The National tribune., 1906-07-05
What He Thinks.

should draw 81 a day during his life
time. and at his death the widow should
receive S12 per month. / know there
is not quite SO much said now about
returning the rebel flags. and L think
1t was not just the right thing to do,
but we elected these men to Congress
that voted TO return the flags; now let
us take our medicine and drop the mat
ter. My opinion is there is only one
flag that should float over any gather
ing in the United States, and that is
Old Glory. / do not approve of Con-
federate Reunions. Let the Confeder
ates meet with us; let us have Re-
union of the Blue and the gray; there
would then be better feeling between
us than there is to-day. / have attend
ed several Confederate Reunions, and
have heard speeches that would make
Union soldiers blood boil; but these
speeches were not made by the Con-
federates but by the younger class, who
were never in the war. Just so long
as these Reunions are held, SO long
will these speeches be made and the
strife kept up. l wish also to state
that there are some things said in our
5wn Reunions in regard to the South
that were better not said. Let us hoist
Old Glory as one flag for all, and few
of these joint Reunions would do away
with all the bad feeling between the
soldier went into the ranks
with the belief that he was doing right.
Most of them, were young as well as
ourselves and had we been living in
the South at the time, we might possi-
bly, have done the same thing"
AIIatoona Pass.
George NJ. Latty, Co. G, 93d ILL.,, HUI
Mo, was on picket on the
i~h Of bn a
after many adventures, in which he
barely escaped being shot several times
by the mimic balls of the Johnnies final
ly came upon Gen. Corse. He was with
in 10 feet of the General when he was
shot through the cheek and ear, and
thinks that shot saved the day for the
Union cause. The enemy were in solid
line pulling at the abatis. when Gen.
-orse, who had reeained his senses. gave !
the command to fix bayonets, crying: !
Don't give up the fort, boys; let's all
die here together" They gave the enc
my one volley, who broke and ran, and
could not be induced to close again.
Texas Politics.
Nathan Lang, Marine Corps, Nava-
sofa, Tex, says with reference to an ar |
ticle in regard to the hopes of the Texas |
that they will all be frus-
trated if Cecil A. Lyon is kept at the |
head of the Republican Committee. |
Though Lyon is the son of veteran, he /
has ignored al! the old-time' Republi- |
cans, and particularly has he discrim- |
mated against Union veterans who ap- |
piled to him for positions. In 1886, |
when E. H. r. Green was Chairman, |
the Republican vote of the State for
was 900. In 1900, when |
Cecil A. Lyon fought Mr.. Green bit
terly. the vote was still 121,173. In
1904, when Lyon was Chairman, the
vote for President Roosevelt dwindled |
% 51,242.
San francisco Contributions.
Alex c. Ray, Adjutant, George H.
Thomas Post, Chicago, Ill.,, notes that
Memorial Post of Cleveland, o., voted
100 for the relief of the San Francisco
sufferers, which makes him proud of
mis- Ohio comrades as he had the honor
TO be high private in the rear ranks
IF the 42d Ohio, but he wants the COM
rades to know that at the last meeting
Of George H. Thomas Post 500 was
voted to be sent through A. A. G.
Charles A. Partridge to the Commander
Of George H. Thomas Post of San Fran
cisco.
The LIST Mo. Engineers.
Comrade C. C. Haupt. Kurreville,
Me-, writes: 81 would like to hear
rom the cid boys of the famous 1st
Mo. Eng. They never fought many
hard battles, but they went through
many hardships and dangers. and did
heir part in helping to put down the
rebellion. They were with Sherman
through Georgia and the Carolinas."
Rebel Janftor.
D. W. Wood, Newark, O., says apro-
Of tan -
Sherman, that Newark, o.. has a me-
norial building erected to the memory |!
II their dead comrades, but the janitor
s son of a man who fought in the Il
'ebel army, and the son says the only
hing that kept him out was that he
vas not old enough.
The Pension Bill.
William H Gragg, Soldiers Home,
Los Angeles, Cal, says that If the new
pension bill would pass more than half
If the inmates of the Home would take
heir discharges and return to their
,amilies. They cannot get along on So
'r $40 month, but they could get along
with an increase of IS beyond that.
Opening of The mississippi.
c. F. Greenihg, 11th Wis. Grand
Meadow, Mimi, considers the "Opening
IF the Mississippi" the most graphic,
truthful account of operations in that
Department ever published. The read
ng of the RED River Campaign"
the tears to his old eyes.
The s0th Ill.
Edwin P. Walker, Captain. seth
H., wants it remembered that in con-
lection with the history of the Army of
he Cumberland his regiment was at
louisville Oct. !, 1862, and Joined Will
ich's Brigade, Sills Division, McCook's
Corps, and was distinctly in 1t at Perry
lille.
Found His Sisters.
w. T. Williams, Box 213, MINNEAPOLIS. II
Mimi, thanks us that through The Ma
ional Tribune he has at last heard from
ais long-loSt sisters. One of them Is in
w. Va. and the other In
Ford City, Pa.
The II1th Ill.
T. o. Holcomb, Secretary, 117th Ill. L
Association, Milmine. H., requests all {
urvivors of that regiment 10 send their
lames and addresses to him.
CaprOn's battery.
George w. Haigh, oath Mich. Man
cato, Mimi, would like very much to .
correspond with any survivors of Ca .
)rons Battery (E), 1st u. S. Art
What Became of Them.
Elmer ]. Gilman. Co. d. 18th n. Y.
-aY-, Jerlco Springs, Mo. wants to know
what the destiny was of Sergeant. n
corporal and four or six privates who
,rossed the Shenandoah River on Nav
IA, 1864. to skirmish through the valley