The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1901-11-27
FROM THE FIRST WARD.

nave begun preparing lof tnelr ANNA
holiday trade. and we may soon be
gin our investigation and selection OF
presents which we intend to make on
this occasion. 1t has become quite a
fad amongst the employees at the differ
ent manufacturing establishments OF
giving presents amongst themselves,
and no doubt this coming Christmas
there will be no exception to the rule
in the past. These tokens show the
good feeling which exist among the
employees of the different manufactur-
ing industries of our city. Heretofore
the foreman, superintendent, and even
the head management of some of the
industries of our city have received
some handsome presents from their
employees, The Lambertville Rubber
Company always presents each mar
RED man with fine fat turkey, and
the single employees receive some use
full article.
We have spoken several times in
this column, concerning the members
of Co. \, 18th Regt., New Jersey Vol
unteers, and about the few men frem
this city who belonged to this com
pany. Company \ was recruited IN
/ Pennington and Lambert Bowman
was the first captain, afterwards
being promoted to major. My object
III writing this article is TO recall the
incidents in connection with these
men of Company A from Lambertville.
| First they were all wounded in line of
duty, except George c. YanCamp,
and We will now endeavor to relate
| the circumstances connected with each
individual case, as their visions APP
| pear before your correspondent.
| First, We remember Isaac Catheral,
who was wounded at the famous bat
tie of Gettsburg by piece of shell,
and died soon afterwards The next
was Elijah Horn. wounded at Spott-
sylvania, returned homo only to meet
death by drowning. Next we hear of
Samuel Servis, who met death in IL
rear-end collision ON the Belvidere
Division of the Pennsylvania Railroad.
The next we recall is darret Hogan,
who fell through tho coal shntes Mt
Amboy and WAS instantly killed The
next on the list is John A. knter, who
died with hemorrage on the steps of
DIR. Rices office. There are still two
of the old company living here in
town one is George c. NanCamp,
who is almost totally blind. The
other is your correspondent, who is
confronted with condition mot
theory which is of serious nature,
at least pronounced so by specialist
which we consulted recently. Never
theless, We have hopes of speedy
relief, and as we are not easily dis
couraged wo shall endeavor 10 ut least
keep up bold front.
If agreeable to the readers of this
column, feel rs though | would like
to widen the space SO literally al
lotted me III TnE RECORD, as Mt times
there are other topics which we would |
be pleased TO have reviewed by the
public, such as the old soldier and his |
legal claim upon our government. Our
citizens occasionally see n report from
the pension commissioner. but they |
never see nor hear any complaints |
from those who are most interested |
in this pension legislation. Conse-
quently n great many people don / |
know nor have the least idea why |
this pension is granted The govern
mont accepts no man who is not sound |
in every detail, and is solemnly |
pledged to assist by pensioning all |
who are wounded, disabled through |
disease, or otherwise mot caused by |
their own previous habits The war |
closed in 1865. About thirty six years |
have elapsed since that time. The |
youngest men that the government |
could lawfully accept was eighteen
years Old in the maximum forty five |
years Thus we find the average of
the enlisted men to be about thirty |
one years and a-half This, of course,
is only nm average. Plenty of men en-
listed at sixty; lots of boys at four
teen or fifteen, myself included.
These enlistments we're not for lur-
ing financial gain, but for patriotism, |
and the following figures will prove
the correctness of my assertions. In |
1861, both three months and three |
year men, under different calls, re-
ceived no bounty, and the pay was
$l3 per month, although the three
year men were to receive 300 at the |
expiration of their term. In 1862, the |
government was more liberal. Each |
enlisted man received 1875 nj enlist |
ment and the promise of $40 ut the
expiration of his term Of enlistment.
Now these 81, 'G2, and part of the en-
listment in 'G3, were the soldiers who |
fought, bled and died for their
country and / defy any man Of com
mon sense to prove that they did not |
enlist out Of pure patriotism, and not |
for the paltry dollars they received. |
Now let us review some of the scenes
and deadly conflicts those patriots
passed through in their three years of
soldering. Why some of it almost
chills our blood yet after 3G years.
will only name over some Of these
deadly conflicts, but will not confne
myself to the details. The first battle
of Fredericksburg December II to 10
the second battle of Fredericksburg,
and Charlottesville, May 3 aud 4;
battles of Gettysburg, July I, . and
8; the Wilderness, Spottsylyania,
Cold Harbor, front of Richmond and
Petersburg, up to the surrender Of
Lee at Appomattox. ] wish to state
now that there would not be enough
money in the United States today TO