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The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1903-10-29
Work OF the Pension Office.

The report of certificates issued for the week ended
October IL shows:
Army Invalids: Original q increase si4; reissue
restoration, . renewal, 81 supplemental o. duplicate
Is; accrued, H. Total hi7.
Army Widows etc. Original. 81: reissue /; renewal
49, duplicate, 2: accrued l. Total, 6S.
Navy Inyallds: Increase, g. duplicate, /; accrued 1
Total,
Navy Widows, etc: Original l.
Army Invalids (war with SPAIN: Original, 80; in
crease S. reissue g. restoration, 4; duplicate l. accrued
. Total. As.
Army Widows etc (war with SPAIN: Original IA.
Army Invalids-Recuar Establishments Original :
increase, S; renewal, l; duplicate, l. Total, II.
Army Widows, etc.-ReGuar Establishment: Orig;
nal. s.
Navy Invads-Regular Establishment: Original. l
renewal, l. duplicate, 2 Total L.
Army Invalids net OF June -, 1S9Ol: Original Ise
increase sSS; additional 49, reissue (accd)I 49, res
tOrol. 10: renewal, 81 supplemental 6; duplicate q
accrued, ia. Total. 400.
Army Widows, etc (act of June 81 1880: Original
go: reissue ]: supplemental l. duplicate, III accrued
I. Total 296.
Navy invallds TACT OF June 81 1885,: Original S. in
crease, As: additional I; restoration 2; renewal q du
pcaie. l. accrued. 8. Total. Is.
Navy Widows. etc (act OF June %. ls9o): Original
Mexican War Survivors: Reissue :; supplemental
duplicate, !: accrued 2 Total, II.
Mexican War Widows: Original J.
Indian Wars 1882 1872 Survivors: Original o. ac
cIued, s. Total, 81.
Indian Wars 1882 42) Widows: Original II; duplicate
!. Total, L.
Totals-Original ei7: Increase 1910: additional $50
reissue ST. restoration Is: renewal l0I supplemental
II; duplicate, 20: accrued. 3i7 Total. 2 500.
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Discriminating Against widows.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: 1 have
read your comment on the action of the
National Encampment of the G. A. K
relative to the limitation of pensions to the
widows married prior to 1890. You GER
tainly have the moral and just side of the
question. and the side that will win if the
G. A. X. and the Commissioner of Pen
sions will leave the matter with the PEG,
pie and Congress. The straighter and the
more simple you can make the act, the
more likely to meet the favor of the PEG
pie and Congress. There is no justice in
denying n soldiers widow and her children
pension because of the fact that she mar
ries him late in years. Such discrimina-
ton belittles the soldier and brings him in
disrepute. 1t depriyes him of degree OF
honor and liberty which is certainly his
due. If n young woman marries an Old
soldier and cares for him in his feeble and
declining years, she is certainly deserving
of a pension. BY so doing she has re
lieved the County and State of an expense
that would very naturally fall to them, be
cause somebody must care for these old
soldiers. The pension money paid these
widows is not squandered: it is put to good
use. and benefits the communities where
they live. have yet to see case where
Il young woman married an old sOidie!
who was disrespectful or negligent of he,
duty. l feel sure such cases are very I'M
common. An eminent Judge, delivering
an address in this State last Summer, said
Tile law dcpriving the widow of a pen
sion who marries a soldier late in years
is disgrace to our statute books" Thi.
declaration received the long and hearty
applause of the lnrse and attentive au
diencc.-P. G. SoULE. Commander, Burn
side Post, Rossburg n. Y.
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Reunion Of the 9th Ohio Cav.

Seventy comrades of the 9th Ohio Cav
held their Annual Reunion at Amelia, o..
some 20 miles from Cincinnati. They had
a good time; many claspin; the hands OF
comrades they had not seen before since
the close of the war.
The next session will be at Cummins
vile, or North Cincinnati, in September
1904.
Among the comrades from afar were
Capt. Joe w. Cloudy, Co. C, of Peoria, Ill.
and e. G. Mendenhall, Co. X, of Kin
mundy, Ill.
The following officers were elected: Gen
Thomas T. Heath, President: NJ. A
Hayes, Vice President; Thos. J. Leeds
Secretary, Georgetown, O.; Capt. Chester
NJ. Poor, Treasurer.
Any old comrade of the 9Th Ohio Cav.
who may read this is earnestly requested
to forward his address and that Of any
other known to the Secretary.
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and waited for them to stop; but instead
the fire spread along all their line and We
had to jump and run for cover
Geo. NJ. GalleSly. Co. f, S1St Ill. Gore
vile. H.. suggests: Notice of the Re.
Union of 95th III. reminds me that from
March. "a, TO the end of the war no .wo
regiments We're more closely associated or
riDrc cordially fraternal than ri:e 95th and
the Sist III, One could not say. the Slst
or the 9Jth did tbs or something else: it
had to be: The Slst and the 95th.' Good
greeting tc the 95th comrades"
This call comes from Burven Nebr.,
from C0mrade A. Blair, Co. +, 149th
Pa: won't you search the record aud
see if the 10th Pa. of the Bucktai
Brigade, isn't worth occasional mention;
find out if it didn't see service or do any
thing. / never hear from any of the boys
on the subject. Ny recollection is that
the 149th Pa. really amounted TO some
thing and served the country to the coun
try's good. If could write like a report
or rs some of the comrades can. the old
149th should not remain in oblivion 70:
want of n historian
Edward Cunningham. 236 Kalamazoo
St. Battle Creek. Mich. requests that
some comrade send him the poem entitled
'The Pension Claim Agent" which ht
says was published in The National Trib
une some years ago.
o. ]. Lyon, Sabetha. Kan. wants tc
know if any comrade can send him a son,
which runs
Two Irishmen ont of employ.
And out at the elbows as aisily," etc.
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is scientific cure for deafness and catarrh
IS demonstrated every day by the use Of
AETNA. The vapor current generated In
the AETNA passes through the Eustachian
tubes into the middle ear. removing the
catarrhal distractions as il passes through
the tubes. and !ooSeEs up the bones (ham.
mer, anvil and stirrup) in the inner ear,
making them respond TO the slightest
vibration Of sound. AETNA has neveD
failed to cure ringing noises IN the head.
We have known people troubled with this
distressing symptom for years to be COM
plctely cured in only three weeks use Of
AETNA. AETNA also cures asthma. brun-
chitls, sore throat, weak lungs, colds and
headache; all of which are directly or in
directly due 10 catarrh. AETNA is sent on
trial postpaid. Write us about your cnss.
We give advice free. and positive proof Of
cures. A valuable book-Professor WIN.
sons 1Otpage Dictionary Of Disease.
Free. Address New York e London Mec.
trio Associa ton. Dept. 81 D, 929 Walnut
Street, Kansas City, Mo.
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OLD SQUIRE.
Continued from first paee.)

enough; the other, low voice. some OF
its words almost undistinguishabie. ret
by the responses Of the louder he knew 10
was Usher's.
Who's that in your room?' /
"Hm-hm-loud; hm-hm."
oh Major arr
you ready?'
"Hm-hour-hm-waitf" 2
"No-hm-hm." -
"Hm-tOo loud"
For a short minute the doctor heart
whispering; then everything became silent
again, and Lacy stood motionless for q
long time, while young West slipped into
the house and got his weapons and slipped
out again, to ride with Tom Baxter tn
the rendezvous of Mosby's men, and then
northward upon raid into the Federal
lines.
At length the doctor heard a light tar
on his door,
What is it?' he asked i
isn't it time, DoctorT'
Yes, it must be past time" He lighted
the candle, and looked at his watch.
Past 1 o'clock. Is it possible?'
I've been expecting to hear you come
for the last half-hour,' said Jennie.
TO be continued.) :
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Reunion of the ;s7th N. Y.

The 18th N. Y. annually holds it
Reunion on Sept. &c, except the date fal
on Sunday. the regiment having been mus
tered into the service of the United State
on Sept. 26. 1862. This year. with abou
100 attending the Reunion was held n
Oswcgo, n. Y.
The following officers were elected
President. Henry Rudy; Vice Presidents
Co. A, Hiram Wilbur; Co. b. Henr,
Kales; Co. G, John Cornell; Co. D. Alder
Ross; Co. Il. Darius Orion; Co. F, join
G. Hanlcy; Co. G, A. Il. Hutchinson: Co
II, Robert C. Sweet; Co. /. Thomas Har
rington; Co. X, Charles Smith; Treasurer
w. II. Bristol. The President was au
thorized to appoint n Secretary
AS the next anniversary of the regi
ment will occur on Sunday, it was decide
to hold the next Reunion in Ithaca OF
Sent %, 1901.
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GENERAL ORDERS.
Important Announcements by Commander
in-Chief Black.
General Orders No. p

General Orders No. 2.
Headquarters Grand Army Of the Repub-
lie. Memorial Hail.
Chicago, Oct 9, 1903.
1. At the 9th National Encampment
of the Grand Army of the Republic, held
at San Francisco, Cal, Aug. q and %,
1903, the following comrades were elected
to the offices designated below:
Commander-in-C Chief, John c. Black,
Chicago, Ill.
Senior Vice Commander in Chief, c.
Mason Kline, San Francisco Cal.
Junior Vice Commander-inC Chief, Harry
c. Kessler, Butte, Mont
SUPERINTENDENT, George A. Hartman,
Lancaster, Ohio.
Chaplain-in-C Chief, Winfield Scott.
Scottsdale, Arizona.
NATIONAL COUNCIL OF ADMINISTRATIONS.
Alabama, NJ. d. Wickersham, Mobile.
Arizona, George Atkinson, Globe.
Arkansas, A. A. Whissen, Little Rock.
California and Nevada, A. W. Barrett,
Los Angeles.
Colorado and Wyoming L. S. HOLSTER,
Denver.
Connecticut, A. C. Hendrick, New Ha-
ven.
Delaware Samuel Worrell, Newark.
Florida, Charles Donovan, Tampa.
Georgia. J. A. Cummerford, Marietta.
Idaho, George NJ. Parsons, Boise.
Illinois. Thomas W. Scott, Fairfield.
Indiana. Henry A Root Michigan City.
Indian Territory, David Redfield, Ard
more.
Iowa. S. c. James, Centerville.
Kansas, =. II. Coney, Topeka.
Kentucky, Jacob Seibert, Louisville.
Louisiana and Mississippi, Charles II.
Shute, Cambridge, Mass.
Maine, Lewis Selling, Augusta.
Maryland, Robert G. Sunstrom, Balti-
more.
Massachusetts, John W. Hersey,
Springfield.
Michigan, E. B. Fenton, Detroit.
Minnesota, l.. w. Collins. St. Cloud.
Missouri, Jere T. Dew, Kansas City.
Montana, III. S. Howell, Columbia Falls
Nebraska, Andrew Traynor, Omaha.
New Hampshire, Oliver II. Foster, Mil
ford.
New Jersey, Ciayland Tilden, Jersey
City.
New Mexico, John r. McFie, Santt
Fe.
New York, James Owens, 227 E. 124tl
st., New York City.
North Dakota, S. X. McGinnis James
town.
Ohio, A. A. Taylor, Cambridge.
Oklahoma, Wesley Taylor, Perry.
Oregon, l.. w. Ingram, Oregon City.
Pennsylvania, Thomas G. Sample, ALE
y4eny B. 81.
Potomac, B. P. Entrekin, Washington
p. c.
Rhode Island, John T. Kenyon, Provi
Ience.
South Dakota, A. B. Nelson, Pierre.
Tennessee, Newton Hacker, Jonesboro
Texas, r. NJ. Moore, San Antonio.
Utah, w. w. Bostaph, Ogden.
Vermont, A. @. Brown, Montpelier.
Virginia and North Carolina, James E
Fuller, Norfolk, Va.
Washington and Alaska, s. W. Clark
Beattle, Wash.
West Virginia, G. B. woodcock, New
6arinsvile.
Wisconsin, Phil Cheek, Baraboo.
STAFF APPOINTMENTS.
II. Announcement il repeated of ap
sentiment and qualification Of the follow
ing comrades on the National Staff
To be Adjutant- General, Charles A
Partridge, Department Of Illinois; Pos
Once, Chicago, Ill.
To be Quartermaster-Genera Charlie
Burrows, Department Of New Jersey
Post Office, Rutherford, N. ].
To be Inspector General, Erwin B. Mes
Der, Department Of Iowa; Post Office
Hartley, Iowa.
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This VIII Interest Many.

F. w. Parkhurst, the Boston publisher,
says that if any one afflicted with rheu,
matism in any form, or neuralgia. will
send their address to him, at SO4-19 Win
throp Bldg, Boston, Mass, he will direct
them to a perfect cure. He has nothing
to sell or give; only tells you how lie was
cured after years of search for relief
Hundreds have tested it with success.
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sages become closged oy ca
tarrhal deposits, stopping the
action of the vihsatory bones.
Until these deposits are re.
moved a cure is impossible. The
inner ear cannot be reached by
probing or spraying heree thu
inability of aurists or physi-
clans TO cure. Ear drums ara
worse than useless. That there
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Deafness Cured

Ninetyiv per cent. of all cases Of
deafness brought 10 our attention is the
result of chronic catarrh of the throat
and middle ear. The air pas.
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PICKET SHOTS
From Alert Comrades Along the Whole
Line.
PLEASE WRITE TO HIM.

DR.. Z. +. Henderson, Cedar Rapids
Iowa, served as Contract Surgeon in
the field from April, 1862. to June, 1864
and in the following February was com
missioned Assistant Surgeon of the 101s
ILL.,, at that time with Sherman in the
CarOlinas. He started to join his regi
meat, hut or reaching Hilton Head was
ordered to report to Camp Blair, on the
Pocataliso River. and was placed il
charge of the camp, having about 2.OOt
troops, well, convalesccnt and sick. where
he remained until April, when the men
were distributed to their respective com
mands. The Doctor would be g.ad t.
hear from any of those whom he treated
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THE 34TH OHIO.

Geo. Scheckler, Co. L, Bath Olio. Co
lumbia City, Ind, says: I'm the Fall of
81, when our regiment Was in camp OH
the Kama wha, company of the 23d Ohio,
arrived under command of Maj. Ruther-
ford b. Hayes. The next day details were
sent to work on the road toward where
Rosccrans's forces were engaging the
rebels. While returning from that work Il
comrade from the 23d Ohio and my
self were arrested and kept in the
guard house till morning. l would like to
hear from him."
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BURIED WITH G. A. r. HONoRs.

Comrade ]. ]. Ausmus writes from La
Plata, Mo-: "Wm. Thompson, Co.
18th u s. Inf. died on Santa Fe train
while ell route to New Mexico, and the
body was put off here. and we gave il
honorn bic burial in our G.. A. r. lot. He
possessed nothing to tell where he was
from or where his friends can be found
Perhaps The National Tribune may in.
form them what has become of him.
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ONE OF THE OLD REGULARS.

Geo. N. Sweet, Hunter, N. Y, evil
IDENTITY now n very aged man, informs The
National Tribune that he enlisted in the
Regular Army in 1916, and served until
1852, during which service he participated
in "all the engagements in the Valley OF
Mexico and spent over two years on the
plains 1926 miles west of civilization, and
was paid the soldiers wages Of the time,
81 month"
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WHERE Is THE OWNER?

and H, 18th Ohio Cav, Dennison, O.,
writes: Il have a portion of the discharge
of John Southland, private in Capt Wess-
more's CO., 18th Ohio. The fragment
was found at Golfers, w. Va. Indorse-
ment shows that it was recorded in Mad
isOn Co., Or
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SCATTERING.

Comrade ]. Huntsberger writes from
Long Lake, MIMI: Il served in Third
Brigade, Third Division, Sixth Corps.
My last picket duty was where the Weldon
Railroad passed through our lines. There
were orders on both sides to not fire, and
I went out to post the relief, and saw two
rebels 60 down behind their works and
fire on us. We dropped into the grass
Arizona republican., 1903-10-06

was ready fer the word when the Fed erals suddenly attacked our center. General Lee sent an aide to find me to hurl my regiment into the thick of the fight, and he came upon usI at the criti- cal moment. I was about to shoot Col onel Hopson through the head, but ord CTS from the chief were not to be dis obeyed. As I turned away. I said:
 "'Colonel Hopson, our affair is off for an hour or so.'
 "'When we have beaten the Federals back he replied.
 "But it was not to be. suh-not to be-" said Colonel Bunker, as he rose up. "When we had beaten the Federals back-when my regiment had perform ed deeds to live in history forever-I returned to the field of honah. Alas I had no opponent! Colonel Hopson had fallen in the thick of the field. dy- ing as a soldier should, and there was no one for me to shoot at. And, egad, suh, he probably went to his death firmly convinced of the report of the eleven horses-the eleven horses shot from under me at Manassas. Too bad, suh-too bad, It was an utter waste of eight horses."-M. Quad in Detroit Free Press.
Arizona republican., 1903-10-06
ABOUT MAN AND MARRIAGE
A Bachelor Girls Reflections on the
 Subject.

It is fortunate for men that women have no sense of humor.
 One might think better of marriage if ones married women friends would not confide in one> so much.
 The bachelor girls existence may not be exciting, but it does not necessitate trips to Dakota.
 Meb are the spice of life. but a steady diet of spice is undesirable.
 One unfortunate difference between men and women has been brought to lJshH by the cultivation of womens s brains. A man of brains can fall in love with his mental inferior and stay so;, a woman can't.
 Money you earn yourself may come hard, but it's awfully nice not to have to ask anybody for it at the end of the week.
 IT women would swear little more they wouldn't cry so much.
 Since the beginning of time the wc- mans affections have been kept in a hot house to make them just as large and tender as possible: her judgment has been confined to the cellar, to grow like a potato sprout. It's a good thing to reverse the process for a while.
 Statistics show that ten men desert their families to one woman; and yet women are blamed for race suicide.
 The new woman has got so she car ries latchkey, but she hasn't yet reached the point where it is necessary to take the key hole along with her in order to find it when she gets home.
 Women make all the trouble men have in life-and make it worth the trouble.
 The moment of disillusionment comes when woman discovers that a man never runs after a street car after it's caught.
 It is only after a woman has learned to meet men without considering them in the light of possible matrimonial possibilities that she really knows how to enjoy their society.
 All men like well-dressed women, but they don't like to pay the bills.
 One trouble with women who will not 'n1ar.y is that they have learned to discriminate. They all want to marry if they can get just what they want.
 A woman needs to have been in love a number of times before she learns how to take any comfort out of it.
 It is a sad commentary on man that a perfectly cold-hearted. indifferent and selfish woman can usually manage him better than any other kind.
 The happiest love affair for woman is the one in which the man is very much in love with her, and she likes him just we'll enough to make it pleas ant to have him around. When she loves deeply there is as much pain as pleasure in it for her.
 Men have so defied physical beauty in woman since the beginning of time that it is a wonder that the sex has any heart or brains left in it.
 If there is anything a woman envies man it is his power of sublime and perfect inconsistencies that he can ever bore any woman.
 Tea and cats have caused many smiles at the expense of old maids; yet they are no more disagreeable and not nearly so. expensive as whisky and horses.
 Man thinks home is the dearest spot
Arizona republican., 1903-10-06
THE DO ANYTHING" MAN.
Usually He is the Man Who Can Do
 Nothing Well.

My first visit to the bank is most vivid memory.
 Well, my boy" began my uncle, what do you want to do?"
 "Oh, anything" I blurted, with the cheerful stupidity of boyhood.
 My boy" he said slowly, "let me tell you that the hardest man in the world to find work for is the man who says that he can do anything. don't believe. either, that you are as stupid as your father thinks, and I'm going to give you a chance to prove that I am right. If you are good for anything, we shall soon find it out; and if you are good for nothing, we shall soon find that out. too
 l have never forgotten that brief conversation. The 'old man" has long since passed away, but even nowadays when the do anything chap presents himself with letter of introduction, l think of my uncle long enough to bear witness to the truth and force Of his view.-Everybody Magazine.
Arizona republican., 1903-10-06
LEES OLD WAR HORSE"
At 82 Longstreet is about the Last of
 the Civil War Leaders.

General James Longstreet. the grand old man of the confederacy," is spending his life's peaceful winter at Mount Airy, Ga. He was the man whose genius General Grant mostly feared, a regard for whose prowess was inspired in Grant when both were cadets at West Point, strengthened by Longstreet's service in the Mexican war and west, and more seriously to be reckoned with on the battlefields of the south
 The broad rotunda of the mountain village hotel is the peaceful back ground and Longstreet approaches. Slowly he comes, remarkably erect looking every inch a soldier. There is a hush to the laughter; even the or chestra seems to have respectfully timed the intermssion. SOutherners are loyal to their champions Long street, the last of the greater ones, is very dear to them.
 Eighty-two yeas old-what a stretch of time. Born in 1891. when he was a boy the Louisiana purchase had been only recently consumated. The great eXpansionist, Thomas Jefferson, had sown the first seed that was to make this country the power it is. The great territory west oi the Mississippi was yet a wilderness.
 At the close of the Civil war phy- sicians warned General Longstreet he should be very thankful to live eight yeals. All of these men have crossed the Great Divide more than twenty five years ago. General Longstreet stands in the white light of wonder working new century. There are few meals ne misses at the public table, and though suffering greatly from an eDithelioma involving his right eye, he enjoys in a measure the benefits of the splendid climate. Always a lover of horseback riding, the deprivation of that sport is perhaps his greatest loss.
 The general is not much given to lengthy interviews. On more than one occasion when subjected to question: ing. q state of affairs so closely asso- ciated with hotel life, he has given his book, Prom Manassas to Appomat- tox," with the request that it talk for him. The general is very deaf. and uses an ear tube. This Mrs. Longstreet carries. The arrangement is very clever, serving as a break to unde- sirable company. Realizing the fla tigue attendant upon long conversa- tions, l spent several days securing the opinions herein expressed, and he seemed to appreciate the considera- tion.
 General Longstreet was asked whether it did not prove very tire some to answer the many questions propounded to him. Wearily he re- piled: Tt does. I can only refer to history, which rightfully recording the deeds of each, gives the same basis of comparison l enjoy
 General Longstreet always held the ability of General Grant Tn highest esteem. In fact, he accorded him q place in military merit not less than that of George Washington. This weighing of the soldier presidents worth was the result that began, as did Grants estimate of him, at West