The National tribune., 1884-04-17
A FLoURIsH1NG AUXILIARY.

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now and hide their heads for shame.
PRUDENCE HOPKINS.
A FLoURIsHTNG AUXILIARY.
CARD1NGroN, o., April 5, 1884
To the Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE:
At the annual meeting of auxiliary to James st.
John Post, G. a. r.. the following officers
elected for the ensuing year: President, Mrs. Re
becca L. Bennett president Mrs. Lottie Mills;
secretary, Mrs. J. II. Bowman; treasurer, Mrs. j.
IL Fisher. We are IN a very prosperous condition,
gaining in membership at almost every meeting.
1t is grand work; let us all be faithful. read the
Woman's Department in THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE
with much interest.
Yours, in f., c. and T..
Mrs. REBEccA T. BESSETT.
Our Young Recruits.
BRIGHT LETTERS FROM THE SONS AND DAUGH-
TIERS OF OUR VETERANS.
The Past and Present here unite
Beneath Times flowing tide
Like footprints hidden by q brook
But seen on either side. Lonafeltotg.
THE TRIBUNE comes TO us as a warm friend away
on here III Minnesota, and great comfort take read
ing the stories and letters. or having my mother
read them to me and my little brothers, Ralph and
hearIley. am q boy thirteen; name, Lueus
Forbes, son of L. d. Forbes lst Wisconsin cavalry,
who was eleven months in Andersonvile prison.
he suffered terribly with scurvy and now has
rheumatism. My grandpa was in the army, and
had an uncle starved 10 death in Salisbury prison.
Father had sketch of his own prison-life pub
lIshed eight years ago in the Wisconsin Sentinel.
lbs address Is Rices Station Benton county, Mimi.
Papa thinks he cannot get along without THE
TRIBuNE. lie served in company F, 2lst o. v. L.;
was in the Army Of the Cumberland, under Rose
Grams and Thomas; was wounded at Chickamauga,
and has had heart disease since Stone River He
is disabled and draws a pension. am thirteen,
but old enough to enjoy THE TRIBUNE through and
throngh.-E. i. Bonsei, Wharton, O.
have enjoyed the winter going to school, read
ing TIE TRIBUNE, and catching rabbits Up to
am ten, my brother John is eight, Walter three
and sister Anna seven John and walk half
mile to school. but ii IS good exercise, and like
II. Father was soldier three years in company
{, 9yth Ohio; was wounded in the hand at Kene-
saw Mountain, and draws a small pension. He
had thirteen own cousins in the war and one
brother killed instantly in the battle of Atlanta
Ga. He Is now member of Post 39i Department
OF Illinois. i would like some boy who served in
fathers regiment to write me.-RichaTd l., Hum
phry, Chestnut, Logan county, Ill.
How much / enjoy reading you, you dear old
TRIBUNE is only known to myself, and i know
that there must be other children who enjoy you
a much as do. / live in Washington D. c.. so
get the paper Wednesday noon and then we all
take turns IN reading you. from grandma down to
myself My papa was a captain in Massachusetts,
battery and in the battles of Baton Rouge Port
Hudson, Big Bethel and many others. My love TO
the editor. EDIE
Hts returned, Edith write again.-ED.l
H. H. yenable, Rantoul, Kan, thinks there
is nothing so nice as the boys and girls letters
in THE TRIBUNE, and wishes some of them
would write to him direct Although little
boy, he had two brothers who lost their lives
in the army-James H. Venable at Somerset,
KY. and Milton at London, Tenn. His father
died when he was very young child.
READY FOR THE NEXT WAR.
OMAHA, NEB., April /, 1854
To the Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE:
TIE TRIBUNE is getting to be one of the family
We could not do without II. Ny father was in the
Pennsylvania Buektails; was taken prisoner at
Gettysburg, and confined Belle Isle and in
Richmond He belongs to the 6. A. r. He would
like some eomrade to write up the crcuu1sta anees
the battle of Gettysburg. am nineteen years DID,
and may be on hand for the next war.
JOHN E. cRAeER.
Nothing better shows the interest felt by the
boys and girls Of our veterans than the follow
ing from a dear little fellow of seven whose
a boy for you, with lots of pluck, who is bound
TO 60 ahead:
ALMA, N. b.. April 1, 1884
To the Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE:
a little Yankee boy, eight next August.
BY papa was soldier more than three years He
wont tell me what 70 write like the eldrens
letters. in the third book as school Papa
tells me a little about the war. have two sisters
and one brother, ali younger than am. Goodbye.
EDWARD u. TALBOT.
I am proud that my father was asoidier Hedraws
pension, and carries rebel bullet in his shoulder
received at the battle of Franklin, Tenn. He
served in company q, 18th Illinois, and is senior
vice commander Of Oregon Post No. 1I6. He says
THE TRIBUNE is the soldiers friend And SO says
his thirteen-year-old daughter-Belle Waldie, Ore
gon, Ogle county. I'LL.
Joseph w. Lacewell writing from Coluth
Springs, Ga, says:
BIy father and mother sing many old war songs
hem ell Eat in T.at
Tennessee regiment, but had to eyade the rebel
conscript officers, and travel by night across Wal
den's Ridge and Cumberland Mountain to reach
the Federal lines. have brother older, one
younger, and four sisters / am fourteen Ex-
Confederate soldiers are plenty here, but Union
soldiers scarce. Father has never been to a Re-
union, Campfire; there no g. A. Il. Posts
here, and j never soldier in uniform in my
life. Father is farmer, and we grow corn and
cotton. To-day March 25) the mercury stands al
74o and the peach trees are In bloom. Father
loves THE TRIBUNE, as we all do"
think all the old soldiers should have pensions
who fought for their country, and grandfather
takes THE TRIBUNE and / read it. j want to tell
you So Father and grandfather (Llewellyn Hur-
ley, with whom liye) were both in the army
father, in company /, 9th Iowa. am his only
child. had two uneles In the army; one killed
at Nicksbnrg His name was Robert Hurley
As.,gie Hurley, Lawier, Iowa, aged twelve.
Ny papa lost three fingers of his right hand, al
Drury's Bluff, May l6, 1861 yet he is glad he
/ soldier. had six uncles in the war-two on papa's
| side and two mammals. Uncle j. r. Dodson
! was seven months in Salisbury prison, and uncle
! A, d. Hedden has bullet in his arm. Papa served
| ia the 1Ssth Pennsylvania.-Cara j. Hedden.
agree with hu.ia Morse that the " Whizzer'' IL
/ the best story ever read; wish there were more
like IT, My father four and half years in The
army, and had three uncies who died in the ser
vice and one killed. ] don't think the soldiers
children are all grown up. as / am thirteen anc
/ have four brothers and sisters younger Father
was disabled In the service. and is a member O
| Agm A. Boyd Post.-Clara W., Dublin, Ind.
Relief Corps Work.
FORMATION OF DEPARTMENTS MICHIGAN
MY MIcHIGAS--coNNEcTI TO THE FORE.
Under call from the National President
| Mrs. L. Florence Barker, the Department o.
Michigan, Wonan's Relief Corps, was formed
at Lansing, Mich, April 8, National Headquar
/ ters being represented by special Institutins
/ and Installing Officer, Mis-. Lois f. s. Hol
brooke, of Toledo, Ohio. Mrs. Holbrooke is {
thorough organizer, aud won all hearts by hel
calm deliberation and ready response to all
questions connected with the work OF the
ten Corps included in the call, seven were rep
resented by regular delegates es-Zach Chandler
Corps, No. j, South Haven; A. III. Allen, No. 2
/ Pokegon, and Chauncey Perry, No. 3, Coral
failing to respond. The seven Corps partici
| pating, sent delegates as follows: Farragui