The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1894-08-09
PICKET SHOTS.
From Alert Comrades All Along the
-line.
Corrections.

with brigade battery in the left of his part
of the line. tThird column, 62d line.) 1t
should be Second Division; while artillery
brigade operates with general command"
Why Not?
Thomas Davis. Harms City, Pa, writes :
81 think an admirable arrangement would
| be that of giving out TO the old soldiers their
pensions oftener than every three months.
| With those Ofus that are totally dependent on
our pension it goes very hard to wait three
months Storekeepers take advantage of us
in going on credit for three months. Since
in every other Department payday is twice
month, why should not the Pension Bureau
pay us pensioners off at least once a month
My object in writing this is to bring it to
the notice Of the Grand Army of the Repub-
| lie at Pittsburg in September.
Homes for Settlers.
George Jordan, Box SO, Bismarck, Mo-,
writes: "Seeing accounts of different locali-
ties, 1 thought l would tell of this place, rs
| miles south of St. Louis. am in Washington
County. There is no Government land here,
| as this is one of the oldest-settled parts
of Missouri; but there are plenty of old
farms here that can be bought for less than
| the Improvements cost. The land is good.
There is plenty of good water, and it
is the healthiest place you ever saw. No
| doctors need apply; they would starve here"
I'd u. $. at Gaines's Mill.
Patrick Breen, Ordnance Sergeant, q. s.
Army, Vincennes Ind, would remind Ser
geant Davenport, 5th n. Y, that the I'd q.
S. at the battle of Gaines Mill, June 81,
1862, had nine companies in line-Of-hattle,
instead of four as he puts it III his account
in the issue OF July II. At the battle of
Ganes's Mill and Malvern Hill the Cd Inf.
organization was Cos. A, b, e, ID, E, +, G, /,
and X, III company not having yet joined
from it's far-off station at Fort Larned, Kan.
Some of the Originals
A. W. Slayton, 25th Mich, Grand Rap
| ids Mich, says to Albert Merrill that he has
Simon-pure bareback which he drew as
rations at Mumiordsvile KY, in December,
| 1862; also one of the large size, which was
in his haversack through the battle of Resa-
ca, May A.. 1864. ''They look good and
sweet, too sacred to eat"
Commandant.
John H. Kea ley, Iowa Soldiers Home,
Marsballtown, Iowa, writes: " In the muse
um of the Ohio Soldiers Home is an origi-
nal piece of bareback, issued during the
siege of Vicksburg to IN Iowa soldier"
The Greatest Enemy.
c. B. Hilborn Co K, seth NJ Y, Jasper,
N Y, writes that while he indorses Com
rade Phelps IN the Issue Of July ~ about
the churches specializing In ice cream and
cake on Memorial Day, yet would indOrse
him more heartily if he would also speak
against the saloon and dance houses being
open on May 80. r" | have never heard of
G.. r.. Posts askifg saoon-keepers to close
saloons on that day.
"Now, Comrade Phelps some one of our
churches here always opens It's doors, giving
the collection to the Post, not reserving sex
tons pay, on May 80; Yet they do not specu-
late OH that day. | do not believe that we,
rs Nation, could or would live long with
out the churches, which appear 10 annoy
Coinrade Phelps 81 mach; yet we could
manage TO exist in some way without the
sa Don. So let us touch elbows once more
and march against the greatest enemy"
Information.
Mary A. Todd, Monticello, H., wishes, the
postoffce address of Seward Cramer, Co. A,
77th Ind Cav.
William Forrest, care of J. A. Fitzgerald,
p. o. Box 1863, Vallejo Cal, wants TO know
the present whereabouts of some OF his ship
mates during the period from 1862 to 1877.
He was then serving as seaman under the
name of John Drscoll, and was on board of
Tohoma, Kansas, Pow haitian, and Ossippee.
Mrs. Amanda Redwne, Lithia Sprlnqs,
Ga, would like Information of O. p. Hill,
Lieu. Robert Sewel, and James Sewel, of
Co. d. 63d Ohio. They were with Sher-
mans army, and were captured in Georgia
in 1864, and never returned home.
II. Miller, Lawrence burg, Ind, wants infor-
nation regarding John Dolph, Thomas II.
Miller, Henry Cliff ,rd, and VIM. A. Robert
son, who started down the Ohio River from
Lawrenceburg in the Fall of 1891 for Louis
vile, KY; last heard from at Madison, Ind,
in Fall of 1893. Two of them were old sol
diers-Miller and Clifford.
Wants Home.
Jacob Mininger, 110th Pa, Sellersville,
Pa, would like to make his home with some
comrade on farm, or any place where he
can make himself useful. He is so yeas of
age able to do light work of any kind;
wages no object; good references.
The Difference in the Men.
M. S. B., 11th Me-, Brownville, Me-, writes:
II don't claim to be very wise, but in
reply to +. d. X, 10th Mich, in late issue,
| must say that his question does not need
much time for thought. Circumstances I'M
der which they were born and educated did
not endOw the Generals he mentioned with
the unconquerable and supreme qualities
that distinguished Gen. Grant. Therefore,
they could not take advantage of the oppor-
tunities that came to them; and perhaps hat
is the reason your humble servant, and prob
ably +. ID. X also, did not become great Gen
erals during our term Of service in the army
But that does not alter the fact that the cir
cumstances of the war of the rebellion gave
Grant his chances, and he certainly i'm
proved them"
In Need of It.
VIM. S. Noe, Co. M, LIST Tenn. Cav,
McEwen, Tenn, asks: j"Can anyone send
me publication entitled Errors of Pro-
hibition?' Will reciprocate the favor in
any manner possible"
Why They Don't Write.
Alfred Turner Sand Hill, w. Va, says:
"Time and again has the interrogatOry gone
| forth, Why don't they writer Please let
me say that Comrade A. b. Carney, lie Roy,
Pa, voices the sentiments of thousands of
| comrades, and also issues forth the keynote
to said interrOgatory by saying, that there
is too much fault finding among comrades
about trivial matters.
Come, comrades, let the sharp-stick bust
ness cease, and let our Grand Army motto
F., c. and L., reign supreme; for We are