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The Mobile Campaien.

Editor National Tribune: / have read
with much interest the graphic account
in your columns of the Mobile cam
paign, by E. l.. Hobart. ! notice that
while he gives full credit to the brilliant
work Of Spurling's Special Cavalry Ex-
petition" later the Second Cavalry Bri-
gade, and refers to 1T in his roster of
the troops engaged in the Mobile cam
paign, he does not give the regiments
it. They were as follows:
I'd Me. Cav, under Maj. c. A. Miller;
1st Fla. Cav, under Capt. Francis
Lyons; I'd III. Cav, under Maj. Frank
Moore. The expedition was under the
command of Lieut.. Col. A. B. Squirting,
I'd Me. Cav. Squirting was breyetted
Brigadier- General for his successful
services on this campaign. and was CIV
Ell Medal of Honor for conspicuous
personal gallantry OH the. night before
the Mobile and Montgomery road was
cut. Gen. Squirting was one of the rea
heroes Of the war, and 1t is my greatest
pride rs a soldier to have been one OF
"Spurling's en.'-James J. Dow, Co
+, I'd Me. Cav, Faribault, MINI.
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surrender he said the circumstances,
briefly stated, were as follows:
"Of the three senior officers at Fort
Donelson / was the Junior in rank, and
subject, therefore, to the orders of my
seniors. I urgently advised against
placing ourselves within the light in
trenchments to be invested, and coun-
seized operations outside the works. My
seniors overruled me, as they had
right to do. We were completely in
vested, as might have been foreseen,
and after several days of severe COM
bats a council of war was held / then
urged sortie of the garrison as the
only remedy left. My advice was adopt
ed. The sortie was made and was COM
pletely successful. My division was far
beyond the intrenchments, i'm position
to cover the withdrawal of the whole
army through the open country behind
1T, when, to my amaZement, ] received
an order, first from one of my supe-
riorS, and then from the senior COM
mander. to return to my former posi-
ton within the lines. Against this !
earnestly protested as meaning the loss
of the army. But the commander re-
iterated his order, and ] had only to
obey. / returned distance of three
miles, to find that a portion of my
works had been occupied by the enemy
III my absence; and it was only after a
severe combat that / held an unforti-
sequent council OF war it was the unan-
imous opinion that the conditions were
SO desperate that a capitulation Of the
army was an absolute necessity to avoid
a needless massacre by an overwhelm-
ingly superior force.
after this determination my two
senior commanders against whose pa
triotism and gallantry / have no word
to utter, thought fit to effect their eS-
cape on steamer lying at the wharf,
taking with them such troops as could
be embarked. leaving to me the execu-
ton of painful duty which they had
pronounced necessity. The same ave-
nue. of escape was open to me; but 1
considered 1t my imperative duty to
taste Of the misfortunes as had shared
the hardships and dangers of my gal
liant comrades. The Confederate States
Government, which. 1T might be
thought, was an interested party in
these transactions, saw fit to retire my
two seniors from all active duty and
to promote me to higher grade for
what they supposed was my proper ac-
ton on that occasion.
Gen. Lew Wallace, accompanying the
officer who had borne Buckners truce
flag, found the Confederate General
with his staff at breakfast. Wallace
says that Buckner met him with dig
nifty and politeness, and, turning to his
staff officers. said: Gen. Wallace, you
Win THESE ScntleHleH,
as you are with me; therefore no intro
duction Is necessary" The Federal
General, accepting Buckner's invita-
ton, Joined the Confederates at break
fast. which consisted of cornbread and
ccnee-only this and nothing more.
Within An hour Gen. Grant arrived, he,
too, having been comrade of Buck
ner and his officers In the Old Army
Personally the officers were friends on
that morning of the surrender Grant
treating Buckner with distinguished
consideration.
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BUGLE and DRUM.
Stories Told in Dxe-n the Shenandoah Valley When the War
Was Yet Young
By GEORGE DALLAS MOSGROVE.

eve Of battle, the loss Of his favorite
cavalryman was irreparable.
June 8 Fremont and Jackson fought
day the Confederate chieftain drove
Shields's interposing force from his
front at Port Republic and marched to
the support of Lee in the great battles
around Richmond.
Buckner at Fort DOne1sOn.
I'm moderation placing all my glory
Pope.
Gen. Simon Bolivar Buckner, except
ing John c. Breckenridge, the handsom-
est man that / ever saw on horseback
in the Confederate army, lives in an
imposing and attractive Kentucky
home called Glen Lily" Dispensing a
generous hospitality, the General keeps
open house." extending a kindly well
come to neighbors or strangers, patii-
clans of plebeians, who enter his gates
A visit to "Glen Lily is we'll worth q
from afar. Not the least
are the books and pictures
gardens and flowers. Aged and wealthy
the General is yet physically vigorous
his intellectual faculties unimpaired
One thing the visitor is sure to notice
the General invariably smokes cob
pipe. In the course of a recent con-
versatiOn with guests in his library, he
spoke of his action at Fort
as he Is ever modest when
relating stories of his own campaigns,
never exploiting his own deeds. Of the
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Whot WIN Panama canal Earns

The earnings of the Panama Canal
are somewhat problematical for the
reason that no one knows what will be
the created business to and from the
Orient and to western South America.
The traffic on the SueZ Canal in
creased from 765 steamers, 1,467
tons, paying $1,sOO,000 tolls in 1870, to
1853 steamers. carrying 1O,823,S40 tons
and paying $20,079,20O tolls in 1901.
Charges since Jan. l, 1903, have been
$l.64 per ton of freight and 81 per pas
senger. Commencing with the present
month the freight toll is reduced to
$1.55 per ton.
The largest cargo ever passing
through the Suez was the Grosser Ker-
fuerst. with 1920 tons cargo, on which
the tolls were $21,64S.
Assuming the Panama Canal to cost
$500, 900, with the bonds drawing
per cent and toll rate being, say, 81. so
per ton, there would be required 4,000,-
coo tons yearly cargo through the canal
to meet the interest charges alone. AS
the SueZ Canal passed 100000 tons
through as long ago as 1881, there
would seem good prospects that the
Panama Canal should not be many
years in getting on good paying basis
ard being able not only to carry iseIf
but retire it's bonds,
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stonewaH jackson Medals.

Editor National Tribune: Years ago
a comrade who since has joined the
Grand Army above gave me a medal,
one Of two which he bought from some
one unknown to me. The party he
bought it from said he purchased them
at Richmond, Va. at a fair held by the
Daughters of the Confederacy The
medal is three-quarters of an inch in
width. On one side is bust Of Stone
wall Jackson. with the following in
scription: ''Lieut.-Gen. T. J. Jackson
(StonewalD. Born, 1921; died, 1863"
On the reverse side wreath around
the edge of the medal, on the top, where
the wreath joins, q star; below, where
the wreath comes together, guns.
swords. cannon and balls, with the mot
to in the center. 'Deo Vindici." On a
ribbon entwined with the wreath the
names Bull Run, Wilderness, Freder-
fcksburg, Harper's Ferry, Antietam,
and four names OF battles which cannot
be made out. In the center OF the
wreath Kernstown, Front Royal. Mid
dleton, Winchester. Strasburg, Harris
burg, Port Republic, Mechanicsyille,
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land and sea than that of any other

land and sea than that of any other
Nation.
1t is now, as it always has been, en-
gagged in useful astronomical Iabors,
and in long and dangerous voyages,
and every portion of our country is in
tereSted in it's maintenance.
When the small outlay for the sup
port Of the Navy is considered, ii is
unwise economy to withhold what is
required to enable it's officers to main
tain the honor of the flag, and be ready
to defend at all times our coasts and
harbors against the depredations of an
enemy.
Officers-William Simmons. Com
mander, 1892 Wharton Street, Phila-
delphia Pa; John w. Don, Lieutenant
Commander. Morocco. Ind; John
Black Corresponding Secretary, Gin
cinnati. Ohio; William III. Comstock,
Fleet Paymaster, Denver. Colo: Hon.
William L. Palmer, Chief of Staff. Car
thage, S. D.; Hon. William III. Savage,
Chairman Legislation Committee. Los
Angeles, CALVIN. Simmons, Com
mander. 1892 Wharton ST., Philadel-
phia, Pa.
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The Dakota Cavalry.

Editor National Tribune: Please give
short sketch of the Dakota Cavalry.
l believe the Captains name was Fow-
ler.-W. G. Young, kingsville, Mo.
Dakota's contingent i'm the war Of the
rebellion was battalion of cavalry con-
sisting of two companies. Co. was
organized at Yankton i'm April, 1862
to serve three years, and was mustered
out May 8, 1865. It's Captain was Mel
son Miner, who was usually in com
mand Of the battalion. First Lieut.
John K. Fowler is the officer that our
correspondent refers to, and he re-
signed May 4, 1863. Co. b was organ
lied at Sioux City, Iowa, March 81,
1853. and mustered out Nov. Is, 1865
It's Captain was William Tripp. The
Dakota Cavalry in December, 1862, was
in the First Military District Of the De-
partment of the Northwest, under the
command Of Brig. Gen. John Cook. AT
the close of the war it was stationed at
Vermillion. Dakota, with Capt. Miner
in command Of the Standardization
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In Perpe tuam Mem0rInm.
Fast friends were we, soldiers tive
The one in gray, the other in blue.


The one in gray, the other in blue.
Some time ago, a year or more, there
appeared in The National Tribune q
somewhat extended and laudatory
personal" mention Of Spencer Cooper,
an ex-Federal soldier. who for many
years has been the editor and publish
err of Kentucky newspaper-the Ha-
eel Green Herald.
Spencer Cooper and I were boys to-
gether-close. confidential comrades
almost inseparable. Gay and generous.
versatile and handsome was mys boy
hood friend. The mention OF his name
invariably recalls WoodwortAIs lines:
How dear to my heart
Are the scenes of my childhood
When fond recollection
Presents them to view"
The Cooper family was one of the
best in Kentucky. closely related to the
Wickliffes-associates of the Clays and
Crittendens, Marshalls and Breckin-
ridges. In crescent shaped valley
bordering on la belle river lived Spencer
Cooper and i. His home was distin-
guished for Its beauty and grace and
generous hospitality, but Its life and
grace have fed:
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up, you'd better saddle up, you'd better
saddle up your hor-ses." We were to
march away from kentucky-over the
mountains to Virginia and Tennessee
In Lexington 1 again babe Spencer
Cooper gOod-by. When we met again
the ''unpleasantness'' was over, and
strolling once more along the banks of
the Ohio-"the beautiful river'-Coop-
er, who had poetry in his soul, quoted
the lines:
Come. dear old comrade, you and /
Will steal an hour from days gone by
The shining days when life was new
And all was bright as morning dew,
The lusty days of long ago
When you and / were boys, you know"
Friendships tie had not been sew
cred.
ITO he continued
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Executions mt GOIdsb0ro.

Editor National Tribune Comrade
w. M Morrison, I'm writing Of the above
event, is wrong in both name and date
Of that event. Nelson Bryant, the only
man Of that name in the 18th N. Y.
Cav, deserted to the enemy, Jan. 10,
tSe5, three months before the reported
execution; but James Preble was shot
by sentence of general court-martial at
Goldsboro. n. c., March 8, 1855. What
the offense was is not recorded in the
Adjutant-Generais report, but as there
were large number Of very bad ele-
nent in the regiment it Is probable that
his execution was intended as a warn
ing to others.
The roster shows an enrolment of
2,469 and 932 deserted; 16 deserted to
the enemy with arms, horse, saddle and
equipments; Al men were killed, one
third Of whom were killed by accident,
and 72 out Of the 121 captured at
Plymouth, n. c., April II, 1864, died in
rebel prisons.-W. p. Kremer, Hobo
ken N T.
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Editor National Tribune: AS sub
scriber TO your valuable paper, / have
read with much, interest your historical
account Of the .Vicksburg campaign and
siege. 1t has the merit of great accu-
racy, which 1 can say from personal
knowledge. had the honor to serve in
Burbridge's Brigade, of A. j. Smiths
Division, from Chickasaw Bayou to the
surrender. You have done a good ser
vice to Grants army and to correct his
tory.--Robt. F. Bartlett, First Sergeant,
Co. d, 96th Ohio, Mt. Gilead, 0.
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There Is shaded doorway stIll,
But q strangers foot has crossed Il
sill -

There Is q shaded doorway Btf1l
But q strangers foot has crossed the
SILL"
The broad, lofty halls the porces, the
dens and meadows are still there. but
the banquet hall is deserted, the lights
all out. Lystra and her harp are gone.
Sambo's banjo is silent. The darkies
sing no more Of the Old Kentucky
home:
1.-THE swing from the bough
Still sweeps the air.
But the strangers children
Are swinging there"
The war cloud rolled over the land.
The music of bugle, fife and drum was
in the air. Steamers crowded with SOL
diers in blue passed down the river, and
regiments were mastering along the
Indiana shore. Strolling by the river
side, or idly steering our little boat on
the stream, Cooper and l heard the call
OF bugle and roll of drum. Aware of
the coming storm we were unusually
quiet thinking much, but saying little.
Instinctively the one knew the others
thoughts-we had come to the parting
of the ways. Silently we clasped hands,
our eyes speaking the gentle good-by.
Sorrowfully turning away, we went in
opposite directions Cooper marching to
the music of the Union and 1 following
the Starry Cross of Dixie.
/ next meet Spencer Cooper in Lex
ington. His regiment had come to grief
when attacked at Big Hill, or Rich
mond. by Kirby Smiths swiftly invad-
ing army On q street corner I found
nv boyhood friend-a paroled prisoner
of war. Glad that we had met again,
We promptly went around the corner
to freely drink from the social canteen.
He then accompanied me to our camp
i'm a woodland, near Lexington, where.
with other Confederates we'll known to
him, he had a merry time in bivouac.
still drinking from that same social
canteen. Near midnight there was
sound of bugle-"You'd better saddle
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live in old Kentucky,
Where they never have the blues,
anG the the Kills the the
Where the horses are so pretty,
And the women-they are. too:
Where they shoot men for paStlme
when there's nothing else to do;
Where you go out in the morning.
Just to give your h health 1ghsfs
With the buckshot in your pants
Here the owls afraid to hollow.
And the birds don't dare to sing,
For it's h--n in old Kentucky,
Where they shoot 'em on the wing.
BY consanguineous relation 1 am a
melange of Pennsylvania and Ken
lucky, my father having been born and
reared near Pittsburg and, coming to
Kentucky, settled in Louisville, where
he married my mother. Of that union
I was the first born. If my environ
ment had been different, had l been
born in Pennsylvania instead of in Ken
lucky, it is not improbable that 1 would
have worn the blue instead of the gray,
for
"a pebble. in a streamlet scant,
Has turned the course of many river"
I was just Is years old when / put
on a gray uniform, mounted "critter."
and Joined the cavalry, then in Ken
lucky, the advance of Bragg's invading
army. The drum beat and the bugle
u
better saddle up, you'd better saddle up
your hor-ses!"-were inspiring sounds,
and the pomp and circumstance Of war.
then much in evidence, thrilled me
with martial pride and alluring dreams
of glory. Later on / was not so merry,
the music of bugle, fife and drum re-
minding me of Joys that were past,
pleasant and mournful to the soul"
For nearly three years, or until the
close of the ''unpleasantness." 1 was a
Confederate cavalryman. / was fol-
lowing the plume of Morgan when he
met his tragic fate at Greenville, Tenn.
In all my martial experience / never
had occasion to cherish personal ami
mostly against my friends, the enc
N.Y." and now, that youth on silent
wings is flown, and graver years come
rolling on" / have no disposition to
write with either a caustic pen or a
fretful porcupine quill. Beat the drum
slowly, play the fife lowly' while the
bugle is sounding TAPS" for We are
crossing the bar"
In the following stories, told and
heard in Dixie, there is, ! hope. more
fact than fiction When an old soldier
Is relating "reminiscences of camp and
field we usually accept them cum grano
sails, his stories seldom being wholly
true. To point moral or adorn a tale
he inadvertently, If not Intentionally,
adds little fiction. This license, poetic
or otherwise, is freely granted him.
with the understanding that he must
shape his story to suit the facts instead
of shaping the facts to suit the story.
Substantially my war tales are
facts-"driftwood from the stream of
Time, and pebbles from it's shore"
Primarily they are written to recall TO
the old soldier, Federal or Confederate,
memories of bivouac, march and bat
tle-inRumerable scenes and incidents
peculiar to the days when he marched
to the music of bugle and drum.
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Amending the Declaration.

From a hasty examination" said
the Doctor. Il am decidedly Of the opin-
ion that you are suffering from the pc
culiar trouble known as 'clergyman's
sore throat"
1.-The you say" exclaimed the
caller.
ut is quite possible, however, that /
may be wrong. l will make another
examination"
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Eultor National Tribune: In the
Cincinnati Weekly Enquirer of Nov %
l find an article under the head of SOL
dier's War Vitality" in which the case
Of Charles H. Smith, Co. X, 10th n. Y,
IS described. My object in writing you
is to call attention to a statement in the
article which is misleading. After
speaking of the severe wounds received
the battle of Gettysburg the article
says: 1T was four days later when
the Federal army found time to look
after it's dead and wounded" On the
1st day of July. soon after the Eleventh
Corps came up from Emmitsburg and
took part in the battle then raging, DR..
George Suckley (since deceased), Medi-
cal Director Of the Eleventh Corps, Sc
lected the High School Building as a
hospital for the Eleventh Corps. leav-
ing me in charge. DR.. Suckley had
barely gotten out Of reach Of the enc
my's fire when the occupants of this
building, 10 men and myself. were TAX
Ell prisoners. Three ambulances, UNI
der the charge of a Lieutenant, were
sent to me within two hours by the Con-
federates, and from that time until the
close of the battle attachments from
the Eleventh Hospital Corps and from
the First Hospital Corps as we'll made
searches for the wounded on the field
and brought them in until the hospital
of the First Corps, located in the Court
House, and that of the Eleventh Corps.
in the High School and an adjoining
church, were filled. OF course, Com
rade Smith might easily have been over
looked, but the statement that four days
passed before aid was sent to the
wounded does injustice to the soldiers,
both Union and Confederate, who
worked SO faithfully and under SO many
difficulties during the first four days of
that memorable July to remove from
the field and care for in the hospitals
the brave boys who fell in the engage
L. Wilson, M. D., IndianapO-
lie Ind
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Cold Harbor, wMte Oak Swamp, Mall
vern Hill CedAr Alountain, Manassas.
AS was t6ld, athe medal was struck
IN France by in admirer Of the late
General, to b gken to the soldiers of
his command. The barrel with the
medals was semitic Richmond upon a
blockade-runner and stored IN a freight
shed and forg1tt0. Long after the war
the shed was torn down, and the barrel
with the medals discovered.
The bust issgo0d ana distinct; the in
scriptions, however, are poor and hard
~ legibie. Originally the medals were
plated with sold or bronze, but time
has oblfterated the plating, except in a
few places. HeriIAps some of your read
ers living in Tthe Southern States can
give true history of them.-Henry p.
Fischer, I'd Mo. MuSkego Wis
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The American Conflict :


fumes sought to them by means
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History Of the United States,
Life Of william Mex inleV,

Became Lawyer, his Start in Politics. the r.
COpiOus Extracts from his Public Speeches, n
illustrated with nearly 200 photographs. and Il
portraits Of hundreds OF other distinguished
In the late Presidents company amidst various seer
try from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
This book Is royal Quarto in size and is one Of
OF nooK making ever produceo. II Is suDstantiaiiy
The life OF this man Is a splendid example for o
man who will be guided by the lessons attractiN
can hardly fail Of success.
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artistic Girls" Lobe Story

him before, and the effect was instan-
taneous. He was very large; no one
thought of saying that he was fat. His
pointed beard and short hair were per-
fectly backbone even whispered that he
was slightly bald-When his tall figure
lounged into the room with his hands in
the pockets of his very baggy trousers 1
stood entranced. His sombreness of ex-
preston impressed me at once. His mel
ancholy, far-off gaze attracted me. l felt
Immediately that he was the living, walk
ing embodiment of the spirit of art which
l had sought. 1 knew the reverence in
which he was held for his work. l had
seen some of it, and pretended so hard
that I understood it that / finished by
satisfying myself that l truly did.
As he strobe forward and stood frown-
ing down on a girls easel l almost held
my breath waiting to seize the precious
words. Casting up his eyes and his hands
to heaven he drew a long breath. Then
he shuddered slightly.
''Horrible!" he murmured, "horrible?
I saw the girl shrink. I could tell from
her face that she was ready to cry.
did you ever try shoe polishingY he
asked, glancing down at her brilliant,
neat little tan footwear.
mo" the girl half sobbed
You had better practice that form or
art" she sneered, leaving the girl OPEN
ly weeping. You will make more of
success of it,.
I thought this horribly impertinent and
was most uncomfortable, but no one
seemed to notice it.
With the next student his method was
different. Pausing, he cast himself into an
attitude of affected admiration. / noticed
the corners of her mouth began to trem-
BILE.
"Ahr he cried, what breadth, what
color Notice the drawing-so accurate.
l do not observe that one side of the
models face is half the size of the
other Undoubtedly some fault of my
vision. | cannot see that the sitter is
broken out with smallpox. Something
must be the matter with my sight. All!
We must look to our laurels-"
One may imagine the state In which the
girl was by this time with all the others
listening and giggling in the most fatter-
ing manner at his humor. She was crying,
too. and indeed in his progress he left
train of weeping maidens behind him
| felt that he was near me. My heart
stood still. I would not make a spectacle
of myself like the others.
Indeed" he said deliberately over my
shoulder. "Mademoseele is founding a
new school, She affects originality. And
such originality. Certainly nothing was
ever seen like it at all.'
could not help it. The biting tone, the
utter contempt of the words, the strange
ness of being addressed in such man
ner were too much for me. | could feel
my throat Tightening. The hot tears were
pushing behind my lids.
The performance of that morning I wit