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The National tribune., 1903-08-06
NATIONAL WASHINGTON c. THURSDAY

splendid display of courage after the de-
feat and rout of his magnificent army.
No array has had a more coura geous
leader than had the ArnIy of the Gulf:
but / doubt not some have had greater
Generals at their head y
The foregoing is but n Brief description
of two incidents of that i4l-fated expedi-
ton, the one being n matter of written
history well known to the public. The
the initiatory one-will perhaps strike
most of our readers With profound aston
ishment. 1t reads like incredible tale;
but it came to me authenticated by one
who stood very close to Gen. Banks, who.
we naturally assume in view of his high
standing in the councils of the Department
of the Gulf, was entrusted with all its
| secrets. He assured me of the truthful
ness of his statements"
There were other incidents of that cot
ton campaign, of great historic interest,
but / did not start out to narrate them.
They are all matter of history.
But word more. The Thirteenth
Corps had been detached to the Gulf De
partment from the Army of the Tennes-
see. 1t had participated in all the bril-
liant achievements of that splendid army
up to and including the capture Of Vicks-
burg.
III Inc Army CI tne tennessee tne lnlr-
teenti, Corps made an enyiable record as
a fighting corps, composed as it was of
veterans of the matchess Grants original
cOmmand-the veterans of Fort DOneE
son, Shiloh. COrinth. Iuka, Chickasaw
Bayou and Vicksburg.
With the exception of the repulse of
two of its veteran brigades at Chicka-
saw Bayou, the result of an ill-timed and
misdirected assault on line of impreg-
nable wOrks-the Thirteenth Corps had
always been victorious, and never de-
feated.
1t is small wonder that the veterans Of
cent corps should chafe over their defeat
and rout at Sabine-simply through sheer
lack of generalship and shocking mis-
management. and after one Of those then
divisions. with Lees Cavalry Division had
contended like Srartans against the en-
tire Trans-M Mississippi Army of the Con
fedcracy for hours. No wonder they felt
chaGrincd and turned their thoughts to
fields in the Department of the Tennessee
where their spurs had been won. and their
glory achieved. The Nineteenth Corps
also. mad shared many victories. They
had behind them Port Hudson and bril-
liant achievements in other departments
Effectively led, the Army of Banks
would have marched triumphantly to
Shreveport. and conquered the entire De
partment of the Trans Mississippi. But
it was sacrificed to bad generalship and
the spirit of speculation and commercial
ism. All for cotton.
The National tribune., 1903-08-06

Lieut.-Col Webb, of the 18th ILL.,, were
killed. The brave Col. Vance, of the 9Gtl
| Ohio. had been on sick report, and when
| the fight opened. with the instinct of the
| true soldier. he left the ambulance. against
| the earnest protestations of his Surgeons
mounted his horse and led his gallant regi
ment into action, meeting death gloriously
in the thickest of the fight. Lieut.-Col
Albert II. Brown. an officer of sterling
worth and a veteran of the war with
Mexico, succeeded at once to the COM
mand of the Goth, and ably led it until
| the close of the war.
All efforts orally and reform the now
thoroughly panic-stricken troops were fu-
tile.
Had Franklin been on the scene of the
fight when the ball opened with Cameron
Division of the Thirteenth Corps and
Emory's Division of the Nineteenth Corps,
the result of the battle of Sabine Cross
roads would have been vastly different
from the one l am now recording.
The disaster was brought about by a
series of glaring blunders: prominent
among which We're the failure to support
the advance properly, throwing two light
divisions tone of them cavalry against
the enemy's $1,000 infantry. artillery and
cavalry. with two fresh divisions in camp
a number of hours in the rear; and rush
ing the cavalry supply train to the front,
where not only it, but the entire army,
was endangered.
The latter circumstance provoked even
the mirth of Banks's soldiers.
4 wag of the Thirteenth Corps COM
posed song cOmmemorating the event,
the refrain of which was:
Banks fought them with his might and
main.
A. al, thn,
Wen all drink stone blind
o, Johnny fill up the BOWL
Gen. Emory learning of trouble at the
The National tribune., 1903-08-06
Warning to Comrades.

Comrade w. L. Blackman, 10th Conn,
Allentown, Pa, warns the comrades not
to be duped by any such nonsense as that
they can go to the National Encampment
with only $40 over and above their rail
road fares. They would get tired of sleep
ing sitting in seats, and wan. berths in
sleeping ears, and the eatables will cost q
great deal of money. Besides, when they
are in California they can see very little
il they have to walk around. A man who
goes to California should not have less
than $1l5. II he cannot raise that amount
Lc had better stay at home.
The National tribune., 1903-08-06
A Wartime Picture,

The picture below represents an old
fashioned melainotype, which was found
on the body of rebel soldier at Shiloh,
as it was being taken to the grave. It
was given by the finder to Capt. John Fl.
Austin, of Co. A, Goth ILL.,, now living at
Waterbury, Conn.,, and he would like to
know if any one can recognize it and dis
cover the owners. They were probably the
wife and daughter of the soldier who was
killed. The girl in the picture must now
be middle-aged woman, and if she could
be found would value the picture very
highly,
The National tribune., 1903-08-06
A New Pension Law.

A committee appointed by the G. A. R.
Posts of Wymore and Blue Springs, Neb.,
has reported a pension bill giving each
soldier, sailor or marine 81 day during
his natural life and 80 cents day to the
widow Of such as have died or shall die.
The National tribune., 1903-08-06
Dr.. Coffee's Mild Medi-
cines cure at Your Home

Cataracts. .Scums and Inflammation.
Giaucoma. Granulated Lids and
Wild Hairs. all Ulcers and Inflam-
nation. Paresis of the Optic Nerve.
Weak and Congested Eyes.
DIR. CoRee'S Book gives instruc-
tions on how to diet. how to take
physical exercise. how to bathe
properly. how TO breathe properly
and how to keep in perfect health.
1t tells all about DR.. COffee'S
Mild Absorption remedies and how
10000 people have been restored to
sight by using them.
The National tribune., 1903-08-06
BATTLE OF SABINE CROSSROADS.

the entire force numbering not far from
%, 600 men of all arms.
The National tribune., 1903-08-06

Martin o. Holston, Co. c, 10th III.
Cav, 115 q. Ferry Ave. Spokane. Wash,
inquiries whether any of Co. X, I'd KY,
are living who remember the night of Sept.
IS, 1861, at Gauley Bridge, W. Va, when
he carried an order from Gen. w. S. Rose
Grams to Gen. P. D. Cox. He was fred
on when near the bridge, and his escort
reported to Gen. Rosecrans that he had
been killed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-23
GEN. BALDWIN HEARD FROM.
Makes Statement Regarding Recent
Published Interview,

Secretary Root today received a COM
munication from Brigadier General Frank
D. Baldwin, commanding the department of
Colorado at Denver, in reply to his COM
munication of inquiry as to the accuracy
of the newspaper interview in which Cen
eral Baldwin was represented as speaking
in the most disparaging terms of negroes
and Fiipinos as soldiers. Although the
contents of General Baldwins communica-
ton are withheld from the public for the
present, the impression is general in mill
tary circles that he says the alleged inter-
view was entirely unauthorized and that
he does not entertain the sentiments at
tributed to him
Newspaper men applied to Secretary Root
for permission to publish General Bald
wins report, but the Secretary said he
would decline to give out any information
regarding it's contents or character until
after the return to this city of Colonel S. c.
Mills of the inspector generals depart
ment, who had been sent to Denver to in
vestigate the matter. Colonel Mills is ex-
pected at the War Department in day or
two
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-23
TO HOUSE ITS VISITORS.
St. Louis Able to Handle the Crowd a,
Dedication Ceremonies.


Regarding the ability of St. Louisans to
make comfortable the many guests who
have been invited to attend the ceremo-
MES incident to the dedication of the build
ings and grounds of the Louisiana purchase
exposition, which begins one week from to-
day, Mr.. P. V. DeGraw, the eastern press
representative of the exposition said to-
day: Hospitality will be the watchword in
ST. Louis during the dedication ceremonies.
Many homes in the best residence districts
of the city will cordially receive visitors,
and these, with the large hotels, the board
ing and rooming houses and dwellings
situated in all parts of the city, will easily
shelter the more than one hundred thous-
and visitors who are expected. Nearly all
of the ninety-three directors Of the Loui-
siana purchase exposition have author
homes will be open to receive dedication
guests This announcement is in meas
ure responsible for the very generally an
nounced decision on the part of many Of
the citys influential citizens to keep open
house. -a
"Exorbitant charges will be unknown in
st. Louis. Quarters may be obtained on
fashionable Lindell boulevard. on Washing
ton and Delmar avenues, on West Point
street. Cabanne, Hartmer and Vernon ave-
nues, Westminster place and scores of
other magnificent residence streets.
THE information bureau of the exposition
has organized service and has prepared
visitors to just such quarters as they de-
sire, with a minimum of trouble. The
bureau will also have representatives meet
ing each incoming train SO that visitors
may at once obtain such information as
they desire with the least possible delay"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-23
LAUDs AMERICAN METHODS.
British Consul in Chicago Makes His
Annual Report,

LONDON, April 23.-The British consul
at Chicago, W. Wyndham, in his annual re-
port on Chicago and the whole consular
district, gives a glowing account of the
great and increasing prosperity thereof
and pays high tributes to American meth
oos. He expresses the opinion that the
progress of the country Is largely due to
the encouragement given to workmen
the rewarding of merit. the intimate ac-
quaintance of the heads Of firms with the
work of their subordinates, the keen en-
thusiasm shown by the workmen in the
interests OF their employers and to the ab-
solute fearlessness on the part of the busi-
ness man in venturing on experiments
either in machinery or system that may be
brought before him.
Mr.. Windham urges the Importance of a
careful study of the business and manufac-
turing methods of the United States and
the adoption Of those which are suitable to
the country where trade is sought for, He
considers that such a study is indispensa-
BILE to holding trade where American mer-
chants are active. This study must how
ever, be prolonged for several months, as
short stay of day or two in the big
Cities so often deemed sufficient by Euro
pean visitors, is worse than useless, as
any one not accustomed to their ways at
first only sees the bad points and learns
nothing
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-23
SAILED FOR SAN DOMINGO.
Departure of the San Francisco From
Pensacola,

In pursuance of orders from the Navy De-
partment the cruiser San Francisco, flag
ship of the Caribbean division of the North
Atlantic feet, left Pensacola yesterday for
San Domingo city for the protection of
American interests said to be in peril from
the insurrectionary forces. This action was
taken in consequence of advices from
United States Minister Powell yesterday
that the Dominican warship Independence,
manned by insurgents. was apparently pre-
pairing to lombard the city, in order to drive
out the government forces. In case of
necessity marines from the San Francisco
will be landed at San Domingo City for the
protection of the United States legation and
all persons who may have sought asylum
there pending the settlement Of the insur-
rectiOn,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-23
DONE WITH YELLOWSTONE PARK.
President Will Start for st. Louis Elk.
position Tomorrow

CINNABAR, Mont, April 23.-Secretary
Loeb and the members of the Presidents
party left here this morning for the park,
where they will meet the President. The
start for st. Louis will be made tomorrow
afternoon.
President Roosevelt has completed his
tour of the Yellowstone Park. He ar
rived at Fort Yellowstone about noon yes
terday from Norris and tomorrow will in
spect that post Secretary Loeb met him
this afternoon and reports that he is in the
best of health and enthusiastic about his
trip through the park. The secretary to-
night issued the following statement
Major Pitcher states that the President
and he have just returned from their six
day trip in the interior of the park The
party went on sledges but used horses be-
tween Upper and Lower Geyser Basins and
skis around the canyon, where it was i'm
possible to so without them The snow
was two to five feet deep on the level
throughout the country traversed. 1t was
getting into bad shape. This is the first
time the interior of the park has ever been
visited before the snow went off by any
one except the scouts or soldiers duty
at the various stations. loeb,
Secretary to the President"
A special to the New York World from,
Mammoth Hot Springs says: An unexpect-
ed danger has appeared which threatens to
spoil the ceremonies arranged for the arch
at Gardiner on Friday, in which the Presi-
dent was to participate. Smallpox of the
most virulent form has broken out there.s
Every precaution is being taken against a
pestilence, but it is feared that the dedica-
ton ceremonies will have to be abandoned.
ALBUQUERQUE N. M, April 25.-The
Commercial Club of Albuquerque has elect
| ed President Roosevelt an honorary men,
| ber, and on his visit here next month he
will be presented with a membership card
| in the form of a Navajo saddle blanket.
| which will be made by Navajo squaws
| brought here for that purpose. In the
| blanket will be woven this legend:
Theodore Roosevelt elected an honorary
member of the Albuquerque Commercial
Club 1903"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-23
THE CRUISER GALVESTON.
Conditions on Which the Contract May
Be Executed.

The Navy Department has concluded to
wait until the 1st of May before deciding
what to do with the cruiser Galveston, ly-
ing unfinished in the hands of the bankrupt
Trigg Company at Richmond, Va. The
Department is kindly disposed toward the
company and Is willing to show all proper
indulgence, and If there is a general reor-
ganization and promise of ability to carry
on the work, the department will let the
contract be executed at Richmond. Other
wise it will advertise for proposals for fin
ishing the ship, charging up the expendi-
ture against the original contractor.
The Galveston is fifteen-twentieths COM
pleted and fifteen installments of her price
except 10 per cent reserved have been paid
to the contractors. So 1t is said at the
Navy Department that there should be no
question of the ownership of the boat, and
she cannot be seized as lien by the COM
pany's creditors.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-23
PLEASED WITH ISTHMUS
REPRESENTATIVE MAYNARD'S
TRIP TO PANAMA. AND COLON.
Delighted. With the Climate and the
Coffee, Rubber and Chocolate
Plantations.

Representative Maynard of the Norfolk,
Va, district, is in Washington on his way
home from Panama and Colon, where he
spent a week or more. sightseeing and
resting. Mr.. Maynard praises affairs on
the isthmus, and is somewhat enthusiastic
about it's future. He said:
II never was more agreeably surprised
with any country than I was with the
isthmus. In my opinion that part of South
America is the country of the future. II
1 were a young man and footloose, there
is where 1 would go. The delightful cli-
mate I encountered, the productiveness OF
the soil and the great undeveloped min
eral wealth of the country. goes to make
it one of the best places in the world for
the Young man seeking a new country to
grow up with This, combined with the
fact that the isthmian canal is soon to be
built makes it a place of On unusually
promising future.
The Fine Weather.
II had always heard of the unhealthful
climate on the isthmus. and l was hardy
expecting to find such fine weather as
did The nights were delightfully."- cool and
pleasant, and the days were all that could
be desired. 1t was just the beginning OF
the rainy season when 1 was there and
1 never saw more pleasant weather any
store for me was the absence OF yellow
fever. l had heard that the isthmus was
a yeritable hotbed of the disease, Dut l
didn't see sign of 1t in either Colon or
Panama. I heard after l left that tnere
were several cases in both towns, but the
people did not seem to be bit more a1ralo
of it than we people here In the Umteo
States are of typhoid. People there 90
not think of moving out of their homes
simply because a case of yellow 1ever oe-
velops next door. They simply look upon
it as meaning a sickness of ten or flfteen
days, not usually, under proper treatment
attended with serious consequences.
Rubber and Coffee Plantations.
"I was out several miles from both cities
during nv visit to see the great rubber, cof-
fee and chocolate plantations. They GER
tainly make fortunes for those who own
them. The soil is exceedingly fertile and
productive, and these things grow without
the least troubled Why, if you plant sugar
cane it grows SO thick that you cannot get
through it without cutting your way
through with machete. And When one
goes out into the forest he has to take
machete man along to cut path Tor MIN.
The soil is far more fertile and productive
Iuxuriant vegetation as l saw on the lsth-
mus, and that right at the close of the dry
season.
1.-The price of good land down there
ranges anywhere between 81 and $1OO per
acre and when you have 1t under cuit1Va-
ton YOU have a veritable gold mine on top
Of the soil Summing up my impressions OF
will be the country Of great opportunities
for Young men in the near future.
Mr. MAYNARD will leave for his home In
Portsmouth tonight by the Norfolk boat.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-23
= BOILERS ON THE<MAINE.
Unauthorized Investigation Of Their
Condition Will Not Be Allowed.

The officers of the Maine now at League
Island have declined to allow any unau-
thorized investigation of the conditions Of
the boilers of htat ship. So informal applica-
tions made in behalf of persons who had
to do with the installation have been de-
clined and such investigation as is now in
progress is purely formal and Is being con-
Quoted by a board of three Of the most ex-
pert officers in the navy. The Names boil
ers were not designed at the Navy Depart
ment, nor were the specifications for them
drawn up there. They were Of a novel
type as far as the navy is concerned and
though, the ship at every other point was
planned by the Navy Department, the build
ers planned and installed the boilers. The
engineer board now at work Is expected to
place the responsibility and to make recon-
mendations looking to the repair Of the boil
ers or even for changes in that type If
such course Is necessary. sss
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-23

asked that the War Department make pub
lie disavowal Of the sentiments expressed
by General Grant. His letter was referred
to General Grant, and that officer made
reply to the War Department. He says
in substance that the statements originally
made by him were true and that he cannot
consistently rescind or modify them.
The matter is under consideration at the
War Department. and Judge Advocate Gen.
eral Davis has been asked for legal opin-
Ion as to the propriety of some of the
statements made by General Grant. No ac-
ton has yet been taken, but it is not likely
that it will be found expedient to do more
than caution General Grant to be more
careful in the future and to avoid the use
of language in communications relating to
purely military matters that may tend to
reflect upon private citizens.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-23
Many Want the Examination.

The civil service commission is besieged
with applications from persons who desire
to take the examinations that are to be
held in this city during three days begin
ming April %.
So great is the number of applications
already that the commission is looking
about for sufficient quarters wherein to
hold the examinations
One floor of the Busch building was Sc
cured today. 1t is understood that part of
the census bureau building will also be util-
ized for the purpose.
The greatest number of applications are
for the examination for clerk-examiner iii
the civil service commission, many persons
believing the work and the compensation
particularly fitted to themselves.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-23
POSED AS A MAN FOR YEARS.
Peculiar Case Of "Mr. Aaron Bark" a
Kentucky Farmer.

JACKSONVILLE, Ky, April 23.-The
case of woman who lived for years as
man has come to light through the death
yesterday of Mr.. Aaron Bark" who died
in Muhlenberg county, about twelve miles
west of this place. "Bark's' real name
was Mrs. Fred Green. She came to Muh-
lenberg county about thirteen years ago
with a small child, She was dressed in
mems clothes.
She lived on small farm for the en-
tire time and her disguise was never sus-
pected. Mrs. Green told "a neighbor who
was with her before she died that her
home was in Massachusetts. and that she
had assumed mems garb because she could
make better living than she could other
wise. The only known living relative of
the deceased is her little daughter Car
roll
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-23
wARsH1Ps COMING NORTH.
North Atlantic Fleet to Be Inspecte
Off the Capes.

Rear Admiral Higginson, commanding
the North Atlantic feet, notified the Navy
Department yesterday that the fleet would
leave Pensacola this morning for the SOUTH
ern drill grounds, off the Virginia capes.
AS he says nothing to the contrary, 1t is
supposed that the battle ship Iowa accom-
panied the others, viz, the Kearsarge, Ala
bama.' Illinois, Scorpion and Olympia. It is
calculated that the feet will arrive at its
destination about the 28th instant, in readi-
ness for review and inspection by Admiral
eral board, who will start for the drill
grounds in a few days on the Presidents
yacht. Mayflower. Rear Admiral Barker
will relieve Admiral Higginson OF command
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-23
TO ATTEND CEREMONIES.
The Government Board Will Leave
Monday Night for st. Louis.

The members of the United States gov
ernment board of the Louisiana purchase
exposition will leave Washington Monday
night to attend the ceremonies incident to
the dedication of the buildings and grounds
of the worlds fair. The board is composed
of the following officials: ]. Fl. Brigham
chairman. Department of Agriculture; Will
liam II. Michael, Department of State
Walter c. Hills, Treasury Department; ].
B. Brownlow, Post Office Department;
Frank Strong. Department of Justice; Ed
ward M. Dawson, Department of the Inte-
rior b. F. Peters Navy Depar rtment; John
C. Schofield, War Department.: G. W.
Hanger, bureau of labor and statistics; w.
de c. Ravenel, United States National Mu-
scum; William c. Fox, bureau >of American
republics; w. V. Cox, secretary Of the
board. and w. NJ. Geddes, disbursing Off
cor.