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The National tribune., 1889-05-23
BAKE Ir a LoGAN DAY.

The collection of contribution to the
monument to our illustrious comrade Gen.
John a. Logan, should be made by every
Post part of the exercises ON Memorial
Day. This is pre-eminently due the MEM
DRY of that distinguished soldier and true
comrade. The establishment of Memorial
Day, with all that that has brought to the
comrades, was only part of his services to
them. From the day that he began the or
ganization of his regiment until the one on
which the grim Captain, Death, mustered
him out of the ranks Of the living his heart
beat in unison with the men who fought for
the country, and his head and his hand were
always at their service.
They had hosts of warm, jealous friends,
but none who did as much for them as he
did. Nothing that promised to benefit or
please them-nothing that looked to bet
ter appreciation Of their services and sacri-
fees failed to have his earnest and effective
advocacy. And when he started to do any
thing he did it with tremendous energy
that conquered success.
There are now about 1000 Posts in the
Grand Army of the Republic Very many
of them have contributed literally to the
monument. All of them can give some
thing more, and they should do so. Every
oneshould be represented in the testimonial
to his memory, which viii not only honor
him, but be lasting honor to the glorious
Order of which he was so distinguished a
member.
Comrades of every Post, let US hear from
you with Memorial Day contribution pro-
portionate to your numbers and means.
The National tribune., 1889-05-23
TRIBUNETS.

THE Bible commentators have made dis
covery which, alas, comes too late to benefit
those of us who had our education (such as we
got) and our morals (sueh as they are) pounded
into our bodies by the strong-armed men and
women who superintendent our bringing-up.
They now say that Solomon's precept, He
that spareth the rod hateth his son, which has
been the cause of more juvenile yells and tears
than any words ever written, is not to be taken
literally. 1.-The rod, they say, does not peces-
sarily mean corporal punishment. %, our poor
backs! Why this slowness to properly compre-
bend the scriptures?) 1t simply means par
entail authority and guidance. The same
Hebrew word is used in the 23d Psalm where
David says, The Lord is my shepherd, 1 shall
not want His rod and his staff they
comfort me-"
The National tribune., 1889-05-23
WORK OF THE PENSION OFFICE.


During the week ending May IS, 1889,
6.S27 claims were received, of which 1,441
were original invalid; 631 widows; war
of 1912; bounty land 45 navy; old
war; 40 on account of Mexican service, and
4,645 applications for increase; claims re-
jected, 944
During the week there were 1884 pieces
of mail matter received, and 81 ,982 letters,
blanks etc, were sent out The names of
500 officers and comrades were furnished
for the use of claimants. The number of
medical examinations reported, 5,243; total
amount of fees for same, $25.264; average
cost per examination. $4.82.
Report of certificates issued during week
ending May Is, 1889: Original, 1856; in
crease, 7o8; reissue, 225; restoration, Al. du-
plicate, So accrued, IS; arrears, 3; act of
March 8, 1888, 0; act of April 8, 1884 3 ;
act of Aug. 4, 1886, i; supplemental, 95 !;
arrears June 7, 1883, 10; Mexican war, 40;
total. $3.50.
The National tribune., 1889-05-23
nIEMoRrAL Day.

Again we approach the saddest, sweetest,
noblest festival of the year. 1t is the day
consecrated to the Hottest patriotism-to
that love of country which is counted the
greatest of all loves, since it gave life itself
for the thing it loved.
Again our people viii, with grateful
hearts and tender hands, revisit the graves of
those who died that the Nation might live,
aud pay their memory the sweet tributes of
honor and affection.
In all our yearly round of life there is
nothing SO ennobling as the observance of
this custom, which is constantly becoming
dearer to the hearts of our people. Itmakes
every man, whether he participates in the
ceremony or not, a better citizen, and helps
and encourages him to a truer discharge of
all the duties of life. In paying honor, or
seeing it paid, to men who gave up life it
self in the fulfllment of duty, he is I'M
consciously it may be, lifted to higher
plane Of action, and is stimulated to become
better husband, father and citizen.
The fact that every year finds Memorial
Day more genuinely popular with all
classes Of our people, and observed by
them with more of the outward tokens of
esteem and respect, is highly creditable to
our National character. and gives bright
assurance OF our future. A peoples charac-
ter is formed by what they idealize and
honor. When we combine to pay the highest
honors to courage, devotion and seIfsacrifee
even unto death in support of principle,
we take the most effective method 10 elevate
all cur people to the highest standard of
manhood, and make our beloved country
the greatest among the Nations of the earth.
Next Thursday is the Nations Sabbath
the day when we remind ourselves that had
it not been for the Lord of Sabaoth and
these hallowed dead we should have been
even rs Sodoma, and been made like unto
Gomorrah. Remembering, then, our dire
need, when innumerable evils comprised us
about, when we threatened to become re-
proach to our noighbors, scoTn and de-
rision TO those round about us, and were
saved only by these who, for our sakes, " were
killed all day long, and counted themselves
as but sheep FOR the slaughter" let US de-
vote ourselves to hoaoring them who died to
save and honor us. Let Us al, with one ac-
cord, unite in ceremony which, in exalt-
ing them as worthy peers of any heroes in
song or story, exalts Us By our remembrance
and appreciation of them.
The National tribune., 1889-05-23
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The ArmY GrarbRck.

Gen. W. II. Gibson, Ohio's soldier orator,
writing of Gen. Sherwood's Army Grayback, +"
says: at is proper that the beast should be
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"sENATEn $50 aHousE.o

The people of the Dakotas are discussing
the question of whether two Houses are
necessary or desirable in q Legislature, and
whether it would not be better to have but
one. This is question which is really open
to debate 1t sometimes seems that the only
argument for two Houses in Legislature is
to make it correspond in form with Congress.
But this resemblance is more apparent than
real, for the Senate of the United States has
a constitution and functions that cannot be
initiated in State Senate.
The intention Of an upper legislative
House is to form a body which viii be diff
ferent in character from the popular branch.
This is problem which has engrossed the
attention of publieists for thousands Of years.
The old Romans formed Senate upon birth
alone. The Senators had at FIRST to be quite
advanced in years, and they held their Office
for life Subsequently it was prescribed
that they should have large amount of
property. The French tried number Of
experiments between 1888 and 1885 to or
ganize Senate which would be properly
different from the popular branch. They
were strongly in favor of the idea of appoint
ing Senators for life from among men dis
tinguished in war, science, literature etc,
but they have at last adopted a plan similar
TO our own, with an official term Of nine
years, one-third of the Senators being chosen
every three years by delegates from the Com
munesand Municipalities The Senate nnm-
bers 500 and the Chamber of Deputies 594
The German Parliament is composed of
the Bundesrath, which answers to cur Senate,
and consists of 90 members, mostly mobiles,
appointed by the Governments of the various
Kingdoms Dukedoms and Principalities for
each session, and the Reichstag of 397 mem
bers, elected for three years by universal
suffrage.
House of Lords, numbering in the session of
1886 594 members, of whom five were Peers
of the blood royal, two Archbishops. %
Dukes, 90 Iarquises, 118 Earls, % Yiscounts,
"a Bishops and 285 Barons, Is Peers elected
by the nobility of Scotland to represent
them, and % peers elected for Ireland; and
the House of Commons, of $40 members,
elected by popular suffrage.
1t is the opinion of the publicists of the
world that in our Senate we succeeded bet
ter than any other people ever have in es-
tablishing an Upper House which would
fulfill the theoretical requirements of such
body. This was because we elect it in a
different way from the Lower House, consti.
tute it of different class of men, with q
term of Office long enough to insure consist.
ency of course, and give it important func.
tons in addition to its strictly law-makine
duties. 1t is really the Committee ON For.
eign Affairs of the Nation, and exercises part
of che great power of appointment to office
1t would seem that unless State Senate
can be made4to differentiate in very impor.
tant ways-in method of selecting its mem.
bers and in its functions-from the House Of
Representatives, it is useless to have it, and
the business of the State can be better trans
acted by single body. 10 elect Senate
by the same methods and of the same class
of men as the House, and give it precisely
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There is only a limited number Of the beauti-
ful and suggestive Veterans Calendar" left,
and comrades should not delay any longer In
providing themselves with them. There is
nothing like il IN tho market, and every soldier
desires one for his home or Office. All who
have obtained thcm say that they arr worth
much more than their cost, and arc delighted
with them. They are sent, securely packed.
70 any address, upCa receipt OF - cents; liye
for 81. address The NATIONAL TRIBUNE
Washington, ID. Q.
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the same duties, seems an unnecessary COM

the same duties, seems ali unnecessary COM
plioation.
There are, indeed, many students Of politi-
cal institutions who regard the Senate of the
United States as cumbrous and obsolete
device, and the proportion in England is
much greater who are sure that the aboli-
ton of the House of Lords would be of great
benefit to the country.
Tie decision of the Dakota people win be
awaited with interest.
The National tribune., 1889-05-23
ouR NATIONAL HYMN.

Through the kindness of Comrade Harri-
son Willard, the composer of "yive L Ameri-
ca" and other patriotic airs of deserved
popularity, we are enabled to present this
week to the readers of THE NATIONAL
TRIBUNE his latest production, and which
competent critics have pronounced not only
his best but the best National hymn ever
written.
1t will be found an excellent thing for
Memorial Day exercises and we present it
to the comrades with Comrade MilIard's
compliments
The National tribune., 1889-05-23
Dickens's Works.
Fifteen ClOth-BOund Books for SIS.

We have come in possession Of a number Of
complete sets Of the works Of Charles Dickens
tho greatest of modern noyelists-wlich We
will offer 10 subscribers Of TIE NATIONAL
TRIBUNE very cheap. These contain the fol-
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bridged:
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Oliver Twist Bleak House.
lncommenclal Traveller. Our Mutual Friend
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Great Expectations. Christmas Books
Pictures Rom Italy. Tale OF Two Cities.
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Dombey and son. Sketches by Boz.
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EdWln brood. Martin Chnzziewit
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Miscellaneous Pieces.
These volumes each contain about 500 pages
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They are strongly bound in cloth and contained
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OF girl. Is much The best cheap edition Of Dick
ems 10 be obtained Gaylrhere
Address, THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE,
Washington, ID. C.
The National tribune., 1889-05-23
CRUISE OF THE MONTAUK.
A Charming Story Of Salt Water
Travel.
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uncle and aunt-will be fascinated with. II
created a great deal Of interest when it first
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Its author was the late Gen. Jas. McQuade
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embellished with several full page illustrations
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The most fascinating novel ever written. By
John McElroy. We have just published another
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TRIBUNE auiu charge himself with getting
one aew Subscriber the circulation of the paper
spiH be doubled at once, and Nth little trouble.
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SOME of the Presbyterian parsons in the
South are fighting bitterly against union
with their brethren of the North. The
preachers and the women of the South have
always been the greatest obstacles in the
way of reconstruction.
The National tribune., 1889-05-23
collRADEs. ATrENTIoy,

Now is the time 10 secure a handsomely
bound copy Of Campfire. Memorial Day,
and Other Poems, b. Mrs. Kate L. Sherwood.
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postage prepaid.
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Financial genius is not confined to this
country, by any means. The Marquis of Donegal
reports to the Court of Bankruptcy that he has
accumulated an indebtedness of s.. 594, 425 on
an income of S, 400 ayear. What career would
have been opened to him if he had entered Wall
street.
The National tribune., 1889-05-23

Though seminary is place where they send
the sweet girls to be refined, it does not resem,
BILE sugar refinery in any way.
The National tribune., 1889-05-23

Haze you done gour duty IN getting ope more
subscriber for 1.HEN4TI0NAL TRIB UNE9
You should do this for It's the best suay to help
y0ar comrades.
The National tribune., 1889-05-23

It seems incredible that a battery could
lose 80 men by gunshot-no prisoners-in 10
months out of an average present for duty of
rs, the highest number being So and the
lowest 6J. But there are the cold figures of
the official rolls and casualty returns, and
there is no escape from them. We are glad
of this opportunity to do justice to these de-
voted Old Regulars. As o rule, the volun-
teer batteries and regiments have taken
good and proper care that their services and
sufferings should be known to admiring
posterity But very little information of
that kind comes from the Regulars
Generally their officers seem to think
it indicate to blow their own horn"
while the men were not generally of the
class that subsequently rose in life enough
to get into print" So that their exploits
and their sufferings remain unstoried Those
of them that escaped the slaughter seem to
be going down to the grave in that same
grim spirit of mute pluck with which they
faced the foe Let the old Regulars come to
the front.
The National tribune., 1889-05-23

We have the distinguished Endorsement
of no less a person than Lord Armstrong,
whom the English think is the first naval
architect in the world, that our policy of
building swift, lightly armored cruisers is
the wisest. A fleet of cruisers can be built
for what great armored vessel costs, and
they will be more effective for all manner of
service. They can Outright an armored yes
sci, for they can concentrate on its weaker
part and overpower it with their FIRE, or
they can ram or torpedo it out of existence
Of course, some of them will be destroyed in
the fight; but several could be cheaply ex-
pended in getting rid of one of the monsters
that the British are so fond of building, at a
cost that frequently reaches 100000 or
even $10,0O0,000. A swift, lightly -armored
vessel is good coast defender, because she
goes far out to sea and commits havoc among
the enemy's transports, without which an
expedition cannot be successful.
The National tribune., 1889-05-23

THE Rev. J. p Abbott, pastor of the Med
ford Mass Baptist Church, made some
gross charges against the members of the
Grand Army recently which he is now prob
ably sorry for. He characterized the sur
vivors of the war as whisky-scarred and
manned veterans The primary trouble
with the reverend gentleman was that he
got mad. He had been disappointed in the
result of the late election, and he gave way
to his chagrif in foolish and mendacious
talk. The local Post very properly met and
adopted resolution returning Mr.. Abbott
his fee as a contributing member and alb
solving him from all further association
with body of men with whom it must be
painful for him to fraternize, according to
his own estimate of their character.
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A FAMOUS BATTERY.

MAJ. Il. L. BROOKS, late u1utant, otn WIS,
a veteran of the Iron Brigade, after reading
our Open Letter" of last week, has sug-
gested that as we were looking for records
of heavy casualties suffered by single or
CARNATIONS, we should not have omitted
Stewards Battery B, 4th o. S., chiefly
manned by detached volunteers from that
brigade We find on examination of the
records on file, either already printed or soon
to be published, that the sufferings of this
battery were not only terrible in single
battles, but were piled up in battle after
battle.
The rolls show this battery went into the
battle of Antietam with two officers and 81
enlisted men present for duty"
On page 100, vol. 10, part 1, of the War
Records, we find its loss recorded as one
commissioned officer and 80 men killed and
wounded, none missing. And in the report
of its commanding officer, on another page
of the same volume, we find that over 40 of
its horses were killed or disabled. The loss in
men here is within fraction of so per cent.
of those engaged. Turning further to the
report of Gen. Gibbon, commanding the
brigade, we find that this enormous loss was
suffered, not by being charged and capt
ured, but in square stand-up fighting,
against infantry concealed by fences and
high corn and by sunken road, and that
the battery stiH stood IT'S ground, finally
drioing the enemy from their eoUer ,eiM can
lister alone
Passing then to vol. 81, part 1, page 13s,
we find its casualties at fredericksburg
recorded as eight killed and wounded out of
So or 81 present; this by cannonade.
Consulting the records of Gettysburg
first days battle-not yet published, we
find the loss of Stewards battery to be two
officers and 36 men killed, wounded and
missing-the latter now known to have been
wounded, captured and died in the hands of
the enemy-out of two officers and 20 en-
listed men present for duty. Aud this again
in square, stand-up fighting against in
fantry and artillery combined in which
the remnant was at last forced to
leave its position by the gen eral retreat
of the First Corps; though it got off with
| all its guns and all its caissons except those
blown up or smashed by the enemy's shot
and shell. Passing then to the reports of
Gems. Wainwright and Hunt, in the same
volume, we find this wonderful battery
still in the ring" with only men enough
left to work four guns, and its commander
| Stewart still in command, though so badly
| wounded that he could not sit his horse
sustaining the brunt of the charge of Hays's
rebel brigade, of Early's Division, on Gene
terry Hill the second day, and sticking to
their guns until they broke the enemy, who
left dead within $50 feet of their muzzles |!
To sum up-adding casualties of four en-
listed men, reported in the records of Chan
cellorsville, and five in those of Gainesville
we have the following totals from Aug.
30, 1862, to July 1, 1868, period of 10
months
Average present for duty in the five engage
ments 40
Killed and wounded in the five engage
ments-
Gainesville.
Autietam 40
Fredericksburg 5
Chaneelorsville.......
Gettysburg IS
Grand s5
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