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Excerpt from Public Record of Perry Belmont, Vol. 6: A Member of the House of Representatives in the 47th, 48th, 49th, 50th Congress Ex-Chairman of the Democratic State Committee Mr. J. W. Hinkley, in an interview with your representative to-day, said that the friends of Hon. Perry Belmont, who is now serving on the staff of his cousin, Major-General Butler, at Camp Alger, were very much annoyed at the constant repetition in various newspapers of the statement that Major Belmont had gone to the front because of political aspirations. Mr. Hinkley stated that Major Belmont might be considered absolutely out of the list of those desiring a nomination for Governor this fall. Major Belmont was at home for a few hours on leave the other day and said to Mr. Hinkley that when he went to the front he fully intended to place himself outside the list of probable or possible candidates. His friends, therefore, are quite annoyed to see his name constantly used as being in attendance at political gatherings, while in reality he has been sweltering in the beat and dust of Camp Alger, fully determined to avoid the turmoil of politics. Ex-Chairman Hinkley says that army life is quite congenial to Major Belmont. He has twelve relatives who. along with himself, are serving in the army and navy to-day. There are two sons of General Perry who are officers in the Regular Army - Lieutenant John Perry, who is at Santiago, and Lieutenant Alexander Perry, who is at Manila. Other members of the family are Major-General Butler, of the Volunteer Army; his son. Major Butler, of the Regular Army; Commander Raymond Rodgers, executive officer of the Iowa; Colonel Alexander Rodgers of the Regular Army, now in command of a Connecticut Volunteer regiment: Lieutenant Slidell Rodgers, who is with Dewey: Com. Frederick Rodgers, now in command of the Puritan: Captain John Rodgers on the Indiana: Com. Morris McKenzie, who commands the converted yacht Mayflower: and Wm. Tiffany, with the Rough Riders. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
