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The National tribune., 1896-04-16
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PERSONAL.

Mai. Belle Reynolds. the only woman COM
missoned during the war, lives now at Santa
Barbara, Cal, where she has a good medical
practice. She is great favorite among the
veterans on the Pacific Coast, and is invited to
every ono of their gatherings. She was born
at Shelburne Falls, Mass, in 1913, and at the
age of Ia taken by her parents to Iowa.
Her maiden name was Arabella Macomber
She became a school teacher, and in 1860 was
married TO Mr.. Reynolds who went to live at
Peoria, III. Her husband was among the first
to enlist in the 17th ILL.,. and she went with
him to the front. He became Assistant Adju-
tant-General on the staff of Glen. McCIernand
Gov. Yates commissioned her Major for her
splendid services to the wounded and sick at
Shiloh. She remained with the army three
years.
A story has been going the rounds that Mrs.
E. Marvin, who recently died at Kirkville,
Mo-. was a sister of the late ex-President
Hayes, but was so offended at his going into
the Union army that she cut off all communi-
cation with him. Every tody who knew Gen.
Hayes knew this was not so. Grace Gilbert
Winchester. of Highland Park. ILL.,, writes that
Hayes, the only sister of the ex-President. She
died before the war.
Mrs. Mary Harlan, of Coxsville, Ind, mother
of ex- United States Senator Harlan. of Iowa
and grandmother of Mrs. Robert r. Lincoln,
was 100 years old on March 90 At the birth.
day reception there were present daughter
~ years old and a son rs.
Ex-senator ingalls, is seriously i'll at his home
at Atchison. with n severe cold, but his family
are hopeful.
Capt Charles De Rudio, 18th U. s. Cav, who
has been retired at his own request, has.had
most exciting life. When a youth he was
member of the Italian secret political society,
the Carbonsri, which was plotting for the re-
lease of Italy from Austrian rule. 1t was de-
cided to remove" Emperor Napoleon ILL.,,
who had formerly been member of the So
ciety, because he was Influenced by the Catho-
lie priesthood and his wife, and would not
allow French intervention in Italy. The ere
moval" was attempted with bombs thrown at
him when he was driving home from the opera
on the night of Jan. II. 1858. The Emperor
aud Empress escaped uninju but the bombs !
killed IA of his escorts and the bystanders, and |
so or 10 more Among those arrested |
for the crime were Count Felice Orsini, Pieri, |
and De Rudo. They were &C 1demned to death /
and the first two guiilotined, but De Rudio was /
pardoned. lie subsequently came to this cOun-
try, aud Aug. % 1864, enlisted in the 79th N. !
Y. where he served few weeks and was COM
Second Lieutenant in the colored /
troops in which he served until Jan. 8, 1866, /
when he was mustered out and commissioned I
a Second Lieutenant in the Regular Army. In
1869 he was assigned to the 9Th u. s. Cav. and
was with Maj. Reno's column at the Custer
massacre.
The National tribune., 1896-04-16
THE SONS OF VETERANS
The NATIONAL TRIBU,

The report Of the Adjutant- General,
Sons of Veterans, for the quarter ending
Dec. 81, 1895, shows, we are confident
that the tide has at last turned, and the
upward swell begun. At that date there
were 34,572 members in good standing.
net gain over the previous quarter of
$40. This is not so large as it should
be, yet If is gratifying, for it shows a
gain made in very trying time. The
bard times have been very severe ON all
Orders, and none of them have escaped
without heavy losses.
There has been strong revival of
interest in the Order all over the coun-
try, and particularly in Illinois, Kan
sas, Kentucky, Missouri, and New York.
Missouri shows the largest net gain
24l members-followed closely by Hi
nois, with 23S. Pennsylvania still con-
tinues to lead in total membership, 5,34l,
with Massachusetts, next, 4,474 members.
There should be 10 times as many in
each Of these States, as well as all over
the country, and it can be secured by
proper effort
The National tribune., 1896-04-16
THE EXPULSION OF MISSIONARY
KNAPP

/ KNAPP.
And now the Turk demands immedi-
ate attention from our Administration.
The pleasing hopes expressed by Presi-
dent Cleveland in bis message last De-
cember in regard to our relations with
the Sublime Porte have not been fulfilled
by a long shot. 1t will be remembered
that the President then particularly con-
graduated the Nation that an American
seminary near Constantinople had been
exempted from all taxation, and upon
this concession the President built up
some charming expectations. Since then
the Turks have destroyed some s250,000
worth of American missionary property
at Harpoot, and committed similar out
RACES at Marash. These wicked acts have
not been explained, punished, nor in
demnity offered The distribution of
relief by missionaries, more than half of
the money and supplies being contributed
from the United States, has been seri-
ously interfered with, and now, after
months of injuries and prosecutions,
Mr.. George c. Knapp, an American
missionary at Bills, has been arrested,
taken far from his home, imprisoned,
and ordered out of the country. The
Sultan announces the intention of ex-
pelling all missionaries Protestant and
Catholic. This creates great excitement
in England and France, but those coun-
tries have already done so much inn
potent laundering that the Porte feels
free to utterly disregard them. 1t be-
comes very pressing question what we
shall do. The outrage upon Mr.. Knapp
is very fragrant one. He is the son of
an American missionary, and was born in
Turkey. The charges against him have
been examined by the British Embassy,
and pronounced entirely groundless.
His expulsion, following the other out
RACES, is an insult that we cannot over
look. The only thing we can do is to
make demand upon the Porte, accom-
panied by a display of force. Without
force Immediately back of it negotia-
ton will be farcical. The Turk is worse,
even, than the Spaniard when it comes
to talk and palaver. One American
gunboat moving toward the Dardanelles, !
with her ports open and her crew at
quarters, would be worth battalion of
Ministers Plenipotentiary. The civilized
world expects us TO do something decisive |
now, and we should not disappoint the
expectation.
The National tribune., 1896-04-16
PAVING PENSIONS nv CuECKs.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE see il
stated that on the oath inst. Congress
changed the manner of paying pensioners.
The papers state that their checks are to be
made payable at the Sub,reasury, and that
this will make it hard to get paid, for want
of identification.
Will you please inform us old soldiers
what this new movement means? Does i,
protect the Treasury in any manner, or is ii
another move to fatten the broker and the
banker, who will be glad to get hold of our
checks for per cent? If we have 10 wait
30 OF 30 days TO fix up our papers to suit
we ought TO be granted the time to prepare
them.-REUEL MOVES, Second Lieutenant
124th U. S. c. T., Keckuk, Iowa
The new law is the result of an effort
by the comrades to protect pensioners
from those who rob them. 1t was
mainly intended for the benefit of pen
sioners in large cities, who are beset by
horde of sharks who lie in wait for
them on pension days as they come from
the Pension Offices, and work all manner
of schemes to defraud them. This evil
has became so great that the comrades
in the large cities have been moved to
take action to save the pensioners, ard
have tried various plans. In some cities
rooms have been opened near the Pen
sion Offices, where the pensioners could
gather, all make out their vouchers and
be supplied with lunch. 1t was decided
that payment by checks sent directly to
the homes of the pensioners offered the
best hopes. There would be a chance
for these to be controlled by their
families and be cashed by grocers,
butchers, bakers, etc, instead of by
saloon-keepers. The plan at least
promises well, and we hope that it will
fulfil its promise.
The National tribune., 1896-04-16

THE character of the enlisted men in
the Regular Army is believed to be much
higher than ever before in its history.
The number of applicants for enlistment
has been very great during the past few
years, and as only limited number could
be received the recruiting officers have
been able to apply rigid regulations as
to character, morals, intelligence, and
physique. About 5000 men are re-
CURED each year to keep the ranks
full, and at least $4,000 apply. The
soldiers are better quartered, fed, and
treated than ever, and no pains spared
to raise their esprit de corps, conse-
quently assertions are comparatively
few, and re-enlistments the rule. To-
day our Regular Army is much finer
body of men than any European army
can show.
The National tribune., 1896-04-16
Deaths in Post as. New Jersey

Comrade VIM. Antics sends the following list
of deaths in Post IS, bennington. y. j.: III. q.
Voorhees,, Co. +. 9th n. j.; Cornelius EmmOns,
Co. ID. 3lst n. j.; Asher MattsOn. Co. d. 31ss
N. j.; Wm. W. Case. jr.. Co. III, l3Sth Pa; John
M. Lowe Co. Il. 9Th n. j.; Lewis DAWSON Co.
+, 30th N. j.; Cornelius A. Ham, Co. +, 30th
n. j.; George p. Rex, Surgeon. SD H.; Michael
Wright, Co. II. 9th N. j.; F. You're Co. ID, 1lth
n. Y; Thomas Mcconnell. Co. ID. 3Ist N. j.;
Charles Deyenger, Co. g. 1921 n. Y; Nelson d.
Morris, Co. G., 30th n. j.; John G. Coon, First
Lieutenant. Co. ID. 3lst N. j.; George w. DiIts,
Co. a, 9th n. j.; Levi West Co. q. 18th N. j.
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AN OPEN LETTER
To the Members of the
House of Representa-
tIVeS

GENTLEMEN You have many bill
before YOU to regulate and control The
Commissioner of Pensions All Of these
are honest, and many of them are fairly
skillful efforts to cure evils of admins
tration of which pensioners and claim.
ants all over the country loudly and
Justly complain. Whether any of these
will do what is desired to be done is a
matter about which there is much differ
ence of opinion, not only among the
comrades throughout the country, but
among yourselves.
But there is one radical, sweeping
measure that is sure to do more good
than any or all of these, and as to which
the comrades are solidly united.
That is the Service Pension Bill.
The Service Pension Bill is beautiful
in its simplicity, directness, and far
reaching character. At one stroke it
takes away a myriad of opportunities for
a Pension Commissioner to exercise his
discretion and authority adversely to the
claimant 1t establishes plain, unmis-
taxable requirements which he cannot
alter construe harshly, or refuse to ap-
plv. 1t makes the letter of the law as
plain as the date on calendar, and
which no official can mistake or change.
1t provides simply and clearly that a
man who served 80 days or more in the
army or navy of the United States dur
ing the war of the rebellion shall be paid
at least IS month.
That is the essence Of the whole thing.
Now, if we put such law as that on
the statute books, we can be reasonably
Indifferent as to who is elected President
and whom he shall appoint as Commits
sioner of Pensions. No matter how an
tagonistic they may be to pensions and
pensioners, there is the plain letter of
the law, which they must follow and
obey
Tie Commissioner cannot adopt any
policy of circumlocution and delay; he
cannot add examinations denominations,
nor join proof to proof; he cannot fill the
land with Special Examiners, nor invoke
the whole machinery of Government,
pressing in Postmasterz and every sort of
placemen, to aid him in making pretexts
why pensions should not be granted.
All this aggravating maze of obstacles
and hinderers will be swept away by
single stroke.
Nothing will be left the Commissioner
but to verify by the records in the War
Department the facts that the claimant
served 80 days in the war of the rebel
lion and was honorably discharged. This
being determined, there is nothing left
him but to pay the pension.
Now we beg you to think of this short,
direct cut to the object that we all desire,
and take it without further delay. We
again repeat our assurance that nothing
else you can do will give so much strong
and general satisfaction. 1t will be a
splendid fulfllment of the promises and
pledges made to the veterans and their
friends two years age, when you were
elected. You must soon return to them
to give an account Of your stewardship.
Carry this back with you and receive
their praise of "Well done, good and
faithful servants"
Hopefully yours,
Tyr ~ .,,o>-., Tn,
The National tribune., 1896-04-16
TRIBUNETs.

Theodore Roosevelt has been having n
lively scrap with the New York H'0rld IL is
hardly necessary to say that the people gener-
ally have enjoyed il far more than the World
has. 1t hasn't had any more fun out of it than
the fellows used to who stood up before John
L. Sullivan when he was in his prime.
-
Truth: He-Miss McCroesus Imogen. I can
no, live without you.
she-Where did you acquire such expensive
habits?
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CAPT. GEN. WEYLER's time is short.
The rainy season will begin in two or
three weeks, when he can do nothing for
six months. He must accomplish some
thing decisive before that time, or his
game is virtually up.
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THE issues of THE NATIONAL TRIB-
UNE LIBRARY are invaluable for school
purposes. There is nothing better TO
give children to teach them patriotism.
We will send them in lots of 100 for
So. In this, the double number " Com
manders of the United States Army "
counts as two numbers.
The National tribune., 1896-04-16

SPAIN has been giving Cuba Gre
forms for about 400 years. No Won
der the Cubans have that tired feeling
at the very mention of the word.
The National tribune., 1896-04-16

TON
Representative Hull, of Iowa, has in
troduced meritorious bill, which has
been read twice and referred to the
Committee on Military Affairs. 1t au-
thorizes the President to detail officers
and non-commissioned officers of the
Army and Navy as instructors in pub
lie schools which have provided for such
instruction, and where the number of
scholars to receive such instruction
shall exceed 500.
1t also authorizes the Secretary of
War to issue to such schools whatever
ordnance and ordnance stores as may
not be needed by the Army.
The National tribune., 1896-04-16
LIFE OF GEN. THOMAS

The next issue Of THE NATIONAL
TRIBUNE LIBRARY will be Life of
Gen. George III. Thomas" by John
McElroy.
The National tribune., 1896-04-16

The Kaiser has been TO see the King
of Italy, TO patch up the Dreibund,
which is now said to be stronger than
ever.
The National tribune., 1896-04-16

PRESIDENT CLEVELAND has ap
pointed Gen. Fitzhugh Lee, of Vir
ginia, and nephew of r. Il. Lee, Con.
sul-General of the United States 81
Havana, to succeed Mr. Williams. II
is said that Lee was reluctant to give
up his position as Collector of Customs
at Norfolk, but that he finally yielded
to the Presidents urgent wishes, and, in
order to keep the office of Collector of
Customs in the Lee family, it was given
to Gen. Lees son-in-law, w. III. Fowle.
1t is believed that the President made
the appointment in order to get more
reliable information as to the exact con-
dition of affairs in Cuba. 1t is of the
same nature as the appointment of
Paramount Commissioner Blount, but
it has conformity to law which
Blount's appointment lacked. AS Lee
is a man of much more intelligence
than Blount, and more decided patriot
ism, in spite of his conspicuous service
in the rebel army, it is hoped by those
outside of the Presidents circle that the
appointment will result much more
satisfactorily than did that of the dull,
laundering Georgian to Hawaii. Fitz
Lee graduated from West Point in
1856, and was made Lieutenant i'm
the I'd U. S. Cav. He showed much
gallantry in Indian fighting, and was
Instructor of Cavalry at West Point
when the war broke out. He resigned
to enter the rebel army, and rose to
be Major-General. He was taken
prisoner, while lying wounded at home,
and held as hostage for Capts. Flynn
and Sawyer, whom the rebels had SEN
fenced to death. He has been lead
ing Democrat, and was elected Gov
ernor of Virginia in 1885.
The National tribune., 1896-04-16
EVERY COMRADE
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You can get subscribers now much easier
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WHAT Is CERTAIN.

No matter what the President may or
may not decide to do, some things are
about as certain as that Summer will
soon be here, az f.6e Followed in turn by
Fall. These are:
1. That Spain will not succeed in
crushing the Cuban instruction.
2. That Cuba will achieve her indie
pendence.
3. That the United States will sooner
or later be compelled to intervene to
help her.
4. That she will in some way link
her destiny to that of the United States.
The National tribune., 1896-04-16

sNrssrO AZ 7r WASHINGTON rosr OFFICE As ssoosOss MATTER
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THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE.

WASHINGTON, d. C., APRIL lG, 1896.
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ORIGIN OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE.

Secretary Carlisle would be much happier If
any other paper beside the Louisville Courier
journal could be gotten to take his Presiden-
tial boom seriously.
The National tribune., 1896-04-16

In an article in The North American Rerie,c
Admiral Markham points out that in 300 years
we have only succeeded in getting 100 miles
nearer the North Pole than Henry Hudson did
in 1907, and in 20 years we have only got 40
miles nearer than Sir Edward Parry did in
1927. That is. since 1927 we have oaly got
nearer less than two miles year.
The National tribune., 1896-04-16

indianapolis journal: " Judge" pleaded the
cuiprit, {" think you orter be easy on me.
only got 81 cents from the bIoke"
For that reason" said the Judge. "I mean
to give you the limit. With man of your
woful lack of discrimination at large, nobody
would be safe"