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Will Comrade Smith Rise I'm.

To THE EDITOR: 1 have been looking over
your paper very carefully since last Decoration
Day to see if there was any mention made OF
the day being observed at Andersonville. Up
to date of last issue l haven't been able to find
any such mention. Decoration Day year ago
was very appropriately observed, and the serv-
ices were conducted by Mr.. Frank w. Smith, of
Toledo, o., late Co. ID, 124th Ohio. 1 think he
mentions in his book entitled Smiths KNAPP
sack of Facts and Figures, 1861 to 1865 book
published by him after he had visited and deco
rated the graves at Andersonville year ago,
land, by the way, have the book, that he in
ten&ed seeing thereafter the day should be OBJ
served there in a becoming manner. Was il
done? Please enlighten me on the subject, and
by so doing you WILL no doubt, confer favor
upon the relatives and friends of the many poor
heroes buried there.-W. +. PORTER, La Porte,
TaI
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GEN. SCHIMMELPFENNIG.
How He Escaped Capture at Gettysburg.

To THE EDITOR: Your contributors have
spoken of Gen. Schimmelpfennig, who was
caught in. the jam in the streets on the first
day at Gettysburg. Comrade Roantree, Of the
157th N. Y, recently visited the place, and
from him learn the following, which was told
him by the good people at the house where tho
General was hidden: When our regiment,
which was cut to pieces, reached the edge OF
| the town our boys rallied and kept up scat
tering fire upon their pursuers. l saw Gen.
Schimmepfennig sitting quietly on his horse,
giving directions to his officers. We were soon
driven through the town.
The General took down an alley leading from
Washington to Baltimore streets, when he saw
he was cut off by the enemy. His horse was
shot and he dismounted and lodged into a
woodshed Oh Baltimore street, owned at the
time by Henry P. Garloch. Two barrels stood
near the door at his left; wood was piled back
of the barrels and nearly up to them. The
little General jumped behind the barrels and
pulled wood around and over him, hiding HIM
self completely. There he remained three
nights and two days, until the enemy retired.
The JOhnnies came into the woodshed fire.
quently, but Schimmel kept quiet. 1t appears
he could see out of his hiding place, for Mrs.
GarlOch was attracted to the spot by slight
noise when the General cautioned her not to
discover him by disturbing his covering.
All the plucky little man had to eat for
those 60 hours was a piece of bread, which a
friendly boy was instructed to drop behind the
barrels for him. While the General was thus
placed on short rations Mrs. Garloch was kept
busy cooking meals for the hungry veterans of
Lee. The boy who fed the General is now a
man, and his name is Henry ?. Garloch that
of his mother, is Catherine P. Garloch. They
describe the going forth of Schimmel, when he
heard the Union music in the streets, the
morning of the 4th, and his joyous reception
by the Germans of his command. Ellis men
seemed ready to pick him up and hug him."
they say, and know we all rejoiced at his de-
liverance.
Gen. Schimmelpfennig was a brave officer
and kind commander. The last time l saw
him he had ridden into our camp on Folly
Island s. c., to call upon the Colonel. The
boys crowded around him and he chatted with
them like old pards. His command, have
heard, was first in Charleston after the evacua.
ton. He died soon after the close of the war.
Peace to his ashes.-A r. BARLOW, Canastota,
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GEN. ROGERS.
Comrades Memories OF the Chairman OF the
Board of Pension Appeals.

To THE EDITOR: In reading over THE Ma
TIoNAL TRIBUNE (of which l am a subscriber,
and always expect to be as long as l can keep
in line of march, of July 8, 1885, of what West
ern papers have to say in regard to Gen. George
c. Rogers and his appointment as Chairman of
the Board of Pensions Appeals, allow me, a
humble soldier, to add my mite as / was SO
fortunate as to be a soldier in his company, and
know whereof / speak.
Well do remember George and his patriotic
speech in the little old Methodist church in our
country village that took myself and many
other boys from the pillow to follow the fortunes
of war To say that he was brave soldier, a
good officer and liked by his men, is but echo
ing the word of all who ever came under
his command. Democrat through and
through, l am very, very glad that the
country has seen fit at last to reward him for
his past service; and may he always be able to
retain it until the last soldier is mustered out
ofservice. How well would like to see him. He
was always full of fun-the happiest of fellows
could give good joke and take one; and hop
ing that his good nature has stuck to him as
well as his politics, | will give THE NATIONAL
TRIBUNE little joke we had on George, hop
ing that he will pardon me, as he has often done
before tout of the guard hOuse) It was while
camped at La Grange, Tenn. Our regiment
the 18th ILL.,, got into fight with the sd Ind
aud We were ordered out of town to guard a
regiment and looked upon the transaction as
disgrace to the regiment-that u.s. we had dis
graced ourselves in the eyes of our General. So
while on the march to the bridge he came to the
conclusion that the proper thing was to give US a
good talking to. Halted, the regiment came to a
front. 1t was then that we noticed that George
was laboring a trife under the effect of the
hot sun and the popularity of the spring
water that sometimes got into headquarters.
George never would touch commissary. He
then gave us lecture on our disgrace told us
how he felt,-we all knew how he felt, and
wished we felt about half way so ourselves;
gave it to us in great shape then turning to
the band: you fellows have been playing
operate airs and cheap songs. Why in the hi
don't you play something appropriate to the &C.
casion, something solemn. (Hic.) Play-play
-Bonaparte crossing the-the- Cumberland
MOuntains!" Well, George, that was a long
time ago, and we were young and had to mix a
little fun in with the bareback and river water.
George, may you ever be happy; for as a friend
to the soldier you have no superior. 1
would like to hear from some of the 18th Ill.
boys, if they have no. all gone to the happy
hunting grounds.-E. L. MOWERS, Co. !, 18th
Ill, La Crosse, Wis.
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CORRECTING THE RECORDS
A Suggestion from Gen. Hall, of Maine.

To THE EDITOR: In looking over the various
volumes Of War of the Rebellion" published
by the Government, / have found, as general
rule, where / was participant, and know the
facts, that many errors have crept into the re-
ports and i suggest if comrades who scan
these reports will, through your columns, make
the corrections that they are able to make, we
could in this way lay the foundation for his
tory of the war sometime in the future that
would be more correct than we are otherwise
likely to get. l have frequently found that
the rebel reports are inclined to make it appear
that our force against them was much larger
than it really was. Thus, Stonewall Jackson,
in his report of the action at Cedar Mountain,
Aug 8, 1862, referring to the cannonade that
evening, where only the six guns of my bat
terry I'D Me- and two guns of Thompson's Pa
battery were engaged, says: These batteries
were, however, soon opened" etc. (See War
of the Rebellion" Series l, Vol. XII, Part Il
Reports, p. 1S4; and, if you have time, see Rick
etts's report, p. 10; Tillson's, III; Duryea's,
172; McDowelfs 1928 and 342.
As we now read over these reports we feel
thankful Of the good fortune which favored us
and gave us SO noble command, for there never
was better company of soldiers than had in
the old ID Me- battery-JAMEs A. HALL,
Damariscotta, Me.
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A Few Words from an Ex.Pris0ner.

To THE EDITOR: l was captured Nov. g.
1863, near Rogersville, East Tenn, and ex-
changed Feb. 26, 1865. / have not forgotten
the red headed Lieutenant; his name was VIM.
Barrett. He was as mean man as Wirz l re-
member the One-armed Lieutenant, John Lane
Booth, from East Tennessee. / have seen these
men hit prisoners over the head with their
sticks and kick them when they we're not able
to get out of the way. Who will ever forget
the hell pen of Andersonvile? would like
to have the comrades address who helped me
to eat the turtle the boy gave us who was plow-
ing near the smallpox hospital at Anderson
vile. He belonged to the Tooth Ohio. That
was the only time l had anything like enough
to eat while was in prison, nearly Is months
B. +. GRIGsBY, Co. i, I'd Tenn. MID Inf,
Goodfield, Tenn.
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Vermont in the Rebelli0n-She Is Entitled to
Claim the First Place.

To THE EDITOR: A recent number of the
New York Erening Post contained an article on
the composition of the Union armies, and the
proportion furnished by the several States,
which has been republished by some Grand
Army papers as being substantially correct.
The article in question states that I" the whole
number of men furnished to the Union army,
from the firing on Fort Sumter to the close of
the war, was 2,S59132, of which the Northern
States furnished 2,390,091 men. The census of
1870 showed that the number of white males
of military age between Is and 45) in the
Northern States was 1886, $685. so that the troops
furnished by them to the Union army fell just
short of being 81 per cent. of their available
men,"
The article then goes on to demonstrate that
the Border States furnished much larger pro-
portion, and says, "the first discovery We make
is the amazing one that Delaware furnished a
much larger number of troops to the Union
army, in proportion to her available military
population, than any other State in any part of
the country" The writer then proves to his
own satisfaction, probably, that Delaware con-
tributed 74S per cent; New Hampshire, "a !;
Vermont and Massachusetts,, So; Maine, SO !;
Rhode Island, Sc; Illinois and Ohio, 50; Kan
sas, ~, and Indiana, "a.
1t is admitted by all that the loyal men in
the Border States did nobly; but the writer of
the article either figures from wrong data, or
has made some mistake in his calculations.
have no means of proving his figures in re-
gard to the other States named, but in the case
of Vermont the percentage given IS largely at
variance with the actual facts. In 1861 the
enrolment of Vermont was 35,6S0 men of mill
itary age. Of this number she sent to the front,
according to the returns of the War Depart
ment, 81, 242 men. Out of every hundred men
enrolled as of military age, it is certainly safe
to assume that at least one will fail to pass the
necessary medical examination; so we may
reasonably assert that Vermont sent to the war
every man capable of bearing arms. She not
only answered all demands made upon her by
the Government but furnished 1913 men over
and above her quota. AS Vermont soldiers
shared in the fortunes of the war from the first
engagement at Big Bethel to the final surrender
at Appomattox, and, as shown by recent re-
turns. lost larger proportion by death than
the troops from any other State, she is justly
entitled to claim the first place as the banner
State of the rebellion.-CAvALRY, Burlington,
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The Seventeenth CORPS Mt Columbia. s. G..

TO THE EDITOR: In your issue of May %
w. M. Prouty says that the Seventeenth Corps
did not enter Columbia, S. c. beg to inform
him that know that the Seventeenth Corps did
go through the city. was in the city the night
it was burned, and my regiment camped within
mile of the city that night and it, with the
corps. passed through the city the next morn
ing. We crossed the rivers up at the factory,
SO we crossed two rivers, instead of one as
Prouty says. know what am talking about
when say that the Seventeenth Corps was in
the city, for when we drew out of camp next
morning we left about 100 of the regiment that
had been on the big drunk the night of the
18th of February, 1862. N. VooRHIs, Co.
II, 32d Ohio, Beilaire, Ill.
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Youngest Post Commander.

A. E. Magofiin, seth Ohio, Lyons, Kan, was
born in 1916 and enlisted in 1862; was elected
Commander of Sill Post, No. 255, Department
of Ohio, June 2S 1869, being at that time %
years and months of age; was delegate to
each of semi-annual Encampments held in
1869 in Ohio, and was appointed Assistant In
spector on the staff of Rev. G. w. Collier, In-
spector- General of Ohio in February, 1870, and
assigned to duty in Ross County, o. He was
Commander of Sill Post for four years. and is
now serving his third term as Commander of
Kit Carson Post, No. 90, Department of Kan
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A Pennsylvania Speaks Up.

To THE EDITOR: l have been waiting long
time to see if some survivor of the bloody old
54th Pa. would not say something and let the
rising generation know that there was such an
organization in the late war. Sometimes
think that our officers are ashamed of it. Them
again, feel they cannot be, for they never
asked the boys to go that they did not respond
with a hip, hip, hurrah! ] would like for
some comrade to write up the battle of New
market or Piedmont, which the old 54th took
an active part in. As for myself, enlisted in
Co. X. Sd Pa. for three months, and was with
Patterson at Falling Waters; re-enlsted in the
5ith Pa; was captured at High Bridge, Va,
and surrendered with Lee at Appomattox.
would like to meet in 24-foot ring the man
who stole my boots when was taken prisoner
DAVID L. BRYAN, First Serg't, Co. A, 54th
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A Very Near Man.

At Richfield Springs one day, Gen. Buckner
heard some military sceptics criticising Gen.
Grants military ability. "Why, Hooker was
as brave as Grant" said one man excitedly.
"But Grant was a very near man," said Buck
ner "And Mcclellan was greater strategist,"
said another scOffer. "But Grant was famous
for his nearness," said Buckner. "He may not
have been brave, but he was always near"
"What do you mean by nearness?" asked
another scoffer petulantly. "Why, when
looked around at Fort Donelson for some one
to surrender to, Grant was right there handy ;
and / noticed when Gen. Lee surrendered at
App0mattox, Grant was the nearest General to
take his sword. Oh lie was near, Grant was"
The National tribune., 1885-08-13
"We'n Hang jeff Davis on a Sour Apple Tree"

To THE EDITOR: notice in your issue oil
July % that George A. Huron Of Topeka, Kan,
claims that he was the author of the lines in
the John Browns Body song, 1--WE will hang
JEFF Davis on sour apple tree" and that he
sang the words first in the Spring of 1862, when
with Shieldss Division in the Shenandoah
Valley. AS to who composed the words, or by
whom they were applied, do not know, but
do know that at the time was attached to
Brannan's Brigade, Smiths Division, and we
were erecting Forts Marcy aud Ethan Allen
near Chain Bridge, in September and October
1861, several months before comrade Huron
claims to have sung it, the song was very pop
ular with the boys of Brannan's Brigade
CAPT. JOHN ID. CoHERN, Parsons, Luzerne Co.,
pa
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The 9th Me.

To THE EDITOR: think if some good writer
would undertake it quite an interesting history
could be written of the doings of the 9th Me.
from the time it left Fortress Monroe in Octo-
her, 1861, till the regiment was mustered out
in 1865. l remember one of our expeditions to
Morris Island, S. c., and our operations in front
of Fort Wagner, where we marched with Gen.
Strong at our head carrying his boots in one
hand and rife in the other. 1t was at this
place that James Emory. of Co. +, was killed
the first man We lost. / carry the marks of
rebel lead today.-R. w. ABBOTT, Co. +, 9th
Me.
The National tribune., 1885-08-13
Years Teach More than Books

Among other valuable lessons impaired by
this teacher is the fact that for very long
time DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery"
has been the prince of liver correctives and
blood purifiers, being the household physician
of the poor man, and the able consulting ply
stefan to the rich patient, and praised by all for
its magnificent service and efficacy in all dis
eases of chronic nature, as malarial poisoning,
ailments of the respiratory and digestive sys-
TENS, liver disease, and in all cases where the
use of an Alternative remedy is indicated.
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Can Be Had IL Wanted.

Have you any malaria here 2" asked lady
who was looking at rural boarding place for
her family. "Well," said the landlady, we
hain't got none jist now; folks haven't asked
for it: but we'll get it for your family if you
want it," Most folks get malaria without want
ing it. To get rid of its noxious effects, use
Browns Iron Bitters. Mrs. S. r. Macdonald,
New Haven, Conn, says: !" / suffered from
malaria for nearly six years. Browns Iron
Bitters cured me completely"
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On to Richmond.

To THE EDITOR: Reference is made in a
recent issue of TIE NATIONAL TRIBUNE to
the author of "On to Richmond" and other
songs, by E.W. Locke, and in reply to the query
as to whether he lives or not. / will say he
does, and is still able to sing. He has lived for
several years in Chelsea Mass. The writer saw
and recognized him in 1862 as an old New
Hampshire schoolInate of 25 years previous.
i. CLARK, Cambridge, Mass
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A Prosecuted SOLDIER.
A Comrade to BE Tried for Obeying Orders Durinl
the War.

To THE EDITOR: The article which appeared
in The NATIONAL TRIBUNE of June Is, 1885,
under the heading "A Prosecuted Soldier" has
brought such shower of questions that the
committee find it impossible to answer all of
them personally without being compelled to use
some of the money so kindly contributed to
defend Williams, in employing clerks to write
letters, which we do not wish to do. We there
tore ask permission to answer them through
the columns of The NATIONAL TRIBUNE.
The case against Williams is now pending in
the Circuit Court of Harrison County, Mo-,
and will stand for trial at its next regular term,
which will convene on the fourth Monday in
September next, Williams being now out on
bail. We have every reason to believe that
this case will be vigorously prosecuted. as the
parties who are pushing this prosecution have
been trying to get it started for the past 20
years, and are able and willing to, and have
already employed attorneys competent to prose-
cute it, and are hunting up all the evidence
they can get. 1t is the understanding of this
committee that Williams was acting under Or
ders, but it must be remembered that this mat
ter happened 81 years ago, and that many of
the persons who would have been good wit
nesses for Williams, are either dead or have
left the County, and the whereabouts of some
are unknown, while orders and other military
records are either scattered lost or destroyed.
That he had orders we do not doubt. Whether
or not Williams, VINO was home on veteran fur
Tough, was under any obligation to obey the
officers who ordered him to disarm McCollum,
is question that the committee do not under
take to decide,-it will perhaps be raised in the
court, and there decided; but, as soldiers, we
do know that the true soldier obeyed the or
ders of his superior officers, without stopping
to inquire into the technical legality thereof,
and that the soldier who did presume to ques-
tion the validity of his orders, usually got the
worst of it.
AS to the legal questions raised, all that we
can say at this time is, that these questions now
have to be passed on by the court, and the OBJ
ject of this committee is to raise money to
employ counsel who can properly present all
these points to the court in the best possible
manner, and to hunt up all the evidence thai
can be found bearing upon this case
1t will readily be seen that it is necessary to
have all subscriptions forwarded to Col. Robin
son, Chairman of the Committee, at as early
day as possible, in order that we may be able
to know what we can do for him, as soon as
possible, as the time is growing short.
w. P. ROBINSON,
A. ]. FULLER,
J. WALKER,
ED. S. MINER,
w. II. SKINNER,
Committee.
State of Missouri
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Sfota If Nf;sa1,,,-;

State Of Missouri,
County of Harrison 81
/, A. D. Shipey, Clerk of the Circuit Court, with
in and for the County and State aforesaid do here
by certify that am well and personally acquainted
with Col. VIM. z. Robinson, who is now Clerk oil
the County Court of this County; A. J. Fuller, who
is a druggist; Jackson Walker, physician; E. s.
Miner. lumber dealer, and w. II. Skinner, lawyer,
all of Bethany, Missouri that they are all reliable
and honorable men; that make this certificate for
the purpose of assuring persons who wish to con-
tribute to the defense of George D. Williams. now
charged in this court with the murder of Isaac
McCollum, that am satisfied that any moneys for
warded to the above-named persons for such pur-
pose will be properly applied.
In witness whereof have hereunto set
(sEAL my hand and affixed my official seal this
1lth day of July, 1885.
A. d. SHIPLEY,
Clerk Circut Court
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