The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1881-10-27
ASOLDIER TICKET.

/. AS0LDLER TICKET
The bulk of the Independent County
Ticket is composed of soldiers. The
straight Republican ticket. on the
other hand, has but one soldier Oh it,
we believe. =:
We give below the war records Of
some of the soldiers on the People =
ticket: -.
II. II. MILLER. q.
Enlisted in the Cavalry Service when
4 little more than II years OF age .'for
the war" and remained in the service
u.ti November 70, 1865. The indie.
pendent Cavalry Corps of which he was
i member was accredited ut the close of
the war with having seen the hardest
service and performed the greatest
feats i'll hard marches and effective
cavalry service Of any other in tile
western department. His regiment
went III 500 strong, not including re-:
cruits, and was mustered out with AT
men including officers. The officers Of
his squadron testify that he performed
more active duty than any other man in
his company. His military record: is
all that could be asked. He was not
one Of that class Of chronic office seek.
ers WHO, during the war. ran off to
Canada to escape the draft. In politics
Mr.. Miller is a Republican. He has
voted entire every State and National
Republican ticket in the field since he
was old enough to vote. He is tAe'
same kind of a Republican in principle
as the men who nominated Garfield for
the presidency. He believes in priac;..
ple and the common good rather tfan
machine politics and self aggrandze-
ment ending in political rule or ruin.
He, while honoring men who are Dfm-
ocrats from principle, never voted the
Democratic ticket in his life, and il TO-
day very much better Republican
than many of his political opponents
who are crying him over the county for
his politics. tie never has been nor is
he to-day chronic Office seeker. He
owes to the expressed will of the pee.
pie I'LL the offices he has ever held and
not to his own efforts. He believes
that in county politics and local gov
ernments the best men should be Sc
!ect"d regardless of political complex
ion.
L. Il. BENNETT.
Enlisted as private of company
4th Regiment, Wis. Volunteers, May
70, 1861, for three years. Re.enlisted
III sane command June l, 1864, ''for
the war;" Aug. 10, 1868. the regiment
was changed from infantry to cavalry
and served rs a cavalry command until
close Of the war. June 10, 1864, was
furlOughed from the regiment for tie
purpose of enlisting n in Independent
company of special scouts, in which Ca
pacity lie served until the close of the
war. While serving as said scout on De-
cember, 1864, had his horse shot from
under him and i'll coIseq uence was cap
tured and taken us Il prisoner of war.
and remained in rebtlprisons until the
close OF the war. Was at the capture
Of New Orleans with Gen. Butler. At
ter the capture went to Vicksburgh
where he helped to dig the canal at the
first seige of Vicksburxh.
Was i'll the following engagements:
Donaldsonville, Indian River, Baton
Rouge. Camp Bisland. Care River.
Bayou Atchafayala, Grand Gulf, Port
Hudson, Clinton and st. Joseph, where
he was captured. During his captivity
he was CONF elled to wade through
swamp to get to 4 river AMI the boat in
which he was crossing was capsized
and the weather being cold We there and
then COT tracted an asthmatic trouble
from which he has ever since been a
sufferer.
Mr.. Bennett has never received
pension, yet lie Was three times wound.
ed, had some If his teeth knocked out
by Il rebel sabre, suffered for Ncntls
in a rebel prison, and is still suffering
from asthmatic and rheumatic d;fficui-
ties contracted during the war. If the
people Of this county care to reward
gallant service for the country, he,e is
one opportunity.