The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1903-02-19

Sd Mich. Left wife and three children.
expecting to be home again in three
months. although enlisting for three years.
Our first engagement was at Bull Run
an experience l never shall forget. We
participated in all the battles of the Army
of the Potomac except Antietam. Most of
the regiment veteranized, but l went home
to my family at the end of three years
service, being discharged in June, 1864"
Comrade G. J. Lind, Hilsboro. Wis,
winner, reports as follows: Born in Ger
many, 1871; landed in Wisconsin, 1858;
enlisted, 1861, in Co. /, 9Th Wis, and sent
TO the Army of the Potomac. Our first
hard battle was at Gainesville, where our
brigade, afterward called the Iron Bri-
gade, with about 5000 men, engaged
Stonewall Jackssn's Division of about 2S,-
600 men. Next engaged i'll the second bat
tie of Bull Run, where our brigade made
the attack; next lined up against the rebels
at South Mountain, where we again used
up 40 rounds and drove them over the
mountain; next at Antietam, where | was
wounded in the face, losing an eye and two
teeth. For this | was discharged. But in
the Spring of 1865 | enlisted in the 47th
Wis. and was sent to Tullahoma, Tenn,
equations are farming and surveying.
Member of the 6. A. X. and a subscriber
of The National Tribune for many years.
thank wou sincerely for the cash prize
of $780,"
A. W. Rice, Auburn, Cal, winner, re-
ports as follows: "Many thanks for the
bank draft. The Treasury receipts seem
to be the best thing to guess Mt. You speak
of your circulate being 100000. 1t ought
to be double that. The efforts Of your sub
scribers this Spring ought to place it at
10000 at least. ! am going to try hard
TO do my part to give you the greater cir
culatiOn that you so richly deserve"
Comrade e. C. Hollis, Christiansburg,
Ohio, winner, reports as follows: Born
near Piqua. Miami Co, Ohio. 1910. In
August. 1851, enlisted as a private in Co.
A, I'd Ohio, and served with that organi-
zation to day Of discharge, Oct. 10. 1864.
Our regiment was in the First Brigade,
First Division, Fourteenth Corps. was
in every battle with the egiment-Perry-
vile, Stone River, Chickamauga, Lookout
Mountain, Missionary Ridge, Hoover's
Gap, BRszard Rosst and Resaca, besides
some of lesser note. Ny trade at enlist
meDt was that Of shoemaker. After dis
charge ] sat Down in the same shsp and
upon the same bench that / left when |
went to be a soldier. have been engaged
In various eallirgs since, and have been
elected to various township Offices. among
them that Of Justice of the Peace"
VIM. r. Taylor, indianapolis, Ind, win
ner, repsFts rs follows: Thanks for the
bnnk draft. Although the amount is d.
vided among IL of US, it is very Acceptable.
We win defy the fates again with our
Thirteen Club in the present contest. Who
knows but what one of our IL will make
guess that will secure the ten thousand
dollar prize for MS" We suggest that the
Thirteen Club start their guesses to us on
some Friday-which will be further test
of superstition.
Comrade Chas. o. Wadsworth, City
Clerk, Gardiner, Me-, winner, reports as
follows: "Ysur bank draft at hand, and I
return you my sincere thanks. My service
was 10 Co. r, 18th Me. / have taken The
National Tribune ever since it was a small
sheet. and would net be without it."
Comrade David Baldrige, Milesburg,
Pa, winner, reports as follows: Thanks
for the bank draft. 1t came to me Just
at the right time to be of real benefit. To
my great regret, l was too young to enlist
after Morgan when he raided Ohio, and
afterward saw service in the 211th PA.
When draw big prize, which l am after
in the present contest. will try to write
you something worth publishing"
Comrade Wash. Winton, Centreville,
Pa, winner. reports as follows: Thanks
fo~ the $40 bank draft. but allow me te
say that l prize your paper for itself
alone. 1t Is building a monument to the
soldiers memory more enduring than stat
ues Of stone or bronze. The National
Tribune might say, like Moses, Lay up
my words in your hearts, OF myself
will make no report, except to say that
am GO years old, saw some service, draw
a pension, farm for living, and act as
Justice Of the Peace"
o. A. Chaplin, Gasport, N. Y, winner,
reports as follows: "Born in 1858. Fol-
low the occupation of fruit farming and
the manufacture of eyaporaters, furnaces
and apple machinery. Am Mason. Had
no near relatives in the civil war, but my
grea tgrandfather was in the Revolutionary
War, enlisting at the age of 16. He was
at TicOnderoga and at the surrender of
BurgOyne. After the Revolution he rose
to the rank of Colonel. Your contests are
conducted on the square"
Comrade Jas. Kenrick, of Flora, Ind,
calls our attention to a mistake of our
types last week. He gets $50 month
IS, as our types made out
and he justly asks for this correction, that
his good name for veracity may not stand
impeached.