The National tribune., 1892-11-17


than from 500 to 1000 applications were made.
Among these applicants were many deserving
men. whose experience In army life would have
made them more valuable guards than the young
men who have been given positions. Consequently
the old veterans are making vigorous kick
Col Charles NJ. Belts, OF Philadelphia. formerly
Commander of the 18th Pa. Cav, has received
from the War Department medal of honor"
for special act of bravery In capturing the Sd s. C.
Cav near greensboro, y. G., In the early part OF
1865 The 18th scouting in the neighborhood
of greensboro. Col. Belts had been left with less
than 100 men. During the night of April 9, 1865.
while accommodating q colored man reported that
he the servant of Col Johnson. of the Sd 5. @.
Cav, and that the regiment was encamped only
a short distance away. 1t was within couple OF
hours of daylight, and Col Belts knew that 1t
would not be very long before the rebels were
appraised of his presence and would be down on
bis little force. In this emergency he gave prompt
orders to make the attack. And so successful was
1t that the greater part of the enemy captured
Those that escaped did so because Of the scarcity
Of our men TO prevent it-one man having two,
three, and in some instances four prisoners to look
after. This discrepancy was so apparent that at
point Of the road which enabled Col. Belts and the
rebel Colonel, who were riding together. TO see
the whole column, the latter inquired: why,
Colonel. where are your menu" and added, III
had known this it would not have happened"
Gen. B. F. Butler in a letter to 3. A. Osgood, Of
Wakefield. Mass, says that he will do anything In
his power to straighten out the affairs OF the
Georgia Alabama Investment Co.. of which he was
the first President. He thinks enough can be
realized to reimburse the shareholders.
Stanton P. Allen, the author of the new war
book. Down In Dixie" just issued by d. Lothrop
m IN In q QUi
the war, after that newspaper man, and has now
entered the ministry, and is doing missionary work
in a secluded corner of the Adirondacks
Gen. Lew Wallace is taking a great interest In
the Latin American Republic Series, published by
Charles H. Seigel & Co., of Chicago. He will
probably write the volume on Mexico after his
present literary engagements are fulfilled
Gen. Samuel Wylie Crawford. of Pennsyl-
vanin whose death reported last week,
commanded the Reserve Division of the Keystone
State at the time of the engagement at Gettysburg
As a matter Of sentiment. he Purchased the ground
which his troops held some time afterward. He
entered the Regular Army before the war as a
Surgeon, and was Mt Fort Sumter when that work
was fired upon in 1861.
Gen. W. g. Rosecrans has been selected by the
editor of the arena as one of the jurors In the
Bacon Shakspere case now being tried In that
magazine.
curious relic of the late Is In the possession
of Capt. VIM. Ha1on, of CO. r. 125th n. Y. 1t was
presented to him by Capt. Henry Clum. who COM
manded Co. Z of the same regiment. Capt Clum
is resident of the Tenth Ward of Buffalo, n. Y,
and is sufferer from rheumatism, the result of ex
posure and privations in the field and in rebel
prisons, while he was serving his country. The
relic is simply cane made from broomeorn, on
which carved in an artistic manner with a
penknife the names of the battles the 125th N. Y.
were engaged In. The names include the battles
Of Gettysburg Mine Run, Auburn Ford, Totopot-
omoy, Harper's Ferry, North Anna, Morton's Ford,
the Wilderness, Cold Harbor. Deep Bottom. Boyd
ton plank road the front Of Petersburg Strawberry
Plains Ream's Station, Jerusalem plank road,
Switzerland Station, Robertson's Tavern. Brstoe
Station. Pc River. Spot!sylvana, Farmville, and
Appomattox. The names. with the exception OF
Appomattox. were cut on the cane by Capt. Clum
while he was in Southern prison during the war.
The record Is one to be proud of, and the relic In
the possession of Capt. Halon will be looked upon
with great interest when the last old veteran has
answered the final roll call.
Kiliaen Van Rensselaer,, the defeated Republican
candidate for Alderman in the Twentythrd As
sembly District of New York City, is a veteran of
the civil war; a member of the Grand Army Of the
Republic the Military Order of the Loyal Legion,
and the Holland and ST. Nicholas Societies. He is
also President of the Grand Army Mission in Canal
street. which has secured the payment of $40 600 to
the soldier and sailor pensioners in the last six
months without a cent of cost. He was prepared
for Yale College when the civil war began, and
then enlisted as q soldier He aferward COM
manded Cos. and of the 39th n. Y. and served
under Grant and Hancock, taking part In Ia bat
ties from that of the Wilderness to the surrender
of Lee.
Gen. Armstrong. Of the Hampton Institute, Vir-
ginia, although much improved In health. still
gives some evidence of his paralytic shock of a
year or two ago. There was a talk about subjects
in which he is interested at meeting of the Mas
sachusetts Indian Association held la Boston last
week, and the General was present.
Jarvis Post, GAR, of Springfield. Vt. has
secured Gen. Veazey, OF the Interstate Commerce
Commission, speaker for next Memorial Day.
Gen. Veazey was formerly resident of that town
and enlisted there for the war.
Gen. Benjamin r. Butler reached his 74th birth.
day anniversary on Saturday, Nov. 5. HE comes
to his law Office in Ashburton Place every day.
says the Boston Transcript. with all the regu-
larity of a young practitioner at the bar"
Gen. Sherman's old home on Garrison avenue In
St. Louis was sold at auction on Friday, Nov ii,
and WAS purchased by F. A. Drew, the plate
glass manufacturer, for $4,000. It is handsome
old mansion, locally historic, and was presented to
the General by his friends and admirers In 1865 In
recognition of his brilliant services throughout the
rebellion. Tie purchase price was $4,000, and the
sum was raised very quickly at an impromptu
meeting of citizens at the Planters House even
ing just after the peace Of Appomattox.
And now comes Philadelphia man and shows
a carriage which he says Gen. Washington owned.
Do these good people want to make IL out that the
Father of his country kept livery stable?
The venerable ex Senator Jones OF Iowa. paid a
visit week before last TO the field which Graves
and Cilley fought their duel nearly s. years ago.
Mr.. Jones, who is now So years DID, was CiIley's
gress last Winter. having served In the Black
Hawk war and war of 1872.
soldiers wife, OF Horne'lsville Y, pay
this tribute to the soldier: 1T Is brave for ones
country TO die; 10 leave wife, home children to
kiss baby sweetheart, and off to the wars offer
ing up life for the homeland. The poet sings:
You fash your lives out with your guns,
And take your heaven at once;
becoming immortal in the annals Of the household
the town, and the country. But all who volun-
teered service for the cause of freedom and the
perpetuity of the Nation did not meet the quick
death that brings with 1t the glory and renown OF
being slain In battle, and that In dying makes the
soul forgetful OF the last enemy, which Is death.
On the contrary, many returned from the wars
Scared worn with the strife and prematureiy old.
They found the chances for distinction. for wealth.
for power IN the of life open to all before