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To One-Lcgged Veterans.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: Suffer me
to call the attention of the comrades who
have lost limb since their discharge. and
who are drawing pension under the act of
June 81, 1890, to Senate bill No 1892, in
troduced by Senator Cullom, of Illinois,
which, if passed and becomes law, will
furnish you and me an artificial limb, which,
under the law as it stands, we cannot get
Many under this act are drawing $12 per
month, whose rating is but So, or perhaps
the rise of that little, while we who are
suffering the loss of limb are rated in
many instances as high a. $45 per month,
and, of course, can get but $l2. Should this
bill become a law it will help to equalize
matters very much.
The first thing you do after reading this,
sit right down and write each of your Sena-
tors letter or postal card, asking his in
fiuence and support to the bill. Don't delay
this matter minute.-NATHAN COLLINS,
Co. b, 10th Ohio, Westfield, III.
The National tribune., 1896-01-30
Kentucky OratOry

The Democratic orators Of Kentucky do not
possess monopoly Of sky-scraping spread
eagleism by any means, as may have been
thought. In putting DIR. w. Godfrey Hunter
in nomination before the Republican caucus,
Judge Flippin, Of Monroe County, pronounced
his candidate las true knight as ever
couched lance or drew blade in the cause
Of the Grand Old Party, on the hills or in the
valleys of this land iweilove so well, u and said
that when the Republican hosts were kim
ding their watchiires on our hill-tOps and
mountains DR.. Godfrey Hunter was working,
day in and day OUT, from a. m. until mid
night; while the great city slept he toiled on,
often hungry and worn and sleepless, but
never doubling, never yielding, never COM
planning He closed with this peroration:
g Not in the nauesof any district or any
section, but in the name of Kentucky, re-
deemed, regenerated, and disenthralled; in
the name of the great masses of victorious
Republicans throughout the State; in the
name of reason and fitness and fairness; in
the name Of justice, that divinest attribute of
the Deity himself nominate for the United
States Senatorship the Hon. w. Godfrey
Huntern
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chest" said Croft, who was afterward made
Captain, and is now known by that title
The impact was SO great that it broke two
of his ribs well around under his right arm
towards his spi-e.~ The front parts of his
ribs bent inward until they snapped in two
| in the middle. OF course, the right lung
was injured, and blood flowed from his
| mouth. The shock to his nervous system
was very great, and has left him with slight
! paralysis of the right side; only percephbie,
however, to Others upon critical examlna-
ton. Curiousy enough, Capt. Croft says
the greatest hurt he felt was in the region
of the back of his neck and upper part OF
his spine His head was jerked and snapped
like the cracker of whip-lash. To this is
no doubt chiefly due his slight symptoms
Of paralysis.
After few months Croft was so far re-
covered that he returned to his regiment
and served out the remainder of his term.
Capt. Croft now resides, and has resided
for many years past, at No. 10Y | street
northwest, Washington, ID. c., and is one OF
our best and best-known citizens. He
keeps that shell and those 90 bullets on his
office desk as paper-weight, and takes
pleasure in showing them to inquirlng
friends.
His is the unique honor of being probably
the only man in the world who ever stopped
sx-pound cannon-ball fired in battle at
short range) with his breast and survived
to tell the story and show the missile.
This is certainly remarkable, but the most
remarkable fact still remains to be told. 1t
is that although he has perfectly proved
the facts stated, and there is no dispute
about them, yet the authorities in the Pen
sion Office have refused to grant him a PEN
sion on the ground that he received no pen
sionable injury.
Query: How many cannon-balls must
man, fighting for his country, catch on the
fly with his breast in order to be entitled to
pension ?-MARCUs S. HOPKINS, formerly
of the 9TH Ohio Inf, Washington, ID. G.
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BILE EXPERIENCE
A Man Who Stopped Cannon-baIl and
Still Lives.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: In 1861
Diller Il. Croft, then 90 years old. resided
at Reading, Pa. He enlisted on the 10th of
April, at Harrisburg, and served three
months, as Private and Corporal, in Co. G,
LIST Pa. On Sept. % of the same year he
re-entered the service in CO. III Of the lOith
Pa; was appointed FIRST Lieutenant and
mustered in at Doyleston, Pa. His regi-
ment, after drilling about two months was
ordered TO Washington, and went into camp
| for further training in the Army of the
Potomac under Gen. Mcclellan. In the
| Spring Of 1862 the regiment went with that
great army to the Peninsula, where it served
in Naglee's Brigade, Casey's Division, of the
Fourth Corps commanded by Gen. Keyes.
On the morning of the 9th of May, during
reconnaissance in force by the Fourth
Corps near Seven Pines, Lieut.. Croft was
detailed TO the command of Co G of his regi-
ment. While the line-of-battle was stand
ing at a halt, and the Lieutenant was in
his place in rear of his command the enemy
trained the guns of a battery, about half
mile distant, upon his company. After a
few minutes firing a round six-pound fuse
shell struck Private w. w. Brown in the
left eye, passed through his head, and came
out behind his right ear. Lieut. Croft g
position was in rear of Brown, and in the
direct line of the shot. 1t was raining very
heavily, and Croft had on his overcoat and
a cape that covered his breast. Slung over
his right shoulder was his thick rubber
blanket, lined with canton flannel, rolled in
compact roll, which extended diagonally
across his chest, its ends being tied together
over his left hip. Besides these artificial
protectors in his favor, Croft was at that
time very large, athletic man, only u
years old, and weighed about go pounds
Luckily he was standing with most of his
weight on his left foot, making it sort of
pivot. The shell, three and one-half inches
in diameter, crashing through Browns head
and scattering his brains all over Croft like
a pint of milk thrown from tin cup, struck
the rolled blanket squarely over Groff's
right breast. The fearful blow partly
turned him round, doubled him up, and
thrust him back several feet, when the shell
fell from his breast to the ground between
his legs. 1t was one commonly called an
English spherical caseshot," and contained
30 one-ounce lead bullets, embedded in
powder, connected with the fuse, intended
TO explode the shell and scatter the bullets
with deadly effect. Probably the heavy
rain put out the fuse; at any rate no ex-
plosion took place. The force of the shell
fairly cayed in the whole right side of my
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BILL ARP.
A Southern Comrades Opinion of the
Situation.


EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: / have
read the effusion of one Bill Arp in THE
NATIONAL TRIBUNE of Dec. 26, 1895, and
must say that while it expresses the true
sentiment of a great many Southern people
it is in the main false, and the whole of his
article is based upon false premises. While
/ admit that there are too many Bill Arps
in the South, they are generally of the class
that never smelled powder nor cooked a
cannon" / will also admit that there is not
much change in Bills religion but he has
forgotten that the "Solid South has al
ready been broken. / believe the most OF
our Northern orators aim to tell the truth.
| believe Gov. Woodbury. did speak the
truth. Turneys reply was in accordance
with the man, and if he was honest iii that
utterance it was the first honest thing he
has done or said in many q long day.
OF course, if all the South were Turneys
and Arps there would be but little good
come of these gushing gatherings; but 1
do not think the old bitterness maintains
among the masses. AS to the 100000
business, that is too thin for notice.
/ presume Bill would take big pension
if he could get it = but in what way does he
help to pension our soldiers? i do not
KNOW; uUleSS lie uses Inc OU DC JOyIUl, anu
thereby makes the necessity for the manu-
facture of whisky much greater than it
would otherwise be; but the boys in blue
are taxed directly to pay pensions to ex-
Confederate soldiers, and / have never heard
one of them complain about it. either. Why
did Bill quit fighting? as he says lie al
ways out-foughts ius. l will not say any
thing about Bill'snelieion. He must tx that
with God or that other fellow-one of the
two. an
cannot accept that pensions are dis
count on patriotism, and his allusion to
Thomas Hart Benton has nothing to do
with the matter at all.
If Bill abhors the great, awful gulf" so
much, / would advise him not TO 90 swim
ming IN That gulf very much; it might do
about Christmastime TO take bath, but do
not have Christmas last too long.
BiiPs sermon on love is really good, but
the context is TOO long aud the sermon
entirely too short.-ONE THAT WORE THE
BLUE, and knew he was right from start to
finish, Charleston, Tenn.
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Sneaker Reed.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: Please in
form ME through the columns of your yalu-
able paper as to Speaker Reeds nationality
and religion. 1t has been said by certain
class of people in this city that he was an
lrishman and Roman Catholic, and was q
detriment to the party that placed him in
the position he now Occupies.-D. n. Rob-
INsoN, Co. /, 9Th Ind, Escanabs, Mich.
AS 10 nationality, Speaker Reed is YAM
kee of the Yankees, and we think his gene
ology runs back pretty near to the May
flower, and his religion is probably the Gus
t0mary modification of the article brought
over in that famous craft.-EDIToR Ma
TIoNAL TRIBUNE.
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FIGHTING THEM OVER
What Our Veterans Have TO Say About
Their Old Campaigns

rThe Editor would he glad 10 receive articles OF
from 600 to Zoo words, serial papers OF greater
length. for publication on the first page OF, and
written exclusively for, THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE.
veterans i'm general and should be treated with
e.recal regard to historical accuracy Of statement
Articles on The behavior of some particular Tegi-
mont or brigade on some field wherein 1t dis
tinrujshed itself in some campaign in which II
took n prominent part. in some siege wherein II
acted deiensiVey or extensively; "reminiscences
OF plison life, The march or the camp; personal
adventures all such are solicited. Shorter papers
OF from 500 10 LOCO words. and of the same charac
ter. are also desired for =" Fighting Them Over"
An artices will receive consideration. and if avail
able viii have insertion. Stamps should be in
closed II il is desired that The manuscript be re-
turned If unavailable
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Tan Beanties of the Time.

The Duchess of Portland is nearly six feet
tall
Lady Beresford, Duchess of Marlborough,
although far beyond the medium hight, 10
SO graceful that it is not noticeable
Lady Wolyerton and her daughter, the
Confines of Dudley, are magnificent speci-
mems of womanhOod, each being just short Of
six feet in hight.
The well-knOwn English society leader,
Lady Francis Hope, has a commanding pres
enee, and literally looks down upon hex
lesser sisters.
Miss Julia Nelson, the well-known Eng
lish actress, now in New York, measures 5
feet 8 inches, but so perfect is her figure
and so graceful her movements that she seems
not an inch too tall.
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is great favor to our readers, who will
thus be given the opportunity Of reading
from week to week the Great Captains
own account of the struggle, with bis
opinion on the men, things, and events
of the contest. Every one interested in
the history of the war wants to read it,
and now will have to do so. The pu6-
LEGATION will soon be begun, and con-
tinue until the entire book is given.
Hurry up with your renewals and sub
scriptions, so as not to miss number.
The National tribune., 1896-01-30

This regiment was organized at Quincy, Ill,
in May and June, 1861 for the three years
service. 1t veteranized at the expiration of
that term and was retained in service until
July 8, 1865. Col. Robert F. Smith was
commissioned when the regiment was formed,
and commanded until it was mustered out.
He received the brevet Of Brigadier- General,
March Is, 1865. The regiment was in Davis's
Division, Fourteenth Corps Its total loss in
the service was three officers and 81 men
killed and three officers and 40 men died.
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A Specimen Case.

Members of the 35th Iowa will be inter-
ested in the following item from the Steel
City (Neb Standard: James Mccullough
an old veteran, late of Co. F, 35th Iowa, was
found dead and alone, lying upon bare pine
boards with stick for pillow, in his cabin,
about eight miles west of Hemingford, yes
terday. There were no valuables and no
papers except evidence of an effort to get the
Administration to grant him pension. The
coroner's jury brought in verdict saying he
died from exposure and want of nourish-
ment
The National tribune., 1896-01-30
PICKET SHOTS
From Alert Comrades All Along the
Line.

rAll communications for this column will receive
due attention. and those found available used as
possible. Comrades should write very
briefly and to the point on side of the paper
only. and on matters OF general interest, The
number of Picket Shots which reach the Editor -
great that room cannot be found for all, how
ever meritorious. and those chosen now cannot
find insertion for some little while. Stamps should
be Enclosed il IL ia desired that manuscript unavail-
able be returnedl
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The Pennsylvania Veteran Reserves.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: When the
! division known as the Pennsylvania Reserves
was broken up in May, 1864, the fragments
| were organized into two veteran regiments,
| the Tooth and 191st Pa. Gen. Meade sug-
| eested for them the designation . LIST and ID
| Veteran Reserves" and by this name they
| should have been known. Their organlza-
ton is counted from June 1, 1854, though it
was not completed until later. We have not
| found any data for the number included in
| the regiments separately nor in the aggre-
gate. The muster-out rolls are of little value
for this purpose, containing the names of
many persons transferred TO the regiments
after the close of the war. June 80, 1854 the
two regiments numbered ,295 officers and
men. From June 2 to June 80 they lost 134.
Hence they originally numbered at least
400. Aug. 10, 1864, through a misfortune
for which, as Gen. Crawford says in his re-
port they were not to blame, 80 officers aud
594 men were captured. The balance, under
Lieut.. Col. Joseph b. Pattee, of the 190th
Pa did good service until the close of the
war. From Records of the Rebellion No.
81, pages 926-7, the readers of The Ma
TIONAL TRIBUNE can learn that these men
acquitted themselves in a manner to do no
discredit to the name they bore. 1t is not
the intention 10 naErate the experiences Oh
these regiments, but to state their losses,
rather remarkable record for so shorts period.
The number of wounded is partly estimated,
but the other figures are from reliable data.
Killed, four officers, SO men; wounded, nine
officers, 207 men; captured or missing, 81
officers GA men; died of disease and acct
dent, 10 men; died in rebel prisons, Psi
total casualties 94S, or 66 per cent; total
deaths AZ or 30 per cent.-R. T.. MCBRIDE,
Co. C, Tooth p. V. r., Manhattan, Kan.
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The 10th Ohio Cav.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: In your
paper of the 9th inst. there was a statement
of the organization of the 10th Ohio Cav.
which / wish to correct. The 10th Ohio
Cav was organized at Camp Chase and Camp
Cleveland from Oct. 1. 1862, to March 3, 1868,
to serve three years. 1t was mustered in
March g. 1863, at Camp Cleveland by Charles
c. Goddard, U. S. A.; mustered out July "a,
1865, at Lexington, N. G., By William G..
Wedemeyer, First Lieutenant 10th Inf
The regiment left Camp Cleveland some
1900 men strong, and on Dec. %, 1863, re-
ceved 600 recruits; in April, 1864, 800
more Out of that number only $50 were
known to be living in 1S91.-A. E. WRIGHT,
Co. &, 10th Ohio Cav, 528 Land St., Shreve-
port, La.
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Delsarte I'm Kentucky.
IPdris Republican

young society belle of Winchester told
one of her gentlemen callers few evenings
since that her health had greatly improved
since taking Delsarte. He wisely asked:
''Do you take it internally or rub it on ?"
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"Don't Tobacco-Spit or Smoke Your Life
Away.o

Name of the little book just received-tells
about Noto5ac the wonderful, harmless, eco
nomical cure for chewing, smoking. cigaret, or
snuff habit. You run no physical or financial
risk. for NOtobdc is absolutely guaranteed to
cure or money refunded Your druggists got
it or will get it. Write for the book-mailsd
free. THE STERLING REMEDY Co.. Box 3, In
diana Mineral Springs, Ind. Agents wanted.
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THEIR RECORDS.
Brief Sketches Of the Services of
Various Commands.

fTHE NATIONAL TRIBUNE has IN hand several
hundred requests for Tegimental histories All such
requests will be accedcd to in due time. although
those now received cannot be published for at
least a year, owing to lack of space. Numerous
sketches havealresdy been published. and OF these
none can be found room for IA second time, until all
have been printed.I
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Old Soldiers, Attention!

good home for the lone soldier at low
rates, with comfortable accommodations,
near the Rockies, can now be secured. De-
lightful climate, beautiful scenery, pure
water, fruits and flowers. Correspondence
solicited. Inclose stamp for prompt reply.
LIEUT.. GEO. w. BRIGHAM, 18th Ohio,
Box 416, LongmOnt, Boulder Co., Colo.
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The 4th Pa. Reserves.

The regiment was CT ,dnized at Harris
| burg, Pa, July IL, 1861, TO serve three years
| 1t was mustered out June IL, 1866. Col.
| Robert G.. March resigned Oct. 1, 1851 Col
Albert l.. Magilton resigned Dec. %, 1862 {;
Col. Richard III. Woolworth was killed in
| action at Lloyd's Mountain, Va, May o,
1864. When mustered out the regiment
was commanded by Lieut.-Col, Thomas F.
Taper. The command served in Meade's
Division, First Corps, and lost two officers
| and as men killed and one officer and 90 men
died. The regiment was also known as the
33d Pa.
The 5th Tenn. Cav.
This regiment was organized at Nashville
Murfreesboro and Carthage, Tenn, from July
10, 1862, to March 90, 1864, to serve three
years. 1t was mustered out of service Aug.
Ia, 1865. Col. William b. Stokes resigned
March 10, 1865, and when mustered out the
regiment was under command of Lieut.-Col.
VIM. j. Cliff. This regiment was also known
as the First Middle Tennessee Cavalry"
1t served in Gillem's Division, Cavalry Corps,
Army of the Ohio, and lost one officer and
6S men killed and one officer and It's men
died.
The 9TH U. g.
This regiment was organized at Alton
and Camp Douglas, ILL.,, from March %, TO
May 2, 1865, to serve three years 1t was
mustered out of service by companies at diff
ferent dates from Oct. II to Nov. 13, 1866.
The regiment was commanded by Col. Henry
f Maynadier, graduate of West Point and
an officer of the Regular Army. Col. Mayns-
dier received the Brevet of Maior-General
March 81, 1865. The command lost two
officers and Is men killed and two officers
u,r1 NJ
in New Mexico.
The Ind'p't Battery, Kan. L. e.
EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: In looking
over the columns of "Their Records in
THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE some time since,
l noticed the statement that the I'd Kan.
battery lost but three men while in the
army from organization to discharge, in 1865.
/ have waited, thinking someone of the bat
terry would give the exact number. As no
correction has been made, say the record is
not correct as the section commanded by
Lieut. Knowles lost six men, as follows:
Corp1 V. X. Hancock, Privates Cameron
Garrett and Joseph Endicott, May, 1863, in
the fight at Sherwood, Mo. i was wounded
at the same time and place, hence / know
whereof L speak. Again, while / was lying
wounded at Baxter's Springs, in June, 1868,
the horses belonging to one gun and caisson
were captured, and Wesley Gaines, Martin,
and Larkin were killed. / forget now
whether Martin or Larkin was Corporal. I
cannot speak for the other sections. Your
record of my own regiment is wrong.
know of more being killed myself. If the
War Department makes such reports, it
should call on the boys for correction.-HUGH
L. THOMPSON, Co.'S and Ii, Sd Wis. Cav,
Carl Junction, Mo.
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Very gratefully yours,
ANDREW GILBERT

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Another Solid Republican.

S. G.. Ferguson, Sergeant, Co. a, 35th Mo-,
and Lieutenant, 57th U. S. C.. T., Hay Springs,
Neb., says: " Here is another solid Repub-
lican, if not one notch ahead of C0mrade
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Mckinley, or Allison in the White House
in 1906 -
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Information Wanted.

Mrs. Paulina Fingado, 327 East Eighty
eighth street, New York, wants the address
of any member of the Sth N. Y. who knew
her husband, Adolph Fingado, Corporal, Co.
A, and subsequently Lieutenant and Cap
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WE take great pleasure in informing
our readers that we have secured from
the publishers of Gen. w. I. Sherman's
personal Memoirs ID. Appleton Il
Co., New York-the exclusive right to
republish them in THE NATIONAL
TRIBUNE. This is the
FIRST OF The GREAT WAR BOOKS
to appear in serial form, and The Ma
TIoNAL TRIBUNE is the only paper in
the country that has this privilege. This
The National tribune., 1896-01-30

John Washburn, Summertown, Tenn,
says: "A negro boy in this town has silver
shield pin-badge, with the inscription D.
r. Elwood, Co. c, 18th Ind Vol He found
it on the mountains i'll Jackson County, Ala,
about three years ago. If Mr.. ElwOod or
any of his family will write to me, and are
willing TO pay the boy little, will get the
and send II ~
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A Last Resort.
KERRICK. MINI, Nov. II, Is

KERRICK, MINI, Nov. II, 1895.
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