The Sunday globe., 1901-07-21
Who Commanded Gen. U. S. Grants
Provost Guard
AND KEPT STRAGGLERS IN LINE
Is Recognized BY President Mckinley who 50
Loves the Loyal Soldier that He Has
Appointed Co.. John MOseby The Famous
GusuiIIa, Land Agent Of NEBRASKA Hypocrisy
Thy Name, is Oily William,

U. S. Grants Army Of the Potomac,
has just been appointed, we perceive,
by our sympathetic and kind-hearted
President, to an office in Nebraska, as
land agent.
Fhere is no question but that Presi-
dspt McKinley's heart beats in sympa-
thy for the loyal soldiers of the Union.
Having provided for them all, that is,
he and Colonel Hanna and General
Dick, and General GroSyenor, and Gen
eral Foraker, of Ohio, who one and all
are dead stuck on every old soldier
who wore the blue-haying, as stated,
between them provided nice berths for
all the ex-soldiers of the Union army,
they will now appeal TO the soldier
vote of Ohio with confidence and make
the echoes in that State, from the lakes
to the river, ring with ,nelr several
aud collective records on the Union sol
der question.
In the hurry Of his departure for
Canton, the President overlooked Col
onel Moseby, but Governor Geo *.
Nash, OF Ohio, who has to run this fall
for reelection, recalled the fact that
this great and serviceable officer to the
Union cause was overlooked and unpro-
vided for, whereupon he sent the fol
Loving urgent appeal to the President:
Executive Office,
Columbus. o.. July 18th.
Mr. PRESIDENT. Permit me to call
your attention to the application Of
Col. John Moseby, c. s. a. and chief
provost marshal Z. 5. A.. under the
late Gen. U. S Grant
Colonel Moseby rendered conspicuous
service to the Union cause from the
Wilderness to AppOmatOX in prevent
ing struggling by our troops. Every
coffee cooler and straggler of our army
were kept up with their commands, as
they knew if t.ey dropped out of the
ranks Colonel Moseby would gobble
them up and send them to Libby or An
dersonville, where they would get
neither coffee nor hard tack He was
Vigilant i'm the execution of his duty
and thousands Of Union soldiers will
make affidavit that he never slept dur
ing the entire march from the Wilder
ness to Petersburg. It is estimated. on
the most conservative authority, that
he was worth $4,000 men to Grants
army, as he kept that number Of would
be shirkers, stragglers and coffee cool
ers well in the front, and he thus ma
terially aided in bringing the rebellion
TO a successful close
It is eminently fit and proper. Mr..
President. that such signal services 10
the Union cause in the dark DAYS Of
the Republic, should now be suitably
rewarded and T. therefore most ear.
nestly urge on you the justice. wisdom
and propriety Of appointing this cele.
brated chief Of guerTi Has, land agent i'm
Nebraska
! would not presume to trouble you
on this subject but that I want TO as.
sert from the stump this fall that
every Union soldier has been provided
for, both with a pension and with an
office. as a reference to Commissioner
Evans Pension Bureau will show and
the rosters Of the several Departments
establish the fact that ninety per cent.
with eighty-nine and seven -eighths of.
Of the employees, from chiefs of divis-
ions to messengers, are eN-UniOn sol
diers.
1t is true, a slanderous sheet. con-
Quoted in Washington by an eY-UniOn
soldier who, very much regret to
state kept so far in the front that our
friend Colonel Noseby never got q
chance to put him away in Libby or
Andersonville. asserts that Pension
Commissioner Evans, under your in-
structions, has gone slow" i'm allow
ing pensions to deserving Union sol
diers. and that numbers of ey-UniOn
soldiers are walking the streets OF
Washington, some of them with med
ais Of honor, who can not tlHd employ
ment and who have been kicked out
Of the several Departments, under your
Administration and that statistics
show that double the number Of Union
soldiers have been discharged from the
public service during your four years
TO the number dropped during Cleye-
lands two terms. This vile. copper
head sheet is trying to defeat me. a
gallant 1O0-day soldier iu favor of an.
other cOpperhead, who served all
through the war because he was
ashamed to come home until the war
was over. which / wasn't, sut nobody
will believe the sheet In question, az
least the old soldiers won't believe IL,
for General Grosvenor, the convict par
don broker attorney: General Dick
who led the panic down San Juan HILL
and Col Marcus A. Hanna, who has
two barrels on tap will bring them
into line as usual, and then you Wiz
he indorsed In appointing Colonel
Noseby. and the people will know that
those ex-Union soldiers whom General
Evans hasn't pensioned, and whom You
have dropped from the payrolIs. don't
5moupt 10 put them an together, I'm
value. to a little finger on Colonel
d1seby's right hand, which so oi.fa
swung sabre and cleft their thick
heads wide open, TO the honor and
Iiory and saving Of Grants army for.
ever. Amen.
Truly yours,
GEO. r. NASH
This letter did the work and Pre5l.
dent Mckinley, I'm compliance there.
with. appointed another loyal soldier.
70 q nice soft berth.
Il is hardly necessary io state ihat
tbe editor of The Globe dI4olaiHs any
intention TO reflect on that gallant
Confederate partisan, Col John Nose.
ID. Nor do we envy him the position
he has secured Colonel N0-eby was
. much malsgued man during f1e war
but there was design in giving him
such an undeserved reputation. The
Union generals found that thousands of
nouuty.takers. foreigners and others
could not be relied on and strategy had
to Doe resortcd 10. Advantage was taken
of Colonel Moseby's dashing and tear
less assaults ON detached bodies of oa
troops. and he was used as % DugaDOl
DO scare the Indifferent ami keep them
gigiIant or from falling out of rank.
and .trsgglins hence his welI-deserF
sd title OF the Provost General 10
Grant"
We only wish 10 more truthtully now
use Colonel Moseby as an object lesson
ior the Union and loyal soldiers WHOM