The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1894-10-11
Ahnut Gen. McCIernanf.

About Gen. McCIernand.
| B. F. Boring, Co. d, Both H., South Terre
Haute, Ind, says: "Comrade William S.
Bedford, like the generality of critics who
have assaulted my statements, does so through
| q misunderstanding of some kind. My
| allusion to the removal of Gen. McClernand
| from his command for INSTRUMENTATION was
not made with the intention of insjnuation
| upon the character of the Thirteenth Corps
do not possess the ability to cast even
| slight reflection upon that grand old body
of brave, loyal, eyer-present men. The
| Fourth, Thirteenth, Fourteenth, Fifteenth,
Sixteenth, Seventeenth, Twentieth, and
| Twenty-third Corps, who fought so nobly,
| shoulder to shoulder, under Grant and Sher
man, in the West, are all the same kind of
men, ard the same to me as brothers, regard
| less of mere numerical designations. AL
| though my home was in the Seventeenth
| it is no more to me now than the Thirteenth
or any other corps.
at is saying that as the teacher is, so is
| the school. Yet regard Gen. John A. Nc
Clernand and the Thirteenth Corps as two
very different objects and what l said Was
about McClernand, and not his command
! Hence all that Comrade Bedford said in de-
Tense of the Thirteenth Corps was uncalled
for, as far as I am concerned.
al was in Netherlands Brigade at Camp
McCernand, Cairo, Ill, in 81, where and
when he was superseded by Gen. Grant !;
the first command Gen. McClernand ever
had above a egiment; and whatever might
have been his abilities as a General, or his
! fighting qualities as a soldier, always re-
| garded him as a tyrant, and as regardless Of
the lives and rights Of the men under him.
| He was a commander, limited to the literal
meaning of that word. He never wore the
pleasant face of Mcpherson, ready to look
into your eyes with smile, and to salute
you. He never knew a soldier by name, as
! Logan did, nor was he the fatherly friend
| of the common soldier as Thomas was
And l beg your pardon, Comrade Bedford,
| but must say that you are the first soldier
/ ever heard attempt to praise McClernand.
| And the fact that Gen. Grant removed him,
| or recommended his removal, to say nothing
of his political standing or career since his
dismissal from the army, is conclusive evil
dence to me that he did not deserve any
thing better than he received when he was
required to turn over his command to Gen.
| Ord"
| Homes for Settlers.
| John W. Burton, Co. G, 10th Ohio, Ches-
ter, Tex, wishes to correspond with some
comrade who lives in the West or Northwest
who knows of any Government land open
for settlement. Would prefer it on small
lake or river where it is good fishing and
hunting. Will pay all expenses
George L. Green, Wirth, Ark, writes ::
"Please allow me to say to all old soldiers
desiring home in a good healthy country,
where the climate is mild and land is cheap,
that there is still Government land for
homestead entry here in northern Arkan-
| sas."
Kenesaw Mountain.
| Henry Coryell Co. A, 34th Ill, Caldwell,
| Kan, was in the charge on Kenesaw, and
has an ugly mark to show for it. His regi-
ment was ordered to take the rife-pits in
its front, and when they started they got
there so quickly the rebs did not have time
to fire. The men sent lot of prisoners to
the rear Then they were told to 60 for the
| main line of works
away we went, and thought we could
run over anything that got in our way. We
went up to the works. But two or three
rebs to one of us were behind them, so we
| Law down to wait for the brigade to come
up. The ground that we charged over was
| in heavy timber outside of the rebel works !;
| they had cut the timber so that all tops
were towards our lines, and every limb they
| had sharpened, so we had to go slow or run
against snags.
1.-THE brigade Second of the Second Di-
vision, Fourteenth Corps got within 100
yards, when the rebs drove it back. My
company lost about 90"
| Cedar Creek.
S. A. Bendon, Co. A, S7th Pa, Portsmouth,
Iowa, indorses the assertion that if it had
not been for the Sixth Corps the Eighth and
| Nineteenth Corps would have Jared worse
than they did at Cedar Creek. He does not
blame the men of the last two corps for run
ming; they were placed in position where
they had to get out or be "gobbled."
Information.
Fl. Kruger, Rosston, Ind, writes that he
| would like the cOmrade who had IN adver
| tisement in THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE and
offered some light returns for home to
| communicate with him.
L. c. Mayer, Terre Haute Ind, wants in
| formation as to present postofice address OF
Martin Riepe, who was soldier in the late
| war.
| Almost Equal Loss.
Erwin Chamberlain, Co. E, 1st Me. H. A.
La Crosse, Wis, says: in recent issue l
saw the statement made that Co. /, SD Pa,
suffered greater loss in killed and wounded
than any company of any regiment in the
service during the rebellion. The loss of
| that company was AZ killed and died of
wounds out of an enrolment of 1913. The
! loss of Co. e. LIST Me- III. A., was 40 killed
and died of wounds out of an enrolment
of 196-almost an idt ntical loss"