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COL. GEO. W. aUNDER.

HISTORY

OF THE

160th IND. VOL
INFANTRY

IN THE

Spanish-American War,

WITH

Biographies of Officers and Enlisted Men
and Rosters of the Companies.

ILLUSTRATED.

By GEO. B. BOWERS,
DECATUR,' IND.

THE ARCHER PRINTING CO.
FORT WAYNE, IND.

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DEDICATION.
To my Comrades I humbly j
dedicate this poor offering. j

PREFACE.

No apologies will be made for publishing this
book, neither is it asked that the imperfections
be overlooked. Lack of time has made it neces
sary to compile the work hurriedly. The first
attempt is not always the crowning effort; with
this consolation I boldly present this record to
my comrades who made it
The history is honestly written and in lang
uage plain. We can not boast of victorious
battles, yet wnth pride the brief record is written.
The biographies were written from data given
me. No bombastic language has been used, no
unknown virtues ressurrected, but all is a mere
statement of data.
In the rosters you will find a helpful record,
yet it is not without mistakes.
It is hoped that the 160th Ind. will find this
little volume valuable as a record and that pleas
ant memories will be stimulated. The Publisher.

The 160th Indiana Regiment
Volunteer Infantry,
The story of Cuba's struggle for liberty is so
well known that it need not be written here.
The world was awakened to sympathy ; there
was but one nation that dared to intervene. In
the United States public opinion bears its weight
in making the law, and, when the year 1898 be
gan, it was evident that Spain was unable to
pacify her belligerent colonies, the American
public demanded that Congress act.
Tbe Destruction of the Maine.
In time of peace, it is a custom for navies to
exchange friendly visits. It was on such a mis
sion that the U. S. S. Maine was sent to the harbor
of Havana. The presence of this ship in the
harbor of an outspoken enemy was looked upon
as a challenge, plotting became rife.
On the evening of February 15th, 1898, that
ship was destroyed by some outside force ; with
it two hundred and sixty-six sleeping sailors per
ished. The world received the news with hor
ror, public feeling roge to a frenzy, and the war
clouds grew darker and more threatening. A
commission was appointed to inquire into the
cause of this shocking calamity; after twenty-

12 History or the 160th I. V. I.
three days of deliberation it gave in its verdict.
It was evident that the dead sailors were the
victims of a plot in which the Spanish officers
were implicated. A cry went up over our fair
land — a cry for vengeance. The public de
manded war.
The Indiana National Guard and Its Preparation
for War.
When the year 1898 opened, it found Indiana
with a jSTational Guard, consisting of forty-one
companies of infantry and three batteries of
artillery, with a total strength of 2822 officers
and enlisted men. This was further increased
by a company of infantry at Brownstown and
on April 21, by a company of infantry at Hun
tington. On about April 1st, the company
commanders were ordered to recruit their com
panies to a maximum of eighty-four. In the
month of April the two companies composed
of colored men were mustered out. The strength
of the National Guard was further decreased by
mustering out the band of the First Infantry.
Congress and the President Act.
On April 19th Congress passed the Resolution
of Intervention, demanding that Spain release
its sovereignty over Cuba and evacuate at once.
On the 22nd it was approved by the President
and forwarded to Madrid onlj' to be answered
with a prompt refusal.
Without a dissenting voice Congress ap
propriated $50,000,000 to be used at the discre-

IN THE Spanish- American War. 13
tion of the President to purchase munitions
and war vessels. Agents were dispatched to
every nation to buy war vessels, cruisers, or any
thing to equip a navy. It was but a short time
until the American navy was one of the strongest
afloat. War was now imminent. On April 23rd the
President issued a proclamation calling for 125,-
000 volunteers to serve in Army of the United
States for two years, unless sooner discharged.
Indiana and the First Call.
On April 25th, at 6:15 p. m.. Governor Mount
received a message from the Secretary of War
informing him as to Indiana's quota. On the
same day Governor Mount issued a proclamation
directing that the entire Indiana National Guard
be called out. Without a moments delay Briga
dier General Will J. McKee notified the regi
mental commanders, and by 11:00 p. m. each
company commander was ordered to report at
once with his company to Brigadier General
McKee at the Fair Grounds of the State Board
of Agriculture. The first company to report
was Captain Allen's of Frankfort, he reporting
at 5:00 a. m., April 26.
The camp was named Camp Mount, in honor
of Governor James A. Mount. The camp was
composed of the First, Second, Third and Fourth
Regiments of Infantry and Batteries A, E and
D. Battery D of Dana, was returned.
By filling vacancies in the remaining organi-

14 History of the 160th I. V. 1.
zatious they formed a total equal to the state's
quota. The following companies were accepted
to fill vacancies in the different regiments:
Co. I, 4th Inft., at Tipton, April 25, 1898.

" K, "

a

" Huntington, Ai

)ril 21,

" C, 2nd

a

" Frankfort,

' 26,

" L, 1st

a

" Vincennes,

' 28,

" K, 2nd

a

" Martinsville,

' 28,

" M, 3rd

a

" Plymouth

' 28,

" L, 4th

a

" Anderson

" 28,

" M, 4th

a

" Logansport

' 26,

The Departure from Home
In memory return to that morning when the
citizen soldiers answered the call to arms offer
ing themselves to be remoulded and drilled into
real soldiery, to endure the hardships that must
come with their chosen destiii3\ Does not the
memory of that morning linger with you as a
dream? On that morning, amid the noise of
drums and cheers, you heard the sobbing of a
mother, wife or sweetheart. Perhaps your eyes
moistened as you said "good-bye" to your loved
ones, or it may be you only smiled when there
was bestowed on j'ou a fond farewell. You did
not think of the dangers of war and disease as
your loved ones. The dangers you were to en
counter were not alone the enemies' bullets but
a more dreaded enemy — disease, who may at
tack you in the most peaceful quarters. And
those mothers, wives and sweethearts, some of
them will sob again for he, for whom they

IN THE Spanish- American War. 15
sobbed, has said his last good-bye. Death has
recruited his army. With all this, peahng bells,
shrieking whistles, bands playing and cheers of
thoughtless ones, each company departed from
its home. Crowds gathered at the stations to
see the departing soldiers, greeting them with
cheers and patriotic music, and fair ones be
stowed bouquets of flowers. If the train stopped
hundreds of hands were stretched forth to grasp,
yes, even to touch the hand of a soldier, some
making sentimental remarks, some common
place, others sobbed and said "God bless you."
First Day in Camp.
The first company of the Fourth Infantry to
respond was Company B, of Decatur, com
manded by Captain E. P. Miller, now Major of
of the Third Battalion. We had been informed
that we were to be quartered in the buildings
of the Fair Grounds and were surprised when
we left the cars and marched to the northeast
corner of the camp and were told that was to be
our camp. It was but a grassy plat with no
tree or shelter near, and this was April with its
showers and chilling wiiids. The buildings we
had hoped to occupy were already filled with
other regiments. The other companies arrived
later, the last going into camp about May 6th.
All set to work preparing the camp ; squads
were detailed to carry and pitch the tents, bring
blankets, rations and wood. All worked with a
will, dolefully shouting or burlesquing our own

16 History of the 160th I. V. I.
awkw^ardness. It needed but a day or two to
complete our camp, then we set to drilling.
Each day w^e had four drills and a parade, re
quiring in all nearly eight hours. At this time
we deemed it a hardship, but we since found it
was the proper course.
The State's Quota. The First Call.
At the first call, Indiana furnished four regi
ments of infantry and two batteries of artillery.
The four regiments of infantry and Batteries A
and E of the Indiana National Guard were used.
Earlj' in May the medical experts began the
examination of the men enrolled. Hundreds
were rejected, as only those of the most perfect
health and physique were accepted. Many, after
being examined or before examination, returned
to their homes. Why they returned to their
homes is best known to them ; it was their privi
lege, and no one should censure them for their
action. Many, once rejected, pleaded to be ac
cepted. Such are to be admired. Those who
were accepted were eager to enter the Federal
service at once. Lieut. W. T. May, afterward
Lieutenant-Colonel, and at present Captain, in
U. S. A., was mustering officer and mustered
the regiments in as fast as they were examined.
The Fourth Infantry was mustered in on May
12, 1898.
In numbering the regiments, after being mus
tered into the Federal service, it was determined
to begin the numbers where the War of the

IN THE Spanish-American War. 17
Rebellion left off. The First Regiment of In
fantry being first ready to be mustered was
designated as the 157th, the Second Regiment
was next and was made the 158th, the Fourth
was last and was made the 160th.
The ceremony of mustering was but this :
The mustering officer inspected each man to
make sure there were no substitutes; the fol
lowing oath was then administered : " I do
solemnly swear that I will bear true faith and
allegiance to the United States of America; that
I will serve them honestly and faithfully against
all her enemies whomsoever ; and that I will
obey the orders of the President of the United
States, and the orders of all the officers appointed
over me, according to the rules and articles
of war."
After taking this oath each one felt the new
responsibility, for it made him a soldier of the
United States. The 160th continued drilling,
but without arms, as its equipments were used
to equip the 157th.
The following is the strength ot the regiments
furnished under the first call.

157th.

Officers

, 50; enhsted men, 973.

Total, 1023

158th.

a

50; " " 977.

" 1027

159th.

a

50; " " 977.

" 1027

160th.

a

50; " " 973.
light batteries.

" 1023

27th.

Officers,

4; enlisted men. 121.

Total, 125

28th.

a

4; " " 121.

" 125

18 History of the 160th. I V. I.
Making a grand total under the first call of:
Officers, 208; enlisted men, 4142. Grand total,
4,350. The 160th Leaves Camp Mount.
There were many conflicting rumors as to our
destination on leaving Camp Mount. The two
batteries and the 157th had already gone to
Chickamauga Park, Ga. On May 16th the
160th Regiment was paid for its services to the
State, and in the afternoon of the same day
started toward the South. It departed from the
capitol amid a storm of applause. There was
little sleeping on the train that night ; all night
long, at every station, a crowd greeted us with
cheers and bands of music.
All were enthusiastic and persistent in bestow
ing admiration or asking for a button. Many a
fair one gave a bouquet of flowers with her name
and address, hoping to receive a letter from a
soldier. Leaving Indianapolis via the "Big Four," at
Cincinnati, Ohio, we were transferred to the
Queen and Crescent Route, reaching Chatta
nooga, Tenn., the evening of the 17th.
Here our train was side-tracked and the night
passed in the cars. The following morning our
train was taken to Lytle, Ga. Lytic was then a
station consisting of a post-office, general store,
two or three dilapidated residences and a gov
ernment warehouse.
Aside from this there was an immense quan
tity of army supplies and equipments. All were

IN THE Spanish- American War. 19
quite tired from the long journey of five hundred
and fifty miles. On leaving the cars we rested
in a grove on a hill near by, that we might bet
ter bear the fatigue of the long march to camp,
which was in the east part of Chickamauga
Park, four miles from Lytle.
Camp George H. Thomas.
Chickamauga Park is a tract of land set aside
by the Federal Government on account of its
historical associations. During the civil war it
was the scene of the Chattanooga campaign,
which resulted in a series of battles, the princi
pal being that of Chickamauga. It was in that
battle that Gen. Geo. H. Thomas won the name
of "Rock of Chickamauga," and for his fame the
camp was named in his honor. We found the
ground yet strew^n with bullets and pieces of
shell, which were eagerly picked up, many being
kept or sent away as souvenirs and relics.
Camp Life in Camp Thomas.
Once settled in camp we set to drilling. The
weather was so warm as to make drilling almost
arduous. The 160th was assigned to the First
Brigade, Second Division, of the First Army
Corps, the First Brigade being composed of the
Thirty-first Michigan, 160th Indiana and the
First Georgia, commanded by Brig.-Gen. Roe,
the Division Commander being Major Gen.
Poland, and the Corps Commander Maj. Gen.
John R. Brooke.

20 History of the 160th I. V. I.
It seemed a hardship to sleep with only a
blanket spread upon the ground. We spread
cedar boughs on the tent floor, the boughs serv
ing a double purpose, that of a mattress and a
preventative of "gray backs."
At times water was scarce, for it was hauled
or carried from distant springs. On account of
the great number needing supplies, it was im
possible to get adequate supplies, therefore at
times there was a shortage of rations. At several
times we had nothing but hard-tack and bacon.
The Medical Department ordered a general
vaccination on May 29th. The order was car
ried out by the regimental surgeons, vaccinating
every man in the command. On June 7th arms
and equipments were issued to the regiment.
Lieutenant Glascock, of Co. C, acted as ordi
nance officer, issuing to each enlisted man a
Springfield rifle, cartridge belt, canteen, haver
sack, knapsack and shelter tent.
Previous to receiving the rifles, sentinels stood
guard around the camp with clubs. Now fully
equipped we took long marches to prepare us
for the arduous marches we expected to make in
Cuba or Porto Rico.
None will ever forget bathing in Chickamauga
Creek, whose waters were muddy and unfit to
use, yet we bathed in it until we were fortunate
enough to have a bath house.
The first death to occur in the regiment was
that of Private Paul Bruce, of Co. H., his death
occuring on the morning of June 14th. Funeral

in the Spanish-American War. 21
services were held by Chaplain Weaver, after
which the remains were sent to Warsaw for in
terment. While bathing in Chickamauga Creek, Private
Frank Rosebaugh of Co. K accidently struck
his head against rock while diving. He was
taken to the Division Hospital where he died
July 24. Funeral services were held by Chap
lain Weaver, after which the remains w^ere sent
to Huntington, Indiana, for interment.
The Second Call for Volunteers.
On April 25th President McKinley issued a
proclamation calling for 75,000 additional volun
teers to serve in the Army of the United States
for a term of two years unless sooner discharged.
An order was issued on June 18th to recruit the
companies to a maximum of 106. After the
companies already in the service were recruited
to the maximum, it was required to equal Ind
iana's quota one regiment of infantry and two
separate companies of infantry, composed of
colored men.
The following is a summary of the enlistments
in Indiana under the second call:
161st Ind. Vol. Inft., officers 46, enlisted men
1228, total 1274.
Seperate companies (colored), officers 6, en
listed men 196, total 202.
Recruits, 157 Ind. Vol. Inft., enlisted men
284, total 284.
Recruits, 158th Ind. Vol. Inft., enlisted men
313, total 313.

22 History of the 160th I. V. I.
Recruits, 159th Ind. Vol. Infi., officers 1, en
hsted men 341, total 342.
Recruits, 160th Ind. Vol. Inft., enUsted men
291, total 291.
Recruits, 27th Battery, enlisted men 52,
total 52.
Recruits, 28th Battery enlisted men 54,
total 54.
Making a total under the second call: officers
53, enlisted men 2759; grand total 2812.
There was organized in the State of Indiana
one Company of Engineers with 91 enlisted men,
and one Signal Corps with 48 enlisted men.
These two organizations were not included in
the quota of troops from the state. The total
number of troops in the volunteer service from
Indiana for the Spanish-American war was as
follows: First call: Officers 208, enlisted men 4142;
grand total 4350.
Second call: Officers 53, enlisted men 2759;
grand total 2812.
Engineer Corps: Enlisted men 91, grand
total 91.
Signal Corps: Enlisted men 48; grand total 48.
Grand aggregate; Officers 261, enlisted men
7040; grand total 7301.
The 160th Indiana Recruited.
The following named officers were detailed to
recruit the companies assigned:
Lieut. Hughes, Co. H, to recruit the First Bat
talion; Lieut. Vail; Co. A, the Second Battalion;

IN THE Spanish- American War. 23
and Capt. Bender, Co. M, for the Third Bat
talion. Two hundred and ninety-one additional
men were mustered in, increasing the strength
of the regiment to 50 officers and 1264 enlisted
men making a total of 1314. By June 23rd, the
recruits began to arrive, greeted with derisive
shouting and made to bear the brunt of many a
joke, but soon their identity as recruits was lost
they looking as soldiery as those of more ex
perience. Rumors in Camp.
There are reports and rumors flying continu
ally in camp. Some one starts a report, some
one else takes it up, on and on it goes, constant
ly growing until it gains strength enough to be
believed. Such a report came to camp
July 1st. It was that Santiago had been
stormed and captured. The report came in at
"taps," the men in their night clothes bounded
out of their tents, formed a procession the
baud leading and playing: "There'll be a hot
time in the old town — ." Many carried candles
making the scene more picturesque as the shirt-
tail brigade marched through the shadows, out
into the moonlight. Reaching the Colonel's
quarters the column halted and listened to
several speeches, then each one returned to his
tent to sleep and awake to find that he had
celebrated on a false report.
But on July 4th we celebrated Sampson's vic
tory. Forming a column, with the Colonel at
its head, we marched through the camp shout-

24 History op the 160th L V. I.
ing and cheering. During the month of July
the 160th had rifle practice on a range built in
the woods north of the camp. In July the
ladies of Marion, Ind., presented the regiment
with a beautiful silk flag, which was accepted
by Col. Gunder in behalf of the regiment. At
the same time the cities, wherein the companies
were formed, presented the regiment a large
tent, which we found quite convenient as a
chapel and reading room. It may be a pleasure of
the friends of the 160th Regiment to know that
it was one of the few regiments in which the
sale of intoxicating liquors was prohibited. For
this credit is due Col. Gunder, as he desired to
shield his command from the evils of intoxicants
and so preserving the health and character of
his men.
While in Camp Thomas each man had an
opportunity to visit Lookout Mountain and
Chattanooga. Camp life grew monotonous, for
all were anxious to get to the front. At noon
of July 27th the 160th Ind. was ordered to re
port at Newport News, Va., to join the expedi
tion invading Porto Rico. The Fifth 111. Vol.
Inft. had been returned and the 160th was as
signed to their place in the Third Brigade, with
the First and Third Kentucky Regiments, com
manded by Brig. Gen. F. D. Grant, of the Third
Division, commanded by Maj. Gen. Bates, of
the First Army Corps, commanded by Maj. Gen.
Brooke. We packed our baggage intending to
march at once, but waited until the following

IN THE Spanish- American War. 25
morning at 2:00 a. m. No bugle would have
been needed that morning for all were ready to
march at the appointed hour. At 4:00 o'clock
the long column began to move slowly to Ross-
ville, Ga., arriving there at 7:00 a. m. We lay
there in the hot sun until 5:30 p. m., when we
started toward Newport News. We accom
plished the long journey of 950 miles with little
fatigue for we traveled in sleeping cars. We
traveled over the Southern Route, which passes
through a country of beautiful scenery. We ar
rived at Newport News on the morning of July
30th, and went into camp on the banks of the
St. James River. In this camp were the follow
ing volunteers; First and 3rd Kentuck}^, one
battalion of the Sixteenth Penn., one troop of
Penn., cavalry A Penn., battery and the 160th
Ind. This canq:) was named Camp Grant in
honor of Gen. U. S. Grant, father of Brig.
Gen. Grant. Camp Grant.
Expecting to board a transport in a few days,
we put up but a temporary camp, using our
shelter tents. The camp was located on the
sand; during the day the heat, augmented by
the sand, was almost unbearable.
During two weeks of our stay in this camp we
had nothing to eat but hard-tack and bacon or
canned beef. No remarks are needed concern
ing the condition of the beef and bacon, as the
Eagan-Miles scandall will explain. Here Col.
Lewis inspected the meats and condemned ten

26 History of the 160th I. A^. I.
thousand pounds which were intended for the
army in Porto Rico. The location of the camp
was such as to make ordinary sanitation impos
sible. No doubt the lack of sanitation and
proper food caused the many cases of fever that
developed there or soon after leaving. On the
morning of August 14th rain commenced, con
tinuing until the evening of the 15th, flooding
the tents and leaving the men to find shelter as
they might. The camp was almost deserted,
the men going in every direction to find a dry
place. Some slept in box cars, others in old
buildings or wherever they could find a dry spot.
The Protocol having been signed the 160th was
ordered to remain in Camp Grant, but on Aug.
18th the regiment was ordered to Lexington,
Ky. On August 18th occurred the shooting of
Private Andrews, of Co. I, by a negro in New
port News, death resulting instantly. At the
same time the negro shot the comrade of Pri
vate Andrews, wounding him in the foot. The
entire regiment was infuriated, some suggested
that the negro suffer death for his crime, and
even attempted to carry out the suggestion by
force of arms. Happily better judgment pre
vailed, justice was assured, and so quiet restored.
At 9 p. m., August 21, the regiment started to
Lexington, Ky., by way of the C. & 0. Route, the
distance from Newport News to Lexington, Ky.,
being 750 miles. The train arrived in Lexing
ton at 4:00 p. m., August 23. It is three miles
from the city to the Wiel Farm where Camp

in the Spanish-American War. 27
Miles was established. The day was warm,
many fell out and some of the companies on
reaching camp had less than a dozen men in line.
Camp Miles.
Here dissatisfaction grows. Some desired to
be mustered out, they had been disappointed in
not being permitted to participate in the actual
hostilities. Peace being evident, they felt that
their duty as volunteers was done. Many had
left families and x^osition to enlist who now
longed to return to their homes and vocations.
It required tact to counteract this discontent,
furloughs were issued, and all that desired had
an opportunitj'^ to visit home and friends, return
ing better satisfied. At this time Congressman
Geo. W. Steele visited the regiment, assuring
the men that they would he mustered out in a
few weeks. In Camp Miles the orders of the
Medical Department were fully carried out, sani
tation was almost perfect, unserviceable tents
were inspected and condemned, slop holes and
sinks dug, tent floors put in and regularly
scrubbed and disinfectants abundantly used.
On September 15th orders were received to move
to Camp Hamilton. The following day the
regiment marched to the new camp, which was
eight miles from Camp Miles.
Camp Hamilton.
Camp Hamilton was named in honor of Col.
Hamilton, who feh at Santiago. The following
volunteer regiments, including the 160th Indi-

28 History of the 160th I. V. I.
ana, formed Camp Hamilton : First Territorial,
Twenty-first Kansas, Third Mississippi, Second
Missouri, Twelfth New York, Third Kentucky,
Third .Engineers, Twelfth Minnesota, Fifth
Pennsylvania and Second Kentucky. Several of
these regiments were sent home from this place
to be mustered out. The strict sanitation of
Camp Miles was repeated here, but, however,
jaundice broke out as an epidemic. On Septem
ber 19th there was a division Review for Major-
General Breckenridge, and on the 20th one for
Gov. Bradley of Kentucky. From Sept. 23 to
28 there was a competition drill, on each day a
regiment drilling. The 160th Indiana drilled on
the 28th. The prize was won by the Twelfth
New York. At about this time there was
another competition drill. Company C repre
sented the 160th, and a company each of the
Third Kentucky and Twelfth New York. The
Twelfth New York formed a select company,
principally of non-commissioned officers, thus
giving the best drill, but they were not awarded
the prize because they violated the agreement.
The prize was awarded to the other competing
companies to be divided equally.
The 160th is Called to Arms.
On October 9th occurred a very grievous
event, — the killing of a private of the Twelfth
New York by Private Kitchen, of the Third
Kentucky, on duty as a provost guard. Private
Kitchen was immediately arrested and placed in

IN THE Spanish-American War. 29
jail to await investigation. It was proven that
the killing was done in the line of duty, but,
however, some of the Twelfth New York began
to plot to avenge what they thought a wrong.
On the night of the 19th they attempted to carry
out their plan to mob Kitchen, but Gen. Wiley
heard of the intention, and at 7:00 p. m. "To
Arms" was sounded, the entire 160th Indiana
and a battalion of the Third Kentucky being
ordered out.
Ten rounds of ammunition having been issued
to each man, the battalions reported to General
Wiley for further orders. After waiting an hour
and a half they were ordered to return to camp.
At 9:00 P.M. "To Arms" sounded again, the bat
talions reporting at 7:00 quickly responded and
were soon on their way to the city. It was a
weary march of five miles. On arriving at Lex
ington, the companies were divided into squads
with orders to patrol the streets and arrest every
soldier regardless of his rank or pass. Each and
every arrested man was made to march to camp
And it was long after midnight wdien the long
column with its four hundred prisoners ended in
the field near camp, in which the arrested men,
except commissioned officers, were comiaelled to
await the morning, guarded by the Third Ken
tucky, but Avheu morning came the guard was
withdrawn and all were free again. The Twelfth
New York felt very unkind towards the 160th
for the part it took in this afirair. The 160th
has no pardon to ask, it realizes that obedience

30 History of the 160th I. V. I.
is the first lesson of the soldier, they only did
what they were commanded to do.
On October 12th overcoats were issued. This
was an important event, for the weather was so
cold that it was almost impossible to retain a
guard at night. On October 20th the regiments
of Camp Hamilton were reviewed by the Secre
tary of War. Secretary Alger being highly
pleased and complimenting the 160th Indiana
for its fine appearance. Halloween in Camp.
Halloween came and we were yet in Camp
Hamilton. On that night the boys were full of
pranks and one was committed that did not
seem to be much of a joke to Pabst and Schlitz,
but it has since proven to be a cheap advertise
ment. Three car loads of beer intended for the
Twelfth New York canteen were on the siding
in the rear of the camps of the Third Kentucky
and 160th Indiana. The beer so near proved
too great a temptation and the boys decided
they must sample a little of it, and it being Hal
loween, it would be no crime to use the beer.
During the night the 160th Indiana and Third
Kentucky unloaded two hundred and fifty cases
of bottled beer and one and a half cars of keg
beer. With so much beer on hand it w^as diffi
cult to find enough hiding places. Holes were
dug beneath the tent floors, kegs were weighted
and put in the bottom of the creek, bottles
strung on wires and suspended in the water.

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indeed there was beer anywhere and everywhere.
Pabst and Schlitz were infuriated, bringing ac
tion to recover damages at once. An investiga
tion was ordered and it was decided that the
Twelfth New York was liable. In the mean
time the papers far and wide contained accounts
of the joke, as it jaroved to be. Thousands of
buttons have been printed and distributed as
souvenirs, thus proving a cheap advertisement,
so satisfactory that the beer manufacturers have
come to regard the matter as a joke and have
withdrawn their claim for damages.
While at Lexington, the provost guards had
little trouble to maintain order. The two prin
cipal events of the 160th were the killing of a
negro soldier by a private of Co. G., and the
other by Private Chilcot shooting a private of
the Second Mississippi, which resulted in the
loss of a leg. Both casualties occurred in the
line of duty.
The weather being so cold, it was ordered that
the regiment be moved to a warmer climate and
Columbus, Ga., was selected as a suitable site.
On November 9th we broke camp at 3:00 p. m.,
loaded at 6:00 p. m., at 9:00 p. m. pulled into the
city, and at midnight left Lexington. The
weather was rain}' during the entire journey of
600 miles. We arrived in Columbus at 11:30
A. M. and went into camp about two miles from
the city, on the bank of the Chattahoochee River
near the historic "Lover's Leap."

32 History of the 160th I. V. I.
Camp Conrad.
The camp was named Camp Davis in honor
of Col. Davis who won fame at Santiago, but
Col. Davis being a Hving man the camp's name
was changed to Camp Conrad in honor of Major
Conrad who displayed such remarkable bravery
before Santiago, but unfortunately was not per
mitted to return to his native land to enjoy the
distinction of bravery, death overtaking him as
he was coming home. The 160th was trans
ferred to the First Brigade, commanded by
Brigadier Gen. Wiley, First Division under
Major Gen. Ludlow, First Army Corps under
Major Gen. Wilson. The First West Virginia
and the Third Kentucky w^ere brigaded with us
and camped here. We spent Thanksgiving
here and were given a dinner by the ladies of
Columbus. Aside from the splendid dinner
there were sports of every kind, base ball, foot
ball, jumping, vaulting, boxing and feats of
strength. The foot ball contest was between
the 160th and the Third Kentucky. The score
being 12 to 0 in favor of the Blue-grass state.
On December 6th, the brigade was reviewed in
heavy marching order by Major Gen. Wilson.
The brigade in column of platoons, marched
through the principal streets, the people greet
ing them with enthusiasm. And on the follow
ing day the brigade was reviewed by Brio-adier
Gen. Wiley, it now being assured that the
160th was to be sent to Cuba. On December
19th, the Springfield rifles were turned in and

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So

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the U. S. ^Magazine rifles were issued in their
stead. The Springfield rifle is a single shot,
forty-five calibre, shoots a heavy lead ball, and
requires black powder. During the late war
this rifle was found to be of little use on account
of the smoke in firing and the shortness in
range. The U. S. Magazine rifle is of the
calibre thirty, requires white powder and shoots
a leaden bullet covered with a steel jacket. In
firing there is no smoke and the report is re
duced to a minimum. This rifle has a maga
zine holding five cartridges, and by placing one
in the chamber six loads are in a jDosition to be
fired in less than half a minute.
Christmas day was not very merry to man}'
of us, for it seemed a dismal day, devoid of any
thing to remind us of Christmas day. The
camp was destitute of visitors as the people in
the city were busy in their own festivities. Co.
L decorated its streets for this day with a fine
arch of mistletoe, evergreen and holly. The
Company streets was lined with evergreen and
palms, giving them appearance of a park, and
attracting the attention of the occasional visitor.
On the 26th rifle practice with the Magazine
rifle commenced and continued for ten days.
The shooting was excellent, many scores of
twenty-five out of a possible twenty-five being
made. The sanitation at Camp Conrad was almost
perfect, the greatest care exercised to prevent
disease. Sinks and slopholes were dug, wood-

36 History op the 160th I. V. I.
work whitewashed, and disinfectants success
fully and abundantly used. Such care was ex
ercised, as for example : On December 29th all
the tents were torn down and aired, floors dis
infected and scrubbed and the ground sprinkled
with lime.
Orders to be ready to move to Cuba were
issued on December 29th, and the regiment
assigned to the District of Matanzas, commanded
by Brig. Gen. Sanger of the Department of
Matanzas, commanded by Major Gen. Wilson of
the Division of Cuba, commanded by Major
Gen. Brooke. The month of December was
very cold. We did our best to keep warm and
comfortable by warming our tents with small
sheet-iron stoves or oil stoves, or a bucket full of
live coals.
Each Company of the second and third bat
talions decorated its streets for New Years day.
Evergreen, mistletoe, moss, holly and palms
being abundant, they were used to make arches,
letters and other decorations. The streets were
lined with evergreen trees, thus giving the camp
a unique appearance, beautiful to the eye of the
Northern soldier. New Years day was no more
eventful than Christmas, with the exception that
the camp was filled with visitors and curious
sight-seers. Columbus being a typical southern city, and
that so many a pleasant associations were
formed there, it has such an important part in
the regimental history as to require a sketch:

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Columbus, Georgia, is a city of 25,000 popula
tion, situated on the east bank of the Chata-
hoochee river, which at this point divides
Georgia and Alabama: The city was founded
in 1830 and has steadily grown to its present
proportions. Owing to the splendid water
power afforded by the Falls north of the city, it
has become an important manufacturing point
and its future in this line is particularly bright
as the power is being farther developed and
within twelve months there will be probabl}- not
less than thirty thousand horsepower under con
trol and utilized to drive the wheels of industry
as well as light the city and propel cars over the
twenty miles of suburban tracks.
Too much cannot be said in appreciation of
the refinement, culture aud hospitality of the
people of Columbus. It is a city founded on the
Ante Bellum traditions, and courtes}' to stran
gers and chivalry to ladies are characteristics
which are strongly marked and readily rec
ognized. Major Miller Voted a Sabre.
At a fair given by the Hebrew Ladies' Aid
Society of Columbus, Ga., on December 22, 1898,
Major Miller was voted the most popular officer
of the brigade encamped in Camp Conrad, and
awarded a very handsome sabre. The opposing
candidates were Adjutant Mitchell, Lieutenant
Casey, Captain Gaines all of the Third Ken
tucky, and several others. The Major received

38 . History of the 160th I. V. I.
a large majority of the votes a fact of which the
160th is proud, thus proving the Indiana officers
second to none. To Cuba at Last.
On January 6th the First Battalion broke
camp, boarded a train of the Southern Route
and went to Charleston, S. C, where they
boarded the Steamship Saratoga of the Plant
Line, which was a vessel of sufficient capacity
to nicely carry a battalion and its equipments.
This same ship transported the Second and Third
Battalions, which followed, about eight days
intervening between each battalion's moving.
The First Battalion entered the harbor of Ma
tanzas on June 12th, and went into camp on the
14th, near the San Juan River, west of the city.
The city was full of Spanish soldiers, who soon
after embarked for Spain, and was already occu
pied by the Third U. S. V. Engineers, Eighth
Massachusetts and the Twelfth New York Vol
unteer Infantry. The Indiana men were kindly
received by Spaniard and Cuban, their former
foemen treated them with kindness and consid
eration, proving that many of the conquered had
hearts as tender, true and brave as many of the
blue. That Cuban Cemetery.
After six days, the battalion changed its camp
site on account of the offensive cemetery near
by. In the United States a cemetery does not
usually present an offensive view, but the Cuban

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39

cemetery necessitated a move. Perhaps it may
be of interest to know how the Cubans disposed
of their dead. The wealthy class lease vaults or
space for graves in the beautifully decorated part
of the cemetery, and have imposing funerals
similar to the custom of our native land. When
a poor person dies, he is placed in a rough coffin

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or box and born away on the shoulders of his
friends to the graveyard, where the coffin is'
placed in the long trench and covered with a
little earth. Usually there were three layers of
coffins in each trench. When the flesh was
decomposed the bones and coffin were dug out
and thrown on the bone pile, so as to make
room for others in the trenches. If the rents
for the vaults and space were not promptly paid
40 History of the 160th I. V. I.
the remains were thrown on the common bone
pile. It made no difference of what rank or
position the dead was, the rent had to be paid
or the bones would be thrown out. Brigadier-
General Sanger immediately ordered the bones
buried, which was done promptly, and so the
bone pile vanished before the American in
fluence. The Second Battalion entered the harbor of
Matanzas on January 19th, unloaded the next
day, the Third Battalion arriving on the 27th
and unloading on the following day. There
were no docks in the harbor at that time, the
unloading was accomplished with the aid of
lighters. The Camp.
The District of Matanzas was occupied by the
Eighth Massachusetts, Twelfth New York, Third
Kentucky and the 160th Indiana, with Brig.-
Gen. Sanger in command of the District. After
the withdrawal of the Volunteers the Tenth U.
S. Infantry and Second U. S. Cavalry were sta
tioned here.
The camp was located on the shore of the Bay
of Matanzas, to the east of the city, and on an
old coral reef. Its surface was almost entirely
bare of earth, but the cactus and briar found
rooting in the crevices. Between the cactus
and briar were little short projections of rock.
The sharp rock projections, holes, crevices, cac
tus, underbrush and briar made it a very inter
esting camp. The thick underbrush had been

in the Spanish- American War. 41
cut by Cuban laborers, leaving the ground cov
ered with stubbles. We temporarily anchored
our tents to the rocks and stakes driven into the
holes of the rocky surface. Large, roomy tents
were issued and kitchen and mess sheds con
structed. The camp being so rough, every
available man was set to work grubbing out the
cactus and stubbles, breaking down the rocky
projections and filling the holes and crevices.
Roads and walks were built in each street. There
was some newspaper comment as to this work,
but the history does not record the death of any
one whose death was caused by overwork on the
camp streets of Cuba. In a few weeks the roads
were finished, the surface quite level, and the
camp took on the appearance of a well-ordered
camp. All this work added to our comfort, and
we felt repaid for our work.
The holes and crevices in the rocks afforded
protection and habitation for the seeming count
less number of scorpions, tarantulas, centipedes,
chameleons and sand-fleas. We had a horror
for these reptiles and insects, for the cool nights
caused them to seek a warm place, the favorite
being the blanket or clothing of the soldier. It
was quite common to shake a scorpion or centi
pede out of one's blanket or blouse in the morn
ing. The fear of being bitten or stung caused
much discomfort. Few were so unfortunate as
to meet with such an accident and none resulted
seriously. After the camp was well cleared we
found relief from the centipedes and scorpions.

42 History of the 160th I. V. I.
but the little harmless chameleon gave us many
a scare. It hid in the cots, knapsacks and any
where. Its movement and noise was always
charged to the scorpion and as much precaution
observed. Perhaps that which added most to
our discomfiture was the little black sand fiea.
When they located in one's clothing, they could
only be exterminated by a severe boiling. They
were continually annoying with their bills,
which resulted like the bite of a Jersey mos
quito. The City of Matanzas.
Matanzas is a city of about 70,000, fifty miles
east of Havana, with which it is connected by
rail and water. The city is situated on the flats
on both sides of the San Juan River, which
brings down immense quantities of mud and
greatly impedes inland navigation. As an offset
the bay is spacious, easy of access and sheltered
from the violent gulf storms which prevail at
some seasons. A large amount of mone}' has
been spent in fortifying the city and equipping
the seven forts.
In obedience to the Weyler edict 11,000 recon-
centradoes were herded together in this city, and
within a year 9,000 of them died. In the public
square, under the shadow of the Palace, twenty-
three people died of starvation in one day.
The first actual bombardment of Cuban forts
took place on April 27th, at Matanzas when
three ships of Admiral Sampson's fieet, the flag-

IN THE Spanish-American War. 43
ship New York, the monitor Puritan, and the
Cincinnati, a cruiser, opened fire upon the forti
fications. The bombardment had little effect
and fell short of the stone forts near the city.
There is no more charming spot in Cuba
The bay is like a crescent in shape and receives
the waters of the Yumiri and San Juan rivers.
On the ridge of the town stands a cathedral
dedicated to the black Virgin.
The city is built principally of masonry and
in the most substantial manner, though little
effort has been made to secure architectural
Ijeauty. The pride of the city is the new theatre
which is pointed out as the handsomest building
in Cuba. The houses are nearly all one story
and have brick or stone floors. The window
openings are grated and have a portiere or
shutter on the inside, little, if any, window glass
is used. The houses are built out even with the
street. There are no front j'ards and no spaces
between the buildings. Instead of back yards
there are courts, souie of them beautiful, the
beauty in accord with the wealth of the occu
pants of the dwelling. The outside walls are
mostly covered with plaster and the roofs are of
red tile.
The streets of the city are narrow — not more
than twenty or thirty feet wide. There are no
street cars and but few electric lights. The
streets are uneven being paved with cobble
stone if paved at all.
On our first visit to the city we approached it

44 History of the 160th I. V. I.
by the Praedo which passed along our camp.
The Praedo is a long wide street, built and used
by the Spanish as a parade ground. At the
end of the street is a monument, a plain shaft.
Inside the shaft is a beautiful statue of Alphonso
XII. It was walled in by the irate Cubans who
were prevented from tearing it down by Major
Gen. Wilson.
We found the streets covered with filth and
giving off a stench almost unbearable. All
kinds of filth were thrown into the streets. As
soon as the Military government secured con
trol hundreds of men were set to work cleaning
the streets and courts. In a few months the
city assumed an appearance of cleanliness.
Yumiri Valley.
The Yumiri Valley is north of the city, it is
about sixty miles long and fifteen miles the
greatest width, tapering to two miles. Each
one had an opportunity to visit this valley at
least once during our campaign in Cuba.
Our first view of the valley was from the top
of the range which fences in the long plain.
The scene was beautiful, more picturesque than
the famous Lookout view, and grander than the
Kanawha. There was the royal palm — well
named, for it is stately, indeed — the orange with
its golden fruit, the banana with its long green
leaves hiding the large yellow bunches, the
cocoanut palm, the lime and the lemon, all
growing in profusion. Here and there hidden

IN THE Spanish-American War. 47
amid the tropic green was the palm thatched
hut and a few ordinary dwellings. The gentle
slope of the hillside was dotted Jerseys, sure
footed and climbing like the mountain goat to
pick the grass that springs from between the
rocks. Through the middle of the valley winds
the Yumiri sluggishly and glistening in the sun
like an immense boa.
Moonlight Along: the Bay.
Guard duty in Cuba was not arduous, the sur
roundings were such as to give it a sort of fasci
nation, especially at night when all was quiet
but the never ceasing tide. The moon shone so
bright, the wavy water reflecting a million
moons. The moonlight of Chickamauga was
weird for the stately pines cast long shadows
through the white city. A moonlight scene in
Cuba was enchanting for the moon shone so
fair, yes, even fairer than it lights along the
Wabash. Review and Inspection.
On February 11th, there was an inspection of
all the troops in the District of Matanzas by
Inspector-General Breckenridge. The regiments
formed on the Praedo and after being inspected
marched in column of companies before the re
viewing stand.
Anniversary of Washington's Birthday in Camp.
Nothing unusual happened in camp on this
day except that road-building and rock-break
ing were suspended for the day; and Gen.

48 History of the 160th I. V. I.
Gomez, the Cuban leader, escorted by Major-
Gen. Wilson and staff visited the camp in the
afternoon. All were curious to see the famous
Cuban, expecting to see a fine looking soldier,
but were disappointed when they saw the little
old man, who looked like a dwarf beside the
soldierly Americans, with features of a foelike
appearance in harmony with the cunning
accorded him. In the evening he was enter
tained as a guest of honor at a grand ball given
by Gen. Sanger and staff.
Orders to Muster Out.
It is needless to say that the interest in the
new surroundings was soon lost, and our Cuban
camp became as monotonous as any. Each
looked forward eagerly to the da}" when he
was to become a civilian again. On March 11th
the seeming tardy order came that ordered us
to Savannah, Ga., to be mustered out.
In camp the band was a sort of a thermometer
of enthusiasm. When the enthusiasm reached
a certain height the band played. It seems that
the bans had been placed on " Home, Sweet
Home," for when the sound of its notes was
heard every one took the hint, the wildest joy
prevailed, and all were happy that soon they
would return to home and friends.
Waiting for the Transport.
After having been mustered out, we could no
longer speculate and gossip on that subject,
interest turned to going home, principally to the

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IN THE Spanish-American War. 51
ship that was to carry us away. The ever pres
ent rumors bore stories weird and wild, some
finding home in the soldier mind to cause a mo
mentary pain or pleasure. Some one was on
the watch continually, for the transport was
supposed to be due at any hour. One day we
heard it started from Havana, the next at New
York and on another day that it was not our
ship, but that it took another regiment. Every
blue line of smoke near the harbor's mouth was
watched with anxious eyes and hope that it was
the ship to carry us away.
The Transport Arrives.
Once we had been warned to be ever ready to
answer a call to arms. It was 10 p. m. of March
26th when we wakened to find the camp ablaze
with excitement. Looking out one saw men
hurrying toward the hay, tent-tops were dotted
with men, and "Home Sick Knoll," a hill
near camp, covered with watchers. The shore
of the bay was lined with soldiers, not alone of
the 160th, but of other regiments also. All this
excitement was caused by the lights at the
mouth of the bay, which were those of some
monster vessel. How slowly the ship moved !
Hearts beat in fear that again they be mistaken.
The li2;hts grew brighter, at last the ship is
spoken, some voice answers : "The U. S. T.
Thomas come to take away the 160th Indiana."
Satisfaction was expressed with a cheer and
enthusiasm arose to such a pitch that the band
played " Home, Sweet Home."

52 History of the 160th I. V. I.
To many the night was sleepless, but in the
early morn all were ready to assist with the
work of loading. Every one was present for
duty, and there was no trouble to get details to
haul the baggage. So rapidly was the packing
accomphshed that at nine o'clock a lighter,
loaded with men and baggage, was taken to the
ship. Promptly at 6 p. m. the loading was fin
ished, the ship weighed anchor and slowly
steamed out of the harbor. We gave three
cheers for home, and Cuba faded in the distance,
first a blue line, then nothingness, which it will
ever remain to many of us.
The Transport Thomas.
Before the late war the U. S. T. Thomas was
an English cattle transport named Minnewaska.
It is one of the largest government transports,
its length being 530 feet, width 60 feet, and
depth 75 feet. On the upper or hurricane deck
is the cabin where the officers were comfortably
quartered. The space not occupied by the cabin
and staterooms was free to be.nsed by the enlist
ed men as a place for exercise and observation.
The second deck was used as an exercise room
and "dining-room" where we ate our miserable
hardtack and beans cooked together, drank coffee
made of poorly distilled seawater.
The third and fourth decks were the sleeping
quarters for the enlisted men who swing their
hammocks from hooks attached securely to the
strong posts.

IN THE Spanish- American War. 53
There was an upper aud lower berth, one
seemed about as treacherous as the other, for it
was common at bed-time to hear a resounding
whack as if some boy's hammock had let go and
precipitated him to the iron floor.
The entire ship was lighted by eletricity; this
adding much to comfort and affording a fine
light by which to read. In the lower decks and
hold was stored the baggage and supplies.
The Voyage.
The entire voyage was accomplished without
mishap for the ship was so large the waves, that
would have tossed an ordinary vessel, had the
slightest effect on ours. One night we en
countered a storm. Then the great heart of the
great monster ship seemed to throb the more
and labor with a new energy as it plowed
through the high billows. Many looked out
upon the angry sea and pitied those that might
be out in a ship of less strength than ours.
A sea voyage grows monotonous. The same
ness is tiresome to the eye and brain. The least
bark tossing on the waves is watched with in
terest, the faintest cloud of smoke rising in the
distance is immediately a topic of conversation
and it is watched until it fades in the distance
or grows larger, comes near enough to be spoken
and then again it is watched until it is a speck
in the horizon.
We never tired watching the playful porpoise
and the interesting flying fish. One day we saw

54 History of the 160th 1. Y- I-
a fight between a flock of seagulls and a school
of porpoise. Such squaking, screaming and
splashing of water we never before had heard.
We watched them until our eyes refused to
further penetrate the distance.
Home Again.
We wakened on the morning of the 29th and
were told that soon land would be in sight. No
doubt many times we saw a blue line before it
was really so. At last some one shouted "home."
All eyes were turned toward the west and saw
home, indeed. Enthusiasm ran so high that the
band played "Home, Sweet Home." Surely we
had cause to be joyous for as many returned as
had gone away a few months before. Truly
Providence had well protected us.
We were met and piloted into the harbor by
the tug Dauntless. The Dauntless was the
famous fillibusterer which made more successful
expeditions to Cuba than all other fillibusterers
combined. At noon we anchored alongside the
pier at the c[uarantine station, thus completing
our journey of 700 miles in 42 hours.
We stayed aboard the ship until the next
morning when lighters and the old Santie took
us to the quarantine station where our baggage
was subjected to fumigation. Again boarding
lighters we were towed to Savannah near which
we went into camp to await muster-out. The
distance from the quarantine station to the camp
was eighteen miles.

J. J. KYLE, MAJOR AND SURGEON.

in THE Spanish-American War. 57
The Camp and Camp-Life.
This camp was formerly called " Camp On
ward," but if that was the name when we
camped there it was never mentioned. Our
camp site was formerly occupied by Col. Bryan's
regiment which had left the kitchens and floors
we used.
There was little guard duty to perform.
Gradually the guards were withdrawn and only
occasionally was a man detailed for duty: Drills
were a thing of the past as well as parades. We
had nothing to do but await the eventful muster-
out day. Savannah and Its People.
Of all the cities we saw during our soldier life.
Savannah is at the head of the list as nearest the
ideal. Its people add to the charm it bears.
Savannahians show their appreciation for valor
ous deeds by rearing finely sculptored monu
ments, their love for beautiful surroundings by
their parks and streets, their power to expedite
labor by transportation, and business spirit by
the immense trade facilities. The foreign trade
is immense. This is proven by the many miles
of docks bordered by cotton sheds and resin
fields. The water supply of Savannah is of an enorm
ous capacity as was shown by the copious sup
ply at camp and as to quality every soldier will
say it rivaled any he had ever tasted.
All the harmony of this city, its conveniences,

58 History of the 160th I. Y. I.
the easy yet business like customs, are the result
of the hospitality of the people, their culture and
education. Savannah will ever have pleasant
associations in the soldier mind.
Physical Examination.
On April 10th, the first company was exam
ined by the surgeons, and the examinations con
tinued from day to day until finished. Before
the final examination was a preliminary exam
ination in which the soldier could allege any
disability. At the final examination the result
of the former was noted and the disability certi
fied. In many cases men thought themselves
perfectly sound but upon strict examination a
defect was found and noted.
Tossing in a Blanket.
" Tossing in a blanket," is accomplished with
a large army blanket stretched by as many
hands as can grasp the edges. The victim to be
tossed is thrown upon the slack blanket, the
moment he touches the blanket it is pulled
taut by all hands, and he goes heavenward.
All shout "good bye," but by that time he has
returned to the blanket sprawling and kicking,
but at that moment again started upward; and
so it continues until the leader calls a halt.
On the morning of our last Sunday in camp,
some one suggested that the officers be tossed.
To avoid any possible accident, a large fly tent
was used instead of a blanket. The first victims

JOHN J. BACKMAN, MAJOR.

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61

were the officers of Co. I, afterward came Col.
Gunder, Lieut. Col. Kiger, Major Kyle and go
ing down the line until every officer in the regi
ment, except Chaplain Vigus and another who
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62 History of the 160th I. V. I.
April 2Sth, 1899.
One year the 160th Ind. lived as an organiza
tion, and served its purpose as much as given
an opportunity. How different this day seemed
than the 25th of April, 1898. One year ago
many hearts' burned with ambition from
thoughts of the coming conflict. On this day
the ardor was truly dampened, for many am
bitious hearts were disappointed, for (should we
blush?) we had hoped to return to our homes
with honor won in battle. Who knows whether
the men of Indiana were brave or not? Would
they have done their State honor? I wish I
dared to write the reason why Indiana received
tardy recognition at the front. There are three
states or territories which were not represented
by a regiment or a battery in an engagement
either in Cuba, Porto Rico or the Philippines,
and Indiana one of the greatest States in the
Union is one of the three.
This was the day of parting, the day when
jealousies were cast aside, when mistakes were
forgiven, for there is naught that brings out the
true feeling as a goodbye. We had formed
many pleasant associations during the year, yet
all were eager to disband.
Before the day was over nearly all were on
their way homeward. The homeward journey
was quiet and without event. The Savannah
papers reported the 160th Ind. the most orderly
regiment mustered out, there was so Mttle
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This is the last of the 160tli Ind. Its mem
bers were returned to civil life better or worse
men. Let us hope better. The regiment lives
in the past but not so with the members. You
will hear from many of them as prominent or
perhaps only as humble and honest citizens.
The End.
And now in parting — to you that have re-
turnedjiome marked with chevron or shoulder-
strap — you are to be congratulated; to those
who returned to their friends without even a
chevron, and the student soldiers who laid aside
their studies because of their ambition and yet
return without rank other than private, to such
I give special mention and remind them that oft
times the public think Majors and Captains
privates, and privates, Majors or Captains.
"Then let us pray that come it may,
As come it will for a' that,
That sense and worth, o'er a' the earth,
May bear the gree and a' that."

ROSTER.

Roster of the Regiment,

Company A.
Co. A was organized by Capt. F. D. Ballou at
Marion, December 11th, 1895, and mustered
into the National Guard as Co. A, 4th Inft., I.

N. G. In June of 1898, it was recruited to a
maximum by Lieut. Vail.
The following is a list of the names of those
discharged before mustering out, also the
transferred :

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Sergeant — Pearl Bogue, discharged Nov. 13, 1898
Corporals —
Lytton E. Dummick, discharged Oct. 24, 1898
Ray R. Bigley, died of Typhoid, Nov. 9, 1898
Jesse Sammons, discharged Jan. 30, 1899
Geo. Clothier, discharged Jan. 30, 1899
Victor J. Webb, discharged Dec. 19, 1898
Musician— John John, Jr., discharged March 11, 1899
Privates —
R. Spencer VanDevanter, discharged Sept. 20, 1898
John W. Pittinger, discharged Nov. 5, 1898
Leroy Gould, transferred to U. S. Hospital Corps
Samuel Perry, transferred to U. S. Hospital Corps
Frank Hobbs , ( R ) transferred to band
Henry J. Nie, transferred to U. S. Hospital Corps
Holl's Hayworth, discharged Jan. 30, 1899
Pearl Yergin, (R) discharged Jan. 30, 1899
Geo. W. Stout, discharged Feb. 10, 1899
Roy Tuder, discharged Feb. 18, 1899
Asa S. Gossett, discharged Dec. 8, 1898
John W. Crow, discharged Dec. 21, 1898
Oliver H. Laer, discharged Dec. 22, 1898
James Burrier, discharged Dec. 29, 1898
Harold H. Steyle, transferred to U. S. Hos. Corps
Verlin Marshall, discharged Jan. 12, 1899
David Toppan, discharged Jan. 14, 1899
Robt. Schuber, discharged Jan. 8, 1899
L Morehead, discharged Jan. 17, 1899
Co. A Roster at Muster Out.
Captain F. D. Ballou 2nd Lieut. F. M. Beshore
1st Lieutenant B. L. Vail 1st Sergeant Jno. O. Fryer

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Sergeants —
B. J. Hicks
Tasso A. Myers
Harry Stover
Corporals— D. B. Lehmen
Ross Watson
Don D. Daily (R)
O. P. Baldwin ( R )
Allen Parker
LaMotte Henry
Fred E. Hoffman
Artificer— P. C. Martin
Privates— Chas. Anderson (R)
Samuel H. Abel
N. A. J. Aohor
Chas. M. Bollar (R)
Wm. A. Bishop
L. E. Bennington
James Burriers
Otto G. Bogue
A. L. Beek
David H. Carl
Jphn M. Crow
Louis O. Chasey
B. W. Cox
Clyde E. Carn (R)
Oliver J. Darter (R)
A. Leslie Dale
J. T. Deshone
Lawrence E. Eberly
W. A. Emerson

Oliver Baldwin
Geo. W. Chambers

Otto A. Fischer
Edgar M. Baldwin
Walter Moore (R)
Jesse Holmes
Lewis Gaiser ( R )
Geo. T. Harness

Harry H. Reed (R)
Chas. T. Payne (R)
Calvin R. Smith (R)
Rob't Schriber ( R )
Henry Shearer ( R )
John Leab ( R )
Edward Nicholson
Harry W. Howard
Theodore Hunter
Geo. H. Kenyon
William Kelsay
Wilbur F. Mitchell
Lew S. Owings
Martin L. Penn
O. H. MoFeely
Edward McClure
Harry T. Turner
Wm. H. Pittinger
Arlie D. Parker
Oscar Rybolt

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E. H. Eberhart R. T. Roberts
Clarence O. Fry John W. Sohn, Jr.
Orval Gaiser (R) LeRoy R. Smith
Conrad R. Hawkins Edward Smith
Harry Hillsamer John W. Stout
Jesse Holman (R ) Samuel Sewall
U. G. Ham (R) Wm. Viepillet
Madison T. Kendal( R ) W. D. Wells
T. J. Opperman ( R ) Curtis Waller ( R )

Company B.
Co. B first came into existence at Decatur, on
June 7th, 1889, as Co. B. of the Third Regiment
Indiana Legion. It was mustered in by Col.
McBride, and with Jonas Coverdale, M. D., as
captain. In 1891, the company was called out
to guard the jail against a mob. At that time
M. L. Byers was captain, and 1894, served
twelve days at Hammond during the riots, under
Capt. John Myers. The organization was trans
ferred to the Ind. National Guard; and at the
time of the declaration of the late war Major
E. P. Miller was captain. Sergt. J. D. Andrews
is the only charter member of the original
organization in Co. B of the 160th. The com
pany was recruited on June 27th, by mustering
in twenty-five additional men. The only change
in the officering of the Company was the resig
nation of First Lieut. Chas. Edington, the va
cancy was filled by appointing Second Lieut.
Chas. Barnhart to fill vacancy and promoting
First Sergt. R. D. ]\lyers to Second Lieutenant.

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The following is a list of the discharged, deserted
and transferred :

isiah suman, u. s. hos. corps.
First Lieut. C. E Ediugton, resigned Aug. 11, 1898
Corporal E. B. Macy, discharged Dec. 15, 1898
Private William Foreman, discharged Dec. 31, 1898
Sergeants— John W. Watkins, discharged Jan. 14, 1899
Jesse B. Roop, discharged Jan. 30, 1899

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Privates —
Lloyd Mcintosh (R), discharged Jan. 31, 1899
Leonard McKinzie (R), discharged Jan. 31, 1899
Louis Sampson, discharged Jan. 31, 1899
Sergeant J. D. Andrews, discharged March 13, 1899

R. S. PETERSON AND QUARTERS AT MATANZAS, CUBA.
Corporals— Robert B. Lipes (R), discharged Feb. 23, 1899
Fred Vaughn, discharged March 11, 1899
Privates— Harvey E. Myers, discharged Feb. 25, 1899
Ora V. Shaffer, transferred to band May 25, 1898
Jacob Piercy, transferred to band May 25, 1898
Isiah Suman, transferred to U. S. Hospital Corps
Nov. 4, 1898

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Frank Ruby, transferred to U. S. Hospital Corps
Nov. 25, 1898
John H. Good, transferred to U. S. Hospital Corps
Dec. 18, 1898
David Williams, deserted Sept. 20, 1898
Daniel Railing, deserted Oct. 12, 1898
Roster Co. B.

Captain J. M. Lenhart
2nd Lieut. R. D. Myers
Sergeants-^ 1st, W. H. Bushnell
Com. Harry Reichart
J. C. Ault
Corporals —
Chas. Brothers
Jasper Lee
Harry Bell
Art Russell
Craig Miller
Lewis Rape
Musicians— Kern, J. D.
Artificer — Russel, J. M.
Cook— Closs, Ed.
Privates —
Andrews, L. B.
Burkhead, Cladd
Baker, J. P.
Barkley, Wm.
Barthel, Roman
Broadbeck, Harvey
Barnett, Ed.
Blossom, Dallas

1st Lieut. C. E Barnhart

Lewis Andrews
Chas. Beery
Harland Steele
Chas. E. Ault
James Hudson
H. S. Ashbaucher
Rollin Bobo
A. O. Bollinger (R)
Oliver Werst
Gessinger, F.
Wagoner, Weimer , S ( R )

Hakes, J. Z. (R)
Hanna, J G. (R)
Hahnert, Alfred (R)
Johnston, T. J. (R)
Kitson, Chas.
Knoff, B. W.
Lord, Chas. (R)
Mumma, Chas. (R)

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Bowers, Geo. B.
Burrell, G. W.
Burch, E. H.
Buchanan, James (R)
Barber, Edward (R)
Br andeberry , ( R )
Conrad, George
Cutting, Art
Chilcoate, James
DeVoss, Arlie
Everetts, Geo.
Fuller, Burton
Fisher, Jonas
Fisher, Amos ( R )
Frank, John L. (R)
Fulton, Edward (R)
Gordon, Lorenzo
Gass, John
Gault, Wm.
Garwood, John (R)
Hale, John
Hess, Jacob
Hurst, Wm.
Hower, Chas.

Noll, Wm.
Peterson, R. S.
Peterson, Frank
Parish, French
Peterson, Chas.
Quinn, Harry
Rich, Joe
Roop, C. A.
Railing, S. M.
Reed, P. G.
Roop, Lorin (R)
Smith, G. R.
Sims, S. L. (R)
Schiedigger, Sam(R)
Smith, P. E. (R)
Touey, Ed.
Tucker, Wm.
Tindall, Henry (R)
Wolford, Roy
Woodward, Chas.
Whitcomb, Claud (R)
Wey, Chas.
Wagoner, Wm. (R)

Company C.
Company C was organized at Lafayette June
25, 1895, by Capt. Geo. B. King and mustered
into the State service as Company C, Fourth
Infantry 1. N. G. Captain King resigning.
Second Lieutenant Thomas R. Marks was com
missioned Captain. At the annual inspection

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in 1896, Co. C. was awarded first place and in
1898, Capt. May, U. S. A., pronounced it the
best company in the National Guards. Eighty-
four officers and enhsted men was its strength at
muster-in, but on June 27th the strength was
increased by mustering in twenty-five additional
men. The following named were discharged or
transferred :
Sergeant— Gilbert P. Newson, discharged Jan. 30, 1899.
Corporals —
Robert E. Powers, discharged Jan. 1, 1899.
John T. Hogan, discharged Jan. 30, 1899.
Musician— Amos Mitchell, discharged March, 1899.
Privates —
Ralph D. Lucas, discharged Nov. 20, 1898.
Todd Shaffner, discharged Nov. 22, 1898.
Wm. B. Grimes, discharged Dec. 31, 1898.
Frank B. Moore, discharged Feb. 25, 1899.
Courtney Robeson, discharged Feb. 19, 1899.
Reuben L. Kinsey, discharged March, 1899.
Fred. S. Todd, discharged March, 1899.
Fred. O. Vanderkleed, discharged March, 1899.
Edgar V. Jackson, transferred to regiment band.
Thos. W. McCauley, transferred to U. S. Hospital
Corps.
Chas. J. McGregor, transferred to U. S. Hospital
Corps. Roster Company C.
Captain Thomas A. Marks. 2d Lieut., C. A. Hubbard.
1st Lieut., Jas. L.Glascock. IstSergt Jno. P. McCauley

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Sergeants— Leander J. Penrod.
John R. McGrath. Albert M.
Corporals— Loyd M. Lucas.
John C. Doyle.
Louis D. Harvey.
John R. McKee.
C. K. Marks. Harry E
Musicians— Thomas Degman.
Wagoners— David Munn.
Artificer— Wm. H. Mills.
Privates —
Adams, William R
Ball, Seymour
Barry, William M
Byers, Frank C
Bottenberg, M H
Dahm, Peter J
Eversole, Jessie V
Gephart, Geo
Hedricks, Clarence C
Houser, Martin
Jenkinson, Arthur B
Kelm, Herman C
Kopf , Matthew P
Kelsey, Richard A
Layton, Alva
Lehnen, Wm J

Fred. S. Heneke.
O. P. Throckmorton.
Hopper. Geo. A. Dufiy.
Prank C. Eckhart.
Chas. A. Lawson.
John Madden.
Norman M. Fry.
Bates. Oliver W. Harrey.
Frank dinger.

Bo wen, Thomas
Barcus, Clarence E
Ball, Edward S
Cass, Earl R
Chissom, James A
Ellsworth, Lawson
Ford, Robert V
Gresham, Floyd A
Hughes, William
Harris, Joshua N
Kuntzweiler, Clyde
Kennel, Frank
Kummings, Wm
Loeb, Abraham W
Layton, Wm
McBroom, Elam R

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McCulloch, Robt C
Menges, Rufus
Norris, Albert J
Nichols, George
Pflughaupt, Henry C
Phillips, Wilbur A
Rosenbeger, John W
Rhoads, Howard W
Siepelt, Chas F W
Stretch, Simeon H
Stanton, Wm B
Sullivan, M A
Stretch, Harry
Taylor, Miles C
Wade, John L
Werkoff, Chas A
Wade, Claude Younker ,

Mackessy, Wm
Marshall, John L
Nourse, Lor ing H
Page, James T
Penrod, S O
Quaco, Samuel O
Royce, Geo
South worth, Harry
Smith, Harry C
Smith, Louis H
Stewart, Albert
Storms, Chas H
Shoup, Fred
Vandamark, A L
Walsh, Frank J
Whitehead, H C
Warner, Edward T
F E

Company D.
The home of Company D is Wabash. During
its service there has been no change in the
officering of the company except the discharge
of Second Lieutenant A. Sayre, on account of
disability, and Sergeant J. T. Mills was commis
sioned to fill the vacancy. In June of 1898 the
Company was recruited to a maximum of one
hundred and six men. The recruits are marked
(R.) Discharged and Transferred.
Corporal — Ed. Vigus, discharged Jan. 30, 1899.

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Privates- J. T. Reed, transferred from Co. H to Co. D,Jun3
25, 1898.
O. H. Reed, transferred from Co. H to Co. D, June
25, 1898.
C. Wood, tranferred to Hos. Corps, Oct. 19, 1898.
R. Carey, transferred to Band, Dec. 1, 1898.
Hugh Smith, discharged July 26, 1898.
Ernest Carrouthers, discharged Sept. 26, 1898.
Bert Angle, discharged Oct. 1, 1898.
Lot. Beeks, discharged Oct. 8, 1898.
Lawrence Pell, discharged Dec. 8, 1898.
John Blair (R), discharged Jan. 5, 1899.
Bert. Anthony, discharged Jan. 5, 1899.
James Fosnaugh (R), discharged Jan. 30, 1899.
Roy Hoover (R), discharged Jan. 25, 1899.
Fred. Walters, discharged Feb. 16, 1899.
RoUand Gardner, discharged Feb. 2, 1899.
Frank Owen, discharged Feb. 22, 1899.
Jerry Flinn, discharged Feb. 28, 1899.
Roster of Company D.
Capt. J. R. Wimmer 2d Lieutenant, J. T. Mills.
1st Lieutenant, A. G. Reed. 1st Sergt, A. C. Gardner.
Sergeants— Com. Sgt. , Pearson, A E Owen, A R
Murphy, B F Malott, F
Corporals— Little, R Stewart, H
Henley, F Sommers, W
Seymour, F Mills, J H
LaSelle, C Rodgers, W W
Stewart, G Williams, G (R)

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Musicians —
Huddleston, W
Artificer— Hale, A
Wagoners— Forst, L
Privates —
Anderson, WH (R)
Bent, F
Brackenhouser, C
Bennet, L
Beach, E
Ballinger, B
Berry, C(R)
Clevell, C
Corey, J G
Curnett, C (R)
Gray, V
Gardner, G
Harris, B
Ivory, J (R)
Johnston, J
Jones, F
Jackson, L
Lininger, C (R)
Martin, F C
Mariner, H ( R )
Mariner, E (R)
Oswalt, C F (R)
Printy, E
Rose, E
Palmer, A
Ripley, C
Sumerland, J

Sommers, A

Miller, L
Brady, G
Brady, W
Bradley, C
Baldwin, J
B abler, F
Cover, C (R)
Day, E
Edwards, D
Edwards, E
Follis, A (R)
Hunter, H
Hobson, F
Bammes, F (R)
Kendall, W
Knight, V
Lassond, W
Long, C
Miller, R (R)
McQuade, H ( R ]
McCune, C (B.)
Mader, A (R)
Porter, J O
Ross, A (R)
Reed, J T (R)
Reed, OH
Sutter, J
Stewart, R

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Schily, F Straugh, H (R)
Smith, C Shanahan, G
Schnar, G Schriver, D (R)
Stauffer, O L (R) Thomas, H
Williams, B Tower, T
Weber, W Spaulding, F (R)
Wible, Forest.

Company E.
Company E was mustered in with the strength
of seventy-six enlisted men and three officers.
The organization was that of Company E, Fourth
Infantry, Indiana National Guards, and its home
was at Bluff'ton, Ind. On June 22 it was re
cruited by adding twenty-seven additional men.
At the time of the muster-in Charles F. Brunn
was Captain. Henry Johnson Second Lieutenant
and Charles R. Pugh First Lieutenant. On Jan
uary 5th, 1899, Capt. Brunn resigned and Second
Lieutenant Henry Johnson was commissioned to
fill the vacancy, but was discharged on Surgeon's
certificate Jan. 31, 1899, and on January 28th,
1899, First Lieutenant Charles Pugh resigned.
The following is a list of the discharged,
transferred and deserters:
Corporal— Harry Travis, discharged Jan. 29, 1899.
Privatbs— Wm. T. Angel (R), discharged Aug. 13, 1898.
Paul Ehrsam, discharged Feb. 15, 1899.
Wm. D. Hisper, discharged Feb. 28, 1899.
Forest Krup, discharged Jan 30, 1899.
Archie Madox, discharged Jan. 31, 1899.

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Wade C. Murphy, discharged Dec. 28, 1898.
Wm. Rhine, discharged Sept. 30, 1898.
Geo. Schnuss, discharged October 9, 1898.
Clark W. Skinner, discharged Feb. 22, 1899.

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CHAS. PUGH, LIEUT.
Wm. E. Polmer, transferred to U. S. Signal Corps.
Vernon Rhinehart, transferred to U. S. Hos. Corps.
Wm. M. Forris, deserted December 12, 1898.
Roster of Company E.
Captain H. C. Brown, commissioned February 1, 1899.

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First Lieutenant, L. A. Burgan, commissioned February
1, 1899.
Second Lieutenant, Fred. J. Tangeman, commissioned
February 1, 1899.
Sergeants —
Jacob M Kress, 1st Sergt.
Pence, S O, Com. Sergt.
Meyers, Dillon

Britt, Jacob H
McCormick, John W
Wasson, Herbert H

Corporals —
McGinness, Earl (R)
Bennet, O L
Jones, Wm G
Smith, N Prank
Ernst, Wm W
Johnson, Emmil M Oneil, Chas.
Artificer — Masterson, John A.
Wagoner— Hart, George
Privates —
Bass, J Homer (R)
Baughman, Wm J
Bixler, Harry (R)
Bray, Jesse (R)
Brickley, Samuel J (R
Burgner, Harry D (R)
Cotton, Marshall S
Davis, Bruce
Dunn, Chas R
Franks, Wm J
Graf, John
Hammond, Ashley
Hisper, Bert M
Huffman, Chas W

Morehead, Chas F
Worster, Strand D
Thomas, Ralph
Brunn, Walter W
Hackney, Chas A
Bonham, Carl

Barret, John (R)
Bays, Chas M
Brickley, Philo M (R)
Bennett, R C
Buckels, Cliflfton C
Cookerly, Rollie (R)
Christ, Jessie
DeHart, James E
Eggleston, U G
Eggleston, H T
Hackett, Dennis (R)
Hill, Geo R (R)
Houtz, Henry L
Hurt, Jacob H

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Jones, Samuel K
Keogh, Thomas'
Kerfoot, Thomas
Lopsiger, Chas
Moore, Frank
Morrow, Joseph
Morris, Wm D
Mosure, Chas
O'Donnell, Harry
Ripple, Elmer E
Robinson, William
Schlegel, Jacob C
Studebaker, Clem (R)
Tribolet, Geo J
Weaver, Orris (R)
Weaver, Ray (R)
Wilson, Edgar M
Yarger, Wm J R

Kapp, Frank T
Lewis, Frank
McBride, Carl W
McCormick, Prank
Moore, Edward C
Mosure, Edward (R)
Milholland, Kendry
Nolan, Thomas H
Philips, Bert
Priest, Howard
Reiflf, William (R)
Sinninger, Cal
Sniler, Beri;
Wasmuth, Harry (R)
Williams, John E
Wilhelm, Fred
Wisner, Sharpe(R)
Wisner, Horace L (R)

Company F.
The home of Company F is Ossian, Ind., where
the company was organized as company of I. N.
G. by Captain Derr. On July 1st it was recruited
to a maximum, a majority of the recruits being
from Montpelier, Ind. Men enlisted on July 1st
are distinguished with an "R."
There was one death and two desertions, as
noted below.
Sergeant — Levi A. Todd, discharged Jan. 31, 1899.
Corporal — Frank Nelson, deserted Sept. 19, 1898.
Privates —
Converse Lucas, died Nov. 8, 1898.
Robert L Bryan (R), deserted Oct. 29, 1898.

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Ottis p. Bowman, discharged January 31, 1899.
Chas. Murfey (R), discharged Jan. 31, 1899.
Marion P. Allen, discharged January 31, 1899.
Fred. Shields (R), transf. to U. S. Hospital Corps.
Wm. DoUman, transf. to U. S. Hospital Corps.
Albert Millington, discharged March 31, 1899.
Roster at Muster-Out.
Captain E. P. Derr. 2d Lieut., Geo. M. Mills.
1st Lieut., R, Floyd Wilson 1st Sergt., Stanley Allen.
Sergeants— Allen, Lafayette Norris, Palmer O
Deam, Warner Duncan, Wm
Hoopingardner, W
Corporals—

Beaty, V H
Beaty, Harry
Glass, Fred
Hartley, Frank
Coleman, Alfred (R)
McAfee, Ernie
Musicians— Wagner, Clyde
Artificer— Hedges, Edward R
CoOK — Alberson, Samuel
Privates —
Alberson, Dennis
Barnes, Wm
Baker, I D
Barchman, Arthur (R)
Cunningham, E Q ( R)
Crown, Sylvester (R)
Cronin, David (R)
Crosby, Rule

Foughty, Frank
Wolfcale, Davis
Koons, James P
Piggott, Frank (R)
Deam, Chas
Poster, Clio (R)
Reed, H C

Mote, Harry (R)
McTaggert, Jesse (R)
Nolan, John
Norris, Marvin
Patie, John
Pugh, Otto
Reed, John
Riley, Frank

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Cartwright, James
Clark, Frank
Crowell, C C
Donaldson, Wesley (R)
Fatscher, Henry
Fultz, Ellis (R)
Fuchshuber, G C
Grames, James
Harris, Leon
Hoopengardner, M
Hays, Floyd
Hency, John
Johnson, Samuel
Johnson, Bert
Kerr, John
Lawrence, Luther
Lutz, Cassius
Lininger, Frank
McClish, Chas
Murfey, Chas O
Mills, Fred
Milliken, James
Mitchel, Chas
Miller, Ernest
McKinsie, Joseph
Mills, Robt. L
Mills, Charlie

Reece, Jacob
Storms, D K
Shock, A B
Simmons, Geo
Snarr, Frank
Swaim, Charles
Stroub, Wm (R)
Swindler, James (R)
Shamberger, Em (R)
Sohenk, Benjamin (R)
Twibell, Edward
Tinsley, Charles
Turnock, Samuel
Thomas, Grant
Tisron, Robert
Wiokens, Geo
Wilmington, DeChamp
Woods, Artmas
Walker, Wm
Ward, Chas (R)
Williams, John (R)
Wilson, Wm (R)
Wilson, James L
Wilson, John P
Wilson, Frank

Company G.
Campany G was organized at Columbia City
and when enlisted in the U. S. service was one
of the oldest organizations of the National Guard
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88 History of the 160th I. V. I.
men was increased to a maximum. The number
was afterward reduced by :
Sergeants —
Thomas Gallivan, discharged Nov. 14, 1898.
John Washburn, discharged Feb. 16, 1899.
Doctor J. Reese, discharged Nov. 16, 1898.
Edwin M. Brown, discharged March 2, 1899.
Corporals —
James B. Case, discharged January 31, 1899.
Charles Kronk, transferred to the Regimental Band.
Wm. Gardner, discharged Nov. 16, 1898.
Fred M. Ruckman, discharged Feb. 11, 1899.
•Musician— Frank Wallace, transferred to Reg. Band.
Privates —
Russell Brenneman, discharged March 5, 1899.
Ervin Brown, discharged March 2, 1899.
Simon Brown, deserted October 23, 1898.
Judson Baker (R), died in Hospital Dec. 4, 1898.
Eli Brown, discharged Jan. 31, 1899.
Frank Clark, discharged Feb. 11, 1899.
Charles Brand (R), discharged Dec. 2, 1898.
Joseph Hamonbill, discharged October 8, 1898
Paul Harshbarger, transf. to U. S. Hospital Corps.
James Klingaman (R), deserted October 23, 1898.
John Kane (R), discharged January 31, 1898.
Prank Mittin, discharged January 31, 1899.
Frank Nott (R), discharged December 21, 1898.
Nathanael Vernon, discharged Nov. 2, 1898.
John Whiteleather, discharged April 9, 1899.
Roster at Muster-Out.
Capt. Jos. R. Harrison.
1st Lieut., David S. Linvill, M. D.

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2d Lieut , L. D Clapham.
1st Sergeant, Simon P. Clapham.
Sergeants— Otis Malone Byron P. Wallace
August E Erdmon John Clapham
Wayman Warner
Corporals —
Alfred M. Course Elmer Cotton
S. M. Markley David Croxton
Elmer E Pence Jethro Fuller
Ralph M. Fonty Frank Holbrook
Walter Clark James Kinney
Horace Miller Horatio Squires
Musician— O. P. M. Squires.
Artificer— Fred. D. Waterfall.
Wagoner — Wm. H. Hoose
Privates—

Anthese, Adolph
Binkley, Louis
Barr, Alfred
Butler, Richard
Crowell, Chas
Chapman, Carlos D
Croy, James
Erb, Howard
Fullam, John
Ferguson, Chas (R)
Gruesbeck, Fred
Graves, Laurtis
Garty, Robert (R)
Jackson, Lawrence
Johnston, James
Long, Peter

Binkley, Daniel
Bryan, Howard
Buntain, Alvia
Crowell, Sai
Curtis, Elmer
Connolly, John
Dull, Charles
Eastom, Clarence (R )
Fletcher, James (R)
Graves, Edward
Gross, Raymond
Gilbert, Willis (R )
Haynes, Jed
Jellison, Robert
Klingaman, Gid (R)
Lowery, Albert

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Monroe, Stephen .More, Charles
Myers, Sankey Miller, Harry (R)
Nott, George Neiswonger, Elza (R)
Norris, Fred Pickard, Walter
Pine, Charles Prugh, Ray
Rapp, Fred Rapp, John
Reid, Ralph Russel, Earl
Rindfusy, Clyde (R) Shafer, Calvin
Slenty, Brodie Slessman, William
Smith, Mell Smoots, John
Sander, Ed Waugh, Harvey (R)
Webber, Harry Winegardner, Adrain

Company H.
Co. H's home is Warsaw, where it was organ
ized as a company of National Guards.
In June of 1898 the strength was increased to
the maximum number of men.
While in Cuba this company was a part of the
provost guard that so effectually preserved
order. Following are the changes in the Company
Roster :
Sergeants— Silas C. Sapp, died Sept. 15, 1898.
Allen C. Scott, discharged Nov. 14, 1898.
Edward B. Foulke, discharged Jan. 4, 1899.
Corporals— C. D. Phereerrell, discharged Dec. 5, 1898.
Herbert C. Lehman, discharged Jan. 4, 1899.
Musicians— Maurice Wilcox, transf. to Reg. Band.
Ernest E. Pollock, transferred to N. C. Staff.

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Artificer— Foster Hall, discharged Dec. 11, 1898.
Privates —
Earl Coyner, transferred to Regimental Band.
Chas. E. Sinton, transf. to U. S. A. Hosp. Corps.
Roy Mulford, transf. to U. S. A. Hosp. Corps.
Isaac Sandford, transf. to U. S. A. Hospital Corps.
James A. Wilcox, transf. to U. S. A. Hosp. Corps.
Frank White, transferred to Regimental Band.
Robert C. Reid (R), transf. to First Terr. Vol. Inft.
John T. Reid (R), transf. to Co. D, 160th Indiana.
Otto A. Reid (R), transf. to Co. D, 160th Indiana.
Ira Kuhn, discharged Oct. 9, 1898.
N. G. Maguire, discharged Oct. 24, 1898.
Thomas A. Delia, discharged Oct. 15, 1898.
Chas. H. Stewart (R), discharged Nov. 26, 1898.
Noah Baugher, discharged Jan. 4, 1898.
Thomas Ryland, discharged Jan. 13, 1899.
Curtis S. Sarber (R), discharged Feb. 1, 1899.
Roy Sloane, discharged Feb. 1, 1899.
James E Carver (R), discharged March 4, 1899.
Edward Vanator, discharged March .31, 1899.
Geo. W. McVioker (R), discharged March 31, 1899.
Hamilton B. Paul, died June 14, 1898.
Chas. W. Warren, deserted Aug. 3, 1898.
Roster of Company H at Muster-Out.
Capt. Charles A. Sharp. 2d Lieut., Wm. L. Hughes.
1st Lieut., E. G. Hinkley. 1st Sergt., Wm. J. Hafert.
Sergeants— Herbert C. Kehler. James M. Bennet.
Martin M. Egner. James W. Pepper.
Fred. Davis.

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Corporals— Edgar E. Lehman
Fred. B. Mote.
Than Miller.
Oliver P. Smith.
Malvin W. Minear. Ernest E.
Artificers— Verne C. Carr (R) Cook
Privates— Chas. A. Adams
Eben Boff
Clarence Bird
Alva W. Bumhour
Earl A. Coffea
Chas. Garsline
Orville Kilmer
Alonzo Lehman
George Loved ay
Chas McCarter
Howard J. Neff
Ames Orcutt
Henry Rankin
Conrad Schade
Vernie Seymour
Otho Simpson
Fred. E. Smith
Andrew J. Snoke
Donald Stewart
George B. Ward
Emery Wilcoxan
Daniel A Bowman (R)
Scott E. Harris (R)

John C. Meek.
Edwin M. Ripple.
Homer B. Phillips.
Thomas Dwyer.
John S. Williams.
Philpot. Elliot R. Sherburn (R)
John Aller
I. N. Bell
Walter Brubaker
Garfield Chilcott
Geo. Dunfee.
Sanford Hill
Howard LaFollette
Lewis Longacre
John C. Matthews
Martin McClintic
Edward Newcomb
B. T. Orcutt
Harry O. Rhoades
Ernest L. Scott
George Shock
Wilbur Sloane
Worley Smith
Dan. J. Spillman
Fred. Swihart
Ardon C. Wilcox
George McCleary (R)
George C Hann (R)
Harry E. Keith (R)

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Chas. M. Kiste (R) Roy Moore (R)
Will McLaughlin (R) William Ply (R)
Herman Wiley (R) Wm D Watson (R)
Soil W. Foote (R) John C. Bockman (R)
Lewis W. Brown (R) Chas F. Harter (R)
Arthur Kuhn (R) Chas. A. Powers (R)
Clark Chapman (R) Louis E. Coleman (R)

Company I.
At the outbreak of the late war Company I
was organized at Tipton, and Geo. Dwyer was
commissioned Captain. On Nov. 19th, 1898,
Capt. Dyer resigned, Robert M. Van Buskirk,
1st Lieut., was commissioned to fill the vacancy,
2d Lieut. George Knee promoted to 1st Lieut.,
and 1st Sergt. Jesse Barlow to 2d Lieut.
On June 27th the strength of this Company
was increased to 105 officers and enlisted men.
The changes in the roster ai'e here noted :
Sergeant — AUea Gilford, traa&f. to U. S. Ho^p Corps.
Corporals— Wm. Brothers, discharged March 14, 1899.
Frank Logan, discharged March 27th, 1899.
Wilbur W. Wolverton, discharged Jan. 13, 1899.
Wagoner— Fred. Jarret, discharged March 27, 1899.
Privates— Dillon Alexander, transferred to U. S. Hosp. Corps.
Nalzo Andrews, died Aug. 18, 1898.
C. Coyle, transferred to U. S. Hosp. Corps.
Theodore Cox, discharged March 27, 1899.
Chas. B. Franklin, discharged Feb. 24, 1899.
Edward Franklin (R), deserted Jan. 23, 1899.

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James Gillen, discharged Jan. 31, 1899.
Geo. A. Lane, transferred to U. S. Hosp. Corps.
Chas. Leach, transferred to U. S. Hosp. Corps.
LeRoy Long, discharged March 27, 1899.
Jos. L. Lovejoy, transferred to U. S. Hospital Corps.
James A. Midtiff, deserted Dec. 30, 1898.
Joseph Partlow. discharged Jan. 30, 1899.
Albert W. Pickett (R), discharged Jan. 4, 1899.
Cbas. W. Purvis (R), discharged March 18, 1899.
Carl C. Rubush (R), dischargediDec. 16, 1898.
Wm. Temple, transferred to JJ. S. Hosp. Corps.
Geo. Vowter, died Oct. 9, 1898.
Roster at Muster-Out.
Capt. Robert M. VanBuskirk 2d Lieut. Jesse E. Barlow
let Lieut. Geo. A. Knee 1st Sergt. Horace Matthews
Sergeants — Harry Hues
James W. Russell
Cleo Mourt

Harry Mitchell
Edward Grisham

Corporals— Clarence Law
Frank Rice (R)
Francis Kramer (R)
Chas. Snider
Jacob J. Tennison
Cbas. Zauss
Cook— A. O. Smith
Artificer — Wm. Henderson
Musicians— Harry Hue thins
Privates— Jno J. Altmeyer
Wm Bailey [RJ

Albert Eaton
Harry Phares
Robert Haskett
Walker Napier
Geo. Dowell
Otho McKay

Wm. McCreary
Marion Basey
Walter Barbo

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Edward Burnes
Wm. R. Day
Herman Dever
Harry Douglas
Clem. Furry
Geo. Grisham
Harry Herman
Henry Hedriok
Jasper Henry
Gust. Klappham
Peter W. Lamb
Geo. Mossman [R]
Buzz Moreland
Wm. Nelson [R]
Jesse Norris
Monroe Partlow
Theo. Philpott [R]
Oliver Pickeral
Fred. Racobs
Antoine Reed [R]
Richard Smith
Daniel Swartz
Jerry Spatilding
Roily Thurman
Howard Umpreys

Arlie Cook
Carl M. Campbell
Edward Douglas
Estie Fields
Edward Garretson
Benj. Garbit [R]
Frank Hobaok
Dan Hoveas
Harry Justus
Wm. Kennedy [R]
Otto Matthews [R]
Geo. Martin
David McNew
Jno. Norris
Harry Pancake
Gussie Paul [R]
Wm. Phillips
Peter Peal
Wm. Rhoades
Isaac Russell [R]
Dilver Seright
Otto Snyder [R]
Elmer Taylor
Wm. Tobin
Clarence Woodruff
Claude Wilson

Company K.
Company K was organized at Huntington at
the outbreak of the late war. On June 17th,
1898, it was recruited to the maximum strength.
The changes in the roster of this company are
here noted.

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Sergeant— Otis W. Hadley, discharged Jan. 10, 1899.
Corporal— Edis Gebler, discharged March 30, 1899.
Musician — Bert. Bolinger, discharged March 14, 1899.
Wagoner— Henry H. Snyder, discharged Oct. 26, 1898.

THOMAS W. REEL, SERfiEANT.
Privates— Henry S. Altenbaoh, died July 30, 1898.
Lou S. Khin, transferred to U. S. Signal Corps.
Ray Lamoree, discharged Jan. 30, 1899.
Wm. J. Morris, discharged Feb. 15, 1899.
Frank Rosebrough, died July 22, 1898.
Samuel Stickle, discharged Nov. 7, 1898.
Herman Terflinger, discharged Dec. 8, 1898.
Benj . G. Thrasher, discharged Jan. 30, 1898.
Wm. H. Culler, transferred to U. S. Hosp. Corps.
Frank Drabenstat, transferred to U. S. Hosp. Corps.
Leroy W. Strass, discharged Jan. 30, 1899.

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Roster at Muster-Out.
Capt. Orison P. Lee 2d Lieut. Herbert B. Spencer
1st Lieut. Leonard F. Wood 1st Sergt. Will H. Bloss
Sergeants—

Edgar R. Creamer
Wm. S. Marford
Howard O. Powell
Corporals— Calvin P. Richards
Fred. G. Kern
Eugene Tooper
Carl P. Steele [R]
Clarence LoviU
Chester L. Sprinkle
Chas. H. Plasterer John J. Fryer
Musicians— Walter B. Parry
Artificer — Oscar L. Keiser.
Wagoner— John F. Cook
Privates— Attenbach, Wm G
Baity, Edward S
Brown, John M.
Busher, Chas M
Cole, Thomas J
Eggiman, Charles F
Faurote, Chas E
Fetters, Earhart
Fulton, Herbert M
Hier, Matthew W
Jacobs, Fay

Thos W. Beel
Chas. A. Slusser
Walter S. Mitchell
Walter O. Bowman
Robert R. Glum
Oren Kunce
Alexander C. Common
Herman B. Simonton
Edward A. Shock [R]
Levi Saylor

Ray Day

Anson, Bert.
Bretbruner, Wm W
Brubacker, Charles
Burman, Wm C
Duff, Aaron J
Edsar, Harvey W
Ferguson, Geo W
Fisher, Harry
Graver, Robert
Hughes, Howard W
Kitl, Milton J

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Klein, John J
Layman, Wilbur
Lerr, Bert E
Miller. Chas R
Morgan, Wm J
Rathgeber, Jacob W
Reiferti Otto D
Seber, Oliver
Smith, Odis
Spigelmyre, Ford E
Whitehurst, Jacob W
Yeater, R H
Baker, Ed F (R)
Burman, Herman (R)
Erlinbaugh, Wm (R)
Gussman, A L (R)
Johnson, Leroy (R)
Kitt, Morton (R)
Miller, Wm H (R)
Pfeifer, Geo D (R)
Stalder,

Kumler, Oliver M
Leicht, William
Lyon, Clarence
McLean, John F
Pressel, Ira O
Reed, Fred
Robinson. John C
Shamp, Carl
Snoke, Wm H
Voght, Edward M
Wright, Harvey W
Alles, Jacob W (R)
Bochner, John (R)
Custard, John F (R)
Fetters, Samuel (R)
Hippensteil, HarvR{R)
Kesler, Herman B (R)
Mayre, Robt C (R)
Myers, John W (R)
Sprinkle, Roscoe M (R)
Henry W (R)

Company L.
When war with Spain seemed sure. Company
L. was oi'ganized at Anderson by Capt. Burr,
and mustered into the National Guard.
On June 21, 1898, this compaiiy was recruited
to a maximum. Men enlisted on June 21 are
marked "R."
Three men were transferred from the First
W. Va. Vol. The name and date of transfer is
as follows :

ED. MILLER, MAJOR.

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Privates— Elmer Cummings, March 3, 1899.
Thomas C. Smith, Feb. 5, 1899.
W. B. Sine, Jr., Jan. 24, 1899.
The following were discharged or transferred :
Corporal— Howard F. Henry, discharged Oct. 25, 1898.
Privates— C. S. Burr, discharged Dec. 18, 1898.
Harry CruU, discharged Feb. 11, 1899.
John Coburn (R), discharged Dec. 31, 1898.
John T. Lay, discharged Dec. 31, 1898.
Bert. Munyan [R], discharged Jan. 15, 1898.
Othello Roach, discharged Nov. 7, 1898.
Israel Brown, deserted Nov. 9, 1898.
O. F. Pickle, transferred to U. S. Hosp. Corps.
Ed. Inclenrock, transferred to U. S. Hosp. Corps.
Butler Livesay, transferred to U. S. Signal Corps.
W. S Wagoner, transferred to U. S. Hosp. Corps.
Oscar Wynn [R], died Oct. 13, 1898, at Lexington. Ky.
Roster of Company L at Muster-Out.
Capt. Kenneth M. Burr 2d Lieut. Geo. C. Sausser.
1st Lieut. J. B. Collins. 1st Sergt. Herbert C. Brunt
Sergeants— John J. Ellis Chauncey O. Towell
Lee C. Newsom D. V. Martin
Dorr S. Worden.
Corporals— John A. Ross Roy N. Nichols
James O. Pattee Chas. Tharp
Geo. Reason Ruel E. Davenport
John L. Hopper Robert Moon
Richard Welsh [R] Charles Weger
Charles Fisher

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A RTIFICERt— Arthur Rhone WUS [R]
Cook— Lee Weger.
Wagoner— Thomas Dee.
Privates—

Aldred, Howard
Behtold, G A
Bond, G W
Baily, Carl G
Brown, C M
Bosworth, I G [R]
Baker, Jos
Carpenter, E E
Cooper, Bert J
Cole, Clement C
Dunbar, Enos J
Eaton, Edward
Evans, Francis [R]
Fountain, Jas A
Griffith, H Z [R]
Hiniger, E L
Hayes, John S [R]
Jeffers, Roy S [R]
Kiecher, John F
Keckler, Frank [R]
Loch, Lewis
Lycan, Wm P
Linstrrm, Oscar
Medsker, Byron
Mingle, W W
Murphy, Robert
McConnell, Robert [R]
Mansfield, Wm. [R]
Ricketts, Amos [R]

Atrim, Robert
Boyd, Charles
Benbow, F M
Broman, Wm H
Bush, Henry
Bonhomme, J [R]
Bidwell, Chas [R]
Carpenter, C A
Cumberledge, W J
Deitrich, Herman
Denney, Manford
Palknor, C R
Fisher, H H
Garrison, Levi
Hunt, Volney M J
Hollenbeck, M A
Hawkins, H C [R]
Keorper, John
Kendrie, H M
Kellar, Oscar
Lawson, Omer
Levy, F M, Jr
Moore, Harry
Morer, E B
Martin, J T
Miller, James
Moulden, Howard [R]
Rosenfeld, H
Radway, L E [R]

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Shaffer, C. M. Seybert, C [R]
Smith, Jos H Stark, John [R]
Thomas, Harry Frees, R C
Wilson, F M Williams, Wm
Wilson, R L Williamson, L C

Company M.
The home of Co. M is at Logansport. At the
second call for volunteers it was recruited to a
maximum.
Sergeant —
Charles Richardson, discharged Feb. 24, 1899
Corporal— Lucien Fourmier, discharged March 10, 1899
Artificer —
James Holman, discharged Feb. 25, 1899
Privates— Asmus, Gust, discharged Jan. 31, 1899
Booth, Edwin B., discharged Dec. 12, 1898
Grant, William R., discharged March 28, 1899
Grainger, John 1., discharged Feb. 28, 1899
Hanna, Thomas J., discharged Feb. 1, 1899
McElheny, Thomas J., discharged Jan. 25, 1899
Putnam, John W., discharged Jan. 31, 1899
Ray, Clare M., discharged Dec. 19, 1898
Williams, Charles S., discharged March 10, 1899
Catterlin, Fenton, discharged, date not known
Smith, Leroy, discharged, date not known
Boyer, Alex, trans, to U. S. V. Signal Corps, July
8, 1898
Cramer, Fred, trans, to Reg'l Band, May 25, 1898
Commons, Alexander C, trans, to Co. K, 160th, I. V.
I., Aug. 11, 1898

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Izor, Emmett, trans, to U. S. Hospital Corps, Nov.
18, 1898
Kearns, Frank C, trans, to Regimental Band, May
25. 1898
Patterson, Albert, trans, to U. S. Hospital Corps,
July 19, 1898
Wetsel, George H., trans. U. S. Hospital Corps, Nov.
12, 1898
Rizor, Orestes D., died Nov. 8, 1898
Roster Co. M.
Captain, David S. Bender 1st Lieut. William C. Dunn
2nd Lieut. Leroy Pitch
Sergeants—

Walter J. Behmer
Frank Burket
Robert B. Gemmill
Corporals— Alva A. Crooks
Charles G. Souders
Harry A. Osborne
Robert Denbo
Harry Pickell
Wise Ayers
Musicians— Kirk Castle
Artificer— James W. Elliott
Cook— John W. Powell
Privates— Albert, Anthony
Banta, Charles
Banta, Beaufort
Cripe, John W.
Castle, Burt

Q. M., James Johnson
William G. Huckleberry
Thomas E. Crawford
Clarence Johnson
Isaac N. Gipe
Hal T. Viney
Leroy Hewlett
Charles Bruner
Charles Bear
Fred White

Albert, William H.
Barron, Leon L.
Carroll, Owen
Crockett, Charles
Cory, Harry

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DeLawter, Jesse
Dryer, Gust
Frushour, Francis
Fosler, William
Geiger, Frank
Gibson, Arthur
Griffin, John H.
Hager, Matthew
Hutton, Edwin L.
Howser, Calvin E.
Jackson, Ira T.
Laemle, Daniel W.
McGinley, John
Merritt, Elmer
Moore, William
O'Riley, John
Patton, Jesse B
Ray, John F.
Robertson, Rennie
Rupp, Jacob
Runyon, Alden C.
Shewman, Joseph
Surgart, John F.
Voll, Robert

Dolan, James
Fisher, Oscar B.
Fox, Emanuel
Gates, William R. L.
Gemmill, Thomas B.
Griffin, William
Gall. Edward
Hinkle, Jonathan
Hartman, Henry
Jackson, Ernest
Kerns, Charles W.
Ludwig, Samuel
Meden, Albert
Myers, Rollin H.
Newby, John A.
Peck, Charles
Powell, Anson B.
Rennells, Benjamin H.
Rollings, William
Rollings, Lee Z.
Schmerber, William
Stoughton, Arthur
Snyder, Maklon
Wallrath, Henry

BIOGRAPHICAL.

Biographies of Officers.

George W. Gunder, Colonel.
Colonel Gunder was born in Darke county,
Ohio, in 1842, and reared on the farm. At the
age of ten years he removed with his parents to
Montgomery county, Ohio. He attended the
common school until fifteen years old, when he
entered the seminary at Louisburg, Ohio, gradu
ating two years later. Soon after graduation he
began teaching school and followed that voca
tion three years.
At the commencement of the great Civil War,
Colonel Gunder gave up the civil pursuits of life
to begin his military career as a private in Co.
B, of the 71st Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Al
though enlisting as a private, he was mustered
into the army as first sergeant, holding that
rank until September, 1862, when he was com
missioned second lieutenant and assigned to Co.
G, of the same regiment. In the beginning of
1863, he was commissioned first lieutenant and
assigned to the company in which he enlisted.
During the summer of 1864, he served as Acting
Assistant Adjutant General in the defenses of
the Chattanooga and Nashville Railroad. He
participated in the Battle of Shiloh, the cam
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Donelson, and served in the campaign against
Atlanta, in Thomas' March, and the Battle of
NashviUe. The war closing in 1865, Colonel
Gunder was mustered out, and returning to his
home he entered the mercantile business. In
1868, he removed to Marion, Indiana, and con
tinued in the same business until the late war.
Colonel Gunder organized a company of the
Indiana Legion in 1885, which was assigned and
mustered in as Co. D, Third Regiment of Indi
ana Legion, he being commissioned Captain.
After serving as Captain three years, he was
commissioned Major of the Third Battalion,
Third Regiment, Indiana Legion. With this
regiment he was in camp at LaFayette, Evans-
ville and Indianapolis. He was commissioned
Colonel in the Indiana Legion in 1891, and dur
ing the Chicago riots in 1894, was in command
of all the State troops at that place, which were
six companies of the Fourth Regiment, six of
the Third Regiment and three of the Second
Regiment. When the Indiana Legion was
transferred to the Indiana National Guard, Col
onel Gunder retained his rank as Colonel of the
Fourth Infantry, and since 1895 has been Senior
Colonel of the Indiana National Guard. After
the State troops were mustered into the Federal
Service, Governor Mount assigned Colonel
Gunder to the command of all troops at Camp
Mount. After Brigadier General Fred D. Grant had
left for Porto Rico, Colonel Gunder had com-

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mand of all the troops in Camp Grant at New
port News, Va.; he afterward commanded a
brigade at Camp Hamilton, Ky., and later the
brigade at Camp Conrad, Ga.

W. L. Kiger, Lieutenant Colonel.
Lieutenant Colonel Kiger first learned mili
tary duties under the direction of a regular
army officer while a cadet in the Ohio State
University, afterward serving two years in Sixth
Infantry, Ohio National Guard. On December
12, 1890, he was elected Captain of Co. E, Fourth
Infantry, Indiana State Guards, commissioned
Major in the same regiment in April of 1892,
and Lieutenant Colonel in the Fourth Infantry,
Indiana National Guard in August of 1895.
He was in active service during the Hammond
riots of 1894, and was in command of the regi
ment. Lieutenant Colonel Kiger was born at
Lancaster, Ohio, February 8, 1861, reared on the
farm, he attended the public school, but at the
age of sixteen entered the Chillicothe High
School. After graduating from the high school
he entered the Ohio State University, where he
took a course in civil engineering. After grad
uating, he followed his chosen profession for
two years, abandoning it to embark in the hard
ware trade at Stelopolis, Iowa, where he re
mained until 1886. On leaving Iowa, he went
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the Williamson Bros., hardware merchants.
Later Williamson Bros, formed the firm of the
WiUiamson Hardware Co., of which Lieutenant
Colonel Kiger became a member. Lieutenant
Colonel Kiger has a wife and child; he was
married to Miss Ahce Beek, of Lancaster, Ohio.
He is a Presbyterian, taking an active part in
church work. Although a Republican in a city
where Democrats predominate, he was elected a
member of the BlufFton Board of Education,
serving three years in that office.

John J. Kyle, Major and Surgeon.
John J. Kyle, ^1. D., was born in Aurora,
Indiana, in 1868, is the son of Dr. Thomas M.
Kyle, a prominent surgeon of Indiana, who died
February 11, 1899. He received his prepara
tory education in Moore Hill College, from
which he graduated with the Degree of Bache
lor of Science. Choosing medicine as a pro
fession, he attended the Miami Medical College,
and graduated in 1889 with the Degree of Doctor
of Medicine. He lived in Aurora until 1894,
then located in Marion, Indiana, where he prac
ticed medicine, making a specialty of treating
the diseases of the eye, ear, nose and throat.
To further his success, he went abroad in 1895,
spending that year in study at the University
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Major Kyle has contributed to such medical
journals as the American Journal of Ophtham-
ology, the Journal of the American Medical
Association, and the Journal of Ophthamologic-
He is a prominent member of the American
Medical Association and the Western Ophtham
ologic and Oto Laiyngologic Association. Of the
fraternal organizations, he is an earnest member
of the Knight Templars and Order of Elks.
During eight years Major Kyle was Assistant
Surgeon of the 4th Infantry Indiana National
Guard, and at the outbreak of the Spanish-
American war, gave up a large and lucrative
practice to enter the army. Maj^ 4th, 1898, he
was commissioned Major and Surgeon and as
signed to the 160th Indiana Volunteer Infantry.
At Camp Thomas, he was detailed Surgeon in
charge of the Second Division, First Army Corps,
Ambulance Corps. In August he accompanied
the regiment to Newport News, where he was
Chief Surgeon of Camp Grant. At Lexington,
Ky., he was Acting Brigade Surgeon, serving on
the Staff of Brigadier General Wiley. On Oct.
22, 1898, he was sent to Columbus, Ga., to estab
lish the First Brigade Hospital, of the First
Army Corps. The Hospital established was a
model in every respect. This was recognized by
Brigadier General Sanger who issued a special
order complimenting Major Kyle very highly.
Dec. 22, 1899, he returned to the regiment and
later served with it in Cuba.

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Lawrence E. Harter, Major, First Battalion.
Major Harter's military experience began as a
private in Co. E, First Infantry, Indiana State
Legion, in 1888. After serving a year as a pri
vate, he was promoted to Second Lieutenant ot
Co. K, Second Infantry, Indiana State Legion,
and his next promotion was that of Captain of
Co. K, of the same regiment, afterwards trans
ferred to Co. K, Third Infantry. At the expira
tion of his term of enlistment he was again
commissioned Captain and assigned to Co. H,
Fourtn Infantry, and on August 26, 1896, was
commissioned a Major in the Fourth Infantry,
Indiana National Guard. On April 25, 1898,
he was senior Major of the Fourth Infantry and
mustered into the Volunteer Army on May 12,
1898, as Major of the First Battalion. Previous
to his enlistment in the Federal service, he was
in active service during the Roby Riots in 1893,
and the Hammond Riots in 1894.
Major Harter was born in Warsaw, Indiana,
March 11, 1861. When he was five months old
his mother died, leaving him to be reared by his
grandparents who resided on a farm; while there
he attended the public school. Finishing the
common school course, he attended the Warsaw
High School graduating at the end of four years.
All this time, he was compelled to work on the
farm during the summer months to earn money
to defray his school expenses. During the winter
of 1881, he graduated from the Bryant & Strat-
ton Business College, Chicago, III. For the

1. J. C Bonhomme.
4. Sergt. A. R. Littlb.

2. Wm. Cummings.
5. Geo. H. Kenton.

3. Chakles Hower.
6. Sekgt. J. W. Pbppeb.

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following two years he was employed by the
Adams and United States Express Co's, resign
ing that position to accept a position as book
keeper which he held five years. Leaving this
position, he accepted a position as deputy sheriff,
afterward serving as deputy surveyor, then as
deputy treasurer. While serving in these diiFer-
ent positions he filled the office of City Clerk,
holding this office five years. Major Harter was
married to Miss Emma J. Valentine on Dec. 31,
1881. His family consists of a wife and three
children.

John J. Backman, Major.
Major John J. Backman was born in Aurora,
Inch, Sept. 13, 1864, was reared in that city and
began his education in its schools. After gradu
ating from the Aurora High School, he entered
Rix's Collegiate School at Cincinnati, Ohio.
Graduating frCim that institution, he took a
course in the Peekskill, N. Y. Military Academy
and graduated in 1886. Successfully taking the
entrance examination and being admitted into
the Yale University, he was compelled to abandon
on account of sickness, his ambition to further
pursue his studies to fit him for a professional
life. Being thus disappointed he turned his at
tention to business, fitting himself for that work
by obtaining a business education in the Eastman
Business College at Poughkeepsie, N. Y.

120 History of the 160th I. V. I.
His first business venture was the milling and
grain business which he conducted for four years.
Selling this business, he became one of the princi
pal stockholders in a company engaged in the
manufacture of undertakers' suppHes. At present
he is its secretary and general manager.
In 1894, Major Backman was elected City
Clerk of Aurora and re-elected in 1898, the duties
of the oflice having been performed by a deputy
during the Major's service in the army. Major
Backman married Miss Lucie DuChemin in
March of 1895. They have two children, a
boy and a girl. Major Backman's educa
tion makes him very competent for a
military command. He first applied his
military knowledge in the organization of Co. F,
Fourth Infantry, Indiana National Guard of
Aurora Ind., he being commissioned its first
lieutenant. After three years of service, he was
elected captain, his command seeing active ser
vice during two weeks at the Clark's Switch
Strike. He served three years as captain, and
on Oct. 7, 1896, was commissioned Major in the
Fourth Infantry, Indiana National Guards. On
May 12, 1898, he was comissioned Major in the
Volunteer Army and assigned to the Second
Battalion of the 160th Indiana Volunteer In
fantry. Edmund P. Miller, Major.
Edmund P. Miller was born on March 4, 1876,
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educated in the Decatur City Schools, gradu
ating from the High School in 1892. This same
year he enlisted in Co. B, Fourth Regiment of
the Indiana Legion, and the following year was
made Corporal. He attended the camps of in
struction at Frankfort, Terre Haute and Indi
anapolis. In May of 1894, he received a com
mission as Second Lieutenant of Co. B, Fourth
Regiment, Indiana Legion. During his term of
service as Lieutenant he was on duty at the
Hammond riots.
In April of 1895, he was elected and commis
sioned Captain of Co. B, Fourth Infantry, Indi
ana National Guard, and re-elected in April of
1898. He was promoted to the rank of Major,
May 2, 1898, assigned to the Third Battalion
and mustered into the Federal Service as Major.

Frank Wilbur Foxworthy, Captain and
Assistant Surgeon.
Frank Wilbur Foxworthy, M. D., Ph. B.,
the son of a Methodist minister, was born at
Kentland, Indiana, October 22, 1873. His early
boyhood was spent in Indiana, afterward mov
ing to Illinois. He attended the Pana, Ih.,
High School, graduating in 1890 with first
honors. The same year he entered the DePauw
University, graduating with the degree of Ph.
B. and from the Military School with the rank

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of Captain. While in college he was a member
of the Phi Delta Theta.
In August of 1894, Captain Foxworthy en
tered the ofiice of Dr. Joseph W. Marsee, Dean
of the Medical College of Indiana, where he re-

FRANK WILBUR FOXWORTHY, Captain and
Assistant Surgeon.
mained until April, 1897, during this time tak
ing a course in the Medical College of Indiana,
the Medical Department of the University of
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with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. After
graduation he entered a competitive examina
tion and was appointed House Surgeon of the
St. Vincent's Hospital of Indianapolis, resigning
at the end of one year to enter the army.
Previous to entering the U. S. service, he was
a member of the Indiana National Guard, join
ing that organization in 1894, and serving on
the staff of the chief medical otficer. Colonel W.
M. Wright, until May 4, 1898, when he received
his commission as Captain and Assistant Sur
geon of the 160th Indiana Volunteer Infantry.
In June of 1898, he was detached from the regi
ment to serve as assistant to Colonel Nicholas
Senn, at Leiter Hospital, and from August to
December as assistant to Major Edgar A.
Mearns, Chief Surgeon of the John Blair Gibbs
General Hospital at Lexington, Ky. On Dec.
26, 1898, he was appointed Surgeon of the Bri
gade Hospital, Columbus, Ga., serving there
until the latter part of January, 1899, when he
was ordered to Matanzas, Cuba.

William J. Vigus, Chaplain.
William Jordan Vigus was born July 25,
1835, in Warminster, Nelson county, Virginia.
In 1853 he came to Logansport, Indiana, and
for a time was employed as a clerk in a store.
The seven succeeding years were devoted in

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teaching a select school, the public schools of
Logansport and in the study of medicine.
Having been connected with the Methodist
Episcopal church for several years he entered
the ministry of that church and in April, 1860,
was admitted to the North Indiana Conference

WILLIAM J. VIGUS, Chaplain.
and appointed to Mexico Circuit. He was sub
sequently appointed to Logansport, Centerville,
Indianapolis, Kendallville, Peru, Wabash,
Muncie, Union City, Richmond, Anderson,
Warsaw District, and eleven years as superin
tendent of the American Bible Society for Indi
ana. In 1893 he received his degree of Doctor
of Divinity. He was a member of Colonel Isaac
Gray's regiment during the celebrated Morgan

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raid, the brigade being under the command of
Gen. Wilson. Prior to this he assisted mater
ially in the recruiting service. He was a dele
gate to the National Encampment G. A. R. at
Detroit, Mich. On December 12, 1898. he was
appointed by Governor Mount, Chaplain of the
160th Indiana Volunteer Infantry and joined
the command at Camp Conrad, Columbus, Ga.,
and served as such during the Cuban campaign.
Having no tent for public services, he conducted
meetings in the open air, had song service,
prayer meetings in private tents, visited the sick
in hospital and in quarters, and made himself
generally useful to friend at home and soldier in
camp.

Captain Bender, Co. M.
D. S. Bender, Captain of Co. M, is a veteran
of two wars. When the great civil war broke
out he enlisted at the first call, but was rejected.
He enlisted three times before he was accepted
as a member of Co. I, 47th Indiana Volunteer
Infantry. He was immediately made first cor
poral and soon afterward first sergeant. His
efficiency as a soldier was recognized before he
was twenty years of age by promotion to second
lieutenant in March of 1863. He was in the
Vicksburg campaign, and on May 16, at Cham
pion Hihs, Miss., was wounded in the right arm.
He was promoted First Lieutenant in Septem-

126 History of the 160th I. V. I.
her of 1864, to Captain in April of 1865, and
mustered out November 1, 1865. He was mus
tered out as Captain of the company in which
he enhsted as a private. Not contented with
the honors of one war, on April 26, 1898, he or-

CAPTAIN BENDER.

ganized Co. M, Fourth Infantry, Indiana Na
tional Guard, and was commissioned Captain.
Captain Bender was born April 4, 1843, in
Carlisle, Penna. When he was six years of age
his parents removed to Huntington, Indiana,
and two years later to Wabash county. He re
ceived a common school education, and at the

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127

age of thirteen made a trip to Minnesota by
stage and upon returning found his father en
gaged in a general merchandise business. He
assisted his father in this business until 1861.
After the Civil war and until the outbreak of
the Spanish-American war he engaged in the
drug trade and railway mail service.

E. E. Derr, Captain Co. F.
Captain Derr was born September 30th, 1866,
in Wabash, Indiana, removing in 1872 with his

E. E. DE'EE, Captain.

parents to Ossian, Indiana, where he received
his education in the public school. After attend
ing the Ossian High School, he spent one year

128 History of the 160th I. V. I.
In teaching. Purchasing a barber shop, he en
gaged in that business up to the time of his en
listment in the army. On May 4, 1897, he or
ganized Co. F, Fourth Infantry, I. N. G., and
was commissioned Captain. In February oF
1890, he was married to Miss Alice Woodward.
They have two sons. Dale, six years of age, and
Russell, three years. Captain Derr was clerk
and treasurer of Ossian at the time of his en
listment.

Charles A. Sharp, Captain of Co. H.
Captain Sharp enlisted in Company K, Second
Regiment Indiana Legion, August 9, 1890, as a
private ; attended the encampments as private,
at Frankfort, and Fort Wayne as sergeant, Terre
Haute and Indianapolis aud the Roby and Ham
mond riots as second lieutenant. In September
of 1895, he was elected first lieutenant and at
tended the encampment at Indianapolis, and on
May 23, 1897, was elected captain of Co. H,
Fourth Infantry, Indiana National Guard.
Captain Sharp was born at Quincy, Ohio, Jan
uary 22, 1874, hut removed to Springfield, Ohio,
in 1880, and to Warsaw, Indiana, in 1887. He
graduated from the Warsaw high school in 1881,
and was afterward employed by the Pennsylva
nia R. R. Co. At the time of his enlistment he
was deputy surveyor of Kosciusko county.
He is a member of the Improved Order of

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129

Red Men, and a charter member of Camp Henry
Clay No. 1, of the Service men of the Spanish-
American war.

J. R. Wimmer, Captain Co. D.
Captain J. R. Wimmer began his military
career in 1893, as First Lieutenant of Co.'^D,
Fourth Regiment, Indiana Legion. Serving his

J. K. WIMMER, Captain.
term of enlistment, he mustered again in the
same company and with the same rank. In
June of 1896, he was commissioned Captain of
Co. D, Fourth Infantry, Indiana National
Guard. During his service as First Lieutenant,

130 History of the 160th I. V. I.
he assisted in quelling the Hammond riots
of 1894.
Captain Wimmer was born at Somerset, Indi
ana, in August of 1868. He received his edu
cation in the Wabash public schools, and choos
ing pharmacy as his profession, engaged in the
drug trade twelve years. He was afterward
employed by the Underwood Mfg. Co., resign
ing that position to enter the volunteer army.
In September of 1891, he was married to Miss
Carrie E. Sutherland. They have one child,
a daughter.

Fred. D. Ballou, Captain of Co. A.
Captain Ballou was born at Peru, Indiana,
November 24, 1868, moved to Logansport, Indi
ana, with his parents in 1872, to Indianapolis in
1874, and the following year again to Logans
port. He attended the public schools of Lo
gansport and Indianapolis until he was sixteen
years of age, when he quit to seek employment,
thus spending his youth and earlier years of
manhood in Logansport. In 1889 he removed
to Marion, Indiana, where his parents had pre
ceded him. In 1892 Captain Ballou was em
ployed by the treasurer of the Marion Branch of
the National Military Home for disabled
volunteer soldiers, was considered a valued as
sistant to the clerical force of the institution, and

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was still in the treasurer's employ when the
Spanish-American war was declared.
Captain Ballou's father, J. Y. Ballou, although
crippled in his youth, organized a company of
infantry in 1861, and was commissioned first
lieutenant, but not being able to endure the fa-

PEED. D. BALLOU, Captain.
tigue of an infantr3^man,he was detailed recruit
ing officer. He afterward assisted in organizing
a troop of cavalry, was commissioned first lieu
tenant, afterward captain, and serving until
1865. The captain was a member of the famous Lo
gansport Greys for two years, and in March of
1892, a member of Co. A, Fourth regiment In
diana Legion, being appointed corporal at the

132 History of the 160th. I V. I.
organization, was soon after promoted to ser
geant, then to first sergeant. In April, of 1893,
he was commissioned second lieutenant, and on
December 11, 1895, captain of Co. A, Fourth
Infantry Indiana National Guard, serving in
that capacity until the late war.
In August of 1893, Captain Ballou was mar
ried to Miss Gertrude Crumrine, of Marion, In
diana. In June of 1898, Mrs. Ballou joined her
husband at Chickamauga Park, and with him
shared camp life until August, when the regi
ment was under orders to sail for Porto Rico,
when she returned home, rejoining him at Lex
ington. Ky., in October, accompanied him to
Columbus, Georgia, returning home in Januaiy
of 1899, when the regiment sailed for Cuba.

John M. Lenhart, Captain of Co. B.
Caiitain John M. Lenhart is the son of a
farmer, born in Mercer county, Ohio, April 14,
1866, reared on the farm and educated in the
common school, and remaining on the farm
until he bad reached his eighteenth year, when
he went to Adams county, Indiana. Here he
engaged in saw milling for two years, again re
turning to Ohio where he was employed by thc^
Celina Lumber Co. Again he removed to Indi
ana, entering the employ of the Adams County
Lumber Co., remaining with that company until

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133

April 26, 1898, resigning to enter the volunteer
army. On October 16, 1894, he was married to Miss
Myrtle Steele. His family consists of his wife
and two children. Captain Lenhart's military
training extends through seven years as a mem
ber of the State Guard and the Indiana National
Guard, serving in all the ranks, from private to
and including Captain. He saw active service

JOHN M. LENHART, Captain.
during the Hammond strike in 1894. On May
12. 1898, he was commissioned Captain in the
volunteer army. As an officer he has served
honestly and faithfully, ever watchful and eager
to do his duty. In civil life he is noted for his
integrit}' and strict application to business.

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Kenneth M. Burr, Captain of Co. L.
Kenneth M. Burr was educated in Peekskill,
N. Y., Military Academy. Previous to his mil
itary education, he attended the Anderson High
School and was a student in the DePauw Uni
versity. Captain Burr was born in Anderson,
Indiana, in 1872, where he first applied his mili
tary education by organizing a company of In
fantry in December, 1891. This company was

KENNETH M. BURR, Captain.
mustered into the State service by Colonel Gun
der and assigned to the Second Regiment as Co.
C, Captain Burr receiving the commission of
First Lieutenant, serving as such until elected
Captain in April, 1893. His command saw
twenty days of active service during the coal

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strikes of 1894. He resigned this captaincy
October 1, 1896, but at the commencement of
the recent war organized Co. L, and on April
28, was elected Captain, his command being
assigned to the Fourth Infantry I. N. G.

H. C. Brown, Captain of Co. E.
Captain H. C. Brown entered the volunteer
service as a first sergeant, but in less than ten
months was promoted to captain, thus, perhaps.

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making the best record as to promotion of any
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He was born in Wauseon, Ohio, Julj^ 27,1871, and
136 History of the 160th I. V. I.
in the autumn of 1873, removed with his parents
to Colorado, where he was educated in the
Buena Vista city schools, and graduated from
its high school. In 1886, he went to Wyoming
and was employed in the herding of cattle until
1893. Leaving Wyoming in 1893, he went to
Blufiton, Indiana, where he engaged in oil tank
building until the breaking out of the Spanish-
American war.
While in Wyoming, Captain Brown joined
Co. F, First Infantry, Wyoming National
Guard in January of 1889, serving as trumpeter
until 1893. In 1894 he became a member of Co.
E, Fourth Infantry, Indiana National Guard,
and served at the Hammond riots as duty ser
geant. On April 26, 1898, he enrolled as a vol
unteer and was mustered into the Federal service
as first sergeant, elected captain February 2,
1899, commissioned February 22, the date of the
commission being February 1, 1899.

Robert M. Van Buskirk, Captain of Co L
Captain Robert M. Van Buskirk was reared on
the farm in Tipton county, Indiana, where he
was horn July 27, 1862. He received a common
school education, and when he was twenty years
old he attended two terms at the Danville, Indi
ana, Normal College. From this college he re
turned to the farm, afterward teaching school for
seven terms, four of which were taught near
Ft. Scott, Kansas, where he resided two years.

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On returning to Indiana he continued to teach
school, afterward serving two years as city en
gineer of Tipton. At the breaking out of the
Spanish-American war he assisted in organizing
Co. I, I. N. G., which was mustered into the
Fourth Infantry. Captain Van Buskirk was

ROBERT M. van BUSKIRK, Captain.
commissioned first lieutenant. He served as first
lieutenant in the U. S. service until November
20, 1898, when he was commissioned captain.
On March 10, 1886, Captain Van Buskirk was
married to Miss Emma McCullough. He is the
Father of three sons, the oldest having been born
on the anniversary of his father's birthday. He
is a staunch Republican, a member of the Ma
sonic order, Knights of Pythias, and the Knights
of Maccabees.

138 History of the 160th I. V. I.
Thomas Marks, Captain of Co. C.
Captain Marks was born at La Fayette, Indi
ana, February 8, 1876; educated in the La Fayette
city schools, graduating from the high school,

THOMAS MARKS, Captain.
then entering Purdue University and graduating
in 1876 with the Degree of B. M. E. He was a
student in the military department of the Pur
due University for two years, second lieutenant
of Co. C, Fourth Infantry, Indiana National
Guard, and on May 12, 1896, commissioned cap
tain. Captain Marks was commissioned in the
Federal service on May 12, 1898. During the
most of his term of service he was detailed as
Judge Advocate of the general court martial.

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Joseph R. Harrison, Captain of Co. G.
Joseph R. Harrison, captain of Co. G, and the
senior captain in the Fourth Infantry Indiana
National Guard, was born in Noble county, In
diana, on May 28, 1862. His father is of
Scotch-Irish, and his mother of English parent-

JOSBPH E. HARRISON, Captain.
age. He was educated in the public schools of
Churubusco, Indiana, and at the age of fourteen
taught successfully his first term of school. At
the age of seventeen he entered the clerk's office
of the Whitley county Circuit court as deputy,
serving until 1888 when he was offered, and ac
cepted the position of first assistant clerk of the
United States court oF the Fourth district oF
New Mexico. In 1890 he resigned the position,

140 History of the 160th I. V. I.
returned to Columbia City, his present home, en
tered the office of ColHns & Adams, and, under
their direction, took a course in law. After ex
amination he was admitted to the bar but never
practiced. During the seven years just previous
to his enlistment in the army, conducted a book,
stationery and general store at his home. During
the captain's term of service in the army the
business was conducted by his wife.
Captain Harrison was married on February
10, 1881, to Jennie E., daughter of Colonel
George W. Stough, of the 88th Indiana Volun
teer InFantry, who fell at Chickamauga in 1863.
Four children bless this union, all of which are
living. The captain was a member of the Col
umbia City Board of Education for a number of
years; is a Scotish Rite Mason, a Knight Tem
plar, and a Knight of Pythias.
Captain Harrison was assistant adjutant gen
eral of the Third brigade. First division. First
army corps, at the camp at the Weil farm in Ken
tucky, and was complimented highly on the
manner in which he discharged his duties. He
was in command of the fiist battalion for three
months during the sickness of Major Harter.
He is an expert accountant, a fine penman,
and worthy of the confidence and esteem re
posed in him.

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141

Eugene Buehler, Lieutenant and Assistant
Surgeon.
Eugene Buehler, M. D., was born in Phila
delphia, Penn., June 28, 1872. His education
began in the Wyoming Grammar School from
which he graduated. He then chose the medi-

EUGtENB buehler, Lieutenant and Assistant
Surgeon.
cal profession and attended the Chicago Ophthal
mic College and Hospital, graduating with
honors February 3, 1895. Entering the Central
College of Physicians and Surgeons at Indianap
olis, Indiana, he graduated with the degree of
Doctor oF Medicine.
In 1894, he joined the Indiana National
Guard, serving on the staff oF the ChieF Medical

142 History of the 160th I. V. I.
Officer, Colonel W, M. Wright, until May 4,
1898, when he received his commission as
Lieutenant and Assistant Surgeon oF the 160th
Indiana Volunteer InFantry. From June 22 to
December 27 oF the same year, Lieutenant
Buehler acted as Surgeon oFthe regiment.

Henry F. McFeely, First Lieutenant and
Regimental Adjutant.
Lieutenant Henry F. McFeely was born at
Minneapolis, Minn., November 26, 1873, when
yet a child his parents removed with him to
Union City, Indiana, where they resided but a
Few years when they removed to Marion, Indi
ana, their present home. He was educated in
the Marion City Schools, graduating From the
High school in 1891, and from August, 1893, to
May, 1894, was Recorder for the Government
Survey of the Mississippi River by the Missis
sippi River Commission.
Lieutenant McFeely enlisted in Co. A, Fourth
Regiment, Indiana Legion, in June of 1891,
served as a private and corporal until 1895, when
he was appointed Regimental Color Sergeant of
the -Fourth Infantry, Indiana National Guard,
in the summer of 1896, was made Serge.int
Major, and in November of 1896, commissioned
First Lieutenant and Regimental Adjutant. On
May 12, 1898, he was commissioned First Lieu-

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tenant in the Volunteer army and assigned Reg
imental Adjutant of the 160th Indiana Volun
teer InFantry.

William L. Hughes, Second Lieutenant of Co. H.
Lieutenant Hughes was born in Muskingum
county, Ohio, October 14, 1862, moved from
Ohio in 1866, to Etna Green, Indiana, and re
moving from there to Warsaw in 1875. He was
educated in the Warsaw city schools. He be
came a painter and previous to entering the
army devoted his entire time to that occupation.
He was married to Miss Lillie B. Vanator on
May 30, 1888. They have a family of six chil
dren, two boys and four girls.
Lieutenant Hughes joined Co. E, First Regi
ment, Indiana Legion, in March of 1887, serving
three years as private, three years a Quarter-
Master-Sergeant, and two years as Sergeant-
Major, and in 1896 was commissioned a Second
Lieutenant in the Indiana National Guard.
He served as a Duty Sergeant at the Roby
riots and as Sergeant-Major at the Hammond
riots. Lieutenant Hughes was recruiting officer
for the First Battalion in June of 1898.
On August 15, 1898, he was taken to the
General Hospital at Ft. Monroe, Va., as a
typhoid fever patient, remaining there until
September 13, when he was granted leave of

144 History of the 160th I. V. I.
absence and was away from his company in all,
seventy-one days. He is a member of the I. O.
R. M. of Warsaw.

Fred. L. Beshore, First Lieutenant and Battalion
Adjutant.
Fred. L. Beshore began his military career
when but fifteen years of age as a private in Co.
A, Fourth Infantry Indiana National Guards in

PEED. L. BESHOEE, Pibst Lieut. AND Batt'n Ad-i't.
1888. Two years later he was appointed cor
poral, but was almost immediately elected first
lieutenant, holding that commission until 1892,
when he was commissioned captain. He re
ceived an honorable discharge at the expiration

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of this commission. When mustered into the
Federal service, he was commissioned first lieu
tenant and appointed Adjutant of the Third
Battalion. Adjutant Beshore's birthplace is Marion, Ind.,
Jan. 18, 1873, being the date of his birth. He
received his education in the public schools,
afterwards engaging in the grocery business in
his native city.

Levi L. Marts, First Lieutenant and Battalion
Adjutant.
Levi L. Marts, a veteran of two wars, the
great Civil War and the Spanish-American War,
was born in Wayne County, Ohio, March 11,
1836, educated in the common schools, in 1849
removed to Adams county, Indiana, where he
settled in the woods and cleared a farm. In 1856
he removed to Wells County, Ind., engaged in
plastering two years, then entered a general
store as clerk, resigning to enter the Volunteer
Army in 1861.
Lieut. Marts enlisted on April 21, 1861, as
musician, soon after promoted to principal mu
sician. In 1863 he re-enlisted as a veteran and
was appointed commissary sergeant, then quar
termaster sergeant, afterwards commissioned
first lieutenant and regimental quartermaster of
the Thirty-Fourth Indiana Volunteer InFantry.

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During his service he participated in the
battle oF Island No. 10, oF Fort Pillow, New
Madrid, Miss., Ruddlespont, Arkansas Post, Du
Volts BlulF, Grand GulF, Port Gibson, Raj'mond,
Jackson, Miss., Champion Hill, Black River and
Vicksburg, where the army lay sieged Forty-six

LEVI L. MARTS, First Lieut, and Batt'n Adj't.
days. He also engaged in the last battle oF the
war, which was Fought on the old Palo Alto
battleground on May 13th, 1865, after which the
army went into camp at BrownviUe, Texas.
From the American side he saw the historic
battle between the French army, commanded by
General Mejiahh, and the Mexican army, by
General Cortina, the Mexicans being routed, —
this to the disappointment of the Americans.

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His service ending February 2, 1866, he re
turned to Bluffton, Ind., engaged in general
merchandise in partnership with his Former
employer. Removing to Waj^ne County, Ohio,
he entered the hardware trade, again returning
to Bluffton, Ind., in 1879 to engage in the dry
goods trade until 1884, when he established a
boot and shoe trade, and in 1889 sold out to
enter the employ oF J. W. Tribolet, clothier,
retaining that position until the declaration oF
the late war.
Lieutenant Marts was quartermaster sergeant
oFthe Fourth Regiment Indiana Legion in 1891,
in 1892 was promoted to First Lieutenant and
Adjutant oF the Second Battalion. When the
Indiana Legion was transFerred to the I. N. G.
he retained his rank and was afterward assigned
to the First Battalion. Not content with the
honors of many battles, he enrolled again, and
on May 12th, 1898, was mustered in as First
Lieutenant and Adjutant of the First Battalion.
He was married to Miss Martha S. Clark on
Sept. 6th, 1859. They have a family of four
daughters. He is a member of the Masonic Order, a
Knight of Honor and a member of the Grand
Arm}' of the Republic. He was a delegate to
G. A. R. National Encampment and an aid on
the staff of John G. B. Adams, Commander-in-
ChieF

148 History of the 160th I. V. I.
Charles S. Maltby, First Lieutenant and Battalion
Adjutant.
Charles S. Maltby, first lieutenant and battalion
adjutant, spent his boyhood in Aurora, Indiana,
where he was born September 7, 1874. He be
gan his education in the city schools, but on
completing his second year in the high school,

CHARLES S. maltby, Pibst Lieutenant and Battalion
AD.TUTANT.
entered Morris Hill college, Mdiere he studied for
four years. Two years more were spent in the
University of Indiana, graduating in 1897, with
the degree of Bachelor of Arts. From 1897 to
the time of his enhstment, he engaged in the
manufacture of edged tools. On May 15, 1898,
he wedded Miss Lela Barnett, a niece of Colonel

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Barnett, of the 159th Indiana Volunteer In
fantry. Adjutant Maltby's first experience as a
soldier was that of a private in the Indiana Na
tional Guard. During three years of service he
attended the Fort Wayne and Terre Haute en
campments, and in December, 1897, was ap
pointed a battalion adjutant in the Fourth In
fantry Indiana National Guard. He was com
missioned a first lieutenant in the volunteer
army and assigned adjutant of the second bat
talion of the 160th Indiana Volunteer Infantry.

E. G. Hinkley, First Lieutenant Co. H.
Lieutenant E. G. Hinkley was born at Sturgis,
Michigan, June 10, 1874; in 1877 removed with
his parents to Albion, Michigan ; in 1881 to St.
Louis, Missouri, and later to Fort Wayne, Indi
ana. He was educated in the public schools of
that city. In 1890 he removed to Warsaw, In
diana, where he was employed by the G. B.
Lesh Manufacturing Co., until the outbreak of
the late war.
Lieutenant Hinkley joined Co. H, Fourth Reg
iment Indiana Legion in 1892, served in the
Roby and Hammond riots as corporal, in 1895 at
Indianapolis as sergeant ; and in May of 1897,
was commissioned first lieutenant of Co. H,
Fourth Infantry Indiana National Guard.
Lieutenant Hinkley served as provost marshal
in Columbus, Ga., was relieved and detailed as

150 History of the 160th I. V. I.
quarter-master oF the first brigade hospital. He
reported to his company January 31, 1899.
While in Camp Mount he received a twenty-
Four hours leave oF absence on May 7, 1898, and
was married to Miss Bertha Double, oF Fort

B. G. hinkley, First Lieutenant.
Wayne, Indiana. He is a member oF the Im
proved Order oF Red Men and oF the Knights oF
Maccabees. His Father was a member oF troop
M, New York volunteer cavalry, and served
under Kilpatrick in the Civil war.

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Boston L. Vail, First Lieutenant of Co. A.
Lieutenant Boston L. Vail first served as a
private in the State Guards, enlisting at Port
land, Indiana, in 1891, aFterward being trans
Ferred to the Marion Company. AFter two

BOSTON L. VAIL, First Lieutenant.
years' service as a private, he was promoted to
Corporal, From Corporal to Sergeant, and in the
spring of 1 896 elected Second Lieutenant. On
March 24, 1897, he was commissioned First
Lieutenant with which rank he was mustered
into the Volunteer army.

152 History of the 160th I. V. I.
When the order was issued in June of 1898,
to recruit the companies in the service to a
maximum, Lieutenant Vail was detailed muster
ing officer for the Second Battalion. He served
on the General Court Martial held at Fort San
Severino, Matanzas, Cuba. Lieutenant Vail
was born June 29, 1875, in Huntington county,
Indiana, attended the public schools aud gradu
ated From the Portland High School in 1892.
He was married in 1896 to Miss Theresca
Oswald, oF Delphi, Indiana. At the time oF his
enlistment in the army, he was engaged in the
conFectionery trade at Marion, Indiana.

Frank M. Beshore, Second Lieutenant of Co, A,
Frank M. Beshore began his military training
in 1891, at the age oF sixteen years as a private
in the Indiana National Guard. After two
years service as a private, he was promoted to
Corporal, and soon after to Sergeant, serving as
First Sergeant until elected Second Lieutenant,
April 14, 1897. He held this commission until
mustered into the Federal service with the same
rank. Lieutenant Beshore was born in Marion,
Indiana, May 6, 1875. His education is that of
a common school course. Previous to his en
listment he was engaged in the grocery business
in Marion.

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George Knee, First Lieutenant of Co. L
Lieutenant Knee was born in LaFayette, In
diana, April 11, 1876, hving there until he was
eighteen years of age. During that time he at
tended the public, grammar and high schools.

GEOEGB KNEE, Fibst Lieutenant.
He afterward removed to Tipton, Indiana, where
he was employed by the L. E. & W. R. R. Co.,
but resigned his position with that company to
volunteer. He enrolled on the 23rd day of
April, 1898, as a volunteer and member of Co. I,
and was elected second lieutenant. On Decem
ber 16, 1898, he received a promotion to first
lieutenant to fill a vacancy.

154 History of the 160th I. V. I.
R. Floyd Wilson, First Lieutenant of Co. F.
Lieutenant Wilson enhsted in Co. F, Fourth
Indiana National Guard, January 20, 1898, as a
private, and on May 8, of the same year, was
commissioned first lieutenant.

E. PLOYD WILSON, First Lieutenant.
Lieutenant Wilson was born at Ossian, Indi
ana, January 2, 1877, reared on the farm, and
educated in the Ossian city schools, graduating
from the high school in 1893. After graduation
he taught school three years, then attended col
lege at Ada, Ohio, two years. He was a student
of the classics and a cadet under Captain John
Morgan, U. S. army. At the outbreak of the
Spanish-American war he was engaged in teach
ing, resigning to enter the arm3\

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Lester A. Bergan, First Lieutenant of Co. E.
Lester A. Bergan began his military career in
1895, as a private in Co. E, Fourth Infantry, In
diana National Guard. After he had served
eighteen months the company disbanded, reor-

LBSTBE A. BEEGAN, First Lieutenant.
ganizing in 1897, when he again enlisted as a
private, but was immediately appointed ser
geant. He entered the volunteer army with his
company with the rank of sergeant, was com
missioned second lieutenant on January 5, 1899,
and was promoted to first lieutenant February
22, 1899, his commission dating January 28,
1899.

156 History of the 160th I. V. I.
Le Roy Fitch Second Lieutenant Co. M.
Le Roy Fitch was born at Logansport, Indiana,
August 10,1870; he attended the Logansport
city school until he was thirteen years old, when

LE EOT FITCH, Second Lieutenant.
he removed with his parents to Florida, where
they remained four years, returning to Indiana
where his father died.
He chose plumbing as his avocation but aban
doned it to enter the mail service. He was em
ployed by the City Electric Light Co., resigning
to enter the volunteer army. He assisted in or
ganizing Co. M, and was chosen second lieuten
ant. Lieutenant Fitch's father served four years
in the Civil war and was promoted to captain in
the 4(5th Indiana Volunteer Infantry.

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Charles E. Barnhart, First Lieutenant of Co. B.
First Lieutenant of Co. B, Charles E. Barn
hart began his military career as a private in the
State Guards of Indiana; his first active service
was during the Roby riots in 1894. He was

CHARLES E. BARNHART, First Lieutenant.
promoted corporal in 1895, but held the rank of
first sergeant at the outbreak of the Spanish-
American war; his ability as an officer was then
recognized by the company electing him second
lieutenant; he entered the Federal service as a
second lieutenant, serving with this rank until
November 12, 1898, when he was promoted to
first lieutenant, his commission dating from Au
gust 10, 1898.
Lieutenant Barnhart was born in Decatur,

158 History of the 160th I. V. I.
Indiana, November 27, 1873 ; his education was
acquired in the schools of his own city, he grad
uating from its high school in 1893.

John B. Collins, First Lieutenant of Co. L.
Lieutenant John B. Collins was born in An
derson, Indiana, on Christmas day, 1869, and
educated in the Anderson city schools. Lieuten
ant Collins was married to Miss Nettie Adams,
of Ander'son, on September 20, 1898. From
December, 1891, dates Lieutenant Collin's mili
tary training, he serving six years in the Indi
ana National Guard, three years as a private and
three as sergeant. On April 26, 1898, he again
enrolled, was elected and commissioned first
lieutenant of Co. L.

James T. Mills, Second Lieutenant of Co D.
Lieutenant James T. Mills was born atNobles-
ville, Indiana, July 28, 1873, and educated in the
city schools of Kokomo, Indiana. In February
of 1896, he entered the Indiana National Guard
with the rank of corporal, and was afterward
promoted to sergeant. On May 28, 1898, he was
mustered into the volunteer army as first duty
sergeant, and in June of the same year was de
tailed to recruit Co. D. He was elected second
lieutenant on February, 3, 1899, and commis
sioned.

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Leonard F. Wood, First Lieutenant of Co. K.
Leonard F. Wood was born at Clinton, Wis
consin, March 8, 1876 ; in 1880 removed to
Rockford, Illinois, where he was educated in the
public schools. He engaged with his father in
contracting and building until December 6, 1896.

LEONARD F. WOOD, First Lieutenant.
This time he removed to Huntington, Indiana,
to follow railroading ; he was there a little more
than a year when he assisted in organizing Co.
K, and was elected first lieutenant, which was
accepted aud assigned to the Fourth Infantry
Indiana National Guard, April 21, 1898.
Lieutenant Wood organized a camp of the
Sons of A'eterans in Huntington, of which he
was elected captain.

160 History of the 160th I. V. I.
Previous to removing to Huntington he served
three years in the Rockford Rifles, Co. K, Third
Infantry Illinois National Guard, and as first
lieutenant in the Sons of Veterans. He is an
earnest and faithful member of the Jr. 0. U.
A. M.

D. S. Linvill, First Lieutenant of Co. G.
David Swan Linvill, M. D., was born on May
21, 1862, at Columbia City, Indiana. At an
early age and until 1887, he attended the Col
umbia City schools, then taking a course in the
Wesleyan University at Delaware, Ohio. Dur
ing his vacations he taught school or otherwise
improved his time.
Lieutenant Linvill's father being a prominent
surgeon it was not strange that the Lieutenant
was fascinated in the study of medicine in his
youth. At the age of fifteen he began the study
of his chosen profession under the direction oF
his Father and Dr. A. C. Mitten, and with the
celebrated Scotch physician. Dr. Wm. Brodie,
of Detroit, Mich., as preceptor.
Entering the Detroit College of Medicine, he
graduated in 1886, after having been a student
four years. His room-mate. Dr. John H. Moore,
took the first prize with an average of 90 j"^ per
cent., Andrew IT. Biddle, Major and Surgeon of
the 31st Michigan Volunteer InFantry, second
prize with an average of 90 "„ per cent., and the

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161

Lieutenant took third prize with an average of
90 Js'o per cent.
After graduating he lived in Columbia City
and soon after was appointed R. R. Surgeon of
the Wabash and Pennsylvania lines. He is a

D. S. LINVILL, First Lieutenant.
member of the Board of Pension Examiners, ob
taining a leave of absence from those appoint
ments to enter the army.
In 1895, Dr. Linvill was commissioned First
Lieutenant of Co. G, Fourth Infantry, I. N. G.
Ill the Federal service he served on the staff of
Brig. Gen. Wiley as inspector of small arms
practice, and afterward on the staff' of Brig.
Gen. Sanger, as inspector of small arms practice
for the District of Matanzas.

162 History of the 160th I. V. I.
At the age of twenty-five. Lieutenant Linvill
was married to Miss Lorina Hemmick who died
a few years after marriage, her daughter of
eighteen months dying a few months before.
He aFterward married Maude Thompson Jelinke.
During the time oF the Lieutenant's service in
the United States, Mrs. Linvill remained with
her husband in camp. She will be kindly re
membered For her kindness to the sick in the
hospital and camp. Dr. Linvill is a member of
a number oF medical societies, the principal ones
being the National Association oF R. R. Sur
geons, Tri-County Society, State Medical Society
and the American Medical Society.

Arthur Sayre, Second Lieutenant of Co. D.
Arthur Sayre, Second Lieutenant oF Co. D,
was born in Wabash, Indiana, November 24,
1869. His eduction was acquired in the school
oF that city. He has a wiFe and one child.
His military career began as a private in Co. D,
Fourth InFantry I. N. G. He served but two
years as such, when he was promoted to First
Sergeant, nine months were spent as First
Sergeant, then he was elected Second Lieuten
ant. He was mustered into the Federal service
retaining his rank until January 31, 1899. He
was discharged on account oF physical disability.

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William C. Dunn, First Lieutenant of Co. M.
Lieutenant William C. Dunn, was born in
Logansport, Indiana, August 6, 1873, and the
foundation of his early education was had in the
St. Vincent De Pauls and St. Josephs parochial

WILLIAM C. DUNN, First Lieutenant.
schools of Logansport, later on graduating from
Hall's College of Logansport. Accepting a
position with the Standard Oil Co., which he
gave up to accept the cashiership of the Logan
sport Natural Gas Co., which position he gave
up to enter the army. He was elected First
Lieutenant of Co. M, Fourth Indiana, at Indi
anapolis, May 6, 1898, and one week later May
12, 1898, was commissioned First Lieutenant of
Co. M, 160th Indiana Volunteer Infantry.

164 History of the 160th I. V. I.
Arthur D. Reed, First Lieutenant of Co. D.
Lieutenant Reed began his experience as a
soldier in November of 1893 as First Sergeant,
serving in this rank nearly three years, when he
was elected Second Lieutenant. His first active

AETHUE D. EEED, First Lieutenant.
service in the Indiana National Guard was at
Roby riots in 1893, also serving at Hammond in
1894. In 1897 he was commissioned First
Lieutenant of Co. D, Fourth Infantry, Indiana
National Guard.
Lieutenant Reed was born, January 14, 1866,
at Lagro, Indiana, and received his education in

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165

the public school. He was married on Novem
ber 22, 1889, and is the father of one child.
Learning the trade of harness making he en
gaged in that occupation during the fourteen or
fifteen years just previous to his enlistment in
the Volunteer army.

Charles A. Hubbard, Second Lieutenant of Co. C.
Lieutenant Charles A. Hubbard was born in
Delphi, Indiana, July 2,1875, and in 1878 re-

CEARLES a. HUBBARD, Second Lieutenant.; P^^
moved with his parents to Lafayette, Indiana,
where he commenced his education in the city
schools. For a time he was employed by the

166 History of the 160th I. V. I.
Lafayette Lumber Co., resigning to enter the
Union Business College, from which he gradu
ated in 1894. He was re-employed by the same
company until the outbreak of the late war.
While in camp at Camp Conrad, he was married
to Miss Mamie T. McGuire. of Hatchechubbee,
Alabama, on December 7, 1898. In 1895 Lieu
tenant Hubbard enlisted as a private in Co. C,
Fourth Inft., Indiana National Guard, serving
as such one year, then receiving a promotion to
corporal, and afterward to first sergeant. Be
fore he had served two years of his term of en
listment he was elected and commissioned second
lieutenant of Co. C.

Fred. J. Tangemann, Second Lieutenant of Co. E
Lieutenant Fred. J. Tangemann was born at
Coldwater, Ohio, August 12, 1869 ; was reared
on the farm, and received a common school edu
cation. At the age of sixteen he went to Bluff
ton, where he resided until the outbreak of the
late war. He joined the Indiana State Militia at
Bluffton, Ind. in 1890 as a private, serving as such
but two or three weeks when promoted to cor
poral, subsequently serving in every office, in
cluding that of first lieutenant, resigning at the
end of two years of service. At the outbreak of
the Spanish-American war he rejoined the com
pany and was promoted corporal, and promoted

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167

to sergeant while on the way to Cuba. He was
then acting commissary-sergeant of the first bat
talion, and was connected with the commissary
department until February 7, 1899, when he was

FRED. J. TANGEMANN, Second Lieutenant.
elected second lieutenant, his commission dating
February 1. Immediately after he was commis
sioned Lieutenant Tangemann was appointed
regimental commissary officer.

George C. Sauser, Second Lieutenant Co. L.
On July 27, 187-'!, George C. Sauser was born
in the city of Anderson, Indiana. He was
reared in that city, and received his education in

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History of the 160tii I. Y. I.

its schools. In 1893 he was married to ^liss
Elizabeth Keckler. He began his military life as
many other officers, by joining the State Guard
as a private in 1892. He was soon advanced to
a Corporal, but the company disbanded, thus



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whan he joined Co. L, Fourth Infantry, Indiana
National Guard, as a private. He was chosen b}'
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was mustered into the Federal service as such.
Richard D. Myers, Second Lieutenant of Co. B.
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169

State Guard in 1893, he served as Corporal dur
ing the Hammond strike, was commissioned
First Lieutenant of Co. B, Fourth Infantry, In
diana National Guard in 1895, but on account
of business occupying his time he resigned his
lieutenancy the same spring. On April 23, 1898,
he again enlisted in the Indiana National Guard

RICHARD D. MYERS, Second Lieutenant.
as a private, but was immediately appointed first
sergeant. Enlisting with his company as first
sergeant, he performed the duties of that office
until November 12, 1898, when he was j^romoted
to second lieutenant, his commission dating from
August 10, 1898.
Lieutenant Myers was born near Decatur, In
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170 History of the 160th I. V. I.
the farm. His education was obtained in the
Decatur schools, graduating from the high school
in 1895. After graduating he spent a year on
farm, afterward taking a course in the Champion
Undertaking college. On finishing the course of
study he graduated, then entered the employ of
Auten & Gay as undertaker and embalmer,
which position he resigned April 23, 1898, to
enlist in the volunteer army.

Ransom Allen, First Lieutenant aud Regimental
Quartermaster.
This is the record of a man who has twice put
aside his personal pursuits to respond to his na
tion's call. This can be written of but a few
men. It is said that one need offer his services
to his country hut once, then it is doubly in
debted to him who performs the service twice,
and when that one had been on the battle field,
heard the shrieking shot and shell, and pierced
by the leaden balls. Fine words can not em
bellish such record, the mere statement of the
events make it eloquent.
Ransom Allen was born in Trumbull count}^
Ohio, March 15, 1842. When he was five years
of age his parents removed with him to Wells
county, Indiana, where he was reared, and as he
grew older in years, assisted his father in the
farm duties and in winter attended the district
school.

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His youthful days were without event until
the outbreak of that great fraternal strife when
on August 5, 1861, he enlisted in Co. A, 13th
Indiana Volunteer Infantry. His captain was
Captain Hurd, afterward Colonel Hurd, and
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ton, a hero of Santiago, and the idol of the
soldiers fighting with him in the Philippines.
Lieutenant Allen served during the entire
war, re-enlisting in the Veteran service, Janu
ary 6, 1864, and participated in the battle ot
Shiloh, Claysville, La Verge, Stone River,
Chickamauga, Wilson's Creek, Pulaski, Triune,
Middleton, Liberty Gap, Tullahoma, Chatta
nooga, Lookout Mountain, Mission Ridge,
172 History of the 160th I. V. I.
Frankhn and Nashville, besides many skirm
ishes. He was with Sherman on his Atlanta
campaign of one hundred and twenty days of
constant skirmishing and fighting, taking part
in every battle in which his regiment was en
gaged during his four years and four months
service. At the battle of Shiloh, April 7, 1862,
he was wounded in the right hand, and in the
right side of the face, the missile penetrating
the flesh to the bone, while in the battle of
Chickamauga, September 19, 1863. He relates
the following thrilling incidents: "While on
the Atlanta campaign, in June of 1864, my
comrade, Robert Swan was wounded while his
arm was resting on my shoulder, the ball pass
ing entirely through the body, penetrating the
left lung. On the same campaign, July 4, 1864,
another comrade, Joseph Vosher, was shot and
instantly killed while lying on the ground by
my side." January, February and March were
spent on a march through the mountains of
East Tennessee. From there he was sent
to Goliad, Texas, where he was discharged Nov,
24, 1865, and reached his home on Dec. 17, 1865.
He was married on February 15, 1866, to Miss
Elizabeth Ellen Todd, who was born December
22, 1847, the fifth daughter of Jacob and Jane
(Thomas) Todd. The following children have
been born to them : Victor Uriah, (deceased)
Lula J., Wealthy Adelle and Don Stanley H.
Stanley was First Sergeant of Co. F, 160th
Indiana Volunteer Infantry.

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Lieutenant Allen is a Republican and takes
an active interest in his party. He was post
master at Ossian from 1879-1881, and was elected
township trustee in 1894 to serve until 1899, but
resigned in May, 1898, to accept a commission
as First Lieutenant and Quartermaster of the
160th Indiana Volunteer Infantry.
He is a member of the Ossian Lodge, No. 297,
F. and A. M., and also of William Swaim
Post No. 169, G. A. R. He is an earnest, ener
getic business man, and enterprising citizen,
ever willing and ready to aid that which tends
to public good.

Orison P. Lee, A. M., Captain of Co K.
Orison P. Lee was born near Shelbyville, Ind.,
July 30, 1860. He was reared on the farm and
began his education in the public schools, after
ward attending the Central Normal College at
Danville, Indiana, and graduating from the
Commercial and Normal courses. Upon gradu
ating from the Kansas College, completing the
Scientific and Classical courses, he received the
degree of A. B., and was afterward honored by
having conferred upon him the degree of A. M.
He is also a graduate of the National School of
Oratory and Elocution with the degree of B. 0.,
and of the Yale University with the degree of
LI. B.
He is a member of the Masonic order, Knights
of Pythias and an Odd Fellow.

174 History of the 160th I. Y. I.
Captain Lee's military service began in 1885,
as First Sergeant of a company of Infantry in
the W. N. G., at Seattle, and served in the
notable Chinese riots. He resigned from this
company May 18, 1886, to become a member of
Co. B, W. N. G., serving eighteen months. On
December 9, 1887, he was commissioned Captain
in the Mississippi National Guard, and after
serving seventeen months as Captain, was pro
moted to Major and Aid-de-Camp on the Staff
of Governor Robert Lowry. On July 7, 1889,
he was promoted to Inspector General of Miss
issippi, with the rank of Major on the Staff of
General J. S. Billups, serving fourty-four
months. In 1889, he served as Captain of the
Edgefield Rifles, National Guard of South Caro
lina, for the purpose of preparing this company
for a competitive drill at Jacksonville. His fur
lough expired and he returned to Mississippi.
On March 23, 1893, he resigned his commis
sion as Colonel and Inspector General of Indi
ana, on the Staff of Governor Claude Matthews,
serving four j-ears as inspector of State troops,
and during the strikes at Hammond, Chicago
and Pullman, as Acting Assistant Adjutant
General on the Staff" of General Robbins. His
commission expired in January, 1897. For this
excellent military record, Governor Mount com
missioned him Captain of Co. K, Fourth In
fantry, Indiana National Guard, and on May 12,
1898, Captain in the Volunteer Army.

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George M; Mills, Second Lieutenant of Co. F.
Lieutenant Mills was born in Well county,
Indiana, March 25, 1876. He was reared on the

GEORGE M. mills. Second Lieutenant.
farm and began his education in the public
schools, attending the Ossian high school. In
September of 1897, he enlisted in Co. F, Fourth
Infantry, Indiana National Guard as private, but
in three week's time was appointed first ser
geant, serving as such until May 7, 1898, when
he was elected and commissioned second lieuten
ant, and on the twelfth, within the same week,
in the volunteer army. Lieutenant Mills' father
was a member of the 75th Indiana Volunteer
Infantry for four years during the Civil war.

176 History of the 160th I. V. I.
Lloyd D. Clapham, Second Lieutenant of Co. G.
Lieutenant Lloyd D. Clapham is one oF three
brothers, all members oF Co. G, the other two
holding the rank oF sergeant. He assisted in
organizing Co. G, Fourth InFantry, Indiana Na
tional Guard, received the commission oF second

LLOYD D. CLAPHAM, Second Lieutenant.
lieutenant, and was mustered into the Federal
service. May 12, 1898. Lieutenant Clapham was
born in Ontaris, LaGrange county, Indiana, May
2, 1875, and was educated in the Columbia City
high school. He is a watchmaker and jeweler,
and was engaged in that occupation at the be
ginning of the Spanish -American war.

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H. B. Spencer, Second Lieutenant of Co. K.
H. B. Spencer, the youngest commissioned
officer in the regiment, and probably one of the
youngest in the entire volunteer army, was born
in Huntington, Indiana, February 18, 1879. He
began his education in the schools of Hunting
ton where he graduated in the class of '96. Im-

H. B. SPENCEE, Second Lieutenant.
mediately after graduation he entered the Uni
versity of Indiana, pursuing the classic studies.
During his second year at the universitj' Presi
dent McKinley issued a call for volunteers.
Lieutenant Spencer temporarily laid aside his
books to accept a Lieutenancy in Co. K, Fourth
Infantry, Indiana National Guard, and was mus
tered into the Federal service as Second Lieuten-

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ant of Co. K. Although having no previous
military experience he has proven an efficient
officer.

Jessie H. Barlow, Second Lieutenant of Co. L
Lieutenant Barlow was born at Tipton, Indi
ana, on April 10, 1874. He began his education
in the city schools, graduating from the high

JESSE H BAELOW, Second Lieutenant.
school in 1892. He took a course in law but
afterward engaged in the machine business with
his father, continuing in the business until the
outbreak of the late war. Lieutenant Barlow
assisted in organizing Co. I, and was appointed
first sergeant. On December 16, 1898, he was
elected second lieutenant of Co. I.

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James L. Glascock, First Lieutenant of Co. C.
James Logan Glascock was born near Green
ville, Indiana, December 30, 1866, in direct line
of descent from the General Glascock who was
the first military governor of Georgia, alter hav
ing served as Captain andfirstaide to Brigadier-
General Count Pulaski.

JAMES L. ijLA-^LULli, iii.5T Lieutenant.
He received a common school education at
his home and took a finishing course at the Dan
ville Normal College of Indiana. At the age of
nineteen years he began teaching school, contin
uing at his profession until the calling out of the
National Guard for the Spanish-American war,
at which time he was principal of the Jenks
school in Lafayette, Ind., where his services were

180 History of the 160th I. V. I.
valued so highly that his salary was continued to
retain him after the war.
His first connection with the military service
was in 1889, when he enlisted as a private in
Co. F, Second Regiment, Indiana Legion, serving
three years. He next enlisted June 25, 1895,
in Co. C, Fourth Infantry, Indiana National
Guard as a private, was made first sergeant, and
on May 12, 1896, was commissioned first lieu
tenant, and on April 25, 1898, he, in command
of the company, received a telegraphic order to
report the company for service at Indianapolis.
On May 6, 1898, he was detailed as regimental
ordnance officer, and on June 29, was ordered
to report as Brigade-Commissary officer on the
staff" of Brigadier-General Roe commanding the
first brigade, second division, first army corps.
At Camp Conrad the Lieutenant was appointed
first Aide-de-Camp to Brigadier-General Wiley,
where he had the honor, during the illness of
Brigadier-General Wiley, of escorting Major-
General Wilson on his tour of inspection, it be
ing the first entrance of the Major-General into
the city of Columbus since the Civil war, when
he had besieged and taken this city.
During the last two months of Lieutenant
Glascock's service under General Wiley, he was
acting Assistant-Adjutant-General for the bri
gade. On the 9th of February he was trans
ferred to the Second Army Corps, where he re
mained until ordered to rejoin his regiment,
posted at Matanzas, Cuba, for mustering out.

Enlisted Men»

Don C. R. Kocher, Quartermaster-Sergeant.
Don. C. R. Kocher was born in Fayette coun
ty, Ohio, October 22, 1872, and when he was but
a child his parents removed to Bluffton, Ind.,

DON C. E. kocher, Quartermaster-Sergeant.
where he received his education, graduating from
the high school in 1891. He was a student of
the State Normal two terms, and for two years
taught in the schools of Wells county. After a
course of study of two years under the direction

182 History of the 160th I. V. I.
of Wilson & Todd, he entered the Michigan
University, graduating from the department of
law in 1895, and from that time until the late
war [U'acticed in Bluff"ton.
Serg-eant Kocher served five years in the Na-
tional Guard, and, incidentally during the
strikes of 1894.

Will H. Bloss, First Sergeant of Co. K.
Will H. Bloss was born in Orleans, Orange
county, Indiana, April 4, 1869. He graduated
from the Muncie high school in 1886, in the fall

will H bloss. First Sergeant.
of the same year, he entered the Indiana Uni
versity and studied until March, 1890, when he
accepted a position with the engineering depart-

IN THE Spanish- American War. 183
ment of the Atkinson, Topeka and Santa Fe
Railroad Company. In 1891-92 he was emjiloy-
ed as topographer in New Mexico, and incident
ally assisted in surveying its coal fields and the
Santa Fe, Prescott and Phoenix Railroad, and in
1893 was in charge of the Oregon educational
exhibit at the world's fair.
In August of 1894, he enlisted in the 14th
U. S. Infantry, and was discharged as Corporal
in 1897. His excellent qualities were recognized
by being detailed as instructor ot recruits for
eighteen months, and six months as topograph
er. In May of 1889, he was elected First Lieu
tenant of a company of volunteers at Muncie,
Indiana, but the company was not accepted.
In August of 1898, Sergeant Bloss was ordered
before a board of officers to determine his fitness
for promotion to the grade of Second Lieuten
ant, but was not commissioned by the governor
although he passed the highest grade, because
he did not belong to the company in which the
vacancy occurred.

Emesh E. Pollock, Principal Musician.
Emesh E. Pollock was born at Woster, Ind.,
October 9, 1879, and suspended his studies to
become a volunteer soldier. He was a private
of Co. H, 4th Infantry, Indiana National Guard,
and enlisted in the Federal service as Musician.
On December 1, 1898, he was promoted to Princi
pal Musician.

184 History of the 160th I. V. I.
John C. Ault, Sergeant Co. B.
John C. Ault was born in Adams county,
Indiana, January 17, 1875, a year later his
parents removed with him to Auburn, Indiana,
where they lived several years, afterward mov-

JOHN C. AULT, Sergeant.

ing to Danville, Illinois. Here he was a black
smith in a carriage and wagon works for seven
years, then he went to Decatur, Ind. He was
educated in the public schools of Indiana and
lOinois. Sergeant Ault enlisted in the Indiana Na
tional Guard on June 12, 1895, serving until the
late war when he enlisted in Co. B.

IN THE Spanish- American War. 185
Chas. W. Brothers, Corporal Co. B.
Corporal Charles W. Brothers joined the In
diana National Guard, on May 12, 1895, enlisted
in the Volunteer army. May 12, 1898, and pro
moted to Corporal July 12 of the same year.

CHAS. W. BROTHERS, Corporal.
He was born near Decatur, Indiana, May 22,
1877, educated in the common school, and his
occupation is that of a carpenter.

Horace S. Matthews, First Sergeant of Co. L
Horace S. Matthews was born at Baltimore,
Maryland, November 18, 1873, six months later
his parents moved to Indiannpolis, Indiana,
where he lived until 1893. Much of this time

186 History of the 160th I. V. I.
was spent on the farm near the city. In 1895 he
went to Chicago, remaining there until 1897
when he moved to Tipton, Indiana where he
hved at the time of his enlistment, and where at
present he is engaged in the retail grocery trade.

Herbert C. Brunt, First Sergeant of Co. L.
Herbert C. Brunt was born in Nosho County
Kansas January 8, 1874, where he received his
school education. Moved to Anderson, Madison
County, Indiana in 1890, where he accepted a
position of compositor with the Anderson Demo
crat. In the spring of 1892 he went to Denver,
Colorado, and accepted a similar position with
the Rocky Mountain News but in the fall he re
turned and attended the Bryant & Strattou
Business College at Louisville, Kentucky, finish
ing the course in January 1893. Returning to
Anderson Indiana, he accepted a position with ¦
the Anderson Iron and Bolt Co. as accountant
and traveling salesman and was still with the
firm at his enlistment in the 160th Indiana
Volunteer Infantry, April 26, 1898. Was a
member of the Indiana National Guard from
1893 to 1897 and participated in the coal riots in
that state in 1894. He was mustered in the
United States Volunteer service May 12, 1898 as
First Sergeant and retained his position until
the muster-out of the regiment April 25, 1899.

IN THE Spanish-American War.
Edgar E. Kelsey, Sergeant-Major.

187

Edgar E. Kelsey is a native of Wells County,
Indiana, was born on May 29. 1861, and gradu
ated from the University of Michigan in 1890
with the Degree of Bachelor of Laws. He was

EDGAR E. KELSEY, Sergeant-Major
admitted to the Huntington County Bar July 7,
1890, Prosecuting- Attorney of the 56th Judicial
Circuit of Indiana from '94 to '96, Captain of M.
E. Cadets' Company in 1884, and enlisted in the
Indiana National Guard, April 26, 1898. He

188 History of the 160th I. V. I.
was appointed First Sergeant of Co. K, 4th In
fantry, and on may 12, 1898, mustered into the
Volunteer army as Sergeant-Major of the Third
Battalion.

Arthur R. Miller, Battalion Sergeant-Major.
Arthur R. Miller was horn near Linn Grove,
Indiana, May 21, 1879, and at the time of his en
listment was a student in the Decatur Higti

ARTHUR R. MILLER, Sergeant-Major.
school. At the age of fifteen he became a mem
ber of the Indiana National Guard ; after one
year of service was promoted to Corporal, after
two years to sergeant, and before enlisting in the
volunteer army was made Sergeant-Major of the
Second battalion.

in the Spanish-American War.
Johh 0. Fryer, First Sergeant Co. A.

189

John Otto Fryer was born at Eldorado, Ohio,
January 23, 1876, and has lived in Marion, Ind.
since 1882. He enlisted in the Indiana National
Guard in June of 1893, was on duty at Ham
mond in 1894, and was a member at the time of
the breaking out of the late war.

JOHN O. FRYER, First Sergeant.

Sergeant Fryer is a graduate of the Marion
High School and was, for two years, a student
in the Dental College of the University of India
napolis, and would have graduated with the
class of '99.

190 History OF THE 160th 1. V. I.
J. D. Andrews, Commissary-Sergeant of Co. B.
John D. Andrews, the oldest enlisted man in
the regiment, and perhaps the most generally
known, has been a most loyal member of mih-
tary organizations. In 1889 he enlisted in the
Fourth Regiment, Indiana Legion, Co. B of this

J. D. ANDREWS, Commissary Sergeant.
regiment being the first military organization in
the city of Decatur, and with that company
transferred to the Indiana National Guard.
His service has been continuous from his first
enlistment and he is the only member of Co. B
who is a charter member of the Indiana Legion.
He has seen service in two riots, the principal
being that of Roby, and is entitled to three ser
vice and two riot stripes. He enlisted in the

IN THE Spanish- American War. 191
Federal service as Commissary Sergeant of Co.
B, and on June 24, 1898, was detailed to recruit
the company.
Sergeant Andrews was born in Adams
county, Indiana, December 8, 1850, his boyhood
was spent on the farm where he acquired a com
mon school education. He is now a resident of
Decatur. Politically he is a republican; relig
iously, a Methodist.

S. E. Hitchcock, Regimental Commissary Sergeant-
Samuel Elsworth Hitchcock was born at
Hamilton, Ohio, November 19, 1862. His parents
are of Scotch-Irish and English extraction, his
grandparents were from Vermont, but removed
to Ohio, where his grandfather Dr. Samuel
Hitchcock became prominent in the practice of
his profession.
In 1873, Sergeant Hitchcock removed with his
parents to Indiana, where he began his education
in the public school, later attending the America
Normal at Logansport, and the State Normal at
Terre Haute. He spent five years teaching in
the public schools of Carrol County, three years
as principal of the Bringhurst Schools, and four
years as teacher of sciences in the Bluffton High
School. At the declaration of the late war Sergeant
Hitchcock enlisted as Regimental Commissary
Sergeant and served with the regiment in Cuba.

192 History of the 160th I. V. I.
Harry T. Mote, Regimental Barber.
Harry T. Mote, enlisted in Co. F on July 1,
1898. Entering as a recruit he attended all the
drills at Camp Thomas and practiced barbering
between times, his merit as a barber was recog
nized by relieving hiin from the routine of drills
and guard duty and appointing him regimental
barber. Prior to enlistment he practiced profes
sion eighteen years and was proprietor of the
celebrated shop "Out-of-Sight" at Muncie, Ind.
Private Mote is a devotee to sports. He was
manager of the Muncie Ball Team in 1893, in
1895 president of the Kansas League and manager
of the Topeka team, and in 1896 manager of the
Colorado Springs team.
He was born on March 10, 1868, and is a native
of Kokomo, Indiana.

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The Regiment Band.
The 160th Indiana Band was considered the
finest in the Volunteer army. Nearly all of its
members were professionals whose patriotism
caused them to give up lucrative positions to
cheer the "boys" on march or in camp.
This Band was a favorite wherever it went
and received many invitations to give concerts
in the cities near which the regiment camped.
From the concerts given, resulted the highest
praise from press and public, incidently by the
correspondent of Harper's Weekly and Leslies.'
That due credit may be given each member a
roster is given with instrument designated:
Chief Musician, James L. Swihart, Solo Cornet.
Principal Musician, Fred R. Cramer, Solo Clarinet.
Drum Major, Corporal Frank Kramer.
Civilian, Chas. I. Thompson, 1st Cornet.
Privates : —
Jacob Piercy, 2nd Cornet.
Earle Coyner, 3rd Cornet.
.1. C. Whitney, Piccolo and Flute.
Carl T. Hathaway, Eb Clarinet.
Frank Hobbs, 2nd Bb Clarinet.
Maurice Wilcox, 3rd Bb Clarinet.
O. V. Shaffer, Baritone.
E. L. Brooke, Baritone.
Philip Parren, 1st Slide Trombone
Rome Carey, 2nd Slide Trombone.
Roscoe Cook, Solo Alto.

196 History of the 160th I. V. I.
Percy Mumaw, 2nd Alto.
Clyde Wag-ner, 3rd Alto.
William Stewart, Eb Tuba.
Edward P. Hessel, Eb Tuba.
Sherman Greider, Snare Drum.
Frank Wallace, Cymbals.
Frank White, Bass Drum.
Discharged:— Drum Major, R. B. Moon.
Private, Ed. V. Jackson.
" Chas. Kronk.
" M. P. Allen.
" Chris. D. Myers.
Tbansfeeeed to Signal Corps:—
F. C. Kearns.
Deserted: —
George F. Yeager.

Chronological History
 OF THE 
War Between the United States and Spain,
February 15 — Battleship Maine, TJ. S. Navy,
destroyed in the harbor of Havana, with 248 of
her officers and crew.
February 21 — Naval court of inquiry opened
in harbor of Havana.
March 5 — Both branches of the military being
prepared for service.
March 7 — The Montgomery ordered to Ha
vana. March 27 — Board of Inquiry declares that the
Maine was destroyed by external agencies.
April 11 — President McKinley sends his mes
sage to Congress advising armed intervention in
Cuba. April 13 — House adopts Cuban resolution
directing the President to intervene.
April 14 — Troops ordered to Southern ports.
April 20 — President's ultimatum sent to Spain-
Spain; expected to refuse. Spanish minister
given his passports.
April 21 — Minister Woodford given his pass
ports by Spain.
April 22 — North American squadron begins
the blockade of Cuba. United States gunboat

198 History of the 160th I. V. I.
Nashville captures freighter Buena Ventura the
first prize of the war.
April 23 — Blockade of Havana begun. Pres
ident makes first call for 125,000 troops.
April 25 — War formerly declared by Con
gress. Asiatic squadron leaves Hong Kong to
attack Manila.
April 27 — First fight of the war. Bombard
ment of the Matanzas forts.
May 1 — Dewey's victory. Destroys Admiral
Montijo's fleet at Manila. Sinks eleven Spanish
ships. May 5 — -Sampson leaves for Porto Rico.
May 11 — Cruiser Wilmington and torpedo-
boat Winslow in an attempt to silence the bat
teries at Cardenas are repulsed. Ensign Worth
Bagley, of North Carolina, and four seamen at
tached to tbe Winslow were killed by the
bursting of a shell. Senate confirms nomina
tion of Dewey to be a Rear-Admiral.
May 12 — Americans fail to land troops at
Cienfueg.^s. May 13 — North Atlantic Squadron bombards
San Juan. American troops land near Cabanas,
Cuba. Commodore Schley, with Flying Squad
ron, sails from Old Point.
May 14 — Steamer Gussie fails in an attempt to
land troops and supplies in Cuba. First land fight.
May 17 — Cervera's fleet reported ofl' Vene
zuela. May 19 — Cervera's fleet enters harbor of
Santiago.

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May 25— The President calls for 75,000 addi
tional volunteers.
May 31 — Commodore Schley bombads the
forts at the entrance of Santiago harbor.
June 3 — Lieut. Hobson and crew of seven
heroes sink Collier Merrimac in channel of San
tiago harbor to prevent possible escape of Cer
vera's fleet.
June 4 — Cervera send flag of truce to Ad
miral Sampson, announcing the safety of Lieut.
Hobson and crew and complimenting them on
their heroism.
June 5 — Americans land near Santiago.
June 6 — Santiago forts bombarded and Reina
Mercedes sunk.
June 7 — Haitian cable cut by expedition from
Marblehead, Yankee and St. Louis. Cuba now
completely isolated.
June 10 — Sampson's squadron bcmbards Bai-
quiri, near Santiago.
June 12 — Spanish assaualt American marines
encamped at Guantanamo, but are repulsed.
Four men killed. Shatter's expedition leaves
Key West for Santiago.
June 15 — Fight at Guantanamo Bay. One
hundred Spaniards killed.
June 16 — Santiago bombarded.
June 17 — Second Spanish Squadron sails for
Cadiz. Supposed destination, the Philippines.
June 20 — Shatter's army appears before San
tiago. Spanish troops forced to retire into forti
fied part of Manilla.

200 History of the 160th I. V. I.
June 22— Shatter's army lands at Baiquiri.
June 24 — Roosevelt's Rough Riders and First
and Tenth United States Cavalry (less than
1,000 all told), after desperate battle with 2,000
Spanish troops, gained position within five miles
of Santiago. "LaGuasima."
June 27 — Orders issued for formation of East
ern Squadron under command of Commodore
Watson to operate against Spanish coast. Ad
miral Camara's fleet in Suez Canal.
July 1 — United States troops, after an all day
engagement, occupy the outer work at Santiago.
July 2 — El Caney and San Juan captured,
and 2,000 Spanish prisoners taken.
July 3 — Admiral Cervera's fleet destroyed by
Schley. Spanish loss, about 300 killed, 1,300
prisoners. July 4 — The Ladrone Islands taken. First
relief expedition reaches Manila.
July 6 — Hobson and crew exchanged. Ger
man interference in the Philippines prevented
by Admiral Dewey. Resolutions annexing
Hawaii pass the Senate.
July 9 — Major-General Miles leaves with re
inforcements for Santiago.
July 10 — Warships begin the bombardment
of Santiago.
Julj^ 11 — Armistice agreed for twenty-four
hours at Santiago.
July 14 — General Toral formally surrenders
Santiago. July 17 — Santiago occupied hy Americans.

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July 21^Miles sails for Porto Rico.
July 23 — Porto Rican expedition to reinforce
General Miles leaves Tampa, Florida.
July 25 — General Merritt arrives at Manila.
General Miles' expedition lands on the southern
coast of Porto Rico. Guantanamo surrenders to
Shatter. July 26 — French Ambassador, on behalf of
Spain, asks the United States to name terms of
peace. July 30 — United States Government's reply to
Spanish peace proposals handed to French
Ambassador. August 3 — Spanish troops in Manila attempt
a sortie, but are driven back with heavy loss.
August 5 — Secretary Alger orders the im
mediate return of General Shaffer's armj^ to the
United States. Troops under General Brooke
enter Guayamo. General Miles meets with
little or no resistance in Porto Rico.
August 7 — Spanish Cabinet accepts American
peace proposals.
August 8 — Spanish prisoners leave Santiago
for Spain.
August 10 — President submits a protocol to
Spain on which peace can be arranged.
August 11 — Spanish Cabinet accepts the pro-
tocal, practically ending the war.
August 12 — The peace protocol signed, and
President orders a cessation of hostilities, which
had then lasted 110 days.
August 15 — Manila surrenders uncondition
ally to Admiral Dewey, after a bombardment of

202 History of the 160th I. V. I.
two hours and a gallant assault by the American
troops. News of the peace protocol had not
reached Dewey.
August 17 — The President appoints the Mili
tary Commissioners for Cuba and Porto Rico,
as follows: For Cuba — Major-General James
F. Wade, Rear-Admiral William T. Sampson,
an.d Major-General Matthew C. Butler, U. S.
Volunteers. For Porto Rico — Major-General
John R Brooke, Rear-Admiral Winfield S.
Schley, and Brigadier-General William W.
Gordon, U. S. ^'olunteers.
August 30 — United States representatives on
Peace Commission appointed by the President,
as follows: Wm. R. Day, of Ohio, lately Secre
tary of State, Senator C. K. Davis, (Rep.) of
Minn., Senator Wm. P. Frye, (Rep.) of Maine,
Senator George Gray, (Dem.) of Delaware, Hon.
Whitelaw Reid, of New York.
October 1 — Peace Commissioners meet with
five commissioners on behalf of Spain, at Paris.
October 18 — American flag raised permanent
ly over Porto Rico.
December 10 — Treaty of peace signed by
Peace Commissioners of United States and
Spain, at Paris.
Casualties in killed and wounded during the
war: Army ofiicers killed, 23; enlisted men
kihed, 257; total 280; officers wounded, 113; en
listed men wounded, 1464; total, 1577.
Navy, one officer and eighteen enlisted men
killed; 67 enlisted men wounded.
No officers or men of the Army or Navy cap
tured, except crew of the "Merrimac," one
officer and seven enlisted men.
The cost of the war to the United States up to
the - signing of the Peace protocol was
$150,000,000.

APPENDIX.

Our Nation's Army at the Outbreak of the Spanish-
American War.
OUR little regular army. Officers Men.
Infantry, 25 regiments  877 13,125
Cavalry, 10 "   432 6,170
Artillery, 5 "  280 4,025
General and staff officers  362
Ordnance department  56 605
Engineer "  109 500
Hospital corps  706
Miscellaneous  575
Total  2,116 25,706
To this force the Hawley bill had added two
regiments of artillery. The adjutant general's
returns (February, 1898) showed 114,632 men
enrolled in the militia of the States, and esti
mated the total number of men available for ser
vice in case of necessity at 10,301,339.
The meaning of this brief array of figures was
that the United States had gone to war, practic
ally speaking, without an army. To create one,
the first step must be a call for volunteers, and
to provide for this Congressman Hull, chairman
of the House military affairs committee, intro
duced a bill (April 20) framed by the War De
partment. It declared that all able bodied male

206 History of the 160th I. V. I.
citizens from eighteen to forty-five years old con
stituted the national forces, and were liable to
military duty ; that troops might be called out
by the President, to be supplied by each State
and Territory in proportion to its population;
that the regimental and company officers should
be named by the Governors of the States, the
general and staft" officers by the President. The
bill was hurried through House and Senate, and
received the executive approval April 22; and
on the following day a call for 125,000 men was
issued. By an act that became law four days later
Congress partially retrieved its failure to pass
the original Hull bill for the reorganization of
the army. This later measure, also named after
Mr. Hull, who fathered it in the House, author
ized additional enlistments up to a total of 62,-
579 men, doubling the rank and file of each of
the existing regiments. It was carefullj^ pro
vided that the increase should be only temporary,
and that the army should be reduced to its
former strength — or rather weakness— at the
end of the Avar. MOBILIZING the ARMY.
The first plans of the War Department were
to concentrate the regular troops, scattered in
small detachments at the army posts, at three
Southern ports — New Orleans, Mobile, and
Tampa — in readiness for an immediate move
upon the Spanish West Indies. Like a great

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many other plans made during the war, this
was changed before it had been carried out. It
was decided to form a great central camp in the
national park on the battlefield of Chickamauga,
to whose poignant memories of warfare a new
chapter was to be added by the great host that
gathered there — the North and the South in
arms together.
The first regiment to move southward was the
Seventeenth Infantry, which left its post at Co
lumbus Barracks, Ohio, on the 18th of -April,
bound for Camp Thomas, as the point of con
centration at Chickamauga had been named, in
honor of the general whose valor stemmed the
tide of Federal defeat there in 1863. Later,
another great instruction camp — Camp Alger —
was formed at Falls Church, Virginia; and
troops were sent to three points in Florida —
Tampa, Jacksonville, and Fernandina — selected
for their healthfulness, real or supposed, and for
their convenience as ports of embarkation. At
Tampa a powerful train of siege artillery was
organized as rapidly as possible, under General
John I. Rodgers — only one battery of it being
destined to see active service.
Such were the army's chief offensive prepara
tions. It had also to care for the defense of our
coasts, which, except at a few points, were very
inadequately protected. After years of per
sistent refusal to vote the necessary appropria
tions, Congress had consented to a compre
hensive scheme of fortification, but of the twelve

208 History of the 160th I. V. I.
hundred guns required for its completion only a
small percentage were actually in place. Many
important points were in a condition of defense-
lessness which, in the face of a more powerful
and active enemy, might have proved disastrous.
To remedy this the ordnance bureau, as far
back as the preceding February, had been mak
ing special efforts, and though the work is of
the sort that moves slowly, much had been ac
complished. Early in April a number of large
rifled guns and howitzers were distributed to
Southern ports, where they were most needed.
Later, when the fear of attack had passed, most
of them were sent to the siege train at Tampa.

In the Philippines.
FROM harper's WEEKLY.
A week has passed — a week of fighting and
marching, of jungles and rivers, of incident and
adventure so varied and of so rapid transition
that to sit down to write about it makes one
feel as if he were trying to describe a dream
where time, space, and all the logical sequences
of ordinary life are upset in the unrelenting
brutality of war. The military part of the
campaign was simple enough to understand.
It consisted practically of a straight move for
ward along the railroad track to Malolos. The
real interest does not lie in this direction, for
there is little to record of strategy in the past
week's movements, unless it be our failure to

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catch an}' considerable body of insurgents, and
our rather cumbersome way of brushing the
enemy aside, instead of cornering them in any
one place, there to force an issue. The fighting
was, barring a few well-defined exceptions, a
long-range conflict with the rear-guard of the
enemy, in which Mausers showed their superior
ity over Springfields. General McArthur him
self acknowledged that the battle of February 5
was a regimental commander's fight. The
campaign to Mololos was not a regimental com
mander's fight, and the result has been disap
pointing, probably because a well-planned, slow
ly moving battle-line directed as if to meet a
well-trained enemy is not successful against a
guerilla enemy who simply moves out of the
way. In order to make such a campaign success
ful it would be necessary to have enough troops
to occupy every town of importance in the
islands — say, 100,000 men.
At the beginning of each day's advance the
battle formation was perfect. Our long line,
connected throughout, advanced with the pre
cision of clock-work, but it never got a fair
knock-down fight out of the enemy. Of course
it is a question whether it is possible to corner a
Filipino force in such a rough country, with our
men heavily loaded down; while the barefooted
enemy, knowing every bypath, can slip through
the jungle as noiselessly and rapidly as wild
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to a certain disappointment as to the strategical
advantages gained.
As to the moral effect, due to the splendid
courage of our men charging day after day
against seemingly impregnable trenches and
bomb-proofs, and, most of all, to the ease with
which we took the capital of the insurgent gov
ernment, it has been great. How great this
moral effect has been on the enemy it is at
present impossible to tell, but I do not believe it
to be as overwhelming as is believed at head-
(|uarters. It is on the heroism of Jimmy Green, the en
listed man, whether he be volunteer or regular,
that the interest of the campaign centres. It is
from the individual point of view that the past
weeks have been like a dream. In the midst ot
the carnage of war, tragedies of life have been
mixed with the most ghastly pictures of physical
mutilation and suffering, until the very rapidity
of the transitions dazed one and blunted the
sensibilities. Heroism became a matter of course,
and death an incident. Imagine as a back
ground to this changing scene, burning villages,
smoke, fire, shot, and shell ; the ceaseless tramp
of tired and often bleeding feet; swamps and
jungles to be crossed and rivers to be swum;
men weighted down with ammunition and ra
tions, uncomplaining and cheerful under the
heat of a tropical sun ; at the end of each long
day a sharp skirmish, and perhaps death or life
long mutilation ! The natural comment is that

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all this is merely war — the business of the soldier-
True ; nor do I think that Jimmy Green is
troubled with heroics. He accepts the situation
as a matter of course, without excitement or
hysterics. He has little feeling in the matter,
for his heart is not in this fight. He does not
like his job particularly well, but these very
facts go to show what splendid soldiers Amer
ican citizens make in the field.
A REGIMENT IN ACTION.
From La Loma church you may get the full
view of our long line crossing the open field —
evenly, steadily, irresistibly, like an inrolling
wave on the beach. Here you may learn your
first lesson about the United States army.
Watch the regiments go forward and form under
fire and move on and on, and you will exclaim,
" Magnificent !" and you will gulp a little and
feel proud, without exactly knowing why. Then
gradually the power in that line of Americans
will force itself upon you, and you will feel that
you must follow, that wherever that line goes
you must go also. By-and-by you will be sorry,
but for the present the great might of an Amer
ican regiment has got possession of you. Before,
however, you move forward look closely at the
line. On the right our men are firing heavily,
but on our left you will notice that the Third
Artillery are moving forward without firing a
shot. It is not because the enemy are not firing
at them, for here and there in the line a figure
falls.

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They wiU have advanced 1,000 yards, under
very heavy fire, before, they fire their first shot.
Look weU, for the chances are you will never see
such a sight again. They move slowly, steadily ;
it almost seems to you as if they moved slowly
on purpose, just to show how long they can
stand it. This is not a dashing charge, where
the excitement gives temporary and unusual
courage. It is an unwavering advance made
possible by the cold determination of every man
in the command, backed up by the training of
good ofiicers.
You have now learned what sort of a machine
the American regiments are when they cross an
open field two miles and three-quarters wide,
without shelter, and with ttie enemj' firing at
them from behind strong entrenchments. Now
get in back of the Third Artillery and find out
what sort of men these regiments are composed
of. You had better run for it and catch up with
them before they have gone very far, or you will
get all the spent bullets. Just back of the line
are the Chinese litter-bearers. They crouch be
hind some rice mounds and chatter incoherently.
A guard stands over them, and when a soldier
drops in the firing-line this guard shouts :
" Now, ' Chinos,' get along with you."
They do not like it, but if they are watched
and driven they will do anything for money.
Doctor Matthews, attached to the Third Artil
lery, gallops over the field, looking after the
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self in so doing, he insists on riding his horse,
because otherwise he could not get around
rapidly enough to attend to all the wounded.
In the firing-line Jimmy Green, the enlisted
man, stands to his work. He does not look
particularly smart. His clothes do not fit him,
but he has a rugged homespun face and a clear
intehigent eye. He is not a bit excited. He
does not like these whistling bullets any more
than you do, because he knows what they mean.
He is going ahead, however. When his chum
is shot by his side he stoops a second over him
to say a gruff" word or two and moves on. It is
against regulations for a man to drop out of the
firing-line, even to help a wounded comrade.
"You must like to get shot at ?" you say.
He remarks, "I'm paid for it."
He would not work at home for the $15 a
month he is receiving, but at that critical mom
ent the self-depreciation of his own motives
pleases him enormously, and he will harp on it,
although once back in America he will brag and
tell the most outrageous yarns about this same
battle. As the advance continues, the fire gets hotter.
The line of insurgent trenches follows the edge
of woods, which drops back in the immediate
front of the Third Artillery, forming a sort of
broad bay of open land. Into this space the line
moves, getting a cross-fire from three sides.
The regiment is now firing by batteries. This
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came. Every one else has something to do.
The otficers are giving orders in sharp stacatto
voices. The men load and fire. But you have
nothing to do but listen to the bullets hum and
watch the men drop. If you are wise you will
follow me and get into a hole where a wounded
man is being looked after. Heretofore the indi
vidual whistle of bullets, as thej- came near or
far from you, has attracted your attention, but
now there is a continuous singing about your
ears, like the whistle of a strong wind in the
cordage of a ship, only shriller.
The man on the stretcher has a shattered bone,
from the thigh to the knee. He is quiet and rather
cheerful. 'T didn't think they'd get me," he remarks.
The fire ceases gradually, and enables you to
join the line again. By the time you get up to the
line, which is now three hundred yards from the
woods, the insurgents have left their position.
When the wood is reached not a dead Filipino
is found in the trenches. The Third Artillery
have lost thirty-five men out of a total of three
hundred and ninety in thirty minutes.
The Tulihan River was half a mile further on
through dense woods and over uneven ground.
AVe caught a glimpse of some of the retreating
insurgents, and run on to their still smoking
breakfasts of rice. Under a bush was one
wounded native. A soldier approached him
cautiously with fixed bayonet. I do not think
the man intended to do more than protect him-

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self against treachery on the iiart of the Filipino.
Major Kobbe's indignation, however, was arous
ed. "If you touch that man I will shoot yon," he
cried. It was the first time I had ever seen the major
excited. Quiet and somewhat reserved, he re
minds one of an old book which centuries of
good taste have picked out to survive.
Soon we moved on again — this time through
brush fences, up and down over knolls.

Ghastly Reminders.
FROM INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL.
The quaint old village church, with its stone
stairs outside leading up to the dilapidated to'wer
full of rusty bells, is in a more deplorable state
than most of its neighbors, having longer stabled
the Spanish horses. The interior is a total
wreck, floors entirely gone and altars broken
into kindling wood. Of all its sacred belong
ings but one thing is left — a painting of the
Virgin and Child, placed too high upon the wall
to be easily reached, and as we entered the
dreary ruin a ray of sunlight from the open door
illumined the infant Christ as with a halo — an
omen, let us hope, of blessings to come. From
among the debris of human bones, bits of har
ness and broken horseshoes scattered under foot
I picked up a skull — evidently that of a half-

216 History of the 160th I. V. I.
grown youth, one side gone, cut smoothly off" b^'
a saber or machete stroke.
Later we walked down the weedy road to
Campo Santo, at the edge of the village. It is a
tiny God's acre, with walls of plastered stone
and a larger and later annex fenced with split
palm trunks set upright in the red earth. A
row of black vultures, perched above the arched
gateway, gazed at us with speculative eyes, but
did not stir — having probably made too many
heart}' meals on the human species not to regard
them with favor. The gate to this poor little
" field of saints" was tied with a bit of rope and
its red soil, without a blade of grass or green
thing growing, has been rounded up into regular
mounds. It was swept as clean as all the rest
of the village — barring an occasional scattered
rib or marrow bone. There are a few rather
pretentious graves, each surmounted by a glass-
faced box containing the hedious wreaths of
black and white beads which find such favor in
the ej'es of mourning Spanish-Americans. Other
graves were marked by black painted wooden
crosses, but the great majority had only two
sticks, tied together cruciform fashion, laid on
top or stuck in the earth at the head. Vagrant
breezes and passing footsteps soon disarrange
this symbol of Christian's hope, which some
stricken heart has placed above its beloved dead,
and though the emblem means, personally, little
to me, I have hundreds of times stooped to
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The alcaldi, or village mayor, who accom
panied us to the cemetery, pointed out two
rough boxes, one long, the other shorter — which
stand on end inside the gateway and remarked
that in them more than six thousand of his
friends and neighbors had been brought to their
eternal rest within three years. Out among the
weeds of an unfenced field, a few rods away,
stood a heavy, two-wheeled ox cart, huge tongue
high in the air — the village hearse, in which the
six thousand had taken their last short journey.
Across one corner of the cemetery a second wall
is placed, inclosing a triangular space, which is
filled to the brim with human boneSj partially
burned, but by no means reduced to dust. In
front of this was the most ghastly sight of all — a
fresh lot of miscellaneous bones, skulls, coffin
boards, shrouds, shoes et cetera, lately evicted
from rented graves and made ready for the semi
annual burning. Many of the skulls had hair
clinging to them. One I noticed was thin and
gray, as of an old man ; another was of a chest
nut brown, and on top of the heap, close by the
trunk of a body still wrapped in a half-decayed
blanket, lay a mass of shining jet-black hair,
loosened from the head to which it had belonged,
but yet confined in a coil by rusty pins. To us
it seems strange indeed that our Spanish-Amer
ican neighbors attach so little sacredness to the
" earthly tenement" after the soul has left it.

218 History of the 160th I. Y. I.
Major-General Nelson A. Miles.
Nelson Appleton Miles was born in West
minster, Mass., August 8, 1839. He received an.
academic education, but had embarked upon a
mercantile career in Boston when the Civil_ War
broke out in April, 1861. In September of that
year he entered the volunteer service as a lieuten
ant in the Twenty-second Massachusetts Infantry.
Later he was commissioned lieutenant-colonel ot
the Sixty-first New Y^ork Volunteers. He was
engaged in the battles of McClellan's Peninsular
campaign, before Richmond, and at Antietam,
when he became colonel of his regiment. He
fought in all the battles of the Army of the Poto
mac throughout the war, up to Lee's surrender
at Appomatox, and was wounded three times.
For gallantry at the battle of Chancellorsville he
was brevetted a brigadier general; and in Ma}',
1864, he was advanced to the full rank of his
services at the battle of the Wilderness and
Spottsj'lvannia. In August of the same year he
was brevetted major-general of volunteers, for
his bravery throughout the Richmond campaign
and valuable service at Ream's Station. He was-
commissioned major-general in October, 1865,
and mustered out of the volunteer service Sep
tember 1, 1866, after having received, in July of
that year, an appointment in the regular army
as colonel of the Fortieth Infantry. In March,
1867, the brevet of brigadier-general and major-
general in the regular ami}' of the United States
were conferred upon General Miles, as a reward

IN THE Spanish- American War. 219
for his record of bravery in the great battles of
Chancellorville and Spottsylviiunia. Transferred
to the frontier, he began his remarkable career
as an Indian fighter by defeating the Cheyennes,
Kiowas and Commanches on the borders of the
Staked Plains, in 1875; and in 1876 subdued the
hostile Sioux and other tribes in Montana, driv
ing Sitting Bull across the Canada frontier, and
breaking up the bands led by him and other
truculent chiefs. He captured Chief Joseph's
Nez Perces in Northern Montana, and in 1878
rounded up a baud of hostile Bannocks near the
Yellowstone National Park. Commissioned a
brigadier-general of the United States Army in
December, 1880, General Miles commanded for
five years the Department of the Columbia. In
July, 1885, he was assigned to the command of
the Department of the Missouri, and in April,
1886, was transferred to Arizona. After an
arduous campaign against the Apaches under
Geronimo and Natches, he compelled those re
doubtable chiefs to surrender, September 4, 1886.
For his services in the Indian wars General
Miles received the thanks of the legislature of
several of the Western States, and was presented
with a sword of honor by the citizens of Arizona,
at Tucson, November 8th, 1887. Upon the re
tirement of Major-General Schofield, in 1895,
General Miles was invested with the chief com
mand of the Army of the United States. His
wise and efliicient superintendence of our land
forces in the various operations during the
Spanish-American War of 1898, and his own
masterly campaign of Puerto Rico, are matters
of contemporaneous history.

Spanish-American War Poetry,
The Charge.
BY WILLIAM HAMILTON HATNB
With shot and shell, like a loosened hell,
Smighting them left and right.
They rise or fall on the slooping wall
Of beetling bush and height.
They do not shrink at the awful brink
Of the rifle's hurtling breath.
But upward press, as their ranks grow less,
To the open arms of Death !
Through a storm of lead, o'er maimed and dead.
Onward and upward they go,
Till hand to hand the unflinching band
Grapple the stubborn foe !
O'er men that real, 'mid the glint of steel.
Bellow or boom of gun.
They leap and shout over each redoubt
Till the final trench is won !
Oh, charge sublime ! Over dust and grime
Each hero hurls him name
In shot or shell, like a molten hell.
To the topmost heights of fame.
And prone or stiff under bush or cliff
Wounded and dead men lie,
While the tropic sun on a grand deed done
Looks with his piercing eye.

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Memorial Day, 1899.
Bt Isaac W. F. Eatdn,
Of Bigelow's Light Artillery, Army of the Potomac.
We gather where our soldiers sleep,
In spring's departing hours.
The memory of the brave to keep.
And strew their graves with flowers.
One sleeps beneath the Northern pine.
Crowned with the victors wreath ;
Another where the Southern vine
Weeps o'er the dust beneath.
But soft the azure skies surround.
And white the lillies bloom,
To deck the lowly Southern mound
Or wreathe the Northern tomb.
For he who rests beneath the palm
Strove in a heroe's part ;
Misguided may have been the arm.
But valiant was the heart.
Now, but one foe their sons do brave —
One cause their bosom thrihs.
Look ! see one fiag above them wave
Upon the Cuban hills.
0, gray-haired heroes! ye who stand
Where once did paths divide,
Place ye the wreath with clasped hands —
Y^our dead sleep side by side.

222 History of the 160th I. A". I.
A Prelude.
BT MARTHA m'CULLOCH-WILLIAMS.
Scarlet, scarlet, thready scarlet.
Leaping, living as a flame.
Hear the trumpets singing, snarling.
Swelling all in wild acclaim !
Strength and conquest, mighty daring —
Blare they ever, evermore.
Rising, falling, fainting, dying,
Red as field with battle o'er.
Purple, somber, dull and thunderous.
As the storm clouds leaden lower.
Hear the mad drums roar and grumble.
In their beat the heart of power.
" Rally all !" the snare drum calleth ;
Growls the booming bass, " Stand fast !"
Low or loud, they time the world-march,
Beating first and beating last.
Thin and j-ellow, thin and yellow,
Hear — oh, hear the shrilling fife !
Shrilling to the heart of silence.
Cruel-keen as two-edged knife ;
Undervoiced by lurid jangle —
Hark ! the cymbals clash and clang !
In the dim void daj's unwritten
Even so the wild notes rang.
Black as life when hope hath perished.
Bellow bull-mouthed minute guns;
Fame bewails her to the nations
For her dead, yet deathless sons ;

in. the Spanish-American War.
Thready scarlet, leaden purple,
Yellow fife and bull-mouthed bray—
Y'e have joined in stormy prelude
To the peace that shines to-day.

Be Thou Content
Br RALCT HUSTED BELL.
Fair land that rolls from sea to sea —
Prairies fringed with palm and pine —
Where mountains mingle mightily
In clasp of ice and kiss of vine ;
Broad seas of meadow, daisy-starred,
Aud winding vales caressed by streams.
And timid plats of dark green sward
That yearn for children's happy dreams ;
O, peaceful land from tide to tide —
0, home for millions yet unborn !
0, what would j'ou of ocean wide.
And what would you of bugle-born ?
United States I war-won, and made
Of internecine strife and tears
One blood, one flag, one damask-blade.
One comrade-hope to greet the years.
Keep thou, 0 land, within thy shores I
Put thou the kingly crown aside ;
Bare thou the blade our fathers wore
To guard thine own where thine abide !

224 History of the 160th I. V. I.
.Thou hast no need for navies strong —
No need for martial captains bold ;
Thy strength resides in plowman's song
Far more than all thy yellow gold !
Smite not the lowly ones that raise.
Their swarthy hands in Freedom's name !
Think not that holy ones will praise
Thy creed of might and shameless shame !
The pun}' glory won of tears
From gory crimes of war and death,
Are dead to praise thro' all the years,
And damned by honor's latest breath.
Then sheathe thy blade fi'om tropic isles,
And let the unlearned heroes hold
Dominion over far-sea smiles,
In homes of peace bought with thy gold !

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