The National tribune., 1893-07-06

From Alert Comrades All Along the
Line.
They Love the old National Tribune.

Percy, H., thanks THE NATIONAL TRIB-
UNE for the good it has done the cause of
the veterans and hopes it may live long TO
stand between them and disaster. He con-
siders it the most patriotic Of all the public
journals, and that there is. truth in every
editorial sentence it prints. The comrade
fails to see how Gen. Slocum and several
other veterans can bring themselves to utter
such untruths and false sentiments in re-
gard to the Union soldiers they led and af
tected to respect, and but for whose support
at the right moment they would never have
been famous, but ON the contrary disgraced
as soldiers
J. L. Taylor, Pendletonville, Tex, has
been a subscriber to THE NATIONAL TRIB-
UNE for many years He thinks it the best
friend the old soldiers ever had, and one
that will not desert them in their need. He
does not intend to do without it unless he is
forced to. He urges all the veterans to take
the paper and support it, when it is making
grander fight than ever for their rights.
The comrade saw a good bit of hard service,
that he is not likely 10 forget, in Co. l., LIST
Ark Cav, and he feels bitterly the injustice
of those who are trying by every means in
their power to dispossess the worthy soldier
of every thing he has,
Elliott L. Browne, Co. A, 18th Ill. Cav,
Ong Neb., thanks THE NATIONAL TRIB-
UNE for the bold stand it is making for vet
GRAMS rights. The paper is very welcome
visitor to his home, and will be, he hopes,
for many years. The comrade sees little
from his old regiment, and thinks the boys
ought to peak oftener, especially on sub
jects abon, which they are more qualified
to write than a good many who do write of
how oTl I. - Iaft
out of a total enlistment of more than 1000,
but that is owing to the fact that it was
boy regiment He served two years aud
nearly eight months, and was 10 years old
when discharged.
The Old Songs.
Med. Parshall, Co. L, I'd Iowa, Golden,
Colo, wants the song entitled The Darky's
Lament, the first lines of which are:
"oh, whar will we go wen dis wa breaks dis
country up," etc.
DR.. A. P. Reed, Concordia, No., wishes
the song that begins:
"An old and crippled veteran to the War Depart
ment came"
ZoIlicoffer's Sword.
A. P. Connolly, Adjutant, 9th Mimi, Chi
cago, writes: If ]. A. Vaughn, Captain, Co.
3, 4th KY, now OF Leavenworth, Kan, took
Gen. Zollicoffers sword from his body the
morning he was killed at Mill Spring. there
must have been two swords on the General;
for Lieut.. M. G. Tuttle, ID Mimi. claimed the
same honor. Certain it is, Lieut. futile
brought very valuable diamond-hilted
sword from Mill Spring, and he said he took
it from Zollicoffers body. He retained this
sword for years in ST. Paul, Mimi, and
finally delivered it to the family of the dead
General. Now, then, who got Zollicofer's
sword?"
A Good Record.
M. K. Seller, Co. d, 32d Ohio, Plymouth,
o., writes that he has noticed many regi-
mental histories in our paper, and wishes to
say a word about the record of the 32d Ohio.
He takes his figures from the " history of
Richland County, o." which states that
the 32d Ohio started TO the war in September,
1861, with $50 men, and recruited more than
600 men during tue war. making total
of over $3.50, losing in killed3wounded, and
missing 1889, discharged non-veterans So,
and total loss of 1856 men, and final
muster-out of 565. What reg ment can show
q better record than this, being in "a battles,
including the sieges of Vicksburg and At
lanta2 II would like to have some COM
rade figure out the number of miles travelled
by the 32d Ohio on foot, by cars, steamboat,
and on horseback, by the 'bummers.'
Who First Raised Old Glory?
w. E. Humelbaugh, lie Roy, n Y, writes
"The American flag was raised over the
public-school building at Ravenna, o., May
l, 1861, the assembled pupils singing
America while Superintendent D. d. Pick
EFT drew the flag to the top of the tower"
The writer was one OF the pupils present at
the flag raising.
Many Patriots There.
F. o. Talbot, Calais, Me-, says that in his
State the two districts of the town ofMachias,
Washington Co., called East and West Ken
nebec, had Al homes when the broke out.
These districts sent 80 men to battle for the
Nations life. OF these 16 were killed in
battle, one starved to death in Andersonville,
aud II were wounded. OF these 40 men one
rose to the rank of Captain, three to that
of Lieutenant, and nine were promoted
as Sergeants. Thirty-four out of 49 men
killed or wounded. The annals of the civil
war furnish no parallel to this record.
Correcting Comrade Jones.
w. II. Haines, Co. ], 22d Iowa, Belvidere,
ILL.,, wishes to correct Comrade Jones, who
in the issue of June u.s. quoted the writer as
saying that some of the nth ILL., charged
with the 22d Iowa at Vicksburg. Now,
Comrade Jones, you read it wrong, OF there
was misprint, for any comrade there that
day knows that there was no nth III. men
with us in that charge. Comrade Messenger
and / were together some of the time that
day, and both remember it alike. l did
say that some of the 77th III. were with us
at the fort, for / remember Col. Graham
sending one of the 77th Ill. back to request
his Colonel to come out 10 our aid, but he
did not come"
Thomas G. Mathews, First Lieutenant, Co.
/, 18th Ill, Hamlin, Kan, writes: "After
reading COmrade Jones's answer to me in
the issue of June Is, still think he had
better confine himself to the history of his
own regiment Just why Jones is so deter
mined TO keep the 18th III. out of the fort
and bitches at Vicksburg, 1 cannot under
stand. He is worse than Pemberton's army.
They did let us in at last. Jones in his let
ter Of March is says: The 22d Iowa, with
bayonets fixed, charged with aIyell right up
and into the fort And Jones is there yet
holding that fort against all attacks from
front and rear. However, since in your an
swer you have moved our line up $50 yards
nearer the fort and actually found three of
our boys in the ditch, we surely ought to be
willing to bury the Ratchet. +, All that we
have to regret is the loss of 119 men in
charging an empty fort and ditch that you
had captured before we arrived"
With View to Matrimony.
Amos G. Cornish, Hartman, Neb., wants