The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1906-07-05
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eral years. and ind 1t very interesting.
1t Is amusing to read the letters OF old
comrades and notice how they differ in
opinions; how many of them stood of
whole rebel regiments and brigades un-
TIL the rest Of the comrades got away.
l believe that every civil-war soldier
| should draw 81 a day during his life
time. and at his death the widow should
receive $12 per month. / know there
Is not quite SO much said now about
returning the rebel flags. and I think
1t was not just the right thing to do,
put we elected these men to Congress
that voted to return the flags; now let
| US take our medicine and drop the mat
ter. My opinion is there is only one
flag that should float over any gather
ing in the United States, and that is
Old Glory. l do not approve of Con-
federate Reunions. Let the Confeder-
ates meet with us; let us have Re-
union of the blue and the gray; there
| would then be better feeling between
us than there is to-day. l have attend
| ed several Confederate Reunions, and
have heard speeches that would make
a Union soldiers blood boil; but these
speeches were not made by the Con-
federates but by the younger class, who
| were never in the war. just so long
as these Reunions are held, SO long
| will these speeches be made and the
strife kept up. l wish also to state
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| own Reunions in regard to the South
that were better not said. Let us hoist
Old Glory as one flag for all. and few
of these joint Reunions would do away
with all the bad feeling between the
North and the South. l believe every
| Confederate soldier went into the ranks
with the belief that he was doing right
| Most of them were young as we'll as
| ourselves and had we been living in
| the South at the time, we might posi-
bly, have done the same thing
| AIlatoona Pass.
| George M. Latty, Co. G. s3d Ill.,, HUI
Evansville, Mo-, was on picket on the
night of the attack at Allatoona. and
/ after many adventures, in which ne
barely escaped being shot several times
by the mimic balls of the Johnmes, final
ly came upon Gen. Corse. He was with
| in 10 feet of the General when he was
shot through; the cheek and ear. and
thinks that shot saved the day for the
| Union cause. The enemy were in solid
| line pulling at the abatis. when Gen.
Corse, who had regained his senses, gave
the command to fix bayonets. crying:
Don't give up the fort, boys; let's all
die here together" They gave the enc
my one volley. who broke and ran. and
could not be induced to close again.
| Texas Politics.
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sofa, Tex, says with reference to an ar
ticle in regard to the hopes Of the Texas
Republicans, that they will all be frus-
trated If Cecil A. Lyon Is kept at the
head Of the Republican Committee.
Though Lyon is the son of veteran, he
has ignored all the old-time Republic
cans. and particularly has he discrim-
| mated against Union veterans who APP
piled to him for positions. In 1895.
when E. H. r. Green was Chairman,
| the Republican vote Of the State for
Mckinley was $4,000. In 1900, when
Cecil A. Lyon fought Mr.. Green bit
| terly, the vote was still 121.173. In
vote for President Roosevelt dwindled
to 51,242.
San Francisco Contributions.
| Alex c. Ray. Adjutant, George H.
| Thomas Post, Chicago, ILL.,. notes that
Memorial Post of Cleveland, o.. voted
500 for the relief Of the San Francisco
sufferers, which makes him proud Of
| his Ohio comrades, as he had the honor
to be high private in the rear ranks
of the AID Ohio, but he wants the COM
rades to know that at the last meeting
of George H. Thomas Post 500 was
voted to be sent through A. A. G.
Charles A. Partridge to the Commander
Of George HI. Thomas Post Of San Fran
cisco.
The LIST Mo. Engineers.
/ Comrade c. C.. Haupt. Kurreville,
Mo-, writes: II would like to hear
from the old boys of the famous LIST
Mo. Eng. They never fought many
hard battles. but they went through
many hardships and dangers. and did
their part in helping to put down the
rebellion. They were with Sherman
through Georgia and the Carolinas."
Il A.nAA>y U~cs<~-
i D. w. Wood, Newark, O., says apro-
pos of the insult to the son Of Gen.
Sherman. that Newark, O.. has me-
mortal building erected to the memory
of their dead comrades, but the janitor
is son Of a man who fought in the
rebel army. and the son says the only
thing that kept him o1t was that he
was not old enough.
The Pension Bill.
William H. Gragg, Soldiers Home,
Los Angeles, CAL. says that IL the new
pension bill would pass more than half
of the inmates OF the Home would take
their discharges and return to their
families. They cannot get along on So
or $40 month, but they could get along
with an increase Of IS beyond that.
Opening Of the MississippI.
c. F. Gfeenfhg, 18th Wis. Grand
Meadow, Mimi, considers the Opening
! Of the Mississippi" the most graphic,
truthful account OF operations In that
Department ever published. The read
ing Of the RED River Campaign"
brought the tears to his old eyes,
The seth III.
Edwin p. Walker, Captain. seth
ILL.,, wants it remembered that in con-
nection with the history Of the Army OF
the Cumberland his regiment was at
! Louisville Oct. I. 1852, and Joined Will
lich's Brigade, SilTs Division McCook's
Corps, and was distinctly In 1t at Perry
vile.
Found His Sisters.
|, w. T. Williams, Box 213, MINNEAPOLIS.
|, Mimi, thanks us that through The Ma
, tiOnal Tribune he has al last heard from
his long-lost sisters. One OF them is in
Buckhannon. w: Va. and the other in
Ford City, Pa.
| The 117th III.
T. o. Holcomb, Secretary, 117th III.
, Association. Milmine, ILL.,, requests all
survivors OF that regiment to send their
names and addresses to him.