In Memoriam.

FREEMAN A. WALKER.

RESOLUTIONS REPORTED BY A COMMITTEE CONSISTING OF CAPT. J. HENRY BROWN, CAPT. JACOB FOTTLER AND SERGT. WINSLOW B. LUCAS, AND ADOPTED BY THE COMPANY AT A MEETING HELD SEPT. 4, 1906.

Mr. Freeman A. Walker, born in Boston, June 19, 1834, and for nearly forty years a member of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company, died May 31, 1906, at the home of his brother, Col. Henry Walker, 35 Mt. Vernon St., Boston.

Mr. Walker was educated in the public schools of Boston and graduated at the Latin School in 1847. He was prepared to enter Harvard College, but he preferred a business career. After a short clerkship in Boston and a short residence in St Louis, he purchased the house-furnishing business located at 83 Cornhill the oldest establishment of its kind in Boston. He remained in that location nearly fifty years, developing a successful business and amassing a fortune.

Though never an officer of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company, Mr. Walker was deeply interested in its prosperity and zealous for its welfare. He was one of the delegates, appointed from this Company, to attend the 350th anniversary of the Honourable Artillery of London in 1888, and he also visited London with the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company in 1896.

The last rites of burial were held at his beautiful residence in Newton Highlands, June 3, 1906. The service was very impressive; the floral offerings were very elaborate, and the multitude of friends who assembled on that occasion attested to his many and strong friendships.

In view, therefore, of the decease of our late comrade, the committee offer the following:

Whereas, The stern reality of death, which will come sooner or later to each of us, came to Comrade Walker in the full measure of his earthly days- more than three score years and ten,

and

Whereas, During his fifty years of business life, he proved himself to be a man of unswerving integrity, and of quiet generosity; of ready hands and kind heart to assist and sympathize with the poor and distressed, and

Whereas, As a comrade in this Company, he was ever ready to do his part in sustaining the reputation of the corps and in furthering its permanent interests; therefore

Resolved, That we tender to his only surviving brother, Col. Henry Walker, our sympathy in his great sorrow; and to make permanent the expressions of our respect and regard for the deceased, it is also

Resolved, That this memorial and resolutions be accepted by the Company and be made a part of the record of this meeting.

SERGT. WILLIAM H. MITCHELL.

RESOLUTIONS REPORTED BY A COMMITTEE CONSISTING OF CAPT. J. HENRY BROWN, CAPT. JACOB FOTTLER AND SERGT. WINSLOW B. LUCAS, AND ADOPTED BY THE COMPANY AT A MEETING HELD SEPT. 4, 1906.

The announcement of the death of William H. Mitchell, which occurred at his home in this city on the 4th of May last, brought to the members of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company a message of sadness, and awakened among his comrades feelings of sorrow most sincere. He was born in Charlestown, May 26, 1849, and was educated in the public schools of that place. He was a member of the Jackson Guards of Charlestown, from 1868 to 1873. In 1884 he joined the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company, and was elected Sixth Sergeant of Infantry in 1895. An honorable man, a good citizen,

quiet and unassuming, he won the respect of his friends and acquaintances. Therefore be it

Resolved, That by his death this organization has sustained the loss of a devoted and valued member, whose kindly acts and genial disposition will ever be cherished in pleasant remembrance.

Resolved, That this tribute to his memory be entered upon the records of the Company, and a copy thereof sent to his family.

LIEUT. WILLIAM PARKER JONES.

MEMORIAL REPORTED BY A COMMITTEE CONSISTING OF CAPT. J. STEARNS CUSHING, CAPT. JACOB FOTTLER AND Lieut. GEORGE H. ALLEN, AND ADOPTED BY THE COMPANY AT A MEETING HELD SEPT. 10, 1906.

Lieut. William Parker Jones (merchant) was born in Boston, Aug. 21, 1832, and died at Brookline, Saturday, Sept. 1, 1906. He was educated in the Boston public schools, and joined the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company in 1860, of which he was Sixth Sergeant in 1864, Third Sergeant in 1867 and Second Lieutenant in 1882. Was also Band Guide of the Company for five years, Color Bearer for five years, and for many years a member of the Military Museum and Library Committee. His work on this committee has been notable, more especially in assisting in the preparation of the four volume history of the Company, edited by Rev. Oliver A. Roberts. Mr. Roberts says of him in this connection: "Lieutenant Jones has been indefatigable in seeking and obtaining information concerning past and present members of the Artillery Company, and has toiled with the vigor of youth and with the courage of a true soldier in making as complete as possible his sketches of members of the Company. To one without experience this may seem an easy task; to one with experience it is known to be a task from which most men would shrink. Lieutenant Jones has not faltered, and has thereby added materially to the permanent value of this history."

Lieutenant Jones has suffered severely from bodily afflic tion for a number of years past, but notwithstanding this fact he has never for a moment lost his earnest and active interest in all the affairs of the Company. A member for forty-six years, in his death the Company meets with another severe and much regretted loss.

In appreciative remembrance of his many years of faithful, invaluable and lovable service to this Company and to his comrades, this memorial is hereby directed to be inscribed upon the records, and a copy thereof sent to his family.

Extract from Annual Report of Committee on Military Museum and Library:

The committee has to regret the death of William Parker Jones, which occurred Sept. 1, 1906. One of the oldest and most faithful members of the Company, his loss is a loss to all. For his special services on the Library Committee, of which he was Chairman for many years, and on the Committee for the Preparation and Publication of the Company's History, the Company is greatly indebted. Those services were freely given and were invaluable. His unfailing courtesy and kindness endeared him to all that knew him, and especially to his fellow-members in official work. His death leaves a vacancy very difficult to fill.

COL. JOSEPH B. PARSONS.

RESOLUTION REPORTED BY A COMMITTEE CONSISTING OF CAPT. J. HENRY BROWN, CAPT. JACOB FOTTLER AND SERGT. WINSLOW B. LUCAS, AND ADOPTED BY THE COMPANY AT A MEETING HELD SEPT. 17, 1906.

Col. Joseph B. Parsons, a prominent member of the Ancient. and Honorable Artillery Company, was born in Northampton, Mass., April 9, 1828, and died June 4, 1906. By his death the nation loses a faithful public servant, a loyal defender, and the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company an illustrious military member. Early in life he evinced a strong inclination for military affairs, and at the call for volunteers at the outbreak of the Civil War, when 33 years of age, he was mustered in as a Captain in the 10th Mass. Infantry, June 21, 1861. Made a Lieutenant

Colonel July 20, 1862, receiving an honorable discharge at the expiration of his service, July 1, 1864, with the rank of Brevet Colonel. In June, 1888, he was appointed State Pension Agent of Massachusetts, occupying that position up to four years ago, when a change in affairs made him Deputy Commissioner of State Aid and Pensions, and he died while creditably filling that office.

A dutiful soldier, a gentleman always, a friend of everybody, he won the respect and admiration of all his comrades and those whose privilege it was to claim his acquaintance. Ever cherishing his memory, we mingle our sorrow with the grief of his friends, family and relatives..

Resolved, That the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company, in regular meeting assembled, does cause this tribute of kindliness and respect to be inscribed upon its records, and directs that a copy thereof be sent to his family.

SERGT. JAMES M. FRYE.

RESOLUTIONS REPORTED BY A COMMITTEE CONSISTING OF CAPT. J. HENRY BROWN, CAPT. JACOB FOTTLER AND SERGT. WINSLOW B. LUCAS, AND ADOPTED BY THE COMPANY AT A MEETING HELD SEPT. 17, 1906.

Comrade James M. Frye, whose death occurred May 26, 1906, joined the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company on the 23d of November, 1896.

His interest in, and his regard for the welfare of the corps, was recognized and manifested by diligent attendance at meetings and by active participation in its affairs, resulting in his election to a Sergeaney, which position he was holding at the time of his death. Therefore be it

Resolved, That we cherish in kindly remembrance the memory of our esteemed friend and associate, and convey to his family our sincere sympathy.

Resolved, That, as a mark of respect, this tribute be inscribed upon the Company records and a copy forwarded to his family.