The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1892-01-28
PICKET SHOTS.
From Alert Comrades All Along the
Line.


suggestion Of my friend, Col. j. W. Hershey,
that ! take the liberty 20 apply 20 you in
very difficult matter. Dane by the name Of
Nels Hansen SOrensen served in the U. ).
Army from 1860 10 late in 1854. He died Of
consumption in March, I~67, in a hospital at
Saudusky. o., leaving a widow in Denmark.
This widow wishes To apply for 4 pension, but
does not know anything about the regiment
or division in which deceased served in fact.
knows only what ] have stated above. My
question now is, is there possibility OF finding
the regiment ia which deceased served and
II So how should | proceed ?" Any reader Of
IHE NATIONAL TEiRUSE viii greatly OblIge
Us by giving the information desired to the
Danish Consul
John Wheeler. Co. I, old 18th Mich. Flush
ing Mich, wishes TO know IL q comrgde Of his
regiment, whose name he has forgotten, but
who was wounded in the ankle and taken
prisoner at Gaines Mill, Va. June y, 1862
taken to Libby Prison. paroled aud sent 20
| Conyalesceut Camp, Va, and afterward went
back to the regiment, is sill living Tho
writer lost his Fifth Corps badge at the Detroit
Lncampment. 10 had his name and regiment
engraved on il. lie would like 10 regain posses
sion Of il.
ID. }. Riley sabbatis, Ne. wants 70 learn the
address OF the Secretary Of the Manned Sol
dicrs League. The NATIONAL TRIBUNE also
would like 10 have the same address.
Henry HuntersOn. Co. g. -5th Pa, 1909 III
street y. W., Washington, ID. g.. would like to
know IT there is any other person by the name
hunterson IN the United States. If, so would
be pleased 10 hear from them.
Lost aud Found.
Everett Sanborn Go. +, 18th " H. Cheny.
Wash. lost his discharge somewhere in Jewell
County. Kan, aud would be very glad to re-
cover IT,.
L. G.. Lambert. Commander Of G. Van Houten
Gzf 4 h-pF If1.ba of
K. W. Alison, Acting Ensign, U. 5. Navy, who
was discharged Nov. 30, 1865. Alison served on
ship Niucennes up TO 1860, when be re-enlisted.
Death OF Col. Hull.
William Robertson, First Lieutenant. %
Ohio Cav, Kansas City, Mo, wants to make a
correction in regard to the death of Col. Hull,
Of the 81 y. Y. Cav. He writes: Col. Hull
was killed near Winchester on the Berryviile
Turnpike. about sunrise Sept. 10. 1864, and not
at Cedar Creek. as stated in your issue Of Dee.
81 last. Ny regiment, I'd Ohio Cav, was the
advance regiment Of the Third Division, and
Col Hull was iH orr immediate front in com
mand Of "a small advance guard, and was killed
while engaged in driving in the rebel pickets.
/ saw him killed.
Why Don't They Write.
G.. l.. Camp. Go. G. 92d Ohio. Seattle, Wash
has faithfully examined THE NATIOyAL TRIB-
UNE for long time TO find something from his
| regiment. lie calls OI his comrades % tell Of
their experiences. lie wants TO let them know
that he Is alive, and getting s. month peu-
sion. "you bet"
Oren Monger. Rose Hill. Iowa. wants the
boys Of the 9Oth III. 70 speak up through these
columns. 10 is a shame that they should have
kept silent 50 long
John A. Jennings, Eudell. Neb., does not see
why some members Of the 2Sth Iowa who can
write well do not tell Of the experiences Of the
regiment in certain episodes Of the war.
w. j. Odell, lildalgO Tex, says: "Why don't
some OF the 18th y. Y. Cav write to your pa
per? do not see anything, and would like to
have my old regiment represented in the best
! soldier paper in the country"
What Oar Friends Think.
Hugh X. Perry, Wyoming o., thinks that
IHE NATIONAL TRIBUNE ought 20 be read by
even more soldiers than il -. He has proved a
good friend TO us by making strenuous en-
deayors 10 carry out that opinion. lie served
IN the 32d KY, aud belongs TO Phil H. Sheri-
dan Post 100, Department Of Kentucky.
DR.. W. Stanfed Eagle Point Ore, writes
u admire the knocks you give the soldier
! haters. Give them-well, shot and she'll until
they feel as they did 30 years ago like pack
ing their gripsacks and starting for Canada"
Quiie Sare OF 1t.
George Bethert, Go. X. 18th Ill., Marion, Ind
writes: " am positive that after the battle Of
Chickamauga aud the occupation of Chat
tan0Oga in the Winter Of '63I6l the brigade
served in-Seeond, First Division, Fourteenth
Corps consisted ofthe 10Th ILL.,, 69th Ohio, IIth
Mich and battalions Of 18th, 10th, 18th and 10Th
Regulars. i was one of Is men picked out Of
the three volunteer regiments for headquarter
guards Of Gen. King, commanding the brigade
War Songs Wanted.
r. VI. Woolworth, Dayton, Ore, wants the
song, Battle Of Gettysburg, which begins, Upon
the field Of Gettysburg the Summer sun was
high y; also the song, The Dying Soldier Of
Autietam,' which begins a brave young
| Northern soldier now on the battlefield lay
| low"
Too Valuable TO Destroy.
James Penn Box 81, Florence, N. j., saws:
al have copies Of THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE
1.-THE soldiers chsmpion) from No. 20 10 5fl, in-
elusive, except No 50, which was lost in the
mail, think. They are too valuable to de-
| stroy. and as / am eramped for room, / would
| like 10 let the first GAR. Post or S. OF v.
Camp that hear from have them, if they be
willing to pay the freight
Just Proposition.
Warren c. Hursh, Co. c. LIST ~ j. Cav, Law
| ton, y j., having seen n proposition made in a
recent issue 10 abolish all pensions Of 81 a
month. says that he IS one Of the 50 men. and
if the Pension Bureau will put his hip in as
good condition as 10 was before il received a
rite-blll twhere IL still remaiusl at Harrison
burg, in 1862 and will fix up his general health
he will ehceriully return his pension certificate
with thanks. He has done a vast amount Of
writing for pensioners in his capaeitya as Notary
| Public, aud finds that veterans who have served
| their full three years and who are wrecks
| physically and financially, who will eventually
| have To DO cared for at almshouses. are drawing
| the small pension Of from 81 20 So month The
majority Of pensioners for whom the writer
executes vouchers draw but 81, or 49, cents
day, while many who served in six and nine
months regiments, and in some cases never
| fired a shot at a rebel, are drawing from So TO
| $40 month under the new law. Many who
were pensiOned years ago have applied for re-
. rating, but the writer fails to hear of any re-
| ceiving his increase. He would like 10 have
| this explained, for he knows of his own knowI.
| edge that these veterans are most deserving
| lie would like to see something from members
Of Gregg's Cavalry Division, of which he was
member.
Painting OF Stewards Battery.
Charles T. Straight, Battery B, Ist R.I.L.A..
Pawtueket, X. l.. says that an oil painting rep
| resenting the charge Of SteWaIt's Battery OBJ.
4th U. $. Art, beyond the pieket-line TO within
| 1900 feet Of the rebel battery, at Bethesda
| Church, Va, June 2, 1864, is on exhibition i'm
the show window OF the Boston and Providence
Clothing House.
Where he Knew Crisp.
Charles Sim, LeOti, Kan, says that while
serving in the u. ;. infantry at Fort Delaware
from April TO July 81, 1868 / had the honor 10
guard the present Speaker of the Hopse of