Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-02-26

Unless it has been destroyed there is in home in Fond du Lac county, Wis. T, a soldier letter in an envelope bearing the above words, signed by the great war president.
 Frank King was q Lamartine boy. fresh from tho farm, and character our whole company took to kindly from the first.
 When the army was camped in Vir- ginia, near Washington, tho winter of 1861-2, it was common practice with the soldiers, when they got pass, to visit the city to buy package of en- velopes and call at the capitol, send i'll for their senator or representative and get him to frank them.
 One of our boys came back to camp in high feather. He had two packages of envelopes.-one franked by Senator James R. Doolittle, now Chicago law yer, the other by the late Senator T. O Howe, who succeeded Captain James as postmaster general ill President Arthur's $ cabinet. For 20 years senators and mem- bers have been giving a good deal of their time to helping the soldiers with their pension claims. If they have done it as willingly and pleasantly as they used to frank envelopes for the boys, they must be pretty nearly angels.
 ''Y ou fellows, there, arc making a big blast over getting couple of sena- tors to frank your envelopes, " said Frank King "Just you wait till you sec me come back from Washington with the presidents name on some letter coy- CTS. o
 Within few days Frank King and Harry Dunn, who for years after the war was a Chicago business man. went to the city. They called at the White House. 1t was easier to see the president then than it is now At certain hours of the day soldier could reach the chief executive with fully as much ease as a senator can i'll these later years.
 King was tho ringleader Approach ing the guard, he said: We want to see Mr Lincoln. Please stand aside and let us pass. y
 "Who are you, and what is your busi- ness?'
 eYou tell old Abe we have charge of regiment over on Arlington Heights and want to sec him on an important matter. He'll let us in. :"
 Where are your shoulder straps?"
 We came over in our everyday clothes. Come, we are in a hurry Lot us go in and see MT. Lincoln. ,
 The barley had attracted the attention of the president The door swung open and the good natured chief of the nation smiled upon the cheeky young fellows and bade them step right ill.
 What can do for you, my men?.
 MT. Lincoln, I want you to frank these envelopes, :" said King
 Better get your congressman to do that ''
 'I'd much rather have you do it, Mir Lincoln. The folks at homo would like to see your name on my letters "
 "I'll fix one of them. Take tho rest to your congressman. Who is hep
 1T don't know.
 "Where Is your home?"
 "Lamartine, Fond du Lac county, Wis. "
 "That is my friend Scott Sloan's dis trict. You go to MT. Sloan. He will fix the rest of them. /"
 The president shook hands with the two privates, asked them to be brave soldiers and wished them safe return to their western homes.
 Frank couldn't make his tentmates believe that the president had written; 'Let this go. A. Lincoln. But the next day he wrote letter to his father. The name of Lincoln was personally exam. ined by all of the neighbors.
 In January, 1864, our regiment was in Washington on the way home, having e-enlisted-" veteranized, ' as they called it. In company with two others I went to the White House. The presi- dent shook hands with us, thanked us for swearing i'll for three years more and expressed the hope that we would have nice visit on our veteran furlough.
 MT President said Jones-Ed Jones-"you franked letter for one of the boys in our company, Frank King. wish you would frank one for me- "
 Todd us it may seem, you arc tho second soldier to make such request. So both are of the same company? Very well. "
 On Jones envelope he wrote "A Lincoln, President, and as he handed it back he asked what had become of that other man who had asked him to pass letter.
 "He was killed at Gettysburg.
 shall never forget the look of sad ness in the presidents face when the answer was given, and 1t had not disap- peared when we left the room.
 "Jones, what did you tell him about King for? Did yoa see how it pained him?"
 What did he ask about him for? Do you suppose was going to lie to man would die forf' was Jones indignant reply. Chicago Times Herald
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