The National tribune., 1889-03-07

| side will confer great favor upon him by
writing to him. There is hospital record of
! his other wounds, but none of the worst one,
| and therefore he draws no pension for it.
w. b. Westervelt, Lieutenant, Co. K, 18th
| N. Y. Zouaves, Middlehope, n. Y, says that
! ]. w. Hays, who enlisted at the age of Is
| years, is mistaken when he claims to be the
| youngest soldier. The writer says that John
| Hamilton, of New Rochelle n. Y, enlisted in
! Co. K, 18th N. Y. Zouaves, in the Summer of
| 1863, when but Is years old, and went through
to the sea with Sherman.
Our Constituents.
Paris Powers, Co. B, 47th ILL.,, Scotia, No.
| says that since he has been a subscriber for
| The NATIONAL TRIBUNE he has enjoyed it
more than any paper he ever took, and don't
! see how he can do without it now. He thinks
! his comrades are all dead or have emigrated, as
| he sees nothing from them. If any of Co. & are
/ alive he would be pleased to hear from them.
Correspondence.
| Emanuel A. Custer Co. K, 103d ILL.,, Farming
| ton, Ill was in Hospital No. 9, Lagrange, Tenn,
! from the last of March to the last of june 1868
! He would like to hear from some of those COM
rades whom he knew there.
II. Nj. Campbell, Co. f, 46th Pa, Hookstown,
| Pa, would like to hear from some of the COM
rades of his regiment.
| w. F.Walace, Quartermaster Bailey Post, No.
| 4, Huntington, w. Va, would like to hear from
any member of Co B, 122 Ohio. for the benefit of
| Martin Simons, an old crippled and worthy
member of said company. The company was
recruited at GAINESVILLE o.
Mai. Abram Hammond, Co /, 1st Tenn. Cav,
McCook, Neb., wants to correspond with the
! comrades of his company; especially Capt. Jas.
| II. Elkins.
! G. w. Grgshy, Lamar, Mo-, would like to
! correspond with soldiers widow or daughter
| between 80 and 40 years old, with view to
/ ,A.,vy,
! tOgTsphs and references
+! Abe Park, Co. II, 125th Ohio, Millbrook,
Kan. would like to hear from one of the COM
Tades of the 5th II. Y. IL. A. who were on picket
on the morning of Oct. 10, at Cedar Creek, as
| to how they were captured and what their loss
! was.
Joseph W. Kelly, Co. K, SD Pa, and Co. H,
16Sth Pa, Lickingville, Pa, would like to know
| what has become Of all the boys of the old SD
Pa. He has been reader of THE NATIONAL
TRIBUNE over five years, and has never seen
| the regiment mentioned, and he is afraid they
must all have joined the silent majority, as he
knows they have nothing to be ashamed of, for
their record was as good as the best. He would
| like to hear from any of the regimeut espe-
| cially from any of Co. K.
"Eatonal Tribune" Pension Bill.
| Josiah Davis, Co. A, Sd Va. Upton, w. Va
| says that, in common with the majority of old
| soldiers, be thinks THE National Tribune
| Pension Bill is the most equitable measure yet
formulated.
Columbus Huddle Co. B. 46th Ohio, West JEFF
! fersOn, o. heartily Endorses 1.-The National
| Tribune" Pension Bill, and hopes that it may
| be passed by the next Congress.
Jasper Bright Co. d, 154th H., Lovington.
I'LL, indorses The National Tribune Pension
Bill, and trusts that the measure will soon be-
come law.
Random Shots.
Joseph Ward. Co. II, 35th Iowa, Ettle, Mo-,
| having seen various opinions regarding the
| longevity of soldiers, says that in his company
| of so men IN less than one year they lost 10
by Sickness and by the time they had served
! three years only the hardest of the company
| remained Take so men, kill or disable half
of them, and those who are left are liable to
Outlive most other people. He hopes the SOL
der haters will have to pay pensions for long
! time to come, and he advises the boys who are
| single and want to marry to procure young
women for wives, so that they will continue to
| draw pensions for many years to come
Frank Myers, Co. B, 9th Iowa Cav, Miller,
| Oak, says that if any of the comrades wish to
| live in the most desirable part of the United
States for q home, they should go to South
| Dakota. He says that so far this Winter they
have not had 4 cold or stormy day, and that the
farmers have been blowing right along. Land
| is cheap, but owing to the fact that the Terri
State, it is rapidly advancing in price, and
those who desire to purchase should do so at
once
]. NJ. Cross Co. B, LIST W Va. Cav, Marietta,
o., thinks the action of Gen. Palmer in with
drawing from the GAR. was childish, and the
result anticipated has not materialized Fifer,
his opponent, is also q GAR. man and Re-
publican, and was elected in Republican
State and this fact proves that the GA Z. is
| not partisan. Should Fifer have been defeated
he asks if he (Fiferl would not have had better
grounds for complaint than has Gen Palmer of
the GAR being used for partisan purposes
This election also proves, he thinks, that a
worthy private is just as much respected in the
Order as one who wore shOulder-Straps, and
that our relations TO each other are not based
! on former commissions which we may have
| held, but on T., G. and L. He also thinks that
if the General will stick his finger in a tub of
water, then withdraw it and measure the cavity
it leaves, it will give him an idea of the hole he
| has made in the GAR.
Mrs. G. II. Parker Tidioute Pa, has q weird
relic of the battlefield. 1t is petrifed human
eye, and was picked up on the field p years
ago by one of her brothers, in Arkansas, near
Batesville.
G. w. ellis, 9Th Ohio Cav, Keene, Kan,
says he would like to have some member of the
Third Brigade, Second Division, Third Corps,
tell of the flags they captured that Sunday
morning at Charlottesville, and also of their
doiugs at Gettysburg.
II. Dye, Co. B, 67th Ind, Star City, Ind,
wonders why some of his old comrades do
not come to the front and say a good word
for the old 67th. The writer was wounded at
! Chiekanauga and was never able to rejoin his
regiment.
William Mexican, Co. I, Sd U. s. Cav, Eureka,
| o., calls on the members of his regiment to
show themselves in The NATIONAL TRIBUNE.
VIM. A, Johnson, Evansville, Ind, wonders
why he does not see anything from his com
rades of the 120th Ind.
Michael Porritt, Co. K, 22d Ill.,, Carterville,
H., has never seen any mention in the THE
NATIONAL TRIBUNE of the doings of his old
| regiment.
Marion F. Willis, Co. G, 149th Ind, Sullivan,
| Ind, says that his regiment was mustered in
on the 22d of February, 1865, and it at least
| performed a great deal of picket duty.
/. IL. French, Co. K, doth Iowa. Ada, Tenn,
says that if every eX-soldier would do as much
| for himself as THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE does
| for him there would be soon large majority of
| old vets in both branches of Congress.
Christopher Ault. Co. G., 10Th Ohio, Demos.
O.. thinks THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE is the
" boss paper" and would like to see all the
comrades rally to its support.
| When they Good.
| NelU Orleans Picaylme
1t is all right to have crank notions if a man