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INDIAN SOD HOUSES.

~. A-.s+ bous4 ever designed by a redskin Is the
sod house os the Wichitss. a tribe that al Presei1
lt,,.s in Southern Oklahoma They are the Only
@r,. fhs. ever accomplished successfully the erec-
t,o, o1 G sod structure. Soon they are TO aoahooh
thee huts and take up their humdrum reSefVauoii
life IN two room frame shacks. which the govern
-nent -fs building for them There are oniy ABOUT
n%tv old men of the tribe alive to-day VINO unoeI-
stand the art of building one OF these houses 90
that It VIII stand !,
The government has offered tfese sou mouse
builders lucrative employment to construct some
houses that may be preserved as models OF an an
cdeat at But they refuse. and the huts that useo
70 dot tha prairfes of the Wichita Reservation are
now being torn down. The Wichtas are deter
mined that their hu1s shall not survive them
One can look upon q sod house and fancy II an
essy thing 20 build But It Is not. It. is' inceeo'
most intricate The turf is gathered early IN the
spring. when it Is yet fresh The SOD cntuns Sh
eSy taxes place Immediately after rain ana the
sod Is removed to thickness Of about eignL lncnes
Befslo GraSs sod is the only kind that WIN answer
fhe purnose of the builder. He begins TO lay tne
foundation as does the stone mason, olekIns y aMsy
tia eax{h TO the depth of about foot The grass
PARTON chunks OF sod is laid TO the outsioe,
a The so1se II. Is built built 5 eS pnfed 6ome % There
II no heae in the top for smoke to pass ouI &c
smoke is carried away through pipe on the out-
s16A Of tbs hut. The door is usually in the sou''
through each tuft of sod ts run G willow wand
and these ~ands are bound clear round tae stroct-
The grass remains green, and VIII grow II
there plenty Of rain. It ts not at an uncommon
seproassss. Just a. do tie pastuFeS near it The
H1l1sss are warm II winter and cool IN summer
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4 ERosr PROOF ORANGE.

An orange which will grow North and yet which
is sufficiently palatable be eaten from the hand
raw has been developed by DR.. Weber and Mr.
Swlnge Of the Department OF Agriculture They
risked chance of crossing the ordinary tender
orange of our sem-tropicaI regions with the hardy
trifoliate orange CCtrus trifoatal which grows as
far North as Philadelphia. but whose flavor Is SO
insipd that II can be used only in preserving The
object was to obtain an offspring which would
combine the hardy. frost resistant quality of one
parent with the sweetness and juciness OF the
other Two plants recently fruited. and. while the
expermentsrs did not expect TO get favorable re-
suits from more than hybrid in twenty thou
sand both of these have proved TO be of value.
They produce a combination of virtues far . dif,
ferent from any that exist In any single rrult
known. In one case the ordinary orange vas
used as the mother parent. and the insptd North
ern fruit as the father. The issue from this al
lance is small orange, about the size OF tan
gerine and perfectly typical Of the ordinary or
anRe in general appearance. 1t Is very juicy. ten
der perfect in texture thin skinned and nearly
seedlese. producing an average or one seed per
fruit although both parents were very seedy.
In color Of flesh and general appearance this
Offspring was most like the common orange. but
in flavor and quality quite distinct from either
parent. 1t has sprightly, acid havor. perhaps a
ordinary conditions, save on warm summer days
trifoliato parent, but very mild The color Of the
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BIG coFFINs FOR THE CHINESE.

An undertaken whose patronage covers the Chit
nese quarter on Race-st- was talking the other
day Of the experiences which his calling develops
from time to time.
1T is = curious fact" he said. ''that the Ittlest
neople am called upon TO bury require the big
gest cofflns BY Httlest. I the nttlest a
race-in other words, the Chinese. suppose ! have
ohicIated at more Chinese funerals than any other
undertaken in the Quaker City. and never yet
have I furnished cnnaman with CONN that
VAS not several sizes too big for him Whether
their religion requires this loose ht am not pre-
nared 10 say but certain II is that hagginCss t. z
virtue in their collins just IL Is in their blouse,
and trousers. and that every properly constituted
Irhinaman selects his last house roonaY p-s
sible Take a who Is FIVE feet four Inches
high. and of proporticnate girth for example Nat
uraliY a fellow Of that size could never cut much
OF a splurEe in life. yet when he comes to die he
takes up "a much room as giant Not one Iacn
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THE CHIMPANZEE.

Esau. ] believe. Is appearing At London music
hall n member OF the company. and zoea
through various antics by WY Of showing the high
degree Of intelligence he possesses Those OF us
who know something or ChimFanzee ways and
of the high bra!r type the animal exhibits are
surprised that individual ape. here and
there. Will go far ahead Of his fellows under do
mestication. Only ! take love remark that a
nuslr hall is hardly the sphere in which the edu-
cationaI development OF the animal can be duly
carried out To my mind there IS something pa
thstic and calling for pity IN the sight Of an ape
being made to perform for the amusement OF
the crowd. The scientific side Of the matter would
be represented BY the further training the CHM
panzee in private and the careful watching OF his
ways. story has been circulated that Esau Is
ha taken 20 Germany to undergo an Operation
his tongue. I'm the hope n 'sumably. Of loosen
ing that member and OF giving him a chance OF
speech Anything more ridiculous than this idea
could hardly have been conceived. Essau has
language made People EXPECT
him talk forget that language Is matter OF
brain tC1vrse risS ONLY Initiative
acts might ha cultivated tn the chir-panzee 10 a
surprising exteG; II the dog. with much lower
brain. has benefited hy his long association with
man one may we'll speculate on the Geveloprnene
Of brain power which would be possible In a ehin
panZee. had that race had the ADVANTAGE OF human
companionship fer many centurieS-lpr. 49,
Wilson, In The London ChEoQicle.
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greater fecundty his mother said to him one day:
How about your big Shanghais Kinsley? Instead
of laying better, they don't seem to have laid at
ALL Yes. they laying. l tell you, mother;
there's d nest now under the cows crib with
get Ktnsley to show YOU where they are and bring
them in Well" said the doctor. Il did not
even know for certain that there nest there
much less that there any eggs in 1t. How
ever, as was In for it, went to the barn with
Bridget. put my down into the hole in the
corner of the cows crib. felt and took out
egg and put it in the basket Then reached in
and took out another and then another. until
took out In all just twenty three eggs Outwardly,"
continued the doctor. Il triumphant, but
was soon smitten with not only remOrse, but ter
r6 (terror because l thought that Satan was en-
courasing me to cast in my lot with him by help
ing me out with my mendaCity. That the last
of my wrong story telling!'-(The Independent.
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The rELEPHoro LENS.

The up-to-date explorer now takes biograph or
cinematograph with him. One Of the first to do
this Professor Haddon. of Cambridge. who has
also included a phonograph among his outfit. With
these instruments combined. the scientific travel
Ter bring back extraordinary vivid recori
of manners and customs and cause the remotest
savages to dance cancans and shrek their war
songs in the decorous theatre of the London Uni
versity- Moreover there is the teiephoto lens a
combination Of telescope and camera, with which
ali kinds of extraordinary subjects can be taken,
such lion attacking an antelope. secret cere-
monies OF savages. and other functions at which
the immediate proximity of the explorer Is highly
undesirable in the opinion of all pardes-tPearson's s
MaRazine.
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these places expose it to speedy destruction In the
British navy the searchlights are carried one in
each top and two either bridge In the German
navy, the Russian the French, the Japanese and
the American the searchght, though placed in
different positions CASUALLY in those positions where
1t is judged be most effective in WorkinS) IS IN
ali cases, literally "shintng mark. In no single
one of the disDostions--save the latest German
the light from direct hits-is there any atteinpt
made to protect the light from gunfire in action
Yet If ever ships need searchlight it will be on
the night after a naval battle. With the present
ARRANGEMENTS there is hardly warShip III the
world that is likely to have searchlight In exist
after a hotly contested action.-u@ondon Morn
ing Post
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HOW HE WAS CURED OF LYING.

The Rev DR.. TwininE. when he pastor of
the Congregational Church In Hinsdale. Mass. told
of the paradoxical way in which the habit he
had when little boy of telling startling big stories
TO his mother was once for all ana completely
broken I'D He had prevailed on his mother. after
much earnest entreaty. he said. to buy for him half
a dozen Shanghai hens-Kinsey giving as rea-
son for the purchase that the Shanghai was
vastly better layer than the ordinary hen. After
waiting O. good while SoE some evidence OF tniH
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GLOBE


less than six and one-half seven feet will
satisfy for the length OF his coffin. the width
be three feet. the depth over three feet and the
walls Of MS coffin at least two inches thick These
dimensions. mind you. are for undersizsd man.
For Il ChiEaTH4n OF the regulation Occidental pro-
portions the size OF his coffin Increases in direct
ratio to his stature and bulk and the conse-
quenCe is that at some OF my Chinese funerals
II seems II 1 bUryirS treasure chests in
stead OF reCeptaCles FOR dead humanity. '-(Phila-
delpnia Telegraph.
New-York tribune., 1903-03-29
THE LAZY MANS HAT RAISES ITSELF.

The newest invention is hat which salutes ladies
automatically. BY means of a clockwork the poor
man who is fatigued to raise his hat to a lady
friend is able to escape imputation Of impOte-
He has simply slightly to incline his head
and the hat raises itself gracefully. On his head
resumng the perpendicular the hat goes back to Its
proper position. OF course. the owner has TO Wlld
INV
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UNPROTECTED NAVAL eEARcHLleHTs.

note in The Engineer calls attention 10 the
curious circumstance that in all the years since tne
sDnIicstou of the searchlIght to fighting ships no.
hoav seams to have thought OF protecting It 1t is
carried In various places in different nsvtes. and al
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QUAINT AND

made Of the same material. But now the redskins
made 10 live in frame shacks and the once IA
grass house will soon be but recollection
-(From the Scientific American.
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charity euchre for the benefit OF St Johns
Church. Montclair. Fla. will be given tomorrow
afternoon at 80 o'clock by Miss Florence Guern
sey at the home OF DR.. Egbert Guernsey, No. $50
Central Park South. The committee assisting Miss
Guernsey includes Mrs. Clinton l. Bagg. Mrs.
New-York tribune., 1903-03-29

Art patrons and lovers of good music were de-
lghtfuly entertained on Wednesday afternoon at
the Shields Art Club No. 154 Madison-ave. by Reed
Miller, the tenor who gave song recital assisted
by Miss Florence Eta Glover, contralto; Francis
Archambault, barytone: Frederick ". Schalscha,
violinist, and Arthur Rosensten, pianist. There
were ten numbers the programme, including
duets by Miss Glover and Mr.. Miller and several of
the latters own compositions. Those present IN
cluded Mrs. Ronald Adebert Stuart Mrs. NJ. Ben
son, Mr.. and Mrs. Otterson. Mr.. and Mrs. st. John
New-York tribune., 1903-03-29

The last of the Saturday afternoon teas cf the
National Arts Club given yesterday after
noon Al the clubhouse No 81 and 80 West Thirty
fourth-st 1t was under the charge Of Miss
Louise Watson Clarke. Mrs E Hsgaman Hall,
Mrs L. s. w. Taylor, Miss Gabrielle Stewart,
Miss Anna R CooDer Mrs Winchester Fitch, Mrs.
A B. Leonard Mrs. E. NJ Scott. Mrs William
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sproul. J. G. Weld Arthur NJ. Watt ard Miss
Emma Shields.

sproul. J. G. Weld Arthur NJ. Watt ard Miss
Emma Shields.
DR.. van Dyke has consented to take part in
authors reading arranged for the benefit of the
Stony Wold Sanatorium. under the auspices of
Auxiliary No. 16. The reading will be given Oil
the afternoon of April "a in the auditorium of the
Horace Mann School The members of this auxil-
larry of which Mrs. Munroe Smith is chairman. are
officers are Mrs. Francis sedgwck Rangs Mrs
James Harvey Robinson; MIS- James r. Wheeler
Mrs. Edith Brander Matthews and Miss Anna
Van Epps BLrdlck
Still another entertainment in aid of the Stony
Void Sanator will take place April % at
the Waldorf-Astoria, under the auspices of AuXtl-
iary No 8. Mrs. Samuel Francis Adams. chair
man of the auxiliary. mana ging the affair, and
has secured the services of a number of we'll known
artists. Miss Blanche Walsh and Charles Hawtrey
will recitc and there will be exhibition of
fencing by Kyre Bellew and songs by Nine
Josephine Jacob. Heathe Gregory and Mackenzie
Gordon. BY permission of David Belasco. short
play entitled THE Man and the Burgaress," by
Payson Irwin will also be presented. Miss Blanche
Bates will appear in this piece assisted by Robert
T HafneS The patronesses of the entertainment
arc Mrs Howard Carroll. Mrs. Gardner Wetherhee,
Mrs. MIS- aors@ = GaHsen Mrs ATPad G. Gerster
Mrs. F. R. Halseey. Mrs. lyson Mrs Edward Lap
Root Mrs Charles Ropes. Mrs. George F. shrady.
Mrs y il J2Ra f. StarH M Mrs. chrY SGRn Rsc0 s. Mrs s K
L. Gilbert Mrs E Ritzma De Groye Mrs, henry henry
Beethoven.
Dr. Henry E Cobb. president of the board of
trustees of the Riverside Day Nursery. addressed
the auxiliary at its monthly meeting held at the
home of Mrs. Charles a. Walker. No. 15S West
Seventy-second-st.. Friday afternoon. Miss GRACE
St Andrews Church choir. contributed some vocal
solos Tea was served at the close Of the meeting
the last one the sum of $3.50 was raised.
New-York tribune., 1903-03-29

A progressive euchre party by members OF tho
Metropolitan Independent Church took place Thurs
day evening the Hotel Majestic. followed by a
dance. Among those present were Mr.. and Mrs
Henry Frank. Mrs. Doom, Mrs A Beach, Mrs
Rosenhaurn. Miss Davis. Miss Carrie Chamberlain.
Miss Maynard, Mrs Hoimeister. Mr. and Mrs
Brennan Mr.. and Mrs. Graham. Mr. and Mrs. Eel
Ter. Miss Paula SemnachcT. Mr. Erickson, Arthur
Spangle and A Bellevue
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Easter for the benefit of the nursery work
This function will take place the afternoon of
April "a at The Lester, Broadway and Eghty-third-
st. The president of the auxiliary, Mrs. Berkeley
Rich Mersien assisted by committee, is in charge
of this euchre. Among the patronesses are Mrs. ].
G. Wood. Mrs ]. H. Hermann, Mrs, c A Terry
G. w Wallace, Mrs. F c Reid Mrs ". G. B.
Mills. Mrs. F. a. Cole. Mrs, T. B; Mills, Mrs. W. A.
and Mrs W A Morrison
The marriage of Miss Alice Beardsey Smith.
daughter OF Mrs. Laura Hyde Smith of No. IS
West Eighty-seCond-st.. Edward kirkland will
take place at the Church of the Ascension April
80 at O'Clock D. m. The Rev. Dr. L. Winchester
Donald of Trinity Church. Boston. former
ly of the Church of the Ascension, is coming to
FREDERICK C. Ingalls,. OF Utica; y. Y. There will
be six ushers-Gordon Knox Bell. James NJ. Charles,
Philip Simmons. of Utica; Joseph Leavy. and Isaac
John Greenwood The bride will have one at
tendant her sister, Miss Lillian Elwood Smith who
will be maid of honor. She will be given away by
her brother, Hyde Smith
Professor George H. Pepper. of the American
Museum Of Natural History, gave illustrated
lecture last night on THE Arts of the Ancient
Pueblo People" at the Waldorf Astoria for the
benefit of the scholarship fund of the College Wom-
ans Club Among the artists who took part were
Miss Ella Moltke. ThO played q violin solo;
Miss Clementine PepehouX who sang. and Miss
Maud Kennedy. who played piano solo Mrs j.
Henry Mckinley the aCCompanist Among the
patronesses were Miss Irwin-Martin. president of
dent: Mrs. Frederick ]. Swift. treasurer: Mrs
Charles Austin Bates. Mrs Frederick s. Goodwin
Mrs William T. Salter. Mrs. Georgia Penfield and
Mrs. Samuel Bowie Duryed.
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Mrs. Leopold Schmidt No 81 East Seventy fifth
ST. entertained the members of the Tuesday Bridge
Club on the afternoon of March "A. Tea was served
after the games were concluded. Mrs. Bruce
Brown Mrs. James L Keyes. Mrs John R. Tot
ten, Mrs. James n. Wtnslow, Mrs. John Blake
White Mrs George Schieffelin. Mrs. Charles IN
gerso and Miss Remsen members Of this club.
The West Side Auxiliary Of the Silver Cross Day
Nursery is to give military euchre during the
New-York tribune., 1903-03-29

Mrs, Jeanette Robinson Murphy gave a song re-
citaI of old Irish English Scotch, German. French
and Swedish ballads. also African slave songs. with
talk on the African music and the black nanny
as a true kindersar:nPr. at the Working Girls
Club No. 40 East Fifty-seventh-st.. on Friday
evening.
New-York tribune., 1903-03-29

Mrs John Mitchell. No. 81 East one-hundred- and
twenty-seventh-st, is at home on Wednesdays.
New-York tribune., 1903-03-29

Mrs Thomas Tone Hopper the president Of the
Avo Club is at present in Florida, but is expected
to return in time TO make arrangements for the
'dsros which the club is to hold In April
New-York tribune., 1903-03-29

A mid-Bent sale given by the Kings Daughters
Of Harlem. on behalf OF the Frank BottoDe he
noriaL took place on Thursday at the Ellerse
No. 50 West One7hundred-and-twenty- -sixth-st Mrs
2. Vinton Smith took very active part in making
1t a success.
New-York tribune., 1903-03-29

Mrs. John H. Mccarthy. Hotel Wellington will
continue to receive informally Fridays until
the middle Of April. At the end Of April or the
beginning of Nav she will leave for her country
home. Oceanic. N J..
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UO be continued.)
Death of Gen. Folk.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: In the
| Ma. ional Tribune of Feb. &c Comrade
John Wiesheimer, bugler. 18th Ind. Bat
terry. Vallejo, Cal, writes: Il was present
on that day. Aug p, 1864. Lieut.. Henry
Bundy was in command of the 18th Ind.
Battery, which was attached to the Sec
ond Division, Twelfth Corps, Gen. Geary
| commanding our division. l distinctly re-
member Gen. Geary coming upon the field
and approaching Lieut.. Bundy and say
ing, Lieut. Bundy, you are drunk when
Bundy proved that his nerves were in a
normal condition by Immediately loading
and sighting his piece and firing it, land
ing the shell in the midst of a group of
Confederate officers and. as was afterward
learned, killed Gen. Polk"
1t is nearly 40 years since Gen. Polk
was killed, and that he was killed by n
shell from one of Gen. Sherman's guns
there is no question, but it was not done
on the 9th of August. 1864, but on the
18th day of June, 1864. On the day of
Gen. Folks death the writer was lying
upon an improviscd cot in a field hospital,
near Big Shanty, Ga, suffering from a
gunshot wound in the right shoulder, re-
ceived while charging the enemy's works
on the 18th day of June, and he remem-
bers very distinctly that during the even
ing the rebel prisoners reported that Gen.
Polk had been killed during the day by a
shell from our lines; in further proof of
which it is only, necessary to state that on
page 191 of SHERMAN and His Campaign
Gen. Sherman says: During sharp
cannonadng froin Gen. Towards right
and Gen. Hookers left, Lieut. Gen. Polk,
of the Confederate army, was killed on the
18th and Maj.:Gen. Lowell succeeded to
the command of his corps"
1t was understood then and is believed
now that shell fired from one of the guns
of the famous 9TH Ind. Battery killed Gen.
Polk. On tile 9th of August, 1864, the
| Twentieth Corps, Gen. Williams CON-
manding, was encamped on the banks of
the ChattahoocRee River having moved
back from its lines close to Atlanta. II
can, therefore, readily be seen that Com
rade Wiesheimer, is away off" as to time
and place of Gen. Folks death.-J. w. A.
GILLESPIE, Captain, Co. G, 18th Ohio.
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The Cd N. J. Did Not Stampede.

B. Fernow. Co. NJ, 4th Mo. Cav, and
Lieutenant, Sd q. s. G. T., Togus. Me-.
writes: "COmrade Skaggs, of Co. K, ID
Iowa, Cav, is mistaken. when he says in
his article. headed Gen. Sooey Smiths
Raid National Tribune of March 5, that
the I'd n. J. Cav. stampeded. 1t was
Tennessee regiment, which on that day
Feb. %, had the rear of the whole column
of Is regiments of cavalry. These Tennes-
seeans had just mounted and were drawn
up in line, their commanding officers
facing them, when they were attacked by
the enemy. and at the first fire the COM
mander fell. That caused the panic, in
which the little battery of the I'd Iowa
was crowded into a ditch, making it easy
to capture.
1--WE had three brigades, the one in
front was already way ahead with the
1000 captured horses and mules. the Sec
ond consisted of the Attn Mo. Cav, the I'd
N. j., the 9TH Ind, the 18th Pa, and an
Illinois regiment, number forgotten, and
this brigade wheeled into line on the field
of Ivy Farms, to check the enemy's ad-
vance.
'sThe stampede offered some ludicrous
sights My company on. of the 4th MOI,
had also been armed with six mountain
hOwitzers. We We're just marching up the
hill, before deploying into the field of Ivy
Farms. when an officer in Majors uni
form tried to crowd in between me and:
the gun alongside which rode. He called
ont in a piteous voice: Let me pass; fer
Gods sake, let me pass 1 drew my
saber. and giving him a good whack with
the fiat side of it, called him d.
coward"
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Maj. Thomas G. Fitzgibbon; 18th N. Y,
Maj. Joel o. Martin.
Third Brigade-Col. Newell Gleason
Bath ILL.,, Lieut.-COl. Oscar Van Tassell;
18th ILL.,, Lieut.-Col. Mars II. Vernon;
9Sth Ohio, Capt. James II. Mclaughlin;
1OSth Ohio, Lieut.-COl. Joseph Good
18th Ohio, Capt. TOland Jones; 12lst
Ohio, Maj. Aaron B. Robinson.
Third Brigade-Lieut.-C Col. James w
Lansley-S5th ILL.,, Maj. Robert G. Rider;
seth Ill, Lieut.-COl. Allen L. Fahenstock:
10th Ill, Lieut.-COl. II. Hubbard Ton.
ping; 10th ILL.,, Capt. George W. Cook;
I'D Ind, Capt. William II. Snodgrass;
52d Ohio, Maj. James II. Holmes.
| Third Division-Brig. Gen. Absalom
Baird.
| First Brigade-Col. Morton C. Hunt.
er-S2d Ind, Lieut.-Col. John NJ. Math.
eny; 23d Mo-, Lieut.-Col. Quin Morton
18th Ohio, Maj. Willis G. Clark; 3lst
Ohio, Capt. Michael Stone; S9th Ohio.
Lieut.-COl. William II. Glenn; 92d Ohio
| Col. Benjamin ID. Fearing.
Second Brigade-Col. Newell Gleason
18th Ind, Maj. Cyrus J. McCole: S7tb
Ind, Lieut.-Col. Edwin p. Hammond
1O1st Ind, Lieut.-Col Thomas Doap: I'd
Mimi, Maj. Calvin S. Uline; 1O5th Ohio.
Maj. Charles G. Edwards.
Third Brigade-Lieut.- Col. Hubbard K.
Milward-74th Ind, Lieut-CoI. Thorn rs
Morgan; 18th Ky, Maj. John W. Rob
bins; 14th Ohio, Lieut.-COl. Henry ..
hingsbury; 3Sth Ohio, Capt. Charles NJ.
Gilbert.
Artillery Brigade-Maj. Chas. Hough-