The National tribune., 1891-11-19

ment % erect monuments OF markers on the
field q Gettysburg % show the position Of the
Regulars in the battle? If 60 IS not done soon
there won't be any place for them.
Grouls
A. W. Nerrirk, C0rp'i Go Y. 11Ith Pa, Cory
Pa, says. In December l-63 most Of my regi-
ment re-enlisted for three years and while in the
field were offered q 3O-days lurOug hand local
bounty OF $500 from Erie County. AZ the close
of the war we returned Co our homes aud asked
the County Commissioners for our bounty
$500. Most Of the boys were paid. Others
were refused, as the County Commissioners
claimed the County did not receive credit for
Us 20 fli their quota but if we would prove
otherwise they would pay. Among the refused
were Geo. a. Goodwill Geo. w. Chapel, s.
and T. Ferris. and myself Before we got our
proof around the statute Of limitations or six
years had expired and they took the baby act.
Special acts were passed by our State LegsIa-
turs % cover these eases, the last one in l--g,
under which suit was brought for us, by which
we got Judgment for The claim 5000. The
Commissioners carried the case t0a higher court,
where the decision was reversed on teChuicaii-
ties Of law. Who're were these County officials
and what were they doing in the Summer Of
! -f3. when the rebel army was marching for the
Keystone state? We we're marching through
the hot sun by day and by torch at night TO
keep between the enemy and Washington, Bal
timose Philadelphia, and our State Capital,
Harrisburg; heading them of at Gettysburg
wiki one Of the b.OOdiest battles on record. and
driving them from our soil. These same Com
miSsiOuers must have been figuring out how
much they could save this rich and popul0us
County $500 per head and cheat the poor pri-
vate soldiers each that amount, who are now in
actual want for many Of the comforts OF life,
ana are unable % obtain them. Our County
has had the use Of this 5000 y years. The in
terest compounded would amount TO 81 500
each. The principal is all we asked for and
they ruled us out ct court on points Of law"
comrade from Toledo complains Of the in
dignities to which tho OLD soldiers appearing be-
fore the Examining Board there are subjected.
When before one, to be examined for rheum-
atism and neuralgia, he was compelled to strip
aud undergo an entirely unnecessary examiua-
ton. lie was 20 years old.
Defending Mcclellan.
Warren G. Hirsch Co. G, 1st n. J. Cav. Lay
ton, n. J., answers some statements of COmrade
Carter. in q Maryland Yanks Views Of the
Great Organizer. He says: Mcclellan under
took to capture Richmond by making his base
Of operations on the James River Now Conn
r8de Carter says that Mcclellan had not only
McDowelfs Corps. but the troops Of Banks and
Sigel, from the Valley besides Buruside's Corps
in addition. | was with NcDowcll'5 Corps in
is march from Fredericksburg southwark to
assist Mcclellan. and had Mcdowell gone on
and given Mcclellan the help he needed Rich
mOud could have been captured. Instead, the
authorities az Washington became frightened,
because StOnewall Jackson threatened that
place, and so Mcdowell remained passive.
Again, 5lr. Carter says IL was arraut nonsense
for Mcclellan 90 attempt TO capture Richmond
by way Of the Chickahomiuy from the south
Of James River. | would say that Grant had
to do just what Mcclellan attempted in 1862,
adopt the plan originated by Little Nae"
Scattering.
VIM. p. Thompson, Corporal Co. 2, 5lst n.
Y. regarding the competition Of the Second
Brigade, Second Division, Ninth Corps. about
which he recently saw something in Picket
Shots, says that the first regiments Of the bril-
gade we're the DIST Mass, Jlst Pa, and jls5 ".
Y. At South Mountain the 3Jth Mass. Joined,
and just before the battle of fredericksburg
the 11th y. II. was added There were no other
regiments in the brigade from l5G1 to 1851, Cor
the writer kept a record Of the regiment which
Col. T. f. Shepard declared was the best he had
seen. Comrade Thompson has the rolls Of the
original companies and the names Of some Of
the recruits, and viii be glad TO give inlorma-
ton By letter il he can.
A. III. MatthewsOn, Marathon, n. Y, whose
interesting article on Lookout Mountain ap-
peared in a recent issue, writes 20 make cor
rection. He says that, in the following clause,
the comma after the word line" should be
omitted and one placed after beyond" which
change will convey different meaning: "The
company to which the writer belonged (E, 18th
n. passed over and between the two guns
before mentioned captured 30 prisoners, passed
on without halting through the cleared field
aud below the Craven House into the timber
beyond. the whole line keeping we'll abreast
after the routed foe"