened part of bis line of battle. Then he was magnificent. His het jammed down his eyes, his eyes bright and his long mi waving in the air gave him an odd look, the terrific ce of his eteed was appallir overcame ay obstacle with ease, and we Dewutiful mght to see his horse go flying fences, ditches or fallen trees, while the sat in the saddle with eae and spparent less indifference. Logan was the idol of his troops, for had learned that “Black Jack” was | and stubborn fighter. He was always as to lead « charge as order one. When were going favorably and the line was holding its own Logan would ride slowly al in with himaelf, teh tlie ti! sions, he always acknowledged them by a good- humored nod of his bead, Logun was always neatly dressed, but I have seen him at the close of a battle when he a if he and his bore had taken « di gether. While be never hesitated men forward when it seemed could be more considerate of welfare of his tro ‘Woe to master who failed to provide the tions for Logan's command, while officers feared his frown when ammunition pened to run short. Logan man the qualities that make good generals, and | deservedly ranked high among the wearers of the double star. ——+ee—_____ TORIES OF SHERIDAN Two 6 That Come by Way of Mexico and Show His Rugged Humor, From the Boston Herald. ‘Two good stories of Gen. Sheridan were told me the other day by » Mexican gentleman, an intimate friend of the great northern soldier im hie lifetime, One day, calling on the com- mander of the army of the Union at his office in Washington, he found the hero of Winches- ter at his desk, his fect encased in slippers and his shoes democratically placed on top of the desk. While the general was apparently ab- sorbed in some writing the Mexican on Sheridan and desk, shoes on top, lite ‘resident more removi all at once, Sheridan roared do that again, «ir! You Tidiculous, wir!” “I beg your pardon, but how have I made roa ridieulons Y sir,” said Sheridan, still aunoyed, “ 4 sir, I'went out to walk afver you bed called os me. 1 was nearing the White House when not @ gentleman looking at me intently, Boon he addressed me, saying: “Excuse general, but aren't youafraid of catching *Why, sir, no, not that I know matter, sir?’ “Well,” said the very damp and you are ‘Mrs. Logan's family consists of her son, John A. Logan, jr., and his wife, who have two beau- tiful children—Marie Louise, a tiny maid of four summers, and Baby Jack, who lives in Youngstown, Ohio. Her daughter, the wife of ‘Maj. Tucker, makes hér home with her mother. Maj. and Mrs. Tucker have two sons—Logan ‘Tucker, now a handsome laa of fifteen or there- had accomplished two things—her entire house was almost refarnished with old-time belong- ings and she had started a craze for antique furniture that has not worn itself out yet. | Much of Mrs. Logan's furniture has an histori- | cal value. Jn the parior is « spider-legged table that once held a lamp for Henry Clay. In tho | hall a finely carved dowager chest similar to one | in the Chiny museum divides admiration with an extemporized hat rack made up of three slippers!” I tell’you, sir, dressing bis Mexican friend, “y. ridiculous. It is my habit, sir, to on my desk, where I cannot fail to I may not forget to put them on, it, sir, you come around here with of propriety and send me around town in my . wir! other Sheridan story is of @ between Sheridan, Tom Ochiltree about, and Baby Georgo Lemon Tucker, over whose head only one brief year has passed. | pieces of genuine antiquity. An old-time pier | table is surmounted with a gilt-framed mirror. | The supports on either side were once tall poste Mrs. Logan's reminiscences of the people she has met and the places she has seen aro charac- teristic. For over thirty years she has been in such a position that she could not fail to mect all the distinguished mon and women of the “column! Forward” An@ the woodlands grew purple with sunshiny And es ‘hill tops with rose light were And the earth gave her prayers to the sun in per- ‘Til we marched as through gardens, and trampled on blooms,— “column! Forwardt” Ay! trampled on blossoms, and seared the sweet Of the ‘greenwood with low-brooding vapors of ‘rer the dowers and the corn we were borne ike a And away tothe foretront of pattie we pamed— er the canpon's bosmap thunder roared out from And the sun was like lightning on banners and ‘When the Mneof chanting Zouaves, like From the green of ‘the woodlands rolled, crimson “Columal Forwardr" ‘While the sound of thetr song, like the surge of the ‘With the “Star-Spangled Banner” swelled over the das Sete ee revere ‘That might be planted for Liberty's day. Of recent years during her trips to Eu- rope she bas met most of the striking porson- ages there uppermost in the public mind, and line bed. Here is an old Virginia setteo and | there is @ sofa once the Property of Slidell of | Mississippi fame. In the dining room are a set | of Jeather-covered chairs that Bon Batler used to have in his big gray mansion on Capitol Hill, and in the corner is a china closet which Daniel Webster once owned. ‘The dining room stable came from the Carrolls of Carrollton and the ‘tine mahogany sideboard was made in 1808 and gs ul li ft : i if