The National tribune., 1903-06-11
THE sEReEANr's CALI.

Comrade J. L. Dunlap, 18th Pa, New
Brighton, Pa, in an admirable article On
the service pension, which we regret to
say We cannot find space for entire. urges
the comrades to obey the Orderly-S Ser
geant.s call to fall in and form ranks for
the w per month service pension. Forty
years ago they fell in instantly when the
spoke. Now let them
do 1t again and everyone answer to his
name. We can only succeed by unity Of
effort and the thing to unite upon is the
straight service pension.
NO SNOW AT STONE RIVER.
G. Zoll, First Sergeant. Co B, s4th ILL.,,
Vermont. H.. writes: "Comrade Scott,
18th Ohio. writing of the battle Of Stone
River. Is mainly correct, but he Is or a.
to the weather. / was on the left, con-
fronting Breckinridge. my brigade, COM
manded by Col. Grose, being composed Of
the 9Th and 9th Ohio. 23d Ky, 36th Ind.
and S4th III. Positively. no snow fell from
the time we left Nashville until after the
battle. On the 31st my company lost q
men, killed and wounded"
NICE WEATHER AT STONE RIVER
j. L. Crook. Co. d, 10th Ohio, Toledo,
~, writes: II cannot imagine where
Comrade Scott got his snowy weather at
Stone River. unless, indeed, he mistook
cotton balls for snowflakes. The weather
was all right. My regiment, on the ex-
treme right. was attacked at daybreak.
Dec. 81. and driven back by an over.
whelming force. We were not demoral-
lied"
PENSION OFFICE DELAYS
A. A. Benjamin. Sergeant, Doth Ohio.
Greenville. Pa, points out that Capt.
Carlin, 1st Ohio Battery, a man who had
record enough to make three or four
books. and as good a soldier as ever lived,
applied for pension. but was kept off for
years, until he died, and then was al
lowed $50 per. month. with his certificate
coming in time to be laid on his coffin
FIVE BROTHERS IN ONE COMPANY.
James Littleton. Co. E, 22d Ky, Fultz,
KY, writes: Myself and four brothers
served in Co. E, 22d Ky. William Little
ton died at Louisville, 1862: John, at
caro-, 1863; George. at New Orleans,
sIMoNsoN's BATTERY DID 1T.
Joseph Ford, Third Sergeant, Co. A,
33d Ohio, Holt. Mo-. writes: "Gen. Polk
was killed June IA. 1864. Simonson's 5th
Ind. Battery fired the shot, Gen. Sherman
being present"
Reuben d. Quick, Sc Bernhard avenue,
Newburgh, N. Y, inquiries what regiment
was known as the Lost Children" Will
some comrade kindly give him the State
and number?
Frederick NJ. Laycraft, Highland Sta
the 124th H., Third Brigade, Third Divis-
ion, Seventeenth Corps. The Third Bri-
gade was composed of the 55th ILL.,, 31st
Ill. 10th ILL.,, 23d Ind. and the 124th Ill.
Comrade J. P. Jones, First Lieutenant Co.
+, 4?th ILL.,. is right in his statement that
our brigade was the first to enter Vicks-
burg. COmrade Wellman Is mistaken in
his claims. Now, 1 want to say to the
members Of the 124th ILL.,, that they have
not done their share of the writing for the
columns of The National Tribune. Our
record contains nothing of which we
should be ashamed. Let us hear from
some of the 124th Ill. boys"
Thos. J. Morrow, Co. 1. 1st Ala. Cav,
Trade, Ala, would like to hear from the
The National Tribune
Cuero. Texas. says that he will be at the
u. A. K. Encampment in San Francisco
IN August, and will be pleased to meet
every member of Co. NJ, 1st Cal Cav. y.
Replying to an inquiry Of Levy NJ.
Poor. Co. D, 10Th Me-, Augusta, Me-, re-
garding the history of AndersonyiIle.
Comrade II. B. Van Velsor, -4211 Mich =
igan avenue, chicago, ILL.,, says that he
has book written by Warren Lee Goss,
which he thinks is probably the work re-
ferred to by Comrade Poor, although the
Maine comrade stated that the author
was William Lee Goss-
d. V. Manchester, Tribeshill, N. Y, re-
quests that some comrade send him the
poem, when the Angel Calls the Roll"
Comrade Henry n. Hand, Co. F, S3d
Ind, and Co. E. 18th Ind, inquiries wheth-
er any comrade remembers the railroad
wreck near the Capitol Grounds June 1,
1863. The 4Sth Ind. was just leaving the
city when a misplaced switch threw the
train from the track, killing two or three
members of the regiment