The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1886-07-08

gallant service during the war He was retired I'm
1874 Captain on account Of wounds resolved m
action.
The superb form Of Ma. Gen Jas n Robinson,
of Ohio. lowered up among che visitor. TO the Gee
tysburg battlefield last week. IA IL did % wears am
when he marched into the first days loht al tha
head Of a magnificent regiment Of Ohio boys. 70
help check Ewells advance until the Army Of tha
Potomac could concentrate. The effort was snc-
cessful, but its cost fearful He lost 81 per cent
Of his regiment-the SD Ohio-and the mortality
among the officers $40 great that though he
entered the Sight the third in rank in bits brignde
be was shortly the ranking officer in his division
but when the order for him to tsake command oftha
division reached him he himself was lying ON the
field terribly wounded. lie feels bitterly that tho
Eleventh Corps has never had anything like the
appreciation its stubborn fighting and severe Ioa.e.
deserved, and he Is anxious to have a Reunion %
the corps upon The battlefield az me beginning Of
an effort % set itself right in history. Undoubtedly
AIS desire ~ shared in by all other survivors OF the
corps, and the success Of the Third Corps Reunion
will stimulate the movement into success Gen.
Robinson who has just served one term as secrs-
ary Of State of Ohio TO the entire satisfaction Of Tia
people, has just been renOminated and win un-
doubtedIy be reelected by handsome majority.
He deserves the vote OF every soldier in Ohio for
no man in the State is a warmer or more indefaaR-
able friend Of the veterans.
Past Department Commander Curtin carries a
magnineent watch, testimonial Of the high
esteem in which he is held by his comrades Of tho
Department Of Pennsylvania. whom he served 30
well, and still continues to serve.
The case has this inscription:
Presented 70
AUSTIN CURTIN
Commander Of the Departments Of Pennsylvania.
Held at Scranton, Feb. Q and TO- 1886 in appreoia-
ton OF his services in behalf Of Che Order and A
a mark of the esteem and love OF his comrades.
On The outside ease are The names Of the Com
miltee who made the presentation John Vandsr-
slice, Thos. @. Sample and Jos. Gregson.
The case is handsomely 0rnanented with q A.
& badge and the monogram Of Comrade Curtin,
and an elegant GAR. badge, IN gold and enamel
forms pendent 10 the heavy gold chain There "a
no man in the Department Of Pcnnsyiv ania thas
better deserves such complimentary present than
COmrade Curtin.
The Survivors Association Of the 9th NJ Y. and
LIST ". Y. Cav. will celebrate the 18th anniversary
OF the battle OF Bull Run by a two days Reunion
at Rochester,, y. Y, on July q and p. Gen a. W.
SlOeum. who commanded the Twelfth Corps In
1868, was the first Colonel Of the z7th and was
badly wounded at the battle whose anniversary 10
about to be celebrated. He is now in Europe bus
his old Chief Of staff, Gen. H. c. Rogers. Cen.
Joseph j. Bartlett the second Colonel Of the regi-
ment, now Deputy Commissioner Of Pensions "A
Washington; A. b. Tourgeo. who was badly
wounded in the same fight. and many other we'll
known men win be present.
Jason G. Gillett. late OF Porunna Mich, who
served IN the 5th and 18th Mich during the ate
war now a resident Of HOrnellsville " r. is tho
recipient Of pension Of S2 per month, with a
back pension Of Sill 600. Dir Gillett fled his claim
in 1868, four years after his discharges from The
service in 1865. His claim was rejected under Mr.
Bently, Commissioner Of Pensions in 1871. Under
Mr.. Dudley's administration Of the Pension Office
he asked to have the claim reOpened which was
refused under direction of Mr.. Stephenson Chief
Clerk Of the Middle Division Of The Pension Ofica.
His attorney confident that his client had a meri-
toriOus claim, appealed to the Secretary Of the IN
terror. This was done about three months prior TO
the change Of administration, in December, 1854
The Board Of Appeals in the Interior Office wrote
opinion in October, 1885. declaring Mr. Gillett
entitled 70 pension for blindness. which opinion
was fully approved by Mr.. jerks, then Assistant
Secretary OF the Interior. and, after the case had
been placed in four Special Examiners hands, .
certificate was issued awarding him the above PEN
sion. Mr.. Gillett has been almost wholly blind for
20 years. He is now past Y years old.