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PERSONAL.

Ignatz dresser, 12sth Pa, Allentown Pa, has
gushed gallantry at Antetam where he rushed
through heavy fire. almost into the enemy's
lines, and brought of badly wounded officer.
Comrade dresser was born in the Grand Duchy
of Baden. and came to this country in 1851
He was one of the First Defenders, who came
to Washington, April Is, 1861.
lively correspondence has taken place be-
tween Gems. Willard Warner and ]. s. Fuller
ton. Gen. Warner and many other ex-soldiers
wanted Capt Harlow, one-armed soldier in
needy circumstances. appointed Custodian of
the Orchard Knob Reservation in the Chicka-
manga National Park. Instead, Gen. Fuller
ton appointed young man, son of the late
Congressman w. ID. Kelley of PENNSYLVANIA.
Gen. Warner thereupon wrote a sharp letter
to Gen. Fullerton, in which he told him "that
comfortably eusconced in the War Department
with fat per diem aud travelling expenses
paid, you seem to forget that poor, one armed
soldier. whose application for Custodian is on
your table unheeded. is seeking to make liy-
ing for himself and family, with one arm while
you appoint one in his stead with two arms,
who was not soldier and who is not needy"
Ges. Fullerton replied that Mr.. Kelley was too
young to have been in the army, but that bis
father did enough for Union soldiers to eutitle
him to consideration. As for himself, he took
the position of President of the Park Associa-
ton at great pecuniary sacrifice, aud AS a mat
ter Of sentiment. He had given time and at
tention to it that would have been worth
$4,000 to him in his own business Further
more, Capt. Harlow's application had not been
received until after the appointment Of Kelley
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ARTICLES FORTHCOMING.

TIE VERMONT BRIGADE IN THE
WILDERNESS By Brecet lfqj.-Gon.
4. 4. Grant, commander Of The brigade
and late Assistant Secretary Of Var.
TIE B1T7LE or FAIR OAKS. or
SEVEN PINES By Nqj-Gen IT. d.
Ptaistcd, formerly Lieutcndut-C0lonei Of the
lin BE, and after1rard Mqjor-Genersst of
Volunteers
FIRING on FORT SUMTER. A thrilling
story Of young OHIO mechanic rho sCas
in Charleston at The fine, and toGs compelled
10 Join Ee rebels, but ,cto afterwards ESCAPED
and seTfed three gears in Union regiment.
THE BATTLE or POISON SPRING. B,,
H'iicy B'Iton, late Of The Var Department.
and author Of 7" The Girl liar on the Bor-
der" etc.
TIE HAMPTON S0LDIERS HONE An
admirable description Of this raerans'
refuge. By John ". Hdight, Hospital
.Stcuard
~ And OUT or CHARLESTON. Be
r. o. T., a going Connecticut man. uao
vas caught in Charleston Mt the opeain Q o
hostilltifs
SALISBURY PRISON. IN account of tie
famous outbreak. by Henry Mann ssh
ny
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bad been made. Gen. Warner replied reiter.
ating his charge that this appointments had
been made in return for favors in passing Gen.
Fulierton's aecouuys in the War Department..
denying that Capt. Harlow's application had
been received too late, aud telling Gen. Fuller
ton That there was necessity OF his making
such enormous sacrifices in behalf Of the Park:
that tho woods are foil Of IS competent Army
of the Cumberland men as he, who would only
be too glad of the opportunity TO take his
place, and that Gen. Boynton, who has at least
done quite as much for the Park. makes no
complaint whatever of his "pecuHiary sacri.
fees"
II has been decided to change the place OF
burial Of Secretary Gresham from Oak woods.
near Chicago, 70 Arlington. at the National
Capital, and the necessary application will be
made at once to the Secretary of War.
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ENG'R M. l.. ENDICoTT, of the Navy
and the Nicaragua Canal Commission,
last week told the House Committee ON
Commerce that the canal was feasible
that it was important in a military sense,
and that it could be easily controlled by
the United States in case of war, but
that it could not be built for the COM
pany's estimate. Mr.. Noble, the civilian
member of the Commission, testified that
the climate of Nicaragua was more
healthful than that of the Lower Missis-
sippi Valley.
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A NEW IDEA OF A CALENDAR.

John :. Brooks proposes that after Jan. J.,
1000 we have 10 months in the year. This is
not SO foolish it looks at first sight. It
would make ~ months Of % days, and one Of
20, or 30 in leap year. Each month would
have just four weeks. and there would be no
need OF calendars for the same day Of the
week would have the same dates throughout
the year. For example, If the year came in
on Monday, Monday would be the LIST, Sth, 18th,
and 22d of each month throughout the year.
Tho changes OF the moon would be on about
the same dates throughout tho year. and many
calculations. like interest and the maturing of
notes. would be greatly simplifed. Mr.. Brooks
proposes to call the new month Lunar"
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FRANCES treatment of Madagascar
shows what the commercial policy OF
European Nations is to be. First
France declared that Madagascar was
under her protection, and that in trade
matters she would consider herself simply
as "the. most highly favored Nation"
Now she frankly announces that NADIA
gascar is to be considered true French
colony, and all trade with her by other
Nations must be under the same restric-
tons, and subject to the same protective
duties as with France herself NADIA
gascar is to be made a market for
French products. This is what we
should do with Cuba when we get the
island, IT,,
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ceived less than that, his grant was to be
made up to that amount; If he had died
his widow, orphans, or dependent father
or mother succeeded to bis rights, a "sub
sequent marriage" did not deprive his
widow of them, and it was made the duty
of the Commissioner of the General Land
Office Z" to cause to be located free OF
expense" any warrant "upon good
farming land in any district that the
holder might designate
Now, we earnestly urge upon you the
undeniable fact that the immediate pas
sage of the Service Pension Bill is de-
manded to place all the survivors of the
war of the rebellion upon the same
grounds of treatment as those of previous
wars in which this country engaged.
Let US have it as "present benefac-
tion," not parting" one. AT least a
quarter of million of veterans have
passed away since President Cleveland
made his formal objections to a Service
Pension Bill as premature. Whatever
force-from his standpoint--his objec-
tions then had, it has been removed by
the passage of time. Nearly 10 years ago
he admitted that Service Pension Bill
was right, just and gracious, when the
time for it arrived. Is not 81 years
after the close of the war sufficient 1t
would seem as if there could be no ques-
ton of this.
Then why not pass it at once,
Yours, in hope,
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WHAT an awful bad lot we are in the
eyes Of some people. The Mexican
TEMPO, which is the organ of the Cleri-
Gals and the purely Spanish party in
Mexico, says about the citizens Of the
United States:
They arc lynchers by profession. the ex-
ecuiioners Of the Chinese, the robbers of half
our territory, the propagstors OF Protestant
ism, the men who meddled with the Sand
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PAY OF NoN-CoMMrssIoNED OFFICERS.


The proposed increase of the pay of
non-commissioned officers of the Army,
which the House Committee on Military
Affairs recommends, should by all means
be made. There are several strong
reasons for this. The first is that all
non-commissioned officers are undergrad,
when their duties and responsibilities are
taken into consideration. For example,
First Sergeant, who has the respon-
sibility for the entire company, and must
carry it necessarily day and night, gets
but S25 month, and only reaches $50
after 10 years service. This is ridicu-
lousy insufficient. The non-commis-
stoned officers make the Army, and it is
strongly to the public interest that the
best kind of men be attracted to those
places, and be induced foreman in them.
Then, the pay of non-commissiOned off
GERS of the Army is far below that of the
same class in the Navy. Leaving OFT
the Chief Musicians and Hospital Stew
ards, Signal Sergeants and Engineer
Sergeants, who get paid as specialists,
the highest pay is that of Post Ordnance,
Quartermaster and Commissary-Ser-
geants, who get from S34 to $50 a
month, according to length Of service.
Next come the Sergeant-Majors and
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of regiments,
who only get from s23 to s28 month.
On the other hand, Boatswains, Gun
ners, Carpenters, and Sailmakers in the
Navy get $1,000 a year for the first
three years when at sea; and this is
gradually increased according to the
length of their service to 81 800 a year
when at sea, after ~ years from date of
They are retired the same
as the commissioned officers, on three
quarters pay. The Chief Mastersat-
Arms receive s65 a month; Chief
Boatswain's Mates and Chief Gunner's
Mates $50, etc. Other "petty officers
get from $50 to $40.
The new tactics throw great additional
weight of responsibility upon the nom
officers, and call for the
best class of men to wear chevrons We
should pay them at least fairly. 1t will
be a good investment. We will get good
dividends from this in the event of war,
when these Corporals and Sergeants will
prove invaluable instructors of our vol
unteers.
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A LEADTNGSpanish paper advocates
determination as the only solution of
the Cuban situation. There are two
peoples who will have to be consulted
before determination is carried very far !:
the Cubans and ourselves. AS to the
first, it certainly looks as if they could
play the policy of exterminating with
more success than their anniversaries. As
to the second, the first wholesale massacre
the Spaniards committed would bring
down upon them such a tornado of
American wrath that they would call
upon the mountains and the caves to
hide them from our vengeance.
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LAST week the Spaniards publicly
shot three Cubans in the public plaza at
Habana, and arrested Rev. Alberta Jesus
Diaz, a naturalized American citizen
and Baptist missionary of prominence.
He has been supported by the Georgia
Baptists, are now thoroughly aroused
in his behalf These two incidents have
had profound effect in strengthening
the Cuban sympathy of our people.
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ENGIANn IN EGYPT.

sion of Egypt to protect the European
holders of the Egyptian bonds. Really,
these bonds are an instance of the bit
terest cruelty and oppression of poor,
ignorant people by civilized and en-
lightened ones. Forty years ago the
Egyptians-dull, stupid farmers
living in the same condition that they
had for thousands of years They cul-
tivated the fertile valley of the Nile in
the same clumsy, inefficient way that
their forefathers had done in the days
of Moses. The Turkish tax-collectors
! skinned them alive, as the tax-collectors
do all Eastern peoples In spite of this
they managed to keep large part of
the proceeds of their labor. Then came
De Lesseps, who proposed to dig the
Suez Canal. They had absolutely no
interest in the project. 1t was of no
Importance to them that Europe should
have a shorter route to India and
China. Their highway was the Nile,
within five miles of which every one of
them lived. They had as little interest in
cutting through the Isthmus of Suez as
farmer in Oregon has in the Cape Cod
Canal. But the cunning Frenchman
played upon the vanity and ambition
of the Khedive, who drafted them by
ging the canal, with no other recon-
pense than their scanty board. Worse
than this, the Khedive took about
S20,000,000 worth of bonds in the en-
terprise, and these became charge
upon the country. Still worse, he
learned the evil knowledge that he
could borrow money in Europe, and
straightway took all he could get to
squander in opera houses, harems, and
other ridiculous ways The result was
that in few years he had piled up on
his poor little country debt of $780,
100000, or about as much as that of
this country when the present Admins
tration came into power. This was
upon land scarcely larger than Mas
sachusetts, and inhabited by only
100000 very poor people. The debt
amounts to ethan 500 for every
cnltivatable acre in the country, and
the interest and the Government ex-
penses amount to an annual tax of more
than SO per acre. The Khedive had
to go into bankruptcy, and England
and France seized the country to pro-
tect their bondhoIders Next, the Eng
lish got rid of the French, and have
since been managing Egypt themselves,
much to the anger of France. The
Egyptians tried to rebel, but they are
not fighting men, and the British troops
and fleet made short work of them.
There was reserve fund created for
the bondholders, and what now excites
France is that England, with her usual
thrift, proposes to take this money to pay
the expenses of an expedition she is
sending to Dongola for the purpose of
and extending her power.
France protests, and Russia quietly
backs her, but England goes ahead, all
the same. She wants Egypt for various
protection for her route
to India, as a profitable investment for
her bcndholders, and as a source of her
cotton supply. Therefore she will hold
on, and increase her holdings The rest
of the world may kick, but England is
used to that sort of thing.
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at the time for the lack of parallelism
between services in previous wars with
that in the war of the rebellion, and We
were particularly severe upon the ad,
vocacy Of a policy which would make
parade of National gratitude and
generosity, at the smallest possible ex-
pense, by waiting until Death had
enormously reduced the number of the
recipients of such benefaction," and
Old Age had made it certain that the
expenditure would only be for few
years.
Nor, that rGs nine gears and some
months ago.
The "lapse of time since their milf
tary service has come very near what
the President believed then TO be the
proper interval before granting Scrv-
ice Pension.
Since he penned those lines many
scores Of thousands of veterans have
passed away without this "parting bene-
faction Of grateful people" Myriads
of manly, patriotic hearts, that were
chilled by the words of that veto, have
suffered the final chill of death since
then, and the only benefaction a CRATE
ful people can give them is the annual
gift Of wreath of flowers upon their
graves.
More than twice as many men as were
in the Army of the Potomac at any one
time have died since those words were
written.
is this not sufficient diminution of
number-a sufficient saving" to the
National Treasury-to satisfy anyone?
There were peculiar and strong rea-
sons why the people postponed the
previous Service Pensions as hong as
they did, For more than quarter of a
century after the close of the Revolution
airy war the country was virtually bank
rupt. 1t was with the utmost difficulty
that money could be gotten for the bare
necessaries of Governmental existence.
Then, it was plunged into the costly
war Of 1912, which ended with bur
den of debt of 1884, 933 upon the
people This, with tie population and
resources of the day, was vastly greater
load than any the country has borne in
recent years. That Congress should,
three years after the close of the War
of 1912, vote a service pension to the
soldiers Of the Revolution was incom-
parably more liberal and generous than
the passage of such measure would be
to-day.
The great majority Of men who served
in the war of 1912 bad very short terms.
They were militiamen called out for
brief emergencies. At most they could
not be called for longer than three
months The average was only few
weeks.
Then it must be remembered that the
country was very new, and money very
scarce. A pension of IS month was
very much more than several times that
much would be now. The pay of a
private in 1892 was only So month.
A Lieutenant got but s26 month, and
a Captain only $40.
Then land-warrants were given with
the greatest liberality, and il was sup
posed that each one provided the SOL
dier, his widow, orphans, or dependent
parents, with a comfortable home and
means Of support. At first these were
graded, by giving 40 acres for one
months service, and SO ON upward. Fl
nally it was enacted that any man who
had served IA days in any war should
receive l60 acres; if be had before re-
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IT IS clear that substantially the
whole population Of Cuba sympathizes
with the insurrection.
TRIRUN Els

The people of Rhode Island have sent six
Democrats to their Legislature, merely as relics
and samples, we suppose
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LIFE OF GEN. THOMAS.

The next issue of The NATIONAL
TRIBUNE LIBRARY will be "Life of
Gen. Georges III. Thomas" by John
McElroy. 7ein