The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1891-05-07
Puck
Personal.

BI4uEtOD, W. Va tumrHle Alien born AT
NcweasGe-oa-Tyue, England, enlisted in the Brit /
ish Army 10 1910. and was among those who wit
messed tie burial Of sis John Moore in spain. He
served under Wellington, and was a courier at the
battle o. Waterloo, carrying dispatches over that
celebrated battlefield lie shook hands with Ma
poleon l. after his capture, and WAS among those
who heard the great soldier say, Give me Brit
i5A soldiers and French officers and viii conquer
the world" Comrtde Allen caue 10 the United
Stues in 1926. lie enlisted n lsG1 iH ths 81 ". Nn.,
az tie age OIL was returned from the front on ac-
count Of hrs ucc. nut finally put down as being
but 45. by the Medical Examiner, and returned to
the Geld, where he did good service. He reads
without spectaCies, and - thoroughly posted on
tao events of The day His hearing - perfect, and
10 looks 20 be about 60 years old. His grandfather
lived TO the age Of 49, md The last be heard Of his
father, 20 years ago. be was alive and well, aged
40. His mother died 10 Co. The aged comrade il
a miner b. occupation aud las followed that call
ing ia many parts Of the world.
Mrs Rose Conkiu We Of Lieut. John ConI,lln,
jr., 2d Art, died at Fort Lengeuworth Kan, on
sunday. April &c. hrs. Couzln was a daughter o.
the late Gen. W. H. French, and q sister Of Ensign
George r. French, q. ). Navy, who is in charge Of
the photographic Office ia Baltimore.
Senator John sherman, Gen. Charles n. Gros-
venor and Maj. William Mckinley were among
the toast re5poudcrs Ut tae auauaI dinner Of the
Ohio Commandery OF the LOYAL Legion, which was
given &C Cincinnati Wednesday May g.
Ml=s T. Pearl Piuckard Of Monticello. H. Is
achieving National reputation as one Of the best
singers that has ever charmed amy audience. She
was born Nov. 81, 1870 al Springfield H., and is
the only daughter Of Mr. aud Mrs. George r.
Iiuckard, Of Monticello, ID. She has sung Ia
concerts and entertainments ever since she was
four years old. She 40 cgplvaied the old veterans
Of the Illinois Society Of FIX Prisoners Of War,
that they unanimously adopted her as the daughter
Of the association. At the meeting OF the as7oCia-
ton at Clinton, H., Ga October, 1890, Gen. @. w.
Pavey PRECEDENT Of tie AssOciatiou, in behalf OF
the Association, presented her with beautiful
Relief Corps badge, beautifully engraved with her
name tie bar and the words Presented to
Miss L. Pearl Pinckard by the Union Prisoners Of
War Of Illinois," AT the meeting Of the Ohio Vet
Association Of Illinois al Bloomington, where
sine sang for the veterans she adopted by them
as the daughter Of the Association. She has sung
at the State Euclmpment Of the GA. r. at Spring
field and Quincy, and was highly eomplimeuted
by Gen. VIM. Warner and Gen. Russell A. Alger
and all the GA comrades OF che Department Of
Illinois. She has been studying music in Chicago
FOR the last two years and - still there She sang
q: the Silver Anniversary Of the GAR. at Decatur
al Powers's Grand Opera House and the Grand
Pavilion, recently, and WINS highly complimentsd
/ BY Commander iu- ChiefW G. Veazey, Commander
". l.. Bs,iH, and the vast audience present Hon.
owen Scott. Congressman from the Ilth Illinois
District has secured Miss PiucSard to sing ut tho
First Baptist Church at Bloomington III. She is
the great favOrte with the Old veterans every
where, and we have doubt that there is a bright
future before this sweet singer Of Illinois. Her
father prisoner OF war and member Of the
/ Iith III.
/ Comrade John G. Tucker has been appointed and
I commissioned "A United States Commissioner or The
/ Z. S. Circuit Court Eastern District Of Virginia,
and has entered upon the duties Of bis Office at-the
4 Hampton Soldiers Home. lie is authorized to
administer oaths and execute pension and other
/ claims against the Government, which will prove
\ a great benefit 10 the veterans OF the Home
/ short time before Gov. Mckinney issued a COM
mission as Notary Public 70 Comrads Tucker, but
revoked it because Of pressure brought TO bear by
the County Clerk and other soIdier-hating rebels
in the ueighborhood Of the Home; but Col. Wood
\ fn. C0mmaudant Of the Home, used his influence
/ % have him appointed Commissioner, which is a
much better Office than that Of Notary. Great
praise is due Judge Hughes Judge OF the Circuit
| Court for the appointment Of Comrade Tucker,
and the old soldiers hail with delight the fact that
they can have their papers executed at the
/ Home without trouble and are no longer subjected
to the delay to which they had to submit hereto
fore, when the County Clerk came to the Home
whenever it suited his purpose he caring little TO
accommodate the veterans.
The Comts Of Paris has sent a photograph Of
himself in n handsome frame, bearing the coat-of-
arms Of the Orleans family, to Judge Wills, Of Get
tysburg, PA.
One OF Gen. Hartranft's old war horses, Katie
aged "A years, is now owned by Styles Huber a
resident of Gwyuedd, Pa
Capt Jack Haynes. who 10 a veteran Of three
wars, and is now lob years Of age. was recently
made a member of Frank p. Blair Post of ST.
Louis Mo-, and is probably the oldest Grand Army
man in the United States. lie was in the Of 1872
and the Mexican war. and during the war of the
rebellion, when over 70 years old, the engi-
neer Of a gunboat in the Mississippi River squad
ron.
The historical old log cabin in St. Louis County
Mo, which the late General and President u 5.
Grant erected with his hands, and with logs
cut and hewn by himself. Is 20 be removed from
its present site and shipped to Chicago, where it
will be regretted for exhibition at the Worlds
Fair. The cabin stands on an s0acre tract of land,
about 10 miles southwest of St. Louis and five miles
west Of jefferson Barracks.
The retirement Of Gen. John Gibbon is passed
by with the bare announcement, while his sue
cessor's prowess Is set forth at length, which lac
richly deserves. But Gen. Gbbon also has a war
record of which any might well be proud, for
he won his place in the Army by hard knocks, and
was one Of the sturdiest soldiers Pennsylvania
| sent 10 the war. He was born near HOlmesburg
Pa in 1877; fought with Scott IN Mexico, and won
all his AFTER advancement in battle. He at
| Autetan Fredericksburg. Gettysburg. the VIII
derness, Spottsylvania Petersburg, and In the
| round No at AppOmattox. Since the war he has
dome his share of Indian fighting, and no man in
| the Army il better entitled TO the rest and ease
which retirement will bring.
| C,o,rade William Simmons Of PhilaiIcIphia
| Commander of the National Association OF Naval
Veterans, recently delivered alecture in Baltimore
| mon the operations Of our Navy during the late
war the occasion being the anniversary of tho
| massage of the forts at the mouth Of the Missis-
sippl River by Farragut.
Col. VIM. f. Cody. Buffalo Bill" is at stras-
burg. Germany, exhibiting &c bucks and two
| sauaws which have just arrived Antwerp as
his personal captives IN the recent Indian war. Bill
claims 10 have saved several OF these Indians from
I the gnIlows by his intercession. The gueless
William amuses himself by telling wonderful tales
| of adventure and incident which are swallowed as
! Gospel truth by the Germans, who now view an
good soldier during the war. and has been one of
the best scouts and Indian lighters since but he has
| a gorgeous Imagination, which he gives play 10 at
| tiues hence these wonderful romanees
Miss Elizabeth Sherman, daughter OF the late
Gen Sherman will probably spend the Summer
with her sister, Mrs. Alexander NJ. Thaokara, at
Rosemont, Montgomery Co., Pa, who she is now