The National tribune., 1888-09-06

Art, n. Y, IS jena street, New Orleans, La,
wishes THE NATIONAL tribune success in its
advocacy of the rights Of soldiers and sailors
who defended the country in It's hour Of peril
Every soldier ought to subscribe Tor it, as it is
the most interesting paper in America.
Random shots.
P z. Dicks. Brightwater, Ark. lives within
few miles Of the battlefield OF Pea Ridge. He
says he cannot possibly get along without THE
NATIONAL TRIBUNE, which he thinks is the
best soldiers paper ever published.
Walter ]. Barrett, Co. 3, 10th Mich Cav,
lakewood, Mich, says be was in the action st
Greenville, Tenn, whore Gen. John Morgan
was killed, and saw his body lying beside the
road. He would like 20 hear from some Of his
old regiment and would be pleased if some one
would write an account of their numerous
campaigns.
William L. Anderson, Sergeant, Co. A, 9Ist
Ind, st. James, No, says ComTade John S.
Martin is very much mistaken when he says
that the Twenty-third Corps was not on the
right of the Fifteenth Corps the day DeGrcsss \
battery was captured. The 9Ist Ind and 50th
Ohio were the first troops to cross the Chatta-
hoochIe River, and the first IN Decatur, Ala,
from which they drove the rebels. The 10Th
Ind. battery was the first to throw a shell into
Atlanta. These troops belonged TO the Second
Division, Twenty-third Corps, and the Eff
teenth Corps was on their left at the time be-
/ lore mentioned. lie thinks MCEQEEsGu $ Army
of the Tennessee would have been roughly
handled had it not been for the Twenty third
Corps. The bursting Of the gun was done by
putting two shells at the same time into the
piece, and it was not 200 yards from his regi-
ment where it happened. The Twenty-third
Corps built half of the breastTorks for the right
of Shermaus army, and never got q chance to
fight behind them. They would build works
all night, and then move out and let other
troops occupy them.
G. J. Mcknight, Cleveland, O., says he knows
q man he thinks should be entitled 20 be called
the youngest soldier, as he carried a musket
and served in the ranks ia the Mine Run cam
paign under Meade, and was at the battles Of
the Wilderness, Spott5ylvania and Petersburg
when but little over Il years old, and should
have been spanked and sent home. Most Of
| these claims for the youngest soldier did not
have any such service as the above.
William Taylor, Deyalls Bluff, Ark, thinks
every GAR Post in the United States should
send FIVE representatives to Washington to insist
upon Congress passing pension legislation. He
/ thinks they cannot deny that the Government is
indebted to the old soldiers, and they should at
/ once pass an act TO pay the difference between
| greenbacks and gold; pass the arrears bill and
| the equalization Of bOunties bill. If these rep
! resentatives should move upon Congress in close
/ column by divisions, he thinks something
| would speedily be DONE
| TiIton Wilson, Co. II, 11th III, Salem, H.,
/ wants to know who IN all Of Sherman's army
/ did not recapture DeGress's battery. If there
/ is a man who has not written something in re-
| gard to this capture who was In this army at
/ that time he had better do so al once. He
| thinks however, that it is about time to give
/ this battery a rest, as well as planting flags on
I forts or on Missionary Ridge.
NJ Holtsclaw, Second Lieutenant, Co. A. SD
/ Ind, MapiewO0d, Ind, would like to know
} when, where and by whom were the first negro
! troops recruited and armed during the late
| war. He claims to have armed and placed
negro on duty in May, 1861, in Virginia, with
/ out authority from anybody, considering it to
| be a military necessity at the time. He thinks
this was the first black man who did military
| duty during the rebellion, but would be pleased
/ to hear if any person can show q previous date,
| excepting, of course, John Brown at Harper's
Ferry He thinks The National Tribune"
Pension Bill just the thing for the old vets,
and hopes 10 soon hear OF its becoming law.
Z. Il. Phillips, Co. E, 45th Ohio, New Carlisle,
| o., does not like to have his writings called
| Squibs" as was done by Comrade Bryan. He
| wrote his article from memory, and gave what
he thought was true account Of the action at
Shiloh. He would like to know how large the
right wing Of the cath Ohio was, and how big
| an army was there when the left wing rallied
on the right wing, and how far they had TO
march to get in supporting distance Of the last
| battery OF Grants guard that were so badly
demOraliZed. He would also be pleased to
know how far COmrade Bryan's regiment, bri-
gade or division drove the whole of Beaure-
CARDS army on the evening Of April 6, Just af-
ter they crossed the Tennessee River before
dark.
James E AIger Swampscott Mass, thinks It
would be well for Congress to pass pension leg
islaUiOn and then adjourn. He thinks a good
many of the men who have fought against pen
siOniHg the soldiers viii be open for an engage
ment after the 4th of next March, and he ad-
vises all old veterans TO organize to defeat
these men in all parts of the country.
J. G. Hoover, Lincoln, Ill, says the best way
to get rid Of Members Of Congress who are Op-
posing pension legislation and who desire re-
election, would be to keep their names before
the people by printing them in large type and
hanging them in GAR Post rooms. This
would not be political movement, for no mat
ter what mans politics are, If he was an Op-
ponent Of the veterans it is we'll for them to
know It, so that they can vote accordingly.
When asked by one Of these men TO support
them, refer to this handwriting on the wall. 1t
would soon bring many of them to time, and no
doubt they would be profuse in promises. But
don't be deceived by these men the second
time, but put the stamp of your disapprOyal
upon them Immediately. He thinks this
would effect a cure.
Mahlon Huff, Co. I, seth Ohio, Bully, Ore,
was in the service three years aud nine months.
and is a constant reader of TIE NATIONAL
TRIBUNE, but has failed to see cOmmunica-
ton from any Of his old comrades, and wonders
what has become Of all the old boys, and hopes
they have not all been mustered out. He
wishes someone would write of the gallant old
69th, for better or Drawer regiment never car
ried the Stars and Stripes or wore the Yankee
blue.
English as She Vas Wrote by Forrest.
III.