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WHAT TO DO.

important thing now is to impress upon
every Senator and Representative the fact
that the soldiers of the country are united in
earnest support Of the recommendations of
the GAR. National Pension Committee, and
expect from Congress the passage of law
which will embody those recommendations.
This should be made the personal business
of every comrade, and by letters, personal
interviews, memorials and petitions urge
Senators and Representatives to have the
matter at once considered by Congress, and
brought to decision. If this is done with
unanimity-if comrades and Posts every
where will act at once, and with warmth
and spirit BETTING the greatness of
the occasion - Unreasonable good can
be done distressed comrades every
where. The adoption of the Commit
tees recommendations will take disabled
soldiers out Of poorhouses everywhere, and
put them in their own houses. 1t will make
the coming Winter pass with comfort for
tens Of thousands of comrades, their wives,
widows and children, to whom the past
Winter has been full of wretchedness, misery
and singing privation.
Now, comrades, is the time to act
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RELIEF FOR Ex-pRIsoNERs OF WAL

RELIEF FOR EX-PRISONERS OF WAR.
The Committee on Invalid Pensions has
submitted to the House report on the sub
ject of relief for ex-prisoners of war which
contains some excellent features. 1t was
drawn by Representative Morrill,, of Kansas.
1t recommends as substitute for House bill
641, to pension all ex-prisoners, bill which
provides for placing on the pension-roll the
names of all who were confined in Confed-
crate prisons for 80 days or more, and who
are now suffering from any disability which
can reasonably be presumed to be the result
of exposure and hardship endured while in
such confinement, and not the result of their
own misconduct or vicious habits. The SUBJ
stitute further provides that all who were
taken prisoners while in the military or
naval service and were held in confinement
for period of 80 days or more, shall be paid
the sum of So for each and every day they
were so confined.
The committee thinks the time has not
yet arrived for granting service pensions to
survivors of the war, but that some relief
should, in all justice, be extended to those
who were held for long terms as prisoners.
The substitute does not propose to pension
sound, able bodied men. 1t deals only with
the survivors Of the Confederate prison
camps and proposes to give at least measure
of long-deferred justice to class of brave
and devoted men who suffered untold hor-
rors, and whose claims to consideration have
heretofore been defeated by technicality of
law, which requires proof of the incurrence
of disability.
The committee discusses most effectively
the question Of responsibility incurred by the
United States Government in refusing to
exchange prisoners. This, the report says
was undoubtedly violation of the implied
contract between the soldier and the Gov
eminent, which agreed to succor him in
sickness and distress as fully as he had
agreed to serve its cause in the field; and in
so doing the Government owes reparation
foE the resulting injury to the health of the
survivors, and to the widows and dependent
relatives Of the dead.
The report urges in strong terms the JUS
tioe of the per diem clause of the proposed
bill. Unlike the soldier under ordinary cir
cumstances, who, when he fell victim to
disease, had every possible medical care and
attention, the prisoner was absolutely with
out medicines, nursing, proper food and
shelter, or any Of the means used to combat
disease and restore the body to health and
strength. This was not the case for few
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days or weeks only, but for long and weary
months, frightening out in many cases to a
year and half
The soldier who had, through privation
and disease, suffered everything but death
itself, made such recovery as he might at his
own expense or that of his friends. Not
only so, but he suffered great loss through
inability to labor, and earn even the smallest
pittance. Is it asking too much of this rich
and prosperous Nation to make good, at least,
apart of this expense and loss? We think not
Mother plan of distribution seems so fair as
per diem for the time spent in confinement,
as that will afford the greatest relief to those
whose expense and loss of time through
disability, as a general rule, was greatest.
Although nothing the Government is likely
to ever do can more than measurably recon-
pense these men for what they suffered in its
behalf, this bill is one that commends itself
ia all fair-minded men. It ought to pass,
and pass at once.
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at the close of the war, he was elected to the
State Legislature, and subsequently was ap-
pointed United States Consul at Nuremberg,
Germany. In 1873 he was elected to the Ma
tional House of Representatives, and has served
continuously to the present time as member
of that body. Possessing vigorous constitu-
ton, indomitable will. great perseverance and
untiring industry, he has made himself in
valuable in the House, and is held in great
esteem alike by Democratic and Republican
Members. Through his entire public life he
has been the answering friend of the soldier,
has championed his cause in the House on all
occasions, and has never omitted an opportunity
of working in his behalf. He has, as the rec
ords will show, personally looked after and
referred to the Departments for action more SOL
diers' claims than any man in Congress, ex-
cepting Senator Logan.
Agriculture has received large share of his
attention. He believes that the prosperity of
the country depends largely upon the success
of the farming interests, and holds that the
General Government should give all proper aid
to the development of this great National
industry.
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ARTICLES FORTHCOMING.

UP THE KAMA VILLA thrilling story Of
the dash of a Government Transport past
the blazing muskets Of Jenkins's Confederate
Brigade. By Capt Fred Ford, of The
steamer Victor, No. 2.
SUNDAY At SHILOH-An officer of Buck
lands Brigade resents the charge of a "sur-
prise" BY Mgj. J. 4. Boring, Ash Ohio
At ANTIETAM-A spirited account Of the
services of the 125a Pa. in that battle. By
Col. Jacob Higgins, 125h Pa
aSIMPLE DAN"-A short story Of the ipdr.
By Hrs C. Brocn, Londonderry, o.
THE BATTLE OF ATLdNTA-An e1ceed-
ingly graphic and spirited sketch of the
fight on July %, 1864 By Maj.-Gen IL
d. Legge2, Third DECISION, Seventeenth
Corps.
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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 q scholar
and statistician of the highest rank. In 1861
Gen. Walker was in the law Office of Deveus
& Hoar, of Boston, and at the first call for
troops, enlisted in the 18th Mass, of which
MIR. Devens was Colonel. He was soon APP
pointed Sergeant-Major, and by good con-
duct reached the grade of Major the follow
ing year. In 1868 he was appointed Assist
ant Adiutant 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 out with the rank of Breyet Brigadier
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 1869 he was made Chief of the National
Bureau of 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 the Massachusetts Institute Of
Technology. The title of his first article
will be
HANCOCK AT GETTYSBURG"
No man now living is so well qualified to
write on this theme as Gen. Walker, and our
readers may. expect an article Of unusual
merit and interest.
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THE BATTLE OF ATLANTA.
By MaJ.-GEN. m. d. LEGGETT.

We take pleasure in announcing that we
have received from Maj Gen. M. d. Leggett
very interesting article of the battle of
July %, 1864, in front of Atlanta, in which
fell the gallant Mcpherson. Gen. Leggett is
well known to the veterans of the Army of
the Tennessee. Entering the service as
Lieutenant Colonel of the 18th Ohio, he was
conspicuous for his gallantry at Shiloh and
Corinth, and was commissioned Brigadier-
General in November, 1862 He commanded
the Third Division, Seventeenth Corps, and
was several times wounded. His article
which will appear in two successive issues of
THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE, will be read with
deep interest not only by Gen. Leggett's old
comrades, but by all who desire the true story
OF this important engagement as told by one
Of the most active participants.
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THE SERVICE PENSION IN ILLINOIS.

At the Encampment of the Department of
Illinois dispatch was received from Indi-
annapolis saying that 1000 soldiers in mass
convention there Endorsed Johnson's H. B.
No. 1920, pensioning all soldiers, where
upon the following resolutions, offered by
Gen. Bennett, were adopted
Resolved That this Enoampment does not indorse
the proposition to pension all surviving soldiers of
the war, preferring, If such action should be
taken, il be the result of other considerations than
the appeals OF the proposed recipients
Resoired That we heartily and fully concur In the
recommendations OF the Committee Pensions of
the Grand Army OF the Republic. and urge upon the
Congress of the United States the adoption of the
proposed measures, believing that the honor and
glory of this most prosperous country demand that
its defenders be provided for in their hclplessness
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of increase was made. There Is no law which au-
thorized increase against a sworn statement of all
the Examining Surgeons in the case and the
Endorsement Of the Medical Referee, which fixed
Sl2 the highest figure. There il no law which
authorized q rating of s2i. On what was the s24
given, if not upon the slip of Senator Shelby M.
Cuilom? The rating given the precise
asked for by him, and none other Very good"
Many old soldier. as he reads this paragraph,
will say, That is right. Good for Cullom." Stop,
my friend. Suppose he writes the next day and
says, :" l want this mans pension cut down to 81"
Why not? Suppose he writes the next day and
says, i want it raised to $50" Why not? Sup
pose he says, II want this mans pension cut off,"
Why not? No, pensioners: The vast sums that
you drawing from the Government must be
drawn in accordance with the law. Your numbers
arc rapidly diminishing. Your infirm array is rap
idly losing its significance among the 100000 of
the voters of the United States. You must depend
upon the law, and If break through that law for
any affectation of sentiment, play toward you the
part of false friend and should upon political
personal certificate of any rate you higher
or lower than allowed by law, should be!ray you
into the hand Of the adversary. II the law
tablishes IT, am willing that he (Fifer should have
its EXTREMIST limit, be that double triple what he
is drawing now. Whatever the law gives he
have. But to allow the request Of any one to fix
the rating OF pensions, and to stand for evidence,
is to introduce chaos, disorder, and political
ruption into the system.
That am not unfriendly to the pensoner Is
shown by the record in this Office since have been
called to administer its high trust While that trust
is under my charge propose to guard it jeaiously
from all encroachments. and to make 1t, If II be
within my power to do so, trust administered I'M
der the law, and without fear, favor, partiality
affection. know that this is its only hope for
tinunnce. know that these tests alone keep
1t honorable and insure its prolonged support at
the hands Of the most grateful people who yet
showercd their benefactions upon the defenders of
their nationality.
Very truly, yours, JOHN @. BLACK.
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.SOLDIERSIN CONGRESS.
CEN. BEN LIE FEVRE.

Hon. Ben lie Fevre, the popular Representa-
tive of the Fifth Ohio District, whose name is
familiar to the people of this country, started
in life farmer boy, and by dint of manly effort
and worthy ambition has gradually worked his
way up to be the honored Representative of
one of the most intelligent and wealthy Dis
trict5 in the great West In youth, not salts
fed with the limited facilities of a common
school course, he sought and obtained the
broader and deeper advantages of the college.
When the rebellion broke out he was among
the first to enlist in the army and served his
country most faithfully during the whole of
that memorable contest. On his return home,
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THE soldiers of Iowa and Kansas, and
other far Western States, who are applicants
for relief by private pension bills, are pecu-
liarly fortunate, since those sections are in
charge of those effective workers-Hon Ed
mund N. Morrill, and Hon. Edwin H. Conger.
This will account to some extent for the
gerproportion of private pension bills from
that part of the country going through.
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THE bill to pension all disabled soldiers
who are dependent on their own labor for
support has been for some time in the hands
of Hon. William W. Ellsberry, of Ohio, with
instructions from the Committee on Invalid
Pensions to report it favorably. The reason
he gives for not reporting it is that it has
been so changed in its nature that he does
not desire to report it.
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AN ASTONISHING STATEMENT.

In the report of the debate in the Senate
during secret session last Thursday in
regard to the preference required by law to
be given soldiers of the late war, the New
York Herald makes two distinguished gentle
men say:
hir. Edmunds to the surprise of his Republican
friends, declared that the soldier business was
about played out, and that no one but demagogs
attempted any longer to make political capital by
appealing to the soldier element He said that the
war had been over for 20 years, and 1t was about
time that the cry of demagogs was silenced. He
defended the right of the President to remove
whomever he chose and appoint men that were
agreeable to him; and as for the statute to which
Mr.. Sherman referred 1t was dead letter and
ought TO be repealed.
Senator Hoar took the same position. and de-
clared that the Grand Army of the Republic had
become as dangerous an institution as the Knights
Of Labor, and, rs political machine, kept men
who were not willing TO vote all the money in the
Treasury for pensions in state of moral terrorism
So surprising a statement as this in a paper
of the standing of the New York Herald
would seem to require the immediate atten-
ton of the gentlemen implicated. 1t is diff
ficult to believe that either of them could
have said what is imputed to them in this
extract, and they should take an early
opportunity to set themselves right before
the soldiers and the loyal people of the
country. The columns of THE NATIONAL
TRIBUNE are open to them for any state
ment that they may care to make, and the
more than halfmillion people who read this
paper every week will be very glad to see
their indignant disclaimer of entertaining
or uttering such surprising sentiments.
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THE number Of pension certificates issued
during the week ending April 10, 1886, was
as follows: Original, 759; increase, 915; re-
issue, POT; restoration, 1876; duplicate, o;
accrued, O; Act Of March 3, 1883, 6; Order
April 3, 1884, SO; Act of March g. 1885, 6;
total. 2.O51.
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THE number of pension certificates issued
during the week ending April II, 1886, was
as follows: Original, $50; increase, 384;
reissue, 24O; restoration, "a duplicate, %;
accrued, 1852; Act of March 3, 1883, 2; Order
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cavalry OF THE ARMY OF TEE
POTOMAC"
BY GEN. MARCUS A. RENO.

The above ARTICLE mention of which has
already been made, will appear in the next
issue of THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE. 1t will
be found in the highest degree interesting
and valuable as contribution to the litera-
ture Of the war.