Evening Star Newspaper, May 26, 1940, Page 6

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F, Dorsey Helped Found Kit Carson Post By JOHN J. DALY. Only three men in Washington are entitled to celebrate Memorial Day this week as original members of the Department of the Potomac, Grand Army of the Republic. They are John M. Kline, John T. Ryan and William F. Dorsey, the com- mander, senior vice commander and quartermaster general of Kit Carson Post, No. 2, the Department of the Potomac, Grand Army of the Republic. Mr. Kline and Mr. Ryan are 93, born within a few months of each other in 1848—and Mr. Dorsey is the youngest, a bare 91. Only two of the three are planning to attend any Memorial Day services Thursday. Mr. Kline is ready for | the ceremonies, Mr. Dorsey is out of town and Col. Ryan is seriously ill. Almost 75 years ago these three men, in their late teens, helped, found the Grand Army post in which they have been active all their lives—Kit Carson Post. No. 2. They are the lagt three, the original char- ter members, and they occupy all the offices in the post in the De- partment of the Potomac, G. A. R. To spread the honors around, some of them have two or three titles. For instance, Mr. Dorsey is quarter= master of Kit Carson Post and quar- termaster general of the Depart- ment of the Potomac and chaplain of both outfits. , Graduate of Libby Prison. Mr. Kline, who was born July 29, 1847, at Milroy, Mifflin County, Pa., is one of the graduates of Libby Prison. He was captured while with a reconnoitering party at the bat- tle of Cold Harbor, Va, on the 1st day of June, 1864, and remained out of action until he was paroled at Vicksburg, Miss., April 21, 1865. A month later he was discharged at Harrisburg, Pa., and shortly after another enlistment in the Army came to Washington to work in the Treasury Department. He retired in 1921 after 52 years’ service. During Reconstruction Mr. Kline was a corporal in Company K, 12th Regiment, United States Infantry, and served in the Department ef ‘Washington and the Department of the South. With his regiment he marched in the inaugural parade of President Grant. After that he was ordered to the Department of the Pacific and says he traveled on the first train to cross the continent over the Union Pacific Railroad. In 1869, after various services on the West Coast, Mr. Kline was mus- tered out of the Army as a first sergeant, and after a short visit to| his home in Pennsylvania he en-| tered the Government service. Keeps Up With War News, Mr. Kllne, who lives at 3811 Gra- mercy street N.W., keeps up with the war news from abroad. He has subscribed to The Star for the last 65 years. In the light of recent developments in militarism he looks back to the day he received his baptism of fire with the 3d Brigade, 6th Army Corps, to which his regi- ment was attached. They crossed the Rapidan River THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, MAY 26, 1940 —PART ONE. LAST G. A. R. SURVIVORS—The last three District veterans of the Union Army, pictured review- ing a Memorial Day parade. Left to right: John T.Ryan, John M. Kline and William F. Dorsey. _ on May 5, 1864, he recalled. Some of his comrades fell from gunshot wounds when they met the Confed- erates. Five days later he was in the battle of Spotsylvania and ex- posed to the fire of rebel sharp- shooters. In this battle the colonel of the regiment, Thomas M. Hulings, was killed. Sixty-seven others met the same fate, and 171 were wound- ed, but Mr. Kline lived to get into the battle of Cold Harbor, where, under cover of darkness, he and his com- panions advanced through the woods and reached the enemy’s breastworks. The object of the party was to draw the fire of the en- emy, so that the Pennsylvania ar- tillery could locate them. This done, the reconnoiterers were caught be- tween the two lines of firing. The woods were set afire from the ex- ploding shells, and all chance of escape gone, Last Survivor of Monocacy. Col. Ryan, born in Baltimore March 2, 1847, is rated in local his- tory as the last survivor of the bat- tle on the Monocacy. At 93 years, Col. Ryan kept going until about a month ago when ill- ness forced him to remain in bed. As one of the last three survivors of the old Kit Carson Post, Grand Army of the Republic, and simul- taneously the last survivor of the Department of the Potomac, Col. | Ryan has been identified with the city of Washington since 1889. That year he came here from Baltimore to work as a moulder in the Navy Yard. After 30 years in the shop he was retired. was made doorkeeper in the House of Representatives. Col. Ryan served in the Civil War with Company I of the 11th Mary- land Regiment, which fought at Monocacy under Gen. Lew Wallace. This was the outfit accredited with staving off Gen. Jubal Early and his Southerners when they made ready for their attack on Wash- ington. Two Brothers Confederates. Col. Ryan always liked to tell that two of his brothers were on the Confederate side—Bill and Joe Ryan—and that his presence in the Union Army saved the life of Bill, His brother had been taken prisoner by the Federals, Col Ryan says, and his mother went direct to Presi- dent Lincoln, told her story and got this answer: “The boy under SPECIAL PURCHASE Truly the buying scoop of the Year! We're only sorry that we could get only 24 units to sell ot this price. All large pieces with fine construction details you would never expect to find in suites selling anywhere near this figure. | AN Ny All Large Pieces in This WIPLE BED ROOM GROLP Clmlce‘ of 3 Pieces at Subsequently, he | Grant will save your son under Lee.” Under presidential order young | Bill Ryan was set loose. Later, Col. Ryan used to chide his brother about ' this: “Good thing I fought with the Union,” he'd say, “or youd a been a dead goslin, Bill.” | After the War Between the States, | Col. Ryan enlisted with the 6th | United States Cavalry and served | a three-year stretch. That was the end of his military service. For years he lived at 759 Seventh street SE. until the entire block of houses there was torn down. In the last year his home has been at 119 Eighth street S.E. Fought Indians in West. Mr. Dorsey was born March 8,! 1849, at Rising Sun, Ind. When he | was only 9, his family moved to Nebraska and the boy became an Indian fighter. At the age of 15, he says he “lied like a trooper” and got into the Indian wars as a Regular United States soldier. He “lied” his way into Troop E, 2d United States Cav- alry. With that outfit he had numerous encounters with the In- dians. Only by a streak of luck did this troop miss being with Custer at the battle of the Little Big Horn. Mr. Dorsey says he knew Buffalo | Bill, Gen. Custer and Kit Carson. Because of his knowledge of the Indian country he was selected to accompany a 74-wagon convoy—all | oxen teams—from Nebraska to Col- | orado. The journey took three | months, in the dead of winter. | Shortly after the close of the Civil | War, Mr. Dorsey left the Army and —Star Staff Photo. apprenticed himself to a printer. Just 51 years ago, as a proofreader, he entered the Government Printing Office. Ever since 1868 he has been & member of the Typographicsl Union. After his retirement from the G. P. O, in 1920—when he was in his 1?Ehm the entire ritual of the ic order prepara to entering his lodge. ok He lives at 3222 Twentieth street 1,151 Drivers Arrested In Safety Campaign By the Associated Press, LOS ANGELES, May 25—Two hundred city, county and State law enforcement officers in a four- hour c safety drive today ar- rested 1,151 motorists and warned 1311 others. 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