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writes: Il was member of Co. G, I'd
Mo. Cav. merrill Horse) / should
be very glad to hear from members of
the command. There is nothing in The
National Tribune that is more interest
ing than the short articles by COM
Iades' as 1t enables one comrade TO %
cate another of his old regiment I
never miss chance to speak a good
word for the only good soldiers paper
in the United States"
In the Shenandoah.
Comrade A. Keller, Lewis, Kan.
writes: Every time I read The Ma
tional Tribune / think of the old times
in the Shenandoah Valley under Phil
Sheridan. l would like to hear from
some of the old boys of the 91st Ohio"
Songs Wanted.
Comrade S. A. Johnson, Box sos,
Effingham, ILL.,, requests that some
comrade send him the songs THE Bat
tie Of Stone River" and THE Sunny
South"
Served in Ohio Commando.
Wesley McKibben, Beckett, o., writes:'
Myself and five brothers were in the
service. Four of us were in the 36th
Ohio and two In the 18TH Ohio. Ono
brother was killed at Gettysburg; an
other was in Andersonville, but he lived
to come home. You can judge our SER
vice by the regiments to which we be-
longed. 1 would like to hear from any
of the 36th Ohio
McAIIfster's Battery.
Editor National Tribune: / wish to
correct statement made in The Ma
tional Tribune recently by comrade
who says that McAllister's Battery was
Co. A. The battery was Co. ID, 1st Ill.
l.. A. I was with the battery from
August, 1861, until September. 1864. I
would like to hear from some of my
cid comrades. Please give short his
tory of McAllister's Battery.-John Sly,
Co. d, 1st Ill. L. A., Box 81, Boyceville.
Wis
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upon the enemy's works. etc. Let us
see about that for one moment. AT
l p. IN. of the previous day Gen. Ord
gave the following instruction or order
to Gen. Lauman. to-wit:
Headquarters Thirteenth Corps, July
II, 1868; 1880 p. m.
Gen. Lauman.
"'General: AS the enemy may have
some force on the railroad. should
(Which is hardly probable), make a
reconnaissance, and II 1t Is necessary
to form a line and attack to drive the
force In front, do SO, so as to keep
your connection with Gen. Hovey, who
Is the connection with the main corps.
etc.-(War Records. Series ], Vol. "a,
p. 503.)
Here is the positive, written order
from Ord to I.auman to form line
and attack and drive the enemy from
his front. And yet, Notwithstanding
this. Ord reports to Gen. Sherman, as
above quoted, that Gen. Lauman made
the attack without orders. and directly
In violation of Instructions This
shows conclusively that Gen. Ord
either did not know what he was re-
porting to Gen. Sherman, or that he
was wiilfully slandering meritorious
officer in order to shield himself.
Nor 1t this all. There are several
soIuleTS sui living VINO were present
with Gen. Lauman and who will testify
under oath that when that order was
first given, Gen. Lauman refused to
make the charge; and that thereupon
Ord told Lauman that, If he would not
make the charge. he (Ord) would get
someone else TO do 1t; and that 1t was
after this threat that Gen. Lauman
finally ordered the charge met q
comrade at Denver who assured me he
would make oath to the truth of this
But there is one weighty reason for
this slur thus cast upon Gen. Iauman.
which all the records Of the War De-
partment do not in any way disclose
At the bottom OF all lies the deep
seated jealousy which then everywhe re
prevailed between the Regular and
Volunteer officers. This jealousy was
almost constantly manifesting itself.
and was not by any means confined to
Gems. Ord and Lauman. All old SOL
diers and all readers Of history are
aware that. upon the death of Gen.
Mcpherson, before Atlanta, Gen. John
A. Logan was clearly entitled to the
command Of the Army Of the Tennes-
see. All know that Logan would have
made splendid commander for that
army. All know he was competent and
qualified for that command. Why did
he not get it? Throughout all the an
mails OF the war one reason only can be
found: Logan was Volunteer officer,
and those having the naming of the
commander Of that army were West
pointers. And this tells It all.
Gen. Ord was a graduate at West
Point; Gen. Launian was a volunteer
officer who. on merit alone. had forged
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as General. He could nSt know what
Grierson was doing, aSfhAgould get no
word from him or of him, ebut with full
confidence In his own plan ard in his
subordinate he pushed forward to sue
cess When he had won rthe battle at
Port Gibson and reached Sthe town he
got hold Of a Southern tpaper which
gave him the first news Of Grierson's
success far beyond his expectations. and
he rushed his army to Jackson where
he placed himself between the divided
parts of Pemberton's army, which never
again united until Vicksburg surren-
dered. r !
Years afterwards a party of Union
officers. of whom Griersonrwas one, was
talking over the Vicksburg campaign
together. when Grant remarked:
"Grierson. when I got hold of that paper
at Port Gibson and found .out what you
had done. / would not have given that
(snapping his finger) to have had the
success Of my campaign insured"
1t is time that "Grierson's raid"
should be known as something more
than a wonderfully successful raid, yea.
as a grand achievement, upon which
Grants still greater achievement de-
pended for SUGGEST. w. Lippincott.
Captain, Co. !, 9Th III. Cav, Boscobel,
Wis,
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A NIGHT on the battlefield.

Editor National Tribune: l have
slept In many strange places during my
three years of army life. ! have slept
In the canebrakes and cottonfields of
louisiana; l have slept in orange or
chards and under fig trees; / have slept
under the beautiful magnolia trees on
the hills in the rear of Vicksburg, and
in the shade of the palmetto tree, on
the coast of Florida; / have slept on
the upper decks of steamboats, as they
Piled their way up and down the Mis-
sissippi River and it's tributary streams:
1 have slept down in the dark damp
and gloomy hulls of the steamships as
they plowed their way through the toss
ing and tempestuOuS waves Of the Gulf
of Mexico; but alas! the night that
left the most lasting impression on my
mind was a night on the battlefield.
had spread over the face of the earth,
exhausted, on account Of the mental
as well as the physical strain. I spread
my blanket down upon the ground, and
with my knapsack for q pillow ! lay
down to rest, and while my nostrils
were being filled with the stencil from
off the field my ears were greeted with
the cries Of the wounded and the groans
Of the dying round about me. To the
right Of me lay the husband and father
lnortally wounded, and; as he lay there
weltering in his own blood l heard him
praying Tor the Wife who would soon
be widow and for the children who
would soor be fatherlcss. On the left
lay young man, the pride OF his moth
er, whose head had been pierced by a
bullet, and as he pushed the blood
stained locks back from his once-fair
brow l heard him cry out in great
agony: "My mother; God have mercy
OH me-" Then when heard the sullen
roar Of the enemy's guns as they were
retreating In the distance I thanked God
that the harvest OF death for that day.
at least. was over. My thoughts then
turned to home and friends In the far
North. l breathed client prayer for
the aged father, brother. sisters and
friends and for my own dear little girl,
scarcely four years old, whose mother
was then sleeping in the silent grave
! was about to close my eyes In sleep,
when suddenly I saw glimmer OF high.
In the east; l looked for q moment; 1t
was the pale-faced moon just pushing
up her modest face above the horizon
Presently q gentle breeze from the west
waited the clouds OF smoke from or
the field. / looked again ct the moon
through those clouds q smoke; her faeo
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Second Battle Of Fort Donelson.

Editor National Tribune: In your
issue of Dec. Comrade D. F. Cowman,
SD ILL.,. Des Moines. Iowa, says he
found "something very amusing some
time ago when comrade Of the 18th
Wis. said that the second battle Of Fort
Donelson was fought and won by that
regiment" Now, the facts are that the
18th Wis. was not there at all. Some
people are SO easily amused. II he had
some time ago. criticised my article
the probabilities are he would not have
made the above statements.
I never said we fought and won
that battle. Nay, I never even claimed
that we had any part In 1t. We were
not "20 miles away" but only IA miles
away at Fort Henry. when, on Feb. 8,
1853. in the afternoon, we received
through q courier from the $50 ILL., a
request to come to their help. as they
were being attacked by Forrest, Wheel
er and others, and needed assistance.
We went. On our way thither we heard
the cannon on the gunboats booming,
and soon all was quiet. The battle was
won, but as to who were the victors we
were In doubt. Therefore we approach
ed cautiously. so as not to run into an
ambush. Soon after midnight we came
to the rebel campfires. All honor to
the SD for Its gallant defense crowned
with victory. hut II Is regrettable that
any comrade should make. such state
ments - have Quoted.-D. q. Stevens.
Co. =. 18th Wis., DenGmore. Kan.
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LACMAN, ORD AND DANA.
One of Lauman's Veterans Rises Holly
to the Defense Of His General.

Editor National Tribune: You have
had comparatively smooth sailing in
your very useful and very interesting
writings. This is SO because there has
been little to find fault with, and that
little SO overshadowed by the real
worth of the articles that no reasonable
comrade would be so small as to jump
up and raise fuss.
But you have seen fit to print G. A
Dana's heretofore unpublished state
ments about SO many worthy and
meritorious officers. / am the espe-
cial champion now of Brig.-Gen
Jacob G. Lauman. No shadow had ever
been cast upon the General before c. A
Dana arrived at Vicksburg and fell un-
der the influence of E. 0. G. Ord, and
was filled up with the deepest prejudice
against that most worthy and gallant
officer who had been in at the opening
of the Mississippi at Belmont and all
down the line at Belmont, at Doneison,
at Shiloh. and in an expedition from
Bolivar to attract the attention of the
rebels while Rosecrans marched to the
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was as crimson, which made me think
That even pale Luna was made to blush
when she looked down upon a field of
blood and carnage like that-M. l..
Roof. Co. A, Hath Ohio, Ashville, o.
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William H. Cobbledick, First Lieu
tenant 8th Cal, 1898, had no idea that
his relatives had served in the Union
army until he visited Cleveland, O., and
on the beautiful soldiers monument
there was astonished to see his own
name inscribed. It was that of a first
cousin Of his fathers, who served in
the LIST Ohio Art, and there was an
other cousin who served with the Mich
igan troops He himself served in the
Spanish War, and The National Trib-
une interests him more than all other
papers combined.
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Capitalists versus Veterans.

c. H. Dwyer, IA Morningside Ave.,
N. Y, recalls that when the men who
had made big fortunes during the war
were asked to take the same money for
their bonds that had been paid the SOL
diers they raised mighty protest, and
the veterans assisted them by voting
that they should be paid in gold Now
these men should reciprocate by fav-
oring a service pension and insisting
upon its passage as a mere act Of jus
tice.
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George w. Harris. Bucyrus, O., is
dissatisfied with the statement that the
61st Ohio was in Schurz's Division of
the Eleventh Corps, since it afterward
formed a part Of the Twentieth Corps
in the Army of the Cumberland, and
took part in the battles of Wauhatchie,
Lookout Valley, Lookout Mountain,
Mission Ridge, Resaca, Dallas, Kene-
saw, Peach Tree Creek, Atlanta, and
the March to the Sea. short history
of the regiment was published in 1902
by Comrade Theodore Mullen, of
Marysville, O., for private circulation,
and any ex-member Of the regiment can
secure one by addressing him.
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Fighting Regiments.

J. K. Merrifield. SSth ILL.,. 1921 La
clede Ave-, ST. Louis, Mo-, protests
against the classification Of fighting reg
iments by the number that were killed.
It is a wrong standard, because any
number OF regiments that did the best
quality Of fighting did 1t SO energetical-
ly and 'skillfully as to escape with a
comparatively small loss. Every regi-
ment which was present in q battle and
took its part in the operations was as
much entitled to the name Of a fight
ing regiment as those which suffered
heavy losses.
Merrill Horse.
Henry Krager. Bynumville. No.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-01-10
HARVARD SUGGESTS PENALTIES
Crimson Graduates Outline Scheme
for Reforming Foot Ball.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass, Jan. e.--Recom-
mendations regarding changes in foot ball
rules were completed today by the special
committee appointed by the athletic assoc
citation of Harvard graduates and will be
submitted tomorrow TO the athletic COM
mttee of the university. 1t Is expected
that the committee will authorize Coach
William T. Reid, jr., to present the views
as those which Harvard holds officially re-
garding foot ball at the meeting of the
rules committee to be held in New York
Friday night. The suggestions provide for
three officials on the field; linesmen to
watch off-side play; instant disqualified
ton for rough play a team to play five
qualified twice to be barred for the season:
no blocking except by body; no Interior
ence with a punter, and a standing COM
mttee to select officials.
Further recommendations: The ball to
be placed with the points toward the goals
points; increasing the distance to be gained
in three downs from five to ten yards;
permitting the ball to be passed In any d.
rection when the play Is between the
twenty-five yard lines, provided the player
has not advanced beyond the line Of
increasing the distance between the goal
posts to twenty-five feet; no interference
with free kick; fair catch to be ind-
Gated by the holding up OF hand; no move
ment by players until the ball is put in
play except by one man, and, finally, that
not more than three men besides the man
receiving the ball shall be less than five
yards behind the line unless outside the
position occupied by the outside man in
the lire.
lions is signed by w. r. Reid. jr., chair
man: l.. =. r. Briggs, Edward II. Nichols,
William II. Lewis, Lorin +. Deland and
Robert D. Wrenn.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-01-10
PARKING OF NORTH STREETS
Plan is on Foot Among Members of
Federation of Improve
ment Clubs.

At the meeting of the Druid Hill Improve
ment club Monday night at the hall at
Thirtieth and Spaulding streets, the dele
gates to the Federation OF Twelfth Ward
Improvement Clubs reported a plan was on
foot to have trees planted and the streets
parked on all streets running east and
west north of Lake street To the north OF
Ames avenue an ordinance covering this
already has been introduced and passed by
the council.
The federation will give a smoker at Idle
wild hall on Twenty-fourth street January
%, at which prominent speakers will be
present.
A petition TO have gas mains on Taylor
and Boyd streets was drawn up and the
signatures started. The president appointed
these COMMITTEES:
Sidewalks and Crossings-H. F. Brown,
George Weeks, NJ. f. Hotchkiss William
Hoffman. s. A. Lovquist.
Lights--Wiliam Tegmyer F. w. Church,
George F. Bird, II. +. Funk. ]. p. Austin.
Streets and Alleys. c. Lindsey, John
Bcnish. George Lucas.
sewers-D. c. Goodenow. W. w. johnson,
]. c. Smith. II. c. Grossman. c. II. Henrie.
These committees were instructed to Sc
| cure all information possible on the subject
of their committee and report especially
the location Of all lights, sewers, gas mains
water mains, defective sidewalks and
streets.
The club now has a membership OF eighty
and covers the territory bounded by TWEEN
| ty-seventh, Thirty-siNth, Ames avenue and
| Bristol street.
| Mr. Hisop the president OF the Mon.
| mouth Park Improvement club, was Wis.
| itor and announced his candidacy for the
! city council, also did james c. Lindsey
| IA member OF the club and now serving or
| the Board of Education. resolution ask.
ing that all candidates for city offices bc
| requested to address the club was passed
| and the invitation is extended
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-01-10
OMAHAN TELLS OF CANADA
Former Resident of Nebraska Praises
Resources Of Alberta, where
He Vow Lives.

C. V smerad. formerly OF Omaha, but
now proprietor of hotel at Edmonton,
Alberta. is in the city. He is visiting
relatives ut WILDER Neb.. and will remain
for six wceks. Speaking OF the Northwest
Territory he says:
People have n mistaken idea of that
part Of Canada. They look on II as
frigid wilderness. but stich is not the case.
Edmonton, the capital of Alberta, is q town
of about 900 people and IL modern city
in every respect II has tried the policy
OF municipal ownership Of public utilities
and finds IL n success We have water
works electric lights telephones. etc, all
owned by the city and operated fully as
well as any in the United States. The
town site is large enough for town
big as Chicago. and with tho advent If
new railroads 1--WE have two now. the
place will become an important distribut-
ing center. The schools are fully equal to
| those of any town OF like size in the
states.
The country IL mainly agricultural. and
were I TO tell how crops produce I would
| be thought to be drawing a long bow.
| Winter begins some time about Christmas
| or New Years and lasts till early April
| Sleighing IL good all that time and some
| times the thermometer goes down TO 45 or
| 80 degrees below zero. but even then I
never was as cold there as was here
| Saturday and Sunday.
| I'm April the snow melts and within
ten days the farmers are at work in the
fields. Crops planted late as June 6
| will mature. Wheat this year yielded from
| thirty-hve to sixty bushels to the acre.
oats from eighty to 125. and potatoes 700
! bushels in some cases. but don't say that
put It at 500. so that 1t will not sound
| improbable to Nebraskans
"Homesteads can be taken under laws
similar to those of the United States. The
first cost is so and deeds are given at
the end of three years. During May, June
July and part of August the day is twenty
one hours long the sun shining for
eighteen hours. Cattle run at large the
year around, running in the straw stacks
in winter and coming out fat in the
spring"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-01-10

IN January and February for the purpose
this year, a new law having been enacted
which prohibits all shooting Of game after
January /. This prohibition will nelp the
northern hunters in a way, as the restric-
ton on the sport in the south Will increase
the number of the birds that come north
and improve the shooting along the llli-
nois and other northern rivers and con
tiguOus lines.
The foot ball situation now looks hlacker
than before. A cloud seems 10 break over
the situation. With the attitudes taken by
the members OF the intercollegiate rules
committee towards the COMMITTEES APP
pointed by the sixty-eiRht colleges II looks
as though there Would he at least three
kinds OF foot ball in the country next fail.
taken upon itself the legislation OF the
game regardless Of what the big colleges
stand for along these lines. have thrown
out the haunt that they Will not merge
with the IS" and that IL will frame up
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-01-10
ALL BANKS REFLECT STAFFS
Omaha National Financial Institu-
tons Put In Their Old Set
of Officers.

Not change was made IN the directo-
rates or the executive departments of the
Omaha national banks at their annual
meetings yesterday. Old officers and d.
rectors We're elected in every instance.
The officers of the United States National
are: NJ. T. Barlow, president; G. w. Wat
ties and Victor Caldwell, vice presidents
Alfred Willard, cashier; W. f. Rhoades. l..
NJ Talmagc and G. T.. HaverstIck. assist
ant cashiers. The directors are these and
Guy C. Barton. S. S. Caldwell, n. A. Dun,
c. w. Lyman. Euclid Martin e. NJ Mors-
man, A. l.. Reed, Il. + Smith, w. A. Smith
and G. f. Yost.
Henry w. Yates is president of the Ne
braska National bank Lewis g. Reed cash
Ter, W, f. Shepard and II. w. Yates, jr.,
assistant cashiers and Warren Switzler
general counsel. These officers compose the
directorate.
The First National has for it's president
Herman Kountze; vice president. J. A.
Creighton; cashier, +. II. Davis; assistant
cashiers, c. T. Kountze and l.. L. Kountze.
The directorate Is composed of the officers
and J. NJ. Woolworth, w. A. Paxton, Z. NJ.
Andersen and W. s Poppleton.
J. II. Willard is president OF the Omaha
National, William Wallace and c. +. Nc
Grew vice presidents, Charles T. Waite
cashier and Frank Boyd assistant cashier.
The directors are the officers and Guy c.
Barton, c. III. Brown, n. w. Wells. A ].
Simpson. l. W. Carpenter and W. NJ. Bur.
CESS.
OF the Merchants National Luther Drake
Is president, Frank 4. Hamilton vice presI-
dent. F. p. Hamilton assistant cashier, B.
X. Miele assistant cashier. The directors
are Luther Drake, Frank T. Hamilton,
John +. Coad, q. S. Rogers and George e.
Pritchett.
The annual meeting OF the bank of ]. I.
brandeis 4 Sons was held yesterday and
the old officers elected.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-01-10
GREATEST YEAR ron SPORTS
Nineteen Championships Decided
During Last Year.

At least twenty-five different sports -four
ished at the different universities OF this
country and no season has seen such en-
interest in college sports as the last sea-
son. Championships were decided In nine
teen sports and the sons Of old ELI proved
themselves the best by winning four and
one-half championships. Pennsylvania won
each while Columbia came next with two
and n half. The only championships played
for in the west are foot ball. base ball,
track athletics and cross-country running.
In foot ball Chicago won from Michigan
and thus Is entitled to the championship.
Chicago also won the track and field honors
from Michigan for the FIRST time in five
years, and the Maroons also carried on
the Cross-Country run. Michigan was SUI
preme at base ball.
The following table shows the holders Of
the various college championships, east
and west
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-01-10
Totals
THURSTON RIFLES.
Lou Hnnsemnn'. Pictnre.

: Lou Houseman, sporting editor OF the
Chicago Inter Ocean, is in Omaha 20 ar
range for the production I'm Omaha and
other towns of the state of his moving
pictures of the Britt-Nelson fight. These pic
lures have been making A great hit Wher-
ever shown. The pictures are now being
presented in one of the largest theaters in
london and al the same time by Mr.
Houseman's company in Manila. en- route
to Australia. Houseman II looking Just az
sassy as he did when here with some OF
his other numerous attractions several
years ago and says he has the winner OF
his youthful career.