Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1882-11-02
BROWNLOW.
WHAT THE REPUBLICAN DooRKEEPER
OF THE HOUSE HAS DONE FOR THE
OLD SOLDIERS.

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OLD SOLDIERS.
Some evil-minded persons having
spread the report that Col. w. Z.
Brownlow had not been faithful to
give the Union soldiers a fair
share of his appointments a Republl>
can reporter made a careful examl-
nation of all appointments on the
Doorkeeper's roll and gathered up
the following statistics:
SOLDIERS ROLL.
S'H Decker. disabled by loss of
both arms; a Stewart, John Rome,
J w Whit, G j Stannard, and Hugh
Lewis, disabled by loss of an arm;
John Ryan, j | Mcconnell, w S
Williams, II Cliff. J A G Travis,
William Irving and JR Whitaere,
Disabled by loss of leg; w L Fitch,
disabled by partial loss of leg
MESSENGERS ROLF
This roll numbers eighteen men
twelve of whom served in the Union
army, as follows: w q Motson, disa-'
bled by loss of leg: G w Thomas, w.
A Bezkfurd. y " Rose, o K Rogers.
w S Merrill. disabled by gun-shot
wounds: J G. Hale, S Parrish, + Nj
Smith, j L Smith, | Il CLANCY, @
Hitchcock and J | Boyd,
FoLDING-ROoM
Fhe active force in this depart
ment Is composed of thirty men,,
twelve of whom were Federal SOL
diers. We give their names; + Page,
disabled by loss of both legs; W Polk
and Chris Linder, disabled by loss of
one eye: J A Burrows, disabled by
disease; 5 y Robinson. Israel Town
send. r ID Granville, William Boyd,
G. w Tabler, S Burtingame, and a
Z Cunningham.
LABORERs ROLL.
On this roll appear the names of
the following Federal soldiers: Chas:
+. Holbrook, James I S Taylor, }
w Williams, w f Kellogg, w IL
Scott, and Alex. OgIesby. in addition
| TO the above are Captain 3 y Couch.
In the document room, and L A
! Powell, seal room.
PAGES.
IN the appointment of pages more
than one half of the entire roll was
| devoted to the sons of Union soldiers,
Their anne are as follows: Robert
Rankin, Russell Scott. Thornton
Cheeley, Alder McCoid, l. F Allen,
Clarence Barton, A Mitchell, ID ii
SHEA, E IL Benton, r ID Weaver,
John f Seagel, ] l. Curtis, + Russ
sell. Clarence De Knight. The only
place under DOorkeeper Brownlow
that a member of the sex can fill
attendant in ladies' retiring room
was accorded to Mrs. Alice b. Cru
Ter, the widow of u cOlOred Union
soldier. In this connection 1t may
be well to add that there are now
more colored employees on his roll
than on that Of any of his prede,
cessors. This Is not only true OF
such mental positions as laborers, but
even in positions of higher ranks.
The above shows that there are now
AN aggregate of forty-six Union
soldiers On the Doorkeeper's roll.
Add to this fifteen sons of soldier;
and one soldiers widow, and we
have a total of sixtY-two repreSen-
t~atiyes of the soldier element.
Under THE LATE DooRKEEPER,
General Field, there were but
I tWPnIN-SlA OHtOh SOfUfNiEf 90
On the soldiers roll there were bn.
six disabled soldiers, the other elgh.
beng tc all appearances able,bodle'
mon. The law contemplated that II
soldiers roll should only CONSIST o.
disabled soldiers. Colonel Brown
low has strictly complied with this
requirement, aud as the soldier rol
now stands there is not a ma OF
it who has not left on some honora
bic battlefield a priceless limb. Vol
ouel Brownlow claims that there ar
more Union soldiers on his roll thar
have been under any Doorkeepel
since the war. and that this Is es
pec1aIly true of those who have beei
disabled by wounds or disease. Ii
reply 10 the charge that the Southern
/ X epublica members MAJ
, been preferred in the distribution o
appointments. Colonel Brownlo'
, stated that in considering applica
E tions of Southern Republican mem
: beers of Congress he was to some ex
tent governed by the fact that tn
South did not get a solitary appoint
! ment under one of the House otilcer
except one laborer under the posi-
master. 1t WAS, therefore, his duty
r as far as possible. to remedy such
: condition of things by making up, c
Southern members a portion of W.
n they had lost by the exclusion 9
i their SECTION from appointment
: under the other House officers
National Republican. !.
Since the above article was wri
ten the Soldiers Roll has been IL
o ! creased to Sc.