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mission, It45 Massachusetts, avenue this city
from whom you obtain AZ the Information vo
desire. Had you given us your name we would
have referred your letter to the Commissioner and
thus saved you time in getting q reply to your
query.
GIL. PiiiSton, Pa.-The Civil Service Commission
is composed of Hon. DOrnlan B. Eaton y u Dr.
John NJ. Gregory, Illinois. and Judge Leroy D.
Thoman, Ohio, Commissioners: Charles Lyman
Connecticut, chief examiner, and William = Rouf-
hac, North Carolina secretary. Tie HEADQUARTERS
of the Commission IN the Agricultural Annex
building this city. Mr. Charles Lyman was in ties
U. 5 A. during the late war; the others were not
J. M j., Bololing Green Ky.-I. IF claimant has
furnished satisfactory testimony from his regi-
mental surgeon, and said officer is shown by the
Adjutant-General 90 have been present for duty at
the date covered by his testimony. we presume the
testimony VIII be sufficient . II the record il not
favorable claimant viii probably be called upon to
furnish further medical testimony showing treat
ment during service.
@. ". H. SEurgis MSch-t Usually. claims for
increase taken up Immediately after the report
OF examining surgeon has been received. . You
viii be promptly informed of the result of final
action, whether favorable or otherwise You had
better cali up your claim, there seems to be uu-
usual delay therein.
". G. B., Waterford Coap-If your claim had
been rejected you would have been SO notified.
Iou should write again, calling uD Your claim lie
may De that some of your witnesses have been
written 20 Tor information, and have been di'atOry
IN responding. see reply to G.. ". o. August 30,
1888.
H. T. B. Sunny Side Pa-widovv Is entitled to
pension ii soldier died while on furiough, proridiT
the disease of which he died was contracted n
service and hne of duty before he left his command
on such Through. As to what proof would be re-
qired 20 establish such fact it would depend upou
We would not hazard an opinion unless we knew
all the facts.
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Seventeen from One Family in the War.

To the Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE:
Having seen the accounts of families who
have furnished am unusual number of volun-
teers during the late war, venture to write a
record of my own family, believing it will be
sufficiently interesting to warrant publication
In the Revolutionary war my great grand
father furnished thirteen sons to establish the
independence of the. struggling colonies, and
was himself in the service as volunteer ship
builder. My grandfather and his only brother
served throughout the war of 1912, while my
self and only son, together with my seven
brothers and eight nephews, (making in all
seventeen members of the family) served in
the civil war from 1861 to 1865.
JACOB WITHAM,
1i;h Co. A, 7th N. II. Vols.
DEERFTErD NJ TT
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How Colonel Chaplin Fell.
To the Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE:


In your issue of August 80, 1888 note that
at the Reunion of the First Maine heavy artil-
lery, at Bangor, Me-, on the 21st ult., the boys
unanimously invited Mrs Chaplin, the wife of
Colonel Chaplain, to the banquet. Good for
the First Maine vets, say. was member
of the First Maine artillery, and Colonel Dam
iel Chaplin, am proud to say, was one of the
brayest and best officers that ever faced the
foe. He never ordered his men where he
would not go himself All, well do remem-
Der the day he was shot! 1t was near Deep
Bottom, on the James River, Va. The First
Maine heavy artillery was deployed as skir-
mishers at the time, and Colonel Chaplin-the
proudest man on earth of his men-walking
along the line, and noticing that the rebel
sharpshooters were picking off our men, called
out, when he came near the pit / was in, my
boys, lay low! Those fellows over there are
pretty fine shootersp To which one of my
comrades replied: Colonel. please be good
enough to take little of that to yourself, and
lay low, tool" "0h," said he, they have
been after me too long, and guess they have
given ne up" Inoticed, however, that, shortly
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Another Defense of the Sixth wisconsin Battery


To the Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE:
In your issue Of the Both ult | see that
statement had been made in some former issue
that the Sixth Wisconsin battery " "skedaddled {"
in the terrible battle Of October A. 1862, at Cor
inth, Miss. As / know something of that bat
tie, want to express my astonishment that
such a charge should be brought against the
noble and brave Captain Dillon of the Sixth
Wisconsin. n. B. Hood states that on the
morning of the 4th we took position ON the ex-
treme right of our line" He is mistaken in
that statement There was battery on the
right Of the Sixth, short distance away that
did as good and effective work, perhaps, as any
battery ever did in such short space of time.
/ do not know what battery it was-I wish
did. Onr regiment supported it, and while
those brave fellows were exerting their every
nerve and muscleat double-shotting with grape
and canister their guns, Captain Dillon rode
along in front of our regiment-our company
was then on the right. He was well acquainted
with our officers, and as he rode up to our
colonel, shall never forget his expression.
The tears rolled down his cheeks as he said
Colonel, my battery is gone. / did the very
best l could. They shot down my men and
horses, and took my battery" Just few min
utes after the rebels left our front | was at the
spot where the Sixth Wisconsin battery stood,
and saws number ofdead rebels Just where the
cannon nao sUood, ana know It was said that
one OF his gunners had knocked a rebel down
with his ramrod IN order TO send his charge
home. The brave Captain Dillon is dead lie
cannot answer 70 the charge of skedaddling," !"
and feel confident that the ex-soldiers of the
Third division, Fifteenth Army Corps, will
fully agree with me in pronouncing the SLAM
derous charge against Captain Dillon false
Let US, while we live, see to it that no slander.
GUS falsehoods and accusations go unchalienged
oUaIn Inct bp brav and 6nad trlo
themselves true in the dark hours that tried
mems souls. W. A. BARTHOLOMEW,
Late LIST Lieut., Co. A, 59th Ind. Y. I.
MARENGo, Iowa.
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HARNDEN'S BOYS.
Standing by Their Old Commander in His Fight for
S0ldiers RishiS.

SGtuiefS hishtS-
HEADo'TERs FIRST WISCONSIN CAVALRY,
In the field at CAMP SHERIDAN, NEB.
To General HENRY HARNDEN,
MADISON, Wis:
We, the undersigned, members of the old
First Wisconsin cavalry, now residents of the
State of Nebraska, and assembled in Reunion,
camp near Hastings, Neb., this 9th day of Sep
tember, 1883, hereby send greeting to you, our
old commander as a token of continued respect,
love, and yeneration for the man who so bravely
and galIantly led his company u and finally,
the regiment through SO many places of dan
ger and hard fighting during the dark days of
| the rebellion.
We are not forgetful of your many acts of
kindness and generosity in times of weary
| marching over almost impossible roads, with
! the enemy in front and no ration wagon in the
| rear.
| When the selfishness Of man would be most
| likely to assert it-elf, you were ever thought
! ful of the comforts of your men rather than
! yourself.
We are glad to learn that health and reason
able prosperity have been yours since our sepa-
| ration, but are grieyed beyond measure to know
| that Sections 1854 and l75o of the Statutes of
/ the United States have been violated, and that
| you, of all men, made the target for wire-pull-
| ing and unpriucipled politicians.
| While we are separated from you, by being
removed to distant State, yet we feel that the
! tie of comradeShip welded in the FIRE of battle
| in the Nations darkest hour still binds our
hearts together in Fraternity, Charity, and
Loyalty, and we are ever ready to raise our
voices in condemnation against the politicians
who dare to do injustice TO the least of our Ma
| tiou's heroes.
May the blessings of the past be continued,
and when the Great Captain calls the roll for
| the final muster, may We all be in line to an
| swer Here!"
Edwin A. Morgan, company G., Lincoln, Neb.;
Joseph L. Young, company G, Greenwood,
| Neb.; Albert Tooller. company G, Sutton, Neb.;
Joseph Mehan, company G, Fairfield, Neb.;
Alonzo B. Curtis, company ID, Grafton, Neb.;
William J. Kieth, company K, Beaver City,
Neb.; H. D. Burtch, company e, Waco, Neb.;
William Roller, company c, Doniphan, Neb.;
d. B. Hannah, company G. Harvard, .Neb.;
John Stabler, company b, Lincoln, Neb.; Geo.
Wilson, company M, Lincoln, Neb Winslow
EEL. Barger, company L, Hebron, Neb.
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clean OF by a cannon ball, (which, by the way,
Colonel Peterson lodged by dropping from the
breastworks on which he was at the time stand
ing.) The name of the man killed was Smith,
II think John or Joseph and he was from
Brooklyn, \. Y. | was told by his comrades
that he left a wife and children, and had his
name been anything but Smith | should have
then notified them Of his death. but being just
"Smith Of Brooklyn did not think that
could reach them. If his family are living,
and could be identified, they ought to have a
pension, for he was certainly killed in line of
duty He was buried within ten feet Of where
he fell. OSCAR f. AVERY,
Co. b, 11th Mich. Inf'y.
PONTIAC, Ill.
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The Costly Charge of the Eighty.FIrst New York.

To the Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE:
Upon reading the letters published in THE
TRIBUNE of August 10th, from J. S. Bosworth
and August 30th, from A. j. White, relative to
the casualties which happened to their regi-
ments, l was reminded of the awful fate of
the old Eighty-frSt New York on the morning
of June 8, 1864 at Cold Harbor in which they
led in charge the First brigade of the First
division, Eighteenth Army Corps. The brigade
was commanded by General Marston, and was
composed of tho Eighty-first, Ninety sixth,
Ninety-eighth, and One Hundred and Thirty
ninth New York, and the Thirteenth New
Hampshire, / think. The day previous the
regiment went into the fight with $50 men
and lost sixty. They went into the charge
| with 290 men, including twenty-four commits
stoned officers. 1t was made on q line of heavily
| fortified breastworks and taken. They then
charged the second line, which was SO arranged
| that they were exposed to front and two
cross fires, and the result was that in ten short
| minutes our regiment of 290 men had 166 shot
| down; out of the twenty-four commissioned
officers, fifteen OF them were shot These, with
the sixty lost the day before, made loss of
226 out of $50. On the morning of the 5th
they were sent out on the slsirmsh line mus
tering 121 men, which were divided into two
| companies. The exact figures of the above
| excepting the numbers of the regiments in
| the brigade) the writer has obtained this day
from the official record of Adiutant e. a. Cook.
OF OsBego, who kindly hunted them UP for me.
We do not give you these sad details for the
purpose of outdoing Bosworth and White, but
| to show your readers what some of our soldiers
went through. This regiment participated in
eight or ten warmly contested battles during
| their four years service, and when they went
home in 1865 had just forty-fiye men of the
| original LOO that went out in 1861 Tho
writer was denied the privilege of participating
| in all of their campaigns by being unwllingly
detained at that great summer resort in the
center of Georgia, the Hotel de Andersonyille.
i would be pleased to hear through your
| columns from some of the old Ninety-eighth
New York regiment, with which the Eighty
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Smith Of BROOKLYN.
c. T. KIaDlEI.
Co. q, Goth III. V. I.
DAYToN,o

Tothe Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE:
do lot know whether the writing Of this
1etter VIII ever do anybody any good, but /
think II my duty 10 write it.
was mustered ont OF service as a member of
company D. Eleventh Michigan infantry, in
October, 1864, and IN the same month en-
tered Government service rs foreman of gang
Of labolcTs, under Captain John II. Irwin,
quartcrmas,er at Nashville. Tenn. Early in
November, while Sherman Has moving toward
The sea and Thomas and Hood we're moving
toward Nashville, the incident occurred for
which desire place IN history for the remote
Tut possible satisfaction Of the family of Smith
Of Brooklyn"
On account Of thc uncertain tenure BY which
we held the 1S5 miles Of railroad 10 Louisville,
ahd the frequent low wsier at Harpeth Shoals
on the Cumberland, q iepo. OF supplies for
Nashville had been established at John
songiDe, ca the Tennessee River seventy
miles from Nashville, and . cheap railroad
had been built By the Government to that
point. large amount Of Government SUD-
plies had been gathered there, guarded by
only few soldiers aaa few wooden gun
5oats, with some ironciads below The bar lust
out OF range IN the then low stage Of the river,
Soldiers acre scarce in and about Nashville.
bit Gogel nlneAt employees were plenty. John
f0ngi.lc with its supplies, was threatened by
The Coz 1ederatcs, and as soldiers for its de-
~~-SS flN%N -ivS 1fHis1stiS SAC 1NNII1ultlb eIl-
2loyaes were asked TO enlist and bear arms for
SIX days foF its defense. They responded
promptly, and regiment under Colonel J. C.
Peterson Sas Guicl ly organized. / was enrolled
as captain Of compaeV A. We went immedi-
atety--saTDnea, but in CITIZENS dress-to John
s9nvllc, aIia were out nir days. We held the
Place lotil The arrival of troops from Scofelds
corps bat we did not save he supplies. because.
"a we were then informed, the commander of
the post, believing we could not hold the place.
burned his ships snd warehouses, with vast
Piles of supplies piled up on the leyee. The
snly man killed, within my knowledge, was a
neuber Of my company. His head MAS shot
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OUR COLOR LINE,
And How Our Old Veterans are Raliyins ArOun,

And How Our Old Veterans are Raliyin= around
It.
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TO THE TRIBUNE i am little girl twelve years
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trying to get up q club for You Mamma says that
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young man uniess he was a soldier and that the
time VIII vet come when woman VilI be ashamed
TO say that her husband was not in the war. Wv
father and two Of his brothers were IN the war and
my mother also had two brothers In the army I
hope to get six more subscribers 50 thar I can
secure one of your Waterbury watches. Louie
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a subscriber The names / sent you 4 got this
morning in about ten minutes on the floor of the
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Pa.
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MUM you may send me the volume Of Soribner5
campaign series entitled Atlanta" The watch
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to THE TRIBUNE CoIurRde Surby's description OF
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one VIII give account Of the siege of Port
Hudson and the Red River eampaign."-M d.
Court, Lowell, Mich.
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more sample copies. .''-D-S > Hoover, Seventh Iowa.
Inf, Logan, Kan.
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month. and You must keep the list open. for I am
bound to send you club Of fifty and secure the
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Ind.
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To the Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE:
l have frequently noticed statements IN THE
NATIONAL TRIBUNE in regard to the number
OF members of one family who were in the
army. There were six brothers of us who
served III the Union army during the rebellion.
All returned to our homes in safety with the
exception OF my youngest brother, who was
taken sick and died within six weeks after
leaving home. He was member of the One
Hundred and Eighty seventh o. V. l., and is
buried in the Dalton (Ga.) cemetery.
r. N. PATTERSON,
1s5 INDEPENDENT Ohio Battery.
MANSFIELD, o.
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have been torn through his body. The ak
would have made an interesting relic, but we
had pressing business engagements just ahead
of US, and few hours later we left it lying there
near the spot where it had done so grand a
duty as its lastact Ofusefulness, and made final
charge against Cheatham's stubborn corps and
drove them from their ably defended works on
through Brentwood Gap, when night spread
her peaceful mantle over the hard fought field.
ALEX. l.. WHITEHALL,
WATsEKA, ILL. Co. f. 9th Ind. Inf
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1867.
Oct. l. SkirInish on BarJlstovn Pike. near EFk
Washington, KY, by detachment Of
L. sscirnish near Nashville, Tenn, by de-
taehment of 2d Ind cav
i 5kIrmlsh at Fern Greek, between LOUIS
vile and Frankfort, KY, By detacIl-
ments Of 77th Pa. and 34th Eli. inf; sth
Ind. cav, and battery e, lst Ohio art.
L. Skirmtsh at Ruclersvllle Miss, by de-
tachmentS OF 9Th III. and 7th Kan. cav
l. SkirEaish at Davis Bridge, Tenn, by de-
tschment of Sd Mich. cav.
l. SklFDliSh at ShepheTdstOwn and Mar
tInsburg Va, by attachments Of Ssh
Pa, 81 Ind, Sth H. cav, and battery
NJ I'd o. 5. art
], 2 Reconnaissance from Harper's Ferry to
LeesbuFg. Va. by 9th L. :. cav l32d
Pa, 9Th W. Va, 4th and sth Ohio. and
1ith Ind inf; batteries G., lst ". Y, b
and l., 2d U. ;. art.
2. skirmish at Baldwin. Miss, by detach-
ment of 7th Kan cav
2. Sk1rmiSh near Blues Gap. w. Va, by de-
taehment of Ist y. Y. cav.
2. Skirulish near Columbia, Mo-, by Getaeh-
ment of sth Mo. IS. n cav
= SkIrmish near Ramer's Crossing, Mobile
and Ohio K. R., Miss, by Co. A, 18th
Wis. inf
St Johns Bluff, Fla, by nth Pa. inf
3. Skirmish on the Blaekwater near Frank
hn, Va. by l1th Pa cav, 10s;d Pa and
18th Ind. inf; battery D, 4th I. 5. art
3. SkITmish at Cedar Church, between
Louisville and BardstOwn, KY, by de-
taehnent of Ist Ohio cav
D capture OF 81 John 6tGff. Dy de-
tachments of lst Mass cav, Ist Conn.
battery, 9th Me-, 7th Coma, 47th Pa.
int. and naval force
3, A. Battle OF COrinth Miss, by troops of the
District of the Mississippi, commanded
NIaj.-Gen- VIM. 5. Roseerans.
1868.
Oct I. Action st Anderson's Gap, Tenn, by 2Ist
XIV. vols.
Z. Action at Anderson's Crossroads. Tenn.
by lSt Wis, I'd Ind, and lst Tenn. cav
Army OF the Cumberland.
3. Action at Thompson Cove. Tenn. by 1ss
brigade, 2d div. cav, and Wilders bri-
g2ste OF mounted inf
s, 4. Skirnish at MeAIinnviIie, Tenn, by 4th
Tenn vols.
1864.
Oct. /. skirnlish at Athens, Ala, by I'D Ind.
vols
i. SkirInish at Huntsville. Ala By ,letach-
ments of the i2th and 18Th Ind. cav.
i. Sslrmlsh at Franklin, No., by enrolled
No militia
i. Reconnaissance on Charles City Cross
roads, Va, by Spears cav brigade and
Terry's brigade, 10th Corps, Army OF
the James.
Is. Battle of Yellow Tavern. Weldon & r.,
Va, by 81 div, I'd Corps, Army Of the
Potomac
Is Action at Sweetwater, Noses and Powder
Spring Creeks, Ca. by KilpatriekS
cav, Army OF the Cumberland.
2 Engagement at WaynesborO, Va, by
portions OF ist div. an Sd div, Cavalry
corps, Army OF the Potomac.
2 Engagement at SaltvilIe, Va, by 1lth
and 18th KY, 18th Ohio, 1lth Mich.
and 5th and 6th U. S. colOred cav and
26th, SGth, 55th, S7th, S9th, 10Th and
43th ny. mounted INF
2 Action ar Gladesville Pound Gap Va.
by lst KY. cav. and Cd by. mounted
infantry.
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first was so closely connected all through the
war. In giving casualties of the war our CON-
rades should give henumber of men engaged.
The loss of ffty-fve men that Comrade Bos-
worth speaks of may have been more in pro-
portion to the number. engaged than the loss of
the Eighty first.
One OF THE EIGHTY-FIRsT.
OsYEGo N Y
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quartermaster at that place before he was
court -martaled. / hope Comrade Constantine
will tell us what he knows about that part of
the country and what regiment he belonged to.
w. FL. HUTCHINSON,
BRISTOL, Conn. Adiutaut, Post 13.
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DR.. R. V. Pierce's Golden Discovery" cures
every kind of hunOr from the common piIn-
pie or eruption To the worst scrofula.
Four to six bottles cure salt -rheum or 5ettey-
One to five bottles cure the W0st kind If piEn-
pies on the face.
Two to four bottles clear the system OF boils,
carbuncles and sores
Five TO eight bottles cure corrupt or running
ulcers and the worst scrofula.
By druggists and in half-dczen and dozen
lots nc great discount.
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1t Was General Ullman.

To the Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE:
In recent issue of THE TRIBUNE G. A.
Constantine asks the namo of the general who,
while in charge of Morganzia Bend Fort, in
1864 was cashiered for drunkenness. 1t was
Daniel Ullman. I was acting as assistant
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A Question Easily Answered.

To the Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE:
In your issue of August g. Comrade William
Rogers asks how it was that the Ninth Michigan
cavalry did not come out of Stonenan's raid all
right. l win answer that question by saying that
the Ninth Michigan cavalry never in stone
mans raid. During service we were the
Morgan raid, and did come out all right as did
in ali our expeditions. III. IL. COLLINS,
Lieut., Co. a, 9th Mich cav.
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CAPAC. MICH

Lieutenant Collins is correct The Eighth
Michigan cavalry, of Caprons brigade, was the
only Michigan regiment in Stonenan's division
on the raid to the rear of Atlanta, in July,
1864, an account of which, by General Capron.
has already appeared in these columns.-ED.l
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CHRONOLOGY OF THE WAR.
The Leading Events OF the War Arranged by
Weekly Anniversaries.
1861.

1861.
Oct. ?. Skirrnish at Springfield Station Va, by
Sci =. =. inf
2. Expedition TO Charleston, Mo-. by Stew
arts battalion OF I'D. cav; battery B
Ist III art., lIth and 20th H.. ana II
Iowa inf
g. Skirnlish at Springfield Station, Va, by
3ist n. y. inf
5. Reconnaissance to and engagement at
Greenbrar River. ". Va. by detach-
ments of Riaggoids battalion, Pa. cav,
Co. A, lst Ohio cav. BFseken ) Co. Ind.
cav; batteries A, w. Va. A. Isl 1iieil
G.. 4th L. 5. art; zith 25sh and sd
Ohio. 9Th. 9th, I3th, Il1h 18th, and I7th
Ind inf.
s. Capture of Q. s. Steamer Fanny near
ChicamaeOTnicO. y G.
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Six Brothers, but One Lies in Southern Soil.

DEERFIELD, N. H.
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METZ, No

[Comradc Wood is right. The Twentieth
and Twenty first Corps, consisting Of the for
mer right and left wings, were not named as
corps by the War Department until after the
battle Of Stone Riyer.-ED.