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The National tribune., 1903-08-13
The Tribula,ions o. a "Persimmon Knocker

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: capt.
Buchanan's story of the Persimmon Br:-
gade is interesting and historic lily true;
however his narrative is too brief. there
remaining much to be told. just now |
am thinking Of the discomfort attending
the retreat from Greenville to Bulls Gap.
That march by night / shall never forget.
Being without shoes. we left Il bloody
train. In fact. we had no clothes worthy
of mention. FOotSOre. weary and hungry.
we failed to show up ut Bulls Gap in
close column formation. Not more than
Il Corporal's Guard of my regiment made
the march all right. the majority being
scattered along the road.
Usually our f0raGing expeditions We're
disappointing, and. sometimes, we had to
fight our way, going and coming. The
primitive water mills being small and
slow, we ate parched corn, three ears of
the cereal being days ration. Usually
our stay in camp was so brief that we
had no time to make hOminy. This pau
city of subsistence led to our receiving the
sobriquet ''Persinmon Knockers" We
made a charge uDon a persimmon tree.
the first we had seen only to find that
the fruit was no good''-one bite being
sufficient to satisfy any craving we may
have had for pefsimmons. The older
soldiers laughed at us. calling us Per
s:mmon Knockers" We then We're ready
to fight, but now we are proud of the so
briquet, although it was given us in de-
riSion.
When | enlisted I was only II years old,
but. thinking my patriotism justified the
prevaricatiOn. l represented to the mus
tering officer that My age was 1S. Return
ing home. February, 1864, | rested until
August, 1864, when | re-enlisted. telling
the officer that I was IS years old. At a
subsequent time the Pension Department
wanted to know how / had managed to
grew no older from my first enlistment in
1863 to the second i'll 1864. | frankly ex-
plained and the Department was salts
fed.
At Bulls Gap we were drawn up in line
to salute Gen. Burnside. as he and his
staff rode by. l never saw him again.
/ think it raine1 about two thirds of the
Winter, 1SG3-'64. when we were campaign
ing in East Tennessee. The comrades
will remember the rainy night at Tazewell
when tle Colonel could not get us out of
our tents.
l do not think we drew two months ra-
tons during eight months service. When
at Greenv.lle, after LOngstreet had raised
the siege of Knoxville, q loaf of bread
was issued to each of us, but the ration
was so stale that it made us sick.-JOHN
w. HARRIS, Co. II, 10th Ind, Terre
Haute, Ind.
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From the SGuDMe
vodHE61 1Gtut1d R4ZIGz1v
By LYMAN S. WlDNEY, i4th III.

feet of trestles and nearly two miles of
corduroy We're required for the passage of
10000 men and 1000 wagons from the
bluffs of the Georgia bank to the nearest
point of dry land in South Carolina.
On the night of Feb 3. kilpatricks cav
airy began to cross. followed next morn
ing by Geary's Division of the Twentieth
Corps. and then by our corps i'll contin-
uOus stream, night and day.
Gen. Slocum. with bespattercd uniform.
scarcely distinguishable from the wagon
drivers, was in constant attendance at the
bridge, urging forward men and wagons.
He realized that mud was to be our great
est opponent, and in our situation to be
afraid of mud was almost as ineXcusable
as cowardice in presence of the enemy.
We all understood that many such i'm
pediments were before us, owing to the
natural course of the streams all flowing
across our pathway. 1t was different in
our march through Georgia. for there we
followed the rivers to the sea.
GUARDING THE CROSSING.
During the night of the 9th our brigade
was the last to cross-eXcepting our regi-
mcnt. which previously had been placed
on picket and now remained with the pom
toniers to guard the bridge. We found
the enemy watching impatiently for our
withdrawal. Small detachments of cav
airy hovered along our line. and were only
prevented from making a closer inspcc-
tion by free use of our muskets. A
countryman drove his wagon into our
lines about dusk. and was greatly sur
prised, as well as chagrined, to find we
had not gone, as he hoped 10 pick up an
old horse or two that we might have
abandoned, and, besides. we gave him
such pressing invitation to spend the
night with us that he could not decline.
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REAM'S STATION.
Snapshot Scenes of the Battle.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: When we
were fighting the battle of Ream's Station.
dismounted cavalry battalion became
merged in the First Brigade. Second Divi-
sion, Second Corps. The cavalry" COM
plement fought WELL but unfortunately
they exhausted their ammunition at a most
critical time-when the writer of this and
his comrades of the 36th Wis. were hotly
engaged in a handto-hand combat with
the fiercey-attacking Johnnies. The cav
airy" fled to the rear, leaving a gap in our
line that we did not at first observe. as our
close attention to business was de
manded in our own immediate vicinage.
The rebels swarmed through the gap. cut
ting us off from our friends. Being Or
dered to get out in our own way, / started
for the rear, but stopped en- route to assist
a comrade. Then a big rebel intercepted
me. ordering me to drop my gun. Instead
of dropping the gun | dubbed it and
Knocked him down. The air was full Of
outnumbered 10 to one had presented a sol
id front for five hours, was nearly level.
Having temporarily disposed of the big
Johnny, l made for a hedge fence to the
right. Another big rebel endeavored to
overtake me. yelling for me to halt. When
| cleared the hedge with an extraordinary
leap. the Johnny was not far away. See
ing that he stopped at the hedge, L faced
about and commanded him to drop his
gun. which he did. l then marched him
rearward as my prisoner. Stopping be
hind n tree. | fired my last shot at the
rebels. who We're turning our own cannon
against us. About this time the 1Sith Pa;
fired volley into the enemy that discour-
aged them from pursuing us further. they
retreating to the ditch we had abandoned
| fully realized that the 36th Wis. had
lost heavily in killed. wounded and pris-
oners. On my left l heard a deafcning
roar of battle. aud men yelling Ike lie
mons. The 10Th Me-. in cloud of smoke,
was fiercely fighting while falling back.
strewing the ground with the enemy 5
dead.
. About sundown Gen. Gibbon rode up to
where l was standing, and ordered the
formation of a line; not more than 100
men constituted the line that was then
formed. l was the right guide of this
line, my gun, the only one from right TO
left, being the guidon.
The 36th Wis. went into the fight with
175 men and II officers. After the battle
only II were present for duty, nine having
been killed. 33 wounded and I'D We're
missing Among the killed was Capt.
Lindsey. a most gallant officer.
Gen. Miles came up with brigade Of
the First Division and charged the enemy,
driving them a short distance. For a
short time there were heavy volleys Of
musketry, closing the battle of Reams
Station.-ED w. DAYTON, Co. ID. 36th
Wis Welcome MINI,
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Wheeler's Raid Into Tennessee and Ken.
tucky

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: 1t was in
the Summer of '63 that Wheeler made a
raid up into Tennessee and Kentucky
Our forces had been after him and had
had quite Il brush with him. The 1880
Ill. had lost their Colonel and, by forced
marches our regiment (the 9th Iowa Cav)
took the advance. The next day nothing
unusual happened until afternoon, when
we came to large creek with high bluffs
on either side and quite wide bottom,
perhaps a half mile wide. AS we went
down the hill some natives told us to be
careful, as the rebels had artillery and
breastworks on the opposite bluff We
went down into the bottom, and sure
enough there they were i'll battle array
brea stwOrks and large guns.
Our regiment formed with Co. G. (my
company on the right. Gen. Hooker
think it was, but have almost forgotten
whether it was Hooker OF Crook. came
up, threw up his glass, turned. to Patrick.
our commanding Lieutenant Colonel, and
said, Charge 'em, Colonel" Patrick's or
der was: Go: e, drop carbines, draw sa-
bers-Charger
And we did charge; with n will and n
whoop. The balls whistled past for a
while, but the rebels soon gave way, as their
force was only about 100 or $50 men left
to keep us back till the main army could
cross the Tennessee River.
The rebels had piled up logs, brush and
dirt and laid hollow logs across to repre-
sent cannon, and then moved about great
deal to make us think there was Il large
force. We Knew no better until We got
there. BY the time l got over the breast
works, which l hardly saw, my horse was
just about past going, ms he had the
heayes. and all l could do was follow along
behind in a little lope; but Twas not alone.
as another of my company! Ed Tinker by
name, big and stout, and, like myself,
wanted to 20 so bad. 10,
AS we rode along side by side three
Johnnies emerged from the brush and in
dicated their willingness to surrender; so
as Tinker was on that side,hI said: you
take them back, and perhaps I'll find some
more" So ne started across the road
toward them and l to ride on. but as he
neared them one concluded he would just
shoot Tinker, and proceeded to bring his
gun to bear on him. 1 whirled to go help
him, but before l got half way to them
Tinker had his man down and the other
two prisoners. He spurred his horse for
ward and made desperate left thrust
with his saber and struck his man in the
chest, who threw up his hands and hol-
lered: "Oh!v
We captured about 100 prisoners, three
or four were killed. and think we follow
ed them about 10 miles; but the main army
had gotten safely across the Tennessee
River.
Our brave Lieut.. WilhOit had a narrow
escape. He was in command of our COM
pany, and in lead on a fine. large mouse
colored mare that we had taken from the
rebs, when his curb-chain broke, and he
could not hold her. AS she was very swift,
and could run away from all the rest, she
soon got away ahead, and right in the
midst of the rebs. SO all he could do was
to climb up on his saddle and jump into
the brush.
You may wonder why Tinker and wer,
alone. Our company had forged ahead,
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Our march on the 18th was shortened to
16 miles. passing through Barnwell, once
n beautiful village, but half in ruins
when we reached it. Our cavalry was
charged with the damage.
1t was reported that Barnwell had fur
nished the first volunteers for the Con-
federate service. which caused feeling
of anmosity in our ranks that found ex-
preston in surreptitious fires. contrary to
orders from Gen. Fitzpatrick. The few
remaining citizens sat in front of their
dwellings, dressed in their best clothing,
as we passed through, prepared to witness
still further destruction. which. happily
for their welfare and our reputation, did
not occur.
Our division on the following day had
charge of the wagons of the entire corps.
We crossed the railroad at Williston
and continued on to the South Edisto
River, where we encamped.
KILPATRICK AT AIKEN.
There we saw number of wounded
cayalrymen, and learned from them the
particulars of their fight at Aiken.
On approaching the town, Fitzpatrick,
who had but small portion of his COM
mand. discovered a small body of cavalry,
obstructing his entrance. He charged
of the town, only TO find a superior force
closing in on his rear.
Another body of the enemy blocked the
road ahead of him. He quickly realized
that his command was surrounded pre-
dicament for which he had but one rene
dy, and that was to cut his way out,
which he did without delay.
The 92d Ill. Mounted Infantry hailinG
from the same neighborhood as our own
:}4th led the charge. and were so nearly
captured that nothing remained for the
rebels but to place their hands on them.
But in attempting to do so the enemy
found the regiment to be Il "bucking bron-
co." biting and paving in front and kick
ing behind. In this manner it backed off
the field, even bringing along some of its
captors as captives.
The 9th Mich. and 9th and 10th Ohio
Cav. were also in the midst of the melee,
and proved equally stubborn in retiring.
During the day our corps destroyed the
railroad from Williston to Johnston.
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AN INSTANCE OF JUSTICE.
SCATTERING.

s. W. Short, Mosselle. Mo-, has in his
possession the discharge of Perry" or
Jerry" Brazil, Co. C. 10th Mich. l.. A.,
which he will return to the owner or his
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pell-mell. and we could not keep up on
account of our horses. The rest of the
regiment came up in more cautious man.
ner under command of our very cautious
Lieut. Col. Patrick.-T. J. BULL, Co. c.
9th Iowa. Cav. Westfield. ILL.,
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1903-05-02
ON THE WAY TO
SHARON SPRINGS
The President and His Party Left Topeka at an
Early Hour This Morning and Bid Char.
acteristc Farewell to the Small Crowd
That Had Gathered to See Them off.
A DRIZZLING RAIN FELL AS
PARTY PULLED OUT OF TOPEKA

Topeka, Kas., May 2.--The President
the Union Pacific station this morning
fifteen minutes before the time sched-
uled for the departure of the train. He
appeared at the rear platform and af-
ter chatting with Senator Long few
moments, was presented to the small
crowd that gathered to see him off.
Congressman Curtis made the intro
duction. The President said: Il will
not attempt to make speech to you,
but simply wish you good morning and
tell you that l have had good time
in Topeka. l want to say to you that
part of this time has been a very lively
one and that last evening in driving
from the governors residence to the
auditorium, I rode at about the live
liest gait Of the trip and 1 don't think
ever saw such fast running policemen
as you have here in Topeka, and
the sprinters." He then reached over
the railing and gave hearty shake to
the hand of a big colored policeman
who was within distance. After chat
ting with a friend or two on the plat
form, the President withdrew into the
car; the train pulled out promptly at 8
O'Clock for Sharon Springs. A drizzling
rain, which proved Of short duration,
set in just as the President saw the
last of North Topeka.
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THE MONTH OF APRIL.
Tie Temperature the Past Month Was Just
the Average While There Was Deficiency
In Precipitation.

The average temperature of the
month just passed was Al degrees
which is the average for the month of
April at Santa Fe. The highest tenn
perature was 6S degrees on March "a,
and the lowest temperature was % de-
grees on April 13. The greatest daily
range was 30 degrees on April 30, and
the least range was II degrees on
April l. There has been a deficiency in
temperature since January l, Of 159 de-
grees. The prevailing wind was from
the southeast and the total movement
was 6,169 miles. The maximum veloci-
ty was 80 miles an hour from the
southeast on April 2S. The precipitation
was 81 of an inch, a deficiency OF III
of an inch from the average. Since
January /, there has been an excess of
precipitation of 81 of an inch. There
We're IA perfectly clear days, IL days on
which there were some clouds in the
sky and days only which were cloudy.
On six days more than .O1 of an inch of
rain fell. There We're killing frosts on
April 8, 4, Z, 13, and 80, and heavy
frosts on April 10, IA, and 22. The
mean relative humidity was 50 per cent
at o'clock in the morning; 2S per cent
at o'clock in the evening, while the
average for the month was only 40 per
cent. The average minimum tempera-
ture was 365 degrees, and the mean
maximum temperature At degrees. The
mean atmospheric pressure was 29.S7.
the highest 3O.34, on April 30; the low
est 29.51, in April II.
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Cham Rates to New York.

The Mexican Central has recently
placed on sale tickets to New York and
return going via the Mexican Central
to either Vera Cruz or Tampico; thence
via the famous Ward Steamship Line
to New York. The return will be by
rail over any line to Ell Paso. The en-
tire trip covering thousands Of miles,
can be made for $122.5o. A more de-
iightful trip cannot be planned as stop
over privileges are allowed and the tic
kets are good for one year from the
date Of sale. The trip includes the City
of Mexico. the Paris of America"
Havana, Cuba, and its famous Moro
Castle. Newport and dozen of the
largest cities Of the United States.
Further information can be secured by
addressing W. 8. Mead, c. r. Hudson.
general passenger agent, or w. D.
Murdock. assistant general passenger
agent.
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The Last Day of the Dedica-
tion Ceremonies at the
Louisiana Purchase Ex-
position.
MANY GOVERNORS PRESENT
In the Pageant, the Veterans,
Military Organizations, City
officials and Various Mercan-
tile Associations Were Repre-
sented.

st. Louis, Mo-, May "A crash of
aerial bombs at 10:30 o'clock notified
the throngs of spectators who lined
Lindell Boulevard westward from
Grand Avenue to the Worlds Fair
grounds, distance of three miles, that
the civic parade, the first of the spec
tacles of the ceremonies of the final
day had begun its march toward the
reviewing stand whereon were seated
the visiting governors. When the pa
geant moved off, it was conservatively
estimated that fully 10000 men were in
line. The parade was made up OF
veterans of the Mexican and Civil
Wars, various military organizations,
city officials, various mercantile asso-
Citations and hundreds of prominent
businessmen, educational institutions.
secret societies and various other Or
ganizations. There were a number of
handsome floats in the parade.
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AT MANHATTAN.

Manhattan, Kas., May 1.-The special
train bearing President Roosevelt ar
rived here at 10 o'clock. Although the
weather was threatening, large
crowd was at the station. All business,
houses were closed. The battalion of
the Agricultural College, consisting of
four hundred students and the college
band were on hand. The President
spoke for about Is minutes.
GREETED BY TWELVE THOITS-
AND PEOPLE.
Junction City, Kas., May about
1900 people greeted the President dur.
ing his brief stop here. President
Roosevelt and Secretary of War Root
each made short talks. The party re-
mained here Is minutes.
BIG TIME AT ABILENE.
Abilene, Kas., May 2.-The Presi-
dents train stopped for a moment at
Chapman, shortly before reaching abb
lene. A brass band and 200 people
greeted the President as he appeared
on the platform of his car At Abilene.
handsome arch covered his passage.
school girls threw flowers in his path
and an immense crowd greeted him.
Senator Burton greeted the President.
Several members of the goth Kansas
Regiment acted as escort. The decora.
tions were beautiful, and abundant. A
cowboy band furnished the music.
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IN THE SECOND DISTRICT COURT.
One Couple Divorced and Another Pair Wants
to Be Legally Separated.

The case of the territory vs.. Gillen-
beck, manager of the Harvey eating
house in Albuquerque was tried in the
second district court for Bernalillo coun-
ty yesterday. Gillenbeck was charged
with having failed to pay taxes for
carrying on general restaurant in that
city. ne defeh aabt mad he plea that
such business was interstate commerce
and beyond the power of the territory
to tax. Judge Baker did not give
decision asking the counsel from both
sides to submit briefs.
Mrs. Beatrice Espalin was granted
divorce from her husband on the ground
Of desertion.
Rosendo del Vale yesterday flied
papers in the second district coLrt at
Albuquerque for divorce from his wife
Maria Anna del Vale. The wife does
not object to legal separation but beth
parents want the custody Of their minor
child,
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RIO eRAMDE RISING.
Highest in Two Years and Still Going U

Highest 10 Two Years and Still Going Up.
The Rio Grande is rising at El Paso.
Thursday the stream was full from bank
to bank and the rise continued yester
day. The water was higher there than
1t has been before for two years and re-
ports from the headwaters and along
the valley OF the river indicate that 1t
will continue to rise for some time a.
least as the snow in the mountains Is
beginning to melt. 1t was estimsted
that the volume OF water passing down
the channel OF the stream yesterday
exceeded 5000 cubic feet par second.
Enough water will 60 to waste in New
Mexico this Spring to irrgate 1000, 900
acres of land for the entire season
were the flood waters saved and stored
in reservoirs at Embudo canon, White
Rock canon and at Elephant Butte.
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OFFICIAL MATTERS

POSTOFFICE RE-ESTABLISHED
| The postoffice at Catskill, Colfax
county, has been re-established, and
will be supplied from sopris, Colo.
LAND OFFICE BUSINESS.
The following final homestead entries
were made yesterday: Andreas Santis-
tevan, Wagon Mound postoffice, 1ee
ac. IS isl San Miguel county; Flor, Tru-
jillo, Las Vegas postofflce, 159 acres In
San Miguel county.
INTERPRETATIONS.
Articles of Incorporation have been
filed by the New Mexico Stone Manu-
featuring Company. The company Is
authorized to manufacture hollow con-
crete and building blocks, to deal In all
kinds of building material and sup
plies; to contract for the construction
of buildings and walls. 1t Is capitaliz-
ed at $25,OOO which is divided into $50
shares of the value of 500 each and the
term of existence Is so years. The af-
fairs of the company for the first three
months will be in charge Of the fol-
lowing board of five directors who are
the incorporators: William E. Cham
bers, Robert H. Stephens, Bert Roby,
William Z. Garrett, and Daniel e.
Griggs. The principal Office and place
of business will be at Portales in
Roosevelt county.
The Godair Cattle Company has filed
ritorial secretary. The company is au-
thorized to breed, buy, sell and deal in
livestock and to purchase or lease land
suitable for that purpose. 1t Is capital
ICED at $15O,OOO which is divided into
1,50O shares of the value of 800 each.
The term of existence is SO years and
the principal place of business of the
the principal place Of business Of the
company is at Roswell, Chaves county,
The incorporators compose the first
board of directors and are to have the
affairs of the company in charge for
the first three months. They are as fol-
lows William H. Godair, Arthur God
air, Bill Orp Oden, Edward A. Cahoon,
Carl M. Bird.
The Indiana Mining and Develop
ment Company filed articles Of incor-
poration at the Office of the territorial
secretary yesterday. The incorporators
are: Rebecca F. Wilklow. Vincent
Drummer William V. Bostwick, James
F.. Grimes, Hiram H. Andrews, John H.
Beeson, John A. Herzog, Manuel M.
Fisher, Martin Weggman. The first
board of directors is composed Of the
incorporators, nine in number and they
are to serve for the first three months.
The company is authorized to buy and
develop mining property. buy or lease
timber and water rights, mine and
smelt ore. construct and maintain a
private railway. The capital stock is
$500, 900 which is to be divided into that
number of shares valued at 81 each.
The term of existence Is rs years and
the principal office is at Meshawaka,
Ind, though an office may later be es-
tablished at Chloride, N. NJ.