The National tribune., 1906-08-30
PICKET SHOTS
From Alert Comrades Along the Whole
Line.
,That Stolen Horse.

THAT stolen Horse.
James P. Strickler. Goshen, Ind, no
tices the letter from Frank Lowe &
Anson Miller, of Council Grove, Kan, il
which Lowe confessed to stealing
horse from one of Kilpatrick's cavalry
and says that he. Strickler, was the MAJ
who owned the horse. Whether he vii
ever meet Comrade Lowe in this worl(
or the next is uncertain, but he would
like to hear from him. The horse wa!
his own property, for which he had pai(
500. as his regiment had to furnish it'
own horses and received in return 81;
month. If Comrade Lowe was ki6
at the time Comrade Strickler was {
year younger, but put in his three year;
with but one day in the hospital.
In the same mail comes a letter from
Comrade Frank Lowe, Oklahoma City
/. T., in which he says that he was born
Oct 19. 1S4S; enlisted Aug. 6, 1863. al
Perryville, Ind. in Co. E, 115th Ind;
put in the Fall and Winter in Kentucky
and Tennessee around Cumberland Gap
and Bulls Gap; waded the Clinch River
a couple of times, and nearly froze to
death that cold New Years Day al
Strawberry Plains. He was the kid that
purloined the horse from Kilpatrick's
cavalry while with Sherman.
Did Not Get South.
Geo H. Beamish, Co. D, 194th n. Y,
Geneva, n. Y, recalls an incident of his
experience in camp at Elmira. He was
there three months without arms, the
Pennsylvania Bucktails doing guard
duty One evening they came into the
stockade where the 194th boys were
with bayonets fixed, without meaning
harm. but it made some of them feel a
little shaky aroc1d the heart Comrade
Beamish got three boxes of cigars, made
a hole in the sand and buried them.
The next day they were ordered out on
the drill ground to be searched, but
nothing was found in or on Co. D. They
had lot of fun S>~oking the cigars
afterwards. r. nsp>~ got any farther
south than Eln-:ra, pu< it was not his
fault that he did not get down where
the mimic balls cut the air.
No Criterion.
E.. L. Simons Er.c+-is iS4. who be-
1ongeI ;, cTcss. t5rigadS Fourth
Corp ELECTS seriously to Fox's CLASH
f1cation of fighting regiments. He was
Nc. only in the army, but in the war,
and the man who carried gun knows
fighting regiment just as well as the
man with two stars on each shoulder.
He thinks the number killed is no cri-
! terion to go by. 1t is not a question of
how many of the regiment were killed,
but how many it killed.
Confederate Named Garnett.
Anyone who can give the address of u
Confederate named Garnett, Adjutant-
General on Pickett's Staff in the charge
of Picketts Division at Gettysburg, to
Lieut.. Geo. H. Gilbert, Co. B, 1921 n.
Y. Syracuse, n. Y, will greatly oblige
said comrade He got the Confederate
from under one of Cushing's guns, and
carried him back to a place near the
wheatstack. He has often seen the
name in the papers, and wondered IL 1t
was his man. Comrade Gilbert would
like to hear the Confederate's story and
tell him his.
Still Alive and Kicking.
William Welch, of Lempster, n. H.,
enjoys the distinction of being the old
est living veteran in New England, if
not the United States. He was LOG on
March last, and is still hale and hearty,
ticking his greatest comfort and pleas
ure in his pipe. Comrade Welsh be-
longed to Co. 1, 14th n. H, which regi-
ment was commanded by Col. Carroll
D. Wright. He enlisted in August, 1852,
end was mustered out in 1865. He was
known as the father of his regiment"
and was believed to be the oldest man
In the Union army He was wounded
at Cedar Creek. He is the Oldest Mason
In the United States and probably the
world. About year ago his pension
was increased from s12 month to s24.
Steamer Moderator.
Geo. w. Pyle, of Mansfield, O., who
was an engineer on the steamer Mod
orator, takes issue with Comrede Geo.
w. Dean regarding the time of the
burning of that steamer. She was burn
ed, but not while running the batteries
at Vicksburg. She was shot up badly
ct that time, but not allowed to burn,
and was repaired at New Carthage,
Miss. and on duty again In Just one
week. running the batteries at Grand
Gulf. The Moderator was struck So
times while running the Vicksburg bat
4eries, one eight-inch shell passing
through the port side one foot under
water and exploding. The main steam
pipe was cut while opposite Vicksburg,
but she was afloat for more than year
after Vicksburg had fallen.
A Spy in Camp.
George W. Newton, 5th Ohio S. s.,
Hubbard, O., speaking of Comrade P.
H Helder's story of the spy at Muir
freesboro, says that a tall man dressed
tn black, with a broad-brimmed hat,
came into his camp on the Lebanon
pike, who said he had come to sing
songs and cheer up the boys. He sang
several songs praising Rosy" and run
2ing down Bragg. He claimed to be a
Yankee, but COmrade Newton was from
Yankeeland and became suspicious, as
the man did not have the Yankee lingo.
He told the Captain that the stranger
was a spy, but he thought not 1t turn
ed out that he was, however, for he was
shot in passing our guards, and on his
person were found the plans of our
forts, the number OF men, and where
stationed.
Their Flag Went Down.
Joseph Aston, Co. ], - w. Va. Cav.
Coweta, j. r, wants to know why, after
az years, there are more rebel flags
to-day than there were at the close of
the war. At an Encampment at Okla
homa City last Fall 300 rebel flags were
carried by the school children in the
parade. The Southern soldiers were
grand. brave and heroic, and 1t was no
fault Of theirs that they did not shoot
the life out Of the Government, but
their flag went down, and down 1t
should stay.
Changing Memorial Day.
Joseph A. Campbell, Co. G, 62d Pa,
Deland, H., earnestly protests against
the proposed changing of Memorial Day
to Sunday. He thinks we can well af-
ford to spend one day in the year in
honoring our illustrious dead without
taking the Lords Day for that purpose
The 30thsof May was so set apart py
man very dear TO all veterans, and
should be sacredly preserved. He hopes
every old soldier from Maine to Cali
fornia will solemnly protest against this
unholy desecration.
The Hamilton BIu