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THE LAST WATCH.


~ GAIT. ALMoNT BARNES. BATTERY c, 1sT n. Y. Arr
"Ah. comrade old, sit here and hold
My hand little while!
How long 1t seems as II In dreams,
Since last saw you smei
How the years pass 1t IT, alas,
No tent we share-no light
OF eampiires round the guarded ground
have no home to night.
"What did you say2 Peninsula?
Remember Little Mace
We should have won. and never run
Mcdowell was held back?
''Ah. yes. know they say not
Who never saw fight.
What matters all that to recallr
have no home tonight.
"The Weldon road? There last we showed
The color OF our eyes.
There the reb5 broke. in blood and smoke,
Warlifted to the skies
Brave blue or gray, man. anyway.
The wrong side or the right.
The shifting years bring each To tears
have no home tonight.
"The tented plain! oh. once again
Restore to me that home
The ranks were true. ia gray or blue
There death need brayely come;
But here, at peace, To find release,
This Is The bitterest fight.
Forgettul war; roll back your car,
Aud take me home tonight"
shuddcrIng gasp. loosened clasp
hero passed 4wRyi
Beneath his head u tattered shred,
shot-iorn guidon lay.
Struggles with peace-must they so cease
With him who learned to fight
Through awful days with soul abIaze,
For country and for right?
o brave and true what do men do
For most who served so welle
Shouldcred aside, your worth denied,
Your anguish who may tell?
Behind yoa close your oountry's woes,
Before her all is bright:
But broken ranks win broken thanks,
Nor tent nor home at night.
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IS his speech in support Of his pension
BIZ 5Isj Morrill, outlined tie other bills
that he hoped to get through the House
aul'ng TIE present session. These were the
Prisonc3 ofWar BID, that increasing The
rate .os the totally deaf that granting pen
siole to m.litismen who were wounded or
injured in line Of duty, and some others
correcting nagrant inequalities in The pen
sion laws. lie estimated the total cost Of
hisServicc Pension BIZ at -, 0o0, 600 a year,
and lLa; the Others would cost so 100000
more, OF 81, g00OOG IN III.
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THE Morrill, Service Pension Bill has been
referred by the Senate TO its Pension Com
mittee-Senator g. X Davis Chairman.
The latter will probably report on il this
week, and il il believed that this report will
be refusal TO accept it as a substitute for
the Senate bill; that is, the Senate will adj
here TO its own bill. This will necegsitate a
Committee on Conference toadjust the points
Of difference possibly report an entirely
new bill Senator Davis, as Chairman of
the Senate Pension Committee and Mai. T..
y. Morrill,, as Chairman Of the House Com
mittce on Invalid Pensions, viii probably be
members OF the Committee, with three or
five other Senators and Representatives.
They will take the matter up at once, and
push it through 20 a speedy settlement. II
is believed that the bill, OF a bill, will be put
through both Houses, and go 10 the Prcsi.
dent for his signature before the end Of the
present month
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THE Mckinley bill proposes to put duty
of $4 ton on hay. The present duty is 81
ton, We imported last year from Canada
100,269 tons, valued at $979,524. This would
have been pleasant addition to the bank
accounts Of some of our own farmers, who
have broad meadows. 1t would have lifted
a good many of those mortgages over which
our free-trade friends wall so continually.
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MEEPING oyER THE LIGHT nRIGApE.

WEEPING OVER THE LIGHT BRIGADE.
Twenty known survivors Of the battle Of BRlak-
lava have been found in a London workhouse. A
lief, the total Of which up 10 date is sl20 II
they had fought for this country they did FOR
England our pension system would have taken
good care Of them and nobody would have COM
planned either The private soldier las 10 take
care Of himselfin EnglandBoslon Herald.
More than 10000 Union veterans, the
greater part Of whom did vastly more hght-
ing than the survivors or the Light Brigade,
are now inmates Of the poorhouses OF this
country. Thousands of these made charges
beside which that of the Six Hundred was a
mere skirnish. And they not only did this
once but repeatedly, while the only fighting
the Light Brigade ever did was its one foolish
charge. According TO Kinglakc, the accepted
historian OF the Crimean war, the Light Bri-
gade began IFS charge with G73 officers and
men, and lost Il3 of these killed and 134
wounded, or 2i7 in all, or 3G7 per cent.
More than 100 regiments in the Union army
lost a greater proportion lhan this in Single
engagement The following list Of G2 OF
these is taken from Col Fox's Regimental
Iasses y.
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THE soldier-hating papers keep up their
preposterous clamOr about deserters being
pensioned Every decently Uniformed man
knows that no deserter can receive pen
sion, and the editors who make such a
statement deliberately le
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TEE NATIONAL TRIBUNE: WASHINGTON D. o. THURSDAY MAY s. $780,

greatest influence in the country for good
and grow in the respect of the community
as it grows in strength, and perseveres in the
principles upon which it is founded. New
avenues of usefulness must continually open
out to such band of highly intelligent,
devoted men.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1890-05-08

WHATEVER pension legislation is passed
by the present session is only beginning.
We must not rest until the Nation pays its
debts in full to the veterans. Whatever is
passed now paves the way to subsequent
legislation, which will round out what is
lacking
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1890-05-08

A PARTY Of distinguished educators, with
Prof March, Of Lafayette College, of Penn
sylyania; Rev. DIR. Wayland, Of Washington;
and Charles p. Scott, Of New York, appeared
before Congress last week in the interest Of
spelling reform. They urged upon Congress
that il give it's powerful sanction to the
movement by adopting a phonetic spelling
for all Government publications. The plan
they urged was the same that has been rec
commended by the Pennsylvania Legislature:
that is, that al silent and phoneticalIy use
less letters be omitted in writing and print
ing words. This is simple common-sense.
and it is q wonder that il has not been done
long ago. or at least more done in that di-
rection. Fully one-filth Of the space in am
ordinary book or newspaper is taken up
with useless letters. Children are com
PEELED TO spend an immsnse amount of time,
which could be better devoted to acquiring
other knowledge, in learning Il senseless and
arbitrary system Of spelling, which no one
ever really learns. The whole system OF
photography is a scandal on our boosted
good sense and progressiycnesa.
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APPOAIATToX.

Next week re shall publish final article
On AppoinatiOI, by the author Of The
Cannoneer's Story" in which he viii fur
nish much additional matter relating TO that
fam0us Geld, and revise his map and some
Of bis statements IN the light Of later in
formation furnished by readers Of his story,
and prominent officers who were present at
Lie surrender II VIII be IN important
contribution 70 history.
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$4,000. 900 FOR PENSIONS.

1T appears that some time ago, after going
over the whole ground of the National re-
ceipts and expenditures, together with the
proposed changes in the tariff, the Republic
can leaders came TO the conclusion TO make
an allowance of $iO000,000 a year for PEN
siOns, additional TO the present outlay. This
would make total of say, $!i000O,0OO a
year for pensions, which the more conserva-
tive of the leaders were sure was all that
the people of the country would willingly
stand, and all that could be allowed con-
sistcntly with The proposed changes in the
tariff schedule. Assuming this SiO,000,O0O
ayearas basis the Chairmen of the Pension
Committees in the Senate and the House
saw their limitations, and proceeded TO cut
their coats according TO their cloth. The
question became whether to give larger
pension 10 smaller number or smaller
pension to n larger number The Senate
took one view, the House the other. Senator
Dayis's bill gives SD month, bHt puts in
requirements which limits the number to
be benefited much below that which will be
reached by Representative Morrills bill,
granting 50 a month. Twelve dollars a
month is S1il a year; s. a month is 500 per
annum. Consequently, Si00O0,00O year
will pension 277,777 men at SD month, or
i1G666 men-13s, $50 more-at IS month.
Maj. Morrill, estimated that the disburse-
ments under his bill would be rs follows:
S0.I93 survivors &C years of age ut sos per
s1,1sf5 3S
25,5i2 pensioners O. years of age who
would be entitled TO an increase on
the average Of S367 per MONTH. !, jog, 2S7
2l0,0ls under g years OF age, but suffering
from disability and not now on the
rolls. at S9j per year. 90 l6l ,s2S
62.519 pensioners under CO years of age
now ou the rolls nj less than SO per
month, who will have their pen
sions increased on the average OF
500 per month--........................ 2I51gI9
77.S2S .................... 1923 O0s
The total 50 1877 200
This would divide the Ei0,000,0O0 among
10000 people, putting about 365,S3l new
pensioners on the rolls at IS a month. and
raising TO that amount the pensions OF
nearly $4,000 more who are now on the
rolls at less than s. month.
Assuming that no more than S40,000,0 900
additional can be appropriated for pensions,
this would seem as equitable a division OF
% nc na,, hn ,,,oIa
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GEN. H. B. GRIERsoS. GEN. EDWARD HATCH.
one, too. as he looked in war times. / also
send photo of Gen Ed. Hatch, the only cav
airy officer in the West that Forrest couldn't
lick If he tried. Under the leadership OF these
two men, the writer jingled a saber over many
States Their famous raids and marches
with ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS make a gO0d-sized
and interesting vOlume.-JAME5 PRICE, First
Lieutenant, Co. L, 9TH III. Cav, Webster
City Iowa.
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GRIERsoN AND HATCH.

Pictures OF the Gallant CaTalrImen as they Ap-
pearsS In War Times.
EDITOR NATIONAL TgIRUNE: In your issue
of April 10 IS picture OF Gen. Ben. GriersOn.
1t makes the men who followed GriersOu on his
many raids very tired to look az that piCt-
ure. So 1 iuelose another, and very natural
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casualties al Gettysburg were ~.
Tia addition 10 The killed and wounded there
were - missing.
In addition 10 the killed aud wounded there
were 50 missing.
In addition 10 the killed and wounded there
were bs missing.
Ia addition 10 tic killed and wounded there
were ~ missing.
This, too, was only portion Of the
fighting Of those regiments. They Sustained
Terrible losses before and after the engage
ments which gave them such glorious dis
tinction, while The Light Brigade never was
under FIRE but the one time IN all its long
history.
Yet the toadying worshipers of everything
English win continue to laud the Light
Brigade as the paragon Of everything that
is brave and soldierly, and denounce our
own heroes Of a score Of bloody battles, as
skulkers," bountyjumpers," coffee
coolers" aud the like.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1890-05-08

REPRESENTATIVE CHEADLE estimates
that the amendment he succeeded in having
made to the Morrill, Service Pension Bill re-
ducing the age limit from 62 TO 90 years
will add 10000 comrades TO the list, at an
expense of 100000 a year, and make the
total expenditure under the bill sac, 900, 900
per annum. Could ne have had his way he
would have reduced the age limit to 80
years but, as he said, he was not "unmind-
full of the fact that all legislation is the
result Of concession and compromise and
that there are many gentlemen who are OPP
posed 10 an earlier age-limit than 90. There
fore, as practical man, if cannot get
what think is right must accept the best
that can secure" lie further said that the
adoption of his amendment would make it
the most liberal in all its provisions of any
pension measure ever enacted by any Gov
eminent
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1890-05-08

WmLE Kaiser Wilhelm talks very sweetIy
about peace international good will and a
general disarmament, bin Is being pre-
pared 10 add 20 batteries Of light artil-
lay 70 the army, aud several bngades Of
infantry. How serenely peaceful the addi-
ton u 40 new guns VIII make the German
frontier look.
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THE bill TO pension ex-prisoners of war
will pass without doubt, and distribute some
$7O00000 TO that very deserving class OF
veterans. IL is likely that ii will be amend
ed to include only those who were captured
in the line of duty, which will be satisfactory
to all honorable soldiers. 1t gives So a day
for every day of Imprisonment, so that those
who were unfortunate enough to fall into
the encmy's hands ut Gettysburg or Chicka-
manga, and lucky enough to live through
the hell of Andersonyille, Florence and Sal.
isbury will receive very substantial sum-
but which, large as it may be, will be 8
small compensation for all that they endured
there The man who gets the most would
not be willing to go througha single month
of his imprisonment for all that he receives
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A POLITICAL analysis of the vote by
which the Morrill, Service Pension Bill was
passed shows that of the 179 votes in its
favor 40 were cast by Republicans, and 80
by the following Northern Democrats
Cooper Qnd.), Barwig wis Biggs (CaI. J,
Brickner (Wis), Brookshire (Ind) J, Bynum
lind } Campbell N. ", Chapman Mich. J,
Clancy az. ", Clunie Gal }, Covert IL. "
Cummings IN. ", Dunphy (N. ". Fitch
IN. W, Fithian IN. ~, Flower IN. ",
Geisscnhainer n. j., Haynes (O), Hol-
man Qnd.), MaGner (N.Y.), Martin (Ind.) j,
McAdoo IN. j., Mcclellan 0nd.), O'Neill
Mass, Cultivate (O), Owens (O),
Parrett (Ind.). Pennington DELI, Reilly
pa, seney (o), shively Gnd), spinola
N. ", Tracey IN. ", Whiting (Mich. },
Wilson (Ky.), Williams (Ill.), Yoder co.
No Republican voted nay. OF the II nays
all were from the South, except Andrew
(Bfass) }, Buckalew pa, Mutchler pa
and Springer ml). Carlisle and Tarsney,
whose districts, though in the South, are
more Northern than Southern in character,
should be included in this list.
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WHAT a splendid army of vigorous, patri-
otto young men the Sons Of Veterans are.
They are bnlwarll of security for the
country, much better than any standing
army could be. The Order will continue TO
increase until there are at least half million
members in it, all imbued with the highest
ideas of patriotism, of emulating their
fathers services to the country, if need, and
of unwavering fidelity to its institutions in
peace. The Order is destined to become the
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The men who rendered the Government
the most service are those who we're fortu-
nate enough 10 endure through 10 the end.
II Is these men who viii receive the most
benefit by the passage Of a service pension
bill. They deserve this at the hands Of the
Nation tbey saved, and it is very small
Tetusa 10 make for what they secured for ii.
THE present exigeney in pension legisla-
ton Las made il necessary 10 call another
meeting Of the GAR National Pension
Committee and the members viii assemble
~ Washington this week for consultation
Committees. and the Conference Committee.
should one be appointed in time.
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