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Show 1880 TO 1912 041 a part of the First Army Corps, commanded by Major-G eneral James H. Wilson, and the Third Brigade, commanded by BrigadierGeneral John N. Andrews. The New Mexico battalion went to Whipple Barracks, where it was joined by the Arizona contingent, and two months later proceeded to Camp Hamilto n, Lexington, Luna was a young man of great promise. The 34th legislative assembly passed appropriate resolutions covering his career and death. The territory placed a memorial in bronze and a bust of this lamented young man in the capitol. He was the son of Tranquilino Luna, delegate to the 47th congress, and a distinguished son of the Luna family. H. W. Weakley was born in Shelbyville, Indiana, in 1868. He received his education in the public schools of his native city. Coming to the west, he was a citizen of Colorado, where he joined the 2d regiment of national guards of that state, belonging to the Chaffee Light Artillery. He fession. He received a commission as first lieutenant in was a druggist by prothe Ist U. 8. Vol. Cav. . Governor Otero; soldier. Lieutenant and Maxwell served Keyes, of with Troop Troop F F, was in Cuba. a grandson He was a gallant of Lucien B. Maxwell. His father was Major Keyes, of the U. S. army. born at Ft. Sill, Indian Territory, in 1873. He received Lieutenant Keyes was his education at the college of the Christian Brothers. St. Louis, Mo. His father was a major in the 3d U. 8. Cavalry, and his residence followed that of his father, sta- who was tioned at a number of army posts throughout the west and northwest. He Second lieutenant of Troop F, commissioned by Governor Otero. After the of the Cuban campaign, where he served with his regiment, he continued in Service of the United States, and served in the Philippi ne Islands. He regimental adjutant, Ist U. S. Vol. Cavalry. was end the was William Henry Harrison Llewellyn, captain of Troop G, was born in Monroe, Green county, Wisconsin, September 9, 1851. The ‘family is of Welsh origin, and was founded in America by Dr. Joseph Llewellyn, the great-grandfather Major Llewellyn, who emigrated to the United States from Wales and settledof in Westmoreland county, Virginia. His son served in the War of 1812, as did also his Son, who was a lieutenant and fought at Sackett’s Harbor. Joseph Llewellyn also Served as an officer of the 24 Kansas Cavalry in the Civil War. After the war educated in the he removed common to Iowa. schools His son, William H. H. Lewellyn, was of Iowa, and at Tabor college in that state. Tn 1866, when fifteen years of age, he went to Montana and engaged in gold Mining at Trinity Gulch. In the spring of 1881, Major Llewellyn came to New MEXICO as agent for the Mescalero Apache Indians.. The following year he was nade agent for the Jicarilla tribe of Apaches and, in 1883, removed them to the Mescalero reservation. He this position five years and was signally suc“ssful as the government’s held representative in this arduous service. In 1885 he ormed a partnership with Rynerson and Wade, prominent attorneys in southern New Mexico, and began the practice of the law. ‘Later he served as live stock ,sent for the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fé Railroad Company, a position held Y him for eight years. a delegate to the republican national convention of 1884, in 1900, and He in was 1904. In 1896, he was elected a member of. the 824 legislative assembly and was chosen speaker of the house of representatives. ® Teceived his commission as captain of Troop G from Governor Otero, and Served with great gallantry and distinction at Las Guasimas and San Juan Hill. ® has also enjoyed the confidence and personal friendship of Colonel Roosevelt, Who, when president, appointed him United States attorney for New Mexico, a He served as a member of the lower house from Position he held until 1907. ona Ana county in the 35th legislative assembly, and was appointed district |