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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-06-08
ssCollege Brand''

for swell young men who go the limit in style. There is no clothing made that quite takes the place of our "College-brand" 1t Is an exact copy of the extreme style worn by students in the colleges that are noted for their extremes in dress, Yale, Princeton, and others It will cost you no more than the common kind, better have the best, we carry these swell suits in black, blue and all of the shades of gray, from the dark Oxfords to the light Cambridge. One of the swellest of suits that you can wear Is the new Gun club check ask for 1t when you are selecting your suit
 Our prices for these hobby suits start at $l0 and advance $l.50 to $2 suit as the quality improves until we have reached the fine imported worsteds and Aannels at $18---2O--- 2 and $25.
 Tomorrow, Saturday, should be a very busy day with us, if you have time during the
The National tribune., 1906-12-27
Memories Of Camp Tyler.

Editor National Tribune: Your ex-
cellent paper comes promptly to my
iireside. and is one of the most welcome
of all visitors / love to read or hear
read the experiences of the comrades
in the army. 1t seems to call one back
TO his youthful manhood days. bringing
up pictures which all love TO contem-
plate and dwell upon. l will give you
little of my own experience. My home
was in Dallas. Tex, when the State Sc
ceded. l could not approve of the pro-
cedure of my Southern neighbors, so
my only alternative was TO flee to the
nearest point of the Union line which
was Kansas. After q long, tedious jour
ney. mostly performed during the
nights, 1 finally arrived at Fort Scott
where l enlisted oct. =, 1861. in the 9th
Kan. Cav, in which regiment 1 served
faithfully till July u, 1864. At the
time of our capture we We're betrayed
by spies. and our small battalion OF
about 200 men was suddenly surround
ed by 5000 rebels. We made a des-
perate resistance. but in that awful
slaughter pen many of our men were
killed or wounded and our ammunition
exhausted. so we We're obliged to sur
render. We were hurriedly marched to
Tyler, Tex, prison stockade. where we
were confined for 10 long months.
will not say anything about The fare ni
the prison, only remark that you ought
to have seen us when we came out.
was one who had to be hauled out,
was so sick. The scurvy contracted
there settled in my eyes. and l have
suffered untold misery ever since. This
deprived me of getting an education OF
doing anything that required reading,
and | have had To depend on my wife
to read to me almost entirely. If | read
for five or 10 minutes, | suffer with
pain in my eyes and head for two OF
three days. | have not been able To
work at all for the past 13 years, for
in addition to this trouble with my
eyes, | have other troubles the result
of my army experience If these lines
reach the eyes OF any Comrade. espe-
cially any who shared my prison life
l would like to hear from as many as
will write. I receive a pension of s12 n
month, for which / am very grateful
I lay in the rebel stockade eight months
after my term of enlistment had ex-
pired, and I think Uncle Sam might
allow me little extra for that. 1t has
taken me three days to write this let
ter.-R. II. Dedrick, Co. f, 9Th Kan.
Cav, New Washington, Ind.
The National tribune., 1906-12-27
nrsRnr MecARE,s DEATH.

great man has fallen in the Israc
of the Methodist Church and mar
whose unusually effective activities
gave him large place ill the minds oi
ell public-spirited Americans. Rev
Charles c. McCabe, Bishop % the
Methodist Episcopal Church. died in
the New York Hospital at SEQ Dec
10. He was born Oct. IL. 1886, al
Akron, o., and upon attaining man.
hood entered the ministry of the Meth
odist Church lie was a Jealous up
holder of the war for the preservation
of the Nation. was active in recruiting
and gave evidence of his own devotion
to the cause by entering the 122d Ohio
as a Chaplain. He made u model Off
Ger; was indefatsable in his duties to
his regiment. visiting the sick, assist
ing the wounded and encouraging and
upstaying the faint-hearted. In the
The National tribune., 1906-12-27
VIII SIT Up and Take Notice.

Geo. w. Lyman. Co. I, 105th Ohio,
1881 n. Lincoln St, Ames, Iowa, re-
ferring to the article by Comrade Chas.
A. Townsend, says he served with him,
and that Comrade Townsend knows
what he is talking about. Comrade Ly-
man heartily indorses all COmrade
Townsend says about the high officials
of the G. A. r. agreeing to drop their
efforts to secure service pension, and
he thinks every conlrade should make
himself heard in such a protest that
even the Senators and Congressman will
sit up and take notice. He says: I'VE
can do it If we try half as hard as they
do to find excuses for delaying doing
what all know to be just and right to
the men who are showed aside in all
places of employment where they are
capable of doing the work just as well
as anybody, and told that their pension
of from Sc to $12 Is all they need and
more than they deserve. Now. COM
radeS, we all remember very distinctly
how we marched day and night thru
heat, cold, rain and snow, waded rivera
when ice was on the water. and lay
down in frozen garments on frozen
ground and 1t seems a miracle that one
of us is alive to-day | remember the
night after the battle of Stone River
that a detail of us went two miles after
rails to make a fire. The rails We're of
cedar and each of us carried two back.
We were so cold and exhausted that we
lay down by the fire and slept so sound
ly that the sparks from the cedar burn
ed thru our blankets, our coats, and
even reached the flesh, and-well, we
woke up and looked around, not caring
much if we were burned so long as We
were warm,
The National tribune., 1906-12-27
Memorial Post, 141, Cleveland, O,

Editor National Tribune: Memorial
Post still holds its position at the head
of the G. A. r. column in the Depart
ment of Ohio. While our comrades are
fast passing away we are recruiting
right along to fill the vacant ranks, and
each Thursday night we witness and
are highly edited with an unequaled
muster-in service in which the use of
the stere" pticon is employed to Illus
trate and remind the recruit of the
scenes OF trial and danger he past thru
in his soldiers life. l., with our SUI
perb Commanders charge, enrapts and
enravishes all present. We think that
II those outside our Order had any idea
or the grand work of a properly-con-
Quoted muster-in service of the sublime
teachings of our patriotic Order they
would not hesitate to enroll under the
banner of Fraternity, Charity and Ioy-
atty. Thursday night was red-Ietter
day with the Post. Department Inspec-
tor Col. Fl. A. Kasson, with about 100
members of Buckley Post, II, of Akron,
OF which he is also Commander, and
about $50 members Of Col. John T.
Toland Post, SOS, State Soldiers Home
of Sandusky. with Gov. ]. w. r. Cline,
Commandant of the Home and Com
mander of the Post, present to witness
inspection and muster. The women of
Memorial Relief Corps, A. took care
of all the visiting comrades, and our
Post Included in supplying grand
feast in the most approved style.
There is no limit to the grand and
good work of our Relief Corps at this
writing. This day of our Lord they
are engaged in putting up and canning
delicacies for those of the State Home.
A Post without a Corps is like a man
without wife. Post past inspection In
a creditable manner. with member
ship of SIS. a Post fund of $4,000, Off
GERS uniformed, well disciplined. with
their charges on the tip of their tongue
Inspector Kasson complimented the
Post, and pronounced it excellent in all
its appointments. This in a great meas
ure is due to the harmony and indi-
vidual interest manifested unanimously
by its membership, and too much credit
cannot be accorded to Commander w.
$. Rogers and his efficient staff for this
condition of affairs.
Many complimentary speeches were
made by visiting comrades. and the
festivities closed in the usual fascinat-
ing manner to the tune of "Auld Lang
Syne." All comrades cordially invited
to come and see us except those having
African parrots to give away-T. d.
McGillicuddy, Co. X, 50th ILL.,, Cleve-
land, o.
The National tribune., 1906-12-27
THE FRENCH ROW.

The trouble in France seems mainly
with the newspapers. with the people
at large taking very little interest in
the matter At the sensational scenes
described in the papers there are very
few present, tho these events have been
widely advertised beforehand. 1t must
be remembered that the Frenchman is
essentially theatrical, and that both
sides are perpetually posing for effect
All these evictions, arrests, etc, are
intended on both sides for the public
eye, and each party is making as much
as ii can out of the incidents" The
separation of Church and State meets
with the approval of the great mass OF
the French people, as is shown by re-
peated appeals to the country. 1t mus
be remembered all the time that there
are two contending factions in the
Roman Catholic Church in France
These have fought one another fol-
centuries, and this struggle is a part Of
4 contention which frequently led Il
actual civil war as in the days o
Henry ". That is, there is one part!
IF Ultramontanes who want to pusl
the privileges and power of the Churci
md clergy to the very utmost, goint
even beyond Rome, while the othe
party, the Moderates, are Of the sam,
type as the Roman Catholics in thi
country. That is, while fully acknowl
dying the spiritual supremacy of tn
Pope and the Church, they want tn
influence of Rome confined purely L
spiritual matters and an utter divorc
from all political complications. 1t
clearly apparent that large majorit,
# the French Roman Catholics are o
his mind, and consequently will sup
port the Government n it's laws an,
The execution of them to divorc
Church and State and confine tn
church TO purely religious matters
This will be the outcome Of tn
struggle.
The National tribune., 1906-12-27

barrels, which they will dispense from
bottles labeled as heretofore. The av-
erage drinker who wants whisky wants
to take alcohol in some form into his
system, and will not be careful in ex-
amining the labels of the barrels which
the saloonkeeper may have in his eel
lar. and the compound or bogus whisky
will continue to satisfy his appetite as
it has in the past. AS we have said
before, it does not make a particle oi
difference whether the man drinks the
imitation whisky or the genuine article
since the effect is produced by the al
cohol. and it makes very little differ
ence whether the drunkard gets his al
cohol in the shape of beer, Kentucky
whisky. imitation whisky or brandy.
The making of imitation whiskies in
this country is almost altogether in the
hands of the Jews, who were quick tc
see the enormous profits of the bust,
ness,
The National tribune., 1906-12-27
FuIler'S Ohio Brigade.

Editor National Tribune: Referring
to the recent articles in The National
Tribune on this brigade. will say that
Fuller's Brigade was composed of four
regiments instead of three, as stated
the 27th. 39th, 43d and 63d Ohio. 1t
was organized at Commerce, Mo-, Feb.
27, 1852, and it's first engagement was
New Madrid. Mo. 1t was always to-
gether, with the exception of four
months, when the brigade was sent
from Oxford, Tenn, after Forrest. At
this time the 43d was left to protect
Bolivar. Tenn, the other three being
taken by Gen. G. NJ. Dodge to Corinth.
The 43d was afterwards transferred to
Bethel, Tenn. The other three regi-
ments after their return went back to
their camp at Bethel where they re-
mained for about 10 days, when all
four regiments We're sent to Memphis,
Tenn. Their last engagement as bri-
gade was the capture of Decatur, Ala,
after which they were divided, but re-
manned ir the same division till the
end of the war. 1 want to have ros-
ter of the brigade printed, and request
all survivors to send name and address
20 me as soon as possible.-F. e. Raj
ston, Secretary, F'uller's Brigade, Steup-
enville, o.
The National tribune., 1906-12-27
Je6 Davis's Treason.

Editor National Tribune: Some tima
ago L saw an article in your paper by
Isaac II. Lock referring to Jefferson
Daviss crimes. 1 fully concur with
Comrade Lock that Davis should have
been hung, and will add one more rea-
son why. at the same time paying q
tribute OF respect to as true an officer
as ever wore the blue. namely, Gen. x,
C. Wood, Assistant Surgeon General, II.
S. A. During the last year of the war
was on duty at Jefferson, Ind, or
Louisville, KY, in the u S. General
Hospitals, and used 20 visit Gen. Woods
office often to see one of my boyhoods
friends and college classmates. DR..
Chas. c. Gray. who was on duty in tho
office. Soon after the surrender of Ap-
pomattox l was in the office one day
when the door leading into Gen. Woods
private office opened, and the General
came out holding in his hand a letter
yellow with age and said to us, MY
young friends. you cannot realize how
glad I am that this terrible war is draw
ing to close. You are sustained by
your section and your friends, while I
stand alone. My two sons are in the
Confederate army and my State in re-
bellion. In looking over some old pa
pers to-day I found a letter which may
possibly interest you" He then read
the letter, which was as follows:
''War Department, Washington, u.
c.. 1S5-.
Maj. r. c. Wood, Surgeon, U. s. A.:
Sir: 1t is very evident that in the
near future there will be a separation
between the North and South. In such
an event we desire to know with which
side you will identify yourself This
inquiry should hardly be necessary,
knowing as we do that you are Vir-
ginian. Very respectfully,
Jefferson Davis, Secretary of War"
THUS. you see that while Davis was
in the Cabinet he was plotting war
Gen. Wood said he replied to this
note as follows:
Jefferson Davis, Secretary of War,
Washington, D. C..
Dear Sir: Yours of recent date maxi
ing inquiry with which 1 side 1 would
identify myself in the event of a separa-
ton between the North and South rec
ceived and noted. Replying, 1 will say
l have raised my right hand towards
Heaven and taken solemn obligation
to support the Constitution of the Unit
ed States. and while God lets me live
shall hold that obligation sacred. Re-
spectfully, your obedient servant,
''R. G. Wood, Surgeon, U. S. A"
All honor to the tried and true sons
of the Southi-C. l.. Randall, NJ. D.,
Assistant Surgeon, U. s. A, AItamonte
Springs, Fla.
The National tribune., 1906-12-27
The Second Division.

Editor National Tribune: I am a
reader of The National Tribune, and
always ready to swear by it. Volney
B. st. John, Co. A, Sth Ohio Cav, wishes
us to corroborate his assertions con
corning the pounding Gen. Averill gave
Gen. McCausland for burning Cham
bersburg, Pa, in 1864. He saws that
the Second Division of Sherdan's Cav
airy Corps commanded by Gen. Averill
did the pounding. The Second Division
of Sheridan's Cavalry Corps was about
200 miles away when the affair hap.
pened. The Second Division was with
the Army of the Potomac, to keep Lee
cornered up as much as possible, Grant
wanting to hammer him occasionally
There were about 400 of the Second
Division in the Valley when Sheridan
went to take command. No, Comrade
st. John, you must look up something
else than the Second Division to do al
you claim you did. We all get things
mixed up at times. Comrade Samuel
Wolfenden, speaking of Providence
Spring, says it burst forth on the 9th
Come again, st. John. and give us Sec
ond Division boys all the credit you
can. Gen. d. Mem. Gregg still lives N
Reading, Pa, aud he will ENJOY the
joke.-6. r. Averill, Co. F, 18th p. v
c., Derrick City, Pa.
The National tribune., 1906-12-27
CAPTURED a Lieutenant,

Editor National Tribune: On June Z,
1864, 1 was on the advance picket line
on the Cold Harbor road. About 1
o'clock p. m. the rebels charged our
picket line and took several picket posts
prisoners. Two of these on my post,
Rodgers and Knapp, We never saw
again. I stayed right by my post, and
had nearly hand-to-hand fight with
three rebels, one of which, a. First Lieu
tenant. / took prisoner and kept with
me till after dark, when the picket limo
was relieved by a new one I then
turned him over to the officer in charge
of the old picket line 1 told my Cap
tain about the affair, but he was taken
prisoner soon after, so there never was
any record of it made. My prisoner
said he belonged to the 18th Miss, Co.
c, but l have forgotten his name II
he is alive now he must be about SIS oc
10 years of age, nearly six feet in hight,
and at the time of capture of sandy
complexion. Now. comrade, I wish you
would help me locate this man, if he
is still alive. I thought possibly, as
The National Tribune has so large q
circulation, you might be able to do
this thru your columns. I would like
to correspond with him. I have had
your paper in my house for over Is
years, and could not do without it. I
belonged to Co. G, 26th Mich; was
mounted orderly at First Brigade
from June 81, 1864, to June 4, 1865.
Was discharged June 16, 1S64.-J. c.
Rouse, Middleville, Mich.
The National tribune., 1906-12-27
UNDISCOURAGED SPELLING RE-
FORMERS.

Dr. Isaac X. Funk, the eminent schol-
ar and the President of the American
Spelling Reform Association, says that
he is not at all discouraged by the ac-
ton of Congress and the Presidents
partial revocation of his order. DR.
Funk says that the Association never
asked the President to make the order
and the Presidents retrogression does
not change the situation at ALL "What
we must first do" says Dr. Funk, lis to
prevail upon business men to adopt the
simplilied spelling in their writing, and
in this way the new method will get a
steadfast grip and unconsciously all will
drop into line"
The National tribune., 1906-12-27
An Incident CT June, 1866.

Editor National Tribune: In the
month of June, 1865, at Clouds Mills,
Va, where the 1st, I'd and goth Pa. and
10th n. Y. Cav. were encamped, a little
incident occurred, and I have been en-
deavoring without success to find out
the name of the soldier who played the
principal part in that drama for the
last 40 years. The incident referred to
is as follows: During a terrible thunder
storm at the time mentioned, while the
elements by vidid and fearful flashes
of lightning and peals of thunder SEEM
ed to be glorifying in the display OF
their artillery. I was called to see a
soldier who had been lying in his tent
with a musket by his side. A bolt Of
lightning followed down the pole of the
tent, past down the mans spine, leav-
ing no signs of life save a quivering Of
the eyelids. Willing hands restored the
soldier to consciousness by continued
rubbing, otherwise massage. who un-
doubtedly owed his life to the helpful
hands of his comrades. I would like
very much to hear from any one who
knew this soldier. L have been told
that he belonged to the 10th N. Y. Cav.
Samuel R. Nissley, NJ. D., Surgeon, I'd
Pa. Cav, EIizabethtown, Pa.
The National tribune., 1906-12-27

| under fire, The next day after the
battle it was sent out TO renew the en-
gagement, and moved clear across the
| field of battle without finding an enc
my. Stonewalla Jackson had gotten
| enough the day before and retreateG.
| 1t was included in the shameful sur
| render at Harper's Ferry ard sent with
others to parole camp. There was a
deep feeling of modification among the
had been handled. and this bore its
natural fruit in the dissensions and
troubles arising in the quiet OF parole
| camp. These sharpened the disSats-
faction that the regiment had felt with
its officers, and the men, anxious to
escape from them began an agitation
to be mustered out upon the expiration
of year from the time they had en-
tered the State service The War De-
partment and the officers. on the other
hand, insisted that the regiment should
be held until it had completed a year
from the time it had entered the United
States service. Finally the War De-
partment, seeing that it would have to
discharge the men anyway in February
and could not reorganiZe and make any
| use Of them during the Winter months,
| ordered their discharge, and the regi-
ment was mustered out Nov. 10, 1862,
which was in a way a compromise be-
tween the dates claimed. The regiment
lost one officer and nine men killed, 10
men wounded and 32 died from disease.
The Colonel of the regiment was VIM. H.
Trimble, the Lieutenant-C Colonel Noah
II. Nixon, and Major Joseph X. Mar
ley. Nearly if not all the men either
re-enlisted in other regiments or re-
entered their old regiment when it was
reorganized in the Spring of 1864, un-
der the command of Lieut.-Col James
N. McElroy
The new Goth Ohio was organized at
Cleveland and Columbus in the Spring
of 1864 for three years. and served in
the Second Brigade, Third Division
Ninth Corps, Army of the Potomac. 1t
began its fighting on the 5th of May in
the Wilderness, and distinguished itself
~ 6aiisiiIlly Will WHICH 1t tEoSl
the Nye River and carried the position
of the enemy. 1t also distinguished it
self at Spotsylvania and took an hon
orable part at North Anna, Tolopoto-
moy, Bethesda Church, Cold Harbor and
the siege of Petersburg. Tho it never
had the proportions of full regiment,
it did, in a little more than one year of
service, an amount of fighting equaled
by few organizations in the Army, and
its muster roll shows it to have suf-
fered sos casualties with but II miss.
ing. 1t was mustered out of the service
July 25, 1865. Out of it's small enroll.
ment it lost three officers and 10 men
killed and 130 died from disease. The
field officers of the regiment were
James N. McEIroy, Colonel: Martin p
Avery, Lieutenant Colonel, and William
L. Stearns, Major.
The National tribune., 1906-12-27
The Execution Of Mai. Willis.

Editor National Tribune: I was deep
ly interested in reading in The National
Tribune the account of Gems. Powell
and Mosby hanging soldiers in retalia-
ton, especially the hanging of A. P.
Willis. 1 was the Typographical Engi-
neer with Gen. Powell on his raid from
Port Royal across the Blue Ridge at
the time mentioned. The day young
Willis was captured at a blacksmith S
shop, having his horse shod, we past
six or seven of our men hanging dead,
said to have Belonged to the 10th Pa.
Cav. After being sentenced to death
by Gen. Powell, A. p. Willis was placed
in my charge. He slept in my blanket
his last night on earth, and I was his
last guard. I built the small platform
against large tree at the roadside as
ordered, so as to be seen by our forces
in passing, and easily discovered by the
Union cavalry following us. I pinned
to his coat a letter to his sweetheart,
to whom he was to have been married
in a short time: also slip of paper
with his name and regiment. He was
a young minister, and told me that last
night that his future life was to have
been devoted to the ministry. He was
a bright young man. and I felt it was a
terrible crime for either army to resort
to such terrible expedients. He claimed
to be a regular soldier, not believing
in guerrilla warfare. 1 became greatly
attached to him, hardened as 1 was to
wars experiences, and 1 have never
forgotten him during all the long years
since 1 committed the crime in the per-
formance of army compulSion to duty.
1 have in my possession the final dis
charge papers of John A. Gimlin, Co.
C, 33d ILL.,, who enlisted at Macoupin
County, ILL.,, and was mustered out at
Vicksburg-W. d. Pemberton, Cos.
and D, 18th, and Co. c., 10th w. Va,
Kendrick, Idaho.