. Officers of the army and navy (regular) who served in the Civil War . as revoked on the consolidationof regiments. lie had recruited some sixty men forthe regiment. Lieutenant Taylor then enlisted in the regular army,and was made a sergeant of the general service Septem-ber 10, 1862, but was honorably discharged, April 30,1863, on account of having been appointed chief clerkof the Volunteer Bureau of the War Department. Heremained on this duty until commissioned as secondlieutenant of the Seventeenth U. S. Infantry. He waspromoted first lieutenant of the same regiment Septem-ber 1, 1867, and
. Officers of the army and navy (regular) who served in the Civil War . as revoked on the consolidationof regiments. lie had recruited some sixty men forthe regiment. Lieutenant Taylor then enlisted in the regular army,and was made a sergeant of the general service Septem-ber 10, 1862, but was honorably discharged, April 30,1863, on account of having been appointed chief clerkof the Volunteer Bureau of the War Department. Heremained on this duty until commissioned as secondlieutenant of the Seventeenth U. S. Infantry. He waspromoted first lieutenant of the same regiment Septem-ber 1, 1867, and, on the consolidation of regiments, washonorably discharged December 1, 1870. He re-entered the service as hospital-steward on May24, 1872, and was appointed a second lieutenant of theNineteenth U. S. Infantry October 1, 1873. He waspromoted first lieutenant November 24, 1879, and hasserved with his regiment in various parts of the countryup to the present time. Lieutenant Taylors duties have been varied and re-sponsible,—adjutant, quartermaster, and adjutant-gen-. eral of a district, aide-de-camp to the late Major-GeneralCharles Griffin, and a variety of public demands in theservice,—all of which have given him a valuable experi-ence, and rendered him an officer capable of meeting ex-pectations of his superiors, no matter what the exigencyor nature of the duty upon which placed. Lieutenant Taylor, though born in England, is anAmerican, his father belonging to the Taylors of Sara-toga County, New York, of which John W. Taylor wassuch a distinguished representative. On his mothersside he is descended from the Pelham family of Suffolk,England, one member of which, Herbert, was prominentas a member of the Massachusetts Company in Englandin colonial times. 420 OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AXD NAVY (regular)
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