Jayhawk Hotel & Theater

I remember the first day I walked into the Jayhawk Hotel, looking for a job little did I know I would change it’s history. I remember looking at the newspaper that morning looking for a job then I saw a add that said the hotel need help, well I took a fast look and headed for town. After entering the hotel I didn’t know what to do, being a young man of ( 19 ) I know little of the real world even though I had three other jobs before this. Well I went up this desk and stood and waited, before long a big Africa American in a dark blue uniform came up and asked what I wanted, and I told him I was looking for a “Bill Carpenter,” about a job well he said he never heard of him. Well I said there was and add in the paper for a job at the hotel and to ask for him. Well after a moment he said. “No it’s not Bill Carpenter, it’s the Bell Captain and that’s me.” Boy did my face ever get red, well he said he didn’t have time right then as he was to busy as the Legislatures were comeing in, a lot of the State Legislatures stayed at the hotel when they were in session.

I don’t believe he really wanted to talk to me, but I sat and waited and waited then after three hours he saw I was still there and said. “Any one that’s willing to wait that long to see about job and not knowing that he will get it, Well you got it.” I found out a few days later why it was so hard to get the job. The hotel open in 1927, and in all that time there has never been a “ White” bellman, I was the first. Now I could go and tell all kinds of story’s about the hotel like the time I stepped all over Governor Dockings feet, be cause he was too full of drink to get out of the way. Then there was all those cheese and pineapple party’s I sat up for Senator Bob Dole, before he became a Senator, and yes it was “ Dole pineapple.”

Like I said, I could go on and on, but this about the Jayhawk Theater as well. There were two ways to enter the theater, you could go in on the 7th., street side on the north side of the building or the one on Jackson street on the west side of the building, both had marquees. The ticket both on Jackson was outside the one on 7th., street was inside, as you entered you would pass four swinging doors, that lead to the hotel lobby, then you would come to the main ticket booth. After buying your ticket you would go up a flight of stairs down a hall way turn right and you were there. If you entered on the Jackson side you would walk a long hall way and as you did you would pass the show windows of the Crosby store, you could even enter the store from the hall, so you didn’t have walk all the way around. After passing the windows you had a flight stairs then a short walk to the Theater.

When I started working at the hotel ( 1966 ) I would go in at the 7th., street door the old marquee still hung over the door, although it had changed over the years. The sign now read Jayhawk Hotel, but there still were signs of the old theater still there, above the marquee the was a seven story sing that read in big letters Jayhawk that at the bottom of the in small letters it said theatre. When I worked the night shift ( 11 p. m. to 7 a. m. ) and it was slow I would go out into the hall way and go into the show for a while then run back hoping I wasn’t missed.

I worked at the hotel for 10 years, after I left I took a job across the street at Wolfe’s Camera shop, but then that’s another story. One day about 1982, one of the boss said they were going to take down the old historic sign down and we could watch if we liked. The company that was taking down the sign was the champe or champman demolition co.

The head man himself was doing the cutting of the sign braces, he stood on a platform held in the air by a crane eight story’s high. All the workmen and us were all laughing at him to be careful, when all of a sudden the sign give away, there had been to much pigeon droppings in the sign. It was a good thing they had a cable around it, they were all upset because they were trying to save the sign as it was a important historical part of Topeka’s history, but now that would be impossible?, the following pictures tells the story.

Note. For those of you who would like to know more about the old theater can go to this site it’s full historical information old pictures and more: http://www.jayhawktheatre.com/history.html to get into the pictures go all the way to the bottom of the page.

Note. All the pictures were taken by this author.

Last note. By pushing on the pictures you will get a full screen view, the last photo will not enlarge.

Lone Star Lake--Lawrence Kansas.

There is a lake called Lone Star, it’s about six miles south of Lawrence, Kansas in Douglas county, it covers 195 acres. My wife and my first child would go there for the day to swim and fish and some times a week end of camping. The lake was a favorite gathering place for the college kids from Lawrence University. I don’t know when it was built but by mother and father would go there in the 1940’s. There was a swimming beach on the south side of the lake at the east end as you came into the lake on the dam side. The beach had a floating dock so you could walk farther out into the lake, I always stayed within the rope off area “No I can’t swim.” and after what I found out later I won’t have gone in, in the first place.

One day in the 1980’s we were sitting around home in Topeka, and heard they were going to empty the lake as the dam needed to be repaired. Well it took a couple months before we get there, when we came upon the dam what a sad site it was. The lake was empty and the bed was all dried up, and the bottom had big cracks from the mud drying up. Well we got out too look around then I noticed something at the bottom of the lake, it looked like a bridge but I thought what was a bridge be doing in the bottom of the lake. Well come to find out when they built the lake the had been a road the crossed a small creek, they decided to leave it. Many of the Kansas lakes and reservoirs still have bridges in them.

But this bridge is different in that it’s made of logs and is well over a hundred years old, you could even could see were the old road was. When we were at the bottom I looked around and I couldn’t believe how deep we were, it was at lest 80 to 90 feet to the top bank. The lake is full again? And I believe the bridge is still there. No one will ever see the bridge, but I had my camera that day and took some pictures and well share them with you now.

Note. If you have any history about the lake, I would like to know about it, you can write to me at the following: dsegelquist1@cox.net

Note. By pushing on the pictures you will get a full screen view.

Echo Cliff Park--Dover Kansas

Although this site is about surnames it’s also about history, so I’m going to talk a little about a place I found about 50, years ago it’s called Echo Cliff Park, it’s located about two miles south west of Dover Kansas. Now Dover is a little historic town about 14, miles south west of Topeka, Kansas on K4, highway or you can take 57th., street both will meet in the center of Dover. I could talk about the historic Sage Inn and other places of Dover but you can find all about them by doing a web search, this is about Echo Cliff Park.


The best time to visit the park is in the mid fall at the time the leaves are changing their colors, but any time is a good time to visit the park. There is no camping at this park as it closes at 10 p. m., but you could try fishing in the Mission creek which runs through it the best time for fishing is after a hard rain when the water is running unless you like crawdads. But the park is not about camping or fishing but about being with ones family to have a picnic and enjoy the fresh air. When my friends or family would go there we would have the park all to are self’s, but that may have changed, as the Dover community has been working on the park as you will see when do a web search. The park is well kept up and the grass is always kept cut.



The park is small, as Mission Creek in circle it, but none the lest if you like peace and quiet and the beauty of nature, then this park is the place to come. After leaving the park you may want to visit the old Osage school house No. 8 or No. 9, that stands in a field south of the park go left and over the bridge after leaving the park it’ a few miles after crossing the Shawnee and Osage county line, but take note it’s been over 30, years the last time I saw it, so it may not still be standing.


I hope the following pictures will inspire you to come and visit this little park.

Note. If you push on a picture you will get a full screen view, the school house will not enlarge.

The Easter Family's of Burlingame Kansas

My families home was on a farm south-east of Scranton, Kansas, they were farmers and coal miners, they owned their own mine, it was called the Segelquist Brothers Coal Co. As a young man we would visit the farm a lot as my father like to hunt and fish on the farm. Now about a quarter of a mile west of the farm sat a old farm house on top of a hill, that we would go and hunt at, as a boy I didn’t think to much about the house other then it was neat and falling apart. As the years past the old house sat on the hill reminding us of the days of the past.

When I became older (18 ?) I became interested in photography and would always take my camera with me, I was always taking pictures of the old house. One time my dad and I were at the house and in back there was another building something like a smoke house, although my dad said that the family had lived in it, while the big house was being built. Well I went in side and found a lot of old Newspapers from the 1870 and 1880’s, I still have some. I thought they were neat and that was about it, till I got interested in Genealogy. The house was always known as the Easter place, and the papers had a tag with the name of Easter on it, so I started looking in to the name and this is what I found.

Note. The pictures were taken over the years, the B. & W. picture was taken some time in the late 1970 or early 1980’s this would be the last time the house would be seen as it was taken down some time in the 1980’s my aunts house now stands in it place.

Note. If you have any questions you can write to me at the following: dsegelquist1@cox.net


Alexander Campbell Easter, farmer, Section 33, P. O. Burlingame, Kansas, he was born in Highland County, Ohio, November 4, 1838; son of John Easter and Mary A. Miller. His paternal grandparents were Jacob Easter and Jacob Miller; and his maternal grandparents were Elizabeth Evans, and Mary Barnett. He was educated at Butler University, Ind., graduating class of 1864. He was set apart to the ministry, by the Christian Church in Sabina, Clinton Co., Ohio, 1866. He came to Kansas in 1869, and settled first in Wabaunsee County, but later settled in Dragoon Township, where he owns a splendid farm containing 240 acres, all improved; corn the principal crop. He soon became the pastor of the Christian Church in Burlingame, and still holds that position, very much loved by his people. He was married in Clinton County, Ohio, August 24, 1864, to Miss Angeline M., daughter of Abner C. Mills and Huldah Hall. They have three children - Perry H., born in Highland County, Ohio, January 15, 1866; Grace M., born in Clinton County, Ohio, June 14, 1868; and Burnell M., born in Osage County, Kan., April 19, 1871.

1880 Census.

Taken at Dragoon Township, Burlingame, Osage County, Kansas.

First family.

Alexander Campbell Easter, age 42, Minister & farmer.
Angeline Easter, Wife, age 41, Keeping house.
Pary ( Parry ) Hill Easter, Son, age 14, Home.
Burwell M. Easter, Son, age 9, Home.
Grace M. Easter, Daughter, age 11, Home.

Second family.

Joshuway Easter, age 29, Farmer.
Matilda Easter, Wife, age 22, Keeping house.
Marcia Easter, Daughter, age 9m.

Third family.

David Easter, age 25, Farmer.
Nettie Easter, age 22, Keeping house.

Fourth family.

Daniel M. Easter, age 37, Farmer.
Adiline Easter, Wife, age 34, Keeping house.
Anna Easter, Daughter, age 11, Home.
Laura, Easter, Daughter, age 6, Home.
Alice Easter, Daughter, age 9, Home.
Hattie Easter, Daughter, age 3, Home.
Charles Easter, Son, age 3, Home.
Clarence Easter, Son, age 7m.

Fifth family.

Jacob P. Easter age 37, Physician.
Martha A. Easter, Wife, age 40, Keeping house.
Callie B. Easter, Daughter, age 10, Home.
Wickliffe H. Easter, Son, age 5, Home.
Chester P. Easter, Son, age 2, Home.
Rebecka J. Geading, Niece, age 21.

Burlingame City Cemetery
Osage County, Kansas.
There are 31, Easter's at rest here.

1. A. J. Easter
Birth: Jul. 5, 1824 Death: Aug. 3, 1910

2. Adaline Easter
Birth: 1846, Death: 1912, Wife of Daniel M. Easter.

3. Sgt Alexander C. Easter
Birth: Nov. 4, 1838 Death Jan. 15, 1930, O. M. Sgt, 2nd, Ohio Cav, Ng, WW1.

4. Angeline Easter
Birth: Jul. 6, 1839 Death: Nov. 12, 1923

5. Anna Owen Easter
Birth: 1869 Death: 1951

6. Annie M. Easter
Birth: Unknown Death Sept. 10, 1893, age 54 years. Wife to John B. Easter.

7. Arch Easter
Birth: 1885
Death: 1956

8. Asron Easter
Birth: unknown
Death: Nov. 16, 1921

9. Benjamin Easter
Birth: unknown Death: Apr. 1, 1871
Aged: 29 Years, 20 days

10. Benjamin E. Easter
Birth: unknown Death: Jan. 18, 1873
Aged: 8 Months.

11. Charles A. Easter
Birth: 1876 Death: 1946

12. Cloah A. Easter
Birth: unknown Death: Jul. 18, 1879
Aged: 23 Years, 10 Months, 4 Days, Wife of A. Easter

13. Cornelia Easter
Birth: Jun. 11, 1879 Death: Jun. 11, 1879
Daughter of A. and Angeline

14. Daniel M. Easter
Birth: 1848 Death: 1924

15. David M. Easter
Birth: 1855
Death: 1922

16. Edith M. Easter
Birth: unknown
Death: Aug. 27, 1971

17. Grace M. Easter
Birth: 1868 Death: 1950

18. Homer H. Easter
Birth: Nov. 2, 1869 Death: Jul. 4, 1888
Aged: 18 Years, 8 Months, 2 Days, Son of John B. and Annie M., Died at Angora, Oregon

19. Infant Easter
Birth: Jan. 3, 1915
Death: Jan. 3, 1915
Infant of C.M.

20. John Easter
Birth: unknown
Death: Aug. 28, 1868
Aged: 62 Years, 11 Months, 20 Days

21. John B. Easter
Birth: Aug. 19, 1835
Death: Jan. 12, 1885
Aged: 49 Years, 4 Months, 23 Days

22. John Clifford Easter
Birth: Jul. 30, 1877
Death: Aug. 2, 1877
Son of A. and Argeline

23. Marian H. Easter
Birth: unknown Death: Dec. 11, 1933

24. Marvin C. Easter
Birth: 1914
Death: 1915

25. Mary Ann Easter
Birth: unknown Death: Feb. 5, 1892

26. Mary Emma Easter
Birth: 1877 Death: 1918

27. Maude Easter
Birth: 1890 Death: 1971

28. Muriel Easter
Birth: 1915 Death: 1923

29. Nettie Easter
Birth: 1857 Death: 1933
Wife of David M.

30. Perry Hall Easter
Birth: 1866
Death: 1903

31. Sarah Easter
Birth: unknown Death: Sep. 11, 1885
Aged: 54 Years, 5 Months, 8 Days, Wife of A. J.

This first picture is the front of the house, the house faces east.

This second is of the north side looking south.

The above picture was taken late fall, looking to the south-west.

These two pictures are of the south side of the house.

They Were Hung?--Civil War.

All these man were under the sentence to be hung or were hung. These men were of the Union and Confederate Army’s, and civilians. I have just listed the names as some of the information is very long, you may see a name more thing once this could not be helped, but that will tell you there may be a lot of information on that name? Some family’s will not like the idea of a family member being hung, but you have to remember this was war and you should be proud that he give his life in what he believed in, no matter what side he was on. Like I said there will be some information on all these men, so if you see a name and would like more information, you can request it by writing to me at the following: dsegelquist1@cox.net


1. George P. Simms, no county or State given, captured at Ruggles' Mills, Ky., April 19, 1863, a 'spy ", sentenced to be hung May 29, 1863,

2. William S. Burgess, no county or State given, captured at Ruggles' Mills, Ky., April 20, 1863, a 'spy", sentenced to be hung May 29, 1863.

3. John Marr, alias Perkins alias Hawkins, captured at Paris, Ky., April 5, 1863, a 'spy", sentenced to be hung May 29, 1863.

4. Thomas M. Campbell, no country or State given, captured at Ruggles' Mills, Ky., April 11, 1863.

5. H. P. Esteph, private, Fourteenth Kentucky, Company H, no place or date of capture given, a 'spy", sentenced to be hung.

6. George L. Prouty, member of Company L, Fifty Michigan Cavalry, hung November 1864.

7. Private Samuel Jones, of Company B, Fifth Ohio Regiment, He was hung on Tuesday,
January 12, 1864.

8. Private Daniel Bright, of Company L, Sixty-second Georgia Regiment, hung December 18, 1863.

9. Harrison Self, December 1861.

10. Mr. Spires, an aged man, over seventy years, one of the oldest citizens of Shelby County (adjoining the county of which Palmyra is the shire-town), was taken from his house and hung, and his body mutilated. Note, no other info.

11. Dr. Aylward, the prominent Union man of that locality, and hung him, with a halter made of hickory bark, until he was dead, was of the town of Canton, in Lewis County. Note, no other info.

12. Frank B. Gurley, alias Captain Frank B. Gurley, December 1863.

13. James R. Mallory, alias Captain James R. Mallory, February 1864.

14. Thomas W. Elliott, alias Private Thomas W. Elliott, January 1864.
Note. Number 73, isthe same man.

New- January 23, 2010.

Mr. F. M. Elliott, of South Carolina give this new info on his Grate-Grate Grandfather.

My great- great Grandfather John Francis Abraham Elliott was a Methodist Preacher in the Darlington District of South Carolina. He entered the war with 2 of his sons. One son, Thomas Wayne Elliott was killed in the battle of Atlanta. I may have a date of birth and date of death but that’s about all we have on him. We always assumed that he was shot in battle. This is interesting to learn of his possible hanging. His father Captain J. F. A. Elliott also died during the war from illness on Morris Island SC. I have a good amount of info on him but the info on Thomas was he had been short.

Error--I apologize for the confusion. Thomas wasn't actually Killed in action, he married and moved west after the civil war. His brother Dargan Pinkney Elliott was the one that was killed in the battle of Atlanta.

15. February 1864, Daniel Bright, burnt affiant's house and all it contained, stables, crop, and nearly everything on the premises, he was of the county of Pasquotank.
Note, no other info.

16. Charles H. Clifford, November 1862.

17. James A. Stoker, September 1862.

18. G. St. Leger Grenfel, sentence is hereby commuted to imprisonment for life, at hard labor, at the Dry Tortugas Fla., or such other place as the Secretary of War may designate.


19. S. B. Davis, alias Willough by Cummings, February 1865.

2o. Harrison H. Dodd, citizen of Indiana, September 1864.

22. Sergt. John R. Lyle, is sentenced by court-martial at Browling Green, Ky., to be hung as a spy on Friday, the 27th of May, on Johnson's Island, near Sandusky, Ohio.

23. Private John W. Irwin, Company A, Ninth Virginia Cavalry.

24. William B. Mumford.

25. Price Lewis, April 1862.

26. John Sully, April 1862.

27. Private Daniel Bright, of Company L, of my Sixty-second Georgia Regiment; hung him to a beam in a house; body remained suspended forty hours, note, no other info.

28. Charles H. Harris, of New Orleans, La., 1863.

29. Private Jefferson Severns, of Company H, Sixth Missouri State Militia Cavalry, December 1863.

30. William Campbell, private, Company K, Second Ohio Regiment, June 1862.

31. Private Martin Ross, Second Ohio Infantry, June 1862.

32. Perry G. Shadrick, Second Ohio Infantry, June 1862.

33. George D. Wilson, Second Ohio Infantry, June 1862.

34. John Scott, Twenty-first Ohio Infantry, June 1862.

35. Samuel Robinson, Thirty-third Ohio Infantry, June 1862.

36. Samuel Slavens, Thirty-third Ohio Infantry, June 1862.

37. James Wood, said his son-in-law was John H. Paster, June 1864.

38. Robert C. Kennedy, 1865.

39. T. E. Hogg, 1865.

40. E. A. Swain, 1865.

41. John S. Hiddle, 1865.

42. W. L. Black, 1865.

43. T. J. Grady, 1865.

44. R. B. Lyon, 1865.

45. Joseph Higgin, 1865.

46. Lieutenant Mosely, on the 30th of September, 1864.

47. Captain J. F. Fraley, Fourth Tennessee Cavalry, in May, 1864.

48. Private Lee Cathey, Forty-first Tennessee, in June, 1864.

49. Private William Lemmon, Seventeenth Mississippi, in June, 1864.

50. Private Jesse Nearing, Thirty-second Tennessee, in June, 1864.

51. Private Robert T. Grossett, Forty-second Tennessee, on the 8th of July, 1864.

52. S. H. Anderson, a citizen prisoner in confinement at Fort Wyman, Mo., March 1865.

53. John Y. Beall, March 1865.

54. Samuel P. [B.] Hearn, August 1864, citizen.

55. Braxton Lyon, August 1864, citizen.

56. William H. Rogers, [Rodgers], August 1864, citizen.

57. John R. H. Embert, August 1864, citizen.

58. John C. Nicholl, Second Kentucky, was hung at Johnson's Island, September 2, 1864

59. David M. Wright, of Norfolk, physician, October 1863.

60. Captain R. W. Baylor, held at Fort McHenry, August 1863.

61. Second Lieutenant Charles Lewis, U. S. cavalry, February 1863.

62. William B. Compton, June 1863.

63. William B. Mumford, of New Orleans.

64. A. C. Haun, December 10, 1861.

65. John E. Boyd, January 13, 1865

66. William A. Bowles, citizens of the State of Indiana, 1865.

67. Lambdin P. Miligan, citizen of the State of Indiana, 1865.

68. Stephen Horsey, citizens of the State of Indiana, 1865.

69. George W. Mumford [William B. Mumford], 1862.

70. Frank B. Gurley, 1865.

71. Frank B. Gurley, alias Captain Frank B. Gurley, 1865.

72. James R. Mallory, alias Captain James R. Mallory, 1865.

73. Thomas W. Elliott, alias Private Thomas W. Elliott, 1865.

74. John Y. Beall, 1865.

75. Dr. David Minton Wright.

76. Matthew Thompson, a citizen of Boone County, Mo.,

77. David E. Herold, 1865.

78. Charles H. Burch, 1863.

79. Harrison Swlf, 1862.

80. John R. Lyle, 1863.

Fighting Indians Of The Old West-Cavalry.

These Cavalry man fought Indians through out the United States, your family stories may have been about an ancestor fighting Indians in the old west, he may be on this list? The information here will be Rank, Regiment, company, and the Campaigns or engagements he was In. All these men were Officers I have no information on the lower ranks. If you have any questions about this page or any other pages at this site, you can write to me at the following: dsegelquist1@cox.net

Note. This information comes from The Library of Congress.

Important note. Most all these men were in the Civil War, and many of these men were in other Indian battles. If you would like to know more write to me at the above address.

1. Brevet Lieut. Col. Frederick W. Benteen, captain in the Seventh Regiment United States Cavalry, for gallant and meritorious conduct in an engagement with hostile Indians on the Saline River, Kansas, August 13, 1868, to date from August 13, 1868.

2. Brevet Lieut. Col. Louis H. Carpenter, captain in the Tenth Regiment United States Cavalry, for gallant and meritorious services in the engagement with Indians on Beaver Creek, Kansas, October 18, 1868, to date from October 18, 1868.

3. Brevet Lieut. Col. Albert Barnitz, captain in the Seventh Regiment United States Cavalry, for distinguished gallantry at the battle of the Washita, Indian Territory, November 27, 1868, in which engagement he was severely wounded, to date from November 27, 1868.

4. Bvt. Lieut. Col. Andrew W. Eavans, major in the Third Regiment United States Cavalry, for gallant and meritorious services resulting in the capture and destruction of a Comanche Indian village at the western base of the Wichita Mountains, December 25, 1868, to date from December 25, 1868.

5. Bvt. Lieut. Col. Andrew J. McGonnigle, captain and assistant quartermaster, United States Army, for meritorious services during the Indian campaign, to date from February 11, 1869.

6. Bvt. Lieut. Col. David Perry, captain in the First Regiment United States Cavalry, for gallantry in an engagement with a large band of Indians on the Malheur River, Oregon, April 5, 1868, to date from April 5, 1868.

7. Bvt. Lieut. Col. William Redwood Price, major in the Eighth Regiment United States Cavalry, for gallant and meritorious services in an engagement with Indians in the vicinity of Walkers Springs, in the aquarious range, Arizona Territory, on the 10th and 13th of December, 1868, to date from December 10, 1868.

8. Bvt. Lieut. Col. Eugene M. Baker, captain in the First Regiment United States Cavalry, for zeal and energy while in command of troops operating against hostile Indians in 1866, 1867, and 1868, to date from December 1, 1868.

9. Bvt. Maj. David Perry, captain in the First Regiment United States Cavalry, for gallantry in an engagement with a large band of Indians on the Owyhee (Indians) River, Indian Territory, December 26, 1866, to date from December 26, 1866.

10. Bvt. Maj. James C. Hunt, captain in the First Regiment United States Cavalry, for gallantry in an engagement with a band of Indians at Steens Mountain, Oregon, January 29, 1867, to date from January 29, 1867.

11. Bvt. Maj. William R. Purnell, first lieutenant in the First Regiment United States Cavalry, for conspicuous gallantry in charging a large band of Indians strongly fortified in the Infernal Caverns, Pitt River, California, September 26, 1867, to date from September 26, 1867.

12. Capt. William Kelly, of the Eighth Regiment United States Cavalry, for gallantry in an engagement with a large band of Indians on Malheur River, Oregon, April 5, 1868, to date from April 5, 1868.

13. Capt. George W. Graham, of the Tenth Regiment United States Cavalry, for gallant and meritorious service at the affair with Indians on Big Sandy, Colorado Territory, September 17, 1868, to date from September 17, 1868.

14. First Lieut. Alexander H. Stanton, of the First Regiment United States Cavalry, for gallantry in an engagement with a large band of Indians on Malheur River, Oregon, April 5, 1868, to date from April 5, 1868.

15. First Lieut. John F. Small, of the First Regiment United States Cavalry, for gallantry in charging a band of Indians, killing and capturing more of the enemy than he had men, on Silver Lake, Oregon, September 8, 1867, to date from September 8, 1867.

16. John Madigan, late first lieutenant in the First Regiment United States Cavalry, for conspicuous gallantry in charging a large band of Indians strongly fortified in the Infernal Caverns, Pitt River, California, where killed, to date from September 27, 1867.

17. Bvt. Col. William H. Brown, captain, Fifth Cavalry, for gallant and distinguished conduct in action with Delches band of Apaches in the Matazal Mountains, Arizona Territory, to date from October 30, 1873.

18. Bvt. Lieut. Col. James Burns, captain, Fifth Cavalry, for distinguished services in the campaign against the Apache Mojaves, to date from December 7, 1873.

19. Bvt. Lieut. Col. John B. Babcock, first lieutenant, Fifth Cavalry, for gallant conduct in the engagement at Four Peaks, Arizona Territory, to date from January 16, 1874.

20. Bvt. Maj. John M. Hamilton, captain, Fifth Cavalry, for gallant conduct in the campaign against the San Carlos Apaches, to date from April 17, 1874.

21. Bvt. Maj. Walter S. Schuyler, second lieutenant, Fifth Cavalry, for gallant conduct at Four Peaks, Arizona Territory, to date from May 14, 1874.

22. Bvt. Capt. Alfred B. Bache, first lieutenant, Fifth Cavalry, for gallant conduct in action near Apache Creek, Arizona Territory, to date from April 1, 1874.

23. Bvt. Capt. Earl D. Thomas, first lieutenant, Fifth Cavalry, for distinguished services in the campaign against the Hulpai Indians, to date from April 4, 1874.

24. Bvt. Capt. Walter S. Schuyler, second lieutenant, Fifth Cavalry, for gallantry in action at Salt River, Arizona Territory, to date from April 28, 1874.

25. First Lieut. Bernard Reilly, jr., Fifth Cavalry, for gallantry in action at Apache Creek, Arizona Territory, to date from April, 1874.

26. First Lieut. Charles King, Fifth Cavalry, for gallant and distinguished services in action against Indians near Diamond Butte, Arizona Territory, to date from May 21, 1874.

27. Second Lieut. Edwin P. Eckerson, Fifth Cavalry, for gallantry in action with Delches band of Apaches in the Matazal Mountains, Arizona Territory, to date from October 30, 1873.

28. Second Lieut. Robert London, Fifth Cavalry, for gallant and distinguished services in the campaign against the San Carlos Indians, to date from April 3, 1874.

29. Bvt. Col. John Green, major, First Cavalry, for distinguished conduct and public service and gallant bearing in presence of the enemy during the Modoc war, to date from June 1, 1873, the date of the capture of the Modoc chief, Captain Jack.

30. Second Lieutenant A. Liebschutz, of the Ninth Kansas Cavalry, for meritorious services, and for wounds received in the battle of Prairie Grove, Arkansas, to date from March 13, 1865.