The National tribune., 1888-08-23

City, says THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE just flis
the bill for old soldiers and he would not be
without it, as the information contained in
one number IS worth the price Of subscription.
lie would like to know the name and where
abouts Of the officer who sc Camp Butler. H.,
offered to give him discharge If he would give
him the money he had just drawn. This vas
IN the Fall Of 1854. He would be pleased 70
hear from ID. W. Peterson, Of his company. or
from any other c0mrade who knew OF his hay
ing the rheumatism in Camp Batter, iii.
C. u. Johnson, Co III, Sd Iowa Cav, Stout
land, No, thinks it impossible to do without
IHE NATIONAL. TRIBUNE. lie also thinks the
country could get along, however, without the
Yetoes, which the President sends in every day,
OF old soldiers and their widows pensions, aud
unless he quits this kind OF executive business
he VIII soon be where he can Do no harm 20
them or their widows and orphans. The free
trade idea does not take with old veterans,
and viii not until the just war debts are paid.
Give Them Their Doe.
, J. P. Anderson. Co ID. 59th H., ST. Jacob
HI, says he has an old pipe that was made
from a brier-roOt away down in Tennessee,
which he has used since his soldering days,
but now has TO throw away, as he is too
poor 70 buy tobacco and has to quit smoking.
lie is disabled. go that IL is impossible for him
to do manual labor; and although he served
nearly four years and always kept up with the
get pension, because he has no hospital record.
lie also tells how, upon 8 march which his
regiment made IN a December rain, when the
ice covered everything and his clothes were
frozen stiff, he laid down among lot of hogs
that had warm and dry bed, and the warmth
OF their bodies kept him from freezing to death.
Random shots.
T. D. Shepherd, Co. X, 9lh Ind Cav, Paw
nee, H. would like to hear from any Of his
yvf N v-er ~tfs ra6 yrsffh ~
Lilly, Ia Tennessee, and who afterwards starved
| In that hell-hOle, AudersOnyille, with him.
lie advises all old soldiers to look well about
them at the coming elections, and elect none
but those who are friendly to the old veterans,
and to spot cOpperheads, who stabbed the sol
der in the rear as we'll as the rebels who tried
their best to break up the best Government tho
sun ever shone upon.
Newell S. Harrison, Co. F, 18th Pa. Reserves,
Montrose Pa, bears testimony to the Provi-
| Dental Spring in AndersOnville, and thinks {
very mild way Of putting it to say that it
/ broke forth during wet spell of weather. He
! thinks those who had shanties and holes in the
4 ground from which the torrents of water drove
/ them would call it a flood. Some of these men
came from their holes looking like drowned
! rats. tie would like 70 hear from some Of the
/ old Pennsylvania Reserves, and would be glad
to have some cOmrade inform him what has
/ become of Capt Baird, who was Meade's AdjG-
| tant-General, when he commanded the Re-
/ serves.
s. Grant Ficrling desires Us to say that he
! has been overwhelmed with letters but viii
reply to all as soon as possible. He is q years
/ old.
/ S. D. Francis, Co. c, 1O5sh H., Bado, No,
/ having seen several articles in THE NATIONAL
| TRIBUNE recommending various parts Of the
! country to old soldiers who are looking for
! healthy places to camp says that after four
] in Trttv can
/ truly say that land is cheap and good, the
water plentiful and Of the best quality, and
/ there is little or no malaria, while the pure
/ fresh air Of the Ozark Mountains IS life-giving
i and healthful He thinks anyone looking for
a beautiful and healthful locality to make 8
/ home can 90 farther and fare much worse than
/ by coming to Texas County Mo.