Lee Commander Tribute At Confederate Veterans Meet
Richmond Virginia June 1 United Confederate Veterans re elected its general officers confirming Stephen D Lee as commander in chief Irvine Walker Clement Evans and W L Cabell as lieutenant generals Birmingham chosen for next annual reunion over San Antonio Nashville resolutions endorse Arlington monument and flag memorial aims The report praises Confederate memorials and hospitals urges preservation of papers and memorials including a Stonewall Jackson home endowment and a Lee family 100th anniversary observance at Washington and Lee University
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Richmond
Grand Camp
United Confederate Veterans
Stephen D. Lee
Department Army of
San Antonio
Nashville
Alabama
Committee On Resolutions
Arlington Confederate Monument Association
Arlington National Cemetery
Resolutions Committee
Tenn
Claims He Was Hypnotized in Wandering 24 Hours
Henry Storch a 24 year old commission salesman disappeared from his Williamsburg home Tuesday and reappeared in New York claiming hypnotic influence. He told police at Bedford avenue station that a man controlled him causing disorienting travels to Allentown Philadelphia and back to New York before freeing him. He recounted the ordeal to Lieut Gauguran and his brother called him a liar.
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Washington Post
New York
Henry Storch
Metropolitan Avenue
Williamsburg
Bedford Avenue
Storch
Lieut. Gauguran
First Avenue
Dast Twenty-second Street
Allentown
Philadelphia
Leutenant
Boy Under Arrest for Baltimore Murder
Nine-year-old Sidney Harmond, colored, is charged with the murder of eleven-year-old William Griffin, his playmate, in Baltimore. The boys quarreled over marbles, fought, then Harmond allegedly shot Griffin inside his home. Harmond gave shifting stories about Griffin’s death before admitting he fired the pistol.
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Baltimore
Sidney Harmond
Sander
William Griffin
Harmond
Griffin
Retirement of Rear Admiral Coghlan After Forty Five Years Service
Special to The Washington Post New York June 1 Rear Admiral Joseph B Coghlan retires from the Navy after forty five years of service including time after attaining age. He commanded the New York Navy Yard and earned esteem as a fighting commander at home and abroad. Coghlan fought the Raleigh under Dewey and wears the Manila medal. He popular in social circles for after dinner wit, notably for the Hoch der Kaiser recitation that once stirred German officials. He will remain in New York for a period with Mrs Coghlan.
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Washington Peat
New York
Navy Yard
Navy
Joseph B. Coghlan
Coghlan
New York Navy
Yard
C. F. Goodrich
Raleigh
Dewey
Manila Bay
Manila
Philippine
Union League Club
Germany
Hay
Philippines
Coghlin
Governors Island
Legion
Cogh
Coghlan Delivers A National Figure Poem Recital
Joseph Bullock Coghlan, born in Frankfort Kentucky on December 9 1844, gains fame from a dramatic poem about Germany and war. The Kentucky native, a Annapolis graduate, later marries Julia Barfour of Terre Haute Indiana and has a son Graham Coghlan. He plans summer time in New Hampshire mountains and may settle in New York.
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Jan
New Hampashire
New York
Joseph Bullock Coghlan
Frankfort
Cornelius and
Lavina Coghlan
Annapolis
Julia Barfour
Terre Haute
Ind
Graham Coghlan
Coghlan
Ninth Will Carry Colors in Brigade Contest at Annapolis
After a year-long contest, the Ninth Company led by Midshipman Thaddeus A. Thomson Jr of Austin won the honor of bearing the brigade colors for the next year. Second place went to the Twelfth Company led by Midshipman Schuyler B. Heim of Plymouth, Indiana, with only a few points separating them. The scoring reflects professional efficiency across departments and athletic work within the companies. Also noted is the lifting of the May 9 silence punishment for the First Battalion, with no comment from authorities. Lieutenant Courtney to command the Octopus submarine upon commissioning, following a transfer from Blakely and work at Quincy, Mass, amid rivalry over submarine commands and recent Newport tests. The Octopus underwent record tests, with findings to be submitted to the Navy Secretary.
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New Jersey
South
McKinley
J. William Jones
Confederate Memorial Association
Battle Abbey
Charles Broadway Rouss
Fouss
Richmond
Col
Robert E. Lee, Jr
Midshipmen
Washington Post
Annapolis
Fins
Thaddeus A. Thomson, Jr
Austin
Tex
Schuyler B. Heim
Plymouth
Ind
Charisa B. McVey, Jr
Courtney
C.H. Courtney
Blakely
Fora River
Quincy
Mass
Octopus
Fergeet
Newport
Submarine Board
Fts
Navy
Army personnel changes and leave notices
Tailed to Adjutant General's Department relieving Maj Samuel W Danning. Maj William P Burnham transferred to Seventh Infantry. Leave of absence for two months granted First Lieut Harman Ginde to be relieved from West Point. First Lieut Wiley F Mangum Jr to Washington Barracks for treatment. First Lieut Arthur H Bryant leave of absence to Tenth Company. Resignation of First Lieut Arthur H Bryant revoked. Maj Isaac W Littett to Wilmington Del. Capt Frederick W Lewis to Jamestown Exposition. Leave of absence for Chaplain Leslie R Groves extended. Leave for twenty days granted First Lieut William Reed Sixth Cavalry. Maj Marlborough C Wyeth to Philippine Islands. Lieut Col Frank Z Winn appointed acting quartermaster. First Lieut George H Scott detailed for army retiring board. Col John G D Knight installed on Army building examining board. First Lieut Kyle Rucker to San Francisco. Contract Surgeon William H Smith to Fort Leavenworth. Leaves of absence extended as follows Chaplain S
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Adjutant General’s Department
Samuel W. Danning
Wiliam P. Burnham
Twentieth Infantry
Seventh Infantry
Harman Ginde
Sixth Infantry
United States Military Academy
West Point
N.Y
Wiley FP. Mangum
Signal ‘Corps
Washington ‘Barracks
District of Columbia
Arthur H. ‘Bryant
Coast Artillery ‘Corps
Coash Artilery
Arthur H. Bryant
Geast Artillery Corps
Isaac W.littett
Wilmington
Del
Frederick W. Lewis
Twenty-ninth Infantry
Leslie R. Groves
William ©. Reed
Cavalry
Marlborough C. Wyeth
Philppine Islands
Frank ZL. Winn
George H. Scott
Army
Samuel E. Lambert
John G. D. Knight
Corps of Engineers
Army Building
New Yorkurg
Amos Stickney
Kyle Rucker
Fourteenth Cavalry
San Francisco
Cal
William H. Smith
Fort Leavenworth
Kans
Leayes
Chapes
Naval Vessel Movements and Assignments 1907
Movement of naval vessels includes arrivals at Lambert Point Yonkin, Oyster Bay and Shanghai with ships Leonidas Sylph Rainbow and Pisca taqua. Orders to naval officers assign Ball Washington Courtney Kautz Naile Blakely to posts at Boston New York Fore River Torpedo Station Lancaster and Annapolis. Pays and appointments list midshipmen storekeeper and commissary officer duties.
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Leonidas
Lambert Point
Yankton
Navy Yard
New York
Sylph
Oyster Bay
Lebanon
Concord
Shanghai
Rainbow
Hongkong
Balled
Rocket
Norfolk
Washington
Piscataqua
Cavite
Chesao
W. Ball
Boston
Mass
T. Washington
Dolphin
A. St. C. Smith
N.Y
C. HE. Courtney
Fore River Shipbuilding Company
Quincy
A. Kautz
Nava
Newnort
F. R. Naile
Lancaster, Navy Yard
League Island
A. Blakely
Blakely
H. W. Smith
Navy Department
R. Spear
Mara Island
Cal
R. H. Woods
Annapolis
Naval Academy
Barber
Désched Naval Station
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