The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1893-12-07

either made use of such language. As to
| Comrade George Smith, 7th Pa. Cav, l will
say that no one has ever said Johnston was
killed instantly while leading the charge,
but that a minie-ball from one of the men
belonging to the Federal regiments against
whom he led the charge did the work and
caused his death.
81 well remember this charge as / be-
longed to one of the regiments that held
what Gen. Johnston said was the key to the
Landing; it was this position which he
desired, and which cost him his life. l
believe that the men who were in the fight
that day ought to and do know something
about the battle. l remember very dis
tinctly firing my last cartridge ut one of the
Confederate cOl0r-bearer5 who belonged to
one of the regiments that made the charge
led by Gen. Johnston.
eff the gentlemen from Pennsylvania and
Kentucky, along with COmrade Murphy and
the others who have written on this subject,
will 90 with us on our grand excursion and
Reunion on the battlefield next April, 9th
and 7th, we will hold special meeting to
decide all these differences and locate the
positions on the battlefield where each COM
mand participated"
Fraud I'm the Pension Office.
Veterans Son "agrees with the Secretary
of the Interior in his statement that there is
fraud in the Pension Office. He says: My
father enlisted in the home guards-he was
then 81 years old. He served out his time (six
months), then enlisted in Co. F, 10Th Mo. S.
M. Cav. This enlistment was made March
Is, 1862, and for three years, or during the
war, this regiment was divided in small
squads to patrol south and southeast Mis-
souri, My father being old could not stand
the fatigue Of hard scouting and no Winter
quarters. He was taken sick, and given
sick leave in July, 1862. AS we had no hos
pital, or physician with US, my father went
to his home in Perry County, Mo-, and my
mother employed two physicians to attend
him. DR.. James r. Mccormick and DR.. Hor-
ner. They recommended my fathers dis
charge, and he was discharged Aug. 90 1862,
and died Oct. 10, 1862, having never left his
bed after getting home.
ain 1865 my mother applied for pension.
We tried from that time 10 1886 to get her
claim through, but could not. My mother
then was so years old, so | asked our Mem
Der of Congress to try and get a special act
for her. He got the evidence from the Pen
sion Office and it passed Congress without
delay. My mother drew $l2 month for
three years, when she died, at the age of SO.
Now / say she was defrauded out of her
$12 per month from 1862 TO 1SS6-24 years,
or about $4,000; besides, we paid all doctors
bills Of my father when it was the duty of
the Government to have taken care of him.
Now, if this is not fraud, what is it? l
think there is more of that kind of frauds
than any other"
Capture of jackson, Miss.
J.. Chambers, Co. A, 4th Iowa Cav Colona,
a
capture Of Jackson. All speak of the taking
of the rife-pi!s. / went into the city that
day on the Ray mond road, and when came
TO the rife pits to the left of the rebel fort at
the railroad they were full of water. should
like to know if anyone remembers the same,
and | would like to know if any of the COM
rades remember the turnpike spoken of by
the paroled prisoner in his article of the issue
of Oct. 10. | did not hear of it when | was
there, from May IS, 1863, to April, 1864"
A National Ticket.
o. II. Thompson, Cornish, Me-, writes:
"In your Issue Of Nov. % see that Com
rade II. II. Roush, Siam, Iowa, has selected
National ticket for 1896. | have a tick ct TO
offer that would sweep the country. You
may hunt the United States over and over
and no stronger team can be found than the
two heroes | am about to name-William
Mckinley, of Ohio, and Thomas B. Reed,
of Maine. / think our Tommy would show
those chaps in the Senate how TO dispatch
business and see that the soldiers were
treated right, too"
Let Johnny Decide IT.
C. Fl. Bartlett, Co. G, 11ih N. Y, Schuyl-
kill, n. Y, writes: Il see that comrades of
different regiments lay claim to being first
at Marye's Nights May g. 1863. Now, if
the 18th Miss. had been captured before the
18th n. Y. got there they certainly fought
the hardest of any captured troops [ ever
saw. The best way to settle the matter is,
if there are any of the 18th Miss. living who
were there that day, let them say who were
first in the works. / do know they were
trying to get one of the guns out when we
got there, and Comrade Billy Kelly, OF Co.
K, 77th n. Y, shot one of the lead horses
and blocked the game. Speak up, Johnny
rebs"
Good Housekeeper.
Mary Brown, Stuyvesant, n. Y, writes:
81 am a respectable soldiers widow, and can
give good reference US to the truth of my
assertions. / am good plain cook and neat
hOusekeeper; good sewer, writer, and reader,
and would give faithful service. l am
nearly 45 years of age, and have daughter
of Is, whom | should like to have with me.
/ should like to keep house for respectable
man who neither drinks nor swears. 1 do
not desire any matrimonial letters"
The I4tIl Mich.
T. w. Doyle, Second Lieutenant, Co. p,
18th Mich, Michigan Soldiers Home, Mich,
writes: In your issue of Nov. 90 you make
slight error in the history of the 18th
Mich Col. John M. Oliver and Col Frede-
rick S. Hutchinson each in turn commanded
the 10 h Mich, and not the 18th. / had the
honor to belong to the 18th myself and am
proud to have been Mulligan," the name
under which the regiment was organized in
1861. Many of us here and elsewhere would
be glad to see short history of the service
of the 18th in your excellent paper.
Il want 10 say now that your unflinching
stand in our defense is fully appreciated by
all the old veterans with whom have spoken
On the subject, and we are very thankful
that we have one champion, at least who
invariably sticks up for our rights and de-
tends us manfully against the vile calumnes
continually being heaped upon the defend
ers of the flag"
Scattering.
Thomas J. Johnson, Co. D, 49th KY,
Elm, Mo-, declares that he would like to
hear again from comrade Gabbard, 47th KY,
who told the barrel story. He ought TO
tell another good story He would like