Major Holcomb then delivered the address of the day in which he said that it was most fitting that this pilgrimage, the second which had been made, should be held to keep the memory of this brave man fresh in the minds of Americans and Chinese.
He then spoke briefly of General Ward's life. General Ward was born in 1831 in Salem, Massachusetts, and went to sea at the age of 15. Before he was 16 years old he was made mate on a Lloyd's sailing ship, the Hamilton. The years between 1847 to 1859, he spent on board ship,- coming to China for the first time when he sailed from San Francisco in 1851. He found! in employment in Shanghai and departed as first officer on on the str. Gold Hunter for Tehuintepec, Panama, in -1852. After arriving there, he took part in a revolution against the government in the Foreign Legion led by General Walker. From there he went to Mexico and later to Europe where he served in the Crimean War with the French.
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