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EDITOR NATIo

honey, captured more mules and horses 10 ride
on the marches and on which 10 carry KNAPP
sacks than the boys OF the Sixteenth. Another
thing, no man delighted more 90 see his men
enjoy tho good things OF the land than Gen. A.
J. Smith. For he often told US TO 60 for them.
As 10 the marching aud fighting we did W.
lay no claims 10 any Of IL. The Armies Of the
Cumberland aud Potomac did all that sort OF
thing, but we were sort Of hangers on. We
were near enough TO SEQ what was going on,
aud could feel sorry for the fellows who had 10
march and hght True, we saw most OF the
States Of Missouri, Arkansas, Tennessee, Mis-
sissppi, Louisiana, Alabama, and a little OF
Florida, and one time believe we were in Kan
sss My regiment (g3d Ind. about an aver
age. only made a record Of 9.7S2 miles, which
is no great thing. True we came pretty near
getting into danger. One time the company /
commanded go. Al lost % per cent OF their
number ia about 30 minutes. j, myself, got
my shin slightly skinned, j did. At TupelO we
buried zoo dead rebels Ia front Of our brigade.
and The Iohnnies kept the flies of OF Us while
we were doing the killing. As 10 Red River.
sorry 10 say many did not answer 10 r0ll-call
the next day, and good many others had to
go 10 the hospital on accOut OF being hurt; but
that wasn't much.
Then, at Nashville In December, '6i. It Is true
the First Division took II battle-hags aud 10
pieces Of artillery; but IL is no great things 10
90 luals n niue dangerous bOneAlmE1s bul you
know il is an easy thing. And il is true the
Tebs didn't want 10 give them up, aud they
were careless with their guns, too. But who
pretcnds 10 say that the Sixteenth Corps
amounted 10 muchl True, we had a good
many graves 90 dig after the battle, and great
many came home with empty coat-sleeves and
empty pants-leEs
Then, we went 10 New Orleans and round 10
Mobile. Eight days in front of Spanish Fort,
charging the fort over ground full Of tOrpedoes
and through lines Of cheval-de. lrise between
~ aud o'clock at night aud capturing the en-
tire command, while the Thirteenth Corps and
Gen. Granger were all asleep, wasn't much.
Then. Blakcly, aud the march from B!akely 10
Montgomery, distance Of $50 miles, was an-
other little affair.
These are only a few OF the jottings that show
that We sympaihized with the soldiers who
endured the hardships OF war. We don't claim
90 have boen the fighting, marching, charging
troops. We don't claim to have hOisted our flag
FIRST Oh the rebel Tamparts. True. my own com
pany lost 30 per cent during the war, but IL
was the other departments Of the army that
suffered
Now, BOYS, ify0u want tho best citrate in the
world aud a chance to grow up with the
country aud spend happy old age. come TO
Admission, Ala. Plenty oil room here for men Of
grit aud grcenbacks.
II this does not find its way into the waste
basket, we hope il will cause at least a slight
sensation under the left ribs Of many an old
comrade. Bully for the Sixteenth Corps S.
TINKER, Co. ID, 9jd Ind, Admission, Ala.
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kept almost constantly on scouting duty, and
Capt Alex. Fowler. who commanded us was
very fond of that particular service. Not in
frequently our company was sent out 10 miles
or more from camp and our experiences were
many and varied.
4 few weeks after the battle Of Bull Run we
happened TO be out on a scout about six miles
from our camp at Elkwater. Pickets were
stationed well 20 the front, while the company
went into bivOuac for tho night, aud the usual
precautions were taken against surprise. The
following morning We were lettering about
when a connection WAS observed at the out
posts. aud tue Sergeant OF the Guard soon ap-
peared with a flag Of truce and escort. Tie
flag was in charge w. II. +. Lee, then a Major
Of cavalry, aud the escort consisted of per-
haps 20 men. Maj. Lee brought a cOmmunica-
tiOn 10 Gen. Reynolds, which was promptly
forwarded to headquarters by our Captain
Pending its delivery aud return OF the mes
senger. Maj. Lee and his escort were placed in
my charge. and much interesting conversation
ensued. ! was particularly struck with the
neat gray uniforms worn by the visiting rebels.
aud the caTbines with which they were armed
Ii may be remembered that the first Indiana
troops sent out were uniformed in gray, and our
regiment much TO our dsgust) as SO uniform
cd. West Virginia mud and the wear and tear
of our scouting service had not improved our
appearance, and our ragged and faded uniforms
uniforms Of the rebels. i remember that Mai
Lee looked us over with anything but an ap-
proving glance, and / am sure thought we were
poor lot. Happening to sec my Enfield, his
eyes lighted up aud he seemed very much in
tercs,ed.
His stay with Us occupied perhaps two hours,
aud resulted i'm a mutual interchange OF news
For instance, he Informed mo that the rebels
were marching on Washington; that they were
about 10 attack and capture Baltimore; that the
battle OF Bull Run had settled the war; aud peace
would soon be declared, With the South as VIC
tors etc.
Onmy part informed him that we had % 900
men at Elkwater; that the whole command was
armed with Enfield rides like my own that
We expected to attack aud capture the rebel
force in front Of Us goTg soon, etc.
We were both romancing, and We both knew
IL. but IL served to pAss the time aud did no
particular harm. 1t was understood among
our officers that the nag Of truce was sent in
with proposition 10 exchange the Union pris.
oners taken at Bull liun for those captured at
Rich Mountain by McClellan's force; but as
our Government did not then recognize the
rebels as belligerents, the proposition was re-
jected. ] never saw Maj. Lee afterward, but
the memory of our unexpected aud interesting
meeting is pleasant 10 rccall.-EDwIs NIcAR,
Captain, 18th Ind, South Bend, Ind.
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Talks cheap but when it's backed up by a
pledge of the hard cash of financially respOn-
sible firm, or company, of world wide reputa-
ton for fair and honorable dealing it means
business
Now, there are scores Of sarsaparilas and
other blood purifiers, all cracked up to be the
best, purest, most peculiar and wonderful, but
bear in mind (for your own sake. there's only
one quaralieed blood purifier and remedy for
torpid liver and all diseases that come from bad
blood.
That outstanding solitary and alOne-s0ld
on trial. is
Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery.
If il doesn't do good ia skin seal D and scrofu-
lous diseases-aud pulmonary consumption Is
only lung -scrofuia-just let its makers know
and get your money back.
Talks cheap, but to back a poor medicine,
or a common one, by selling it on trial, as
" Golden Medical Discovery" is sold, would
bankrupt the largest fortune.
Talks cheap, but only Discovery is guar
GHtsed.
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by the SGiL IN. One OF the companies Of this
regiment had q dapper and exceedingly lussy
little man for Captain aud a very phlegmatic
First Lieutenant Between this Captain aud
Lieutenant deadly enmity existed. No COM
municatiOns would pass between them except
such as were strictly official
The Lieutenant would not mess with the
Captain, but boarded with the Sutler The
Sutcr bad pitched his camp just outside the
a0atis that surrounded the fort, where the
Lieutenant boarded and lodged. The fort
guards were stationed upon their beats Just
within the ahatis.
One day this Captain was Officer Of the Day,
and whether with intent to have his phleg-
matte Lieutenant Weakened Up or not ] cannot
say, but he instructed the guard II any officer
passed the guard without saluting to shoot him
on the spot. That morning the Lieutenant
was slowly proceeding, with his head down,
from his lodgings 70 visit his company, and
passed by the guard without saluting him.
Halt!" said the guard.
The Lieutenant looked up, IN seeming sur
prise and seeing the command was addressed
TO him, said:
/" Well, what do you want?"
The guard answered:
The Officer Of the Day has given The guard
orders TO shoot any officer who passes without
saluting."
Who is your Officer Of the Day a." inquired
the Lieutenant
Capt. IL" replied the guard.
The Lieutenant, deliberately pulling his coat
open aud barring his breast, said
Now, you have your orders, by -, shoot
me-"
The guard quietly turned upon his heel and
resumed his beat J. who was Just then ap-
preaching. and had seen aud heard it all, said I:
Why, Lieutenant, that was a very rash act Of
yours; not every soldier has as much good sense
as that fellow has. There arc many Of them,
under the circumstances, who would have
obeyed yours aud the Captains commands, and
you would now be a dead man."
We'll, ] wish be had said the Lieutenant;
then that - fool, Capt II, would be
court martialed aud punished for the crime.
and the service would be rid Of him.. A.
MCMORRIs Colorado Springs, Colo.
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SIZE Well Invested.

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These two great National home weeklies eau
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Partial HistOrs Of a Gallant Regiment that Suf.
fired Severe LOSSES.
EnTTnP NArrnNAr TrInr.n-r.

y regiment, the Isl
Mass. Cav, Bas organ.
lied IN September,
at Readyillc, Mass,
with Robert Williams
formerly Captain ia
the Regular cavalry
rs Colonel. j saw is
first service ia the cx.
petition against POGO,
taligo. Later on il
participated IN the bat.
tic OF James Island.
S. C., and ] will ventur,
10 say there was no bet.
Ter cavalry school In
the country than that
established aud act
arf1a- rrsr.f la go
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GEN. MILEs's CHARACTER.
Several Reasons Why lie was Not GUILTY OF the
Crime of Treason.
EDIToE NATIONAL, TrrpUSE:

T is indeed a very
pitiable sight TO see
surviving comrades at
tempting TO blacken
the record Of a deceased
brother. Its especially
so in this case, because
the only evidence yet
adduced is consistent
with perfect patriotism.
The fact is, it amounts
TO no more than mere
opinion, aud the facts
cited would not have q
feather weight with
an intelligent military
court TO influence it TO
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SIXTEENTH CORPS.
Some OF the Things Smiths Guerrillas Did and
Did Not Accomplish.
EDTToR NATIONAL TRIRrNE:

IL are not all dead. ]
am truly glad Comrade
Dodd, of the 9th Mimi,
calls for some word from
+" Smiths Guerrillas " las
we were called by Gen.
Canbyl. j am happy to
say from my delightful
home in the plucky city
of Admission, in the sunny
State of Alabama, that |
had the honor 10 be one
OF the famous foragers.
Whatever else We can
or cannot boast / will
venture the assertion
that no other corps ate
more chickens aud hams.
ugf mora NunHal- un1
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i klBDhE
EElNG a statement of
Comrade Potter, S3d
Pa, in reply 10 Com
rade Higgins in your
issue Of Oct. % in rela-
ton 10 Gettysburg, /
wish 10 have my little
say. The c0mTade says
that on the night of
this day our regiment
fS3d Pa helped drag
the guns Of Battery ID,
9Th u. S. Art, 10 the
crest OF Round Top,
using ropes and muscle
only. for horses werc
unable 10 climb there.
] write entirely
from memory aud what
4 gsrHslI -. -. - - q.
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HAVE been very much
amused in reading Gen.
D0ubleday's Arm y
Anecdotes" How many
side splitting anecdotes
are stored away in the
memories Of our old vol
uuteer veterans! Would
ID not he interesting 20
have more OF them pub
lished in THE Ma
TIoNAL TRIBUNE? j
send you this one.
In the early part OF
year 1863 some three or
four regiments W eT c
sent cut 10 construct q
small fort near Brent
wood, on the little llar-
.pcth River, on the road
leading from Nashville
to Franklin, Tenn.
When the fort was COM
Melted II was parrisoped
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ii T. recent death OF
Gen. w. II. +. Lee
brings 10 my mind an
experience / once had
with that distinguished
Confederate officer. In
the Summer OF 1861,
my regiment, the 18th
Ind, was ON duty in
the Elk water Valley,
W. va, forming a part
OF the force commanded
by Brig. Gen. Jos. J.
Reynolds Go. Il. Of
which / was then First
Sergeant, being armed
with Enfield rifles. was
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TRIBUNE: WASHINGTON

Brigade First Division arrived Perhaps some
comrade Of the 10th or 10th y. Y can answer.
e. c. C., Battery ID, 9th u. S Art. and Bat
terry y, ith L. S. Art, Station c, Albany, y. Y.
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Naming a Fast Horse.

"a fast horse, is hep"
"Trots like a streak Of creased lightning"
"Well. that's fast enough. What do you
call him?"
"What Ma Says"
What Ma Says! That's o strange name.
Why do you call him that?"
Because what ma says goes"
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+. Thompson, % Webster Place, Brooklyn,
n. Y, wants 10 correspond with the leader Of
any lie and drum corps in the City Of Brook
Ign who IS willing to take into his corps a
young man 20 learn how to play. OF course he
prefers a Grand Army or Sons Of Veterans
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For Issue c

THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE has several letters
for Issac c. VIII he please send US his adj
dressf
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FIGHTING THEM OVER.
What0ur Veterans Have TO Say About
Their Old Campaigns
BATTLEoF SMOKERS FORD
THE Medical Oficer OF the Dismounted CAVALRY
Tells His Experience.


HAVE read with in
terest the article on the
battle0 SuickeT's Ford,
WA, which took place
on July is, 1864 written
by the able pen OF Serg't
J. Newton Terrill, Co.
X. l4ih N. j.; and also
the criticism Of William
ldmonds. Co. q, an w.
Va, which appeared Ia
your issue of Nov. IL,
who stated that he was
on the sl.irmish line"
nHa
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N.N "a ~ - III -
Third Brigade,
Second Cavalry Division,
June II. 1863.
Erected by the LIST Mass.
Cav Association 1901

On the sides Of tho monument are cut the
names OF the killed and wounded. This We
believe 10 be the only monument of n Northern
regiment on Southern soil.
have seen in your best of all papers the
per cent. Of killed in the charge of the Light
Brigade, but do not remember having seen to-
tai losses. Will You kindly furnish me full
particulars thereof Not. however, that / ex-
pect our casualty list will bear comparison
Herewith. In fact there is no comparison be-
tween a regiment that fought once, and rested
on its laurels and another that fought and
never rested until its laurels, with those OF
many other gallant commands, were woven into
a crown of victory for our whole ARMY. w.
BARTLETT, Sergeant Co. ii, LIST Mass Cav,
Springfield, Mass
According TO Col. Fox's Regimental
Losses" an acknowledged authority, the Light
Brigade took 673 officers and men into the
charge at Balaklava. They lost ll3 killed aud
l34 wounded, a total OF 2i7. 36.7 per cent
Col. Fox, in foot-note says these figures are
taken from KinElakes history.-EDTToR Ma
TIoNAL tribune.
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Ign who - willing 10 take into his corps a
young man 10 learn how to play. OF course he
prefers a Grand Army or Sons Of Veterans
corps.
They Would Treat Him Well.
Harry Caldwell, I1th Ind. battery, Garrett,
Ind, says in reply TO a statement made in the
issue Of Nov %, that If Gen. Charles VI. Field
wants TO make display Of the rebel Aag-the
dirty rag that caused so many Of our boys 10
be left on Southern battlefclds-Iet him come
TO Garrett, and both be and the foul rag will
soon be in hotter place than the tropics, as
there are n few Of the old boys left around there
who could dish him up powder and ball in suffi-
cient quantities 10 make it rather unpleasant.
In the Willard State Hospital
Robert n. Davis, Sergeant, Co. +, 7ith Y. z,
Willard State Hospital Seneca Lake, Y. Y, SAYS
that the superintendent Of that institution
is a friend Of the old soldier. and does away
with every abuse he finds. The former SUI
perintendeHt permitted tho assistant stewards
to build creameries, and in this way the milk
belonging TO the Old soldiers furnished leo
cream for the tables Of these stewards. This
abuse. however, is allowed to continue. VI. J..
Gilbert the chief steward, is a thorough Ameri-
can, and has furnished food and clothing for
2, 100 to the entire satisfaction Of all. His as
sistant who oversees the farm, is a foreigner,
and lacks that far-seeing system found in
American farmers. Inc Olu soldiers are nicely
treated. The floors Of their quarters glisten
like mirrors, and their beds have the appear
anCe Of unsOiled snow, with spreads Of Hamp-
ton pattern. Each man takes a bath every
week, and the attendants, with few exceptions,
are kind 10 the patients.
At the Soldiers Homes.
Veteran, National Home, Milwaukee Wis.
says the suggestion made by the Secretary OF
War that some supervision Of the Board OF
Managers Of the National Home would be
proper, will be approved by every veteran who
is familiar with the internal affairs Of those in
situations. Our National Homes, notwithstand-
ing their magnitude and Importance, are neg
lected by the press and the people know very
little about them. The following clause ia in
serted in the instructions sent to soldiers who
desire to enter the Home at Milwaukee: BY
tho law establishing the Home the men,
bers are made subject TO the Rules and Articles
Of War, and will be governed thereby in the
same manner az IL in the Army Of the United
States While this is not strictly true yet the
existence Of such law creates a vague feeling
OF apprehension. and restraints many who have
valid cause Of complaint Members Of the
Homes need no such rules or articles. The
effect is unfayorable and enables petty officials
TO show their authority very unpleasantly
sometimes for tho members under their con-
troll.
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GETTYSBURG.

The Troops that Assisted BATTERY %, 5ih Art, up
Little Round Top.
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GEN. w. H. F. LEE,

A "Reminiscences or Scouting In the ElkHater
Valley.
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ton, Oct. 2s, our Committee on Aide Memorial
reported i'm substance as follows
On a patch Of ground 10 feet square, which
has been decided TO the LIST Mass. Cav. Asso-
citation by Mr.. Farr (son Of the one above
referred to) there has been erected monu-
ment Of Quincy granite, seven feet high by IL
inches thick. and about two and half feet
wide. On the face next the road, near which
il rests, is carved horses head, bridled, and
the regimental badge (which consists Of cross
sabers, horseshoe and sun BURST in half relief.
I'm this, a reproduction Of the ono az Gettys-
burg. Under this is the following inscription:
LIST Mass Cavalry,
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EDITOR NATIONAL tribune:
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WANTED TO GET EVEN.
An Officer who was willing to Die TO Have His
Superior Punished.

EDIT0R NATIoNAL IEIHUNE:
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o. B. Mcknight, Captain, Co. ], 9th Pa Cav,
Merchant Plains Pa. takes the liberty of as.
serting that he was in front Of Raleigh, April
b. 1865 when the last shot was fred by a
battery at Joe JOhnstOn's retreating rebels
The battery was attached to the 9th Pa. Cav.
This happened few days after the affair at
Fort Blakely.
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EDITOR NATIONAL Tribune:
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Is sure mo- Opened the EatlIc.

Willis Scott, Co. L. SD Pa, Mill Village, Pa,
having seen the controversy as to what troops
opened the battle Of the Wilderness, says that
Bartlett's Brigade. Grithn's Division, of the
Fifth Corps were, in his opinion. the first en-
gagged. On May .. 1864, they advanced from
HObson's farm, about 30 rods beyond the Plank
road, and when the advance regiment of the
brigade reached the foot OF the hill four or i've
shots were fired. Gen. Griffin was with Gen.
Bartlett at this time, and the rebs opened i'm
mediately with two pieces of artillery. The
brigade was ordered 10 retire, which il did with
out loss. About $50 q. III. Gen. Bartlett was
ordered to advance to the left OF the pike
through the slaShing into the timber.
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Wants n Wife.

A eomrade who served three years in the war
would like to correspond with some soldiers
daughter or widow between the ages of 80 and
40 with view to matrimony. He can give the
right sort of n person good home. Address
Box -, Bueklin Kan
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possessions consisted of a small house
and about an acre of ground in Sheldon,
but the long period of i'll health of our
parents, together with the funeral ex-
penses, had put a three hundred dollar
mortgage on the property, so we could
hardly say the roof that covered us was
our own.
Mollie was but sixteen; / was four
years her senior. Being well educated,
succeeded in getting the public school
in our town, and though the pay was
small we managed to live on it. Mollie
I was determined should keep at her
studies for year or two more. Some
how we couldn't save cent to pay on
that mortgage, and it kept growing
larger all the while. One day John
Easton, the man who held it, came over.
had just returned from school. He
said:
miss Anice, 1 thought I'd call and
tell you / can't carry that mortgage
any longer. Ineed the money. 1t was
due last fall, but thought I'd let it run
as long as I could, but l must have the
money the 1st of October or / shall
have to foreclose, which should might
lily hate to do. Times have been so hard
with me the last year or two that /
must have it. The interest added to
the mortgage will swell the amount to
1920 October l."
Now, / couldn't see for the life of me
how we were ever going to pay that
money. 1t seemed that we must lose
our home, and that night 1 told Mollie
all about it.
"Well, Anice, said she, IN have to
quit school and go to work"
Eyes" said 1, ''but what work could
you get by which we could save money
enough to pay that mortgage by Oc-
tober L? / can't see any object in your
stopping your studies. Well have to
let the old home go, if go it must. Per-
haps we can rent it of the party who
buys it."
OF course we had crying spell over
the prospect before us. We had been
born under that roof, and il seemed
sad indeed to have it pass into other
hands. The next evening when l came
home from school found letterthere
that Mollie had brought from the office
1t was from Aunt Clara in Nashville
She was the only relative we had on
on earth, to my knowledge. She was
my fathers old maid sister, and had
lived in Nashville all her life. Now she
was an old, old woman. She had visit
ed us once or twice while father was
alive. The letter read:
DEAR NIECE: / am dying. Come at once
and bring Mollie. CLARA EVANS"
l managed to scrape money enough
together to pay our way to Nashville.
We found Aunt Clara in a humble cot
tage near the depot. She was evidently
near deaths door. Poor old soul! She
had been for years an invalid, it seemed,
and all the money she had laid by in
her youth her later years had found use
for. She lived alone in the cottage