The National tribune., 1906-08-02
PICKET SHOTS
From Alert Comrades Along the Whole
Line.
Adds n Sequel.

Adds n Sequel.
W. H H. Wallace, Phil Kearny Post,
3S, G. A. r., Nelsonvilie. o., adds some
thing to the story of Gen. Dan Mac
Cauley's, published in The National
Tribune. entitled 1.-The Private Soldier
as a Forager." 1t seems the peculiar
"pirooter'' referred to in the story was
well known by Comrade Wallace. His
name was Samuel Trick, Co. X, 11th
! Ind and when on his way to Indiana
, to secure evidence for his pension he
became stranded in Nelsonville, and the
comrades of Phil Kearny Post secured a
I job of painting for him on a new school
building. The scaffolding gave way, and
he fell from the top of the building upon
fight of stone steps, being instantly
killed. His widow telegra phed she could
not afford the funeral expenses, so the
Post again came to the rescue and bur-
led him with military honors. His grave,
in beautiful Green Lawn Cemetery, Is
! always remembered with tender care by
| the comrades of Phil Kearny Post.
! Should his widow or family see this, it
! may afford them some comfort.
! Death of Gen. Mansfield.
]. B. Stab, 11th Pa. Cav, Hastings
Pa, gives us his story of the mortal
wounding of Gen. Mansfield which he
got from a comrade, who, strangely
enough, owed his life to the Generals
death. This comrade, Samuel Edmin-
ston. q Pennsylvania soldier, was lying
behind a boulder firing at the rebs as
fast as he could when Gen, Mansfield
came riding by, and when about oppo-
site Comrade Edminston was struck by
bullet. Comrade Edminston saw that
the General was hit, dropped his gun,
aud ran. out and caught him just as he
was falling from his horse. The bullets
were flying thick as hail at this point,
and Comrade Edminston was wishing
himself back behind his rock when q
shell struck the rock, smashing it and
doubling his gun all up, which he had
left behind il whe.l he went to the Gen
erals assistance. So if Gen. Mansfield
had not been hit just when and where
he was undoubtedly Comrade Edmin-
ston would have been killed when the
shell struck the boulder. The General
was riding alone at the time of his NOR
tai wounding.
Not Their Fault.
Our editorial on the ex-prisoners of
war, published in the issue of June T. is
highly commended by c. n. Dickinson,
Co. G, 21st Mich, Grand Haven, Mich.
who feels keenly the Injustice done
those comrades who through the mis-
fortune of Imprisonment lost their op-
portunity for promotion. He was away
from his regiment about 10 months dur
ing important movements and actions
OF the army, thereby losing good oppor-
tunities for service and his chance for
promotion. The sufferings of the men
in prison were far ahead of those
wounded in battle, and he thinks ii
most unfair that they should have been
kept from promotion because they were
unlucky enough to be captured.
Need a Boost Badly.
Joseph n. Forbes. Co. II, 1st n. Y.
Dragons, Cromanton, Fla, expressing
approval for our position on the ex-
prisoners of war question, thinks the
poof, feebl- old fellows do need bit Of
a hbost now Few of them have
been a work for years, can't beg,
and doi elish the thought of short
rat.ons s-vf as they got in prison. Even
those who receive a pension of s12 a
month can hardly keep soul and body
together on that sum. Cornrade Forbes
is looking for Lieut.. Mcintosh to correct
a late statement in The National Trib-
une, of Capt. Brittain's capturing the
cannon in the Shenandoah Valley. He
was not in the affair, but thinks Nc
Intosh was.
Are They the Firsts
NJ L. Adams, Co. C, 26th Ind, Co-val-
ItSt oTt-, Whites lDoL ne anu IoIilI
Bulls were lately invited to attend a
meeting of the Woman's Relief Corps.
Cornrade Bulls took his tambourine
and Comrade Adams his violin and they
made sweet music for the ladies. A
motion was made to adopt them into
the Corps, which was voted on and car
ried. They were the only males present,
an6 had a jolly good time. Comrade
Adams wonders if they are the first men
adopted by Relief Corps If there arc
any other comrades as lucky, let them
speak up.
The Boys Who Saved the White House.
E. F. Cowlea. Co. D, eth Iowa, Cam
bridge, Neb., referring to the money
appropriated by Congress for repairs
on the White House, says that while he
thinks that entirely proper, he does
think it is more important to do justice
to the kids who preserved that historic
building to the greatest Nation on earth.
Let Congress divide the money with the
boys in blue who saved the White
House. and give them a service pension
sufficient to keep the wolf from the
door in their declining years of life.
War Relic.
John H Mcpherson, Caddo. Tex,
sends us word that r. NJ Childs, Jones'
boro, Tex, R. F. d. No. Il. has in his
possession silver badge that was hand
ed his father by dying Northern SOL
dier on the battlefield Of Seven Pines
IT Is in the shape of a Maltese cross
On one of the points are the letters "F
b." across the center M c. WaId, Co
X" and in the lower ppint "23d ILL.,
" l." Mr.. Childs would like to COM
municate with the dead mans relatives
Our Southern Comrades.
Some of our Southern comrades
think that The National Tribune does
not pay quite enough attention to the
G. A. r. Posts in their localities. and
our good cornrade, Abner Hynes, Co. b,
SD La, Lake Providence! La, who be-
longs TO Lake Providence Post, "a,
sends US word that the comrades are
still alive down there, are on the move
and expect to be buried In blue.
Only Time He Ever Saw Him.
James F. Camp. Laporte City. Iowa,
was at Pleasant Valley when President
Lincoln reviewed the army. II was the
only time he ever saw him. He was
present at South Mountain when the
35th Mass. received their first fire They
were a spick span new regiment, and
were drawn up before rail fence. The
enemy were concealed behind stone
wall only a few rods in front of them.
A Request.
Can any comrade give Mrs Mary
Conner. Prosperity. Mo, information re-
Rarding George Ladano or any of his