The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1892-03-17
PICKET SHOTS.
From Alert Comrades All Along the
Lima
False History.

the BacKW0odS Liar, makes me believe tnat
| he must have studied Anderson's History, the
same one that is taught in some of the public
schools of Pennsylvania and especially in
| Everett. This history tells the children that
| the National Government enlisted 100000
men during the war; that the 'Confederates
it is said, could only enlist about 100000 men,.
Now, what the veterans want is a truthful his
tory for their children to study in the public
schools, and hope all will make an effort to
do away with suaa trash from the schools. It
is duty School Directors owe TO the children
to examine well history before placing it in
the schools. The title of this history is An
derson's Junior-Class History of the United
States by John ]. Anderson, Phi. ID. A PHI. ID.
should be ashamed Of it as history, There
are other school histories almost as bad. After
a child has studied them, it is question which
he would pronounce the patriot, Lincoln or
JEFF Davis"
Homes for Settlers.
Fl. McCleary. Co. q, 18th Ohio, Elmira,
Kan, wants Virginia comrades to write him
in regard to the desrability Of their regions
for settlement. about the climate and the pro-
auctions of the soil.
Another Youngest.
Edwin Phillips, 3 Academy street, Janesville,
Wis, belonged to the 10th Wis, in which he en-
listed rs private when Is years old. He was
discharged in September, 1865.
Not at all Ashamed.
J. II. Mccormick, Rays, Ohio writes: az
noticed letter from John $. Green, 10th ILL.,,
asking if all the members of the 10th were
dead. or ashamed to say anything for their old
regiment. l don't know how the boys are with
the pen, but they were not afraid to meet the
rebs, rs their record will show, from the time
they received their baptismal fire at Shiloh IN
til their final muster out in July, 1865. The
old 10th left their dead and wounded on the
I,XSI ca IL
burg, Jackson. Mission Ridge and almost every
fight from there to Atlanta, especially Kenesaw
Mountain, where the brave Col. Barniiili fell.
Boys, do you remember Gen. Sherman compli
menting our regiment at Shiloh for holding
the rebs when our ammunition was all gomez"
VIM. S. Latham. Corporal Co. E, S7th ILL.,.
Clity, KY. formerly of McLeansboro, H.. has
been a constant reader of The NATIONAL
TRIBUNE for four years. and has failed to see
anything from his old regiment. He says:
"Wake'up, comrades, and come to the 'front.' If
you are not all dead. don't think that you
have any reason to be ashamed of your SER
vice, for / think our old regiment did as good
service as any that went from the West"
Matthias Helman, Co. B. 18th Mimi, Sank
Center Mimi, asks what is the reason the 1st
MINI. and the Cd Mimi battery are not men,
toned in these columns. He wants the boys
to speak up.
Remembers the Beans.
Elias g. Webber, Lisbon Falls, Me-, writes:
saw in the issue of Feb. o. a poem, The
Lost Beans Now l know something about
those BEANS for WAS cook in Co. Z, Goth Me-,
when they were stolen. remember Comrade
J. E. Cutter, also Pat Collins, who dug that
bean hole. Why don't we hear more from the
29th Me. boys? | served from beginning to
end. / enlisted in the LIST Me-, afterwards in
the 10th, and then in the 10Th. / was in Co.
K every time, and was cook in both of the last.
] would like to hear from some of my COM
rades."
yerifes Their Statements
Theodore A. PlimptoD, Secretary 18th Mass.
Battery Association, Boston. Mass, wishes to
verify the statement of Comrades A. s. Peare,
Co. d. 32d Me-, and Cogswell, of 18th N. II.
The Second Brigade. Second Division, Ninth
Corps consisted of the 31st and 32d Me-; 9th,
9th and 18th N. r., 18th VT, seth Mass, 18th
and 186th n. Y. and Cd Md with the 18th N.
z. battery. Capt. Rogers, and 18th Mass. bat
ltsry, Capt. e. J. Jones, of Boston. Capt. Rog-
the Western frontier. The I'd Me. was in the
First Division. The seth N. ]. he does not 70.
member being with the brigade unless for tenn
porary support.
For A. M0nIer's Eye.
Philip Bauer and Frederick Schotts, both Of
Co q, Goth H., reply to A. Monier, Lansing,
Kan, who asked in the issue of Feb. IL, if John
P. Gamble was soldier. thus "Was he SOL
der We cay, No. We were personally ac-
qnainted with John P. Gamble in 1860. He
lived in Kankakee at that time and until 1861
and never was a soldier. He is not worthy to
belong to the GAR, and by all means do not
allow him to become 4 member. Our company
was raised in Kanl:akee city, where this man
Gamble claims to have raised his companies.
He is an impDstor."
Surely Mistake.
James s. Whitman, 111th H., Whitman.
Kan, writes: Under the head Of "A Good
Suggestion eoInrade of Harper City, Kan,
had something to say in reference to the OPEN
ing and settlement of the Cherokee Strip.
think he is mistaken. There is some danger
of the cowboys rushing in and taking land in
the interest of the cattlemen. but for land
owners here in Kansas taking land from the
homeless, that is certainly mistake"
Well Worth Having.
FL. A. Lorberg. Portsmouth, O., has issued q
fine set of photographs on large card of all
the Past Commanders-in-C Chief and the founder
of the GAR. The original frame containing
ful-sized photos has been placed in Libby War
Museum, Chicago, and the copies, in size 12x18
inches, may be had by addressing Lorberg for
So each 81 of this amount the comrade will
send to Miss Josie Cleveland. at Springfield,
ILL.,. for the benefit of the fund for the family
of DR.. Stevenson, who are in want.
pff3 Vlu
d. L. Raymond, Raymond, Pa, writes: al
saw in your issue of Feb. IS mention of the
supposed Oldest soldier of the war Of 1872. My
father Daniel Raymond, is now living, and is
in his 99th year, was 90 the 9Th day of last
October. My grandfather, Amos Raymond,
was in the war of1776 and lived until past 95
Your humble servant took hand in the late
war. l was in the 149th Pa. and the 10Th Pa.
Cav"
James A. Young, Cos. A and /, 18th N. Y,
Spencerport, N. Y, writes: There is q pen
sioner in this village by the name of Austin
Atkinson, who was in the war of 1872 He
was born Nov. G. 1870, thus being now in his
102d year."
The Old Tars Astir.
John Fl. Clamer, u. s. s. Wabash, 1927 Court
street, Elizabeth, N. j., was pleased to see the
article about bounties to sailors by COmrade
Roman, and says that the injustice meeted out
to sailors in respect to bounty is in every wit
true; that the sailors stood as firmly by their
guns in time of danger as did the army all
the heavy bombardments of our fleets stand in
answer. There WAS no such thing as coffee.
cooling or getting away back in the woods out
of range for the sailor as some of the soldier
haters continually harping on. On board
man Of war every soul has his particular duty |
to attend to, through fire and smoke, and he |
must stand until knocked down or the battle is |
over. 1t is true Uncle Sam paid them their |
wages, but it was in greenbacks worth about |
one.third of their actual value. The writer has |
written several Senators and Congressman on
the subiect hut to no purDose Thar hest |