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The National tribune., 1886-04-29
HANCOCK AT GETTYSBURG
BY Gen. Francis A. Walker.

We have to congratulate the readers of
THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE upon the fact
that We have secured a promise OF several
contributions from Gen. Francis A. Walker,
q soldier of brilliant record, and scholar
and statistician of the highest rank. In 1861
Gen. Walker was in the law office of Deveus
& HoaT, of Boston, and at the first call for
troops, enlisted in the 18th Mass, of which
Mr.. Dsyens was Colonel. He was soon APP
pointed Sergeant-Maior, and by good con-
duct reached the grade Of Major the follow
ing year. In 1863 he was appointed Assist
ant AGiutant General, with the rank of
Lieutenant Colonel, and assigned to the Sec
ond Corps. He served in this capacity on
the stats of Couch, Warren, and Hancock,
successfully, until 1865, when he was mus
tered ont with the rank of Breyet Br;gadier-
General, having the reputation of being one
Of the most efficient staff officers in the entire
army. He was wounded at Charlottesville
was captured at Ream's Station and confined
In Libby Prison until October, 1863.
In 1863 he was made Chief OF the National
Bureau CT Statistics, and in 1870 appointed
Superintendent of the Ninth Census. Finish
Jug up this great work in manner that won
him applause from statisticians all over the
world, he accepted in 1873 the Chair OF
Political Economy and History in the Shelf
field Scientific School, and in 1880 he was
appointed Superintendent Of the Tenth
Census. He has been for some years Presi-
dent of tie Massachusetts Institute OF
Technology. The title of his first article
viii be
HANCOCK AT GETTYsBURG.o
No man now living is SO well qualified *
write on this theme as Gen. Walker, and oul
readers may expect an article Of unusual
merit and interest
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The NATIONAL TRIBUNE.
WASHINGTON, D. c., APRIL %, 1886.
ARTICLES FORTHCOMING.

UP THE KAMA FHA-A thrilling story Of
the dash of Government Transport past
the blazing ntuskets Of Jenkins's Confederate
Brigade. By Capt. Fred Ford, Of The
steamer Tictor, No. 2.
SUNDAY 1T SHILOH-Aa officer of Buck
lands Brigade reseats the charge Of "snr-
prise" By Wqj. J. Il. Bering, Ash Ohio.
At ANTYETAM-A spirited account Of the
Services of the 125h Pa. an that battle. By
Col. Jacob Higgins, 125M Pa.
G.SLMPLE DANn-A short story Of the acGr.
By HRS. C. Broaon, Londonderry, O.
THE CLUB At GETTYSBURG. d thrill
ing sketch Of tie services Of the Second Corps
in this battle. By a Jersey SabaHerm."
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THE BATTLE OF ATLANTA.
ey EaJ.-GEFs. II. ID. LEeGETT.
NEXT WEEK.

Next week we shall give the first install
ment of Gen. M. d. Leggett's admirable &C
count Of The great battle before Atlanta
July 90, 1864. Gen. Leggett commanded
the Third Division Of the Seventeenth Corps
in this battle. 1t was one of the very first
TO encounter the enemy's furious onset, and
it fought clear through the engagement fir
ing some of the last shots. 1t acquitted
itself admirably.
The article viii be well illustrated by
maps and diagrams, and viii be intensely
interesting.
The National tribune., 1886-04-29

CONGRESSMAN j. G. BURROWS, of Michi-
gan, introduced two bills, Monday of this
week, calculated to protect pensioners from
injustice resulting from being enormously
dropped from the pension rolls. The first
provides that when soldier shall have been
dropped, and upon application for resto-
ration it shall be found that, not only is he
under the disability for which he drew a
pension, but has other disabilities, he shall
not only be restored, but that his rating
shall be increased to correspond to the newly
discovered disability.
The second bill provides that where a
pensioner shall have been dropped from the
roll and shall be subsequently restored, he
shall be paid the amount lost by the sus-
pension and interest upon the same.
The bills were appropriately referred.
The National tribune., 1886-04-29

A MAN has to drink 81 gallons Of beer be-
fore he contributes 81 to the United States
Treasury. As even "stove-pipe" of beer
contains much less than pint there are
from IL to 20 glasses in every gallon, with an
average, say, of 16. Therefore, there are about
500 glasses in barrel, SO that the contri-
button to the Treasury of the man who pays
five cents for glass of beer is fifth Of a
cent, of which one-ffth goes into the pension
fund. That is, man must drink at least
Is glasses of beer before he contributes one
cent toward keeping disabled soldier out
of the poorhouse or saving the widow and
orphans of such from becoming town
charge.
The National tribune., 1886-04-29
SOLDIERS NOT INDIFFERENT.

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The plea now made by the Congressman
who are anxious to avoid a vote on pension
legislation is that the soldiers of the country
are satisfied with what has been done for
them, and are Indifferent to any further
measures Of relief. This pretext is being
worked to its utmost to chill the earnestness
Of real friends of the soldier, and to afford
his enemies an excuse for denying him his
rights
Nothing can be farther from the truth.
Never in the history of the country has
there been a time when so large proportion
Of the soldiers have been so earnest in their
desire for just pension legislation as they are
at present.
But there is not q man among the sur
vivors of the Union armies who does not
know of broken down comrades who are now
eating the bitter bread Of want and penufy.
There is not man Of them who does
not know possibly score Of men who gave
invaluable service to the country, but who,
because Of the strains of that service, are
now disabled from earning support for
themselves and their families, and who are
languishing in restitution because Of the
failure of the Government to do its duty by
them.
No one knows better than the ex-soldiers
of the country how many faithful soldiers
are suffering bitterly because the Govern
ment withholds what is due them; how
many soldiers wives and widows, children
and orphans go hungry and cold, without
decent clothing, without fire, medicines or
household necessaries, because of the INSULT
cheney and injustice of the pension laws.
No men know so well as old soldiers the
suffering caused by the Governments failure
to keep its promises, because no men are
doing so much by contributions of money,
food, clothing and personal attention to make
good the Governments shortcomings and
relieve the distress that it should relieve.
Every GAR. Post, every Woman's Relief
Corps, and every Camp of the Sons of Vet
Grams in this country is doing a vast amount
of work and spending large sums of money
which it Indignantly feels should be done
and spent by the United States.
All these are watching the proceedings Of
,1,,@
will be done toward redeeming the honor of
the Nation in fulfilling its obligations to its
soldiers. They are watching their own Rep
resentatives to see what they are doing to
make good their lavish protestations of love
for the soldier during the campaign when
they were candidates. These gentlemen can
rest assured that every act of theirs during
the present Congress, every speech made on
pension matters, or every failure to speak
when they should have spoken, every vote
and every failure to vote on pension PROPOSE
tions is being canvassed and debated with
an earnestness not aroused by any other
will be felt Enthusiastically in the campaigns
Of this Fall.
1t is not too late yet for those who have
been remiss to bring forth fruits meet for
repentance. Much will be forgiven those
who will unite in urging forward and in
passing bill which Will embody the recon-
mendations Of the GAR. National Pension
Committee
The National tribune., 1886-04-29
W0PLD,S CYCLoPEpIA.

We have secured new supply of this most
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and will be sent in conjunction with THE
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ASK your Congressman to do all he can to
insure the adoption of the National GAR
Pension Committees recommendations
Write to him yourself, encourage your COM
rades to do likewise; have your Post memoir
ialize him on the subject, and in this way
show him that the soldiers Of the country
are warmly in earnest in their wish for the
passage of such law.
The National tribune., 1886-04-29

GERMANY is initiating the English colo
NAL and trade policy with slavish fidelity.
Her gunboats have just bombarded little
town on the coast of Africa, and afterwards
the marines landed to complete the work of
destruction
The National tribune., 1886-04-29
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The National tribune., 1886-04-29

THE prospects are brilliant that the ma
jority in Congress will fail to agree on any
tariff legislation this session. So much the
better for the business interests of the coun-
The National tribune., 1886-04-29

THE amendment which cut off the widow
of a soldier from receiving the benefit of the
increased pension unless she were married to
him at the time he incurred his disability,
was the work of Hon. A. J. Warner, of Ohio.
The National tribune., 1886-04-29

Be sure that you do not let yourself miss an
issue of THE NATIONAL IRLBUNE at this
time, aches there is so much of importance to the
soldier impending IN Congress. Noac Is the
time Of all Others when no soldier can afford to
do rithom a single Number Of thepaper.
The National tribune., 1886-04-29
NO ARMY MULE THIS WEEK,

A combination of circumstances has pre-
vented John McElroy from furnishing an in
stalment of the "reminiscences of an Army
Mule" this week, but he will be on hand
next week with an unusually good chapter
to make up for the omission.
The National tribune., 1886-04-29

REMIND the grumbler at pensions that he
has to smoke 1000 cigarets before he pays
so cents of taxes into the United States
Treasury. And of this only about 10 cents
goes into the pension fund. The other 40
cents goes to pay the bondholder, the Army
and Navy, and the Civil Service officials.
The National tribune., 1886-04-29

COLORADO is not doing badly in helping
maintain double standard. Her mines
produced last year S5,0OO,0OO in gold to
S135O0,OO0 in silver.
The National tribune., 1886-04-29
THE POLICY OF RETALIATION.

THE POLICY OF RETALIATION.
The exclusion of at least some of the
products of the countries which have placed
the produce Of our farms under ban is
imperatively demanded by our National
dignity and our National interests. Just
now such course would be wise one as an
economical policy, for the supplying of our
people with the excluded products would
have to be done at home, and would give
employment to our idle workingmen, set
many of our factories to running full time,
and open up an active market for our farm
products.
If this exclusion were made permanent it
would not be matter Of regret, but quite
otherwise. There is nothing that France,
Germany, Austria or Italy sells us but what
we can produce as well, if not better, at home.
In every conceivable way it is better that
we should be supplied by people within our
own boundaries with all that we now buy
from those countries. If by shutting Off
their market here we force the producers of
certain articles to come to this country we
are still largely the gamers. So long as these
manufacturers are in their own country they
are uncertain customers for our products.
We must compete for their trade with the
serfs of Russia and the wretchedly paid
peasants of Hindoostan. IF they settle here
they must buy the products of our own
acres.
We would bring great number of manu-
facturers and skilled operatives here if we
would make such an exclusion. The Ameri-
can market is the best foreign market that
the European countries have, and if it were
shut up to any class of goods large pro-
portion Of the manufacturers engaged in pro-
ducing them would either have to go out of
business orremove hither. Take, for example,
France: Her exports to this country are
annually valued at from $60,000,0O0 to
S80,G00,000 year, or from 10 to II per cent.
of her entire foreign trade. To cut off this
trade, or any considerable portion oft, would
be to threaten her manufacturers with bank
ruptcy, which they could only avoid by hav-
ing those representing one-tenth of the pro-
duction remove their establishments to this
country. The benefit of having this enor-
nous amount distributed every year among
our own people instead of being sent abroad,
need only be alluded to to be appreciated.
Let us take for consideration the annual
values of the leading articles that We import
from Franco.
The National tribune., 1886-04-29
LADIES' AID SOCIETIES.

In 1880 an Order was organized to bear
the same relation to the Sons of Veterans
that the Woman's Relief Corps does to the
GAR. It's full title is Ladies' Aid Socie'
ties of the Sons of Veterans; U. S. A." and il
has become quite strong in Eastern Penn.
sylvania and elsewhere. 1t is doing well
nearly everywhere where there are flourish.
ing Camps of the Sons of Veterans. The
principles and objects of the Order and the
requirements for membership are officially
stated as follows:
The National tribune., 1886-04-29

Life has this dialogue between two init
mate friends:
Miss Ar hear you are to be congratu-
lated"
Miss B.-"Not at all, assure you"
Miss A.-"Then you are engaged to Jones,
after all"
The National tribune., 1886-04-29
TIE RED ACORN.

This most interesting and ably-writtcn
work, by John McElroy, is now having a very
large sale. and the new edition will soon be
exhausted. Send 81 to TIE NATIONAL TRIB-
UEE and secure copy.
The National tribune., 1886-04-29

LET the watchw0rd be Concentrate all
effort on the recommendations of the GAR.
Committee on Pensions"
The National tribune., 1886-04-29
MFRS suERwOOD,S POEMS

We have on hand still number of copies OF
Mrs. Sherwood's exquisite lyrics, which we will
sell, handsomely bound, for the small sum of
81, or elegantly decorated in blue and gold for
$1.50
The National tribune., 1886-04-29
REPORT ON THE CONDITION OF VEL
LOWSTONE PARK.

REPORT ON THE CONDITION OF VEL
LOWSTONE PARK.
The Secretary of the Interior has trans
mitted to Congress the report of Special
Agent w. Fl. Phillips, of Washington,
relative to the administration of affairs
in the Yellowstone National Park. He
reports the existence Of certain great
evils which should be corrected. There
appears to be "a conflict of Federal au-
thority and Territorial jurisdiction exer-
cised by Wyoming inconsistent with good
Government. 1t appears also that under the
failure to prohibit the killing of bears with
in the limits of the park, hunters have
slaughtered the elk, buffalo and mountain
sheep. Mr.. Phillips recommends as a cure
for this evil the absolute prohibition OF
the carrying of all firearms into the park.
He also reports that, in strict violation of
the rules of the Interior Department, liquor
is openly sold at all the hotels and at the
Geyser Basins; not only at hotels, but at low
groggeries Intoxicating liquors are publicly
sold at all times To this abuse most of the
disorder in the park is attributed.
Mr.. Phillips strenuously opposes the build
ing of railroads through the park, and points
out the evils that would follow such an in
novation.
AS to leases for hotels, Mr.. Phillips reports
great confusion, and that parties have erected
buildings without reference to authority,
assuming that once erected these structures
would not be disturbed. He recommends
the removal of all unauthorized buildings.
The report is well written, clear, terse
and forceful in style, and presents an amount
of thoroughly digested information concern
ing the great park that must be of the great
est use to Congress and others. The selec-
ton of Mr. Phillips for the work was
evidently very happy one.
The National tribune., 1886-04-29
THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE WASHINGTON c. THURSDAY APRIL 49, 1886

to weaken its loyalty, OF In any manner impair the
efficiency and oermarency of our National Union.
OBJECTS
Sec. 1. To assist the Sons of Veterans in keeping
green the memories of our soldiers and their sacr
fees for the maintenance of the Union.
Sec. 2 To aid and assist the Sons of Veterans In
ali their objects, both financially and otherwise.
Sec. g.. To aid and assist worthy and needy MEM
bers of our Society. A
Sec. d. To inculcate true patriotism and love of
country. not only among our membership, but all
the people of our land, and to spread and sustain
the doctrine Of equal rights universal liberty and
justice to all.
MEMBERSHIP.
Our membership is made up as follows:
First OF the daughters, not less than 16 years of
age of deceased honorably discharged soldiers,
sailors or marines, who served in the Union army
or navy during the civil war of 1S6l-'65.
Second. Of the wives of Sons of Veterans.
Third. OF the wives of all veteran soldiers, sail
ors and marines, rs the same above defined and
limited
Due provision Is also made to render the Associa-
ton perpetual in genealogical order according to
established rules.
The Commandery-i in Chief of the Sons of
Veterans has formally Endorsed the Order.
The National President is Miss Laura F.
Martin, Lancaster, Pa, who will answer all
inquiries concerning the Order.
The National tribune., 1886-04-29
IT PAYS TO TAKE 1T.

Frank W. Mailman, Port Huron, Mich
writes to thank The NATIONAL TRIBUNE for
information that enabled his mother to secure
her long delayed pension. Her claim was re-
jected by the Commissi oner, but learning from
THE TRIBUNE that she could appeal to the
Secretary OF the Interior, she did so, and her
claim was allowed.
The National tribune., 1886-04-29
"FREE-TRADE FOLLY.

BY Robert p. Porter. This admirable little
work, which is full of interesting facts and ar
guments, will be sent to any address, upon re-
ceipt of 20 cents, by THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE.
1t should be ia the hands of every one
The National tribune., 1886-04-29


Ornamental athers..................... $3.50 O0C
Wines and 20Co,00t
Imitation ........................ 100 oOC
Bonnets and artificial flowers .......... 10G0O oC
Fancy goods and buttons 1,5OOOcC
Glassware and l,Voo,ooo
1t would be Of immense advantage to this
country if the importation of every one OF
these articles was prohibited. We have
already demonstrated that American taste
and skill are entirely adequate to the produc-
ton of every one of them with the same
high grade of excellence and elegance that
now distinguishes their production in France,
and would require but little stimulus to
make the American goods definitely super
sede their French rivals.
Germany sells us every year $65, 100000
worth of goods, or one-ninth of all the goods
she sells abroad. These consist mainly of
cotton and wooden goods, wines, beer,
albums, china, glass and porcelain ware,
chemicals and beet sugar, all of which can
be produced as well aud as cheaply in this
country as in the Kaiser's realm. To have
us adopt policy against her producers SINH
lar to that she has pursued against ours,
would be to bring great distress upon them,
and PROSTATE industries she has carefully
fostered. She, of all Nations, while the
most irritating in her treatment of us, would
suffer most from retaliation, and any show
of serious intention on our part to adopt
such course would create panic from one
end Of the Empire to the other.
We are better prepared to enter upon a
struggle of this kind than any of the Nations
who are insulting us by their edicts of pro-
hibition. The reason is that while we are
selling them goods that have Little if any
profit, they are selling us goods upon which
they make large profits.
The profit to an American farmer on the
bushel of wheat or corn he raises for Euro
pean market is almost insignificant in its
smailness But there is wide margin in
the bottle of wine that the German vine-
grower produces for the American market.
The Kansas wheat grower will not suffer
anything like as much by being shut out OF
market as the French or German wooden
manufacturer would.
All that is needed on the part of Congress
is little spirit and resolution. 1t can force
a repeal or radical modification within six
months of every prohibition edict now in
force, if it. will show an earnest purpose OF
holding the Nations who are discriminating
against it to strict account.
The National tribune., 1886-04-29
PRINCIPLES.

Section ]. A firm belief and trust in Almighty
God, and a realization that under His beneficent
and guidance the free institutions of our land
by the assistance and sacrifices of soldiers
have been preserved, aud the integrity and life of
the Nation maintained
Sec. 2. True allegiance TO the Government Of the
United States of America and a respect for and de-
votion and fidelity to its Constitution and laws
with firm opposition 70 anything that may tend
The National tribune., 1886-04-29

The best vay to help the soldiers is to ertemd
the circulation of THE NATIONAL TRLB-
The National tribune., 1886-04-29

ONE of the very brightest papers west of
the Mississippi River is the Argus, of Fargo,
Oak, Of which Maj. A. W. Edwards vet
eran with fine records the Editor. The
Office was recently totally destroyed by fire,
but that did not daunt the plucky Major for
an instant, and the paper is keener and
newsier than ever.
The National tribune., 1886-04-29

Henry ART, Co. K, LIST w. Va, Canton, o.:
would rather miss good dinner when 1 am
right hungry than miss a copy of THE Ma
TIONAI. TRIBUNE.