The National tribune., 1903-12-10

be killed in that fight. They laughed and
made fun Of him. but he only answered.
You may laugh. now, boys: but l viii be-
killed in this fight: it is no laughing mat
ter for me: but will do my duty until
am killed We had orders to lie down
and when ordered to rise and advance.
he was the first TO fall. \ bullet passed
through his head and through bis KNAPP
sack
CoMRADE LEES SILVER BADGE.
Wm. T. Hill. Willard. Mo-. has silver
e-pointed-with dates of battles
and the name WIN. ii. Lee. Co. +. 5th
Ohio" engraved on it. Comrade Hill will
be glad TO deliver il to Comrade Lee or To
his heirs, who should preserve it with
care and prize it. for il is more honorable
than one that any potentate can bestow.
Comrade Hill fails to give his company
and regiment. He put in over three years
fighting Missouri bushwhackers, of whom
he says: lit is often asserted that these
bushwhackers did not belong to the rebels.
but would as soon plumber one army as
the other. l know that in our territory
from Springfield to Columbia and from
Rolla to Sedalia-they robbed and killed
only Union men; never in any way dis
turbed a rebel sympathizer. and invariably
joined Price or Marmaduke's forces when
we got too close in pursuit of them. Bush
whackers We're rebels. robbed end killed
Union men and We're used by rebel coa,
manders only
55TH MASS SERVICE.
Comrade JOS II. Hurley. Co. +. 55th
Mass, GAINESVILLE. o., asks that some
cOmrade write up the services of that reg
iment. He says: I'VE did hard CAM
paigning and the regiment has history
that is credit in every particular
don't see why some of the vets don't write
about it through The National Tribune,
the medium that we may proudly call our
own. l am to be excused for not writ
ing. since i can not write and can not
spell. My only schooling was three
months night schol after l was 81
CUP THROUGH MANY WARS.
VIM. $. Garrett, writing from the Ma
tional Military Home, Kan, says: Il was
in the war of the rebellion. 1S61-'6J.'' but
neglects to say in what company or ves-
sci. His letter is very interesting in re-
lation to cup and a pair of scissors in
his possession, both of which came TO
America with VIM. Penn, in possession
of VIM. Heron and wife. He states that
an inscription on the cup states that it
was made in 1850; that when n son of
VIM. Heron enlisted in the Revolution
airy War Mr.. Heron gave him the cup;
that the son gave it to John Heron. who
Cdliitu IL lHFouSu tue war OF lSlE. ana
gave it to his son. Samuel HERON, who
carried it through the Mexican War COM
rade Garrett says that he carried it
through the rebellion, but does not say
how it came to him-probably as descen-
dant by the female line"
KEEP REBELs OUT.
Comrade Asa Smart. Co. D, % Mich.
and Co. b, 9th Ohio Cav, Gresham,
To ri r.
those comrades who propose to cement
the fellowship of North and South by /.
governmental homes for rebel veterans or
for admission of rebel veterans to our
homes for Union veterans. He says: TO
say that because they fight beside us now
they love the Union and the Flag as much
as we is to speak from hysterical emo
tions, with eyes closed to visible evidence
to the contrary. How that sounds. when
at all the public gatherings of the older
Confederate soldiers they take such pride
in displaying their cid battle flags, They
love their old flags, and to say they love
the Stars and Stripes as do we that wore
the blue-I don't believe il. At Rich
mOnd, Va, as at all their gatherings of
the kind, only n short time ago, where
a monument to the king Of traitors was
dedicated. Confederate flags were every
where present and flying In the parade
the old gray-haired Confederate soldiers
carried their old battle flags, the schools
of the city-and l don't know but other
cities also-carried small Confederate
fags-both teachers and children-follow-
ing the old soldiers. The Confederate
flags displayed in the city of Richmond
on that occasion numbered far, far into
the thousands-and they We're efi sale all
through the city-but you could not buy
the American flag any place in the city.
Talk about healing the old sore. 1t never
will be effectually done until they stop
putting those emblems of treason into
children's hands, with histories of their
own get-up teaching them to honor trea-
son and love traitors. Admit those old
rebels into our soldiers homes? Hang
the rebel flag beside our Stars and
Stripes? Ha. 1 guess not, You can nnt
make treason odiOus by pensioning t
traitor and honoring him.
CLAIMS GREATEST NUMBER OF HEROES.
A lovely chance for a most delightful
row and endless disputes in figures is or
ganized by Comrade ]. r. Buttolpt, Ser
geant, I'd iowa Battery, Ogden. Iowa, in
part of the following: My little account
of the battle of Pennington brought TO the
front several of my old comrades from
whom / had not heard since Aug. o. 1865.
Thanks to The National Tribune. l am
too, that l have not been con-
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. usually are. Now.
| am going to ask you to record this
claim for ME: l claim that this Boonel
County has as many living heroes as any
other County in the United States.
Here are some of the heroes: Comrade
Huglin, who belonged to Sands's 11th
Ohio Battery, which lost more men at the
battle of Iuka than any other battery in
any one battle during the civil war He
was wounded three times. p. o. Swick,
Of the famous De Gress Battery. that was
taken and retaken by every regiment in
Sherman's army; George Simmons. of the
4th Mich. Cav, present at the capture of
jeff Davis; several of the I'd Iowa Cav.
who We're in the famous charge at Farm
ingtOn; one Of the I'd Iowa Battery. that
charged the rebel breastworks at Vicks-
burg on the ODD of May-probably the
only battery that charged breastworks
luring the war. And there are Others"
SCATTERING.
RObt. Watson, Box Alb. Minneapolis.
AIinn., sends to Picket Shots this query:
what is the number of the first pension
certificate issued under the act of June
p, 1890, and who was the lucky or un-
lucky comrade, and what amount did he
receive? Where if living, does he reside?
We hope he may live beyond the Revolu-
tionary age"
Caleb Woodrow. Corporal, Co. C. 1st
Del, Hampton, Va, in brief remi-
liscence of his regiment states that it
was organized Oct. l, 1861, and went to
Fort Monroe Oct. 81. reporting to Gen.
Wool, and crossing Mill Creek camped
lbout one mile from the fortress; was bri-
yaded with Goth " Y, Goth n Y, 18th
Mass, and 10th Pa. Weather was rainy