The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1904-01-21
PICKET SHOTS
From Alert Comrades AIoaz ths Whole
Line.

lOlu He NV. 11iS d0QTSSS Is WINE ASh
r. O.. Allegheny County, Pa. He is an
NJ. ID. ! am personally acquainted with
him. l have no doubt it would be quite
entertaining to learn how this album found
its way there. Comrade Orr was men,
Der of the Anderson Troop-Gen. Rose
my of the Cumberland--and may have been
with his regiment on the march to the sea
under Uncle Billy Sherman"
HAS THE SPIRIT OF 81.
VIM. Colman Moores, Geneva Junction,
Wis, writes Il am Is years old and in
rugged health. l was not soldier in the
civil war, but would have been had not
physical hindrances prevented. Crippled
feet made army service impossible for
me; but l take deep interest in all that
pertains to the veterans. Two brothers
of mine were in the service in the LIST Wis.
Cav, Edward r. Moores and Samuel S.
Moores-the latter then only boy of Is.
He served three years, and now lives in
Washington, and is employed in the Pat.
Cape Girardeau, Mo. But few veterans
are left in our vicinity, but the most of
them take and enjoy The National Trib-
une."
AGAINST THE TRAVELLING BOARD.
w. III. Bottoms, Bryson, Tex, de-
nounces Representative SCOTS bill
creating Board of Travelling Surgeons,
and says that it is disgrace to Kansas
that one OF her Representatives should in
troduce such bill.
SCATTERING.
VIM. Shamrock, Lawrence, Mass is de-
lighted with The National Tribune's edi-
torials on the financial history, and says
that they are bullet shots that so straight
point. While the bondholders got every
cent of the promised return, and the dis
abled soldier was paid a little in compeB-
sation for his injuries, the Government
has never paid cent to a veteran as a
veteran. In a railroad accident the court
gives the injured one some compensation,
for his injuries, which is in the nature of
a pension given, but nothing has been CIV
en- a veteran for his sacrifices and hard
ships in preserving the life of the Union
and making all the present prosperity pos
sible.
THAT VIRGINIA GALATIANS SONGS.
Comrade B. NJ. Clayton. Co. X. Seth
Ohio, Cameron, Mo-, writes Have all
the comrades Of the 36th Ohio been mus
tered out! If not, why don't some of them
write to us through The National Tribune?
Ohio soldiers at Antietam, and | have
been waiting for some of our regiment to
speak; but SO far they have kept silent. |
know that the 36th Ohio was at Ante
tam. We supported the 18th Ohio when
it charged and captured one of the famous
Antietam bridges. After crossing the
bridge we formed line of battle and charged
to the left, over small ridge, to stone
fence. A few minutes after we halted
there, Lieut.-Col. Clark, who was in COM
maEd of the regiment, and who was then
dismounted, was instantly killed by solid
shot, or a shell, passing through his body.
He was within 30 feet of where stood
bo Es1IoI Tha 9th A1,s, ho.
longed to the Kanawha Division, command.
ed then by j. ID. Cox.
II wish to ask if there is living any old
soldier who remembers the Winter of 1861?
We were in Winter quarters, on the hill
above Cumberland, Md. Chaplain Little
printed some songs he used to sing and sell
to the soldiers. / had copies for some
years: but have lost them. If any COM
rade who reads this has those songs, please
let me know, by postal card, and will
send postage to mail them to me; will
copy and return them to you.
THE song specially want is the one
called "Uncle SAM" and 1 recollect two
verses one is:
do not think it amiss
IL we jingle rhyme
To the days Uncle Sam
Was just out of time.
And talk of the times 49,
And the deeds he has done
How they dressed, how they fought
How the family begun.
THAT DROVE oF. CATTLE. ..,..
John A. McGregor, Co. G, 42d Ohio,
Cleveland, o., writes I'm your issue of
Dec. "a w. Il. Carter, LIST Tenn. Cav,
makes some corrections of the narrative OF
Geo. ID. Mosgroye. l wish to correct Com
rade Carter in regard to the drove OF cat
tie. The incident occurred little while
after we had left Hazel Green. The army,
or that part of it in which l served, ar
rived at Hazel Green Sept. %, about noon.
Hazel Green was a hotbed OF secession !,
reports were that there were but five
Union men in the County. The Federal
troops gave the shiftless inhabitants a
novel entertainment by raising the Stars
and Stripes on hickory pole in the main
street, and the band played patriotic airs,
which were neither appreciated nor under
stood. The country about the place was
searched for cattle, and when the column
moved next morning it had drove of
about GO head, which were driven in the
rear. guarded by the 22d KY, under Lieut.
Col. Monroe Before the Federal column
had been gone from Hazel Green an hour
a company of rebel cavalry came in, and
it was reported that they raised goodly
number Of recruits, and started to recap
ture the cattle. They came up with the
rear-guard just before dark: caught Mon
roe's men in q moment of carelessness,
rushed in. killed the herdsman and STAN
peded the cattle through the woods. Mon
roe rallied his men promptly and drove the
raiders back with q loss of three killed
but the cattle were scattered; night was
at hand; the rest of the column moving
rapidly ahead and the beef was lost. Word
was Immediately sent forward, and the
troops halted and lay down in the road
without fire until morning.
"Now, Comrade Carter, these are plain
Ga cfo fnH L
witness. Many battles have been fought,
many descriptions of them have been
given, and they differ for the simple reason
that it is impossible for the respective
narrators to gee far from their immediate
surroundings"
PAY FOR MEDAL OF HONOR MEN.
Comrade Timothy Donoghoe, 500 Baltic
St., Brooklyn, N. Y, thinks that there
should be an allowance of $50 per year
to all Medal of Honor men. In the Brit
isI army there is a decoration called the
"Victoria Cross" for acts of conspicuous