The National tribune., 1893-10-19
Taken in a Raid.

AN L s %So s @a'' /. store aSS'1 ia
a the town. In an arti
Gle in these columns
some years ago, by Col. Grant, he stated
that his father had his Headquarters at one
time at Mrs. Lum's house while the army
was marching around to the rear of Vicks-
burg. ] should be glad to return the arti-
Giles to their owners"
Youngest Soldier"
Fred E. Bassett, Battery NJ 1st Conn.
II. A, South N0rwalk, Conn, says he was
born Aug. 26, 1886 enlisted Jan. 2, 1862;
re-enlisted as a veteran, and was discharged
July 80, 1865, having served three years and
five months.
Cordial Approval.
Peter S. Clark, Co. A, 98th N Y, Malone,
n. Y, writes: |" | feel proud that THE Ma
TIoNAL TRIBUNE has taken such stand for
the veterans. The old soldiers owe you
debt of gratitude. Long may you live to
tell the peBsion-haters the truth. / wish
you success"
E. M. Sanborn, Co. B, 41st Ohio West
Union, Iowa, declares that he always recon-
mends THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE to the vet
Grams. He says: Give it to the pension
haters straight from the shoulder"
Unjust Treatment.
Bud Bell, Seville, H.. tells of Dr. Glenn
ents, Special Examiner for the Pension
Office, who examined soldier for re-rating,
and after the examination shook hands with
the old fellow and hoped the claim would
be allowed" The Doctor was very kind,
and almost sobbered over The veteran. The
writer saw this same Doctor afterward, and
he stated before witnesses that he had re-
ported against the soldier; that the $50 the
old fellow received was too much, and he had
recommended it cut down. Now, the old
soldier was receiving only Sl2 a month, I'M
der the act OF June u, 1890; he was ~
years old, almost blind, very deaf aud had
piles and tumors. He had drawn 50, then
S4 then So, and finally was allowed $12
after much hard work to get it.
Give Them Their Dues.
Daniel Spencer, Co. c., 18th Iowa, Cres-
well, Ore, urges the veterans to form line
to repel cavalry. The pension-haters are
now charging them at full speed. Already
the skrmshers have been driven in and
many killed. The Editor of THE NATIONAL
TRIBUNE has planted the banner firmly and
there must be no retreat, but repulse of the
enemy. Rally around THE NATIONAL
TRIBUNE.
Capture of jackson, Miss.
j. L. Joseph, Co. f, 9Th Wis, Rockton, Wis,
writes: 81 see that Comrade Terrill, 72d Ohio,
don't give the 9Th Wis. any credit for what
they did toward the capture Of Jackson, Miss.
l think we were : in it, If my memory serves
me right, and / am sure it does. We were
the brigade that the rebs honored with the
white rag. They saw we were in their front,
and up to where the next advance was
charge on their works. When our officers
"a W 10 Xvh fn Py fba
right flank, ble-quick-March - which
took us to the road then File left and we
were soon inside the works. / belonged to
Co. F, and we'll remember seeing the 95th
Ohio come charging down from the rebel
rigdt and In our rear, we facing the guns at
the breech-end at that time. SO we were
between the guns and 95th Ohio My COM
pany had halted close by the guns when /
first noticed the 95th, who were 10 or 100
yards away, coming down on the hop! They
came so wild that / was afraid they would
run over US. But they checked up, and
said they were in the works first that they
crossed the rebel r,fle-pits away up to the
right some distance, and therefore they
claimed all the honor of being the first troops
inside the works. Now, perhaps they were.
But to claim they captured all the guns is
nonsense. don't believe in quarreling over
past honors at this date, but would like to
have the truth-the facts stated out in bold
relief in the history of all times. The 95th,
every man of them, know they found the 9Th
Wis. in the works when they came to the
guns, and that the rebels surrendered to our
brigade before they got there"
Brothers I'm Companies.
J. Fl. Bloom, Ripley, o., claims the dis
tinction of having he most sets of brothers
in his company, Battery L, list Ohio l.. A.
So There were 80 SETS Two Askrens, Blairs,
Beattys, Browns, Martins, Purtees, Nichols,
Dunbars, Richards, Grays, Carlisles, Carriers,
Williamses, JOneses, Youugs, Cockerills,
Ivers, Bells, Brattons, Washburns Osborns,
Burnsides, Reeves, Walters, Judds, Potts,
Bowmans, Hooks. Aside from these we
had three Leedoms, five Mllers, four Blairs,
three George BIairs, and two Huxs, father
and son. We also had the tallest recruit,
six feet and four inches, also one four feet
and six inches. / should like to hear from
any company that can beat our record"
The Why and the Wherefore.
G. w. Ford, Prescott, Ariz., writes: ~
noticed in your valuable paper that there
were six men executed by sentence during
the war. was at Williamsburg, Va, during
the first part of 1864, and we were all
marched out one afternoon to see two or
three soldiers shot by musketry. This just
before starting on Grants campaign. To
decide a dispute, can you tell me who they
were and what they were shot for? 1 be-
longed 10 Co. A, 11th Conn"
Griffith j. Jones' Co G, Cd Wis. Cav,
MaywOrth, Wyo., writes: :" noticed in your
issue of Sept. IA statement by G. NJ.
Marsh, Co Ii, 1st Iowa Cav, and wish to
correct him. He said that two men were
sentenced to be shot for desertion. Now |
know that one was from my regiment, and
he was sentenced for mutiny. l was on the
field and heard the Adutant read the order,
and then when the other man was shot the
Adiutant read why the first man was not
shot, but to be sent to Dry Tortugas for
three years hard labor on public works.
He was home as soon as we were. He was
a good soldier and that was his first and
only offense."
Homes fer Settlers.
d. A. Hamilton, Austin, Tex, thinks that,
Notwithstanding the alleged declaration of
Gen. Sheridan to the effect that if he owned
both hell and Texas, ne would rent out Texas
and live in hell he believes that though the
lower regions at the time the above state-
ment was made may have been the more
pleasant abiding mace vet at this time