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The National tribune., 1906-06-14
A SOUTHERN LOCATION
For your home, your manufacturing
plant, or your business.

Possibly any acquaintances OF mine
among them may have wondered why
didn't speak to them or recognize them
as they were abreast of me: was
afraid to-I wouldn't have spoken to
an Apostle for fear of falling off was
busy. The soliloquy that was jolted
out of me by that stilted giant would
have been worth preserving. Good
kind horse / muttered-'please don't
jolt so. And this is horseback riding,
is it? It's solid miseryi Oh. for a
thousand rails. and tar and feathersy
I'd ride 'em all in preference. Why do
you poke your head in my face that
way? Merciful Heavens. what are you
staring at? Sweet Creator. he's going
to jump sideways and I'm not fit to die,'
And then 1 pulled my feet out of the
stirrups so that when fell eff we could
run away in different directions. oh,
pet / whispered, why do you use me
so? / have never harmed you. God is
good to the Irish; why do you try to
murder me? How much are you
worth? Can 1 afford to kill you? Ac-
cursed Wallace, may he perish on many
battlefields. I'll shoot him in the first
-Whoai blast you, whoa! Oh, it I
only dared hit youi Why do you go on
the sidewalk, darling? Are you going
over the fence, you torturer of innu
cence? Oh, what a fate, and me en-
gagged to be married, A saddle-it's
gridiron, Why do you rock so and
scramble around, you forty-legged
fool! I wonder who's looking at me?
You're 20 feet high If you're an inch.
OH OH m-m-m-m' / groaned again.
that fend at camp will murder me if
l don't hurry back-I'll get off, you VIII
lain, if you'll only let me, and We'll both
walk down-it's only a mile!'And then,
as he struck a new gait I slid of,
dragged him by main strength to lamp
post. tied him so that only one of US
could go off at time. struck out on
foot and got the papers. Returning.
had to pass through the ordeal of re-
mounting the awful creature, and 1 can
never forget the CONSERVATION with
which 1 found myself riding out to
camp behind the saddle as we gaily can
tered off. How 1 climbed safely over
and how we dashed into camp among
peaceful people who professed to be
frightened for so feet on each side of
our line of march I won't dwell on
now, but 1 trust that hereafter. when
cavalrymen and riders of later days are
mentioned, it will not be forgotten that
there were martyrs and heroes even as
far back as early in 1851
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The 1st and 4th Mich.

Editor National Tribune: I am much
interested in the history of 1.-The Fight
ing 300" you are publishing weekly. {
am surprised, however, that some Of
those who saw the hardest and longest
service and the heaviest losses in battle
are as yet unmentioned. In the per-
centage of losses in battle the 4th Mich
is tied with the 55th III. for 33d place.
1t began its service at first Bull Run
and ended at Appomattox, the remnants
being lost afterward, transferred to Tex
as and discharged in 1866. Three Coll
onels were killed in action. The 1st
Mich. also commenced its service at
Bull Run and ended at Appomattox.
where it was a part of the force to
which the arms of Lees army was sur
rendered. These two organizations
consolidated as one for service only)
was one of the smallest to march in the
Grand Review at Washington, and the
division to which it belonged-First
Division, Fifth Corps-was one of the
three divisions suffering the greatest
loss in all the armies. of the Union.
Don't forget them.-Serg't. H. S. Wells,
4th Mich, Quincy, III.
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The Ist Nv. Bull Cav.

Editor National Tribune: Late in
July, 1861, while the 1st Ky. was pere-
grinating up and down the Kanawha
Valley, Co. l was sent out on a forag-
ing expedition after cattle, for beef, un-
der Capt. Thomas Cox. They wan
dered some distance into the interior
before finding a sufficient supply to suit
them. When they had at last rounded
up a goodly herd. they headed towards
camp in high glee. Being footsore and
legweary, they conceived the brilliant
idea of getting a ride. each man select
ing a cow or an OK, which he mounted
and rode merrily along, singing songs
and having a high old time. They
dubbed themselves the "1st Ky. Bull
Cavalry" Right in the midst of their
hilarity, while song and joke were run
ming the highest, they were pouneed
upon by some rebel cavalry and or
dered to dismount and fall into line
They were then ordered to stack arms
right face-forward-marc They
soon found themselves in prison No.
of Libby's overflow, Richmond Va,
where l happened to be boarding at
that time. They and 1 were sent in
November to Tuscaloosa, Ala, for three
months, and then to Salisbury, n. c.
for three months longer, so l got very
well acquainted with them. If any or
YOUR readers can give me any informa-
tion concerning any of those boys, L
should be very much obliged if they
would drop me few lines, especially
about Gordon Calvert. with whom L be-
came very intimately acquainted.-E.
r. Reed, Co. H, I'd Wis, 1912 Spaight
St. Madison, Wis.
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A Minister Rnisas N Row.

Rev. F. w. Emerson, of Yates Cen
ter. Kan, raised quite a storm in the
National Temperance Convention bv
charging the Kansas G A. r. with be-
ing inimical TO prohibition. He said
that they were no more 10 be respected
than the most degraded because of their
opposition to something so vital to civic
progress. Mr.. Emerson's statements
were Immediately resented by a numbe
of veterans present, led by A. B. Adell,
of Sol4ier Township, who said that he
had known the old soldiers of Shawnee
County for 40 years, and had been with
them in all sorts of gatherings He
knew of no order of men who were
more morally upright and conscientious
than they. The reverend gentleman's
statement was an uncalled-for slander
Other comrades made equally energetic
protests, and Mr.. Emerson finally Sc
cured the floor to explain that he did
not refer to all old soldiers, but eniy TO
those who were in a sunken moral con-
ditiOn
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Stories Eminenty Worth Telling of Experiences and Adventures
in the Great National Struggle.

Captain of ship, and died less thar
two years age at the Home for Retired
Sailors, New York Harbor. Capt Dow
died 10 years earlier. First Lieut.. Ed.
ward Wiggin is living at Augusta. Me.
where he has been for some years Sec
retary of the State of Maine Board OF
Education. First Lieut.. Samuel Thurs
ton resides in Portland, Me. First
Lieut.. James w. Burke is an extensive
farmer in Lee. Me, and was for two
terms Commissioner of Penobsco,
County. Second Lieut.. Marshall Nc
Kusick resides in Calais, Me, where he
has been Mayor of that city and mem
ber of the State Legislature. Second
Lieut.. Elias d. Libby resides in st. Paul.
Mimi, where he has been prominent in
the militia of the State and as n mem
Der of the staff of Governor Merriam.
Second Lieuts. Orville w. Merrill, Will
liam H. Gallison and John G.. Deane
have been Gead for some years.--Cas-
sius c. Roberts, 10th Me, 1St Me. II. A,
S79 Millard avenue, Chicago, ILL.,
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Tcrrill's Brigade Mt PerryviIle.

Editor National Tribune: The writer
hereby expresses his gratitude for your
tribute to the raw troops of Terrilrs
Brigade at Perryville. Most historical
penmen of the past seemed imbued with
the idea that those who were under fire
for the first time that day made no
stand. The survivors of the Thirty
third Brigade, knowing that even vet
eran troops could not have held the po-
sition, have chafed under the unjust
criticism, and it brings moisture to
their old eyes to read your words of ap-
probation of what they did.
The writer was a private in Co. F,
105th Ohio. 1t has never been clear to
his mind why we were rushed-"by the
right fiank" into that tornado of
lead and iron sweeping that knoll, to
save Parsons Battery (planted in ad
vance,, when nearly every man in the
battery had been killed or wounded
Jackson, our division commander, lying
dead near the guns-and Cheatham's
Confederate veterans, in overwhelming
numbers, charging up the slope, firing
as they came. 1t was useless to stay
ther' and be annhilated. They were or
dereG to fall back, and did so.
In your statement that "Terrill tried
his best to rally them on the batteries,
but fell mortally wounded you do not
say all that might be said. Gen. Ter
rill did rally quite a portion of his bri-
gade, the men obeying readily. but after
brief firing by his "forlorn hope he
again gave the order to fall back. 1t
was the fortune of the writer to walk
just behind Terrill-who, with an Aid.
had lost their horses, and We're also
on foot-til1, falling in with a detach-
ment of the 105th led by Capt. Riker,
we took up a position in support of a
battery, remaining there till after mid
night, when we moved back to nearly
our former position in line, expecting
to renew the fight at daylight. 1t was
while standing by this battery and
watching its operations that Terrill was
struck in the breast by a piece of the
enemy's shell, dying very soon after.
In very few, if any, battles did troops
suffer a greater proportionate (nearly
40 per cent? loss than those engaged at
Perryville, and the hearts of all sur
vivors surely warns to you when you
say: There is no occasion for any de-
fense of the subordinate officers and
soldiers. The world has never seen
more desperate fighting than they did
whenever they came in contact with the
enemy. The terrific losses, which
were only sustained by meeting and re-
pulsing the repeated assaults. show this
| incontestably. - Americans never
fought better. on both sides. than in this
sanguinary little struggle. e."-Chas. K.
Radcliffe, 452 25th St. Detroit, Mich.
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The 10th Mich. CIV.

Editor National Tribune: Please give
a short history of the 10th Mich. Cav
/ have been a reader of The National
Tribune for about eight years.-Rober,
Cordell, Cleveland, o.
The 10th Mich. Cav. was organized al
Grand Rapids from September, 1868
and was mustered out Nov. II, 1865
Col. Thaddeus Foote was discharged
July 25 1864; Col. Luther S. Trowbridge
was brevetted a Brigadier-G General June
IS, 1865, and mustered out Sept.
1865, and Col. Israel c. Smith was In
command of the regiment at the time OF
its muster-out. 1t belonged to Cox's
Division, Twenty-third Corps. and lost
81 killed and 240 from disease, etc
Editor National Tribune
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A LUcky Mess.

Editor National Tribune: In 1862.
when Co. f, 127th ILL.,, was mustered
into the service, Andrew Goldsberry,
Robert Marsden, Eugene Fowler,
Brainard Wheeler and Charles H.
Beach formed a mess. They served
through the entire Vicksburg cam
paign, the Atlanta campaign. went with
Sherman to the sea and finally were
mustered out after the Review at
Washington at the close of the war, the
original mess remaining unchanged
during the three years of service. To-
day all are living and in fair health.
The 127th was in the First Brigade.
Second Division, Fifteenth Corps.
think that this is an almost exceptional
record considering that in the Atlanta
campaign they were under fire 105
days-J. NJ. Beach, st. Joseph, Mo.
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Death of stonewaII Jackson.

Editor National Tribune: viii you
please publish a short story about the
death of Stonewall Jackson? Who
killed him, his own men Or the Yam
ees?-W. NJ. Burnside, Ned, w. Va
Gen. Jackson was killed on the night
of May 2, 1863. He had ridden into the
woods 10 reconnoiter and was fired on
with several of his escort being killed
Jackson received three balls, on.
through each hand and one shattered
his left shoulder. He was carried tC
the rear and his arm amputated bu
pneumonia set in, which caused Iii.
death. The general belief is that hi.
own men killed him, but several Unior
regiments have claimed that It was theil
volleys which caused his death.-Edito.
National Tribune
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FREEMAN McGTLVERY.
One of the Best Battery Commanders
the Army of the Potomac.

Editor National Tribune: An inter
esting communication in The National
Tribune from Comrade H. A. Vail some
months since, relating to Col. Freeman
McGilvery and the 9Th Me. Battery, has
elected no response from any member
Of that organization. Having been
connected with the same command and
Intimately acquainted with Col. Nc
Gilvery, his personal history, also the
record of bis battery, also the first com n
his honor, feel justified in answering
the call of Comrade Vail and writing a
few para graphs in his memory and that
of the splendid body of men which he
organized and inspired with his own
heroic spirit.
Col. McGilvery was a most success
full master of ship before the war, and
sailed to ports in all parts of the world.
He commenced before the mast, but
being most ambitious and studious, he
The National tribune., 1906-06-14
HON. Il. B. DOVENER,
And the First District of West virp

And the First District of West Virginia.
Editor National Tribune: The Con-
gressional Convention meets on June 10,
and the soldier element hopes that the
gallant Capt. Dovener will be renomi-
mated. He has been very faithful dur
ing his many terms of service, and is
highly deserving of continuance in Of
flee. as 1t is conceded that no other
member of Congress from this State
ever obtained for his constituents so
many benefits as he has, and 1t is felt
that should he be not renominated the
usual Republican majority will be les
sened. Honesty and industry are the
chief requisites, and In these Capt Dow
ener cannot be excelled by any one who
might be opposed to him.-A National
Tribune subscriber for as years. Clarks-
buI r, w. Va.
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Death of Gen. Nelson.

Editor National Tribune: Your ac-
count of the death of Gen. Nelson in
The National Tribune is the best and
truest one / have ever seen in a news
paper and / thank you for 1t. 1t gave
great satisfaction to the veterans OF
Nelson's old Division living around here.
They all think that he was one of the
best and bravest of men, and the lapse
of years does not seem to abate their
fond admiration for his heroic charac-
ter.-A. N. Ellis, Medical Director. De-
partment of Kentucky. G. A. R.. Mays
willie, KY.
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The 54fE Ohio.

Editor National Tribune: Please give
a short sketch of the saith Ohio.-Capt.
T. II. Bowdle, Lima, o.
The 54th Ohio was organized at Camp
Dennison in October, 1861, and was mus
tered out Aug. Is. 1865. Col. Thomas
Kilby Smith was promoted to Brigadier-
General Aug. II. 1863. Lieut.-Col. Israel
T. Moore was in command when the
regiment was mustered out. 1t belong
ed to Blair's Division, Fifteenth Corps,
and lost 81 killed and 146 from disease,
etc.-Editor National Tribune
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Naval Veteran. mt Minnesota.

General Orders. No. 3, from Walter
E. Jacobs Commodore commanding, ap,
peal to the shipmates all over the coun.
try to at once indicate whether they
want 30 meet with the G. A. r. at Min
1eapolis, and take advantage of the re.
duced transportation. and other privi-
leges, or would rather hold their Con.
vention In some Eastern city.
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Memorial Day at No.re Dame.

The G. A. R. Post of priests at Notre
Dame, Ind, held appropriate Memorial
Day exercises in Washington Hall of the
University. The Governors PrOclama-
tion was read by Patrick Malloy; E. P.
Burke told of Father Corby at Gettys-
burg; G. A. Farabaugh read Lincoln's
Gettysburg Address. and Col. William
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Decorating the Grave OF confederate.

On the afternoon of Memorial Day
the comrades of A. L. Brown Post, Chill
licothe. O., decorated the grave of NJ
c. Hopewell. who during his lifetime in
Chillicothe made 1t his duty to decorate
the graves of Union soldiers every Me-
mortal Day. He served in the Confed-
crate army during the war, but he was
very good friend of A. L. Brown Post
and of every comrade.
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I. N. Skillman, Mount Healthy, o.,
wants to call the attention of all the
ex-prisoners to the important bill now
pending before Congress in their behalf,
and to ask them to write to their mem
berS to give it earnest support.
The National tribune., 1906-06-14
Eucampmept of New Jer.ey

The Annual Encami0nept of the De-
partment of New Jersey. G A. r., will
be held at Paterson on Thursday and
Friday, June IA and Is.
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De.ecrot,nr Memorial Dny.

Buell. Post, 17S. Marietta. o., has
adopted strong resolutions protesting
against the desecration of Memorial Day
by games and sports and asking for leg
islation to prevent II.
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Ex-Prfsoners of War.

Hoynes Dean of the Law Faculty, de.
livered the address.
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81 shall never forget the emotions of
my first few minutes on that tremen-
dous animal, and though l smiled
sweetly, l felt as though 1 was on a
thousand-legged whirlwind on a mission
of death and destruction to all dear
things on earth. do not remember a
sitter, straighter solitary horseman,'
even in James's novels, than 1 was as
we ambled down Massachusetts, Ave
nue., trying to PIP, out the soft spots:
the horse as sprightly and as playful
as a. kitten and my trousers shrinking
into knee breeches as 1 rode and
prayed and suffered. Ahead of me 1
could see on each side of me the crowds
of people still coming out to camp, but
l never saw them as they passed me.
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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-05-09
SUMNER SCHOOL
MONMOUTH STATE NORMAL SCHOOL,

June 81 First six weeks
FACULTY OVER TWENTY INSTRUCTORS.
Tuitn;-First
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-05-09
RETURNED TO PENDLETON.
Travelling Man Who Failed to Find
Any Town the Equal of This.

Jesse Smith, who several years ago
canvassed this county in the interests
of foreign mercantile house, ar
rived in Pendleton last night with his
wife and daughter Mildred, with the
avowed intention of making this their
permanent home. Mr.. Smith has
travelled almost continually for 12 or
Is years, spending from a few weeks
to several months in a county or state,
and in all his wanderings has never
found town toward which his heart
inclined so much as toward Pendleton
when the time came for him to locate
an abiding place.
Mr.. Smith intends to go into busi-
ness here after he has been here long
enough to familiarize himself with
local conditions and so determine
what line he can invest in and handle
to the best advantage.
Friends of Mrs. Smith who, with
Miss Mildred, resided in Pendleton
for several months previously, will be
pleased to learn that her health has
much improved during the past year
or two.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-05-09
GEAR|N EXPLAINS
OREGON SENATOR CLOSELY
WATCHING RATE BILL
Cannot Leave His Post to Deliver
Decoration Day Address In Pendle-
ton Because of Near Approach of
Vote on Rate Bill In the United
States Senate-Great Interest In
Rate Legislation All Over the Unit
ed States.

President Leon Cohen, of the
Pendleton Commercial association, to-
day received the following letter from
United States Senator John NJ. Gearin
giving his reasons for declining to de-
liver the Decoration Day address in
this city:
United States Senate, Washington,
D. c., May 5.-My Dear Mr.. Cohen:-
received your wire of today. inviting
me to deliver memorial address at
Pendleton on the 30th. 1 was COM
PEELED to decline the invitation, al
though I would greatly prefer to have
dleton Commercial association, and
citizens of Umatilla county for your
kindness in inviting me. But under
existing conditions II must be clear to
you that l cannot under any circum-
stances leave here while the rate bill
is pending, and undisposed of.
1t Is a matter of great national i'm
portance. in which the whole people
are interested. The interest here in
the measure and in the disposal of 1t,
is intense. and nothing has for years
stirred the people as this rate bill dis
cussion has. We began voting today
on the bill by sections under the 15-
minute rule of debate. There are a
great number of amendments offered.
and more will be offered and the dis
cussion will take, in all probability, a
long time.
After the amendments to the diff
n1
| voted upon we will vote upon the bill.
1t will then be sent back to the house
for concurrence in amendments, and
all these proceedings will take time.
l do not know and there is not sem
ator upon the floor who does know
| how long 1t is going to take. We may
finish it in 10 days, and we may not
finish 1t for a month. That is the
condition OF things here, and under
those circumstances my duty is clear
to remain here at all hazards and
different amendments.
No senator left hte chamber this
afternoon during the whole
course of the discussion, and
at roll call every senator answers to
his name. While / am only one, yet
one vote is sometimes of great i'm
portance, and 1t is well known here
and has been stated by all the prom
inent papers and periodicals when
making up lists of how the senators
stood, that / stand for rate legislation
and in support of the presidents bill
with amendments to strengthen 1t II
possible.
My people in Oregon are tremend'
ously interested in this rate bill, sc
from this time to the time when 1t l:
finally disposed of, l will not be alb
sent from my seat in the senate.
could not therefore make any prom
Use to be in Pendleton as far ahead a:
May 80, because you would rely upor
the promise, and then If I could no
go, would be disappointed.
Regretting my inability to be witt
you this time l promise you that OF
some future occasion IL you desire
shall be pleased to be present at YOU
celebration of any other Memoria
day exercises or any other time wher
you want me. Sincerely yours.
JOHN NJ. GEARIN.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-05-09
MOVEMENTS OF THE QUAKE.
Earth Had Three Distinct Movements
I'm San Francisco.

A Boise City man writing from San
Francisco to the Boise Capital News
form San Francisco, says of the
movement of the recent earthquake:
The earthquake was a peculiar one.
1t seemed to have three movements
the racking movement, the rolling
movement and the corkscrew move
ment. Now when the three move
ments got together at certain places,
it certainly was a queer sensation.
The cobblestones in the streets wig
gled like SO many maggots in hot
skillet and the streets went up and
down like the waves on the sea and
at the same time had the wriggling
snake movement with a humping
movement thrown in on the side.
The horses fell to the street for
ward and got up to be thrown back
wards and then sideways. They final
ly decided to stay down unfit it was
over with. But they soon got wise
to the tricks of the earthquake and
II we have few more like II they will
get so educated that they will Just
drop down when they hear the ap-
proach of the rumbling noises from
the forces underneath.