The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1889-08-08

o.. soldiers. There has been nothing unrea-
sonable ask ed for by tho boys, and all loyal citi
Zens cOncede this. The writer says the Post to
which he belongs, and which has membership
of so, buried five comrades last year, whose
families would probably have been dragged
lover the hill to the pOorhouse had it not
been for the veterans taking care of them.
Christian Stucky, Go. +, 10Th Ohio. says that
he is getting tired of hearing so much from the
| soldier-haters about pension frauds, etc., and
thinks that if these parties had gone to the
front and received from 20 to % cents day
and taken their chances of being killed or
manned, they would not have begun on that
tune.
&c. Phelps, Co. G., 18th Ill, seaton, Ore, would
like to know if Assistant Postmaster Clarkson
proposes to ignore the veterans. Mrs. III. J.
Dickey, the wife of 3 Democrat, was recently
appointed Postmaster, when the writer, who is
o pensiOner and served through the war, was
an applicant. The writer walked IL miles and
back TO vote for Harrison, and his reward is
that Mrs. ID. gets the office aud he is left out
George o. Humphrey, Sergeant, Co. T., Doth
Ind, Julian. Ind, wishes to say to his old COM
rades that we have the underholt" on the
men who stayed at home from 81 to '65, and
robbed the widows and old fathers Of those who
were at the front. There were some good men
who stayed behind, but they stay also by the
soldiers to-day. Let the sOldier-haters kick
hS muCu d5 buey W06u INC vets Bcb
their rights from the Government it will make
no difference TO the boys
Personal.
There are several letters in this office for
alberta" Railway, N. j., they having been
sent to Railway aud returned unclaimed. IL
we do not hear from her in short time the
letters will be sent back to the writers.
Gustavus Pease, 9Th Me-, Beams Corner, Me-,
says that his uncle, Gideon l.. Pease, is living
r a
Black Hawk war, serving in Co. K, 1st u. s.
Inf, commanded by Capt. William s. Harvey,
afterwards Gen. Harvey, the noted Indian
fighter. The expedition, under the command
of Col. Zach. Taylor, later President, started
from Fort Prairie Du CHEN, in April, 1892 and
chased the Indians nearly 400 miles, totally
routing them. The veteran is very anxious 10
hear from the survivors Of the aforementioned
war.
Sc. CLANCY, Co. G, 102d H., Ainsworth, Neb.,
who was detailed as an Orderly ON Gen. Steed-
mans staff at Nashville, in December, 1864,
would like to hear from Mr. Hood, the editor
of the Chattanooga Gazette and Postmaster at
Chattanooga during the Winter Of 1864. 60.
He would also like to hear from any of the
comrades who were at Gen. Steedman's head
quarters about the time of the battle of Nash
ville The writer was on detached service from
his regiment during all this campaign.
Mrs. Elizabeth Eberhardt, Columbia City,
Ind, is widow Of Alfred Eberhardt, Co. A, 102d
Ohio, and wishes any of her husbands COM
Tades who remember of his receiving an injury
through the lungs with the butt-end Of a musket
in the hands of a rebel in an encounter near
huntsville, Ala, TO communicate with her.
Comrade Asa Wren recently lost all his prop
erty by Ere. Comrades 4. T. Lee and II. Ii.
Saint, Monticello, ILL.,. are a committee to solicit
aid for Comrade Wren, and any desiring to
assist him can send their contributions to them,
and they will be thankfully received by wor-
thy comrade.
N. C. Boswell, Colonel SD H., says that
Osro Huckins, of Neponset, ILL.,, claims 70 be
the youngest soldier of the war. He was born
June %, l5i5, and enlisted March % 1862. be-
| ing then but Is years and nine months old.
| He re-enlisted at Knoxville, Tenn, in Co. K,
March 10, 1864, when but Is years and eight
months old.
George w. Nickum, 10Th N. J., National
Military Home, Hampton. Va, says he was
born Jan. %, 1913 and volunteered on Aug
10. 1862. lie was prisoner on Belle Isle in
the Fall and Winter of 1868, and returned to
his regiment in May, 1864, remaining in the
ranks from the Wilderness to Appomattox.
w. L. Harris, 35th KY. MID Inf, Tecumseh.
| Neb., says that some time ago he asked in this
paper for the addresses of certain parties and
was told that one Of the men sought was dead.
He has received q letter from the supposed
| dead man, who says that if he could have seen
him last Fall making speeches for ComFade
| Harrison he would have thought him pretty
lively corpse, but that he has been totally blind
| for 10 years, and has never drawn a pension !;
| besides having family of children. The writer
would like to hear from his old comrades.
William 81. Brown, Valentine. No., wants TO
correspond with q soldiers widow. de is 4S
| years old.
II. +. Lander, Co. II, 130th Ind, Lock Box
| %, Kingfsher, Oklahoma. wishes to correspond
with some old soldiers widow or daughter. lie
is 40 years old, aud says his beauty wiz never
kill him.