tion of 1880 the entire confidence reposed in General Strong was manifested by his unanimous election as Sergeant-at-Arms. His excellent arrangements in relation to the custody of the building on that important occasion and the maintenance of order were perfect. Never were masses of people so skillfully handled. The convention, it will be remembered, was remarkable for the unusual length of time it lasted, for the large number of distinguished men who participated in the proceedings, for oratory of extraordinary brilliancy and power, for audiences that were multitudes, for the intense interest it created in the public mind and for the unexpected issue of the prolonged struggle. General Strong's services on the occasion were incomparable. At the convention's close he was publicly thanked in resolutions presented by the late President Garfield. His political labors, though silent and unostentatious, were invaluable. A patriot rather than a politician, incapable of rancor or bias, broadminded, generous and unselfish almost to a fault, his great executive ability rendered him without compeer in committee matters. He was ever content to organize, and his rejoicings were none the less when the fruits and honors of victory were won by others. Eager as were the many military and business friends of the dead veteran to demonstrate their esteem and love for him in an elaborate manner, the last wishes of the deceased, as well as the request of the family, prevented any display, yet the character of the great gathering at St. James' Episcopal church, as well as at Graceland, testified to the high regard in which General Strong was held by the leading men of the community. A number of the mourners assembled at the family residence, 392 Ohio street, shortly after one o'clock. Besides the sorrowing relatives there were a committee of the Loyal Legion, delegations of the Army of the Tennessee and the Grand Army of the Republic and the active and honorary pall-bearers, who gathered around the casket. Rev. Dr. Arthur Edwards offered a short prayer over the remains, which were then taken to the church, where the delegation of the Commercial Club and of the various veteran organizations had previously assembled. It was a gathering such as is not often witnessed. Numerous were the gray-haired men, leaders in business and professional circles, including such men as, T. W. Harvey, Chris. Hotz, Marshall Field, Geo. M. Pullman, J. J. P. Odell, J. W. Doane, F. N. Head, General Stout, Judge Cary, James L. High, Col. Walworth, C. T. Hotchkiss, Dr. Nixon, Edgar W. Swain, J. M. Adams, H. W. Jackson, The great audience stood with bowed heads and hushed in silence while the vesper bells tolled in measured intervals as the procession, headed by the cross-bearer, entered the church, followed by the clergy, among whom were Rt. Rev. Bishop Fallows, the chaplain of the Grand Army, and Dr. Arthur Edwards, the chaplain of the Loyal Legion. The remains reposed in a leaden coffin, in which they had been conveyed from Florence, Italy, where General Strong died. The coffin was placed in a mahogany casket, bearing as the only ornamentation a silver breast plate with the inscription: WILLIAM EMERSON STRONG. Born, August 10, 1840. Died, April 10,1891. The lower half of the casket was shrouded in the American flag. The only floral tributes were a pillow of roses and lilies surrounding the rosette of the Loyal Legion and a wreath of laurel and palms. Preceding the remains came the honorary pall-bearers, Judge Walter Q Gresham, General A. C. Ducat, General Hickenlooper of Cincinnati, and Captain David H. Gile, of the Loyal Legion; William Munro and John M. Clark, of the Commercial Club; General W. C. Newberry and General J. B. Smith of the Army of the Potomac; General A. L. Chetlain and Colonel James A. Sexton of the Army of the Tennessee; Judge Kirk Hawes and Captain A. T. Andreas, of the Grand Army; Colonel A. F. Stevenson and Major F. A. Otis, of the Army of the Cumberland, and Potter Palmer and George C. Hempstead, intimate friends of the deceased. The relatives-Mrs Strong, the widow, his three children, Ogden, Henrietta and Mary and Mrs. Fuller, a sisterand two faithful attendants of the General during his last suffering followed the remains, which were borne by Patrick E. Wright, Gustav Hallerson, Thomas Ford John McMeekin, James Hayes, Charles Albrecht, John Ryan and Andrew Johnson, employees of the Peshtigo Lumber Company, of which the deceased was President. The services at St. James' were confined 'to the ritual of the burial of the dead as prescribed by the Episcopalian church. At Graceland, whence most of the military delegates and those of the Commercial Club followed the remains, the solemn burial exercises of the Grand Army of the Republic were observed, Bishop Fallows officiating. Over the grave bugle taps were sounded, the only distinctive military display during the obsequies. Thus has passed away a man whose departure from life creates a void impossible to fill; for his was a life distinctively marked by unvarying courage,, patriotism, manliness, sincerity and a strength of friendship that knows no bounds. Brave, generous and noble in his military career, manly, courteous and companionable in his social relations, conscientious, honorable and upright in his business life; and kind, considerate and pure in all his domestic relations, he became a typical representative of the very highest order of American citizenship. Colonel Henry T. Noble died at Dixon, Ill., April 15th, 1891. Colonel Noble was born in Birkshire county, Mass., May 30th, 1830, and when twenty years of age became a resident of Dixon, Ill., first as school teacher and subsequently as a banker. He entered the service as a private in Company A., 13th Illinois Infantry on the 17th of April, 1861, promoted to Lieutenant, April 21st, and to Captain, May 24th, 1861. With his regiment he participated in various Missouri campaigns. In December, 1862, he was detached and assigned to duty as Quartermaster on the staff of General N. A. Gorman, commanding District of Eastern Arkansas. Subsequently transferred to the staff of General L. F. Ross, he participated in all the campaigns of the 13th A. C. along the Mississippi river, including the siege of Vicksburgh. July 8th, 1863, he was commissioned by the President as Captain and Acting Quartermaster, and in this capacity served in the Arkansas campaigns of which department he subsequently became Chief Quartermaster with the brevet rank of Colonel. He returned from service, October 5th, 1866, with testimonials of hearty commendation from his superiors and the love and respect of all with whom he had been brought in contact. His patriotism was broad and grand as his business enterprise, which contributed so much to the prosperity of his adopted city, which he so long and successfully served as chief executive. His munificent liberality, executive ability and indomitable energy left its impress upon every measure that he espoused. And now we, his companions of the Army of the Tennessee, will sadly miss his cordial smile and kindly greeting, seeking and finding consolation only in the fact that our loss is his gain. Colonel Kilbourn Knox died at the National Military Home, near Milwaukee, Wis., on the 17th of April, 1891. Colonel Knox was born at Lawrenceville, Logan county, Penn., October, 1842, of Judge John C. Knox and Adelaide Kilburn, both residents of Tiago county. Having received a liberal education and in the full vigor of young manhood, he was well equipped to respond to his country's call by accepting on the 14th of May, 1861, an appointment as First Lieutenant in the 13th U. S. Infantry, from which he was subsequently detailed for staff duty with the lamented McPherson. As mustering officer of the 17th A. C. and subsequently of the Army of the Tennessee, he accompanied his honored chief in all his marches, battles, sieges and campaigns from 1862 to the time of his lamented death. Then continuing his services in the same capacity until after the capture of Savannah, when he was assigned to duty with the War Department at Washington City. Promoted to Captain, May 14th, 1864, and breveted LieutenantColonel, March 13th, 1865, he joined his regiment, and with it served upon the frontier until he resigned, April 1st, 1869. He was subsequently appointed Commissary General of the State of New York upon the staff of General John A. Dix, and for a time served as an officer of United States Custom. On the 19th of August, 1871, he married Miss Annie Menager, by whom he had one child, a daughter, named Birdsey McPherson Knox, in memory of his old commander to whom he was so strongly attached. In January, 1887, he was appointed Secretary and Inspector of the Northwest branch of the National Military Home, near Milwaukee, and on the 1st of May, 1889, was promoted to Governor, which position he held at the time of his death. His remains were interred with appropriate ceremonies in a beautiful spot at the Home, and a monument erected to his memory by the soldiers of his command now marks the resting place of the brave, dashing, whole-souled young soldier, that older officers of the Army of the Tennessee will long remember for his many lovable traits of character. Captain Wells W. Leggett died at Detroit, Mich., May 14th, 1891. Captain Leggett was born at Farmington, Trumbull county, O., June 8th, 1847. Though but fifteen years of age at the outbreak of the war he accompanied his father, General M. D. Leggett, to the field, and performed efficient services as a volunteer aid. August 16th, 1864, he was appointed by President Lincoln, Captain and Aide-de-camp, in which capacity he served until the close of the war, when he was appointed by the President to a cadetship at West Point military academy. Captain Leggett at once resigned his commission as Second Lieutenant in the regular army, commenced studying law, making a specialty of patent law practice, in which he subsequently became very successful. His father resigned the office of United States Commissioner of Patents in 1875, and entered into partnership with his sons in the practice of patent lawyers with headquarters at Cleveland, O., but subsequently removed to Detroit, where the subject of our sketch entered actively into the establishment and prosecution of various important business enterprises. Besides conducting a large professional practice, he became.identified with the management of the Brush Electric Light Company, The Star Iron-tower Company, The Kelly Engine Works, The Malleable Works, The Spiral Tube Works, and many other corporations of magnitude. Thus the little soldier, whom our comrades will remember as a familiar figure about Vicksburgh, grew with the growth of opportunity until he became one of the most clear-sighted and successful business men of this age. Colonel Lewis M. Dayton died at Cincinnati, O., May 18th, 1891. Colonel Dayton was born in St. Lawrence county, N. Y., June 20th, 1835, and received the benefits of a thorough education in Eastern schools, finally graduating at Sheffeld, after which he became interested in railroad construction in the West, locating first at Zanesville, and subsequently at Lancaster, O., where he formed the acquaintance of the family of General Wm. T. Sherman, through whose influence he became associated with that distinguished officer as Aid-de-Camp, and subsequently as Captain and Assistant Adjutant-General. His record is that of faithful and meritorious services to his chief during the entire course of the civil war, and even after its termination he still maintained the same relations to his superior until he resigned his commission as Captain of the 7th Cavalry, December 31st, 1870. Having married Miss Nellie Phillips, the daughter of Thomas Phillips, a wealthy iron-merchant of Cincinnati, who died in the fall of 1870, and one of whose executors he was, he resigned to take charge of his father-in-law's extensive business, and thereafter became identified with business interests and enterprises of that city. He was at one time President of the Society of Ex-Army and Navy Officers of Cincinnati, and one of the charter members of the Ohio Commandery of the Loyal Legion. He served as Recording Secretary of the Society of the Army of the Tennessee from its organization up to the time of his death, and in his last moments gave evidence of his interest in its future welfare and perpetuity by making to it the munificent bequest of $5,000. His mortal remains were laid away in Spring Grove Cemetery, on the 21st of May, with the beautiful services of the Episcopal Church, read by Rev. Samuel Benedict. He was the completest type of an efficient aid and field-adjutant developed during the war. The end of a wearisome march was for him only the beginning of his day's labor, resulting in the issuance before dawn of the orders that were to control the movements of the various corps and divisions of the army during the following day. The successful and satisfactory performance of such duties required physical endurance and military intelligence of the very highest order and the subordinate duty of a nature fond of enjoyment, full of activity and boyish in its love of sport, for warmer heart never throbbed in bosom than that which in his breast beat responsive to the calls of friendship. Colonel John Connell died at Toledo, Iowa, June 10th, 1891. Colonel Connell was born at Paisley, Scotland, March 16th, 1823, and came to the United States with his parents in 1832. He was the oldest of nine children, three of whom died in infancy. In 1848 he made a prospecting trip to the then Western wilds, and in 1852 settled permanently in Perry township, southwestern Wisconsin, from which section he was sent to the General Assembly in 1854. After |