The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1883-08-02

TO the neafeSG mountain, DuU so clear is the air
| that they appear but distance of a few miles
away. Pixies Peak may be seen to the south
west on clear day.
THE WHITE MOUNTAIN BOYS.
The New Hampshire veterans were under
the leadership of Department Commander j.
| G. Lineban, who served as a musician in the
| old Third New Hampshire regiment, and is the
only musician ever elected Department Com
mander except Kountz, of Ohio, who lost a
leg at Mission Ridge, while serving as drum
| mer boy of the Tbirty-seventh infantry. They
were a gallant company of eleven. This num-
/ Der included Samuel J. Brown, A. A G., Six
teenth New Hampshire infantry; General J.
/ NJ. Patterson, member of the National Council
| of Administration and the gallant war colonel
| OF the Second New Hampshire infantry; Geo.
| w. Barnerd, Ninth New Hampshire infantry;
Capt T. E. Marshal, Second New Hampshire in
| fantry; George A. HartShorn, Forty-seyenth
Massachusetts, infantry; Major II. g. Sherman,
Thirty-fifth Massachusetts, Junior Vice Com
mander, g. A. R.; Colonel d. w. King Eighth
| New Hampshire infantry; John Henry, Second
| New Ham pshire; Colonel A. S. Twitchell, Sew
enth Maine light battery, and James Minot,
| One Hundred and Sixty-fourth New York in
! fantry. The New Hampshire veterans have
noble record, both in war and peace and show
| statistics to establish their claim that the De-
! partment of New Hampshire is the largest in
numbers, in proportion to the population, of
| any State in the Order, and according to Col.
Linehams estimate this is probably correct,
| since the entire population of the State is but
| 100000, while the Department has $500 en-
rolled veterans. The Department has made a
gain OF seven new Posts since March 1st and
| has reorganized one old one. Past Department
| Commander NJ. III. Haynes has been elected to
| Congress, to succeed another eomrade, James
| ii. Briggs The Department mourns the loss
| of Everett w Farr, lieutenant, company G,
| Second New Hampshire, who lost an arm at
| Williamsburg, the first battle of the war.
1t may bestated as most singular coincidence
that the first New Hampshire soldier killed in
action was the uncle OF the last soldier from
| that State who thus met his death. The first
named was the gallant Capt. Leonard Drown,
Second New Hampshire infantry, killed at
| Williamsburg, and the last Major William /.
| Drown, shot at Fort Steadman in front of
Petersburg 1t is believed that Major Drown
before he fell shot Major Sweet, Of the Louisi
ana Tigers.
The New Hampshire delegation came to the
Encampment with a letter from their favorite
army nurse, Harriet Dame, who now fills an
| Office in the Treasury Department. ut Washing
! ton, supporting blind mother and performing
many deeds of charity for the old soldier and
his family. The letter, strongly favoring a
/ Noman's organization to which all loyal
| women should be eligible, breathed the very
| spirit OF devotion to the soldier and his cauSe.
| Harriet Dame who subscribes herself " A Pri-
| yate in the Second New Hampshire" is an hon.
| orary member OF the New Hampshire Veteran
| Association, and the old soldiers cannot repress
! their enthusiasm and reverence for her and
| their nndying gratitude for her work. She
! had no relatives in the army, and when she
! enlisted IN 1861 there was some opposition TO
her going out in the regiment. But from the
| siege of Yorktown TO the fall of Appomattox
| she was constantly at the front, and when the
regiment was mustered out there was not a
man who would not have laid down his life for
| her. Like Mother Bickerdyke, she looked after
| the private soldier, dressing his wounds car
ing for him in sickness, acting as the great
| link between the veterans and their friends at
| home Money was lavished upon her. every
! penay Of which went to supply some sick and
! needy soldier At Chickamauga, Fredericks-
/ burg, Bull Run, Charlottesville, Gettysburg,
all the battles of the Potomac she was on hand.
! Is 1t any wonder that the New Hampshire vet
Grams to man favored only such a union of
! women as would admit of their devoted and
Gnselfsh friend and helper? That Harriet
! Dame is as brave as she is discreet was shown
when she was captured at Centerville. When
offered instan ntaae0us release if she would give
the rebels the desired information she declined,
saying: 90 what a glorious opportunity to
hold my tongue and do some good"
THE SONS OF VETERANS
1t is well known that the Sons of Veterans,
| like the Woman's Auxiliaries havenot all been
! working under the same head 1t seems that
! the time Of union is not. General w. E. w.
| Ross, of Baltimore, one OF the leading spirits
of the Order, has been here doing some good
| missionary work. The first Camp was organ
/ lied at Philadelphia 10 1879. The Order has
about 400 Camps and total membership of
10000 General Ross reports an organization
| of five Camps per week since February. Penn
| sylvania is TiIe banner State, with 5000 mem
bers That State has lifty Camps, Maine twenty
| i've Camps, while Ohio has organized twelve
| new Camps within the past six weeks. There
are now four Camps in Colorado.
"AUNTY BECKY AND THE IOWA BOYS
Joe Hooker Post, Of Des Moines Iowa, which
| was represented in the Iowa delegation, was
accompanied by Aunt Becky" Young, fa-
nous nurse in the Army OF the Potomac aud
an honorary member of the Post. The Iowa
/ boys are naturally proud of her. whose devo-
ton to the private soldier for more than two
| years OF field service has made her name a
| synonym of all that is self-sacrifcing and he
| roic. Aunt Becky was field nurse in the
/ Wilderness, at Charlottesville, Spottsylvania
Court House, Shady Grove, Coal Harbor, Pc
| tersburg and many other Of the hardest-f fought
battles of the war. 1t is related of her that
after her arrival at the front her wardrobe was
stolen, but she took some ed-ticking and made
| herself a dress from that, and Aunt Becky
wore bed-ticking dresses during the remainder
of he war.
Wa observe, with great gratitude for SOL
dierly remembrance, that one of the Des
Moines (Iowa) Posts is named Kinsman Post,
in memory Of the gallant Colonel Kinsman,
who lost his life in that terrible charge at
| Black River Bridge. Colonel kinsman was a
| brilliant young soldier, and in his death went
ont one of the brightest and bravest spirits
that fred the Union heart in the early years
| of the rebellion. The Iowa soldiers are an en-
| JhgsaStic body of men and turned out in great
numbers to the Encampment. band accoRa-
panied the Department. Captain Salada, of
General Crocker Post, who lost both eyes in
the service, is very popular with the boys.
VETERANS OF TWO WARS.
Major-General Manson of Indiana a grizzled
old veteran of the Mexican war and the rebel
lion was warmly greeted by the old veterans
| of the Twenty third Army Corps General
Manson served in the Mexican war in the Fifth
Indiana infantry, and entered the Union army
| as colonel of the Tenth infantry. de is Demo-
crat of the fighting school, and since the war
has been prominent in State politics, serving
two terms in Congress from the Lafayette dis
| trict and one term as State auditor
General John A. Logan, Past Grand Com
mander was very early on the grounds, look
ing not shade lighter nor day older than
when he was at the head of the embryo organ
iZaton Of the Grand Army, which III such a
mighty power of to-day. General Logan is
also one of few of the veterans of the Mexi-
can war in attendance