The Eighth Tribe, 1977 (4. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1977-09-01 / 9. szám
Page 12 THE EIGHTH TRIBE September, 1977 came its colonel. He also fought with General Asboth in the division of Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger as commander of the first brigade of the District of West Florida, which included the 25th, 82nd, and 86th Colored Infantry Regiments. His two brothers, Sigismund and Emil, were both lieutenants in the 82nd Colored Regiment. Sigismund died of typhoid fever in 1863. 1864 Eugene Kozlay enlisted in the 54th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment (The Black Jaegers) and became its colonel. In view of his meritorious services, Kozlay was appointed brigadier general in 1865. 1865 One of the four brothers Rombauer, Raphael G., served as major of artillery in the West Tennessee District. In 1865, he became commander of the entire artillery unit of that district. Robert J. Rombauer was colonel of the 1st Missouri Volunteer Infantry Regiment U.S. Reserve Corps. Later he became commander of the 2nd brigade of the Army of the Southwest. He was also a Civil War his'torian. Roland Rombauer was captain in the 1st Florida Cavalry in the District of West Florida under the command of General Asboth. Later he was promoted to provost marshal. Roderick Rombauer served as judge of the Circuit Court and became one of the best known jurists in the State of Missouri. As captain he served in the 1st Regiment of the U.S. Reserve. The town of Rombauer was named after him. Charles Mundee-Mándy was promoted to brigadier general for his bravery in the battle of Petersburg, Virginia. He fought in the battles of Winchester, Fisher Hill, and Cedar Creek, Virginia. He was wounded at Cedar Creek as well as in the battle at Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia. October 14. The first significant immigrant institution, the New York Hungarian Association (New Yorki Magyar Egylet) was formed for the purpose of nourishing the fraternal spirit among its members and awakening sympathy for Hunchurch. Although this custom was dropped later, the Magyars still call Sunday the market day (vasárnap, originally vásárnap). Perhaps the most favored and most necessary pastime of the Magyars was hunting. They pursued this pastime with vigor, and in doing so, they employed the bow, the falcon, as well as various kinds of traps and snares. They especially liked to hunt with their favorite weapon, the bow. This practice also kept their fighting skills in shape. In hunting with the bow, the Magyars used at least a dozen types of arrows, depending on the game they were after. One of the most interesting of these was the so-called swallow-tailed arrow, which they used to hunt water fowl. They shot this arrow parallel with the water in such a way that it skidded on its surface. In light of the above, it should be evident that the material culture of the conquering Magyars of the tenth century was a rather complex one. They were certainly far different from the “simple nomads” that some earlier historians made them out to be. In point of fact, because of their long-standing interaction with the Byzantine and the Islamic Civilizations —Jjoth of which were far ahead of contemporary Western Europe — in a number of aspects of their culture, the Magyars were also ahead of their new neighbors. They did not as yet build large fortifications and walled cities, which the West had inherited from the Roman Empire. Nor did they have a high level of literary culture (although they did have a form of writing, to be discussed in the next chapter). But they were up-to-date in their agricultural knowledge, artisanship and commerce, and certainly ahead of the West in horsemanship and equestrian military warfare. Moreover, like most of the “Turkic types” who used to be nomadic horsemen, and who had been in close contact with the Islamic Civilization, the conquering Magyars were also far ahead of their new neighbors in matters of hygiene and personal cleanliness. ☆ ☆ 52 gary, studying American institutions to popularize them in Hungary, and stimulating the scientific and mercantile work of Hungarians in the United States. The first president of the Association was Colonel Perczel and its leading spirit Michael Heilprin. Several years later the association branched into a choral society and in 1871 into a Sickness Benefit Society. The last public undertaking of the association was the reception of the Hungarian delegates to the St. Louis Interparliamentary Congress in 1904. 1866 Theodore Majthényi was appointed lieutenant of the 6th U.S. Cavalry. As lieutenant and adjutant to the Cavalry Guard under the command of Zágonyi, Majt-
