The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1884-11-06
Our Young Recruits.

enJ oy II greatly,
Our Young Recruits.
TELLING THE BRAVE STORY OVER.
To-day our hearts like organ keys
Our Masters touch are feeling;
The branches OF a common vine
Have only leaves of Observation-Disclosures.
IN THREE WARS.
DEAR TRIBUNE: My great great grandfather was
I'm the Revolutionary war, my great grandfather
was in the war of 1872 and my father was in the
Union Army. l am ID, and went to the soldiers
Reunion with papa, tented four nights and saw
the sham battle.-Belle Care, Weedsport, N. Y.
WOUNDED AND IN PRISON.
DEAR TRIBUNE Papa belonged to Go. @, s9th
H.; was wounded and then taken prisoner by Gen.
Bragg at the battle of Stones River and lay In
prison GO days. He was wounded again at Chicka.
manga and went crutches seven months, and
then rejoned his regiment at Atlanta. My grand
pa, u. w. cambridge, was wounded at the battle OIL
Lexington, and taken prisoner by Gen Pierce
had six uncles in the army. am iZ-May BAN
bridge. Galesburg, III.
COMRADES OF THE 10TH IOWA.
DEAR TRIBUNE: Seeing letter in THE TRIBUNE
some time ago from Matte Moore. daughter OF
Robert Moore of Co. G, 18th Iowa, would say to
her that my father John Lagle) was member of
the 10Th Iowa, and taken prisoner at the Stir
ling Farm, La, Sept %. 1868; and taken to Camp
Ford near Tyler Texas. and exchanged July II,
1864. While prisoner he measured out the
parched to the boys of the 10th, at the bount
full rate of pint to each for days ration lie
knows that Mr.. Moore will remember the man who
bitten by centipede while on the way to Red
River Landing for exchange, and was taken TO the
hospital al New Orleans, La. Father contracted
eryspelas, which has nearly put him blind He
was wounded afterwards and disabled in the left
leg, and coud not make living by labor even If
he could see how TO work. We are poor and II 1t
were not for grateful country which gives pa So
per month for his wounded leg and nothing for his
would like to see Matte Moore. have two broth
| ers Uoseph and Benjamin. and three sisters. My
youngest is 10 months old; the oldest was three
years old when pa went to the war.-Lavlna Lagle,
Linderville, Adair, Co., Mo.
THE COMRADES AND THE CHILDREN.
DEAR TRIBUNE: After writing THE TRIBUNE
received letters from Mr.. Spear and Mr.. O'Aleara,
who served in papas regiment Had Dir. OMeara
given his address, papa would have written to him.
Papas name is Theodore Ingersoll; he is Com
raes Me- psar f1
James Kansas legislator and grandpa q
preacher. l would like to see Mr. Spears birds:
James Garfield and a sister Ollie, seven. / am IL.
Katie lngersOli, Rosevale, Kan.
GOOD WORDS FOR THE TRIBUNE.
Father says he will never give up THE TRIBUNE
Ohio, and then in Co. c, 9th u s Cav. Army of
the Potomac. He in the battles of Romney,
Winchester. Fredericksburg, Peninsula, Antietam,
Fairport, and Stoneman's raid, and was prisoner
six months on Belle Isie.-John kim, Fremont, o.
Papa thinks THE TRIBUNE the best soldier paper
he ever saw. and we children think it the best in
the world. am H. with a brother and two sisters
younger. Papa's name is Harlow V. Saman. OF
Phil McKernan Post.-NIinnie Sallman, Mason,
Mich.
ENTHUSIASTIC LITTLE PEOPLE.
can sing all papa's war songs and play the
drum in the Bozoo Band. 1 wear a paper cap.
Papa says THE TRIBUNE is the best paper in the
world. He served in Co A, 9th Ohio. am seven.
John Thomas, jr., Wellington, o.
Papa enlisted in 1862 and served in Co. b, 1S0th
Ill., until after the battle of Port Gibson Miss He
was then detached and served in the Chicago Mer-
camille Battery until after the battle of Pleasant
Hill, Red River expedition, under Banks, where
they lost the battery and half the men, Papa does
Banks Shelton. Atwood.
Ill.
Papa was soldier in the Odd n Y Cav and was
in many battles. His name is John Hacker. He
is fast friend of THE TRIBUNE and would like to
hear from his comrades.-Frankie Hacker, Par
Papa was shot in the right arm while carrying
the flag at the battle of Corinth in the charge Of
the lIth Mo. am nine-Ohrin @. Fyile Sumner,
aRANDpA's SLIPPERS.
To THE EDITOR: We little girl and little
boy. My name is Willie and / am six years old,
and Daisy-shes my sisters five years old. We
have grandpa. The first of last month he was "
| years old. Daisy and wanted to give grandpa q
present, SO we went to mamma and asked her for
some money to get it with, SO she gave us each q
haif-doar. That's lots of money, amt il?
| Well, Daisy and went down town tof course, we
were going to pick out the present ourseves) and
| stopped in the first store we came to. 1t was Il
shoe store. clerk came up to us and asked us
what we wanted. / told him / wanted to get a
present for my grandpa. lie said they did not
keep anything but boots and shoe, and asked me
| if wanted anything in that line. l said didn't
think grandpa wanted any boots or shoes. but
| guessed I'd look at some any way.
The clerk showed me lots Of things in the way
| of boots and shoes. There were big boots and
boots not SO big. and shoes mean old mans shoes
! with rubber cloth in the sides, and D, SO many
| other kinds of shoes.
| looked to see what had become of Daisy and
she had u clerk waiting on her too. He was showing
| her some slippers. Then told my clerk to show me
some slippers too. He did. He showed me some
awful pretty ones with red roses and green leaves
on the toes of them. asked him how much they
| cost and he said they cost one dollar. / said
guess l would take them, and stepped oyer to
Then asked Daisy for her money and she said !:
| why, Willie, was going TO ask you for your
m"nGy 10 Say some mere WIN ie DAISIES
| me her money like good girl but she wouldn't
| do it, no. not hit of it. She just cried like all
girls do and said she wouldn't do it, and wouldn't
get the kind she wanted. and ali together it was
bad mess.
The clerk said Better go home and ask your
| grandpa what kind he wants But said, " No.
| that would not do. We going to surprise
| him" But though it would be best to go home
and ask mamma what to do about it, because l
| knew she'd know all about it. And did,
| She said: Get of each kind if you can" So
| we went back and told the clerk to give US one Of
each kind. They didn't want to do IL because, they
said it would spoil two pairs Of slippers, but we
teased them and they did.
| We were happy, only we thought maybe grandpa
would not like them. We put them by his chair
| in the sitting room. He put his glasses and
blinked at them awhile Then we told him all
| about them. He laughed, but thought they were
| very nice just the same.-MARy EMMA RIzoR.
LOVE THE TRIBUNE AND WANT LETTERS.
| Hattie N. Ford, Praireburg, Iowa, 15 daughter
of Comrade Ford who had his leg broken and
| ankle sprained i'm the I'd Iowa Cav, would like to
| hear from the boys and girls Of the I'd Iowa.
| Annie Kessler. daughter of Comrade Jno. Xesser,
Co. II, I'd Pa. Cav, wounded at the battle of the
| Wilderness, would like to hear from comrades
who were with him at the battle of Gettysburg or
| charlottesville.
| Willie L. Riley, Levicks Mills Mo- 49, would
| like TO hear from the boys girls of comrades
| who served with his father in Co f. 42d Mo.
Lulie Epperson, b. Champaign, ILL.,, daughter of
| Comrade Il. I'll. Epperson, Co. q, l20th Ind. Josie
| Kisses father was the Colonel
Chas. G. Lawrence, Red Bank, N. j., would like
to say to Miss Belle Weidman that his father Rich
ard Lawrence, served three years in Co. q, LIST N.
j. Cav. If her father served in the LIST N. j., he
| would like to hear from her.
| Willis Allen, Nashville, Washington Co., ILL.,,
| would like 10 hear from same of the comrades of
Co. c. Slst Ill, IN which his father served, and
| would &c pleased If some of them would write of
some Of their principal battles for TIE TRIBUNE.
| Emma A. Watkins, Verona, Grundy Gill
daughter of Comrade Watkins. 49,. H. Cav, II
| months prisoner at Cn...p Ford, Texas wants
| letters from soldier daughters
| Maggie JeoKson, Cleariield, Iowa, a. would like
| to he2s nom Maggie Jackson, of Illinois. Maggie
q iowa is daughter OF Comrade Joseph jackson,
Co. X, S5th ILL.,. who served three years. was
| wounded in the right ear, and has taken The
| TRIBUNE ever since 1t was printed.
| Libbe Waffle, Eastport, Mich, IL, would like to
hear from some OF the soldiers daughters of The
| TRIBUNE.
Nina l.. Schuck, Kasson Mimi, would say to
Emma Abbott that her father, Jacob Schuck, also
| served i'm the LIST Wis. Cav He was in "a I Nina