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A Good Suggestion.

Editor National Tribune: Why can
not the G. A. r. National Encampment
meet in the South, at Chickamauga
Park, once. before all the comrades
have passed away? We old boys of '61
and '65 have watched the G. A. r.
back and forth like bird of passage,
East, West and North, but never South,
save once at Louisville. and that was
only on the edge of the Sunny South" :"
All of us old coffee-coolers down here
would be delighted if the Encampment
could be held at Chattanooga, in
Chickamauga Park. The park is a
beautiful spot with plenty of good
water, and is full of interest to old and
young as historic ground, and is be-
sides, easy of access to many other
famous battlefields. We would like the
boys to camp in tents once more. hang
the old iron kettles filled with SOW
bosom on the pole over the fire, and
possibly chicken or two, beans, coffee,
ETC., and for one time cut out this ever
lasting circus parade that is so trying
to men of our age. Let us meet in a
family Reunion, as it were. with Uncle
Sam at the head of the table, dispens-
ing bacon, beans, coffee, chicken, etc,
free to his old boys. / believe all would
thoroly enjoy being boys once more.
Remember that most of us who came
South are poor in purse, and cannot
stand the expense of travelling so far to
the Encampments. I also think the
boys in gray would chip in as well as
mix in, and then it would be an occa-
sion for the fatted calf sure enough. l
could mention other reasons why the
Encampment should be held South. but
the best one is the longing We all have
to shake hands and say "Howdy." and
see once more a gathering together of
the old boys. God bless 'em! 1 love
every one of them,-I. N. Stanford, r.
F. D. 4, Shelbyville. Tenn.
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Before Vlcksburg.

Editor National Tribune: I have been
a constant reader of your paper for the
last rs years, and expect to take it as
long as I can raise the 81. / always
look for something from my old regi-
ment. Lieut.. Ellsworth gives very
good account of our charge on Vicks-
burg, May 19 and %, 1863, but I will
have to differ with him little in what
he wrote about Gen. Ransom sneaking
away after gi<ing him orders. Gen.
Ransom was not that kind of a man;
he did not know what fear was. 1 do
not remember seeing Ransom after We
.~ade the charge, but ! do know that
me was not behind stumps and logs.
When Col. Humphrey saw We could not
take the works he sent Serg't VIM. An
drews to Gen. Ransom for reinforce,
ments. 1 did not expect to see Andrews
return alive, but he did come back,
bringing the dispatch that Comrade
Ellsworth speaks of, and also brought
a few stragglers who tried to stay in
the rear. / was near Col Humphrey
most of the time, and did not see Gen.
Ransom. I know several of the boys
used stumpS and logs as breastworks.
while others would stand on top Of
them and fire at the rebs. 1 started
once to get on top of stump. but Col.
Humphrey took it away from me and
got up on it himself. When our color
bearer was shot down Col. Humphrey
picked up the colors and carried them.
Cen Ransom did the same thing on
May % with the colors of the 18th Wis
Lieut.. Ellsworth was a good officer. He
served some time as Lieutenant of the
36th Ill. He enlisted the second time
as private in the 95th III. and was
made Sergeant He drilled his men to
perfection.
On May % we made another charge
where bravery was conspicuously dis
played. Gen. Ransom and Col Humph-
rev both winning a star for their SER
vices. We fought the rebs for Al days.
when, on July 4, I4ogan's Division and
Ransom's Brigade, the 45th Ill. taking
the lead, marched into Vicksburg, while
the balance of the army had the honor
of going to fight Johnson.-N. d. San
ford, Co. Z, 95th ILL.,, Cascade Locks.
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draft officers he became a soldier 'in
the military service" of the United
States; but (2) the fact that he was
released by the draft officers and not
regularly discharged by military au-
thority implies that during the four
days between acceptance and release
he did not actually "serve" in the mill
tary service of the United States within
the meaning of the act of June 81, 1890,
having performed no assigned military
duty within that time. Hence soldier
did not "serve" 90 days during the war
of the rebellion within the meaning OF
said act. and his widow. therefore, iS
not entitled to the pension claimed. s.
S-11-'0S
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Fort Hill.

Editor National Tribune: 1 am very
much interested in your War of the
Rebellion. Your account of the siege
and fall of Vicksburg was particularly
entertaining, especially the mining and
blowing up of Fort Hill in McPherson's
front. The account is correct in most
of the details, but, unless my memory
is at fault, not altogether 50. You say
the assaulting column (after the blow
ing up of the forD was composed of
volunteers from the 31st and 45th ILL.,,
preceded by 10 picked men from the
Pioneer Corps. Now, my remembrance
of that affair is that the 45th Ill. made
the assault without any volunteers from
any other regiment The 10 picked
pioneers may have been in the lead at
the start, but the 45th had the advance
when the rebel works were struck, for
Lieut. Col. Smith and Capt Fisk, of Co
F. (the latter having been acting Major
since the death of Maj. Luther H. Cow
an, killed May 19 or 22), were the first
to reach the top of the rebel works
Both lost their lives in doing so. The
mine did not breach the fort, the crater
made by the explosion was not very
large and rs or 100 men at one time
was as many as should have been put
in it. My recollection is that when the
45th ILL., went in on the morning OF
June 26 four companies were all that
were engaged at one time. The crater
was held during the day of the Goth
but was barricaded and abandoned by
our fellows during the night following
I wonder II Coonskin is still alive. II
he Is he no doubt remembers the time
he and so men from the 45th Ill sur
rounded and captured the gate posts al
Edwards's Station. which / may tell
about In the future.-J. B. Shumate. Co
K, lEth ILL.,, Hartford, Kan.
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Teacher Found Dead

The first two scholars to arrive at thej
Center Street Grammar School, in Rich2
mond, last Thursday morning had the awful
experience of finding their teacher, Miss lpS
B. Reed, lying dead by her desk in the
schoorroom. The coroner's physician, DrJ
Jerome, at once pronounced it " sudden DEATH
from Heart Disease"
Mrs. Reed, the mother, said: "SeveralI
times during the last term of school Ina has
mentioned that 1t put her out of breath ta
hurry any, and that her heart had spells Oh
acting queer, but every time that / would
urge her to do something for it she would
only laugh me off and say, 'Oh, it's nothing
but little palpitation-it's my stomach, Il
guess-it will get well of itself anyway But
l know she hurried to get to school a httlH
earlier than usual this morning and 1t ha&
cost US her precious, young life"
This case IS only one; sixty thousand peo3
pie die yearly of Heart Diseased Six in every
ten have it. Many don't know it, they think
it's something else and doctor the stomaoM
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can't be cured. Now Heart Disease is just as
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In very many cases of Heart Disease th8
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Had Been There Before.

Editor National Tribune: would like
to relate little incident connected with
my army experiences which may pos
sibly be rather interesting to the COM
rades. In the Fall of 1863 some of the
boys who had enjoyed the hospitality
cies, they were served bean soup (much
water and few beans), were paroled,
and after spending some time at An
napOllS were sent on to an exchange
camp near Washington. There were
quite party of us, and on our way
out from Washington to camp we met
a sutler going in who had cakes. ice
cream and other good things which had
only been tantalizing memories to US
for long time. OF course, we had no
money, but that trifiing lack concerned
us not at all. When we were opposite
the sutler some OF the boys started for
the wagon. but the sutler, understand
ing what the boys meant put the whip
to his horses, endeavoring to leave so
lively vicinity. He would have sue
ceeded, but fortunately for the boys
the stump of a tree was in his way,
which stopped the wagon, one horse
going one side Of the stump and the
other horse the other. There was an
officer with the boys who felt it was
up to him to attempt to drive them
away, SO he drew his sword, and while
he was charging on one side the boys
would run around to the other. He
kept this up, the boys running from
side to side until the wagon was empty.
He was only -bluffing. and the boys
knew it. The sight of a sword didn't
'skeer'' them worth a cent: it was too
common sight to them. 1t was funny
to see the boys after the raid: one with
his mouth crammad and his hands full
of cakes; another with both hands filled
with ice cream. others with bologna
sausage, tobacco, etc. / tell you it was
great fun for the boys and though it
was quite different proposition to the
sutler, he took it very coolly. I guess
he had been there before.-J. B. Stab,
Co. G, 18th Pa. Cav, Hastings, Pa.
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PENSION DECISIONS.
Dependence-VNidOw- of June q,
1890, and May 0, 19OO-AdministratiO
Distribution.

DIbtElUuklOHs
Soldier died intestate, leaving a
widow and four children. one a minor.
He left property consisting of house
value of $3.50 per annum, and $4,000
street railway stock bearing five per
cent interest. The widow was appoint
ed Administrative Of the estate, and, by
consent of the heirs, all the members
of the family continued to reside on the
homestead, the widow collecting the
entire revenue from the estate and ap-
plying the same to the debts of the
estate and maintenance of herself and
said children until the income-prOduc-
ing personal property was distributed
in June, 1906. Two thousand dollars
of the railway stock was sold by her
and used in paying debts of the estate
and the cost of repairs previously con-
tracted by the soldier and in support of
the family. The homestead is unsold
and occupied by the widow and chill
dren. Her distributive share of the
$1,000 was s23S.S3, but she received
81 2,400, the interest on which was $12Q.
to which add one-third of rental value
Of the house, would make her gross in
come $40.
Held: In computing the widows in
come under the act of May 9, 1900. the
money coming into claimants hands as
administrators could not be regarded
as part of her income, except SO much
thereof as would be her distributive
the time of filing her application for
pension, Aug. &c, 1902. did not exceed
$3.50 per annum. 3. S-31'06.
Fee - Increase - Medical Examination.
New Claim.
Where in a claim for increase of pen-
sion, claimant has failed to appear
for medical examination before a Board
of Surgeons in compliance with an or
der of the Bureau, and he files an ex-
PLANTATION as to his failure to appear for
examination or request for the issue
of another order. which explanation or
request Is insufficient for it's intended
purpose, no other action is necessary to
dispose Of the claim by the Bureau than
a notice to either the claimant or his
attorney that said explanation or re-
quest is insufficient. 4. 9-1S-'06.
Order No. 74-MedicnI Testimony-Medi-
cal ExnmlnatiOns-Eviden
The medical testimony furnished by
claimant, considered in connection with
the report Of the last medical examina-
ton, warrants the conclusion that
claimant is entitled to an examination
by a Board of Surgeons under the claim
filed May Z, 1906.
Under the rule Il. Order 74) requir-
ing applicants for increase to furnish
medical evidence of increased disability
before ordering an examination by a
Board of Surgeons the character of the
disability should be considered rather
than proximity Of the last examination.
Is. 9-18-'06.
service-Drafted Man-Aet - June 81,
1S9O-Discharge.
Soldier served 81 days as - enlisted
man in 1861. In 1865 he we drafted
fnr rrm ISvrt
unassigned to duty. and was released
April II by order Of the Provsse-Mssr,
shall General.
Held: That upon acceptance - the
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saying he saw Conner killed. This, he
says, he did not say, and is our mis-
take. He saw Col. Conner fall full
length down among the rocks and
thought he was dead, but learned after
wards that he was not, and in his ac-
count which he sent us for publication
he says he made this plain.
The Fighting Regiments.
James w. Thompson, Co. G, 18th
Ind, Canton, Ind, does not think it
fair to call one regiment a better fight
ing regiment than another. because az
fought as hard as they could whenever
opportunity presented itself. Comrade
Thompson saw a good deal of hard
service in the Southwest at Vicksburg,
in West Virginia, and down thru Geor-
gia, then went home and started build
ing young soldiers.
What Was Their Fate.
N. F. Alexander, Co. f, 10th Tenn,
one of his old comrades, especially
from any one who knows anything
about the two men caught at Fort Gill
lem, December, 1864. One of the m IN
was said to be a Captain in Forests
Cavalry. The men We're taken when
Hood was in front of Nashville. Com
rade Alexander saw the men come into
camp in citizens dress, and in a short
time after saw them under guard
marching in the direction of the Pro-
vost- -Marshars. They were thought TO
be spies. Does any one know their
fate?
Song Wanted.
Can any one furnish Miss Susie Lieu
allen, Box 211, Rand, Colo, with the
song entitled (she thinks) 1.-TWO Sol
diers?" The words run something like
this:
"Will you write to her Charlie. when I
am gone,
Send back her fair. sweet face:
Please tell her tenderly how died.
And where is my resting place."
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History of the Army of the Potomac

Editor National Tribune: I am al
ways glad to get The National Tribune
1 would feel lost without it. I should
be very glad, indeed, If John McElroy
would write a history of the Army OF
the Potomac. Let this history be some
thing of the character of the Army OF
the Mississippi and the Army of the
Cumberland.-G. w. Small, Glasco
Kan.
A history of the Army of the Poto-
mac is now being prepared by John
McElroy, and will appear in The Ma
tional Tribune in 1907.-Editor Ma
tional Tribune.
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ordered Therefore
than SELL
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VIII awarded
who help We single $1,000
know $4,000 $1,000 smaller
100000 first established publishing
Objectionable
be dwilbe open to
population than thousand the boy girl
MODERN WOMEN between
of
this
will of
Automobiles
seating four the The Automobile finished
wood Motor single cylinder H. P
Wheel inches Tread AZ inches Weight 500 pounds Grated
mum
price O MODERN WOMEN
will hold responsible
demanding which sold
which sell the
Yearly
solid gold watch, ther
largest number Will
solid slve watch girls
To the
dollar Maxi
The is
in hamlet
than thousand
will awarded the CLASS B
as awarded to the agent in GLASS A
is
present a
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An IgnOble End.

The Cyclorama of Gettysburg, which
hundreds of thousands of people have
viewed with great interest. has had a
melancholy end. For long time it
stood on an open lot in Boston, where
it was exposed to the weather, and it
is now said that it has been cut up into
strips and used for tents at the opening
Of the Shoshone Reservation.
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PICKET SHOTS
From Alert Comrades Along the Whole
Line.
The Losses on the Retreat.

Comrade Charles A. Partridge, Chi
cago, ILL.,, writes with reference to our
account of the retreat from Mission
Ridge: In The National Tribune OF
Oct. 25, Chapter XXXIV. you say:
"'By a. M, Sept. %, the whole
trenchments, without having lost a sin
gle man on the retreat
when the army fell back from Mis-
sion Ridge on the night Of the 21st a
company from the 40th Ohio, a detail
of so or more from the 18th ILL.,. and
Cos. C and H of the 96th Ill. were left
on the Ridge, not far from Itossville.
A staff officer sent to raieve them,
probably thru tim!dity, failed to so far
enough to find them. AS a result these
men, with, 1 think, othe: small de-
tachments, We're captured. In the his
tory of the 96th, edited and mainly
written by myself, the story is told.
On page $50 Lieut.. Earle, who COM
manded Co. C, says that seven officers
the IA men of Co. c nine died in prison.
Co. H had 21 captured, OF whom nine
died. The 18th Ill. had 81 captured,
OF whom "a died. 1 do not have the
10th Ohio's record, but know that the
company was small and that most OF
them died. 1 think you should modify
the statement quoted when you pub
thus far,tand you make fewer mistakes
Of history"
The Pennsylvania BucktaiIs.
William Ie. Ramsey, Co. F, 15Oth Pa,
Palmyra No j.. finds several errors in
the replies Of Comrades Jobe and Mil
Ter to the inquiries of +. G. Bancroft
with regardoto the Pennsylvania Buck
tails. Comrade Ramsey failed to see
Comrade2 Bancroft's article, so does not
know what his questions were, but if
he will write to Comrade Ramsey stat
ing just what he wishes to know, and
will send him full and reliable infor-
nation regarding the three Bucktail
regiments.
Need Rousing.
Jacob Durfield, 500 18th St., North
kinson, of Markesan, Wis, says: Eyes,
Shipmate Atkinson, you are right. The
boys don't seem to take much stock in
coming to the front. If some of us
would call all hands to quarters and
clear the ship for action, then throw a
few shells among them, we might wake
some of them up" Comrade Durfield
the u. s. s. Ottawa, Of the South At
lantic Squadron, during the civil war,
and saw sor,e hot times along the coast
of the Carolinas. He wishes the boys
who served in the Navy would stir their
stumps and write to TIE National Trib-
une.
Col. Freeman Conner.
j. W. Griswold. Co. G, 44th N. Y,
Custer, Mich. asks us to correct an
error made in the statement of his
which we published with regard to Col.
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The Service Pension.

William H. Evans. Row Landing,
La, served in the 50th Ill. thruout the
war, and is now in his 10th year. He
feels strongly the effects Of the expos
ure ard hardships which he endured
as a soldier. and is all drawn up with
rheumatism in his back and right arm.
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Rheumatisn, Cured.

Vitae-Ore has been successful In cur
ing thousands of cases of rheumatism,
many old and chronic. Sent on thirty
days trial. Read offer on last page.
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the Army of the Potomac who has a
Brigadier-General for hostler.'-Har-
Ian P. Sherwin. Co. H. 14th VT, Bris-
tol, Vt.
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thousand or more than fifty thousand IN
habitants, and the same amount of prizes
will be awarded to the agents in GLASS
c" as are awarded to the agents in
GLASSES A and B."
The FOURTH is known GLASS D.
and is open to agents who at the present
time are living in city, having popu-
lation Of mot less than fifty thousand or
more than one hundred thousand inhab-
itants, and the same amount of prizes Will
be awarded to the agents in GLASS D.
as are awarded to the agents in GLASSES
A, Bsand c."
The FIFTH is known "CLASS e.
and is open to agents who at the present
time are living In city, having a popula-
ton of not less than one hundred thousand
habitants, and the same amount of prizes
will be awarded to the agents in GLASS
E' as are awarded to the agents in
CLASSES A. B, and D."
The SIXTH is know.i as GLASS F." and
is open to agents who at the present time
are living in city. having a population of
not less than two hundred thousand or
more than five hundred thousand inhab-
itants, and the same amount of prizes will
be awarded to the agents in GLASS F'' as
are awarded to the agents in CLASSES
A, 3, c. d and e.
The SEVENTH is known as GLASS G,'
and is open to agents who at the present
time are living in city, having a popula-
ton of above five hundred thousand in
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Col. Freeman Conner.

). W. Griswold. Co. G, 44th N. Y,
Custer. Mich. asks us to correct an
error made in the statement of his
which we published with regard to Col.
Conner. It seems we quoted him as
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Soldier served 81 days as u enlisted
man in 1861. In 1865 he we drafted
for service, accepted on Aprn IL, but
unassigned to duty. and was released
April Il by order Of the Provssl-Mar,
hal-General.
Held: That upon acceptance - The
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