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N tho records, ot tke
war department appears
the namo of Henry B. ,
Clltz, who waa a major
"P V In tho regular service.
uu wuo rose 10 me runis
of a brigadier general of
Volunteors while In the
Union army during the
Civil war. Old army of
ficers remombor Clitz
well, but possibly mil
lions of civilians have
woll nigh forgotten him. Af tor tho short
official story of lila service written on
the now timostalnod paper hlddon
away In a vault of tho war depart
ment, thoso words appear: "Mysteri
ously disappeared In tho year 1888."
Tho disappearance ot Henry B. Clttz
Is one of tho mysteries of army llfo.
On other records In the war de
partment aro brief official linos, also
on tlmc-stalncd paper, tolling of tho
career of Jasper A. Maltby, colonel
of the Forty-flfth Illinois Infantry,
more familiarly
known In tho darker
days of tho country's
history as tho "Wash
burn's Lead Mine
Rogtmont." Mnltby's
namo waa brought'
back not long ago
sharply to memory
by tho death of lila
widow In St. Luke's
hospital, Chicago. Sho
was a llttlo snow-hair-d
woman . who had
borno llfo'a burdens
for Just the time al
lotted by tho Psalm
ist. During tho days
that this woman lay
111 at tho hospital of
tho Bolovod Physi
cian, If her oyos wan
dered about the walls
of her room, It Is
probable that for tho
first time In many
years when within
any room chosen by
her as an abiding
place, thoy fallod to
rest upon tho folds of
an American flag.
Tho stories of Gen
erals CHfz and Malt
by were stories of
sterling patriotism, of
action and of wounds
received In the dis
charge of duty. Mys
tcry has added its In
terest to tho lifo'B
story of Major Clltz,
perhaps one should
say to his death's
story, though thero
ls always a posslbll
Ity that at a great
ago tho major somo-
whoro in somo condition still has left In him a
epark of tho Bplrlt of llfo which movod him to
soldier deeds,
Rocontly a brigadier general ot tho regular
servico, many years retired, camo to Washington.
In tho lobby or a hotel ho met a votoran as grlz
zlod and wrinkled as he, but still of an upright
physical bearing. Tho general looked at tho
man a moment actually aghast and then with
words that camo out In tho dlsordor of a "route
stop" gasped:
"John I heard you wore dead. I would as soon
havo thought of meeting Clltz."
The two hnd been subalterns In CUtz's regi
ment during tho Civil wnr and after, and had
loved him. It was pcrhapa tho flashing thought
of an anniversary of a dlsappoaranco at hand
that sent tho returned soldier's thought to Major
Clltz when in tho lobby of a Washington hotol
ho met the former comrado, who bo had heard
was dead. Tho army archives bear so stranger
records than that of this case of General Henry
,B. Clltz ho waB only a major, howoxpr, when ho
won distinction by his gallantry. is twenty
three years ngo now that Major Clltz was lost.
Twenty-throe years, but a man may bo found
after twenty-throo yoars.
Major Honry B. Clltz, Twelfth infantry, TJ. S.
A., was onco dead and burled and was allvo again,
was lost, and tho other word that Bhould natur
ally fit here Is either yet to bo supplied, or for
ever Ib to remain unwritten. Thero aro scores
of soldlora today, old soldiers but onco a soldier
' always a soldier who," in the memory of what
happened after Gaines Mills, think that ono day
thoy may again clasp this side of tho grave tho
hand of Comrado Clltz.
Henry B. Clltz of Michigan ontored West Point
in tho year 1841, graduating four years after.
Ho was a schoolmato of Grant, McClolIan, Sheri
dan and Burnsldo. Clltz wont into tho Mexican
jwar and won pralso on tho field and a brevet
rank afterward for conspicuous gallantry at Cer
ro Gordo. Clltz waa a fighter. Ho proved this
fact every timo he had a chance, and during his
forty-flVo years of sorvlco ho had chances in
plenty.
Whon the Civil war had been on for a timo
Clltz found himself major of the Twolfth regu
lars. Ho was transferred to that' outfit from the
Third, another fighting regimont It camo along
toward tho timo of Mechanlcsvllle and Gnlnos
Mills. The Twelfth and tho Fourteenth were ly
ing pretty close together. When tho Gaines Mills
battlo was on nnd war's, hurricane was at Its
height tho Twelfth and the Fourteenth were given
a position tj hold. Tho two regiments were at
tacked by overwhelming nifmbcrs, but tho num
bers weren't overwhelming for a long timo.
Thero wasn't any retreat in tho mako-up ot those
two regiments ot regular infantry. The wave of
battlo simply had to como down on them and
engulf them. Afterward when General Sykes
wrote a report about the Twolfth and Fourteenth
and tho fight that thoy put up, ho said tho ranks
of tho Twolfth wore "decimated." General Sykes
had probably never Btudled "English Lessons for
English People." Unless things havo changed,
decimated moans tho cutting out of ono" In ton.
This Is tho way tho Twolfth was "decimatod." It
went into tho fight with 470 inen j . wroe out "with,
1 i
200. Thoy say
Major Clltz
fought that
day as ho did
at Cerro dor
do, only a llt
tlo more so.
Tho regulars
resisted stren
uously for an
hour or two.
Finally some
ot tho mon
saw Major
Clltz go down.
A big wall ot
gray was fall
ing on them
just then, and
many othors
wont down
HERO OF THE AMERICAN NAVY
Rear Admiral Melville had "we
fame for heroism la Arctic expteray
ttoR as r naval eBgtaeer a&d cotr!
tlett as a naval enRlswwAKdcoMtnw
tor. He was a member of Be Leag'
party, which sailed for the Arctki vtn
gfoaa front San Francisco la 1879 la
the Ill-fated Jewiette, aad he com
manded tke boat' crew which es-;
caped from the Icy waste of the Lena
Delta aftor the wreck ot the expedl-f
tlofl. He afterwards commanded tke'
expedltloas which recovered D
Long's body aad the record of the'
Jeanette, for which services he re
colved a gold medal by special act of
congress. But that la another story.
Roar Admiral Melville entered the
navy as an assistant engineer at the
beginning of the Civil war. A New
Yorker by. birth, he had received hla
education at tho Brooklyn Polytechnlo
institute. He served throughout the
war nnd was subsequently stationed.'
at various navy yards. In 1887 the.
lato William C. Whitney, then secretary of tho navy, under Presldont Cleve
land, picked Molvlllo as tho man to take ohargo ot tho construction ot the
new navy ot tho Unltod States and appointed him cnglnoer-Ju-chlef. To this
post Molvlllo was reappointed In 1802 and again in 18D0.
As n naval engineer and designer Roar Admiral Molvlllo Tiaa combined)
progrosslvonosa with caution. Ho has been quick to glVo practical tests toi
How designs anfC appliances, but careful not to adopt them Boncrally until they
had been thoroughly tried out and approved. Tho magnificent allowing made
by our navy in tho war with Spain la no doubt nttrlbutahto in a largo dogroej
to this policy ot his.
PREACHER ELECTED MAYOR
too. When tho fight was over, and afterward, whon
somo order camo out ot tho chaotic hell, thlB ro
port was turned In by Gonoral Sykes: "The
Twolfth and Fourteenth woro attacked by over
whelming numbors. Tho ranks woro decimated,
and Major Clltz was sovoroly it not fatally ln-
Jured. Around his foto, still shrouded In mys
tery, hangs the painful apprehension that a ca
reer so noblo, no soldierly, so bravo, has termin
ated on that Hold whoso honor ho so gallantly
upheld."
Major Clltz wont on tho Hat ot the dead and
what was loft of his regiment mourned him as
fow Boldlors aro mourned.
Suitablo orders were issued lamenting tho death
of this hero ot Cerro Gordo and Galnos Mills, but
before the period of tho real mourning was over,
though tho official kind had been over for months,
tho dead camo to llfo again. Major Clltz had
bcon shot through both legs and in ono or two
other places, but on his showing a few signs of
llfo tho Confederates made a prisoner of him and
sent him to Lihby.
Major Clltz was paroled. When he went back
into tho servico again and when the war was
over ho put in twenty years campaigning on tho
plains. 'In 1885 ho retired after nearly half a
century of servico, nnd went to llvo in Detroit,
Mich. Two years Jator his old command, with
which ho had stood in tho bullet storm at Gaines
Mills, passed through Detroit on Its way to tnko
station at tho posts of the great lakes. Thoro
were not many then in tho Twolfth who were in
it in tho old days, but It was tho same outfit with
tho samo old tattored regimontal bannors.
Major (then Gonoral) Clitz met tho command
and old memories stirred him to tear's. Tho
Twelfth choorcd its old officer and thon Detroit
was left bohlnd.
Was ft tho stirring ot old memories or what
was it? His old comrades In arms had bcon gono
but a llttlo whllo when Major Clltz went to tho
railroad station from which tho train .bearing tho
soldiers pulled out, and there purchased a rail
road ticket for a lako city which hold a garrison
ot United States troops. From tho hour of tho
purchase of that ticket no one haB been found,
soldier or civilian, to say that ho has ever seen
Major Henry B. Clltz. The army records give in
detail tho story ot his gallantry in battle, and at
the end ot tho shining record aro theso words,
"Mysteriously disappeared in tho year 1888."
Thero was no mystery of disappearance in tho
caso of Brigadier General Jasper A. Maltby. He
died as tho result ot wounds received in action.
His widow who survived him many yoars auti who
died at St. Luko's hospital In Chicago held tho
Amorlcan flag and her husband's memory as tho
most cherished things in life. Neither was over
long absent from her mind.
How many mon aro thero today, bar a fow old
Boldlors,-to whom the namo Jasper A. Maltby
would mean nnythlng unless it woro coupled, as
is tho abovo, with somo specific information?
Yet this man Jasper A. Maltby was chosen by
General Grant, on tho advlco of McPhorson and
Logan, to lead, with his Blnglo regimont, tho most
desporato onterpriso at tho slcgo of Vlckaburg,
and, as some historians havo It, ono of tho three
most dosporato enterprises of tho ontlre war.
Thoro nre today surviving mombers ot the
Forty-fifth IJllnols in whoso veins tho words "Fort
Hill MIno" will mako tho blood tlnglo. It waa
only a week before tho Fourth on which Pombor-
ton surrendered the Confederate city. In Logan's
front lay Fort Hill. It was decided at a council
of the generals that Its sapping and mining and
tho subsequent seizing and holding ot tho em'
brasuro mado by the explosion would bo of tre
mendous moral aud strategical vnluo to tho Union
cnuso. Tho placo was commanded by Confeder
ate artillery and by sharpshooters In a hundred
rlflo pits. It was known that If tho explosion ot
Fort Hill was a ruccobb that fow of tho men who
rushed Into tho crevasses could hopo to como out
alive. It would bo what tho Saxons called a deed
of dorrlng-do'. Owing to tho limited, spaco to bo
occupied only a single regiment was to bo named
to Jump into tho great yawning holo after 'tho ex
plosion and to hold it against the hell fire of tho
enemy until adequato protective works could be
thrown up.
Thoro was as many yoluntoors for tho enter
prise ns thero woro colonels of regiments in
Grant's army. Tho choice fell on Jasper A. Malt
by and his following ot Illinois boys.
Tho timo camo for tho explosion. Tho Forty
fifth lay grimly awaiting the charge into death's
pit. Tho signal was given; thero camo a heavy
roar nnd a mighty upheaval. Sllenco had barely
fallon before thero roso ono groat rovorberatlng
yell, and tho Lead Mlno Regiment, led by its col
onel, Jasper A. Maltby, with his Houtonant col
onol, Malancthon Smith, at his olhow, hurlod
Itself Into tho smoking crnter, The llcutonant col
onel was shot through tho hoad and mortally
wounded beforo his feet had fairly touchod the
pit's bottom. Tho colonol was shot twlco,. but
paid llttlo heed to his wounds. A battery ot
Confederate artillery belched shrapnol Into tho
ranks and sharpshooters scorned fairly to bo llrlng
by volloys. Tho question bocarao ono ot getting
somo Bort of protection thrown tip before tho en
tire regiment should bo annihilated. Cortaln mon
in tho pit were tolled off to nnswer tho sharp
shooter's flro and to mako It hot for tho cannon
aders in tho Confederate battery. Thoy did what
thoy could, but It availed llttlo to savo their com
rades, who woro tolling to throw up tho redoubt
Men fell on every side.
Beams woro passed Into tho pit, and theso wore
Pitt into position as a protection by tho surviving
soldiers. The Joists were placed lengthwise and'
dirt was quickly piled about them. Colonel Malt
by helped tho men to ludgo tho beams. Ho wont
to one sldo of tho crater where there was no ele
vation. Thoro he stood fully exposed, a shining
mark. Ho put his shoulder under a great pleee
ot timber, and, weak with wounds though ho was,
he pushed It up and forward lifto placo, Tho bul
lets chipped tho woodwork and spat In tho sand
nil about him.. Ono Confederate gunner of artil
lery trained his great piece directly at tho devoted
leader. A solid Bhot struck tho beam, from which
Colonol Maltby had Just removed his shoulder,
nnd split it into kindling. Great sharp pieces of
tho wood wore driven into tho colonel's sldo, and
bo was hurlod to tho bottom ot tho black pit.
Tho action was over shortly, for tho gallant
Forty-flfth succeeded In maklrig that death's holo
tenable. Then thoy plokcd up their colonel. He
was still allvo, though the surgeon shortly after
ward said that it would bo hard work to count
his wounds, They took him to the field hospital,
and beforo ho had been thoro an hour thoro was
clicking over tho wires to Washington a message
carrying the recommendation that Colonel Jasper
A. Maltby ot tho Lead MIno Regiment bo mado a
brigadier general of volunteers for conspicuous
personal gallantry In tho faco ot tho enemy.
A week later Grant's victorious forces marched
into VIckBburg.
Colonel Jasper A. Maltby or General Jasper A.
Maltby as It soon becamo, lived until tho end of
tho war, butno system could long withstand tho
Bhock and pain ot thoso gaping wounds, Ho died
In tho very city which ho had helped to conquer.
Afterward a flag and a precious momory woro
rarely absent from tho llfo which finally flickered
out when tho white-haired llttlo widow died at
St. Luke's hospital,. Chicago.
One of tho most notnblo political
changes in Now York at tho recent
oloctlon wns that In tho city and coun
ty ot Schonoclndy, whoro cortaln Re
publican and Domocratio factions
unltod with tho SocInllstB and elect
ed all' the city officers, excopt one
and gained a majority of the county
offlco3, beside electing an assembly
man. Tho leader ot those mixed
forces was Rov, Dr. George R. Lunn,
their candldato for mayor, whoso por
trait is shown, and who pollod prac
tically two-thirds ot tho entire vote.
Rov. Dr. Lunn was at ono timo pas
tor ot tho First Roformcd church, one
of the most aristocratic In the city,
Thrco years ago his advanced polit
ical vlowH, some of them in harmony
with Boclalistio principles, forced his
resignation from the First Rotormed
pulpit and he thon organized tho Unit
ed People's Congregation, which- re
cently unltod with the First Congre
Rationalist. Dr. Lunn edits a weekly
papor called tho Cltlzon in which he expresses his political and sociological
vlowo and frequently conducts Sunday oveulng meetings In theaters for the
samo purpose.
The Socialistic voto In Schonectady at tho last preceding election waa
2,240. Tho,.town has a pppulatlon of 81,000, with an assessed valuation of
$51,000,000. Dr. Lunn'a plurality was 1,900, i
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HEADS RELIGIOUS MOVEMENT
Although tho active efforts in the
mon and religion forward movement
were begun only a short time ago,,
practically all ot the seventy-six cities
participating have reported complete
organizations and campaigns under!
wny. Tho gonoral headquartors in,
Now York city la being kept In close
touch with the work all over tho coun
try. ,
Tho gonoral interest which has,
been manifested by tho loading busl-j
noBS and professional mon Is espe
cially encouraging to tho men ln(
charge of the movement Jamoe G.
Cannon, who Is here pictured, presl
dont of tho Fourth National Bank of
Now York, Is chairman ot the general!
campaign committee and he believes
the effort will be the most significant'
made by the church la tho religious
history of America,
Ono of tho extraordinary incidental
of the campaign In Grand Rapids, oc-i
curred at a mass meeting whoro Rev.
Charles Stelzlo of the New York Labor Temple and Dr. I. J Lansing discussed
"Tho Church nnd Labor." The audience at this mass meeting includod men
of every social station nnd of almost every occupation, Laborers and capital
ists, professional mon and merchants, artisans and factory operatives sat el
bow tn nlbow. ovinclntr tho utmost interest
Mr. Cannon Is enthusiastic over tho apparent success of tho campalgnl
of which ho is tho head.
I IS FIRST WOMAN OFFICIAL
Miss Edith Campboll Is tho lady
who has boon olected a member of
tho Board of Educntlon for tho city of
Cincinnati. President Taft in a pub
lic speoch hoartlly endorsed her can
didacy and though sho was not on his
ticket ho voted for her. Sho Is a
brilliant woman with marked execu
tive ability and wldo educational ex
porlonco. Presldont Taft says ho bo
llevos that every city Board of Edu
cation would bo tho hotter for women
in Its membership and doubtless his
endorsement had much to do with
Miss Campbell's election.
Her election gives her a thrco-fold
distinction. Sho Is tho first woman
eloctcd to any public ofllco in Cin
cinnati, though eovoral hnvo boon
candidates beforo. She Is tho first
candldato over elected to tho Board
of Educntlon In Cincinnati who ran as
an independent, nnd sho gooB on last
ing record as tho first woman in tho
United States for whom a president
of tho United Statos cast his voto,
Miss Campbell, who Is thlrty-flvo years of ago, is of medium holght, slen
der, with dark eyes and hair. "It Isn't thnt I am elected, It is tho fact that a
woman has bcon elected to tho Board of Education," sho said. "Moreovor,
tho registration showed that tho mon ot Cincinnati havo decided that women.'
should have a chance to demonstrate their efficiency in this direction.;
Though but fow women voted, tho wny that thoy were orgaulzed and'workedj
showed what womon can do In politics if given a chanco."
