The National tribune., 1906-08-16
Rescue of the FIaE House.

! " ''"SHA"'ii illil san francisco. Wnlcn
was one of the few buildings which es-
capped destruction during the fire. The
mouse was partly occupied by Hon. Eli
| I.-Sheppard and wife, who served in the
S3th Ohio and 126th Ohio. and after
| ward as Consul to Tien-Tsin, China. He
was also law adviser for the JAPANESE
Cabinet. Another portion of the house
was occupied by Comrade e. a. Dakin
and his wife. The house contains q
most interesting collection of relics in
Guiding many Oriental art treasures
collected by Mr. and Mrs. Sheppard and
| historical flags gathered and preserved
by Comrade Dakin. When it seemed
! that the house must go, Comrade Dakin
rushed up into the flag room, and hast
| lily tore from the walls some of his
dearest flag treasures. which he thrust
| into his pockets. He then hoisted
! large American Flag on the staff above
| the house, where it could be seen at
great distance. He dipped the Flag in
a farewell salute, and then rushed off
with his family out of the flames. The
| house was saved by the greatest efforts
| of the inmates, and the Flag still float
! ed there in triumph over the burning
ruins that stretched all around.
| Veteran in Texas.
Horace Welch, Jefferson, Tex, writes
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and then re-enlisted for three years,
when he was commissioned a Second
Lieutenant. He went to Ohio on re-
cruiting service, and the men he Sc
cured We're mustered into the 125th
Ohio. in which he served until the close
of the war. He is now past his SD
birthday. and suffers severely from
rheumatism which he contracted in
swimming rivers where the ice was
floating and in other hard service from
Chattanooga to Knoxville. The most
critical time in his service was while he
was In command of the picket line near
cambridge, Tenn, when he held the
line of battle of the enemy until the
brigade came to his assistance. He is
now so nervous that he cannot write
and has to use a typewriter. He has
been living in Texas since 1866, and has
had some vivid experiences. but now
the blue and the gray are uniting, and
there is no North, no South, but all are
brothers.
A Friend of Gen. Lauman.
B. T. Martin, 18th Wis, Ellenda1e, N
D., feels that as one of The National
Tribune family he has a right to put in
word, and he wants it in favor of Gen.
Lauman. In regard to John r. Palmer's
comments upon Gen. Lauman's failure
at Jackson, he wants to say that while
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mistakes, other Generals We're guilty of
greater blunders, of which nothing has
been said. Gen. Lauman never after
ward commanded, but he came tol
NatcheZ and gave short talk to Crock
er's command after the surrender of
Vicksburg. Comrade Martin was put
in command of some convalescents and
slightly-wounded men in a field hospi-
tai in the rear of the city and on the
night of the 18th or 14th of July he
received an order from Col. George Z.
Bryant to gather up every man who
could walk and come on to Jackson, as
battle was impending and every man
was needed. Comrade Martins squad
numbered about $50. and he formed the
rear guard on frame that had once
been a horse. He reached the vicinity
of Jackson with all his men to find that
Johnston had retreated, and the battle
did not come off.
An Enthusiastic Irishman.
At the breaking up of the campaign
around Atlanta, Gen. Sherman sent a
detachment under Gen. Schofield north
in the direction of Nashville in the pur-
suit of Hood. When near Franklin
Hoods army went into camp, and taxi
ing advantage of the darkness Gen.
Schofield passed around him and march
ed into Franklin. The next morning
Hood was greatly surprised to find the
Union forces in his front and in possess
sion of Franklin. He at once formed in
line of battle and moved forward in
force. Gen. Wagner, commanding the
right wing, holding on against great
odds, needing reinforcements badly,
called an Irishman from one of his regi-
ments to him in the height of the bat
tie, and sent him to Gen. Schofield for
help. The Irishman running with all
1t s1.r,& I,n, I,r.gI
General, and after saluting said with
great enthusiasm: "GinerI, the divil's
to pay on the right wing, and If he amt
paid Hood'll take a mortgage on the
guns, and OF don't see how we kin do
without 'em. We're fightin' about three
TO one, and Gen. Wagner wants we to
send help. VIII ye do it, father. and
Ofll go right now to me post for there's
not mon to spare"
A German Veteran.
George Probst, the proprietor of a
large printing establishment at % East
18th St, New York, was born IN Ger
many, and served there six years in the
army. He came to this country In 1854,
and enlisted as drummer in CO. K, I'd
L. S. He re-enlisted May %, 1859, in
| the same company and regiment. At
the outbreak of the war his company
relieved Capt. Thomas w. Sherman'sI
| Battery at Fort Ridgely, Mimi, but was
soon relieved by the 1st MINI. They
came on to Washington IN time to take
! part in the battle of Bull Run, where
| they were in a battalion under the COM
mand of Maj. George Sykes and did
some magnificent fighting on that day.
| Comrade Probst was wounded in the
left arm and sent to a hospital at Wash
| ington from which he was discharged
| for disability. but re-enlisted in the
general service, and was a messenger
| for Gen. H w. Halleck. His discharge
reads, Character most excellent"
Wants to Get In.
]. ]. Bender, Sergeant, Co. 3, 14th
Iowa. wants to get in before the fight is
| over, and begins with asking the read
ers of the best paper in the world if
| they know anything of the relatives of
| Richard L. Roland. who enlisted In Co.
H, 14th Iowa, before the battle of Shi-
loh, and was captured with the COM
pany and regiment, April Z. AS the
prisoners We're standing in Corinth he
was ordered out of the ranks and taken
away and shot. Comrade Bender would
also like TO hear Of George w. shaffer
and Samuel 5. Todd, of the same COM
pany and regiment, who We're not de-
tected, and served to the close of the
war. There were also two Williams
brothers, who enlisted at Columbus,
Ky. The State Board of Control is tell
ing the Old boys to go way back and sit
down. and there is only one veteran
left on guard a the state Prison at