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600 Miles Nerths of Port Arthur

Hardin is about 600 miles north of Port
Arthur and $50 miles west of Vladivostok
1t is the geographical center of Manchuria,
and it had just become the PROVINCES COM
mercial and manufacturing center at the
beginning of the war. For hundreds of
miles on every side the city is surrounded
by rich and productive agricultural
country, which yields, vast quantities of
corn, wheat, oats, barley, hemp, tobacco
and many domestic fruits. There are also
vast areas of timber and grazing lands.
1t is by far the most fertile and pros
porous region in the province, and Rus
STA fixed upon n.as the center of her ex
pansion schemeI Z
First of all, 1T was announced that it was
to be a Russian city exclusively. To that
end no foreigner was permitted to become
a property owner or to establish perma-
nent business enterprise of any description
Russia obtained concessions from the Chi
nese government which enabled her to take
possession of all the desirable land in the
vicinity of the city, and all foreigners were
made to understand that they would be
kept at distance 1t Is as distinctly
Muscovite city as. If it were in the heart of
Little Russia.
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THE CITY !. /. of HARDIN
Last Milit6s' ,y of the
Russians IN Manchuria.
VERY poor Pot, Z DEFENsEs
CENTRAL POINT OF EASTERN
RAILWAY ADMINISTRATION.
Thriving Commercial City and Great
Manufacturing Metropolis-Excel-
lent Transportation Facilities.

The fall of Mukden, one Of the principal
bases of supply selected by the laundering
Alexief during his rule in Manchuria. and
the subsequent abandonment of Telling
leave Hardin, situated 800 miles to the
northeast of the ancient capital, the sole
remaining interior point of interest in the
present campaign. According to all accounts
1t was no part of. Kuropatkin's individual
plan to make a stand at Mukden. When
he was sent to SuperSede the thck-witted
viceroy, however, matters had progressed SO
far that it was deemed impracticable to
abandon the original intention. 1t was no
longer a matter of choice. The Japanese
advance had settled everything. The Rus
sian general accepted the situation with
as good grace as he could manage, but
he never concealed his opinion that mis-
take had been made, and he showed no dis
position to relax In the effort to strengthen
Hardin and to fill 1t with stores sufficient
to Withstand a long continued investment.
Not an Ideal Defense.
The location of Hardin is not an ideal one
for defense. Nature has interposed few
barriers to hostile approach, but man and
unlimited treasure have accomplished much
in the way of supplying the omission. The
post was designed originally as a military
center and administration town for the
government and direction of railway affairs.
Its growth into thriving commercial and
manufacturing city was not part of the
scheme of the original promoters, and It's
subsequent development into it's present
dimensions has always been a surprise to
the st. Petersburg, military authorities. 1t
Is built along the Sungari river at point
where the Manchurian branch of the Trans
Siberian railway crosses that stream and
where the Chinese eastern branch runs
south to Dafny and Port Arthur. Since the
desertion of Dalny and the fall of Port
Arthur this branch has been abandoned,
but the Japanese have seen to it that the
southern part of the route has been kept
in repair.
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longed to Baird's Division of the Four
teenth Corps, Army of the Cumberland,
and lost so men killed in battle and 153
who died of disease, in prison, etc.
Editor National Tribune
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Editor National Tribune: I read with
the greatest of pleasure in the issue
of July 6, 1905, the resolution adopted
by Curtis Post, 9, Department of Ar
kansas, GAR, located at Sloan
Springs, concerning the prohibition
of displaying of all Confederate flags in
the United States.
In my County, Cullman, and also in
adjoining Counties we see the emblem
Of the Lost Cause" exhibited at almost
every public meeting or celebration,
especially If it be Of a political nature
even municipal elections
When the Confederate flag is hoist ed
IL is met by hundreds Of cheers, which
are very humiliating to the boys in blue
who fought in the great struggles of the
civil war to preserve one Nation with
one fiag-Old Glory. This renews afresh
the great strife of the civil war, and it
implants the idea Of SectiOnalism in the
minds of the boys of to-day who are to
be the citizens Of tomorrow.
The future progress Of our Govern
ment will depend upon the examples
which the citizens Of the present decade
set before their boys. II we keep up
the idea Of the Confederacy. we cannot
expect them to work for one great Ma
tiOn-the land Of the brave and the
home Of the free. AS the Confederate
idea OF Government was defeated and
the Union of the States preserved, "Old
Glory should represent us on all occa-
sions. Congress at its next session
should pass a law forbidding the dis
play in the United States of any other
flag except the flag of the United States
or of those Nations that are at peace
with the United States.-William Guth-
cry, Trimble, Ala.
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Col. Harvey HOgg.

Comrade William NJ. Baldwin, Co. X,
I'd Ill. Cav, has contributed to the
transactions of the Mclean County
Historical Society very interesting
sketch of Harvey Hogg, Lieutenant
Colonel Of the I'd Ill. Cav. This has now
been published In pamphlet form, and
is an interesting contribution to his
tory Harvey Hogg was born in Ten
nessee and educated there. In 1856 he
married and removed to Bloomington,
tice of the law and made rapid progress
toward the front i'm his profession. He
left Tennessee because he was opposed
to slavery and could not condone the
sin. He was so earnest in this that
when he graduated he made an aboIi-
ton speech, much to the rage Of the
faculty. He was an earnest, able speak
er, and the people of Mclean County
sent him to the Legislature, where he
made such an impression upon Gov.
Yates as to receive from him a commits
sion as Lieutenant-Colonel of the I'd
Ill. Cav. He proved to be a jealous,
brave. interchangeable officer, a fine dis
ciplinarian, and very enterprising. At
the head Of 200 men he was the first to
enter Columbus, the h-boasted
Gibraltar Of the West, and raised the
flag to notify the gunboats that the
stronghold was evacuated. At Bolivar
he made gallant charge which termi-
mated the stubborn fight by driving the
rebels from the field. While he was
trying to kill Col. Mccullough, who
commanded the enemy's cavalry, three
Of the latter's men shot Hogg dead.
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Editor National Tribune: Will you
please publish an account of the 29th
Wis. y. B. Kelsey, Shell Rock, Iowa.
The 18th Wis was recruited mainly
in the Counties of Dodge, Jefferson,
Dane and Columbia, and was mustered
into the service of the United States
Sept. 81, 1862, with Charles r. Gill as
Colonel, Gerrit T. Thorn as Lieutenant
Colonel, and William A. Greene as Ma
jor. 1t was sent at once to Helena,
Ark, and took part in the expedition
against Arkansas Post, being part Of
Hoveys Division. 1t took part in sew
eral of the expeditions around Vicks-
burg, and marched with Hovey's Divi-
sion to Port Gibson and the siege of
Vicksburg. At Champion Hills it cap
tured a battery of brass guns, the colors
of the 35th Ala, and about 800 prison.
ers. After the fall of Vicksburg it was
sent with other portions of the Thir-
teenth Corps to tn" Department of the
Gulf, ald served there during the Fed
River expedition. In the beginning Of
1865 it took part in the movement
against the defenses Of Mobile, and
helped to capture Spanish Fort. Col
Gill resigned In 1863, and was succeed
ed by Col w. A. Greene, who resigned
in January, 1865. and Bradford Han
cock was Lieutenant-Colonel when the
regiment was mustered out, July II,
1865. 1t lost II killed in battle and
245 died of disease, in prison, etc.-Ed-
itor National Tribune.
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An Officer Who Rendered Long, Useful
and Varied Service.

Editor National Tribune: Would you
please give an account of the service of
Brig. Gen. Tillson? l think he was
Captain Of Maine Battery at the be-
ginning Of the war.-F. NJ. Folder, Sand
Fork, Ohio.
Gen. Davis Tillson was born in Maine,
and appointed from that State to West
Point, where he remained from 1849 to
1851. At the beginning Of the war he
raised the I'd Me. Battery, which was
kept in the State for some time. owing
to our troubled relations with England
April, 1862, he took his battery to
Washington, and assumed command
also of the Sd Me. Battery, with which
he guarded. pontoon bridge to Fred
ericksburg. May %, 1852, he was made
Major Of Artillery and assigned as Chief
of Artillery for Ricketts's Division. He
took part in the battle of Cedar Noun
tain, and then became member of the
staff of Gen. Mcdowell as Chief of Ar
tilery. After the Second Bull Run
campaign he was promoted to-Lieuten-
ant-Colonel of Artillery and made In
spector OF Artillery for the defense of
Washington. March q, 1868. he was
promoted to Acknowledgement and or
dered to report to Gen. Burnside in
Cincinnati. where he became Chief of
Artillery, and put the defenses Of Gin
cinnati and the works on the Louisville
organizing in the meanwhile two regi-
ments of heavy artillery. He became
Chief Of Artillery to Gen. Foster, and
superintendent the defenses in East Ten
nessee until he was assigned to the
command Of the Second Brigade, Fourth
Division, Twenty-third Corps. He was
highly complimented for the skill and
economy Of his work in providing for
the defenses OF important places in East
Tennessee. He also organized the LIST
u. S. III. A.. and, the Sd N. c., which lat
ter regiment, under Col. George w.
Kirk, rendered. unusually good service
in North Carolina. In the beginning Of
1865 Gen. Thomas assigned Gen. Till
son to the command Of the Fourth Dr.
vision, which he led into North Caro-
lima, but his progress was interrupted
by the surrender OF Gen. Joe Johnston
After the war he was detailed for duty
In the Bureau of Freedmen, Refugees
and Abandoned Lands, and placed in
charge Of the District of West Tennes-
see. with headquarters at Memphis. He
had a very difficult position in caring
for some $500 negroes, but his vigor
and wisdom In putting them to em-
ployment and keeping them at work
was highly commended by Gen. Howard
and the President. He was afterwards
assigned to Georgia, and mustered out
OF the service Dec. 1, 1866.-Editor Ma
tional Tribune.
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without arms and one without horses.
l must request that the Chief
will order sabers and pistols to be sent
to me from Washington; there is moth
ing here but Halls carbines, and they
are without Sings" The companies re-
ferred to were those recruited by Kill
patrick, and became the nucleus Of
regiment first called Mounted Rifles,
afterwards the Harris Light Cavalry.
Butler Wanted Cavalry.
The insstent Gen. Butler made things
uncomfortable at the War Department
in many ways. but in more than one lie
was justified by the situation. On the
occurrence at Big Bethel, he wrote
characteristic letter to Gen. Scott from
Fort Monroe, as follows:
Il desire to call Gen. SCOTS atten-
ton to the fact that l have great need
Of mounted men for outpost service and
videts A company or two would be Of
great service. / have as yet received
10 horses for my light battery. l have
the harnesses and guns, and could pro-
vide the men If / had the horses.
was reduced to the necessity of sending
my own saddle horse to- Big Bethel to
endeavor to convey orders nine miles
from my camp; that being the only
horse not on duty away from the forts,
which had saddle; and these horses
were my own personal property. If
the exigencies of the service will per-
init, it will be of great advantage that
/ should receive more aid in this mat
ter. | have the honor to be. etc"
Gen. y. p. Banks wrote from Balti-
more to the Secretary of War, June 16,
1861:
I'VE need corps of cavalry to sup
press the contraband trade on the back
roads going southwark. We have not
now mounted orderly by whom to
send a message, even to the city; some
assistance Of this kind is Indispensable
The infantry can well command the
railroads. | beg you to think of this
subject and give us prompt aid"
(To be continued)
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The 57th Ohio.

Editor National Tribune: send 81
to renew my subscription. Impossible
TO do without 1t. ! have been in the
Western Wilds for some time and de-
layed sending in my subscription. Please
forward the old soldiers friend at your
earliest convenience. ] am sick abed
at this writing. and nothing will help
me any sooner than the good old Ma
tional Tribune.
Can you give me short history OF
the old Bloody b7th Ohio. First Brigade,
Second Division. Fifteenth Corps. COM
nanded by John A. Logan?-A Beard,
;. z. ID. 2. Dunbridge. Ohio.
The 51fh Ohio was organised In the
state-as-iarge from Sept. 2. 1861, to
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Feb. 8. 1862, to serve three years. On
the expiration of it's term of service the
original members, except veterans, were
mustered out and the remainder re-
tanned in service until Aug. IA, 1865,
when 1t was mustered out. The first
Colonel was William Mungen, who re-
signed April "a, 1863, and was sue
ceeded by Americas V. Rice. who was
promoted 10 Brigadier-General Lieut.
Col. Samuel X. Mott was in command
of the regiment when 1T was mustered
out. 1t belonged to BIair's Division of
the Fifteenth Corps. Army OF the Ten
nessee, and made a fine record i'm that
army from the battle of Shiloh until
the end of the war, losing 81 men killed
and 238 died of disease, accidents, ETC.
Editor National Tribune.
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The Sd Del.

Editor National Tribune: Please pub
lish a short history of the Sd Del-Ed-
win French. Co. F, Sd Del, r. +. D. 26,
Francisco, Ind.
The Sd Del. was organized at Cam
den from Dec. 80, 1851, to May Is,
1862. to serve three years, and was
mustered out June 8, 1865. The first
Colonel was William o. Redden, who
resigned Jan. 18. 1853. and was sue
ceeded by Col. Daniel II. Jenkins, dis
charged Feb. 20, 1864. Lieut.-Col. Will
liam B. Dorrell was killed at Peters,
burg, June Is, 1854. Brevet Maj. Jo-
seph p. Dagworthy was the ranking
Captain at the time the regiment was
mustered out. Il belonged to Ayres's
Division Of the Fifth Corps, and lost So
killed In battle and 90 died OF disease,
otc.-Editor National Tribune.
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The 18th Ky.

Editor National Tribune: Please give
q brief sketch Of the 18th KY. am
a reader Of The National Tribune and
expect to be as long az live.-Adison
Bennett, Hillsborough. Ohio.
The 18th KY. was organized at Gull
version Station, Paris. Townsend VAL
ley. Falmouth and Cynthiana, Feb. 8,
1862, to serve three years. and was
mustered out July H., 1855. The first
Colonel was William A. Warner. who
LAndram was Lieutenant Colonel. Hub
bard K. Milward was Leutenant-Col-
onel In command Of the regiment when
Il was mustered out. The regiment be-
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During this period what was the enc
my doing? A report made by Francis
II. Smith, of the Virginia troops, dated
June. 1861, states that there were then
I'm Virginia $3.50 well-armed cavalry in
that State. They were independent or
CARNATIONS, not yet formed into regi-
ments, most Of them having names sug-
costing the localities where they were
raised.
After the battle at Big Bethel, Va,
June 10. 1861, Gen. Butler, who had
made repeated calls upon the War De-
partment for cavalry, authorized Jud-
son Fitzpatrick, then a Lieutenant in
the 9Th n. Y, who had been wounded
In that engagement, to proceed to New
York and recruit a squadron Of cavalry
for duty In Buffers Department The
authorization was approved by the Sec
rotary of War, and soon thereafter two
companies "a and b were recruited in
the city OF New York, and later in the
season Capt. C. c. Dodge received au-
thority from the War Department to
raise two more companies, and thus
form battalion: and Cos. G and ID were
recruited and organized at Newburg by
consent Of the State authorities Lieut.
Fitzpatrick was appointed Lieutenant
Colonel OF the battalion, and Capt
Dodge made Major: but they did no.
see service as rapidly as the intrepid
Fitzpatrick expected, for in August 1861
a dispatch from Gen. John A. Dix Il
the War Department contains the I'm.
formation that Two companies OF cav
airy have arrived at Baltimore: both ar.
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Editor National Tribune: Kindly give
brief history of my regiment.-C. III.
Kannarr, Co. I, 35th Ind.
The 35th Ind. was organized at Camp
Morton and Indianapolis from Oct. 8,
1861. to March %, 1862, to serve three
years. The first Colonel was John G.
Walker, who was discharged Aug. 6,
1862, and succeeded by Col. Bernard F.
Mullen, who resigned May %. 1864, and
was succeeded by Col. August G. Tas-
sin. who was mustered out with the
regiment Sept. 81, 1865. The regiment
belonged to Stanley's Division of the
Fourth Corps. Army of the Cumberland,
and lost during it's service 81 killed in
battle and 164 died of disease, acct
dents, etc.-Editor National Tribune.
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onhO tHOfSeHen
When the first call for troops was
made, Illinois was not the only State
which rendered cavalry to the General
Government. Governor Tod, of Ohio,
In calling for volunteers, asked for cav
airy. Among the first to recruit for this
arm OF the service was Capt. VIM H.
Burdsali, Of Cincinnati. When the au-
thorfties at Washington learned that
some Independent companies were be-
ing recruited in Ohio, notice was sent
from Washington to Governor Tod that
cavalry organizations would not be re-
cefyed Dy the General Government But
the far-seeing and patriotic Governor
replied that IL the Government of the
United States did NOT need them the
State OF Ohio would assume control as
they needed them for the protection OF
their own borders, and he at once di-
rected the recruiting of several cavalry
companies as independent commands.
Capt BurdsalPs company was the first
TO fill its ranks, and requisition was
equipments, which was denied. The at
titude Of the Government was explained
10 the company when a member who
Al that time occupied tho position of
private, stepped from the ranks and in
g. modest manner told the officers that
he would mount and coup the company
AT his own expense. The name OF this
patriot Is dear not only TO his native
State, but to his country. Minor MILL
Ken was the man who furnished the
equipment for this troop. Its organiza-
ton was hardly completed when il was
ordered by the General Government to
West Virginia. and was known as
Burdsalis Cavalry" During Its three
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Prize Yakima Cattle.

Mr.. and Mrs. A. ]. Splawn have re-
turned from Westminster, B. c., where
they spent two weeks exhibiting their
Hereford cattle. They shipped their
cattle from Sumas last Saturday with
the expectation of going to Spokane,
but up to this morning they had no
word from the stock.
Mr.. Splawns cattle took nearly
everything at the fair. He competed
against cattle from many parts of
Canada. He got IA first prizes and
three seconds, besides four grand
championships and four champion
ships. He also carried off the silver
cup for the best display herd on the
ground.
He has not yet got his cup. 1t was
given by the Hudson Bay company and
some of the British Columbia exhibit
ors protested against giving it to an
American. The claimed it was not in
tended for foreign exhibitors. The
Shorthorn breeders made this protest,
but 1t is believed the commissioners of
the fair will finally give ii to the Yak
ina man.--North Yakima Republic.