The Globe-republican., 1906-09-13
News From
THE STATE SOLDIERS HOME
AT Fort Dodge, KaS.

old soldiers who registered at the recer
reunion published. -I..
John II. Shaw, wife and daughter ais
/. took in the reunion and were guests Of
Jerry and Mrs. Shaw
Ben Ferguson was in on the 9th witt
some of the finest peaches lever" ant
watermelons ditto. We are to pay fol
them.
Judge Chase and wife were here las
week from Ellsworth, guests of Comman
dant Thomas and wife, and Jerry anC
Mrs. Shaw.
We rode from the Fort to Dodge City
a few days ago with Mr.. p. Cobb Of
Ford and he has the fastest team yet
1t took only thirty minutes to 60 five
miles.
Com. George Gregory and wife
George is Of the Co. A. 10th Ind. Hoo
siers) have been to Chaney for six weeks
part of the time at Wichita. George says
he never saw such immense crops. He
saw ears of corn fourteen inches long a
Wichita.
Comrade Dobyns, member OF the
board of managers, with his wife and
two daughters were guests of Com. and
Mrs. Thomas at the Home, They were
pleased with the Home and the in
habltants thereof, and think of coming
oftener In the future.
Comrade ard Mrs. Geo Mckee Of
Howard came mp with Mr. Dobyns and
family and were guests of Mr.. and Mrs
Shaw, being old time friends of theirs
Comrade Mckee is wealthy man, but
he is In poor health from disease con.
tracted in the South while fighting for
the supremacy of the flag.
Com. Charles S. Musick, X. 40th KY,
mounted infantry, with family has
moved to near Syracuse, Hamilton
county, having found a claim lying a.
round loose. He is back here for few
days to see us. We dislike to part with
Com. Musick, even If it is for only
little while TO perfect claim against
Uncle Sam. As the poet remarked,
emusic hath chvrms" which holds good
10 Charles case.
Our old friend Ebza G. Victor who for
some time has bossed the dump cart
takes much needed rest and goes on a
vacation to Olathe to rusticate. EbZa, or
Wick as we call him is the old soldier we
wrote about who was not in the army
long enough to get pension under the
last law or law of 1890. He served ac-
cording to the record two months and
twenty three day in Company "F, "Cass
county, Missouri guards, thus lacking
just seven days Of having served the re-
quired ninety days. He has been work.
ing for months and months, saving up
his hard earned "Lincoln funds" for the
present vacation. If we were a con-
gresham we would get busy and try to
get through special act to pension
"Vickn
A very interesting letter from "Stone-
wall" Jackson, which is now In the
possession or Mrs. Hurley, wife of the
general manager of the Santa Fe has
been published recently. The letter was
wrtted from Mexico while Stonewall |
was a lieutenant in The U. S. army, to
Mrs. Hurley's mother, who was his sister.
Wenotice that in introducing the letter
the writer refers to "Stonewal" as
Thomas Jefferson Jackson. 1t is true
that he signed his name Thomas j.
Jackson" but we are confident that the
81" did not stand for Jefferson. His
name was Thomas Jonathan Jackson.
FROM his letter you will find that he had
a far better opinion of Scott, than Of
Taylor.
When the recent reunion began we
thought that we would criticlse some
things but after waiting until the last day
IN the morning cur criticisms were all
knocked out. Com. Arment, the secre-
tsry read resolutions of the previous
year. and we found that our request
for generous treatment for tx prisoners
of war were incorporated. Further
more the resolutions this year ask
is to pass suitable bills in favor
of all ex prisoners OF war for the parti-
cuar part they played upon the chess
board of war in consequences of nom
exchange. We were knocked out physi- |
cally and mentally while the Confederates
were we'll fed and hearty and would be a
reinforcement to the rebel army of
rs, 1000.
Asa d. Sldwell, Of Barracks No. 4
while psram bulatlng around camp found
pocket book containing s25 which he
learned belonged to Mrs, A. W. Folks
dorff, sister to Mrs. Thomas Norman,
Mrs. Folksdorff on receiving her pocket
book presented Asa with a five dollar bill.
Asa does not draw pension. He lost