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The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1905-11-16
SPANISH FORT.


Editor National Tribune: Our broth
ers of the army seen unable to agree as
to which wing of Canby's army took
Spanish Fort or at what hour of the
night of SaturdaySunday. April SO,
the fort was taken. Upon that night
the writer. Of the Metacomet's picket
boat, left torpedo dragging at midnight
to go upon picket duty. (The boats we
relieved saying that rebel steamers had
been plying all night back and forth,
but they could not tell which way they
went loaded.) A rebel steamer passed
US loaded to the guards, bound for Mo-
bile, not more than Is minutes before
q. m. / saw that the line of fire in
our assault upon the south side ceased,
just before triangle of fires was shown
at the top Of the hill, succeeded shortly
after by rockets from the water battery
shooting nearly horizontally out to-
ward Mobile, and Immediately an
swered at Canby's headquarters at )
a. m. by our officers watch.
Now, it matters little which wing en-
tered those extensive works first, il
they found no works there and no
rebels in sight" SO long as the other
wing found opposition at the main
point of attack and found the enemy
had just run away. Each was doing q
necessary duty, and equally entitled to
the credit due them. The funny part
of the quotation in your Oct. - issue
Of letter of Gen. Smith to Gen. Gran
ger relieving him of the necessity of
taking any portion of it, is shown by
what we saw on the water and from a
communication in The National Trib-
une several years ago by A. NJ. Guern-
sey, Co. j., 124th ILL.,, from which
quote, confirming the opinion of our
boats crew that the fort had been in
process of evacuation all night. the rob-
els holding Changers assault until
evacuation was completed. A. NJ.
Guernsey said: ION the afternoon of
the Sth of April, by orders from Gen.
Smith, all the guns on the line opened
fire upon the rebel works. After bom-
harding the fort for four hours, the Sth
Iowa marched in column along the bay
when the tide was out, inside the rebel
works, formed a line of battle, threw
out skirmishers, and advanced up the
hill, and the 124th Ill. marched in the
same way that the Sth Iowa did, and
was the second regiment inside the
fort. 1t was after s p. m. when the
Sth Iowa went in and the bOmbardment
on the right ceased. There were
no works there and no rebels in sight.
The fort was taken without orders from
Gen. Candy, and he did not know of the
capture until an orderly was sent, who
routed him out Of bed!''
Gen. Candy had probably had no
more sleep than we on picket duty
since the goth of March, and being thus
disturbed in his well-earned rest must
have made him think cuss-words
mighty bad.-Joseph A. Stuart, Meta
comets Launch, West Gulf Squadron,
PaIO Alto. Cal
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1905-11-16
RECITALS And "REMINISCENCES.
Stories Emnenty Worth Telling Of Experiences and Adventures
in the Great National Struggle.

Union army, from Gen. Grant down to
ne lowest private. that Mortified me.
SUIT let her rave, and never interrupt
ri her flow of venom. With due re-
'pect for her sex l let her proceed un-
II she had exhausted her stock of
wrath, when she whisked into the
1ouse, banged the door shut. and left
ne wondering if all Southern girls We're
ike her. Then / packed my hacersack.
picked up my rifle and took up my post
IN front of the house. where / could
observe all that was passing around the
plantation. About dusk Two soldiers
came along on foraglng expedition.
and were inclined to be insolent and
insistent upon getting some chickens,
but when L warned them of the serious
consequences of breaking Il safeguard
they went away quietly and l was left
alone. Then 1 went over and sat on
the steps again, with eyes and ears
strained for the approach of other ma
RAIDERS. Shortly afterward the door of
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1905-11-16
The 12Sd Ohio,

Editor National Tribune: in your is
sue OF March Is short article from
Comrade J. b. Fairchild, Co. C. 1880
Ohio, In which he claims that his regi-
ment participated In the capture of Fort
Gregg. II the comrade will take the
trouble to look up the Official Reports
Of the War Department, he will discoy-
er that not one Of the regiments he
names belonged to the First Brigade,
Twenty-fourth Corps. The fort was
captured by that brigade. which was
composed OF the 62d and 67th Ohio,
lSsth Pa. and q remnant OF the 18th
IND: and 89th Ill. think the Second
Division also came up later, but the
runs were all silenced at that time. and
the night was practically over. The
capture occurred at about 10 o'clock Ia
the morning. instead OF afternoon.-T.
=: Robinson. Co. q 1ssth Pa, Curwsns-
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1905-11-16
MCCLELLAN AT ANTIETAM.
Why Did Not the Army Advance the
Next M0rninU1

Editor National Tribune: I was very
much interested in the article about a
supposed letter of Gen. Mcclellan to
Gen. Lee at time Of the battle of An
tietam. I can only add the camp-story
just for what it is worth, which passed
among the troops at Gen. McClellan's
headquarters, and to the effect that
the opposing commanders met between
the lines the night after the battle
Any way, it was the only explanation
that could be given why the battle was
not pushed by the Army of the Poto-
mac the next day, during which both
armies simply looked at each other
and that night the rebel army, undis-
turbed, crossed the Potomac.
It was also understood that Gen. Lee
asked for a truce to bury his dead, but
his dead were nearly all within our VIC
torious lines.
The fighting day of the battle of An
tietam was successful; the rebels had
been fought out Of every position held
by them in the morning. To advance
the next day was after a victory, while
the second days advance at Shiloh was
after a rough defeat, SO we'll described
in your edition Of July 81, 1905.
Once, it came about, years after
wards. was sitting by Gen. Longstreet
stand why Gen. Mcclellan did not ad-
vance the day after the Antietam
(Sharpsburg) battle, and strange that
he granted a flag Of truce for the whole
day. Gen. Longstreet replied to me
that he knew nothing of any truce
that day, but that it was expected that
Gen. Mcclellan would advance, and we
simply waited for it." He made No
mention of any letter, and probably
would not have done so anyway.
That was the time when lone great
battle would end the war" Gen. Nc
Clellan frequently used such an express
sion; may be he thought that Antie-
tam was that battle. But it will al
ways be an enigma in warfare, the
absolute inaction of the army under
his command" the succeeding day, rs
also, the unexpected Of all things to the
soldiers of that army. Some Interior
reason will be persistently sought for,
as we'll as for some other actions in
Gen. McClellan's career, because just
as persistently it can but be believed
that he possessed the qualities of a
great commander.-Gilbert Thompson,
u. s. Engineer Battalion, Army of the
Potomac.
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planted their colors has She fort. and
held that fort, with the aid of a dctach-
ment from BurbridEadss Brigade, until
1t was relieved at night nby Sanborn's
Brigade, which you call .AQuinby's Bril-
gade or command
The infantry assisted Capt Pat White
III getting his gun into position in the
road. l was q member of,the ssth nv
self. That regiment was the first to
make the assault on, the fort. and 1
can't be mistaken about the troops
that were there. 1 commanded the
regiment during the day. after the first
voiiey. the field officers being all
wounded ! was at that time senior
Captain of the regiment After that I
commanded the regiment, and was
mustered out in 1S65.--A. G. Matthews,
PittSfield, Ill.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1905-11-16
HALLECK AND BUELL..
Buell. Moved Promptly to His Work
the Railroad.

Editor National Tribune: I have been
a very interested reader Of John Nc
Elroy's Opening Of the Mississippi
thought he was shedding new and
correct light on old history; therefore
was surprised to find a bad error in
a recent issue. I quote:
"None Of this had the slightest effect
on Halleck. He remained inert around
Corinth until July 17-six long weeks
and then scattered his magnificent
army, sending Buell. with the Army OF
the Ohio toward Chattanooga, with or
ders to repair the railroad as he
marched"
1t is generally conceded that Hal
leck was too slow and methodical, but
here is an instance in which a good
historian makes him slower than he
really was. I was a member OF the
Army OF the Ohio at that time, and
kept a diary. which must be correct
I quote from 1t:
"June s, 1862.-Moved camp to one
mile east Of Corinth. When not too
busy picking of graybacks or on pick
ct duty. we drill little, just to keep
in practice.
June 10.-struck tents about p.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1905-11-16
Alphabetical List Of Battles
Or Encyclopedia Of the Wars,
with Dates from 1884 % I0OO.
FROM OFFICIAL RECORDS.

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the various wars.
mishes and other incidents OF the Civil
War, or of the 1.251 engagements of the
Suanish War, with losses in each, can
be referred to as easily as to a word in
the dictionary.
It condenses fnto one book, OF 2S1
the various wars.
Ali principal events are given as they
the price of the book.
1t gives a list of Pension ratings. u.
Camps. National Cemeteries. and Number
of Troops furnished by States: in fact
1t Is Dictionary OF Informati0n OF the
various wars.
Neatly bound. sent post paid. Price
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the sublime lesson of Cnity-that there
is but "One Country and One Flag"
and that
1.-THE star-spangled banner in triumph
still waves
Der the land of the free and the home
of the brave
John A. Macdonald, Co. G, 7th ".
J.. 213 Seaton street, Toronto, Canada.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1905-11-16

WOODS report of his part in the battle
Of Missionary Ridge, Nov. rs:
the enemys intrenchments at the base
Of Mission Ridge. and hold them. The
signal for the advance was to be six
guns fired in rapid succession from the
battery on Orchard Knob. The neces-
sary instructions were given to the bri-
gade commanders. This was near p.
m. Soon the booming of the guns
awakened the reverberations of the
Businesses Of Mission Ridge and Look
out Mountain, and before the echoes
had died away In the distant recesses
Of their rugged heights the advance was
commenced"
Gen. Woods report is dated Dec. 20,
1868, and although he does not say a
word about receiving from Gen. Grant
an order Ito make the charge at once"
he does mention the signal of six can
non-shots fired from Orchard Knob.
Gen. 2. 81. Sheridan in his report OF
the battle Of the 25th says:
about p. m. orders were received
from Gen. Granger to prepare to car
~ the enemy's rifle-pits at the base
OF Mission Ridge. to report when ready,
and that the signal for attack would be
six guns fired from Orchard Knob in
quick succession. Capt. Ransom,
OF my stafr, had scarcely left me when
the signal was given. and the division
marched to the front under a most
terrible tornado OF shot and she'll"
Gen. A. Baird. In his report of the as
sault on the 18th says:
II had just completed the establish
ment Of my line when staff officer
from Gen. Thomas brought me verbal
orders to move forward to the edge
OF the open ground which bordered
the foot OF Mission Ridge within strik-
Ing distance Of the rebel rife-pits at its
base. 90 as to be ready at q signal
which would be the firing OF six guns
from Orchard Knob, to dash forward
and take those pits" =.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1905-08-09
HARVEY CLARK ELECTED
Becomes Superintendent of School for
Blind-Dr. Frisby Succeeds on
Board of Control.

Madison, Wis, Aug. 4.-Lieut. Gov.
Davidson appointed the new state board
of control, which was provided for by
the last Legislature. DR.. Almah j. Fris-
by of Milwaukee Is the new member.
She is the first woman member to be
named on, the board in the state of
Wisconsin.
The other members of the board are:
Gustav Kuestermann Herman Groto-
phorst, Lester 3. Dresser, Allan d.
COnover.
All these are members of the old
board. DR.. Frisby took the place of
Harvey Clark of Monroe who was vice
president of the old board and an ap-
plicant for the position of superintendent
of the school for the blind at GAINESVILLE.
The board organized by electing Gus
tav Kuestermann president; Herman
Grotophorst vice president; Allan d.
ConOver, recording secretary, and Matt
j. Tappins, secretary.
One of tho first actions of the board
was to elect Harvey Clark as superin-
tendent of the GAINESVILLE school for the
blind and Mrs. Harvey Clark as matron
The latter was Miss Pruella Hickok of
Madison and is a well known musician
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1905-08-09
Indigestion in Cows.

1t is a common expression to speak
Of a cow as losing her cud when she
stops Illuminating. The trouble is die
to indigestion wholly, and may be
easily remedied, in most cases, by a
proper diet. Usually this trouble &C.
ours most frequently in the winter,
when the COWS are heavily grain fed,
but sometimes occurs with COWS in the
summer who are ON the range, but are
receiving some grain. In such cases
a good plan is to cut out the grain ra-
ton entirely for few days, or until
the COW again chews her cud. For a
time after she resumes Illuminating.
feed her largely on the grass with
some good hay, and gradually get her
on to the grain. A day or two after
the grain ration has been cut off the
cow should have a single dose Of one
pound Of EPSON salts and two ounces
Of ground ginger root mixed in two
quarts Of warm water. In the winter
reduce the grain ration one-half, give
her the medicine named above at the
beginning Of the trea tment, and make
up the ration with roots or ensila5 e
At all times COWS should have free ac-
cess to rock salt, for it is a great diges-
tive.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1905-08-09
A Good Stock Tonic.

Each Of the many stock foods, or
continental spices now on the market,
has it's own particular composition,
and it is better, both from the points
OF view Of economy and cleanliness, to
make use Of these, but if this is quite
impossible the following recipe may be
safely adopted: Turmeric, one-nalf
pound; cumin, one-half pound; genhan,
three-fourths pound; ground ginger,
one-half pound grains Of paradise,
one-half pound; bi-carbOnate Of soda,
six ounces; fenugreek, six ounces;
blood root, four ounces; asafoetida,
four ounces, brown sugar, five pounds;
fine salt, 1 ga pounds. The above in
gradients should be we'll ground by
the druggist and be thoroughly mixed
with one thousand pounds Of finely
ground meal, Or, if desired, it may De
fed without the meal. When mixed
with maize meal the quantity to be
fed to horse, cow, or OK at each
feed is one pint, and to each calf,
foal, sheep, Or hog, half a pint. When
fed without the meal it should be CIV
en- in the proportion Of tablespoonful
to a horse, cow or OK, and half that
quantity for each Of the smaller farm
animals.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1905-08-09
WISCONSIN PENSIONS.

Washington. D. c., Aug. 2.-[Special. ]
The following pensions have been
granted to Wisconsin people during the
past week:
Philetus J. Fairbanks $24; David Phelps
SD: Theodore Myers, $40; Charles E. Brad
burn. S14: Salamacius B. Stoddard So: 10
seph D. Cooper So; John Former, $40; Ed
ward O'Neill, So; Robert A. Jillson, $40
Gertrude Young, So; minor Of Elijah Ward
$40: William +. Woodward, Sc; Marie
Ehrew. IS: Catherine r. Clayton, IS; George
W. Cakes. S17; Alexander Miller, SO; ia
cob Heing, $40; George W. Shoemaker
$40: George w. Chinook, $12; Stiles Van
Horser, ST.; Augustus Vogt. So: Charles
r. Muzzy. So: WilIlam LAWYER, So; Henry
Menke, $12; John E. Veasey, So; William
Louw, So; Isabella Seamonson, So; Abbey
H. Westcott So; Angelina Beach, So; Caro-
George W. cakes, SIT; Alexander Miller.
$40; Jacob Heing, $40; George W. Schoon
maker, $40; Geo w. Chinook. So; Giles
Van Hooser, S12; August Vogt; So; Charles
Manke. $12; John f. veasey, So; Willard
Touw SIS. Isabelle SeamOnson, So; Abbie Il
Wescott. IS: Angeline Beach, 49, Caroline
VeIey- SIS: Harmon S. Dean, $14: Lambert
Fasbender, S14; Nels Nelsonj, SD; Patrick
Mann, S12; Benjamin d. Morton, SD; Eben
eyer S. Bunce, $40; Peter Miller, $40; vii
liam w. Newberry, IS; Johanna Pulford
IS; Phoebe j. Straight, ST.; Hannah j
Charles Russo, So; William e. Earl, S12
Patrick Keenan,, $40; Emily Cass, So; Viii
liam HawIey, So; Elisha Everett, ST.
En0ch G. Bean, SD; Theodore Herling, 500
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1905-08-09
EVER LEAVES GOODRICH.
Agent at Sheboygan for Thirty-six Years
Retires and Company Gets It's Own
Leases on Docks.

Sheboygan, Wis, Aug. 4.-[Special. i
After thirty-six years served as agent of
the Goodrich company in Sheboygan, e.
T. Ever, has resigned and will quit the
company's service on September /. His
son, Chester Ever. who has been in the
company's employ here for the last thir-
teen years, will leave the company at
the same time. Mr.. Ever entered the
company's service in 1860, the same year
that the steamer Sheboygan was built,
and it was he who welcomed that new
craft to the harbor
With Mr.. Ewers retirement it is also
announced that the Goodrich company
mas purchased from the Taylor estate all
OF the dock property which it now uses,
including the fish docks, down to the
United States lifesaving station. Mr..
Ever has for years, until recently, been
the lessee of these docks, and has sub
leased them to the Goodrich company
under tonnage arrangement. Recently
the company made a direct lease OF the
Taylor property. The price said to have
been paid for the property was $4,000.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1905-08-09
To Put Potatoes in Cellar.

Here is an excellent device for use
in unloading apples or potatoes from a
cart to the cellar. Take a piece of No.
u wire telephone wire) and run it
from a stake in front Of the rollway
down through the rollway, or potato
bin. String two iron hooks on the
wire and hook the loaded basket upon
these, when the load will slide smooth
ly down and across the cellar, where
the helper can empty the basket A
light cord attached to the basket al
lows the man outside to pull the bas-
ket back for another load This
saves large amount Of heavy lifting
and saves time also, since two baskets
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1905-08-09
Selecting Brood Stock.

If one has raised litter Of fine pigs
Of good breed there are probably sew
eral among them that will make good
brood sows if properly brought up.
The individuals should be carefully
watched as they grow and when the
selection is made the pigs should be
about five months Old From then on
they should be separated from the
market stock, and until the end Of the
season, placed on the best grass pos
sible. All females intended for breed.
ing purposes should have less carbon
aceous food than that given to those
intended for market. From one-half to
two-thirds corn is enough in the ration
from the time the young SOW begins
to eat grain
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1905-08-09
TWO NEW CANADIAN PROVINCES
With Saskatchewan and Alberta the
Dominion Will Have Nine Estates"

With Saskatchewan and Alberta the
Dominion Will Have Nine Estates"
The word province in Canada has
the same significance as the word
State In our country. When we say,
therefore, that the Dominion has Or
gained and is about to take in two
new provinces it means that the seven
States are about to be increased TO
nine. The seven provinces are Que
bes, Ontario, Nova Scotia. Prince Ed
ward Island, New Brunswick, Manito-
ba and British Columbia The two
new provinces are Alberta and Sas-
katchewan. The interior department
at Ottawa has issued a map showing
the boundaries Of these two enormous
new provinces, and the map printed
here has been made from it.
1t is thirty eight years since the Do
minion of Canada was formed by the
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1905-08-09
MGR. CHAPELLE MAY
SURVIVE THE FEVER.
ARCHBISHOP OF NEW ORLEANS
MAY NOT DIE OF THE VEL
LOW FEVER
Stricken While Doing Heroic Work IN
the Fever Districts of the
City.

New Orleans, La, Aug. 7.-Reports
from the bedside of Archbishop Chapelle
today report the venerable clergyman
slightly better, and DR.. Larue is begin
ming to hope that the archbishop Will
pull through.
Many kilograms and some cablegrams
have been received inquiring as to the
condition of the archbishop and express
ing sympathy.
The archbishop was stricken with the
dread disease Saturday night after do
ing heroic work against the plague
among the Italians.
Archbishop Chapelle's residence is not
far distant from the originally infected
area, and he has given daily assistance
to the medical corps, helping III the
tasks of quarantine, visiting the suf1er-
ers and carrying words of cheer to many
a bedside.
The prelate is one of the prominent
figures in the American Roman Cathollc
church. He is a native Frenchman,
having been born in Auvergne sixty
three years ago, but he has lived in this
country since he was 10 years old.
When young man he was appointed to
the pastorate of st. Matthew's church,
was steady, and August p, 1891, he
was made bishop of Santa Fe. His pro
motion to an archbishopric took place
January Z, 1894
He was named as archbishop of New
Orleans June II, 1897, succeeding Most
Rev. j. 3. Salpointe. He was then,
and is now, considered to be the best in
formed man upon church laws in the
country, being also q thorough scholar
and linguist His appointment was con
trmed by Pope Leo XIII. November Is,
1897, and he took I'D his duties in New
Orleans several weeks later.
Since his appointment to this diocese
Archbishop Chapelle has served as apos--
tolic delegate in Cuba, Porto Rico and
in the Philippine islands. He was re-
called from the latter mission in 1901.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1905-08-09
NORTHERN PACIFIC
CLERKS WALK OUT.
Photographers See Good Indications for
Their Side of the Struggle-Com-
pany Claims Break

st. Paul, Mimi, Aug. with both
sides claiming that victory is certain for
them, the big labor war between the
telegraphers of the Great Northern and
Northern Pacific railroads started the
second week with no immediate prospect
of settlement. SO far there has been
neither violence nor accident reported.
The railways claim a break in the strike
President Perham of the telegraphers'
union said today: Everything favors
us in this fight against the railroads.
have a message from Billings, Mont.
today, saying that twelve clerks in the
Northern Pacific offices walked out there
today because they could not stand the
methods and pay of the company
General Manager Horn of the North
ern Pacific issued the following strike
statement today:
'Eightyive per cent. of the agents
positions have been filled and 70 per
cent. of the telegraphers' positions have
been filled. Over the entire east end OF
the system conditions are satisfactory
and business is being handled promptly
In Montana trains are moving on SEIZED.
ule.