The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1894-12-13

below Washington. and $1,000 was appropri-
sted for the purpose. The movement has been
/ delayed owing TO the absence of facilities for
/ the transportation Of material. but the compile
/ ton OF wharf by che Government near tho
site supplies this want. and il has been decided
that shaft of American granite, high enough
to be plainly visible from passing vessels n dis
lance Of about five miles. would be the most
suitable structure. but its exact design and in-
scriptions have not yet been determined on.
Gen. Franz Sigel celebrated his 10th birthday
last week at his home in Mott Haven. n. Y.
He received large number Of letters and tels-
grams. among others a letter from his old COM
panon in the German revolution Of 1918 and
in the civil war here, Carl Schurz Many
friends and comrades have urged the General
to publish his memoirs, for which he has ample
and interesting material. and be is engaged on
them now. He can throw much light on some
events OF the war.
The oldest living Army Nurse is Mrs. Lucy
c. Freddy, whose home is at $50 fremont St.,
Boston, Mass. She was the FIRST woman to re-
ceive pass to the Southern battefelds and
few women have sacrificed and braved as much
for their country she. Her two young sons
were soldiers. and when she heard that one was
wounded at Antietam she went to Washington
laden with supplies for the wounded She was
Immediately put in charge Of the hospital at
Georgetown, where she remained two years.
After Fredericksburg she went personally to
Secretary Stanton who finally gave her pass.
and she went to that battlefield in search Of
her son Jesse; who had been in the thickest of
the fight and badly wounded. Here she
had charge Of the barracks hospitals and tenn
porary charge Of the marine hospital at Alex
andria for over year She attended the Re-
union OF the 35th regiment at Weymouth last
September Mrs. Freddy is now 80 years old,
and still brilliant conversationaist and hard
student. She speaks Italian aud Spanish.
Nothing gives her so much pleasure as meeting
soldier, and she writes to The NATIONAL
TRIBUNE: Please mention that would like
to hear from any Of my boys who may remem-
Der me-"
Edmund Parker, the old colored man
familiar to visitors at Mount Vernon, was
born a slave of John Augustin Washington,
and for % years he has been one of the fixtures
Of the Washington homestead. Except for
about two years service in the Union army,
this man. since 1871, has been a constant and
faithful servant about the old estate. He has
many stories to tell about famous visitors at
Washingtons Tomb. and delights in the tell
ing Sherman, Sheridan, Logan, Butler,
Banks. and Burnside, of the Union army, and
Lee, Joe Johnston, Gordon, and Buckner, Of
the Confederate cause, he recalls as visitors.
On one occasion Parker was asked If he re-
al Al
since the war, and he said he did not re-
member to have ever seen Gen. Grant there,
but did remember that Mrs. Grant and
her daughter had been there on more than one
occasion, aud each time took much interest in
the surroundings. always having a pleasant
word for him. President Hayes and wife wore
there several times and once about the time
of the annual meeting of the Ladies' Associa-
ton, they remained all night. He remem-
bers to have seen Mr.. Arthur there once, at
least, and agrees with everyone who speaks
concerning him that more elegant GENTLE
man ever paid q visit there. Speaking Of
Mr.. Cleveland, he says be visited there twice
during his first term.
Gen. II. v. Boynton. Gen. Daniel Butter
field, Col. Stegman, of Brooklyn; Gen. Fl. E.
Tremain, State Senators Lexow, Parsons,
MulIin, and Cantor, and Assemblyman Aims
worth returned to New York last week from
trip to the battlefelds of Lookout Mount
ain, Mission Ridge, and Resaca, as the guests
of Gen. Smith, Vice President of the Baltf-
more & Ohio Railroad. The trip was taken
TO look over the ground where the State is
spending large amount of money in erect
ing monuments to the various New York
regiments which took part in those battles.