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Show Tiny Remnant of the Flag of Illinois "Irish Legion." For the purpose of receiving a tiny bit of faded green silk, a remnant of a flag that had led thousands to victory. vic-tory. Major Daniel O'Connor traveled from Chicago and arrived in New York Saturday. This bit of silk, barelv two inches square, is all that is left of the flag of the Nineteenth Illinois Volunteer Infantry the Irish Legion. It waved in twenty-seven different engagements in the civil war. The flag, an emerald green one. was ! shot to pieces before the Avar ended, and all but a small piece was saved. This bit ha.s been in the possession of Colonel Col-onel .T. E. Lonergan, who has an office of-fice in the .Bennett building, since the surrender at Appomattox, and when the few surviving veterans of the Irish Legion were informed that Colonel Lon-ergan Lon-ergan possessed the remnant they petitioned peti-tioned him to present it to their club. Colonel Lonergan replied that he would be :r!ad to let them have half of the piece he :ossessd. On receint of thi communication the survivinsr veterans dispatched the senior surviving officer of the lesion. Major O'Connor, to receive re-ceive the trophy. On h-s arrival Major O'Connor went directly to Colonel Loner-an's office, where in the presence of half a dozen war veterans he was handed the tiny bit of faded green silk. Major O'Conpor, who is a man of commanding presence, is a brother of Major Genera! O'Connor of the British army better known in some of Charles Dickens' letters as the private with "an indomitable will." Major General 1 O'Connor. V. c. C. B., rose from the ranks durins the Crimean war, receiving receiv-ing all the medals and clasps for exceptional ex-ceptional bravery and the thanks of the war office for saving the First battalion of the Buffs from annihilation at Sebas-topool. |