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The National tribune., 1898-12-08
A SAD TASK FOR SI's AND SHORTY's
COMRADRS.

Shorty had anything but delirious remem-
brance They could only recolect the fierce
rush and the lightning-like play of bayonet
and gun-barrel in the storm-center around
the rebel colors Each after an instant's
savage fencing had sent his bayonet home in
his opponents body. ST had sprung at and
seized the rebel colOrs, only to fall, as he
grasped them from bullet out of the
revolver of rebel Captain, whom Shorty
! instantly bayoneted, and fell himself from a
blow across the head with musket-barrel.
| The man who struck him was bayoneted
| by Abel Waite, who was dancing around the
edges of the melee like malignant little
fiend, prodding wherever he could get a
chance at rebel body. The Irishmen, yell
ing like demons were using their guns like
shillelahs, and crushing heads in every direc-
ton, while Wat Burnham had thrown his
musket aside, and was rushing at everybody
with his mighty fists.
At length the rebels fled, leaving the In
dianians in possession of their colors and
the hillside.
'Some of you find Lieut.. Bowersox, and
bring him here" said Capt. McGillicuddy,
sitting up, and beginning to twist hand
kerchief around his thigh, to form torni-
quet Lieutenant, you all right?"
Is 9 Nothing more than mere scratch on the
side of my head, said the Lieutenant, wip-
ing away the blood.
"Well, Lieutenant, you'll have to take
command of the regiment. l had personal
alteration with that Mississippi Colonel
lying over there, and he put bullet through
my thigh. Get the men together, pick up
our wounded, and fall back to the top of the
hill again. "
"I'm afraid there's no use of picking up
Corp1 Klegg and Shorty" said the Lieuten-
ant, with tears in his eyes, ''They got the
rebel flag, but they're lying there stiff and
cold"
"Well, bring them back, anyway, so we
can lay them beside the other gallant boys
who have fallen to-day"
ITO be continued.)
The National tribune., 1898-12-08
The PRIZE uINnERS.
another Contest, Open I'll
January 81.

According to agreement we announce
below in this issue the names and ad
dresses of the winners of the splendid
extra premium prize, the terms of which
were set forth in this column the last
week in October
1t will be remembered that the prizes
consists of two-volume unabridged die
tionary, bound in full morocco; and
that the reward was the same TO the
first. second and third contestants who
would send us the largest clubs mailed
during November.
The successful competitors are: VIM
Orr, Crary, n. Oak. for a club Of Il
H. Niece, Ironton, o., for club of 81
Levi Morris, Crescent City, Cal, for a
club of 81.
We refer any of our readers who are
interested to these club-raisers as to the
value and character of the prize we are
sending them, and we venture to hope
that they will kindly answer any in
quiries made on the subject.
The National tribune., 1898-12-08
Work of the Pension Office.

The report OF certificates issued for the
week ending Nov. rs shows
Army invalid: Original, II; increase and
additional, 1853; reissue, %; restoration and
renewal, %; duplicate, So; accrued, 70;
total, 357.
Army invalid TACT June 81, $780, Original,
2l7; increase, 121; additional, 50; reissue,
80; restoration and renewal, So; supple
mentals, 3; duplicate, 81; accrued, IS;
total, 638.
Army widow, etc.: Original, 80; increase
and additional, /; reissue, ?; restoration
and renewal /; duplicate, II; total, so.
Army widow, etc. tact June 27, 1S90l:
Original, 1876; reissue, /; renewal, l.;
duplicate, %: accrued, 3; total. 223.
Navy invalid: Original, I; increase and
and additional, 4; reissue, 3; restoration
and renewal, 1; total, II.
Navy invalid (act June 81, 1s90): Original,
IS: increase and additional, 6; reissue, S;
duplicate, 2; accrued, 2; total. 80.
Navy widow: Original, L.
Navy widow, etc. (act June ~, 1S9Ol
Original, 4; duplicate. 1; total, ).
Army Nurses: Original. I.
Indian Wars-Survivors: Accrued, 2.
Indian Wars-Widows: Original, ).
Mexican War-Survivors: Original, II
duplicate, 2; accrued, 2; total, 5.
Mexican War-WidOws; Original, A; du-
plicate, /; total, 3.
Totals: Original, SIS; increase and ad-
ditional, 1874; reissue, II; restoration and
renewal, 81; supplemental, 3; duplicate,
1873; accrued. 172. Grand tOtal. f,345.
The National tribune., 1898-12-08
First Division, Ninth Corps.

Miles Buck, Co. X, 5Oth Pa, Lockbox
AT, Tyrone, Pa, writes: "There seems to be
controversy as to what regiments formed
the Second and Third Brigades, First Divis-
ion, Ninth Corps. am sure there was no
more honor attached to the Second Brigade
than to the First or Third The boys of the
First Division were gallant set. As near
as can remember, the following formed the
First Division, Ninth Corps, First Brigade:
9th Mich, 10th, 5lst and Tooth n Y, 37th
and 3sth Wis, 5lst Pa. Second Brigade: lst
Mich. Sharpshooters, ID, Sth and Goth Mich
46th y. Y, 6Oth Ohio and 50th Pa. Third
Brigade: Sd Ind, 5lst. 9th and 59th Mass,
18th n Y and Tooth Pa. The 10TH Pa. II.
A.. 1 think, was assigned to the Third Bril-
gade and the 9th n Y. Cav was attached
to the Second Brigade part of the Summer
and the Fall of 1894"
The National tribune., 1898-12-08
Soldering in '63.

Editor National Tribune: All honor
should be accorded TO The National Trib-
une as the champion for upholding the
rights OF the veterans, the men who never
rode IN palace cars, and II by accident
during their hard marches thew hap
pened to get ride on a cattle or box-car
they were accused of putting on style.
Now a few words for our young comrades
ears by one who saw some hard service.
/ do not class all our new volunteers as
grumblers, but there are many who did
not realize that there was a difference
between war and home with mothers
cooking, nursing, and feather-bed and, il
mis- take not, mother was always grum-
bled at for all the little. petty grievances
Of home.
Not long ago read letter from lady
who spoke of the neglect of our soldiers
as National disgrace" | well remem-
Der once, when / had been sick with the
humps in the hospital tent for week,
the order came to march, when the tent
was torn down from over my head lt
was raining; / had no protection but a
wool blanket. 1t nearly cost me my life
did not lay it up to the Administration, but
to the negligence of one undeT-oflicer and
spite OF another.
During the early Winter months of 1863
we were camped at Milliken's Bend. near
Vicksburg. 1t rained most OF the time;
wood was scrace and mud unfdthomabie.
The health of the troops was fearful. At
times nearly one-half were unfit for duty.
II was all we could do 20 stand picket and
care for the sick. At one time most OF the
wood had to be brought on our backs from
the timber. three miles from the river. IL
was a daily occurrence to see the pickets,
as they had been relieved from duty,
come into camp bearing stick OF wood,
which was carefully split into kindling
and put under the head for pillow, To
keep dry, to be used sparingly to cook
coffee and meat for the next "a hours.
Soldering was not play in &C.. W,
Colby, Co. G, 9th H., Butler, Ill.
The National tribune., 1898-12-08

The program of the Navy Depart
ment is in accordance with our tradi
tions to build what ships we do bigger
and stronger than their same class in
other navies. 1t is for three battIeships
of 1890 tons each, or 1922 tons more
than the Oregon three armored cruisers
of about $4,000 tons each, or nearly
1000 tons more than the big New
York i; three protected cruisers of about
5000 tons each, or nearly 1000 tons
more than the largest protected cruisers
we now have, and six smaller cruisers
of about 2,500 tons. each. All of these
are to have the greatest speed, the
highest coal siowage and the most
powerful guns that can be given them.
Without armor or armament the battle
ships are to cost 100000 each, the
first-class armored cruisers 100000,
the protected cruisers $3.50, 900, and
the smaller cruisers 81, 900. Fitted
out, it means an expenditure of about
s50,000,000. First-class war-ships come
high, but there is no use having any
other.
The National tribune., 1898-12-08

THE Spaniards do not propose to
leave anything in Cuba that they can
carry off. Capt.-Gen. Castellanos tried
to loot the Spanish Bank of Habana OF
sS50,00O cash last Sunday, and as ii
was unwise to trust any of his subordi-
mates with so much cash, he conducted
the job in person, and pulled open the
money-drawers himself. But the Presi-
dent has thoughtfully requested the
depositors, few days before, to tenn
porarily remove their deposits, and the
Captain General found the vaults as
empty as Mother Hubbard did her
cupboard
The National tribune., 1898-12-08
TIE problem of the Philippines
Government.

THE problem of the Philippines is
the most serious one now confronting us.
1t is possible that it may be necessary
to give Aguinaldo and his army sharp
lesson that we are now the actual lords
of the archipelago, and that we mean
serious business They have been so
used to the rule Of force that they
understand nothing else, and we may
have to show them that we have the
force, and stand ready to use it. A
single demonstration will be enough,
however, and after it is made, and we
introduce the Government that We shall,
there will be probably little trouble
The main thing will be to have broad
minded, capable, firm man in command,
who will have tact enough to under
stand the Filipinos, and humor them in
non essentials, while insisting upon their
rigid observance Of the essentials of
peace, honesty, and absolute justice
When they understand that all we
want of them is that they shall not kill
one another, shall not rob nor Cypress
one another, and that the light taxes
imposed upon them are for their own
benefit, things will go on smoothly
There may be occasional conflicts with
banditti and pirates, for bandittism and
piracy have been esteemed professions
in some Of the islands for thousands OF
years. But this will be good exercise
for our younger officers, and really
amount to little more than the troubles
the police have with the disorderly ele-
ments in our large cities.
The National tribune., 1898-12-08
LAWYERS AS RULERS.

When one studies comprehensively
the history of this country he is aston
ished at the part that lawyers have had
in its Government. From the remote
past countries have been ruled by sol
diers or priests, but the United States
has been from the first the especial do
main of gentlemen of the long robe.
In the first place. Is out Of the "a Presi
dents were regularly bred to the law
Of the six exceptions, Washington was
surveyor and planter; VIM. III. Harri-
son began life as student of medicine,
but found the career of arms more con-
genial Taylor and Grant were regular
soldiers; Garfield studied law, but did
little if anything at its practice, being
rather teacher, professor. minister, SOL
der, and politician while johnson was
tailor before he entered politics. Of
the Is regularly-bred lawyers Jeffer-
son, Madison, Monroe, j. @. Adams,
Fillmore, Pierce, and Mckinley be-
came involved in politics before they
had achieved much success at the
bar; but jackson, Van Buren,, Tyler,
Polk, Hayes, Arthur, and Cleye-
land were good lawyers, and John
Adams, Abraham Lincoln, and Benja-
min Harrison were really great lawyers,
and had commanding positions at the
bar before their election as President.
Andrew Jackson was quite as sue
cessful at the bar as young man as he
was at fighting the Indians and British.
planting, shipping, and manufacturing.
James Buchanan made fortune at
the bar before he went actively into
politics. Polk was a painstaking, in
dustrious lawyer to the end of his days.
Arthur returned to the practice of law
in New York whenever his official terms
expired, and had fairly lucrative
practice. Harrison has been over
whelmed with big cases ever since he
left the White House. Cleveland had
a fine practice in New York City await
ing him when his first term ended, but
since his second term he has seemed to
care for nothing but his family and
duck-huntipg.
OF 50 present Senators, 60 are law
yers, four are merchants, two are mine
operators, one is physician, one a
professional office holder, one literary
man, three are journalists, four are
farmers and stockbreeders, one a CAPT
talist and director in moneyed institu
tons, four are manufacturers, and two
are bankers There is about the same
of lawyers in the House of
Representatives, and this has been the
case ever since the formation of the
Government.
The National tribune., 1898-12-08
THE TREATY OF PEACE.

The work Of the Peace Commission is
nearly over, and The treaty will be ready
for signature in a few days. All the
substantial points were settled last week,
and there remains only number OF
minor questions, such as the status OF
the Spaniards who choose to remain in
the islands, trade privileges, religious
rights, status of the monkish orders, the
release and return of the Spanish prison
ers held by the Filipinos. ownership
of vessels and munitions of war in
parts not captured by the Americans,
etc. The Americans, having gained all
the main points, are disposed to be
liberal on the minor ones, but the
Spaniards try their patience severely by
their quibbling and sharp struggling for
every possible advantage. They in
sisted that a number of conditions did
not belong to the treaty, since not men,
toned in the protocol, but Judge Day,
who had become very tired of their
chop-logic, laid down the broad prin-
ciple:
ga treaty of peace can contain any
thing which the victors put into it.
The Spaniards saw the point, and sue
cumbed.
1t seems likely that the proposition to
buy one of the Caroline Islands may
fail. The American Commissioners
have not been strenuous upon it, but
have maintained an attitude of 1--WE
have made you good offer: take it or
reject it." The Spaniards wanted to
save their munitions of war, but the
Americans insisted that they belonged
to the victors, and went with the rest.
The National tribune., 1898-12-08

Isl Klegg and his chum Shorty, whose
adventures as recruits and veterans have for
so long amused the comrades and many
Others, visit Sis home, and on the return
trip are detailed to and in getting into
shape" number of recruits, gathered in
Indiana by members of the regiment on that
duty. All take the train for the front
again. They reach the field of Chickamauga
in time to make n brief stand against force
of the enemy pursuing a number of fugi-
tives. After the repulse of the rebels, ST
and his friends 90 on 10 the front.
The National tribune., 1898-12-08

GEN. LEONARD WOOD is giving the
people of Santiago most refreshing ex-
perience in Governor who is not there
to fill his own pockets, and those of bis
henchmen, in the quickest possible time,
and return home, but is really DESTROYS
OF building up their city, and giving
them all chance to prosper. Such a
thing has never before happened in the
three centuries Of the city's history, and
ii must fill them with amazement.
The National tribune., 1898-12-08
ANOTHER CONTEST.

As many will no doubt be disap-
pointed in not being able to enter the
competition, We take this occasion to
announce now that we will give the
same prizes upon the same terms in
another contest, in which little more
time will be allowed.
We will send, as an extra premium,
In addition to all other premiums, a
set of this same two-volume, morocco
bound, unabridged dictionary to each
of the three persons who will send US
the greatest number Of yearly sub
scribers to THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE
between Dec 10 and Jan. 81, 1899. The
dates to be determined by the postmark
on the envelope at the postofiice where
letters are mailed.
We trust that there will be a lively
contest for this magnificent set of books,
the publishers price of which is $40.
The National tribune., 1898-12-08

The islands are to be ours but not
of us. Those who talk fearfully about
their becoming States only show their
OWE ignorance of all the conditions.
1t will be at least century before any
body seriously thinks of making States
of them.
The National tribune., 1898-12-08

The Presidents Message is not what
one would call an exciting document
1t has about as few startling features in
it as the annual report of a granger
railroad.
The National tribune., 1898-12-08

SOUTH DAKOTA is to try the South
Carolina Dispensary system. This is
hopeful. They will try it there more
intelligently than was possible under the
wild-eyed Tillman, and probably get
some results which will be of value IN
solving the Temperance problem. The
system has worked very well in Scandi-
nayian countries, and possibly will do
go in South Dakota. The people of the
whole country will watch its operations
with deep interest.
The National tribune., 1898-12-08

PRESIDENT McKINLEY's long-her-
aided Civil Service order still hangs fire,
though we are kept in hourly expecta-
ton Of it
The National tribune., 1898-12-08
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The Government of Hawaii seems
pretty we'll settled upon, and the only
point likely to raise discussion is that OF
continuing the contract labor system.
This Congress will probably not allow,
and the planters are in measure ex-
pecting it, while contending to be al
lowed its benefits for stated term OF
years. The form of Government will
be that of one our Territories, with the
Governor and most of the higher Off
Gals appointed from Washington, pref
erence being given to actual residents
of the islands. This will satisfy the
people of this country. and those of the
archipelago.
The National tribune., 1898-12-08

THERE was a report current last
week that we had demanded from Spain
the concession of station for naval and
telegraph purposes at Ceuta, the strong
hold opposite Gibraltar, and that she
had refused. This was subsequently,
fully denied. IF we were to have to
communicate with the Philippines by
way of the Mediterranean and the Suez
Canal, station at Ceuta, or some other
point on the Mediterranean, would be
very necessary to us. But we propose
to have cables to Manila across the
Pacific, and to dig the Nicaragua Canal,
SO that we shall be entirely independent
of the eastern channel of communica-
ton.
The National tribune., 1898-12-08

IT will hardly be possible to give
Porto Rico as full a measure Of self
government as Hawaii, for the reason
that the people there have nothing like
the education in selfgovernment that
the missionaries have given the Hawaii
ans for the last three quarters Of a
century. The dominant class in Porto
Rico has known nothing but Spanish
tyranny, and have hardly the faintest
glimmer of American ideas and methods.
1t will take a long time to educate even
them in our ways The great mass of
the people are negroes but lately en-
fran chized, and large portion of them
brought directly from Africa. They
are inconceivablylb below the most igno-
rant of our Southern field-hands in gen.
eral intelligence and knowledge of the
ways of civilization.
The National tribune., 1898-12-08

Of the book of England's experience
and deal with each people according to
their character and conditions. What
may suit Cuba may not suit Porto Rico
or the Philippines at all, and vice versa
England does not attempt to govern any
two of her dependencies precisely alike.
She simply insists on maintaining the
essentials of good Government in all OF
them, and beyond that lets each follow
its natural bent. In one way or another
she secures to each one Of them peace,
liberty, justice and protection Of person
and property, and then interferes no
further with them. She governs Egypt
one way and India another, and differ
ent sections of India different WAYS.
Canada, Australia, New Zealand and
South Africa govern themselves most
absolutely IN everything but in name.
The experiment of allowing Jamaica
selfgovernment resulted disastrously,
and its right to do SO was taken away.
We shall simply have to follow Eng
lands example, and by actual trial find
out just what form Of Government is
suited to each people.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1898-03-12
ueeoiy .rhrec nnnde1 Duel.

Georgetown, o., March IA shoot
Ing affray occurred at Higginsport, a
village a few miles south of this place,
Thursday night, which will result in
the death of two men. Mayor Halfhll
met John Donald and the latter's son
In front of saloon at 10 o'clock and
without a word and almost instantly
the three men drew revolvers and be-
gan shooting. Sixteen shots were fired.
Halfhill and the senior Donald were
mortally wounded, while young Don
aid was shot several times. Halfhill
and the elder Donald cannot live.
Young Donald Is in Jail. The mayor
had recently inaugurated a reform
movement in the town, and had just
placed charges against several notori-
Gus offenders
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1898-03-12

tiou to speak, either for themselves or
for the people whom they represent
The firm attitude Of the Pre- sident
in defying Spain in the Lee incident,
added to the respect which he had
gained i'm his conservative and equally
firm attitude in rejecting the demand
for hasty action, without Il full knowl-
edge of the facts in the incidents
which had preceded it. Men who in
clined to criticise the delay which
necessarily occurred in the past, now
that they recognize the Presidents :
tirmness and vigor in the crisis aris-
ing by the demand for the with
drawal of Gen. Lee, admit that his
earlier action was equally justified
and that the duty of upholding his
hands i'm the one incident was as clear
rs that of the other in which every
man, irrespective of party, united to
assure him of support and co-opera-
tion.
President Mckinley's conservatism
mingled with tirmness, in this diff
cult task which he has handled dur
ing the entire year of his administra-
ton of the Presidency, has received
in these opening days of the second
year, the highest Communications
that any man could expect or desire,
and 10y it he receives assurance that
his hands will beupheld in II continu-
alton of the wise and firm, yet con
servative policy which has marked
his course in the Cuban matter up to
the present time.