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THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE: WASHINGTON c. THURSDAY JANUARY a.
RETIREMENT OF GEN. RosEcRANs.

RETIREMENT OF GEN. ROsECRANS.
The Committee on Military Affairs of the
Senate and House of Representatives have
both reported favorably on the bill to place
Gen. Roseerans on the Retired List with the
rank of Major-General. This is an act of
the highest justice. No living man deserves
this from the country quite so well as the
brilliant soldier who outmanUyered Z. +.
Lee in West Virginia, won the decisive
victories of Iuka, Corinth and Stone River,
and gained Chattanooga by strategy which
has no superior in the history of any war.
There are halfa-score acts of signal
service to the country, any one of which
would be cheaply rewarded by putting Gen.
Rosecrans on the Retired List for the rest of
his life Together, they make claim that
is overwhelming.
No man entered the army more promptly
than Gen. Rosecrans. The day after Fort
Sumter was fired on he began drilling the
companies of Home Guards at Cincinnati,
and six days later he was appointed Engi-
neer on the staff of Gen. Mcclellan. June
Z found him at the head of a splendid regi-
ment-the 23d Ohio-and few days later
he was put in command of a superb brigade
of four regiments, which he led into West
Virginia, and won a decisive victory with
it inside of two weeks from the day when
he first drew sword as it's commander.
His skill and activity were too much for
Lee, Garnet Floydand Wise, who commanded
in West Virginia, and in astonishingly short
time he cleared the country of them. He
was next assigned to duty in West Tennes-
see. and was even more successful in dealing
with Price aud Van Dorm, whom he defeated
most deeisively.
Then he was promoted to the command
of the Army of the Cumberland, with which
he defeated Bragg at Stone River, in one OF
the bloodiest battles ever fought, manuvered
him out of his two onghOlds-Tullahoma
and Chattanooga-and defeated him in
his attempt to recover the latter by
dint of desperate assaults with overpower-
ing numbers. He crowned his military
career with the repulse of Prices long
boosted invasion of Missouri, which was to
recover st. Louis and the whole State for the
Southern Confederacy.
Competent military critics have pro-
nounced Gen. Rosecrans the finest strategist
developt by the war. His personal conduct
on the field of battle was splendid. AT
Rich Mountain and Corinth he was the soul
of the fighting Sheridan turning back his
defeated men at Cedar Creek, to renew the
fight and win the victory, was no more
dramatic spectacle than Rosecrans rallying
his scattered brigades on the evening of the
disastrous first day at Stone River and with
them wringing victory from the jaws of de-
feat
Let US hope that the bill will go through
both Houses by unanimous vote. Rose
Grams deserves this, twenty times over.
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ton among them would speedily reduce the
cost below the price at present paid to Eng
Iish manufacturers.
The addition to the duty will not increase
the cost of single article TO the consumers,
while it will give millions of dollars year
in wages to American working-people.
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THIRTY-oNE thousand, nine hundred and
sixty-one pensioners on the rolls get 81 a
month-68 cents day-or less. Yet every
one of these men did much more service
than the average Mexican pensioner, who
gets minimum of So month What
Justice is there in such discrimination?
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INCREASE OF PENSIONS.
The New BIZ on The House Committee.

me new BIZ or the House Committee
The Committee on Invalid Pensions, having
had under consideration the subject Of increase
of pensions in certain cases, instructed MAJ.
Morrill, to prepare bill embodying the views
of the committee, and to report the same to the
House The following IS a copy Of the bill:
An ACT tOincrease pensions in certain eases.
BE q enacted BE- the Senate aud House Of REPRESENT
otlreS o. hs UR5isd States Of america SO Congress
ASSEMBLED; That frOuland after the passage OF this
act all persons on the pension-ro and an persons
hereafter granted pension who yr lille in the milf
try OF naval service OF the United States and in the
il Oi uuty snail nave lost one hand one foot or
been totally disabled in the same shall receive a
pension OF $50 per month that all persons now on
the pensIOn-rol and all persons hereafter granted
a pension, who III like manner shall have lost
either an arm at or above the elbow, or a leg at
or above the knee, or been totally disabled in the
same. shall receive pension Of S43 per month;
that ali persons now on the peHsion-rolI and all
persons hereafter granted a pension who I'm like
manner shall have lost arm az the shoulder
JoiitI or 2 leg ~ the hlplOInk the joint
As to prevent the use Of az ticial limb shall re-
cetve q pension at the rate Of $50 per mouth: and
all persons the pensiOn-roIl and All persons
hereafter granted q pension for the loss of one
hand ana one foot or who have been totally dis
a0!ed Ia the same, shall receive pension Of $50 per
month; and all persons now on the pension-rOiI.
''''i al persons hereafter granted pension for
wounds received in the military or naval service
OF the Omitted states and in the line of duty
1lttFatehl 10 any OF the disabilities above named
Sil receive the rate Of pension as j. allowed
TO the sIass 10 which il IS equivalent; and an per
sons now on the pensiou-rOIl and all persons here
aler granted pensions for disabilities received or
diseases contracted in the military or naval service
% the United States and III tile line Of duty which
renter them totally unable 10 perform any manual
laonE snail receive a pension Of $40 per month
and all persons now on the pension-roII and an
persons hereafter granted pensions for wounds re-
ceiNed IN tine military or naval service of the United
states IN the line Of duty, and who received more
Than one wound in battle, where one of sucII
wounds amounts to total disability to perform
manu1i labor, and other wounds received create a
disability, then such persons shall receive a pen
sion to be rated for each wound so received Pro-
ridsG That the amount OF pension any such per5ou
may receive shall not exceed So per month.
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THRILLING STORIES.
Adventures by Land
and Sea.
BY LIEUT.. MASON A. sHUFzLT, U. S. NAVY

We have secured from Lieut. Mason A. shu-
felt, Of the United States Navy, series Of
brilliantly stories, of most fascinating
character, filed with admirable descriptions of
men and places in various parts Of the globe.
These, besides being admirably written,
are absolutely true to life, as they
are the product Of Lieut.. shufelt's own
experiences and observations during his
unusual career Of activity and exploration.
Lieut.. Shufelt viii be remembered as the Off
Ger who crowned his exploits by trip across
the great island Of Madagascar, being the first
white man who ever made the voyage. His
account Of that journey is one Of the classics
IF travel and exploration.
The stories viii begin in a few weeks.
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IT is impossible to see how any fair-minded
man can object to the equalization Ofbounties.
Certainly the men who enlisted prior to the
Fall of 1863 are entitled to as much as those
who came out after that and those who
were broken down before they had served
two years should have their fair proportion
of the bounty.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1889-01-24

1T was dull time last year in railroad
building. To improve it let the debt be
paid, and the $9OO,OOO,OOO frozen up in
bonds be thawed out to do their proper
work in improving the country.
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Let every subscriber whose subscription
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number he VIII find on the yellow slip con
tanning his name, with that in the head Of
the paper By this means he can find out
when his subscription expires, and be able
to renew in time, so as to save missing any
numbers. It VIII be unpleasant to miss
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50 much that is important TO the reader.
The number Of this paper is $50. If the
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he viii get three more papers, and so on.
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LET Congress do everything in order.
First, take care of the disabled veterans and
their widows, then pass seryice-pension
bill, giving every veteran at least So month,
and then it can set about tinkering the
revenues. Let it be just before it begins to
be ELUSIVE
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Lrr THE MrNIMuM BE SIS.

LET THE MINIMUM BE SIS.
The United States cannot in decency offer
any veteran of the rebellion smaller pen
sion than it has given the survivors of pre-
vious wars.
For any service at all in the Revolution
for IA days service, or one days participa-
ton in battle in the war of 1912, or for so
days service in the Mexican war, pension
Of s. a month was granted, and the same
to the widows. This must be the lowest
for any soldier who served during the late
war
The average soldier during the rebellion
gave immeasurably more to the country than
the average soldier of any previous war.
The wars with Great Britain were mainly
fought by militia, who came out on the call
of the Governors, to meet some emergency,
remained in the service until the emergency
passed, and then returned to their homes.
The fighting was of the most desultoTy
character, years sometimes passing in certain
sections without a battle or a skirmish.
During these times the miIitiamen gen
ally remained at their homes taking care of
their focks and herds.
The collisions were only moderately de-
structive of life. The most obstinate fight
ing in the Revolution took place at Mon
mouth, where there were about 900 Ameri-
cans, and an equal number of British en-
gagged. The American loss was 90 killed
and 100 wounded The whole affair was
about the dimensions of the little battle Of
Iuka, in which the Union loss was 141 killed
and 613 wounded. The army under Wash
ington did no more fighting until until ii
invested and captured the army under
Corvallis at Yorktown in October, ISL
three gears and taco months gte,1rard.
In the war of 1912 were a number of de-
sultory engagements, which hardly in any
instance rose to the dignity of battles, and
in none of them was the loss of life equal tC
/ that of an ordinary skirmish during the
rebellion. From first to last about 100000
were enrolled, and of these l, ST. were killed
and 1887 wounded-less than the loss Of
Grants little army of $4,000 in the two
days fighting at Shiloh.
~, F,,441, E Vista
than any other engagement during the
/ Mexican war The entire loss of the 5000
americans engaged was 746, or about the
loss of division of the Army of West Yir-
ginia at the scarcely-remembered battle Of
Cloyd's Mountain, May 9, 1864. The entire
loss of the 1O1, 2S2 enlisted for the war with
Mexico was ,567 killed and 1920 wounded
about what Sheridan's $4,000 men lost al
the opequan, Sept. 10, 1864.
If, therefore, the length of service and
amount of fighting done by the men of the
wars of the Revolution of 1912 and with
Mexico entitled them to minimum pen
sion Of S. month-and nobody denies thai
it did-the soldiers of the war of the rebel
lion would, by any fair rate of comparison, bt
entitled to at least seven-fold that amount
as minimum.
tits gross depreciation of the services o
the men who put down the rebellion to offe
them less than So month for a service pen
sion, with proportionate increase for Ions
service and for actual disabilities incurred
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THE comrades throughout the country
are watching expectantly for the offer of
place in the Cabinet to ex-Gov. Russell A.
Alger, of Michigan. The appointment of no
man in the Nation would give them more
pleasure. He was one of the very best of
the host ofsplendid soldiers which Michigan
sent to the field, and every body of troops
commanded by him gained distinction under
his leadership. He made a splendid Gov
ernor, is one of the most successful business
men in the country, and with all this is one
of the truest and most earnest of comrades.
He stands shoulder to shoulder all the time
with the men who fought for the country,
and the GAR. has no more loyal supporter
than he He would be strong man for the
Cabinet for he has abilities that would shine
in such position, and help greatly to Sc
cure the success of President Harrison's
Administration.
If the earnest wishes of scores of infuen-
tial public men and of the great mass of
comrades will avail, there will be no doubt
of Past Commander-in-Chief Paul Van
Der WORT receiving the appointment of Su-
perintendent of the Railway Mail Service.
He is Endorsed overwhelmingly for the
place, and his great fitness for it is every
where conceded without hesitation. 1t is
certainly time that Van Der WORT was given
something for himself He has spent his life
in helping others, and always thought of
himself last. He was good soldier during
the war; suffered imprisonment at Ander-
sonville, and has been an indefatigable
worker in the GAR The whole Order will
be gratifed by his appointment, and he has
hosts of personal friends outside the Order,
in every State, who will be rejoiced at it.
AMONG the candidates for Commander of
the Department of New York are Comrades
Harrison Clark and J. W Kay Capt Clark
WAS color-bearer in the 125th n. Y, and
acted so gallantly as to win promotion twice
for conduct on the field. He lost his left leg
in the Wilderness. He is an active GAR.
man, and has filed several important offices.
1t is hardly necessary to introduce COmrade
J. W. Kay to the comrades, for they are all
acquainted with his work in the Veterans
Union. He was private soldier and good
one, and has since devoted interchangeable
energy and great ability to the service OF
the comrades.
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Dickens's Works.
Fifteen Cloth Bound Books for So.

We have come in possession of number of
complete sets of the works of Charles Dickens
the greatest of modern novelists-whch we
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Edwin brood. Martin Chuzzlewit
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Old Curiosity Shop. land
Miscellaneous Pieces.
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ems 10 be obtained aayaphere.
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The Dakota veterans have had a bill intro
duced into the Territorial Legislature for
the establishment of Soldiers Home, the
cost of which is estimated at 100000. Sew
eral places are urged for its location, but the
Commander Of the Department of Dakota,
GAR, recommends Hot Springs, in the
Black Hills.
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The NATIONAL TRIBUNE wants at least
s. month for every veteran, with fair
increase above that figure for those who
served more than 800 days or were disabled.
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From the following members of Lincoln
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Weather Indications.
PRETTY GIRLS AT WORK.

Fair weather, followed by light raj
warmer, sOUthwesterlY winds.
The climax. [volume] (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1887-1897, 1889-11-13

Last Sunday afternoon an old, gray
haired gentleman appeared in jackson
park. He was accompanied by a small
lap dog Of the pug species. This dog
ran about in an aimless way which indi-
Gated that he did not have any more
sense than q stamped envelope. He trOr-
ted over the flower beds and left his foot
prints among the plants, and he had his
own way until a park policeman caught
sight of him. Finding out who was the
owner of the dog the policeman ap-
preached the old gentleman, tapped him
on the shoulder and said: 'See, here,
my friend, you must have that dog keep
away from the flowers. Don't you see
that sign reading, Dogs not allowed on
the grass?" The old gentleman chuckled,
jerked his thumb toward the dog, and
replied: eyes, I see it, but that little
cuss can't read" He thought it was q
good joke on the dog, and he refused to
think otherwise until the policeman
threatened to lock him up if he did not
call off the dog, which he did.-Chicagc
Herald,
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Children on Marriage.

Children are the keenest of observers
and the most practical deducers; indeed,
their deductions are often morse aston
ishing than agreeable to their elders.
Though we laugh, we do not always en-
Joy having our weakness revealed to US
by the babblmg of babes.
Six little children were at play, and
whether it was that they grew tired Of
familiar games or that that innate prin-
ciple, at is not good for man to be
alsne," craved expression, they deter
mined to have a wedding. John, aged 8,
should marry Hattie, aged 3, and Broth
er Harry would speak 1.-THE words that
bind"
Now, Harry had never heard a mar
rage ceremony and was entirely ignorant
Of the prevalent pledges, but was he at a
loss? Not he. He knew what papa and
mamma considered Of paramount virtue,
and surely what they each so eagerly de-
sired must constitute the requisite of a
happy married life.
The candidates for wedlOck were re
quested to stand side by side and gravely
obeyed.
'Hatty, viii you get up in the morn
ing and see that John has his breakfast
in time and that he has good things tC
eat and never has to wait Tor his mealsF
"John, will you give her all the money
she wants?'
That was all, but does it not contain
the quintessence of married felicity
Kansas City Star.
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MASSACHUSETTS,.
Republicans victorious.

BosroN, Nov i.-Returns from every
town in the state except GOsnold, which
has about twenty voters, give Brackett
Republican, 12j, 792; Russell. Demo
GRAFT, 40, 3d. Blackmer, ProhibitiOnist
3,S54 Brackett's plurality, 1913. In
1887, the last off year, Ames, Republi-
can, had II, COG plurality. In 1888 he
had 5000 plurality.
The state senate will be composed Of
% Republicans and II Democrats, as
compared with 20 Republicans and s
Democrats In 1888. There are 1852 Re
publicans and 7SDemocrats returned tC
the lower house, q Republican loss OF
eighteen from last year. In some sen
atorial and representative districts the
vote was very close and recounts will be
asked.
The returns for lieutenant governor
are incomplete but Mr.. Halls plurality
viii probably be larger than that of MIR
Bracket
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Al The states summed Up.

New YORK, Nov. THE New York
Sun thus sums up the result of the cleo
ton: In almost every state and city
where votes were cast Tuesday substan-
tial Democratic gains resulted. New
York state. which last year gave Harrison
plurality Of nearly 5000 over Oleye-
land, elects this year O Democratic sec
rotary OF state by majority of about
%, 600, and dininishes the Republican
majority in the Legislature. In New
York city the Democratic majority is
larger than 1t has been for several years.
New Jersey has elected Leon Abbott
by one of the largest majorities it has
given in q long time. The Democrats
retain the assembly, having made q
slight gain there, but they have lost the
senate The prohibition vote, of which
considerable seems to have been ex-
pected in some quarters, was insignii-
cant
In Pennsylvania the election of
Boyer, Republican, for secretary of
state was a fOregone conclusion.
In Maryland Democratic gains are re-
ported throughout the state. The legis-
lature is Democratic by good ma
iority, insuring the election of a United
States senator to succeed Senator Will
son.
In Virginia Mckinney. Democrat, for
governor, has been elected by majority
Of at least 80, 900. The Democrats have
elected both branches of the legislature,
and will have two-thirds on joint
ballot
In Ohio the united Democrats made q
gallant fight and swept everything be-
| fore them. They elected their state
/ ticket by Democratic increase of more
than $4,000 votes. They also carried the
| Legislature, which elects q United States
/ senator.
In Iowa the Democrats elected the
entire state ticket by about 1000.