Sunday morning globe., 1901-10-27

In glanciug through the Congressional
Recoyd to extract some facts in Rural Free
Delivery Macbe0s case the GLOBE Glanced
on the following ,ouching the career of Dr.
Jacob T. Raub, the Pension Office Medical
Referee, whose alleged record was published
in these columns a few Sundays ago The
publication made was preiaced by the state
ment that it was reproduction from some
medical publication The most dligent
search since then has been fruitless in find
ing any such an alleged publication, and In
view of what follows the GLOBE has come
TO the conclusion that the whole thing was
manufactured TO iujure DR. Raub
Now If there is any one thing that tine
GLOBE resents more than another il is being
made the medium of somebody's spite to
injure an innocent person or to misreprc-
sent facts as they exist We aim TO Je not
only fearless. but truthful and fair even to
pronounced enemies of our person or paper.
Hence IN justice TO this honorable and gal.
liant gentleman Dr. Jacob T. Raub. Medical
Referee of the Pension Bureau, we repro
duce from the Congressional Fel0yd June
S. 1900, the following, which Mr. Sims, of
Tennessee, by unanimous consent of the
House, had presented as the official record
of Dr. Jacob f. Raub:
Dr. Jacob T. Raub enlisted as private i'm
Company k One hundred and twenty.ninth
Pennsylvania Volunteers, August j. 1862,
and served as such in the following engage
ments:
Second Bull Run, Andetam, Shepherds
town, Fredericksburg, Burnsides Mud
March, Charlottesville.
AtFredericksburg, Humphrey Division
Fifth Corps, to which he belonged, made
the last charge against the stone wall at
Maryes Height At Charlottesville he
participated in a hand.to-hand fight for the
colors Of his regiment against a Louisiana
regiment bringing them safely off the field
and he captured the only survivor of the
attacking party
May, 1904, he was appointed assistant sur
geon, and was assigned to duty at Carver
Hospital, Washington, d. c He was re-
lieved at his own request to go to the front
and was assigned to duty in the Sixth Corps
Field Hospital where he served during
General Grants Wilderness campaign
p Assisted in transferring said hospital from
White House, Va, to City Point, Va, and
continued TO serve therein until the Sixth
AhAI Ilh was IA0hNA 10 AllE DlAaIaUN0hu Y ale
ley when he was transferred to the Fifth
Corps Hospital and placed in charge of
section of said hospital including the of.
iccrs ward During the time that smallpox
was in the hospital he had charge of the
smallpox ward.
AT his own request he was relieved to ac-
cept duty at the front This was about Sep
tember T. 1864
September 49, 1904 he was placed i'm
charge of the Two hundred and tenth Regi-
meut Pennsylvania Volunteers. ON the ar
rival of Surg. w. S. Wilson, about Novem-
Der 1904 who relieved him, he remained
with the regiment and in addition TO his
duties Id the regiment he was detailed by
Gen James Gwyu, commanding the bri-
gade 20 attend the sick az brigade head
quarters
About December 1864, he was appointed
by the surgeon-in-chicf of the Fifth Corps n
member of the board Of operating surgeons
of the Fifth Corps Field Hospital, which
position he continued to hold until he was
mustered out Of service.
A few days after the battle of Hatchers
Run, February and @, 1865, he was de-
tached from the Two hundred and tenth
Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, and as
signed to duty with the Fifth Corps Artil-
lery Brigade, staff of General Wainwright,
commanding the brigade, where he re-.
manned until mustered out Of service after
Lees surrender.
He was awarded a Congressional medal Of
honor for most distinguished gallantry in
action at the battle of Hatchers Run, Vir-
ginia, February S, 1906"
Major-General Gwyn, in addressing the
honorable Secretary Of War, says:
SIR; I have the honor to request that
medal Of honor be granted Dr. Jacob i.
Raub late (assistant) surgeon Of the Two
hundred and tenth Pennsylvania Volunteers,
for gallantry and meritorious services rem
dered at the battle of Hatchers Run, Vir-
giuia."
"On the date of this battle Dr. Raub was
one of the board of operating surgeons of
the field hospital of the Fifth Army Corps,
established in the rear, beyond the reach of
danger, 10 which the wounded were sent
from the field.
His regiment being without a medical
officer, Or. Raub volunteered to accompany
it in the fight and obtained permission Of
the surgeon in charge of the field hospital
70 do so, whilst in strict line Of duty he
might have remained at the field hospital,
secure from danger
He accompanied his regiment into the
the wounded as they fell in battle, and
while so engaged, under a heavy FIRE he dis
covered a heavy column Of the enemy steal
ing by my flank to my rear The whole
division was heavily engaged at this time
and no enemy was expected or supposed TO
be In this direction
"Dr Raub, appreciating the imminent
danger of our line being attacked on flank
and rear, ran through our line under "a
heavy FIRE and apprised General Ayres and
myself of the threatened danger, which no
doubt saved us from serious disaster
The prompt and intelligent action of DR.
Raub gave me time TO change direction of
part of my brigade and to meet the flank
attack and severely repulse the enemy
Dr. Raub, though a uoncombataut, ape
pfccatiug tie gravity of the situation, also
took the uskct and ammunition from a
wounded soldier and fought ga.lautly Boo
the ranks until the enemy was repuiscd