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Frank Luby, 415 Central Ave, Newark
n. j., wants to knott the difference be-
tween fort and ae'fJati6cation."
fAll forts are fortidtatishs. but all forti
fications are not forts. Anything intended
to shelter defenders Of adDIace or retard
the advance of the enemy K fertilization
Among these are parapefs, bitches, embank.
ments, palisades, barbed Wife, etc, etc. A
fort, on the other hand.I iii regular and
permanent fertilization. ecdnstructed accord.
ing to scientific principle, upon which all
the resources OF military Engineering have
been exhausted. 1t is 1dstHhlly q small i'm.
closure capable Of holding from 200 up to
1,OOO or SO men, supplied with cannon
magazines, and storezhblise for food SO
that it will stand a SIEGE. In the Oldeu
times forts were constructed of heavy ma.
sorry surrounded with bitches held in place
with more masonry. and filed with water
whenever an attack was .apprehended. The
ditch was crossed by draw-bridge which
could be pulled up. There are a number OF
these Old-time forts I'm the country guarding
the principal ports, and many of them con.
structed at cost of million dollars OF
more each. Nowadays, no masonry enters
into the construction of forts, except nos
sibly revetments. Forts are intended
primarily to shelter the men. who work
heavy guns which command a wide ex.
parse of territory, defend road. bridge
or other important position. Near every
important military position are usually d
number OF forts connected with one another
by lines of breastworks for Infantry
EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNEl .ssr
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at Shiloh. 1t had its Flag shot into shreds
at the battle of Big Hatchie, Oct. 5, 1862,
so that it was necessary to get new flag.
This happened while charging across the
BRIDGE. II. PALMER, Normal, Ill.
This regiment was organized at Camp
Butler, near Springfield, ILL.,. from Aug.
% 10 Dec. 81, 1861. to serve three years.
with John A. Logan as Colonel. On the
expiration of its term of service ali the
original members. except the veterans, were
mustered out. These. with recruits. not be-
ing large enough force for n Colonel,
had for its commanding officer, Lieut.-Col.
George III. English, and retained in service
until Sept. 10, 1865. when it was mustered
out by order of the War Department. The
regiment lost eight officers and 90 men,
killed or died of wounds. and two officers
and 16S men, who died of disease or in
prison. making a total loss of 26S men.
The sd Ill. belonged to Gresham's Divi-
sion of the Seventeenth Corps.-EDIToR
NATIONAL Tribunal
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written Of life In Libby" I shall relate
one incident. One day noticed that Z
young Irishman, who Had been slowly dy.
ing, made no attempt to eat his share Of
the scant and unpalatable rations that had
been distributed among the captives. See
ing that his, death was imminent, two pris.
oners engaged In fierce struggle over the
body of the dying man to gain possession
of the food that he could not eat.
Late In February, myself AND others
were ordered to Andersonville. Libby was
bad, but Andersonville was worse. We
felt that the order was equivalent to q
death sentence. Preferring death to life in
Andersonville, I determined to escape or
to die in the attempt.
When we were put into box cars. and
started toward Andersonville, my brain
was busy devising ways and means of es-
cape. AS the cars had open doors on one
side only, three guards being stationed at
each door, there was no opportunity Tor
me to jump from the train. Near Raleigh
there was change of cars. With some gu
sick and wounded prisoners, l was placed
in the middle car of the train. l noticed
that some one had attempted to make an
opening, about two feet square, in the mid
die of the floor, and had abandoned tho
undertaking. l then noted that the walls
were made of yellow poplar. The upright
planks We're about eight inches wide. l
noticed. also, that an attempt had been
made to cut hole through the back wall
of the car, about two feet from the floor.
1t was natural to infer that some prisoner,
probably more than one, had attempted to
cut hole through the floor and one
through the wall. resolved to do like
wise. Frymyer, my former companion,
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| was in the car. Being a resourceful fell
low, he had managed to retain a small
pocketknife, and l was aware of the fact.
Very cautiously ! made my plan known to
him and requested him to let me have the
knife. lie consented on condition that he
should be the first to go through any open
ing that l might make.
CUTTING A WAY TO LIBERTY.
As the train was running steadily to-
ward Andersonvillc, time was precious.
and, therefore, began operations forth
with. Very soon every man in the car,
excepting the guards, knew what | was do
ing, groups Of them, relieved at intervals,
standing between me and the unsuspecting
guards. l was cutting through the back
wall, trying to finish the work some one
had previously begun. The plank was not
| more than n half-inch thick, and, after
working industriOusly some two or three
hours, l succeeded in cutting a hole two
feet square, large enough for a man of or
binary size to crawl through. 1t was then
about sunset. Hanging up a blanket to
conceal the opening ! waited for night.
Soon after dark the train stopped at
the machine shops, and the light from a
passing Inspectors lantern could be dis
cerned through my suspended blanket. Con-
trary to my expectation the man passed on,
failing to note the hole in the wall. When
inc tidIh btditSu again ran Win
creased speed, so fast that it would be ex-
tremely hazardous for any one TO jump
from it therefore / wanted to wait until
the speed should be slackened when ascend
ing a grade
ESCAPING FROM TIE TRAIN.
Notwithstanding my efforts to restrain
him, Frymyer, impatient and excited, went
through the aperture and disappeared in
the darkness. Intending to be the next to
60 through, l remained at the exit until
a grade checked the speed of the train.
My departure was delayed, however, by a
fussy Dutchman who insisted on preceding
| me. Fearing that his vehement language
| and violent gesticulation would attract the
| attention Of the guard, ] permitted him to
pass out. Following him, l stood for Il
| moment ON the narrow platform, and then
| jumped, alighting uninjured on sandy
ground. Alex. Carmen. n Kentuckian of
WOlford's regiment. followed me. Being
old comrades We agreed to travel together.
My head and feet were bare, and my shirt
and pants, my only clothing. were tat
tered and torn" Garments attire being no
| better than mine.
GOING BACK TO TENNESSEE.
1t was the 9th of February. and we
| were some 60 or 20 miles south of Raleigh.
| Travelling northwest, our trials and adj
ventures were similar to those that char
acterized my journey to Salem, Va, after
] had escaped from Danville.
One morning at dawn, after travelling
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The 18th ". Va. Was First In.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: / see
that the dispute over who took Fort
Gregg" continues. l was there. | don'r
say that We took the front alone; l guess
that all OF us had all the fighting that we
really felt We needed. The 10th Ohio,
the 23d ILL.,. the 18th w. Va. were all
there and went together: but the first to
enter was the 10Th W. Va. l was in the
charge and know. l know that Capt. @.
II. Purdy. 18th w. Va, was right about
the 10Th w. Va. being the first TO enter.
Joseph Logston, who carried the regi-
ment's flag. was my first cousin. He was
shot and fell inside of the fort. Our regi-
ment suffered severely.-JoHN +. LOG
sToN. Co. A, 18th w. Va, Topinsgrore,
w. Va.
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WITH WOLFORD'S CAVALRY.
Adventures of Tennessee Refugee.
By JASPER N. AGREE, Co. c, LIST Ky. Cav.

of my shirt collar, and buried itself in the
gatepost near me.
IN CAPTIVITY.
Soon after Gen. Burnside moved from
Kentucky into Tennessee to occupy Knox
vile, in September. 1863, detachment of
Wolford's command, about 100 scouting in
the Hiwassee Valley, encountered heavy
force of rebel cavalry, and in an ensuing
skirmish seven of us were captured and
sent to Richmond, where we were confined
in Libby" a large tobacco warehouse
with brick floor, the windows facing one
of the main business sections of the city.
Standing by one of these windows could
see and hear great deal of what was
happening in the street. In the marts
prices We're fabulously high. People car
ried large rolls of money in their hands.
When 1 entered the prison the rebels
took possession of my money, assuring me,
however. that it would be returned when
l should he exchanged, or otherwise re-
leased. A few of the prisoners managed
to retain their money, in whole or in part.
One young soldier. who had succeeded in
keeping his money. was in the habit of dis
playing his roll of greenbacks in the pres
ence of his fellow-prisoners. One day he
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Magic Foot Drafts are worn on the
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poisonous acids In the blood through the
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EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: have
been looking for short tabulated history
of the 32d Ill. in your paper. That regi-
ment was the sixth in point of heavy losses
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armt. 1t may be judged that I was at
this time, under the glorious circumstances
Qf this 9th of April, 1885, most happy
Union goldier.-JAMEs L. BATES, Whit
man, Mass,
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Ever since l was in the Army. had
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Upon receipt of reply, Immediately began
the Use of the medicine and am pleased to
say that | noted decided improvement af.
ter taking Swamp Root only n short time.
L continued its use and am thankful 10
say that ! now consider myself entirely
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about this. L had doctor examine some
of my water to-day and he pronounced it
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My case was 4 severe one. as the disea 81
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agony.
You are at perfect liberty TO publish my
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with that. j will be pleased to have you use
my photograph. which 1 enclose.
If anyone wants TO know more about my
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one OF these hollow places i managed to
crawl. Being thoroughly exhausted, hav-
l soon fell asleep.
when | awOke it was broad day, with
the sun well up, and l could hardly move
l was SO thoroughly chilled, wet, tired and
| well-nigh played out, knowing not which
way to turn to reach friends.
THAT nights severe exposure made me
| II pensiOner from the day Of my discharge
from the service.
Il very soon decided to make my way
in the direction Of what judged to be the
sound of 4 large and distant army on the
move. / was soon Overtaken by large
number of stragglers, who were going in
the same direction that was, and knew
by their appearance they were a party OF
rebel soldiers. They took little or no no
tice of me, being dressed much like
themselves. / was now convinced that |
was going in the direction Of the enemy 8
lines, and gradually parted from my new
acquaintances, deciding to change my line
of travel. Coming to q sort of lane in the
woods, looked through the trees and
saw, short distance ahead, another
squad of rebel soldiers advancing in
skirmish line; but was not seen by them.
l crawled under a raid fence near by,
covered up myself with leaves, and waited
until they had passed out of sight. Here
again rested for q while but was aroused
AAOAl any eicCp ny Inc dppIOuCu VI u COZ
umn Of troops, and heard the sharp voice
Of an officer giving the command: Close
UP on the right Looking from under my
cover of leaves discovered, with feelings
OF deep joy, column of Union troops. l
at once came towards them, made myself
known rs best could to Lieutenant,
who was the first man to approach me- At
first was looked upon with suspicion. but
l soon assured the officer that l was an
escaped prisoner, trying to find the way to
our lines. l was sent with guard to the
rear, where was stationed battery, and
where l quickly found friends. My inn
mediate wants1were generously supplied.
l was given oil the nourishment needed
and after season OF rest was taken to
Gen.. Slocum.s headquarters. related to
him, as well as / could, the events of the
encounter at High Bridge. how we were
defeated, and myself, and the other sur
vivors, taken prisoners.
1.-The following day succeeded in find
ing a party Of the 4th Mass. Cav, who
were in charge Of lot OF horses, from
which + secured one for myself, and soon
reached the place where portion of my
own command was encamped, in the vi
entity of App0mattox Court House, on the
very morning Of the surrender Of Lees
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which gives the widest scope to the imagination.
Present day instances of this are MANY and a few
will illustrate the entire class.
The followers of the Prophet Koresh, having their
headquarters in Chicago, and more or less popuous
communities elsewhere in the country would upset all
our knowledge and we'll established ideas of the universe
They believe that the earth is a stationary concave
cell, 5000 miles in diameter, and that people sun,
and the inside: that in fact
live the inside of the earth upon the inside skin
of hollow orange the stars and planetary bodies
occupying the position Of the suspended pips, it
They not only ardently believe this a class but
very combatve in maintaining it All contrary
suggestions of an astronomical geographical nautical
character swept aside with contempt if pity
They have for ten years published weekly paper,
The Flaming Spord, which declares and supports this
cosmogony, and are making converts.
A perfect parallel to them exists in London, where
a similar organization, with considerably than
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well-infOrIncd writer the Christ
Century calls it " a hot-bed of fanaticism. The
rapid advance of two such widely separated faiths
Christian Science and Dowieism the former already
boastng of more than hundred thousand thought
full and satisfied followers, shows the eager demand
among the people for faiths; and this question
is not only interesting but important one,
whether it be considered from the standpoint of the
sociologist, the statesman the Church.
There present in this country 56 sub-denomi-
nations of the leading Christian churches-eigheen
different kinds of Methodsts, for instance. and twelve
different kinds of Baptists. All these have churches
and pastors and are dogmatically distinct from
another, representing 156 separate systems for the
worship of God and the attainment of heaven. These
are based upon the Bible.
Outside of them I43 more organizations. lnde
pendent of another. each having churches and
pastors and each exploring the eternal mysteries with
a theory and guide-book of its own. Anyone who
writes for a magazine of general circulation, upon
topics of transcendenal occult character, will find
himself overwhelmed with correspondence extra
ordinary to be Incredible.
The letters wel-written and wel-argued, present
views absolutely at variance with the generally
ceped results of human experience. Each, however,
represents organization, church and pulpit or
prophet" and a class they deeply interesting
and we'll worth study.
Scientific men, when arguing with Christian Scien-
lists the metaphysical and least important aspect
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thousand members. has long published weekly paper
to prove that the earth is fiat, the American and
European continents being surrounded by ring of
polar ice.
Now no one imagine the arguments which are
brought forward by these believers in support of their
claims until he attempts to combat them. He may
even be surprised and disguscd challenging them
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pictures portraits household pets like cats and dogs
and but for the police, human beings
There is nothing particularly new about this sect
this ceremony, 1t has made its appearance some
where in every century since 1900, if not earlier 1t
well illustrates however the extent to which religious
hysteria and theological zeal may go.
For some years past gifted and highly intellectual
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OF reasoning Dy deduction. blNCIl prOpOSitOn
whatever, existing state of philosophical ignorance
permits very good showing to be made for it, how
ever absurd it may be
Up in Canada found many thousands of hard
working. God-fearing and comparatively wealthy
people of the farming class who the alert
for the appearance of Christ Their peculiar belief is
that they must receive Him in a state of nature and
the Mounted Police. though they do not share their
faith, more concerned about the second coming
than the believers themselves.
The cry was raised one day last winter, the women
and men began to strip themselves and sing hymns,
and through three inches of and in the face of
icy wind a thousand men and women entirely naked
trooped northward the prairie CRYING loudly and
singing the glory of God.
The police managed to get them back to their homes,
but this achieved only after hours of struggle.
In August last the thing occurred but in this
case the police assisted by many young of
the town These people all Russian settlers who
brought their faith from Russia but the boys who
have grown up in this country, abandoning it.
Some of them earnest to lay their whips
the naked backs of their mothers and sisters
to drive them home, and even aided in taking the
prophets to jail.
Out in the farming districts of Oregon exist the
Holy Rollers, who all of American origin and
represent the survival of sect very prominent in
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of time as the deeper principles develop and expand
The general law in the case is however curious.
1t is only the incredible which attracts 1t is only
the incredible which succeeds
There seems to be strange and widespread mental
appetite for that which is entirely foreign and at
variance with ordinary experience AS children
love fairy tales, the grown-up children of men.
wh> they seek new faith are best pleased with that
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of their faith, have often
wondered at their persist
ence in certain claims. the
unreliability of the evidence
of the senses for instance,
when this claim, if ad-
mitted would seem to re-
move from the field the
whole physical universe, in
Guiding Christian Science
and all things else. This
tenet is not at all vital to
the fundamental principle
of Christian Science and
from present and historical
evidence is likely to be
abandoned in the course
of time, as the deeper prin
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Vermont about 1855.
These people believe in
sacrifice by fire, and have
lately compelled police in
reference to save the life
of a girl named Matilda
Johnson, who was not only
marked for sacrifice, but
was personally quite will
ing to be burnt.
An immense log fire is
built at stated intervals
and upon it the believers
throw all their possessions
which they believe to be
temptations of the Devil.
including papers. books.