The National tribune., 1904-01-14
PICKET SHOTS
From Alert Comrades Along the Whole
Line.
WANTS TO GET AHEAD OF THE sronY.

WANTS TO GET AHEAD OF THE STORY.
Comrade Geo. Enrich, Lieutenant, LIST
Ala. Cav, Clay Center Kansas, is impa-
tient, and writes: After reading few
numbers of Mr.. George Dallas Mosgroves
history of Morgan's exploits | write you
gets through. Please inform me why the
u. >. Government did not get discouraged
and surrender to Morgan
WANTS LAND BOUNTY.
G. w. Churchill. Co. 1, 18th Wis, Clay
Center, Neb., writes at length, asking all
veterans to urge Congress to pass bill
allowing every cOmrade who has not had
a homestead benefit, either a warrant for
16O acres or the sum of 500 in cash,
which is the Government price of 100
1T is estimated that 10000 foreigners
come to this country year; they take our
lands, and in a short time there will be
none left for homesteads. 1t is time and
just that the men who fought the battles
of the country should have homesteads be-
fore the foreigners who have done nothing
for the country"
PREHISTORIC DISCHARGES.
Gomrade VIM. Antes, Pennington, n. j.,
writes: Il wonder if any comrade can
beat me on exhibit of discharges? have
three that show 10 years in the service.
The first is a relic of the old regime-dated
1850, signed by two officers who went
South two years later-John Adams, Cap
tain, LIST Dragons. Commanding Post, and
Milton e. Carr, First Lieutenant. 1st Dra-
goons. Commanding Company. The former
was killed at Franklin, the latter did not
hear Of again"
SHORTEST VOLUNTEER.
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Comrade Vim. s. Ephlin, Kingman, Ind,
writes Il notice that Comrade Mierstein,
Sioux City, Iowa, five feet two inches,
claimed to be the shortest member of the
q. A. r.. but since find Comrade John
Brown. of Lauder Post, 156, Lake City,
Iowa, who is four feet IL 5-8 inches Now,
haze just been measured with my shoes
on. and am four feet II 1-2 inches.
as musician, Go. II. SD Ind; mustered
out June II, 1865. Never missed a roll
call, except when foraging; never sick a
minute, except two chiils; never fell out
on march. | am now in my 9th year.
POST HAS RETIRED LIST.
Capt. NJ. NJ. Murphy, Commander. Joe
Hooker Post, y, Department of Ohio,
Mt. Vernon, O., writes to The National
Tribune: This Post, to avoid suspending
INDECENT comrades for non-payment of dues,
has organized retired list, in which COM
year which the Post must pay as per cap
tia tax. Comrades on the retired list
have all of the rights and privileges of any
other comrades, at cost of Is cents d
year. This may help other Posts in deal
ing with the matter"
FIRST FLAGS ON LOOKOUT.
Comrade Perrin p. Cole, Co. G. Doth
HI, Charles City, Iowa, writes: Il mo-
tice in The National Tribune, Dec. II, a
personal in regard to Comrade John Barn
arg, 18TH n l., having planted the first
iota from his honor; but wish to state a
few facts. My regiment (96th Ill., was in
that fight. in the front line of battle on the
extreme right-which brought us up to the
palisades as rocks that crown the noun
tain. We moved forward until we reached
1.-THE road on the east side Of the noun
tain, when we were relieved, about dark.
The Goth belonged to Gen Whitakers
Brigade, Fourth Corps. That night /
was placed on picket with Thomas Dwyer,
OF my company. near the path leading from
Chattanooga to the ladder on which they
went up over to cliffs to the top of Look
out. About midnight there was a great
deal of noise on the mountain; rumbling of
wagons, etc. BY daylight all was still up
there, and some of our boys went up the
ladder and found that the rebels were gone.
Our flag was Immediately carried up and
planted there. The Sth Ky. little after
carried theirs up through creviee in the
rocks and placed it there.
"The next day the rest of the army went
into the battle of Mission Ridge, leaving
the 9th Ill. and the Sth Ky. to garrison
the mountain.
I'VE had one of the best chances to see a
battle that soldiers not engaged ever had.
We could see the rebel lines and batteries
on the top of Mission Ridge, and saw our
men when they started to drive them up
and over the ridge. The atmosphere was
clear, and we had good view of the whole
battle-went without our dinner that day.
We remained on the Mountain week, and
then went back to Nickajack Cove, near
Shell Mound, Tenn. whence we had come
to take part in the battle of Lookout
Mountain"
WAS 1T WILKES BOOTH?
A. G. S. Slocum, Co. C, 18th Pa. writes
from Rathdrum, Ind: AS the disgusting
Enid hoax still occasionally appears in
Western papers, would like to add a
little story. l desire neither to provoke
discussion nor achieve notoriety. The Enid
crazy crank who proclaimed himself Wilkes
who claim to be some noted person or the
long-lost Duke of Oshkosh; but the epi-
sode recalled to my mind an affair of
many years ago.
Before the war was on visit to an
uncle, in village in Rhode Island. was
taking a walk one evening with the daugh- |
ter of Maj. James Huling, of East Green
wich. 1t was quite late in the evening aud
as cousin Emeline and were walking
drawing water; a tall man stepped nimbly
by, stopped, turned, raised pistol and
fired through an Office window. We heard
Burrell Arnold fall to the floor.