The National tribune., 1906-04-26
PICKET SHOTS
from Alert Comrades AIoag the Whole
Line.
How Five De.erter. Died.

| Line.
Il How Five Deserters Died.
Comrade c. w. Bradley. Co. d. lst
Mich, says he saw the five deserters
shot IN the Fifth Corps. as recently
II described by Comrade David Allen Il
! was on picket that day on the banks
OF the Rappahannock." writes Comsade
Bradley. MY relief not being on duty
at the time OF tho execution, / went TO
see the men shot. Two OF the meE
; sentenced to death in the Fifth Corps
for desertion were brothers Some OF
them had enlisted pocketed the bounty
and deserted again and again. They
all suffered terribly mentally, and a.
they marched TO their own funerals
as IL were they staggered from mortal
agony. Through the corps, ranged in
h0shed masses on the hillside the pro-
cession moved TO the funeral march.
The culprits walked each behind his
own coffn, and upon reaching the new
ly-duS graves they were, as usual. seat
ed upon their own collins. The priests
made short prayers, their eyes were
Oandaged, and with O precision worthy
OF praise for its humanity the orders
were given and the volley fred which
launched the descrters into eternity
They died instantly, although one re-
manned sitting bolt upright for fully d
| the 1nefe Is no
doubt but that their deaths had n salU-
tary influence in the matter Of du,y
!. and discipline"
} Anxious to Find Her Brother.
May | ask you the kind favor to
!, help me find my brother, who enlisted
in the New Jersey volunteers in 1852 ?'
writes Helen Dottin from Boil PLANE
Iowa. He fought in the civil war, ana
was wounded In the hip and right hand;
Mt 4ne
federates. For this he was promoted
TO Gen. Cass's Office. 1t was from there
that he last wrote. saying he was going
; tn resign and go to Allegheny for the
purpose OF trading in oil This was
al out "A years ago. Since then all nv
!, efforts to find him have been unsuc-
cessful. On coming here from the Brit
; ish West Indies / was told that if
; wrote to you you would surely help me
J to find him.
My brother was about five feet eight
n inches tall; had gray eyes and saIlow
J complexion. His name is Joseph Thomas
Dottin, and he would be about Sc years
OF age now. II / could only be sure
that either he was dead or alive L would
n be content, but at present / am ID
doubt"
Il Kicking . Dead Lion.
u Comrade ]. w. Conard writes from
u Washington, d. c.: In your issue Of
FEB. l 5. Howard charges Gen. +. o.
il &. Ord with drunkenness. / served un-
der Gen. Ord some years, corresponded
I with him after the war. and was well
Il acquainted with men who served under
II him as far back as 1855, and / never
heard of him being under the influence
OF strong drink. He was always known
as q brave, courteous and efficient Off
Ger. In a fight with the Rogue River
Indians a Sergeant was wounded and
left behind by the retreating troops
Capt. Ord, on horseback, rode back
/ alone, some 60 yards, picked up the
wounded man and brought him safely
i Off under the fire OF the Indians who
were in close pursuit He led a Skin
mish line through a prairie fire and
Il routed the Nez Perez Indians in 1855
He won the first victory Of the war, |
think, with the Pennsylvania Reserves,
at Dranesville, Va, where his GOODNESS
i and vigilance prevented our troops from
i firing on each other by mistake. He
was wounded at least twice during the
war. II Gen. Ord had been either in
4 temperate of incompetent it is not likely
that Gen. Grant would have placed him
In command Of fine corps, as he did.
u The General who makes no enemies
while in active service must be rather
mild specimen"
u Soldiers Of Foreign Birth.
II Comrade d. L. Glenn writes from
issue Of The National Tribune an arti-
Gle headed Soldiers OF Foreign Birth"
He adds that In our earlier wars There
must have been a larger per cent Of
Il foreign birth than served in the civil
| war"
my great grandfather Benjamin
! Whitmore, was Of English birth. He
4 came to this country when a young
\ man. enlisted in the army and served
4 under Washington. He was in the bat
i tie OF the Cowpens, Falling Timbers and
i Yorktown. He settled near Baltimore,
| moved to Lexington, KY, where he was
drafted to go with st. Clair against the
Indians. He hired a substitutes. gave
him SIS and a gun: but st. Clair was
defeated. The substitute was killed.
| Grandfather then moved to Ohio, en-
| tered some Government land when 1t
was six miles to his nearest neighbor
He later lost his life while at a log
house raising. He was carrying up one
| corner when his ak came off the handle
he lost his balance and fell, receiving
| injuries from which he died that night
| "Grandfather Glenn was Of Scotch
| birth. Came to this country while a
young man, and served in the War Of
| 1912. Father was born in 1910, and
| was only two years old when his father
came home and made him a present
| of fint-lock shotgun that he had
brought from the army. Father still
| had the gun at the time of his death,
at the age Of SO years.
| Has q Wartime Relic.
Comrade d. c. Daggett writes from
Mount Vernon. y. Y, that there has
recently come into his possession a relic
| OF the civil war in the shape of a Colts
revolver. On the butt Of the weapon
is this inscriptions: presented TO Capt.
Taggart by j. Il. and w. H. Rowlett."
II have no objection to surrendering
this article" adds Comrade Daggett,
ito any one to whom it is of value as a
family relic.'
Good Times in Nebraska.
A communication from Greenwood,
Neb., tells of the prosperity Of G. 4. r.
Post. 49, and the Circle of the Ladies
of the G. A. X. at that place. The
writer describes the good times that
are had by the ''old boys of 1851 to |
1866" and their ladies. Recently the |
members of the Circle rendered the vet
Grams there feast at the conclusion of |