The National tribune., 1885-10-01
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Learned SOrftNpoHe'''N'
To THE EpIroR: ! noticed several articles
in your last issue that for butchering and soap
making lay slightly over anything OF the kind
! ever read. This ] can attribute to but one
cause. viz. the writers must have been attend
ing some of the numerous RCumiens. and their
brains have not had sufficient time to recover
their normal state. BE this rs il may, between
the colored troops, from Wisconsin, the reserve
liars of Pennsylvania, and quite a large chunk
OF the concentrated extract Of potash from ONO,
the readers Of The NATIONAL TRIBUNE have
got one good dose and no mistake.
First. Ed. g. Mcatyard, well namcd,) MAJOR,
9th I. 5. {. l., comes to the front with a NICE
little anecdote about Col. MeIsy and the 9Th
H. during which he fires Tie following broad
side into us without the least warning; with
a yell enough TO shake a silicated armor-plate
to pieces, his command cvisccrated the rcdonht
| know The colored troops fought noh'y,' and
were lightning Oh singing high flown language
around rather promiscuously, y, but " slilcated ar
NOR plate and 'eviscerated redoubtS knock
the wind all out of my sails Don't you rest
easier, Major since you relieved yoUr braln OF
that terrible strain? | turn to Webster and
find the following: Silicated-Combnod or I'M
pregnated with silica. Silica, from the Latin,
Siier, Sjiicis, a flint. Now, Major, did you ever
see, or even hear of, silicatcd armOr- plate"
or did you ever see the viscera OF Il redoubt?
If so, you are ahead of me, and will chalk You
down one. Let me offer you little piece OF
advice gratis, Major; / can spare 1t, and ii will
not hurt you TO accept il. When You write for
The NATIONAL TRIBUNE again, please remem-
Der that your old comrades are not all gradu
atcs, neither can they all afford All unabridged
for ready reference. If you wanted TO convey
the idea that the old 9th ILL.,, with yell that
would raise the hair on your head, gutted that
reboubt before you could say scat, why not say
so in plain English, and not wear out die
,,,tI, I,f,,,y
Next in line we find that cOnglomcration of
old cheese, navy tobacco suter tents, and con
centratcd lie from the Army of the Potomac.
If his fighting then was as strong as his lie now,
he must have been holy terror to the Johnnles
in that part of the country. l think one Of
those mule teams he speaks of could have
hauled all their trophies. including cannons,
rebel Notifications, up to the time when, hav-
ing taken all we wanted, we sent them our
Gen. Grant to show them how the thing was
d0ne. | think the cOmrade fails to give "Old
jeff proper credit for showing his Willingness
to divide with them at Harrison's Landing Va.
If l remember rightly, their trophies at that
time had not matcriaiiZed.
Josiah 2. Dry next tries his hand at soap
making, and from present indications ne Will
be able to turn ont fine an article as the
sample received from Harrson's Landing with
but very little practice. As long as he blows
his own bUgle he does very well, but when lie
tries to to0t on the other fellows horn he makes
a bad mess of it. | don't know we can blame
him very much though, us he is Only footing
notes furnished by others. The cOIaradc tells
us that " the battle of Monocacy was fought,
and also Smokers Gap. by a portion OF the Army
of West Virginia, and Gen Wright was defeated
For the editcati0n of the cOmrade, VIII in
form him that the battle of Monocacy was not
fought by Gen. Wright, but by Gen. Lew Wal
lace At this point the comrade goes out of
business for himself, and enters into partner
ship with the Nineteenth Corps for the purpose
of manufacturing concentrated lie, and | must
say it is good article. He understands his
business TO the dot and the Nineteenth Corps
boys are TO be congratulated. How is this for
a sample: THE Nineteenth Corps passed
through one continuous skirmsh and battle
line from the time it went TO Louisiana until 1t
came to US in the Shenandoah Valley" what
do you think of that for a starter, boys? Rather
strong, is it not "and in order to show Of what
mettle it was composed, the 10th \. Y. is "a
good illustration for the occasion" He then
tells Us that out OF four companies OF this regl-
mcnt which took part in the charge at Port
Hudson on the 14th Of June, 1868, POO were
killed. wounded, and missing. If the comrades
figures are correct land we have no reason to
doubt them that would give us providing the
entire regiment had gone in and lost in proper
ton total of $50 killed, wounded and miss
ing, which would have wiped out Of existence
nine out of every 10 regiments in the Nine
teenth Corps. For this reason the 110th \. Y.
is not fair illustration either of the losses in
Cured or the mettle of the corps. He further
tells us that Comrade S. A. Dennis of that rcgi-
ment recently informed him that " the 10th n
Y. left its dead in one continuous graveyard in
Louisiana from the time ii landed at New Or
leans until IL started for the North" This
like his first assertion, tastes rather strong Of
potash; but if Comrade Dennis furnished the
information, | suppose we viii have 20 swallow
it if it takes the hide off; and, then 1t is so
much easier TO believe it than it is to hunt the
proof; and for this reason / would suggest that
Comrade Dry let the Nineteenth as well as the
Sixth Corps blow their own bugles, which he
will find they can do much easier and far bet
ter than himself.-R. II. MARTIN, Delphos, o.