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The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1885-09-03
THE SONS OF VETERANS.

We feel thoroughly convinced that the
Grand Army is making serious mistake in
not being more helpful to the Sons of Vet
Grams than it has heretofore been These
young gentlemen have proven themselves
worthy of their parentage, and worthy OF
encouragement. They have gone ahead
modestly but earnestly building up their Or
der, making haste slowly, as BELTS those who
tread new and unmarked paths, and main
tanning a stout heart under all discourage
ments. The task of the officers and organ
izers has been one Of unusual difficulty. To
build up an order On entirely new lines, with
no precedents or models, and among young
and untried men, is work that few men,
knowing the world, would attempt. These
young men did attempt it, and most aston
ishingly they have pcrsevered in it, and
wrought SO well that they have extinguished
the divisions that are inseparable to the in
auguration of any new organization, and have
now one consolidated, thriving society, so
well managed as to secure the respect OF
every community in which Camps have been
instituted.
These young gentlemen have been loyal
and unselfish in their services to old soldiers
and have rendered quite important help
They are capable of rendering much more
aid, and will do it, as they perfect their Or
ganization and system of work. All they
ask in return for this is recognition. Recog-
milton they should have, and a generous
amount Of it. We have not so many friends
in the community that we can afford to
neglect any of Them and we certainly have
no truer and better friends than our own
sons.
The Sons of Veterans, if they persevere
in the way they have begun, have the bright
est future before them of any Order in the
country. Already the Order exercises most
excellent restraining and educating infiu-
ence upon its members, and this influence
will be heightened as the Order develops, for
its capacity for self-improvement has been
abundantly demonstrated. The best young
men in every community are being gathered
into the Camps, all giving their best efforts
TO develop the Order. So we'll deserving are
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1885-09-03
The st. Louis Murder MysterF.

Every day involves the famous Maxw -
Preller murder in greater mystery. The Al, a
who is under arrest on suspicion of being >
assassin is quite reticent, and will not say q =
thing in regard to the matter except thu. :
has perfectly good defense when the :
shall come of. A gentleman in Philadeir .
now claims to have seen Preller since Tia :
of the alleged murder, and the theory is ri. :
gaining ground that the body found in "a
trunk in the room in the hotel at st. Louis !
merely placed there to personate Prellor "A
order to get the large insurance ON his life. 4
letter has also been received by Maxwell, pne-
porting to be from the alleged murdered nIau
in which reference is made to a eOnversaiti..u
between Maxwell, Preller and Boston dos, or.
The latter being interviewed on the sub ,ek
says that such conversation did take phase
between himself and Maxwell, Preller being.
the only other person present during the inter
view. Great interest has been excited by there
disclosures and further developments are LOOK
ed forward to with great anxiety.
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WE need not be alarmed at the revival of
the story that Bismarck is intriguing to get
Cuba. Bismarck has heard all about the
Monroe Doctrine, and no one knows better
than he that raising the German standard
over Moro Castle would as inevitably lead
to war as Smelling New York. Cuba may be
Spanish OF may be independent, but we
would not tolerate her passing into ybody
else's hands but ours. We shall undoubtedly
fight Germany before many years, but the
war will be brought about in different way
entirely than the offering to us of bold
challenge by the acquisition of Cuba.
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SOLITUDE.
BY ELLA WHEELER WILCOX.

Laugh, and the world laughs with you;
Weep, and you weep alone;
This sad old earth must borrow its mirth,-
II has trouble enough of its own.
Sing, and the hills will answer;
Sigh, it is lost on the air
The echoes bound to n joyful sound
But shrink from voicing care.
Be glad. and your friends many;
Be sad, and you lose them all -
There are none to decline your neetared wine,
But alone you must drink life's gall.
There is room in the halls of pleasure
For a long and a lordy train,
But one by one we must all file on
Through the narrow aisles of pain.
Feast, and your halls are crowded;
Fast, and the world goes by;
Succeed and give, twill help you live,
But no one can help you die.
Rejoice, and men will seek you;
Grieve and they turn and go;
They want full measure of all your pleasure,
But they do not want your wo.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1885-09-03

SLUGGER SULLIVAN had pounding
match last week at Cincinnati with a man
named Mccartney, who has much local celeb
rity about Pittsburg as pugilist. Sullivan
did not knock Mccartney out in six rounds,
whereat there goes up great cry that Sulli-
van has at last found his match. We advise
our readers to put up no money on that sup
position. Mccartney is not Sullivan's match,
and the racket" is put-up job on the part
of the leading sports to fleece the lambs"
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1885-09-03

THERE are tens of thousands Of old SOL
diers who served with and under Gen. o. O..
Howard who will deeply sympathize with
him in his present affliction. One of his
sons, a promising youth of 10, and who has
been q member of the Yellowstone Park
Survey during the season, shot himself last
week through the breast, inficting wound
which will probably be fatal. 1t was at first
thought to be accidental, but the young
man afterward confessed that he did it him
self on account of hopeless passion he had
conceived for young lady who passed
through the Park with a party. He would
not reveal her name.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1885-09-03

Bob T0oMBs having given his opinion of
JEFF Davis with charming frankness, it is
now in order for Mr. Davis to let US know
his estimate of Bob TOombs. OF course, JEFF
will not lose this opportunity to pose as a
prosecuted martyr, and roll his eyes with
saint-like meekness, while he details how
his unselfish labors for the benefit of human
ity were constantly interferred with by rude,
base fellows of the Bob Toombs sort, who
hated greatness and purity and unselfish-
ness.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1885-09-03

We would again cali the attention of our
readers to the fact, that we are still offering
that thrilling war story, Capturing Loco
motive" as premium for eight new SUBJ
scribers. We will also send it in conjunction
with TIE NATIONAL TRIBUNE for So, or
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more thrilling and exciting than this work
of Mr.. Pittengers, and it has the peculiar
charm of being absolutely true in every par
ticular. The book is handsomely bound and
illustrated, and would prove an interesting
and instructive addition to every household.
Send for samples to aid you in canvassing.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1885-09-03
RECRUITING FOR THE GAR.

| ISsstNGIt}NU FOR The Gait.
This season of Reunions, of coming to-
| gether of old comrades from their widely
separated homes, ought to be made very
fruitful for the GAR. Every regimental
Reunion should be a recruiting ground for
the Order, and we have no doubt it is. The
display of the badge and the close relations
which members of the Order assume TO each
other, with the practical evidences of Char
ity, Fraternity, and Loyalty, are all power
full incentives to those outside of the Posts
to come in. They will do so if comrades,
noticing that they do not wear the badge,
ask them the reason for their remaining
outside and press them to enter. All any
soldier now needs to bring him in is little
encouragement, and this should be given
him by those of his old comrades whom he
meets. The GAR ought to have by the
end of this year half million members in
good standing. and it will have if all those
who are in it will do their duty in bringing
in those who should be in. The Grand
Army is now the only recognized soldiers
organization; it has grown and developed
into splendid proportions, and it has the
confidence and recognition of the entire COM
munity. 1t is doing all the work for the
old soldiers of the country, and every one
of them who is able to assist in this should
be in its ranks assisting. So far not more
than one-third of the survivors of the war of
the rebellion are members, and this third
is charged with caring for all the sick and
disabled and needy soldiers of the country,
their wives, widows and orphans, Of reliey-
ing their restitution and burying them when
dead. This is work that should not be
done by a part of the soldiers but by the
whole number, and every man who is proud
of his service for the Union and rejoices in
the fact that he did a mans duty in time
when manhood was tested, should at once
associate himself with his other comrades in
carrying on the noble work to which the
Grand Army is consecrated.
We speak of joining the Grand Army as a
duty. OF course it has its rewards in the
pleasure of associating with other honorable
soldiers of the war as comrades, and sharing
with them the pleasures aud honors of such
membership. Let every comrade now i'll the
Order charge himself with the duty of bring
ing in at least one recruit before the end of
the year. He can do this with surprisingly
little effort if he will only address himself to
the work, and if each one does this we will
go to San Francisco next year with a grand
array of half million members, which will
arouse the admiration of the country and
make the Grand Army power in the land
that will be of inestimable value in securing
justice to old soldiers
Comrades bestir yourseIyesi
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1885-09-03

IN 1864 Daniel W. Cheney, then Master
in the Navy, was detected in plot to turn
the boat he commanded over to the rebels,
and while under arrest sprang overheard, and
transpired, however, that he did not drown,
but escaped to Mexico, where he became a
Captain in the army, but subsequently lost
this position, and in 1879 was in Jail in
Corpus Christi as tramp. He was then
suffering from severe gunshot wound in
flicted by brother-vagrant.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1885-09-03

the Camps proving that we notice that nearly
everywhere the Posts, are proudly recognize
ing them as efficient allies and co-laborers
Reports from all sections of the East,
North and West indicate that the Order is
in fourishing condition, with a continual
increase Of membership. We hope and be-
lieve that this is going on Indefinitely, and
that before many years there will be mil
lion Sons of Veterans in the United States
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Comrades, bestir yourselves!
THE BOARD OF RE-REvIEW

THE BOARD DE kE-kEtIEW.
In the opinion Of very many the best re-
form introduced by Gen. Black since his as
sumption of the Office of Commissioner of
Pensions has been the organization of the
Board of Re Review, which has just gone
into operation.
Heretofore the practice has been, when an
Examiner finished his work on claim, to
transmit it to the Board of Review One of
the members of this Board took the case up
in its turn, and went over the work of the
Examiner If he was satisfied with the
reasoning and conclusions the case was ap-
proved. the certificate made out and sent to
the Commissioner for his formal signature.
This was almost wholly perfunctory, for it
is physical impossibility for the Commits
facts in one case in a thousand All that he
can do is TO lay down rules for guiding his
their honesty and intelligence to apply these
rules
vailing in the Office when he was installed,
Gen. Blacks quick perception fastened at
once on this as faulty, and calling for re-
form. 1t was unjust and dangerous
to the claimant and the Commissoner-tO
f.f oh, aar4o
practically decided off-hand by one man.
the Reyiewer,-hOwever honest and capable
formity in the decisions, and it was found
that there was really no settled practice
Each one of the Examiners submitted his
cases to the Reviewers as soon as as he be-
lieved them to be complete, and every Re
viewer pronounced judgment according to
his views of the law and his conceptions of
the meaning of previous rulings, as applied
| to the particular case in hand. 1t was a
matter of chance, whether Or not the Com
missioner was allowed to hear of any case
that involved special points, or called for
unusual consideration.
The Board Of Re-Reyiew, which Gen.
Black has organized, is made up Of nine men
who have given evidence of unusual ability
in their positions of Examiners and Re-
viewers, from which they have been pro-
NOTED. They are distinguished not only for
their comprehensive knowledge Of the PEN
sion laws, but for high judicial capacity 10
apply the principle of those laws TO the
widely-varying cases continually presented
! TO them
The Board represents the Commissioner as
he has never been represented in the Bureau
since the volume Of business has grown so
large as to be beyond the power of any one
man to personally inspect every case that
comes into the Office. Every case that passes
through the hands of the Examiners and
the Board of Review is sent to the Board of
Re-Review for further examination, and it
goes carefully over the findings of its prede-
cessors If these are approved, the matter is
ended then and there, the proceedings of the
! Board being under the Commissioners per-
sonal supervision. If the action of the Re-
viewer or the Examiner is found to be
faulty in any case, the papers are returned
! to the party whose oversight is responsible
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1885-09-03

THE number of pension certificates issued
and signed during the week ending Aug "a,
1885, was as follows: Original, $50; in
crease, 800; reissue, II; restoration, 81 i;
duplicate, II; accrued Sc; act Of March 3,
1883, 5; Order April 3, 1884, II; Act March
3, 1885, %; reissue same date, 2 Total,
1914.
THE number of pension certificates issued
and signed during the week ending Aug 81,
1885, was as follows: Original, Sol increase,
ITO; reissue, 60; restoration, So; duplicate,
%; accrued, 4; Act March 3, 1883, 2; re-
issue same date, 3; total, l,4O6.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1885-09-03

THERE is nothing that many people hate
so badly as any attempt to make them wiser,
cleaner. better or healthier. Now, there is
nothing in medical science better known
than that wells, especially city wells, are
energetic propagators of disease, and yet
nearly 5000 hOuseholders in st. Louis have
Joined themselves into Well Owners AS
ISOLATION" to resist the Board of Healths
attempt to close up the infected wells of the
city.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1885-09-03

WHEN the tariff was imposed upon iron
rails we were making none in this country,
but paid England $50 ton for all that we
used. Now we have rail mills of suffi cient
capacity to make all that we need employ
ment in making rails is furnished to half
million workingmen, who receive wages
varying from $40 to SIS a week, and the
price has fallen SO low that the best quality
Of steel rails can be bought at $27 ton, or
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1885-09-03

THE miseries of the political campaign
have already begun. Enemies of MIR. Edward
Cooper, who seeks the Democratic nomina-
ton for Governor of New York, seek to
prejudice people against him by asserting
that he parts his hair in the middle. His
friends have nailed this lie by prompt
denial. lie does not part his hair at all.
He has none in the regions usually chosen
for either side or center parting
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1885-09-03

A LETTER Of Secretary Lincoln defining
his views as to the limitations of the author
ity of the General commanding the Army
and the jurisdiction of the Secretary of War
has just been made public. He asserts that
the laws do not prescribe the line which
separates these two officials, and that it is,
therefore, matter to be settled by the
Presidents orders. The Secretary then goes
on to deny that the General has the right to
command every Officer; in the Army. He
says that the COl6nels command the reg-
ments, the rigadier-Generals the Colonies,
the Major-Generals the Brigadiers, and the
Lieutenant-G General the Maor- Generals. He
cannot, Mr.. Lincoln says, command any of
the Brigadier- Generals, who are at the heads
of Bureaus, because these are withdrawn
from his command and. placed directly under
the Secretary of War: The dispute arose
over Gen. Sheridan's attempt to exercise
authority over the Quartermaster-G General
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OBITUARY..
In,as.ons of Death in the RAM, or Oar 20,

fH'aSiUHs VI Dt-tH 10 tHt IsaiiS OF Our N0nraIfSs
FRECDENBEEG.-Dicd at his residence in WASH
lngton, d. e., after lingering Illness Friday Aug.
p, Breyet Lieut. Col Chas FreudcnlJtrs. Coi Freu-
denoerg was born IN Germany and went out ~ Cap
tain of the SD y. Y in 1851 He became Ie!frnans-
Colonel OF that regiment, and then, on account Of
wounds, was transferred to the Veteran Reserve
Corps IN November, 1853. AT the close of tise war
he was commissioned Captain of the 18th Inf was
afterwards transferred to the 18TH and was retired
with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in 1870 TTs
breveied Major for gallant and mertnrious
burg and Colonel for gallant and meritorious scry.
ices during the war
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1885-09-03
OHIO AT GETTYSBURG.

Comrade E. II. Monfort, who rose to a
Captaincy in the 18th Ohio, and who is now
one of the editors of the Herald and PresJy-
ter, was one of the committee appointed to
locate the monument for the Ohio troops on
the battlefield of Gettysburg, and he writes
to his paper very interesting account of
the proceedings. In speaking of the splendid
part which the Ohio brigade took in the
battle, he says:
On this spot occurred scene on tile night of the
I'd, which embodied the magnificent charge, the
firm Defense the fierce, seething struggle Of armed
men, freuzied with the nsaddening influences of
war. They fought with cannon, muskets. pistols
handspikes, hammers, clubs, stoncs-anything with
which attack could be made defense given.
Here occurred instances of personal bravery and
intrepidity seldom surpassed. In the midst of this
charge, when part of our line forced back 80 or
40 yards, l saw Confederate officer demand the
surrender of the battery, when gunner replied by
Draining him with a famrod. The 18th and seven
companies of the 10Th Ohio, were not driven from
their works. and the small opening i'm the line
soon closed up, and when the enemy driven
from 'front.' they left, by their report three
fouTths of their number the field. The brilliancy
of this movement was not surpassed, the losses
less, than the great charge of the Guard at Water
loo. After it was over. you could walk from our
advance line TO the batteries the hill, on the
bodies of the dead without stepping on the ground.
Pickett's great charge our left the next day,
where IL, 600 dead and wounded were left the
field was not more daring in its execution. nor
more fatal in its results, considering the number
engaged have given this specimen of the
fierce contest that prevailed all along lines.
which extended five and one half miles to show
the magnitude Of the battle and the ferceness of
the conflict
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1885-09-03

just what the duty was up to a year ago.
This fact requires but few lines for its
statement, but it will take many volumes of
Free Trade arguments to explain away its
significance.
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A Doctor Assassina.ed.

DR.. III. P. Lynch. a praeticing physician OF
Sturgis, Oak. was shot and instantly killed
Saturday night of last week by Corp. Ross IIol-
lis, Of Co. A, 18th U. S. Inf, stationed ut Fort
Meade. The victim was seated in his sore
reading paper when the assassin approached
to within foot so aud fired. The TALL las ed
through the right arm into the body, lodi ing
in the heart. The shot alarmed the nejE h1Or-
hood, and many persons rushed to the building.
They found the store door open and the Doctor
seated in his chair dead. The murderer Tas
lynehed on the following day.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1885-09-03

THE Caroline Islands, about which Spain
is making faces at Germany, is an archi-
pelago Of the South Pacific, with a host of
small islands, arranged by geographers into
as groups. Altogether they have only 1000
square miles of surface-about the size of
two small Counties-and % 900 inhabitants,
all Malays. They are of little present value
but may have much when the Australian
colonies develop into Nations. Germany
has no more need for them than 81 has
had in the centuries that she has laid claim
to them, but the Germans, eager to initiate
the English colonial policy and become a
great maritime nation, are picking up any
little bit Of real estate they can find which
is not too strongly held by some one else
Spain will and can do nothing to retain pos
session of the islands. She has allowed her.
self to be easily whipped out of Mexico,
Central and South America; and if she
could not hold those rich lands against the
small forces Of the insurgents, she will make
a poor show of retaining a lot of almost
worthless islands against the power of the
first military nation in the world.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1885-09-03

AT the close of last week the New York
Grant fund amounted to 69,93905. The
principal contribution was 81 900 from Mrs.
McCoskey, in memory Of T. T. Read and
Mary A. Read, deceased.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1885-09-03

THE article on the Quartermaster's De-
partment which appears in this weeks paper
is by the well-known Col. JnO. J. Bowen,
of Rochester, N. Y, who during the war
had an acquaintance that extended from
New York to New Orleans in both the Army
and Navy, and had friends everywhere.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1885-09-03

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