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The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1896-10-29
BATTERY A. LIST III. L. A.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: In issue OF
10th inst, on page A. under cut of Commander
in-Chief GARRISON, you state he enlisted within
two hours after the appearance of President
Lincoln's call for rs, 600 men for three months,
in Co. A, LIST Ill. Art.
/ think you have made mistake. The U.s.
600 call did not, as i understand it. include
artillery. i enlisted May /. 1861, in battery.
but we were assigned as a company in the 10Th
ILL.,. in the three months service. and as Battery
ID. 1st Ill. Art, in the three years service. As
i understand it there was no 1st Ill. Art. IN the
three months service.
Was not his battery. like ours, assigned as
company in some infantry regiment in the
three months service and as Battery A, LIST ILL.,
Art, on the organization of that regiment
under the call for three-years menf-E r.
HILL Battery ID. LIST HI. Art, Bishop Cal.
BATTERY A, 1st Ill. l.. A., was called into
service by Gov. Yates in response to President
Lincolns call for $4,000 troops to defend the
Nation and April 81, 1861, was at Cairo. ILL.,,
where it was assigned to the duty of stopping
all steamers going down the river, with the
view of preventing the shipment of contraband
goods to the South. After two weeks at Cairo
the battery was ordered to point two miles
above, which was christened Camp Smith, "
in honor of Capt. James Smith. The bat
terry was not mustered into the United States
three months service, but July Is, 1861. was
mustered to serve three years. Battery b, LIST
Ill. l.. A., was organized in April, 1861, but 1t
also was mustered for three years at about the
same time as Battery A. The other batteries
of the regiment were all in the three-years'
service.-EDIToR NATIONAL TRIBUNE.
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A BUSINESS PROPOSITION.
A Comrade Wants to Help People Get Rici

A Comrade Wants to Help People Get Rich.
EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: In reading
THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE / see that you
have quite a correspondence from fellows in
favor of Free Silver. Some of these are not
very good on spelling. but think themselves
good on Finance" Of course, some of them
are sure that Bryan will be elected, and that
we will have free coinage of silver. If
the predictions of the Dem-Pops are true,
the price of silver will go to 81. 90 per ounce !;
hence there will be an advance of AZ to so
per cent. on silver. Now, / have been
watching the silver market very closely of
late, and find that since Bryan has been
swinging round the circle the price of silver
has fallen two to three cents an ounce. Plu-
tocrats, of course, are to blame for this.
Now, have a scheme, and will take in all
believers in Free Silver, they to furnish the
money and to buy up all the silver bullion,
Mexican dollars and silver spoons that l can,
and hold it until Bryan is elected and that
free coinage act passed, or, better still, to
hold it until the price of silver bullion goes
ND to ST. 90, or over, then to sell it and divide
among those who furnished the means to
buy it. Now, Free Silver comrades, hurry
M: send me all the money you can. i am
close to the silver mines of Colorado, not so
very far from Mexico, and can lay in good
supply of silver at a lower price than ever
sold before.
1 have organized the company, elected
myself President and Treasurer, and the
first Free Silver comrade that sends me
money to pay for a charter will be made
Secretary, and may keep the books of the
company.
No plutocrats taken in this company
none but believers in free and unlimited
coinage of silver will be allowed to come
into this scheme. Hurry up. boys, before the
money-sharks get into this and run the price
of silver up.-NIC. MAYRATH, 18th Ill. Cav,
Dodge City, Kan.
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"Increa.inG Our Per Capita. ("

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: 1. It ID
poor policy to coin more bullion to increase
our per capita if we are to send it over to
England by the next boat.
2. The surest way of increasing our per
capita is, first, to cease paying English labor
for work that can be done by American
labor; second, to make the English manu-
facturer pay for the privilege of competing
in our home market. This is the Repub-
lican way. 1t provides revenue for the
Government and work for the laboring man.
8. The other way is to coin 50-cent dol
lars to pay halfstarved American labor to
buy English shoddy goods at gold-premium
prices.
4. A 1OOO-pound ton of the farmer will
be met by an 18-inch yard-stick of the
merchant. Doubling prices is game two
can play at.
5. The farmer cannot double the price Of
wheat in the London market by measuring
his crop with 50-cent dollar.
6. The reduction of the gold dollar in
1884 one and one-half grains drove the sill
yer dollar out on a premium and kept it ont
of sight for 40 years.
z. To reduce the purchasing power of o
dollar, rebuild the walls of protection, light
the furnace fires, set the spindles to whirring,
restore confidence, stop digging under the
financial foundation, proclaim to the world
that every obligation will be paid in full in
money worth 100 cents on the dollar. Do
these things, and every ship that touches
our shores will come full freighted with the
precious gold of Ophir, every laboring man
will be employed, and the dark shadows of
hard times will flee before the advancing
sun of Protection and Prosperity.-J. G.
OLIVER, seth Ohio, Los Angeles, Cal.
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A THREE-MONTHS MAN
Says They Are Standing Shoulder to Shout
der for Mckinley.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: In your
paper of Oct. Is / saw an article from q COM
rade of the first three-months men, request
ing any member of that band to write.
am one of the boys. / enlisted at Kit
tanning, Armstrong Co., Pa, in April, 1861,
in Co. B, 9th Pa, Col. Longnecker command
ing. After our term had expired re-enlistsd
in Co. ID, 103d Pa, and served the three
years, and our brigade re-enlisted for the
war.
was captured with my command at the
three-days' battle at Plymouth, y. c., and
served II months in the prisons of the South.
/ was exchanged at Wilmington, n. c., and
arrived at Annapolis, nd, March 3, 1865
We wanted to 90 TO the inauguration of
our immortal Lincoln, but the authorities
told Us We had too many graybaeks on as,
and that we would pollute the city. SO We
took a good bath and got new clothes.
i will say to COmrade ID. w. Rideuour, Co.
c, Goth Ohio, that the three-months men In
the Keystone State are standing shoulder to
shoulder in defense of our old comrade, Maj.
Mckinley, and if you Ohio boys do as well
as we Pennsylvania boys do, Mckinley viii
receive a tremendous majority in your State.
We expect to roll up 100000 sure-A. L.
FLUKE, First Lieutenant, Co. ID, 103d Pa,
LOG Chestnut street, Washington, Pa.
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TIE GRAND ARMY
What is Being Done by the Veterans
for the Good of the Order.
DEAD CHAPLA1NS.

Rev, It. III. Hagerty Writes That Many nave
Come to Life Since the ST. Paui Ehcahhp
ment.
Enron NATIONAL TRIBUNE: have never
before seen such lively set OF y Dead enap-
lains" as since that little misquotauoh WHICH
was made during the st. Paul Encampmeht
when / was alleged to have said that only hve
of the old Army Chaplains were known 10 oe
living.
They have been writing me from Maine 10
Kansas since, protesting that they were no,
dead, and that they do not want to be couh,eu
among the missing. We had been trying LOT
years to muster them and get them lhto iihe
for action but had failed hitherto to get ma
iority to respond: but by the merest accioent
we nave found a way-just report them oio VI
dead.
One Chaplain writes me from Maine thas ne
reported five years ago. and wondered Una. VIC
did not count him in the NUMBER OF iNs
Chaplains. The comrade should re"enioo
that a great many good men nave uieo eiioe
that. and how could we know, not nearing
from him since. We were accustomed to re-
port daily in the army and we should report
TO the O. AR at least once in year. besiue
that ii does appear that the objects OF the Ae9o
citation should call from us hearty response.
We have an earnest desire that all our COM
rades who have escaped the ravages OF "ar
Should also be Kept sale from tho e4u''
structiye enemy of men and old com rades-tne
vices of life One of the objects of the u. A. Il.
is TO strengthen each other by friendly associa-
tion as we 90 down the rugged sleeps Oh He
Each old Army Chaplain should be anxious TO
convince the boys that he is interested in their
welfare. as well as when he was in the service
of the army and was drawing pay for all that
he did.
Let the rest of the dead Chaplains report
and we will most gladly welcome them into
line Rev. G. w. Hoover, of Chicago, Will most
gladly receive their quarter and record their
names as workers in this army Of live Chap
lains. Let the reporting go lively.-T. ID.
HAGERTY, Past Chaplain-in. Chief ST. LOUIS
Mo
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SONS OF VETERANS.
News from Various Divisions-Words OF En-
couragement.
ILLINOIS,

N
enlargement.
ILLINOIS.
new Camp has been mustered at Prince
VILE with Al charter members Much credit
for the organization is due Past Installing OH
Ger Geo. c. Powers, of Peoria.
Division Commander Dustin appreciates the
fact that the Sons are interested in the coming
election, but he thinks some effort should be
made to recruit. In last General Orders he
saws: 1.-The election will be settled Nov. 3, and
before you change your fighting clothes just
put in a few good ticks for the Order. Each
member knows some son who has been or
ought to be a member of the Order. Get on
his trail, and bring him into camp. The
weather will be cool; the Camp-room will be
warm and inviting, and the attendance should
be unanimous. Your Commander expects
good reports all along the line"
MASSACHUSETTS.
II. ID. Sisson, Division Commander, Pitts
field. in last General Orders says that one
Captain has reported list of nearly 200 eli.
gible recruits after a canvass of his locality, and
four applications for membership were received
at meeting of this Camp as the result of the
work of two brothers. The Commander sees
no reason why similar results cannot be accom-
plished by a majority OF the Camps of the Mas.
sachusetts Division, if the officers and brothers
will 60 to work.
NEW YORK.
r. V. Young Camp 20, is making prepare.
tions for the fair to be held in connection with
Barbara Frietchie Post, IL, and Woman's Re.
lief Corps a. Greenpoint, Brooklyn, Nov. to
IL.
C. J. Nordquist Camp, 81. Mt. Vernon. held
8 pleasant business and social meeting the
evening Of Oct. 90 Delegations were present
from Anderson Camp New York City, and Nc.
Clellxn Camp. Yonkers. besides n number Of
visiting brethren from White Plains and New
Rochelle. Chaplain A. Lowen.tein has ar
ranged for q series of lectures to be given in
the near future. and GAR. men. as well a
members of the Sons Of Veterans, have been in
vited to attend.
RHODE ISLAND.
Division Commander Herbert s. Thompson
announces that the annual official visitation
/ of the several Camps will take place on the fol
lowing dates: Camp 2. Dec. I6 Camp 4. Nov
IL, Camp S. Jan. u; Camp 6, Oct %; Camp
Nov. z; Camp 6, Oct. 26; Camp 8. Nov. 25
Camp 10. Nov. 20; Camp ii, Jan. 6; Camp IL
Nov. IL Camp Is, Dec 2; Camp 10, Dec. 8
Camp 20, Oct. "a; Camp 81, Nov. A.
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Death of Commander Gamble.

Commander William Gamble. q. s. n, re-
tired, died at Morristown, Pa, Oct. 10. Com.
mander Gamble was born in Philadelphia
March % 1926, and entered the navy at the
age of IA. During the blockade of Charleston
Harbor he was the Executive Officer of the Now
Iropsdes, which for several days was anchored
over q torpedo which the Confederates nd
vainly attempted to explode. After this he
served in the operations of the feet in the
Gulf After the war he was sent to the Pacific
Station and promoted to Commander. While
there in 1867 he suffered sunstroke and was
vafired
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1896-10-29
Contamination Cured.

An old physician, retired from prsGtice. had
placed In his hands by an East India missionary
the formula of a simple vegetable remedy for n
speedy and permanent cure OF Consumption,
Bronchitis. Catarrh. Asthma and ali Throat and
Lung Affections; also n positive and radical cure
for Nervous Debility and all Nervous COMPLAINTS.
Having tested its wonderful curative powers In
thousands of cases, and desiring to relieve human
suffering will send free of charge to all who wish
it this recipe in German. French or English, with
full directions for preparing and using. Sent by
mail by addressing, with stamp. naming this
paper, W. A. MOVES. $50 PoVers' Block. Rochester.
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RHODE ISLAND,
New Jersey Ex-Prisoners of War.

The New Jersey Association of Union Ex-
Prisoners of War invaded Englewood, Oct. g.
and held possession for one day. The visitors
were the guests Of Dwight Post. GAR. Maj.
Daniel A. Currie welcomed the veterans. A
collation. was served at i o'clock. A public
meeting was held in the M. E. Church late in
the afternoon. J. Wyman Jones, me.uber of
Dwight Post. was presented with memorial
volume by his comrades Speeches We're made
BY Rev. James Ellis S. M. Long, Geh. j. Madi.
son Drake, Capt. w. L. Atcheson, and Others.
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THIRTY YEARS
YARD LUCK
An Old Soldiers Tale and Its Sequel.
Good Fortune Comes to a Michigan Veteran

Good Fortune Comes to n Michigan Veteran
After Years of Suffering
From, the Journal Detroit Mich.
Many fine constitution has been completely
shattered from the effects of exposure and want
of care during the late war. and many . man
has carried through life burden of disease and
suffering which in many eases is incurable, bat
now and then a rare exception occurs. and some
old soldier is made grateful and happy in the
possession Of a remedy which takes away the
old trouble and makes him feel young again.
Mr.. Bennett NJ Metler, of aaybee, Mich, 10
man in the prime of life, Of fine physique and
of evident education and refinement. He was
q member of Company !, 14th Pennsylvania
Cavalry, and served three years in the late waR.
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THE SOLDIERS MONUMENT AT MONTICELLO.
granite, surmounted with color-b bearer in
granite, and is 35 feet high, and has on the
four sides of the cap above the die the emblems
of the different arms of the service, and the in-
scription on the die reads: To perpetuate the
memory of the soldiers and sailors of Sullivan
County who fought to preserve the Union,
1S6l-l65D
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Wished to Live to Vote for Mckinley.

There was an affecting scene at the be-
side of G.. w. Whiteside, an old soldier, v
died in Gray County, KAN, Oct. u.
had called a consultation of physicians a
begged them to save his life, so ne cod
vote for William Mckinley for President
When told that he was a. deaths door the
old man could not restrain his grief, and in
tears he asked his kindred and friends -
vote for Mckinley. These were his LAS
words
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FOR OVER INDULGENCE
Takc HOrsford's Acid Phosphate.

It preserves and rensws the vitality. strength
ems the nerves and stimulates the stomach to
healthy action.
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A woman,s Remedy for Woman.

Ruth Goldsmith's Royal Tea. A simple family re-
cipe that is an absolute safeguard against all those
troubles that constantly the health and good
looks of women Sent free with valuable advice. Ad-
dress RUTH GOLDSMITH, Drawer No. 7O7, Chicago, III.
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Children Teething. |"

Mrs wISsLow's SOOTHING SYRUP should always
be used for children teeihng. II soothes the
child softens the gums aiiays pain, cures wind
collie and is the best remedy for diarrhOea. Twenty.
Eve cents q bottle,
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Unwilling of a Soldiers and Sailors Monu-

UnvailinG OF a SOIdlers and SaIIOrs' MoHu-
ment.
The soldiers and sailors monument erected
at Monticello, n. Y, by the Sullivan County
Ladies' Soldiers and Sailors Monument Asso-
citation Qncorporated) was unvailed with i'm.
posing ceremonies before large attendance OF
old soldiers and citizens Oct. 6. Gen. Horace
Porter and Col. Fred B. Grant were the speak
ers on the occasion, The monument is of
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-02-15
TIME TO RECOGNIZE CUBA.

The patience of America has waited
long for the close of the war in Cuba
and has it not waited long enough:
The joint resolution. introduced by
Senator Cameron Monday quotes the
presidents reference to the Cuban war
in his last message which declared
that there will be no means of secur-
ing peace to Cuba except by giving 1t
the right of self-government, and Of
fers to Spain the friendly Offices of the
United States to bring about this re-
suit"
1.-THE resolution is indeed timely and
indicates the public sentiment through
out the country. However the ques-
tion as to the duty ofthe United States
toward Cuba at this point in the
Spanish-Cuban struggle is. one OF
serious moment; but by her utter sell
fishness and most cruel rapacity from
frs. to last. Spain long ago forfeited
all moral right which she ever had to
ownership of Cuba. By every right
Cuba ought to belong to the Cubans.
But just what, all things considered,
the United States should do about it is
question demanding caution, as well
al spirit of humaneness and courage.
Yet this government has remained
more than neutral during the struggle
of the Cubans for independence and it
is now time to assume a different at
titude. 1t is time for her to step in
and demand halt.
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ADMIT THEM.

The territories of Arizona and New
Mexico are knocking at the door of the
Union for admission as states, and
justly too, for there is neither sense
nor fairness in longer excluding them
from statehood. In the fifty-second
and fifty-third congresses the house
passed admission bills, but unfortu-
nately both failed of passage. And
since both the conventions of the great
political parties declared in favor of
statehood, it is time those pledges
were fulfilled, and the right of state
government extended to Arizona, New
Mexico and also Oklohoma.
Each of the territories possesses
more wealth and has larger popula
tion than was enjoyed by any one of
two-thlrds of the forty-fve states at the
time of its admission. The people are
oyal, Industrious. and intelligent, and
they are taxed without representation.
which is an un-American practice.
We fail to perceive any valid cause
against their admission to statehood.
1t is the policy of the United States to
grant the right of self-government in
local affairs and of participation in ma
tional government to all territories
that are able to bear the expenses of a
system of state government. AS Ari-
zona, New Mexico and Oklahoma are
we'll able to assume the burdens of
states, the continued relegation to a
territorial condition is unjust and un-
reasonable.
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The boat-railway appropriation bill
seems to be laying in the hands of the
senate committee to which it was re-
ferred. This should not be. All oi
Eastern Oregon, Washington and
Idaho want the bill to become law,
and if Senator Mitchell would serve
the people of this section well, he
would urge speedy report. Public
buildings, ETC., can afford to bide their
time, but internal improvements can.
not, especially when the welfare of q
large number of people is dependent
upon them. That bill can be passed
this session of congress and the con.
tract for building the boat-railway
awarded this year if our Representatives
in congress will bestir themselves.
By the systematic working of that
.'endless chain" raids on the gold re-
serve continue to be made, while the
available cash in the treasury, paper
money and silver, have been piled up
to the amount of s1ss, 757, ,773. The
accumulations from the recent
bond sale will soon be drawn out by
the presentation of greenbacks, etc.,
for redemption, and then it may be
that congress will come to its senses
and pass some provision for the perma-
nent retirement of the credit currency.
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TELEGRAPHIC.
Nearly all Members of Both Houses Pres

Nearly all hemberS OF BOth Houses Ires
ent.
LONDON, Feb. l1.-There was an un-
usual amount of interest in the open
ing of parliament today. Owing to
the many important questions that
will come before the present session,
nearly all members of both houses
placed themselves on record before
their party chiefs as having needed
the calls for full assemblage.
Both houses assembled. at 2 o'clock.
The queens speech, read previous to
the opening of parliament today in
the customary manner, was in part as
follows: II continue to receive from
other powers assurance of their friend
ly sentiments. A treaty has been con
cluded between my government and
the government of the French repub-
lie, having for it's principal object the
more secure establishment of the in
dependence of the kindom of Siam.
"The commissioners for the delini-
nent OF the frontier which separates
my Indian empire and the territory of
Afghanistan from the dominions OF
the emperor of Russia have agreed
upon line which has been accepted
by myself and the emperor.
"The government of the United
States has expressed wish to cooper
ate in the termination of differences
which have existed for many years
between my government and the re-
public of Venezuela upon the boun-
dairy of that country and my colony of
British Guiana. 1 have expressed my
sympathy with desire to come to an
equitable arrangement, and trust fur
ther negotiations will lead to a salts
factory settlement.
"The sultan of Turkey has sane
toned principal reforms in the gov
erument of the Armenian provinces,
which, in conjunction with the en-
peror of Russia and the president OF
the French republic, felt it my duty
to press. I deeply regret that fana-
tical outbreak of the Turkish popula-
tion has resulted in series of massa-
cres in number of provinces which
have caused deepest indignation in
this country"