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Latrobe, March 19, 1892. On the ayth of September follow-
ing he was appointed City Counsellor, and on the death of
Mr. William A. Hammond on October 4, 1892, he was
appointed City Solicitor by Mayor Latrobe, which position
he held until March, 1896. He has never before held an
elective office, but has always taken an active interest in
Democratic politics.

Adjutant-General: GEN. JOHN S. SAUNDERS (Democrat).

Gen. John S. Saunders was born at Norfolk, Virginia, on
the 3oth day of January, 1836. His father, grandfather and
great grandfather were successively officers of the Navy and
Army of the United States. At the age of 15 he entered St.
James' College, Md. He was appointed a cadet to West
Point at large by President Franklin Pierce in 1854, and
graduated No. 5 in his class June n, 1858. He was tempo-
rarily assigned to the artillery arm on graduating, but in
September was transferred to the Ordnance Department,
where he served until his resignation was accepted in April,
1861. He entered the Confederate States Army soon after-
wards, and served as Ordnance Officer in Richmond-, Vir-
ginia; Chief of Artillery at Norfolk, Virginia; Vicksburg.
Miss.; in field with Army Northern Virginia; in command
of battalion of artillery and Assistant Inspector General Con-
federate States Army, surrendering as Assistant Ordnance
Officer Army Northern Virginia at Appomattox with General
Lee.

He came to Maryland in 1867, settling in Baltimore, where
he has resided since. He entered the Maryland National
Guard as Inspector General of Brigade on May 7, 1887, with
the rank of Colonel, resigning his commission to accept the
appointment of Adjutant-General of the State of Maryland,
February 7, 1900.

Clerk of the Court of Appeals: THOMAS PARRAN (Re-
publican).

Thomas Parran was born in Calvert County, February 12,
1860. He was educated in Charlotte Hall Academy. He
was elected to the House of Delegates in 1883 and re-elected in
1885. He was Chief Deputy in the Internal Revenue Ser-
vice at Baltimore from 1889 to 1893, which year he was elected
to the State Senate. He was appointed assistant enrolling
clerk in 1895 and index clerk in 1897 in the House of Repre-
sentatives of the United States. The latter position he held
at the time of his election, November 5, 1901, as Clerk of the
Court of Appeals of Maryland.