The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1888-11-01

next National Encampment GAR should
be held here in East Tennessee Thousands
of the old veterans would be thrilled with de
light TO review the historic hills and battle
fields of this section, and the citizens of East
Tennessee would welcome them warmly. More
over, thousands of old soldiers vino are dissatis-
fed with the frigid Winters of the North would
have had an opportunity of selecting cheap
homes here in q milder cline, where they
could enjoy life in their declining years. De
sirable homes near this city, which affords good
markets for our products, can be bought Ter
from 50 to $50 per acre, according 70 improve
ments. | move that the EnCampmeut for l599
be held at Chattanooga OF Nashville Tenn.
We have a Post here of so members. i Will
answer letters of inquiry from comrades"
Adam Wildberger, Co. B, 25th Mo, st. Jo-
seph, Mo-, says: I" / see where some OF my COM
rades give the advice to spot every man next
Fall that is not a soldiers friend. Now. how
am |, for one, going to vote against anyOne2 l
live in Missouri, and the most of them that are
not our friends are elected in Southern States
by Southern votes. | hope the boys Of Indiana
will put Col MatsOn where the boys of Illinois
put VIM Morrison. / hope to live long enough
to see the arrears bill passed, but it will not
be under the present rebel Brigadier admins
traton."
Albert Wright. Co. K, ID U. S. Cav, Clay
City, Ind, would like to hear from any of the
comrades of his old company. He thinks the
soldiers Of Indiana viii veto both Matson aud
Cleveland on election day
NJ. III. Coburn Co. B, 18th ". Va, Cumher-
land, Iowa, desires to thank C0mraGe Steve
Payne, Larned, Kan. for his truthful account
of the ProvidentiaI Spring at AndersonviIie.
He remembers it justas described By COmrade
Payne, and viii let comrades judge whether 1t
was formed by Providence or not. He was in
AndersOnville from June until September, 1861
He would like to hear from any COmrade who
was taken out Of the pen In September, placed
on train and started North, but which was
wrecked a fey miles from the pen, and the mon
sent back. great many prisoners were killed
in the accident
J. B. Jacobs, Co. A, 33d Ohio, siggins, Kan,
writes i see that James D. GatchelI, Mar
sells, H., in his answer to an inquiry, tells
whOpper when he said that the 101st III.
was the first to cross CHATTANOOGA Greek at the
time Of the battle of Lookout Mountain. He
/ is right about it being the First Brigade. First
Division, Fourteenth Corps, but it was the 33d
| Ohio that crossed first, and they did not halt
until they reached the perpendicular rock that
crowns old Lookout Mountain. Old coHrade,
when you tell thing about the war, be sure
you are right"
Dan Knight, Co. c, 18th Iowa Cav, Colfaz, Iowa
| thinks the boys of his regiment have been very
derelict in their duty in not making themselves
known aud located through the columns Of THE
NATIONAL TRIBUNE. He thinks we have
another fight on ourhands which should be kept
up until such traitors to the soldiers cause as
Col. Alatson and Grover have been sent to the
rear, where they belong. He hopes the soldier
element OF Indiana will treat Col. Matsen as did
the soldiers of Illinois and Wisconsin Col Nor
rison and Gen. BTagg-shelye them.
I II. III. Meadors Clerk Of the Circuit and
1 County Court, La Fayette, Ala, writes that
on the 9Th day of November, 1870. one Jesse
B. Hart, Union soldier, stabbed With a knife
one of his comrades, Nick Heights, from which
wound the latter died. and as he is the only
/ Federal soldier IN our cemetery, ! am anxious
/ to find out his company and regiment as I am
! DESTROYS of marking the spot where he sleeps
/ IN a decent manner. The name of the officer
( in command was Maj. E. S. Ewing. Any in
/ formation while I was rebel) will be thank
/ fully received. l have searched the records in
/ this office and cannot find his company and
regiment.
John F. Stoddard, Co. f. 9Th Me-, Machias
Me. having been one of President CIeveIaud's
! dead beats for over four years he would say to
/ every old cOmrade not 70 vote for the man that
will veto all honest pensions, but stand by the
man that will deal honestly by the veterans
and their country.
John E. Ayers. Co. E, Sth Y. Y. Cav, Wash
/ ington, d. c., says: "The Sth n Y Cav was
an important factor as regards the defeat of the
rebel army at Antietam. 1t will be remem-
| bered that the rebels Sept. Is, 1862, abandoned
cannon and caissons near Shepherdstown Ford,
leaving them with the spOkes in the wheels
/ cut. This was unmistakeable evidence of want
/ of ammunition. We cut car way out of Har-
/ per's Ferry on the night Of Sept. Il 1862, and
/ the next morning on the WiIiiamspOFt turn
/ pike captured and destroyed LongstreeGs am
munition train. The effect can readily be seen.
! We also had a hand in the battle named.
| Laura Wilson, Leora, Mo, is the daughter of
an old soldier who draws q pension Of 81 a
month, which is insufficient to pay the doctors
/ bill, rs both her father and mother are inval-
/ ids. They have a large family, all girls, she
I being the eldest, and is Is. They are very poor,
and she asks the readers of The NATIONAL
! TRIBUNE to contribute a single nickel to en-
/ able her to complete her education, so that she
can fit herself for teacher and thus help to
/ support the family.
/ 4. Sherman, Wagonmaster, 37th Ind, Huron,
/ Oak. has been wondering if all of the 37th
/ Ind. are dead, as he has not heard a word
| through THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE from any Of
/ them for some time. If they don't say much,
/ they were good fighters all the same. He
| would like TO know whether the Lieutenant
/ who ran to the rear at the battle of Stone
River, and afterwards enlisted in a cavalry
! company to redeem himself, got through He
I don't recolleet his name. He wishes some one
/ would give him this officers name and address.