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The National tribune., 1898-02-03
Work of the Pension Office.

The report of certificates issued for the
week ending Jan. % shows
Army invalid: Original, Sc; increase and
additional, 112; resStie, 20; restoration and
renewal, 26; duplicate. 8; accrued, 1Ol;
total $50.
Army invalid (act June -, 1890: Orgi
nal, 957; increase, 81; additional, 75; re-
issue, Z; restoration and renewal, q; sup
plementals, q duplicate, 8; accrued, 1913;
total, /, 2s2.
Army widow, etc.:l Original, 81; restora-
ton and renewal, .; duplicate, 1 total, 81
Army widow, etc. iact June 27 1890
Original, 1857; reissue, 3, supplementals,
duplicate, 3; accrued, /; total, 375.
Navy invalid: Original, 4; increase and
additional, /; restoration and renewal, /;
duplicate, 1; accrued, 2; total, g.
Navy invalid tact June 81 1890: Origi
nal, 81 increase and additional, %; res
toratiOn and renewal, j. accrued, g.
total, G5.
Navy widow, etc: Original, i.
Navy widow (act June u, lS90) Original
8.
Army Nurses = Original, 2.
Indian Wars-Survivors: Accrued, 9.
Indian Wars Widows; Original, 10.
Old War-Widow: Original, !.
Mexican War-Survivors: Original. I: in
crease and additional, 2; duplicate, / &c
crued, s; total, II.
Mexican War-Widows: Original, H.
Totals: Original, ,5oi; increase and add
tional, 339; reissue, 80; restoration and re-
newal, 80; supplementais, 3; duplicate, %;
accrued. 2a5. Grand total. 2.266.
The National tribune., 1898-02-03

The NATIONAL TRIBUNE still con-
tinues to fight the battles of the veterans
alone and single-handed among the great
papers of the country. 1t is receiving
valuable assistance among the country
papers, who know how shamefully the
veterans Of their own localities are
slandered, but the so-callcd great papers,
who have heretofore professed to be
friends of the veterans, are either hold
ing coldIy aloof or else joining the
enemy. THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE is
furnishing all the ammunition fred in
defense, and it is gratified by the way
that lis arguments, facts and statistics
are used to refute tie calumnies OF our
enemies.
The National tribune., 1898-02-03

SHORTY CoNFISCATES THE CABoOSE Door.
us from q side o. sole leather What's thu
matt-r with drivin' the wagon right up to
camp and swipin' the whole business horses,
wagon and all?
Il haint been i'll the army as long as you
have, Shorty" said 81, doubtfully. 'Ive
made some progress in petty larceny, as you
know, but | amt yit quite up to stealin'
span o horses and Il wagon. Mebbe I'll come
to it in time, but | amt quite ready for it
nown
''That comes from goin' to church yester-
day, and nearin the Chaplain read the Ten
Commandments, said Shorty, wrathfullv.
:" 1 don't believe they ought to allow the
Chapains to read them things They amt
suited to army life, and there ought to be Il
general order that they're prejudicial to good
order and military discipline. Whersd the
army b. if they Obeyed that one about
not c0vetin' horse or other movable prop
.rty? ] tell you what We'll do since your
so milky on the thing Well drive up in
front of our house, unload enough boards for
our floor, you git ont your gun and bayonet,
and stand guard over EN-. and I'll drive the
wagon down near the bridge and Jump off
and leave it,
''AT right" said 81; "that'll do splen-
didly, if you think you kin dodge the Loo
tenant"
80, he be darned, F" said Shorty scornfulIy.
II could git away from him if l wasn't 10
years old"
They carried out the plan. They drove
up in front of their residence, and threw
off n liberal quantity of the boards The
other boys raised yell, and made a break
for them. But ST ran inside, got his gun and
established himself on guard.
Don't you bulge an inch from there till
| git back" shouted Shorty, rs he drove
away. Don't let one OF Co. Q lay finger
The National tribune., 1898-02-03
PERSONAL.

The not unexpected death Of ex Gov
Harris N. Fla sted, of Maine, viii carry
grief to a Ia ge circle of fr ends. lie was a
strong, pati otic man, good soldier, and a
valued Gr e. d He was born at Bangor in
1923, and LoCa ne Lieutenant Colonel Of the
1lth Me. Oct 81, 1851. He was promoted to
Colonel the next May, commanded br-
gade on the Pennsular campaign, before
Charleston, and at Petersburg He was
brevctted Br CAD er and Major General for
gallant and meritorious service during the
war, and charged March % 1865, VIXEN
he resumed the practice Of the law, and en-
tered politics. He was elected Attorney
General o.: Maine in 1872, served one term
in Congress, and was elected Governor OF
Maine in 1881. He has been in poor heal h
for some years, and spent his Winters at
Summervillc, S. c., near Charleston.
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on them. They're the durnedest tn ewes out
side the Jacksonville Penitentiary You
can't trust one o them farther than you could
sling bull by the tail. III be back SOON"
shorty drove gaily down until he got close
to the bridge. The Lieutenant had been
impatiently expecting him, and as soon ~
the wagon came up 1t was surrounded by %
crowd of men to unload it. The Lieutenant
looked over the load
= wonder ii he sent enough Let me sec
your return, he said. locking up at the seat,
where ne expected to find the Sergeant he had
put in charge. But the seat was empty.
Shorty had jumped down. pruden,ly mingled
with the crowd, avoided the Lieutenant eye
with much more than his usual iifidencc,
and was modestly making his way back to
camp behind tbicket of hazel bushes
When he got back TO the house he was
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y
delighted to find 81 still master of the
situation, with al the boards present and
accounted for. Tley quickly transferred
them to the interior, and found that they Lad
enough for a nice floor, besides couple Of
extra ones, to cut up into a table aud stools.
. on done good work in keepin' the other
boys often em, ST., said he 81 was afraid
you wouldn't. The only thing I've got agin
Co. Q is that the boys will steal Otherwise
they're the incest kind o. boys"
A couple of days later they got a pass to ga
down to Murfreesboro and look the sleepy old
town over They were particularly inter
ested in the quaint old courthouse, which had
once been the capitol of Tennessee. They
happened into one of the offices, which was
entirely deserted. On the wall hung a steel
engraving of JEFF Davis in large oak frame.
THAT blamed old rebel picture oughtn't
to be hangin' there, 81, " observed Shorty.
Indeed it oughtn't jeff ought to be
hung to a sour apple tree and that glass'd
make nice winder for our house"
Indeed it would, :" Shorty started TO an
swer, but time was too precious to waste in
speech. In an instant he had showed an old
desk up to the wall mounted il and handed
the picture down to 81. They wrapped it MP
in their Overcoats, and started back for camp.
They had seen enough of NurfreesbOrO fox
that day.
IL l.
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Death of Admiral ISraiuc.

Rear Admiral Daniel Lawrence Braine,
L. S. NJ, retired, died at Brooklyn, n. Y,
Jan. 20, aged 80 years. He leaves a widow,
three sons and a daughter. Admiral
Brainc was BON in New York in 1929, and
entered the navy in 1916 as Midshipman,
appointed from Texas Previous to the
rebellion he had seen service in the Mexi-
can War and on the Mediterranean
He was in the first naval engagement OF
it. He was recommended for promotion for
his q cool performance of his duty - at Fort
Fisher, Fort Anderson, and the forts on
Cape Fear River and was commissioned
Commander in 1865. lie commanded the
Juniata in her search for the Po'aris in
the North lie commanded the South At
lantic squadron as Rear Admiral in 1886.
The National tribune., 1898-02-03

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THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE cares little
about where the big, fat places are be-
slowed. 1t is only interested in the
rank and file. We want the veterans
to have the postoffices, the clerkships,
the watchmen's places, and any others
that they arc qualified for. The big
fellows have the opportunity and ability
to take care Of themselves. 1t is merely
honor and distinction that they are
after. The smaller places mean actual
means of livelihood for men whose serv-
ice disabled them from other walks Of
life.
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THE LAST RESORT nY SPAIN.


When George the| Third had failed
to fight down the spirit of American
freedom, his representatives looked for
Benedict Arnold. 1t was the abandon
ment of combat of manhood for the
weapons of treachery. Gold is a weapon
that all brave men idespise. 1t is repug-
nant to fair minds.a 1t is the last resort
of the coward out-elassed on fair field.
Governor-General Blanco lately drew
100000 from the Spanish Bank in
Havana. and started to the eastern prov
ince Of Cuba to attempt what he had
failed to do with lead and iron. 1t soon
became known what was the nature of
his mission. He had gone to bride the
Cuban chiefs to lay down their arms.
Havana waited in suspense. 1t was said
that several Of the Major-Generals were
to be put to the test. 1t turns out that
Gen. Blanco made the browning mistake
of his administration, and even presumed
to imagine he could buy Gomez.
The old warrior flung the insult back
in Blanco's teeth. Any sane man but
Blanco would have known in advance
what would happen. To the Governor
Generals offer of competence for life
and ship to carry him away, Gomez
proudly told him to prepare the ship for
himself He, Banco, was much more
in need of it. He asked the Governor.
General in burning words what could
have bred within him the audacitv to
make such a proposition to a man who
had spent 80 years struggling for free
dom aud 13 years had lived in an armed
camp He appealed to the memory of
bis son murdered when Maceo was be-
trayed at Punta Bravo, and asked
Blanco to remember history.
The result of the faur pas has been
to tear another garment from the
shrivelled form of tottering Spain.
The past week was marked by another
blot on SPANS course in Cuba. BY
bribing a messenger the Commander in
Havana province was guided to the
home of Aranguren, the young patriot
leader who has kept Havana in tremor
for two years Three columns of 800
men surrounded the house and opened
fire. Aranguren's two-year old child
was the first to fall, then a second volley
killed the rest, except the wife Of the
General and her father. The woman
ran out of the house, and was brought
down by volley of nusketry.
The remains of the fallen chief were
brought to Havana and placed ON exhi-
ton, and the officers, who had managed
the affair were congratulated officially.
This is war from the standpoint of
Spain.
In the meantime the good battleship
Maine floats placidly in the Harbor of
Havana, when a single she'll from one of
her 10-inch guns would close the
tragedy.
Spain owes the civilized world an in
finite debt for its forbearance.
The National tribune., 1898-02-03
HEITMAN's HISTORICAL REGISTER OF
THE UNITED STATES ARMY.

We have few copies left of this
work, which gives complete list Of the
officers Of the Army and many other
details Of interest. 1t was compiled in
the War Department from official
sources, aud is absolutely correct.
Among other things it gives list of
the commanders of the Army: the
organization of the various branches Of
!. the service, corps, regiments and bat
talions; full information as TO casualties
in the Confederate amy; names of gen
eral officers IN the Confederate army ::
the names Of all field officers of volun-
-ieers in the rebellion the Retired List,
and vast mass Of details too volumin-
ons 10 enumerate.
This work is large volume of $50
pages, bound in sheep. 1t will be sent
by express to any person who will send
us club of only five yearly subscribers
TO The NATIONAL TRIBUNE. We re-
Gently sold this book at 50, and we
make this offer to close out the residue.
1t will not be printed again, and when
this lot is gone more cannot be pro-
cured. The receiver will pay the ex-
press charges
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men is absurd. There were but 1852
of these all told, or but one in every 3333
enlistments. They rendered very good
service during their 100 days. A very
large proportion of them had previously
been in service, and a still larger per
centage re-enlisted in other regiments,
and served till the end of the war
You know-for you cannot help
knowing-that the howl about "shirks," "
"coffee coolers" men who never saw a
battle" etc, is of the same IRRITATING
absurdiiv. The statistician of your
Bureau will tell you OH the instant that
one man out of every five who rut on
the blue was dead before they took it
off again; that of the remaining four at
least two were wounded or disabled by
disease and hardships. He will tell
you that an exceedingly small proper
ton of The men who went into the war
succeeded in getting into soft, secure
places; that a mans chances when he
enlisted Of getting one of these were
not so good as those of drawing a big
prize in the Louisiana Lottery
On the other hand, if you were to
present to the public attention the story
of what the men represented by even so
small factor as a single days allow
ances of pensions, sacrificed, endured,
dared and suffered for the country, the
people would be startled into wender
and admiration for the superb manhood
which the trials of 1863 developed.
Now, the country has been over
whelmed for years with shameful de-
famation of its soldiers. In this the
Pension Bureau has been made to play
an ignominious part. We claim, with
the utmost earnestness, that it is. high
time that The Pension Bureau should be-
gin telling the other side of the story,
and give the facts in its possession which
will set the character Of the American
volunteer in luster of living light, and
be the pride, the model, and the inspi-
ration of the American youth for all
time to come.
You are the man to do this. Your
official position, and the circumstances
under which you acceded to your place
require it Of you. Public morals de-
mand it. Future public safety .exacts it.
Proper pride in our own National man
hood calls for it.
Will you not do it at once?
We sincerely hope you will.
Very respectfully,
The NATIONAL TRIBUNE.
The National tribune., 1898-02-03

EVERY other country in the world
that has a civil service system gives a
distinct and undeniable preference to
the men who have served in the army
Or navy. In Germany man can
not get any place, not even a little Job
on railway, unless he has been a
soldier. The strongest considerations of
public safety require this. 1t is felt
absolutely necessary that all the public
places shall be reserved for those who
have fought for their country, or put
themselves in position to do so if the
need came.
The National tribune., 1898-02-03
NOTICE!

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blank. This is for conven-
fence of subscribers who may
be willing to do us the favor
of calling the attention of their
friends to the paper, and ask
ing them to subscribe. 1t does
not mean that your subscrip-
ton is expiring. 1t has no
reference to this matter at all.
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The NATIONAL TRIBUNE.

ORR remarks about the Virginia
Legislature adjourning in honor of Lees
birthday aroused the ire of the moldy
old Norfolk (Na.) landmark, and it
INDUCES in a halfcolumn of editorial
denunciation of The NATIONAL TRIB-
UNE, It's constituency and circulation.
The newspaper directories give the Land
marks circulation as 400. For nearly
20 years now THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE
has averaged more than 20 times the
Landmarks entire circulation. 1t is
taken, paid for, and highly appreciated
by intelligent people all over the United
States-we might say all over the world
for there is scarcely country reached
by the Universal Postal Union in
which it has not subscribers. The en-
tire circulation of the Landmark could
be added to or taken away from THE
NATIONAL TRiBUNE's without making
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tents in a barrel Of water.
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Hasper's Weekly, organ Of the
moneyed aristocrats, and the culcha d
clahsses," who never had any use for a
private soldier after he had fought
their battles fer them, is particularly
venomous against pensions. The old
generation of publishers. who made
Ha'per's Weekiy great publication,
have passed away. 1t is now in the
hands of men whom the Police Captain
found at the celebrated Little Egypt
entertainment
The National tribune., 1898-02-03
CHAPTER XII.

81 aud Shorty Make Additions and I'm
provcmeuis to Their Residence, Name
1t "Hoosier's Rest" and Give House
warming.
ST and Shorty kept Sunday as planned.
They really did not know how tired they
were until they formed the resolution to give
the day TO absolute rcstfulness. Then every
joint and muscle ached from the aTdnous toll
of the past week, added to the strains and
hardships of the week of battle
Used to seem to me, - said Shorty, that
when Sunday come after the first week s
powin' in Spring that had a bile in every
limb. Now | appear to have one in every
The National tribune., 1898-02-03

JUDGE THEODORE BoTKIN, Com
mander Of the Department Of Kansas,
GAR, says of the last ruling of the
Pension against the testimony
of kinafolk-that it deprives the claim
ant Of rights which a negro arraigned
for chicken-stealing in Alabama would
be granted.
The National tribune., 1898-02-03

For the week ending Jan. 20 the
Pension Bureau made 1851 original
allowances. For the week ending Jan.
%, 1897, Commissioner Murphy made
l,217 original allowances
The National tribune., 1898-02-03
Deaths in CAR. Posts.

C. r. Green, lyndon, Kan, writes that
Lyndon Post, 10, has lost the following COM
rades by death j. j. Clark, Co. f, 9Th y. Y.
Cav; Abraham Trimmer. Co |, 15lst Ohio,
and Co. III, SD Ohio, and Lewis \. Rey~
nolds, Co. F, 18th Mich. Cav.
James B. Finney, Chicago. III. writes that
these comrades of George I'll. Thomas Post.
5. died during the pas year Hugh A. Win
ter Sergeant. Co. {, 1St Wis: John TwOhlg;
Co F. 8 h Mass; Matthias Shaeffer, Co. +,
3jth Wis; f. III. Bunker, Go. f.. Ist Me.
cav; George McGarry, Co. X, 9Th L. s;
Thomas Burton, Co. l. 134th H.; George w.
Amos, Co. Il, 9th Ohio; Seven ". StrykeT,
Colonel. nth n. y; VIM. l.. Wann, Drum
Major. 136th Pa. and Lieutenant, Co. ID,
162d Ohio; George W Swarts, Co. ID, 18th
L. s.: Hans Shure. CORPORA, Co. X. SSth
H.: John q. Campbell. Co. L. 10th Mass;
James II. Sprague, Co G., 10th Ohio;
Daniel b. Hubbard Ensign, L. 5. N; Arba
Brookins, Co. NJ, 24th y. y. Cav; LuciuS
T.. Alexander. Captain, Co. IL, 11th H.;
Isaac W Brown, Co. l, I'D III.
Old Guard Post, %, Department of Ohio,
has lost the foIIoSing: John McMullen, Co.
*. i9lst Pa; Celestin Bressin, Co X 4th
OHIO; James Turner, Captain, Co. Is, 13fSt
Ohio: George Sneigrovc, Co. C., iSt Ohio.
ard Co. X, 10th Ohio: j. +. Caldwell, Co.
X, 10th Ohio; David Thomas, Co. y, 13lst
ONO; CnitIieS II. MiiItI, 70 u, .u y, 4
Cav; Ephraim Shroyer, Co. b, 92d Ohio:
Ilinggold Bink!ey, Co. c, 10th Ohio, and
First Sergeant, Co. 4, 10th Ohio; viii am
MatherS Co. |, 18th Ohio, and Co. y, 18th
ohio. and John l.. Cease, Co. CT, 18th Ohio,
and Co d. 18th Chic Cav.
Adi't Samuel J. ChaTee furnishes the
following list of deaths in Elias Hove, IT.,
Post, ), Department OF Connecticut Bridge
port: Dr.. Byron ID. MunSOn, Co. G., LIST Conn.
Cav; Sylvester Blinn, Co. |, 9TH Conn;
David Il. Lockwood, I'd battery. Conn. l.. ~:
Phi lip Bowen Co. /, Sd n. j. Cav; John
O'Conners, regiment not known; James =.
Smith. Co. ~ 5th Conn: john Fox, Go. 4,
9Th Conn; George Scheib, Co. b, LIST COan.;
James Gilbert, 10Th Conn, and 18th L. 5,
and Dr. H. NJ Dickinson, Co. ID, 18th Ill.
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tk1saeO Az WASHINGTON eOsToFEce As seoOaOoss nsTTER
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ABRAHAM SCHLESINGER.

Abraham Schlesinger died at his home No e4o
East Fifty-third-st.. yesterday morning He was a
native Of Hesse-D armstadt where he was born
seventy-fve years ago He came 10 this country
in lS4s and settled In New York. where he re-
malned ever since. Since 1851 he had supplied the
police departments OF this and other large cities
with many uniforms. both OF officers and OF patrol
men. He was also engaged in the wholesale toy
business at No. l2s Crosby-st, with his son, Leo
Schloeinger. His tailoring establishment is at No
3s East Houston-st. Mr. Schlesinger was we'll
known as supporter OF Hebrew charities He
was connected with the Mount Sinai Hospital the
Hebrew Orphan Asylum, the Sheltering Guardian
Society, the Hebrew Technical Institute and many
other charitable institutions. He leaves a widow
and six sons He had been III for year and a.
half, but his death was due 10 pneumonia con-
tracted five days ago. He retired from active
business several years ago. The funeral will be
held at No. 2iO East Fifty-thlrd-st. Tomorrow
morning The burial Will be AT Cypress Hills Gene
fery