The National tribune., 1906-04-12

says: "In your paper recently ] reat
an article referring to the goth n. Y.
and the honorable discharge of the
men OF that regiment. Well, I am one
of them. 1 belonged to Co. Z. There
is bill Oh. r. 1860 before the House
of Representatives and Senate, and ir
the 5Sth Congress, second session (Re-
port 1869 1t was very favorably re.
| ported.
I'm 1866, by order of Gen. Grant, with
the approval of President Johnson,
| think, we were honorably discharged
and received our back pay and bounty
| In 1890, by Act of June 27, / received
a pension of S8 on my discharge, and
received the pension until June, 1895
when, by order of the Secretary of the
| Interior and by sanction of President
Cleveland. it was taken away from me
| on the claim that Gen. Grant and the
Executive had no right to grant US our
discharge. Now. / should think Cen
Grant knew what he was doing.
Our bill is now before the Senate
and House, having been favorably re-
ported. We are all getting old. and
longer delay would be unfair to u.s."
Music Accompanied Musketry.
Comrade d. H. Arnett writes from
Sacramento. Cal. that he read an ar.
ticle in The National Tribune about
Smiths Band. II know something
about that band of music" he says.
'In front of Atlanta, Ca, at Peach
Tree Creek. the rebels charged our bri-
gade nine times on the open field. The
I'd Mass. Band stood right behind us
and played. If it had not been there
we might have fallen back. 1t inspired
us TO fight. I was a member of Co. /,
129th H., First Brigade. Third Divl-
sion, Fourteenth Corps. / believe that
was the best band in the war. After
the battle was over we could walk over
the battlefield on dead bodies. / would
like to get a record of the 129th Ill. l
also saw in The National Tribune why
the battle of Perryville, KY, was lost.
was in that fight. 1t was my first.
We drove Bragg out of Perryyile and
clear through Cumberland Gap"
The 10th VT. mt Gettysburg.
In response to the request of Com
rade Fisher, who wants to hear from
some comrade who was in the battle
of Gettysburg. Comrade James II. Abb
bott, Co. A, 18th VT, writes from Alex
andria, Mimi, that he was there. 'In
Pickett's charge" says Comrade Alb
bott, II remember well the three hours
we lay and hugged the ground between
the two fires. When we were ordered
up we could see the rebs coming
through the Wheatfield. l remember
some OIL the men tHdt were kllleu IN
Comrade Fishers company. One was
Charles Stevens. He was a near neigh
bor of mine. / would like Comrade
Fisher to write to me and l will answer
his letter."
The 5th U. s. Cav.
Francis Howard, Prairie City, Ore.
writes: II would like very much TO
hear something of the old 5th U. S.
Cav, especially Co. e, from 1867 to
1869. / have never seen word from
one of the boys yet; and now that
have broken the ice. come on. boys"
Valuation of Tickets.
A. A. Jones, Toledo. Iowa. is not sat
isfied with what has been published
regarding the agreement as to valida-
process has always been excessively an
noying to the comrades and their wives,
and a reform has been promised. but
without result. At the last Encamp-
ment Comrade Jones and his wife were
subjected to much annoyance on ac-
count of the defective scheme of val
idation.
Justice to the Old Vets.
'It is about &c years since I COM
menced reading The National Trib
une," writes Comrade John B. Adds.
Co. II, 18th Kan, from Neodesha, Kan.
"I am always interested in the news,
but, above all, the letters from the
comrades. and I wonder, too, why the
President does not heed the advice of
The National Tribune. 1t would be q
real Godsend If Uncle Sam should de-
eide to pay the old soldiers the balance
of their long standing dues and provide |
a living service pension for the depend |