The National tribune., 1884-10-02
Our Young Recruits.

TELLING THE BRAVE STORY OVER.
Take thy banneri and, beneath
The battie-clouds' encircling wreath,
Guard IT'LL our homes freel
Guard iti--God will prosper thee!
In the dark and trying hour,
In the breaking forth of power,
In the rush of steeds and men,
His right hand will shield thee then
II ". Eonafellotu.
DEAR TRIBUNE am a member of Frank Lloyd
Drum Corps, attached TO Frank Lloyd Post, No 40,
GAR. We have eight drummers andthree ffers.
years old. There is also Woman's Relief Corps
auxiliary to the Post, of which my mother Is Sec
rotary. | had two uncles and four cousins in the
army. My uueles returned home safe. One cousin
was killed in the battle of the Wilderness, under
Gen. Grant. VIII some one please send me the
song composed oi,-Col. Ellsworths death when he
pulled down the rebel flag at Alexandria George
| c. Chittick, Old Bridge, \. j.
WHAT THEY DO IN IOWA.
DEAR TRIBUNE 1t looks very sad to sec the soil
diers fast turning gray, and to hear the drums beat
the long roll, and TO think of what they have gone
through for their eountry's sake, and hear them
talk over old times, telling how this one WAS kill
ed, or how that one fell. just imagine you hear
the death groan of the wounded and dying. can't
see how they could stand it to see their comrades
life-blood ebbing away.
The soldiers have been having surprise parties
here. They take their dinners and go to some of
their soldier friends houses, unnvited by them,
who really look surprised. But they always leave
behind them splendid arm chair something as
a token of their respect for their old eomrade.
They sing the old war songs Il play the organ) and
have martial music, and a general good time. My
father served in the 3lst Iowa, Co. q. had three
uncles in the army; was in Andersonville
Prison. My brother, sister and | all love THE
TRIBUNE We would like to see the fighting sol
I diers pensoned.-Clara Coal. Olin, Iowa.
LOVE THE TRIBUNE AND WANT LETTERS.
George Taylor Cedar Junction, Iowa: Son of
Comrade Taylor. Co. G, I'd Kan. Cav, taken pris-
oner at Flat Rock, Indian Territory, and was half
starved at Camp Ford, Tyler, Texas. No brother
sister; helps his father, who has poor health and
no pension.
Comrade Samuel u. Carver, who served four years
| in Co III, Seth III.
James w Beattie, Cohoes. n. Y: Son of Com.
rade Beatte, Co c.. ith n. Y V H A.; H. with
five brothers and three sisters; has Waterbury
watch from THE TRIBUNE and thinks il a beauty /;
works in cotton factory for SIG month and at
tends school IN Winter.
Mamie Risdon Hamburg Iowa: Daughter of
Comrade Risdon. sd Iowa: l5 and wants some
one to send her the words Of Mother. is the Bat
| Lille May Finch, Miami Kan: Daughter of
Comrade Devins II. Finch Co B 9th Kan, dis
abled and bed from an innry in the hip, while
lftlng log IN building quarters; wants the words
to Rally Round the Flag"
| Gertie Polneroy. Norwalix o.: 13 and two sis
! ters younger; father served in Co. K Ist Mich. ;
taken prisoner at Manassas. next. 18th Mich. next
| l2th Tenn Cav; was in Libby and other Southern
| prisons
Belle c. Foster Oregon, Mo-: Says her father
was in Co. d, 36th Ind, and wounded at ChicSa-
mauga; would like to hear from his comrades of
| the s6th
l. D. Blackwell Eidorado. Kan: Son of a brave
soldier of the 32d H., Seventeenth Corps Army of
the Tennessee, who lost his sight in defense OF his
country. Lives q nice farm; plenty of fruit. a
pony and two dogs. Takes grea. pleasure reading
TO his blind father; is 13.
Maggie Jackson Couiteryille, i'll. d. and daugh-
ter of Comrade jackson, Co NJ 18th Mo. Cav en-
listed at rs. Has brother Jimmie and sister Mat
tie.
Lizzie Covalt Mankato Kan: Daughter of Com
rade Covalt, Co. +, 9th Mo. captured in 1861 near
Resaca, and seven months in Andersonville
Lena M. Ostrander Forest Home, n. Y: 10 years
old last December. Her father, Comrade AIyron
! ostrander left leg al Harper's Ferry. Lives in
pretty little village, one mile from Cornell Uni
yersity.
1 Dottie T.. Dodge. Michigan Valley Kan. IL, and
daughter of Comrade Dodge. uth Kan Cav; four
brothers and sister Maud May.
James n. Henry, Rawles Pa: Is; one brother
and one sister; father enlisted in the 42d Pa but
4 after three months service disabled from lung
disease.
! Minnie Afahan Kalama. Wash Ter Daughter
Of Conrade Mahan, Ilth Ohio Battery; served three
years and nearly lost his life with camp fever;
AdIutant Mcpherson Post. Minnie is 10, with three
I little brothers and two sisters.
Addie Bell Taylor, St Marys, Kan: Daughter of
Comrade Taylor, 18th III. Cav taken prisoner by
Moseby's guerrillas. and was in Libbey Prison and
Belle Island Addie Is 10 years old, and Is fond Of
roller skating
q. r. 0gg, Greenfield, Ind: Son of Conrade Ogg,
Co. q, Sd Iowa; wounded in both hands at the bat
tie Of Pittsburg Landing Is l3 and has two sisters
aud a brother; lives big farm, with plenty of
cows, horses and colts, and has a dear grandma
! who lives with them.
W. o. Williams, Lanisburg Kan Son of Com
rade Williams. Co. II, 4th Iowa Cav, cripple
most of the time, who would like to hear from
Sergt David, Geo Thompson Henry Harris or
Lieut.. Sheaffer.