The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-10-27
LANES WAR RECORD.
THE KIND OF SERVICE HE DID.
Evidence that he was Represented in the
Ranks by n Poor Negro Substitute,
and that the Latter Re-
ceived Poorer Pay.

NASHVILLE, Tenn, Oct. 23.-The
Democratic executive committee to-day
took the affidavit of Jacob Poor and Q.
]. Williams. Poor is negro, who went
20 war as substitute for james G.
Blaine. Williams was lieutenant in
The company. C. J. Williams, of the
thirteenth district, Davidson county,
Tennessee, who was a lieutenant Of
company G, Fortieth United States col
Vred troops, makes the following state
ment:
WILLIAMS STATEMENT.
call for troops az substitutes was
made for about fourteen men from the
state of Maine. From the best of INV
knowledge and belief, jacob Poor, col
ored, then in the city of Nashville, Ten
nessee, was selected as a substitute for
James q. Blaine, of Maine. A gentleman
ny the name of Stone, ranking ~ lieuten-
dnt-c0lonol, selected the substitutes.
Jacob Poor was promised 5000 for his
ervices rs substitute for Blaine, and my
Impression was that he only received
i35. Since then Poor has stated to me
chat he only received $40. | also know
mat Poor was instructed to say that he
was from Alabama, as no
nan Mt that time inside
lhe federal lines could be taken as sub
stitutes. insisted that Poor should not
comply with said instructions and
should Join my company as volunteer,
whereupon this, Col. Stone and Capt.
Milton Current refused to allow mo to
iurther see the substitute, and Threaten
cd to send mo back to my own COM
'uand as n private, thus reducing me to
she ranks, il ! further interfered by
OH Inn
hey were getting up. | am confident
rom the Information giyan me bv the
'aptain OF my company and from
my own bscrvatiOn that Jacob
Poor, now here while this statement
IS being taken, was mustered
INTO my company and regiment ms sub
stitute for man named eX Congress-
man j. &. Blaine of Maine, and / do
know that the said Jacob Poor, now
with mo while this statement is taken.
was a substitute sent to my company,
and that he served during thorest of the
war and was honOrably discharged. /
am not now, and further state that /
never have been a Democrat, and make
thls statement that Justice and right
may prevail.
lSignedl j. G. WILLIAMS"
WHAT POOR SAYS.
J., Jacob Poor, was member Of the
fortleth United States regiment (cul-
orod), company G, under Capt. Milton
Current, with Col. Il. w. Lester as com
mander of the regiment, and under the
immediate command of Second Lieuten-
ant 9. j. Williams. | was mustered in
~ substitute, and my understanding
vas then and is now that | was "A sub
'tltuto for man named Blaine, of
Maine. This information was received
from Lieut.. George Lodge, of the
company. | was instructed by
The mastering officer TO declare
chat hailed from the state
0f Alabama, since no substitute could
90 taken from within the federal lines.
Lieut.. Williams instructed me not TO do
no, but told me to join the company as n
volunteer, not AZ substitute, but Col.
Steene promised me 5000 to act as a sub
Stituto for man from Maine, whose
name Lieut.. Lodge afterwards said was
Blaine from Maine. | received of the
5000 promised, but $40, and that was
handed mo at the capital OF the state of
tennessee at the tim / was mustered
in.
81, to-day, at the request of several
friends, went to the photograph lallery
OF Thuss, KOelin a. Giers, of Nashville.
tennessee, and had likeness of my
SELF taken. | am now about 81 or 90
years OF age. | am not now nor ever
nave been u Democrat, aud this state
ment Is made voluntarily and without
compulsion or bride, OF my own tree
will and accord.
lSignedI JAcoB POon."