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DEFENDS THE ENROLLED HIhlTIH.
n Comrade Explains why They should Not
be spoken of Lightly

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: In Fight
ing Them Over Of your issue of Oct. 7, Com
rade Reeves, Co. F, 18Th Mo. Cav, speaks
slightingly of the E. VI. NJ 1t is in the
paper Z. N. s. s., but he evidently means
the Enrolled Missouri Militia. As l was
member of that organization 1 know all
about it. We were organized July %, 1862.
| was discharged Aug. 3, 1864, on account
of illness, and the first night got home /
was bushw hacked at my own house.
/ tried to get into the 18th Mo. Cav, with
my brother and many others | knew, but on
account OF illness could not get in.
We were surrounded by bushwhackers
and rebel sympathjzers, and had to scout
night and day, and lost good many men.
We furnished our own horses and trappings,
but were furnished with guns aecouter-
ments, uniforms, rations-the same as all
soldiers. We were paid in . Union military
bonds" which drew six per cent interest;
but we had to discount them Is per cent. to
get cash for or buy things with them.
/ only know of one instance of thieving
(0f some bedclothes), and then the man
had to take them back, and was severely
reprimanded. There were few regiments
which did not have some such characters in
them therefore, / claim Conrade Reeves
does the f.. NJ NJ an injustice if ne meant
them. =
We were sworn in by Maj. Biggers. of Col.
Penick's regiment-the 9Th Mo-, think.
In The Fall of 1864 the 44th Mo. was organ
lied, and most OF the Unionists went into it.
About the same time the provisional Tegi
ments were organized, and 1 know of good
many rebels deserters, sympathizers, and
the like whoswent ilto them, and are now
drawing pensions, while we poor devils are
not even recognized at Washington, although
| have all of my papers from Jefferson City
Most of the disloyal citizens got exemption
papers through fasoritism, or by paying for
them. They called themselves 9 Constitu-
tiOnal Union men," 1t seems rough that
these fellows should draw pensions. --WM
FERGUSON, Sergeant, Co. c, 51st Reg't, E.
NJ NJ, Orrick Mo.
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Seventeen Y ear Old Patriot Kept Busy
Dodging Bullets.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: As love
to read Picket Shots and Fighting
Them Over" as written by the comrades, |
thought if | should fire shot in amongst
them it might awake somsone else who
would give something lively.
Say, boys, do you remember the first time
vou got into it and heard the zip and zist
of the rebel bullets? My first time was at
Knoxville, when LOngstrset had Us sur
rounded. l had not been long III the army
in fact a number of our regiment were
recruits-so we were kept in the bitches,
Well, didn't like that little bit.
As we were short on rabiOns. Mug
Weatherford and "Boog" Wiles, who lived
in Knoxville, were allowed to go home every,
morning after roll-call to get their breakfast,
and in place of coming back they would fall
III with some other regiment and 60 on the
skirmish-line. Atnight would come in and
lie around the campfire and tell us of the
exciting time they had out on the line.
Well, when l enlisted / expected TO be III
he fight some, 50 one morning after TOll-Cau
took my Enfield aud csrtridge-b box, stole all
the cartridges l could hide about me,
jumped over the bresstwOrks and struck out
down through the old fair grounds in the
direction of considerable firing.
y
III. (or Ind). Some of the men spoke to
me. | told them who l was, and that /
wanted to help them fight OF course they
laughed, and said "All right" and gave me
room.
The rebs had taken up position on
wooded ridge just east of the old DR.. Rogers
house, and were making it very interesting
for the boys in the open field Soon mount
ed officer with red sash galloped past US
and gave orders:
Advance the line, and drive those rebels
off the hili'
The lire started I went, too. The rebs
saw US. aud opened fire. The bullets began
to come As they would pass close to me
with a zip would side-step a little, just 10
give them plenty of space TO pass. The
boys would laugh Mt me; then | would
straighten up right and left dress" to be
sure | was not getting behind, and very
careful not to get III advance
The firing was now getting rapid, and
the boys began to go faster-the east end of
the line on a run-A / had not fired single
shot | was too busy stepping out of the
way of those bullets We were getting near
the fence. The east end was crossing the
fence, and had raised a yell? How would |
cross that fence? The bullets were so thick
that if | got on the fence they couldn't miss
me. of to the left someone had pushed
the fence down. / would just ohlique
little, and 90 through that gap.
Just as got to the gap several others got
there, and here came the officer on the horse
again The rebels turned their fire III that
direction. 1t just appeared to me that the
bullets would cut that fence to pieces. |
was in it sure.
About that time the east end of the line
had swung around the hill, and the west end
went yelling across the field like they were
going to surround the rebs. SO the john
The National tribune., 1897-11-04
CHAPTER XXV.

In the foregoing pages | have en-
deavored to describe the public events
III which ! was an actor or spectator be-
fore and during the civil war Of 1861
80, and it now only remains for me to
treat Of similar matters Of general in
terest subsequent to the civil war.
Within a few days Of the grand re-
view Of May "a, 1865, / took leave of
the amy at Washington, and with my
family went 10 Chicago to attend fair
held IN the interest Of the families of
soldiers impoverished by the war. ] re-
NAMED there about two weeks on the
22d Of June was al South Bend, Ind,
where two Of my children we're al
school, and reached my native place,
Lancaster, g., on the oath.
On he 4th of July ] visited at Louis
vile, Ky, the Fourteenth, Fifteenth,
Sixteenth, and Seventeenth Corps,
which had come from Washington,
under the command Of Gel. John A.
Logan, for "muster-out," or "further
orders" | then made short visit to
Gen. George II. Thomas at Nashville,
and returned to ] ancaster, where ] re-
mained with the family till the receipt
OF General Orders No. 118 of June q.
1865, which divided the whole territory
Of the United States into - depart
ments and five military divisions, the
second Of which was the Military Divis-
ion of the Mississippi" hfterward
changed to missouri" Maj.-Gen w.
I. Sherman TO command. with Head
quarters at St. Louis, TO embrace the
Departments of the Ohio, Missouri, and
Arkansas.
This territorial command included
the States north Of the Ohio River and
the States and Territories north of
Texas as far west as the Rocky Mount
aims, including Montana, Utah, and
New Mexico; but the part east of the
Mississippi was soon transferred to
another division. The Department
Commanders were Gen. +. O. c. Ord
at Detroit Gen. John Pope, ut Fort
Leayenworth; and Gen. j. j. Reynolds
at Little Rock but these also were soon
changed. at once assumed command
and ordered my Staff and Headquarter;
from Washington to St. Louis, Mo
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That Big sno,Ystnrm.

Jacob Fink, Co. d, 55th H., Canton, H.,
writes: see by Dr. j. =. Cannon's Inside
of Rebeldom that our Confed rate friends
were visited by big snowstorm while en-
cainped in northern Alabama the night of
March 81, 1864. ! can voDsh for the cor
rectness of the date given by the Doctor.
was on picket duty not many miles from the
9th Ala, OF which be was a member.
was without shelter of any kind. At that
time my regiment was stationed at Larkin's
Landing Ala, on the Tennessee River, guard
ing pontoon bridge The boys had lois of
fun on March % snowbailing, but before
night the snow was all gone. The inhabitants
OF that part of the country said they never
saw so much snow. We stayed at the
Landing until April II, 1864, when We
marched to Larkinsville, Ala, 10 miles from
the Landing, and took the cars North to
enjoy 80 days !urloagh, which those who
ye-enlisted received.
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d REGIMENTHL REMINIScENCE.
Comrade Ladd Tells of Some of the Doings
of the 9th Ky.


EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: Perhaps
honor enough is done our old regiment, the
Oh KY, by Col. Fox, who catalogs it as
one of the 800 fighting regiments }" yet,
when ii is submitted, that this regiment
came into being just at the time when Gen.
Sidney Johnston crossed into Kentucky and
Buckner advanced upon Louisville, and that
this regiment was mustered out with Shiloh,
Stone River, Chickamauga, Mission Ridge
and Atlanta inscribed upon its flags, | may
be pardoned for venturing to write a few
short paragraphs of its history.
| was q natiye-born Kentuckian, and
when the war broke out the young men
generally inclined to the Southern cause.
1t was Gen. Sherman, | believe, who said
that no Kentuckian who owned a horse or
mule or a negro could be trusted Be that
as it may, in September, 1861, l found my
self with 104 other loyal Kentucky boys
enrolled as company, commanded by Capt.
Dick Lee, all of Oldham County.
During the Summer of 1861. the writer
and part of the company, including few
who had seen service in the Mexican war,
and several who afterwards Joined John
Morgan's wild riders were drilled by Col.
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Hamilton's DuelinS Pistol.
LCbicago Times Herald. !

In the parlor of the Roy homestead in
Superior, Wis, is the pistol with whieh
Alexander Hamilton fought Aaron Burr or
the banks of the Hudson in the year 1906
and the Elate of the weapon with which
Aaron Burr took Hamil,ons life on tina
occasion The owner of the relic is Margaret
A. Roy, widow of Vincent Roy. Mr.. ROy
was one of Superior's pioneers, and oven
twenty years ago, upon the occasion of
visit TO she town of party of Southern and
Eastern spectators, the pistol was presented
to him by ex-senator j. B. Beck, of Ken
tucky, in return for favor conferred by Mr..
Roy.
Mr. Beck received the weapon from a rela-
tive OF Col. James Boyle, and subsequently
loaned it 20 friend VINO used it during the
civil war. Col. Boyle received the pistol,
together with lis mate, from Judge Van
Ness, who was Burr's second during the duel
with Hamilton.
The Burr pistol, which is an exact dupli-
cate of the other, is now owned by Louis
Marshall son OF Col. Thomas Marshall, of
Vermont. 1t has changed hands many
times, and finally got lnJO the hands OF Col.
Marshall after passing through the Mexican
and civil wars.
Both weapons were marked by Col. Van
Ness to insure Identification, the Burr pistol
with an "X to signify that it had killed
one man, and the Hamilton pistol with the
character 80 above the initials "A. IL.
The pistol owned by Mrs Roy is of the
old fiIntlock, hcrse-pistol pattern. Although
made of good material and well finished, 1t
is acumsy-looking affair compared with the
pistol of To-day The barrel is II inches
l00g and carries a two ounce bail, while tine
handle is heavy and extremely dineule 70
grip.
The National tribune., 1897-11-04
FIGHTING THEM OVER
What the Veterans Have to Say
About Their Campaigns.

The Editor would be glad 10 receive fron the
veterans Volunteers and Reg uars) articles OF fros
500 to Loco words, written exclusively for THR
NATIONAL TRIBUNE, and for publication ia the
Fighting Them Over depaYtnent The subjects
Should be OF interest to veterans in general and
treated with especial regard for historical accuracy
OF statement. Narratives Of the behavior of soms
particular regiment, brigade, Or division
field whereon it distinguished itself, in some
paign in which it took prominent part, in some
siege wherein it acted Extensively or defsnsivey
rsuii inssences ef prison life, the march, the battle
the oamp-an such are solicited The naval
veterans invited to give narratives of their
service in various enterprises. The Editor also de-
sres for publication outside of the Fighting Them
Over columns true, dramatic sketches of personal
adventure, of humorous incident, connected
with wartime service Articles will receive prompt
consideration. and il available be inserted. Stamps,
should be inclosed if 1t il desired that the manu-
script be returned If unavailable.
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MES fell back, and the firing ceased. We
were ordered back into line in the field.
But | drifted along to the west, towards
Sh;eldstoun, and dropped in with dis
mounted cavalry regiment. They were glad
tn see my Enfield, as their guns would not
reach the J hnniess As / had not fired q
shot / had plenty Of car ridges.
So they could take my gun and be on
equal footing with the rebs, and they made
them move aronnd pretty lively.
Thus ended my first day IN line. | was
then II years old.-T. A. NEWMAN, Co. l.,
9th Tenn. Cav. Bonham. Tex
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PICKET SHOTS
From Alert Comrades Along the
Whole Line.
Fighting in the wilderness.

Edward Yarton, of Omaha. Neb., saw
much hard service and had many narrow
escapes while in the army. His first enlist
nlent of two years was in Co. O., 9th y. Y.
He was wounded at the first battle of Bull
Rum and again at Charlottesville. Com
rade Yarton re-enis;ed in the 18th y. y in
1868, and took part IN the battle of tire
Wilderness He writes of his engagement. :.
The old First Corps, of which my regiment
was a part went into the SIGHT Sunday
morning, May ), 1864, and drove the enemy
back nearly two miles. Our loss was heavy.
On Monday we renewed the fighting, bat
we're almost out of cartridges. We secured
some from the killed. but two men had to
be detailed from each company to bring up
ammunition. My brother James was one
OF the detail, and as he started off he threw
me all the cartridges he had left-seven. |
have never seen him since, and do not know
if he is living. | was taken prisoner on the
9th. after q hand-t0-hand fight. A blow
over the head with the barrel of the gun
knocked me senseleSs | was sent To An
dersonvlle. | have not been able to do
much work as my left hand was manned
by rebel officer named Bentley, acting
under orders of Capt. Wirz."
Medals of Honor.
George w. Killing, Co. {, 9th Iowa, Mel
rose Park, H., writes regarding the grant
ing of medals of honor: Now, why not
give them to all who showed signs of
bravery rs, for instance, the writer, who
stood at his post on the steamer Clara Bell
up Red River while the rebs gave her shot
and shell. | was on guard when Lieut.. ii.
came on board and called out: Keep cool,
George; they say that there is fire III the
hold, and, If 50, we Will be blown up He
ran back, leaving me pacing the deck alone,
not knowing how soon | would be sent
into the laws of the alligators or somewhere
else. But to my great relief the Lieutenant
soon returned, and said the Captain had de
cided that the smoke was blowing from the
smokestacks down into the open hatchway.
Il knew that there was ammunition
enough stored in the hold to blow us all to
kingdom come. Talk about bravery! Why
didn't / Jump overheard and get out of
dangers way ?"
More About Southern Loyalists.
J. A. Isenbrey, Battery A, 1st Tenn. Art,
Rando, Tenn, thinks very few realize what
loyalty cost the Union people OF southern
Tennessee and northern Alabama. The
comrade was born and raised In East Ten
nessee, and had some experience with the
marauding rebel bands. lie writes | re-
member how it cheered my old father,
mother and. in iacs, the entire family, when
we heard the Yanks had taken Knoxville.
The National tribune., 1897-11-04
a Band OF RESCUERS.
They Made q Gallant Charge, and Com
rade Asks Who They Were.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: After SO
yesrs | write for information as TO a circum-
stance that came under my observation At
Stone River, l think, on Jan. 2, 1853.
After the right ofthe army had been driven
back and the lines established anew. our left
was vigorously assaied on the above evening
by Gen. Cieburne's troops. Their assault was
swift and determined The river we had
fordsd Just few hours previous. Thsre the
slush ice was running thick. We had adj
vanced from the river short distance In
c0ruficld in mud and slush over our shoe
tops, and had formed line. While in this
position we hal been attacked and driven
inch By inch to and down the bank OF the
stream. The rebels now advanced almost
to the bank and waved their naz almost in
our faces. 4 company or battalion of men.
net to exceed 100 and commanded by q
Captain and Lieutenant, came wading
the river in our rear. The Captain called
out: Let rs at them,p And they ad-
vanesd at a charge with fixed hayOnets,
and grander sight / never saw. They
drove their way through the rebel lines,
wheeled and returned, driving back into
our lines three times their numbers. The
whole rebel line was driven back, and quiet
reigned on that part of the line the rest of
the night.
Early the next morning / went to the
spot where the charge was made, and there
lay In a straight line 50 men of that little
command with their feet to the east, and n
guard on each side walking mp and down the
line of dead comrades.
/ have failed in all these years TO see the
occurrence mentioned. VIII someone tell
who these men were aud how they came
to do so daring deed and not be recognized
IN the events of the great war "A. G..
KREss, Co. F, Both H.. Marion, Ind.
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California in = Days.

Via Chicago. Union Pacific, and North Western
Line. No change of cars. All meals in dining
cars Two trains daily. with frst-class aud
tourist seepers. Personally conducted excur-
sions every Thursday 10 California and Oregon
For rates and other Information ask your near
est Ticket Agent write,
York.
T. p. Vailie. s. E. P. A., 1l2 South Fourth
street Philadelnhia Pa
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cusses the subject of military correspond
ence: whether the staff-oiiicer should
correspond directly with his chief In
Paris, submitting to his General copies,
or whether he should he required TO
carry on his correspondence through his
General, so that the latter could
promptly forward the communication,
Endorsed with his own remarks and
opinions The latter is declared by the
board to be the only safe rule, because
"the General should never be ignorant
of anything that is transpiring that con-
Germs his command"
In this country, as in France, Con-
gress controls the great questions of war
and peace, makes all laws for the crea-
ton and government Of armies, and votes
the necessary supplies, leaving to the
President 10 execute and apply these
laws, especially the harder task of limit
ing the expenditure Of public money to
the amount Of the annual approprla-
tions. The executive power Is further
suhdivided INTO the seven great deFars-
ments, and 10 The Secretary of War is
coniided the general care of the military
establishment. and his powers are further
subdiyided into . distinct and separate
bureaus.
The chiefs Of these bureaus are
under the immediate orders OF the Sec
retary of War, who, through them, in
fact commands the army from his
Office" but cannot do so " in the field
an absurdity in military if not civil
law.
The National tribune., 1897-11-04

LADIES: Valuable advice and simple Cure
for all Womens Weaknesses sent FREE. Ad'
dress Mrs. L. Hudnut, South Bend, Ind.
The National tribune., 1897-11-04

TO CURE a COLD IN ONE DAY
Take Laxatiye Bromo Q1inne Tablets All
druggists refund the money if it fails to cure.
25c
The National tribune., 1897-11-04
Malaria M
a Disease Caused by Bad Air Which
Makes Bad Blood

a Disease Caused by Bad Air Which
Makes Bad Blood.
Malarial germs may exist in the air we
breathe, the food we eat and the water we
drink. Malaria causes exhaustion, h cad
ache, and arrangement of the digestive
organs. 1t may lead to Brights disease or
tuberculosis. Hoods Sarsaparilla purifies
the blood, eradicates malarial germs and
scrofulous taints, tones the stomach, creates
an appetite and builds up, sustains and pro-
tects the whole system.
Hoods s"rsni nsri,,s
Is sold by druggists. 81; six for 50. Prepared
only by C. T. Hood * Co, Lowell. Mass.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-12-16

which we can keep strong and we'll.
People are not only interested in What
we eat, but in what we drink as well,
and every large city has TO study how
TO give its citizens good drinking wa
ter. l had several large bottles Of Wa
ter brought to me last summer, which
came from beautiful spring SO clear
mat the word pure" carved in tho
marble at, the bottom of the spring,
was plainly photographed through six
feet Of water
DO you know how many properties
there are in water? This pure water,
When analysed, was found to contain
sulphate of lime, carbonate of lime, sui
phate OF magnesia, carbonate of mag
nesla, carbonate of iron, chloride Of
soda, silica, free carbonic acid and vo-
lathe materially These are in just the
right proportion to make the water
good to drink.
You have all heard the song, t.The
Old Oaken Bucket" written by Samuel
WoodWorth. In the home where the.
poet once lived is kept the old buck
ct, and visitors go to see it and the
little low house and the mill and "the
bridge and the rock where the catar-
act fell" There is the old WE'LL with
it's long sweep that was once used to
draw up the clear, cool water in the
messy, old oaken bucket I have seen
the place many times when riding by
in the cars, and it makes pretty pic
ture. Your cold water friend,
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A Subject for Legislation.

According to the old English law, a
person who had committed suicide
must not be touched or moved in any
way until the authorities were mott
fled. In some localities, doing this sub
jected the person to severe punish
ment. Whether the person might be
death or in a condition where restor-
alton were possible seemed not to be
of the slightest consequence if the
form were still. No hand must touch
it until the authorities arrived to take
possession and give the necessary per-
mission. This order undoubtedly arose
from the fact that it might be a grave
question whether it were murder or
suicide. In the former case moving the
body might destroy evidences of the
crime, but there have been so many
instances where it is supposed that
animation might have been restored il
the friends felt at liberty to make an
effort, that legislation on this point
appears to have been found necessary
in England. According to a test case
the duty of the finder of such a body
is, first of all, to ascertain if life is
really extinct. If not the law against
the dead body is of course imperative.
I: is we'll to allow everything to re-
main as far as possible undisturbed in
order that clues to any possible mo-
tive may not be destroyed.
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meats, there ought to be special quall-I
flcations. That this is not always pro-
vided for is unquestionably true. OF.
course one may say that the business
IS easily learned, but this is a great
mistake mis- Comparatively few men are
experts in the selection Of meats, even.
70. Tor their own table, to say nothing
or overlooking them with All eye to
their fitness for general consumption
An expert bacteriologist ought to be at
tached to the force appointed for such
work and all appliances and facilities
should be within his reach. It is abb
solutely impossible to tell from the
nasty and necessarily superficial over
looking that is bestowed upon this class
OF products whether the animal was
IN state of perfect health when
slaughtered. There are great many
things that we must take upon trust,
put the accepting of meats should not
be one of them. ---,