The National tribune., 1884-02-28
orr youNG RECRUITS

a lite Vermont girl ten years old-Aggie
FTashia-says her father served nine months
in the 14th Vermont, re-eBlisted in the 2d bat
terry, and was wounded at Port Hudson. She
says the Post at Vergennes was to have hard
tack -sup pper. and she wanted to go. Wonder if
she did go? Wonder if the comrades knew
she wanted to go? Wonder if the comrades
everywhere would. be happy if the wives and
children could go2
Ida Miller, aged ten, Rising Sun, Ind. says
her mamma says her papa likes THE TRIBUNE
as well as he does her. which makes us think
that ldas mamma must be d pretty nice woman
and her papa a sensible man. He was a soldier
in the Esd Indiana, Army Of the Tennessee
and was twice wounded at Dallas losing his
arm after long suffering. Ida sends best wishes
TO Rosa Penny and the rest. She would like
to help edit THE TRIBUNE when she is older
and perhaps she will If she continues to be SO
careful with her composition, spelling. and
capitals, and puts SO much into a few words.
She has two brothers and two sisters, aud all
think THE TRIBUNE mighty kind to the sol
diers."
Cora Bonner, Flora, H., whose father served
in company A, 9Sth Illinois mounted infantry,
and who goes to school with her sister, and has
a baby brother two years old, says they like
THE TRIBUNE better than any other paper.
She is twelve years old, and likes the Young
Folks Department best.
Martin B. 8IcGinnis is a bright boy, eight
years old, who lives at Eleven Mile, Pa, who
tells us his father served in company ID, 10th
New York, which had 1,S00 men mustered, III
all, and when discharged at New York,
in 1865, had but 80 men left. Martin has
little sister. six years old, and two sisters and
brother older. His father belongs to A. w.
Estes Post.
Maggie E. Ronny's father. who lives at Barn
hill, Ohio was a member of company K, 93th
O. Y. J.: wounded by shell at the battle of
Perryville; transferred to 18th battalion pio-
neers, and then to the U. S. V. Y. engineers;
saw hard service and is a member OF Crawford
Post, New Philadelphia.
Oracle Underwood Oskaloosa, Kan, wants
to tell the other little girls how sogry she and
her sisters all feel for their papa when thew
look up into his pale face and hear him tell the
sad experiences of ten months in Tyler prison,
Texas. Oracle is twelve, and she has sister
Mary, a sister 1gn0ra, baby sister Maude, "a
sweet brother who when eighteen, went to live
with Jesus" and a sister Helena who was born.
when her papa was in the army, and who
named her for his first battle Oracle wishes
she had TRIBUNE of her own, as she has TO
wait for her papa to read it first, and she wants
it = SO bad
Mary Z. Gunther, Minneapolis, MINI, says
/ her papa served nearly four years, and was four
months in Andersonville prison. She had a
grandfather and two uneles it the army Her
/ grandpa is seventy-fye and grandmother
seyenty-two and they have thiTty-two grand
children, who are all glad their grandpa was
Union soldier. Mary is eleven, and there is
| George, nine; John. seven; Cora, three, and Al
| bert one The soldier children in Minnesota
are not all grown up yet.
Rosella Penny, Kokomo. Ind, says her
mamma is delighted with Loyal Womans De-
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rens letters, especially the letters of the boys
and girls whose papas served in her papa's
regiment, which is quite right. Her papa read
/ Laura Shirley's letter, and says he remembers
| her father as a good soldier, and knows Josie
Kisses brother, colonel of the 12eth Indiana.
| Rosa's papa was lieutenant-colonel of the both
| Indiana, and their regiments were together at
the battle Of Atlanta. where her papa lost his
| right arm.
Johnnie Leonard is the son of soldier, who
| died the 6th of December 1633 leaving his
family, two sons and eight daughters, quite
destitute. His papa saw hard service in COM
pany c, 18th Vermont, and drew pension of
S24 month. The sad family have little-com-
fort but THE TRIBUNE.
Retta Chalfant Bear Grove, Iowa, is singer,
who keeps a scrap-book Of songs. She wants
! to thank the author Of The Unknown Grave =
and by Fathers Unknown Crave She at
tends two lyceums, and is secretary for one,
and for girl thirteen years old writes re-
! markably nice letter. She is real student,
and loves THE TRIBUNE. Her father served
in company B, e5th Pennsylvania, seventeen
months five of which he was sick in hospital,
and discharged for disability from which be
suffers. He draws 81 q month pension, and is
member of Tracy Post. Retta has a brother
eleven.
Cora Eta Cole is eleven years old, and lives
at Sherman, Mich, with her father, mother,
two brothers, Frank and David and sister
Ellen, who is fifteen. They are all proud that
their father, Gabriel Cole, Of Alegan, Mich,
went into the army. He served three years in
the 5tb Michigan cavalry. and was wounded in
the side at the battle of Winchester 1t ruined
his health, and he cannot do half days work
yet he only gets 3 a month pension.
May Hurley, Keyport, n. J., is little girl
eleven years old, whose grandpa was a soldier
of 1872, and whose papa served in the 14th n
j., was shot in the leg at Cold Harbor and
through theside at Monoeaey, and draws pen.
sion. She had an uncle in the navy and one
in the I'd n. J. cavalry. She has six sisters
and they ali once lived in Dakota, and want to
60 back. Her youngest sister is two years old
and her uncle has six daughters, the youngest
two months old "Soldiers' children not al
grown up" May says.
Anna Morse, Lanesboro, Pa thinks "The
WhiZzer" the best story she ever read, and
would like THE TRIBUNE to print more like
it, which THE TRIBUNE will cheerfully dc
when somebody writes one. Her papa served
first in the 151st n. Y. and was transferred Il
the veteran reserve corps; was in three years
! He has taken THE TRIBUNE four years; begar
when it was small paper; says the larger il
gets the better, which is not always the case
He has all the papers on file. Anna is thirteen
Mamie Odell is q sensible little girl, of hill
waukee, Wis, who is glad so many little boy
and girls are proud their fathers were soldiers
Her papa enlisted in company III, 45th Penn
sylvania. in September, 1861. and was dis
charged February %, 1864 having lost an arm
at Cold Harbor, June 8, 1864. His name il
Ira Odell he has two little girls, Kitty ant
Theresa and little boy, Stephen, and says b,
could not keep house without THE TRIBUNE.
Harry Milton, Randolph, Hyde Park, Pa, il
a little boy who sits for hours and listens t.
soldiers tell their stories of hard marches AMI
battles and then he wonders If there should b,
a war if he would have the courage to go as hi
papa did. He hopes, as we do that we never shal
have any more war. Still, when he went to th
installation of the officers of Ezra Griffen Post
!, of which his father is member, he did wisl
himself soldier. He says that Conrad
Pierce, who was elected commander was il
/; Salisbury prison. and is q grand, good man
Harry is fourteen, and looking forward to th
J time when he can be q Son of Veteran. Ill
likes to put on his fathers knapsack and " rebe
canteen and play soldier, and he likes whel
Memorial Day brings to mind the toucbin
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