Honoring The Brave

A memorial service in honor of Gen. W. 8. (Iancock was held at Governors' Island Feb. 0 under the auspices of the military ferviee iistitullon. Amoug tliose present were: (icns. Daniel F. Sictles, J. B. Gordon, C. P. Stone, and the officers of the garrison. (jeu. Fry presided. Gen. Hancoek's chalr was drapcd with black, and emblema of mouniinic hung on the wa!l. The feature of the evening was a paper b.y Gen. W, 1'. Smllh. Ie spoke with great adiniratlon of thedead. and ïelated some reminisci-mes of the Oeld. Lettera were rcad from Samuel J. Tilden, t-'ecretaries Bayar.l and Kndicott, Col. Jolm Hay, (ens. Sherman and Sherldan, Geo.W. ('liihls, Jnhu Jacob Astor, A. 3. Dnsel, Gen. l. 1'. Mead, Col. Frederick Grant, oud others. In liis etter, Secretary Barard highly praised the patriotic positioii of Ben. Hancock in Ihe presidential controversy of lS7i;.