Chapter D: M. OLTZ, Carpenter, enlisted June 23d, 1853. Was a good soldier and a

good member of the Company; served for some time. His membership was dissolved by his removal to Canada.

J. B. HAMMOND, Jeweler, enlisted June 23d, 1853. Served faithfully as Company bugler until his removal to St. Louis.

MELVILLE WILKINSON, Clerk, enlisted July 4th, 1853. Was a good soldier while connected with the Company, and a better one after leaving it. He removed from the district after a membership of one or two years. Upon the breaking out of the war he enlisted in the 23d New York Volunteers; was soon commissioned Lieutenant; served his time; volunteered the second time, and was elected Captain in the 107th New York Volunteers. He was a brave and true officer; was engaged in many battles; was transferred to the Veteran Reserve Corps; afterwards held a prominent position upon the staff of General Coxe, who commanded the Department of Ohio. At the close of the war he devoted his time to preparing himself for the ministry, and is now an Episcopal clergyman, located in Ohio.

THOMAS J. PHILLIPS, Miller. (Date of enlistment not recorded.) Mr. Phillips was no ordinary soldier, as he most conclusively proved to a Bank President at the Seneca Falls encampment. He was always careful to know what his duty was, and then he was going to do it, let the consequences be what they might. He was always good natured, perfectly happy, and was poor society for those troubled with the _blues_. Never wanted much to do with a person who did not feel as good as himself. Was worth at the encampment spoken of above, more than some whole Companies. Had the advantages of an early education and good bringing up, used to living well at home, and believed in living well in camp--_and did_. No person, although he might be President of all the Banks in Hungary, could pass the line when he was the sentinel. He was athletic, not only in person but in mind, and too much good cannot be said of him as a soldier and a citizen. The Company sustained a severe loss when Mr. Phillips removed from among them, and became the proprietor of the Danby Spring Mills.

WILLIAM H. BROWN, Grocer, enlisted July 28th, 1853. Mr. Brown served his full time and received an honorable discharge. He always felt a deep interest in the welfare of the Company; particularly prompt to meet all the demands made upon him; always gave cheerfully, and has in many instances paid for others who could illy afford to pay for themselves; was always careful to have no one know that he paid obligations other than his own; always present at the drills and meetings of the Company, and altogether Mr. Brown was one of the _solid men_ of the Company. He has acted as Company Sutler at a number of encampments, and in this capacity has given the most perfect satisfaction.

LEONARD STODDARD, Carriage Maker, enlisted July 28th, 1853. His membership was short--removing from the district soon after joining. He was employed in the extensive establishment of William S. Hoyt, Esq., the largest carriage manufacturer in Western New York.

SAMUEL STODDARD, Wool and Leather Merchant, enlisted June 29th, 1854.

In the DeWitt Guard, as well as in every other organization or association with which Mr. Stoddard has been connected, he was, as he would term his best grade of wool, super extra. He was an old militiaman when he joined this Company, and had improved all the advantages to be derived from the Old Guard, which in an eminent degree qualified him for a good soldier in this, then new, Company. A peculiar trait in the military character of Mr. Stoddard was, he invariably attended the drills and meetings of the Company. Consider, with this fact, the large business carried on by him, which one would suppose would require his undivided time and attention, and we find he must have sacrificed a good deal for the interest he felt in this Company. He would forego other enjoyments for the sake of attending the weekly drills in which he took much pleasure, believing that this exercise was of vast good to him. He became a very proficient soldier; never would accept office of any kind, though besought with tears; his highest ambition was to be a _good_ high private; was one of the most liberal men in the Company, always contributing freely, and many times more than his proportion; was always in favor of paying promptly any demand made upon the Company, and opposed to obligations or debts accumulating against them, and we find it recorded in two or three instances where Mr. Stoddard moved that a tax of two or more dollars be levied upon each member to pay up deficits. He served his full time and was granted an honorable discharge. For the high standing of the DeWitt Guard to-day, they are in no small degree indebted to Mr. Stoddard. He has enjoyed the confidence of the community sufficient to be elected several times to positions of trust and honor. Long live Samuel Stoddard.