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The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-09-09
lOops ADVANCING TO PERSIA.

|umiah, Persia, Sept. S.-The coun-
 |as telegraphed parliament that
 Turkish troops are arriving and
 |ncing daily The council has asked |-e Prince Firman Firma's men are,
 lot single Persian soldier has as Eeaehed the frontier.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-09-09
SOLDIERS SAIL FOR PHILIPPINES.

San Francisco, Sept. S.-The United States army transport Thomas sailed yesterday for Honolulu. Guam and Ma nila with nine troops of the Sixth Cav airy and detachment of aeld artillery for the Philippines, in addition to a large number of cabin passengers.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-09-09
sMALLPox ErIpENIIo CoNr1NuEs.

Vienna, Sent. S-There are no signs of abatement in the smallpox epidemic. During the last few days 166,O0O per- sons have been Vaccinated. Public meetings and processions have been for hidden.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-09-09
YACHT ELM1NA AGROUND
Commodore Brewster's Schooner
 Meets With Slight Accident.

{ New London, Sept S.--'rhe schooner yacht Elmina IT., built last year by Herreshoff, and owned by Commodore Frederick r. Brewster of New York Yacht club. went aground on Middle Ground rock, off Watch Hill, this after noon. She was not seriously damaged. The T. A. Scott O.. of this city, sent the tug Harriet to the rescue, The Hl- nina was f1oated.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-09-09
FIRST SYNAGOGUE IN MOSCOW.

Moscow, Sept S.-The first Jewish synagogue to be erected in this city was opened yesterday.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-09-09
MINIATURE ALMANAC.

l.. N. TARR. Local Forecaster.
 U. s. Weather Bureau.
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LoCAL wEATHER REPoRT.

New Haven. Conr
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The National tribune., 1907-09-26
Death of Capt. ). n. Flint.

Editor National Tribune: capt. Jos.
y. Flint. veteran of the civil war.
died July 3, 1907, in San Rafael. Cal.
He left Yale College in 1862, and en-
listed as private in Co. ], l30th n. Y,
which command subsequently became
the 1st y. Y. Dragons. He was pro-
NOTED Sergeant of Co. | and successive
ly 10 Sergeant Major. Second Lieuten-
ant and First Lieutenant, served a year
on Gen. Sheridan's staff, and was bre-
vetted Captain by President Lincoln.
After the war he came West, and
served as Superintendent of Schools in
Nevada.
IN 1889 he entered the customs SER
vice in San Francisco. and by successive
promotions on merit became clerk /
class 2, in the Naval Office of Customs
in San Francisco. In that position he
was on my staff from 1894 until his
death.
In all qualities that make a man he
was one of the best i have ever known
He was patriot and citizen of the
first rank, scholar and a gentleman
He left no family, and his comrades OF
the G. A. r. laid him TO rest in the
military cemetery in the Preside in
San Francisco. Taps never sounded for
a truer soldier or a better man.-Jno
p. Irish, Naval Officer, San FRANCISCO
Cal.
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Did Evnngelist f. C. Avis SANDER the
Soldiers.

Editor National Tribune: Whereas
it appears from an article in The Ma
tional Tribune cf July 25, 1907, under
the name of Rev. J. Harmon Dutton,
Argenta, ILL.,, that the Reverend gen.
tlernan makes the charge that Comrade
j. w. Whitiock, pastor Of the NJ. E.
Church here, is guilty of misrepresen-
tation and falsehocd. He first charges
entirely erroneous statements regard
ing Rev. E. c. Avis by quoting him
(Avis) as saying that he would sooner
associate with real skunk than an old
soldier" Secondly, adds: The Rev.
-rend gentleman did not say this
Now, because of this attempt to in
lure the character of Comrade Whit
lock. and not willing that sin shall go
Inpunished, we, the members of Fred
Sooner Post, No. 294, G. A. r., most
emphatically state that we have suffi-
cient good and reliable evidence to
satisfy US that Evangelist E. c. Avis
while conducting meeting at Argenta,
H., during the month of March, 1907,
Tor the Rev. j. Harmon Dutton, at the
q. b. Church, publicly stated that if
he had to make a choice of associate
or companion from either a real skunk
or some old soldiers, he would take
the skunk" And that he (Avis) did
at different times, without any qualifi-
cation at any time. call the veterans
OF the Civil war -Olu SkunKS, ana tndt
Comrade Whitlock is correct in his
statement as to what Mr.. Avis did say.
And upon these grounds we are willing
that the public shall judge as to the
reputation of "a good and true mao"
as Rev. Dutton puts it. Then, again,
we notice that the Rev. Dutton infers
that Mr.. Avis is a resident of his town,
and represents himself as comrade
Mr.. Avis is not citizen of Argenta, and
we do not know whence he came
and can only guess as to where he is
going Also that Rev. Dutton is a
young pan of about 80 years. and we
| have never heard of his serving as a
soldier at any time or place. He fur-
ther states that Mr.. Avis confined his
remarks to bat one class of soldiers:
Those in the Home" and that in the
same discourse paid the highest tribute
of respect to the boys of 1S61-65. All
we can say as to this, we fail to hear
the public so quote him.
Signed by the comrades of the Post
Argenta, H., August, 1901.
The National tribune., 1907-09-26
Unrcported Cnmpfire.

There was a Regimental Reunion of
the Old 57th'' held lat Swanton Thurs
day of last week" There was Il great
campfire of logs in the park, and the
veterans talked around it in groups, as
they used in war times at the front.
THE annual address was delivered by
Gen. Isaac Sherwood. of Toledo"
The fact last stated justifies the
guess that 1.-The old 51th' was the 5Tth
Ohio, and that it held its Reunion on
Thurday of last week in Swanton, O
The National Tribune is not able to be
exact All the information we have is
a newspaper clipping sent by COM
rade, who neglected to show the name
or the date of the newspaper or the
town in which it is published. The "old
57th'' will have its Reunion in 1908
ION the first Thursday of September.
i'm the town in which the paper from
which the clipping is made, but to what
town that is there is no clue. This
often occurs. Comrades ought to send
all data to base report upon.-Editol
National Tribune.
Gen. Jack Easement. who command.
ed brigade in Cox's Division, and Gen
Strickland, of Nebraska, who com
manded the Third Brigade, same divi-
sion. danced a Jig to the music of the
Swanton Drum Corps, making grea
hit"
Gen sherwood toid ABOUT the uife'
ported campfire by Sherman's army or
the night of the day it received new:
of Lees surrender. Great heaps o.
pitchy pine logs were made and de.
luged with pitch from the turpentint
camps near, and at night the heaps
were fired and the flames mounted the
night to more than 100 feet in hight
In the great light of those stupendous
blazes the soldiers danced and sans
their joy. Generals, Colonels, Majors
Captains, Lieutenants, non-commission
ed officers and privates danced together
and sang together, with nothing to tel
of the difference in rank except the
insignia. and the bands blared and the
drums ratified and the flies shrilled
What a night of joy and noise it was
And Gen. Sherwood set his audience
wild with emotions as he told the story
of that campfire.
The National tribune., 1907-09-26
Oldest Monumentsf

Comrade Geo. A. Bradley, Co. G, 1st
Conn. II. A., sends from Meriden, Conn.
a copy of the Berlin News, containing
an article giving some of the history OF
the Soldiers Monument at Kensington
1t states that contention exists be-
tween the towns of Terryville and Bris-
tol, which severaliy claim to have the
oldest monument to the soldiers who
fought and died for the Union. The
item referred to denies that either mon
ument is as old as the one at Kensing-
ton, of which it says: 1.-The design was
drawn by an artist citizen, Nelson A
Moore. On the front of the base is the
date, 1863 The names of G
soldiers, with place of death and date
are on the sides of the stone" 1t is OF
Portland red sandstone, and was
brought in the rough, drawn by IA yoke
of oxen. e. A. Cole, still living, was
of the party driving the cattle u. S
Senator Lafayette s. Foster and Isaac
Burritt made dedication speeches, and
poem by Edward w. Robbins was
read. The funds were raised by sub
scription. thru the activity of Rev. Elisa
B. Hillard, OF the Congregational
Church.
The National tribune., 1907-09-26
MARYLAND HOME COMING.
Absent Sons and Daughters OF the Cit!
to Gather In Maryland Next Month.

Gov. Wartield, of Maryland, has sent
out a general invitation to the Mary
landers scattered all over the country
to come home to grand Reunion, 10
be held in Baltimore Oct. 1919. This
invitation includes all those who were
born in the State, whose fathers and
mothers were natives of Maryland, OF
who resided for any length of time in
Maryland. The invitation sets forth the
following attractions:
There will be parades of soldiers and
sailors, of firemen, of school children
of 5000 uniformed fraternal society
members, an electrical pageant, a
merry night carnival, in which there
will be tens of thousands of fantastical-
ly garbed subjects of 4 merry king, and
there will be dozen other big features
that will make the occasion an enjoy
able and memorable one.
A day has been set apart for pill
grimage to Annapolis, the ancient Cap
ital of the State, where appropriate ex-
vision of the patriotic societies in OBJ
servance of the burning of the Peggy
Stewart, and other historic events, and
where Will be seen the greatest naval
school in the world.
Special rates granted by the railroad
and steamboat lines will make it reason
ably easy for you to come home. and
our hotels and boarding houses have
agreed to maintain their moderate
charges during the big Reunion.
The headquarters of the Maryland
Home Coming Association are at 602
Fidelity Building. Baltimore, Nd. Gov.
Warfield is President of the Association
and ]. Chas. Linthicum Secretary.
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Co. II. 1Ht Pa. CIV.

Editor National Tribune: 1t might be
of interest to some of your readers and
some of the 1st Pa Reserve Cav. that
Co. B held their Annual Reunion at
Comrade w. Fl. Rhodes's country resi-
dence at Abrams, Pa. near Norristown
There were Is old cavalrymen present
with their wives, children and friends,
in all about 80 persons We had a
very enjoyable time fighting over the
old battles of the Army of the Poto-
mac. in which we served for over three
years. Comrade Rhodes and his wife
entertained us in grand style with mu-
sic and song and ended with banquet.
Our next Reunion will be held at Amb-
Ter, Pa, Aug. D, 1908. The officers
elected for the year are Allen Bevan,
President; Frank X. BIehl, Vice Presi-
dent, and Franklin Snyder, Secretary
and Treasurer, with L. Black, Assist
ant. Frank K. Blehl, Philadelphia, Pa.
The National tribune., 1907-09-26
BEAUTIFUL MEMORIAL SERVICES
Liznbeth A. Turner's Memory HOnOred nj
SaratOga-TOucLinS Music Specially
Written.

Like a benediction were the services
held in memory of Lizabeth A Turner
Tuesday afternoon in the NJ. E. Church,
which had a special decoration of flow
ers and flags in honor of the woman
who, without kith or kin in the great
war of the rebellion, entered heart and
soul into the work for the sufferers for
the flag, and thereafter devoted her
life to that work.
Beautiful programs were printed
which will be kept as treasured SOU
venirs by all so fortunate as to be
among the hundreds who crowded the
great edifice to the very doors. On the
last page was inscribed, I'm loving
memory of LiZabeth A. Turner, the SOL
diers' friend" She was pioneer in
organizing the Woman's Relief Corps
at Denver, Colo, in 1888, and served as
first National Treasurer. 1SS3-1SS9;
eighth National Senior Vice President,
1S90-1S91; 18TH National President,
1s95-1S96; Chairman of the Anderson
vile Prison Board, 1896-1907.
LAS Life Chairman she fell at her post
of duty at Andersonville, Ga, April 81,
1907. Energetic. patriotic and intensely
loyal, Our LiZabeth' gave to the Grand
Army of the Republic her last full
measure of devotion, and died on the
firing line"
The speakers were National President
Carrie X. Sparklin, Harriette l.. Reed,
Gen. K. B. Brown, Commander-in-C Chief
of the Grand Army Of the Republic, and
Gen. John r. King. Past Commander
in-Chief. Each spoke with loving ten
derness of the life of the woman as
each had known her best. Mrs. Reed
gave a comprehensive story of her life
and of her entrance into the Relief
Corps work, which she was amply able
to do, as she had worked side by side
ha in hand with
40 or more years, and was her National
Secretary. The National President
spoke particularly of the splendid work
| that Mrs. Turner had done in the An
Jacksonville Prison Park, and how she
would be missed there. She declared
| in closing that Mrs. Turner had died a
martyr to the sacred spot, because she
insisted that it was her duty TO rise
| from sick bed to go there, and II was
| there that the angel of death met her.
| Gen. Brown also spoke of her intense
| devotion to the spot where so many
thousand brave men had met death
rather than prolong life by seeming for
even one hour to swear allegiance TO
| another flag, in hope of escape from
the confines of the awful slaughter pen.
Cen King. in speaking along the same
| lines, declared that when he was Com
mander-in-Chief it had been his proud
privilege to break all precedents in the
history oI ifie bTdnu ARMY, ana mad
appointed as Special Aids upon his staff
the noble women who had mothered
the Woman's Relief Corps, and become
| the strong right arm of the Grand
Army of the Republic. namely, Kate
Brownlee Sherwood, Sarah +. Fuller
and LiZabeth A. Turner.
The music was of a particularly touch
| ing nature. Mrs. Belle c. Harris, Past
National Senior Vice President, sang
with wonderful effect Face to Face"
and COmrade John Gilman, of Massa-
chusetts. lifelong friend. sang two
songs of his own composition. Our
Lizabsth' and 1.-THE Passing of the
The National tribune., 1907-09-26
The Esd n. Y. battery Reunion.

The 46th anniversary and Annual Re-
union Of the 23d n. Y. Battery was held
in G. A. r. Hall, Wilson, y. Y, Sept.
Z. These officers were elected Presi-
dent, Edwin Saxton, Lockport, n. y;
Vice President, Cyrus NJ. Pierce Pekin,
N Y; Secretary and Treasurer, Joseph
kittinger, Buffalo, N. Y. Eighteen vet
Grams of the old 23d Battery sat down
to dinner together, and about 20 letters
from comrades scattered from Maine
to California were read. The 23d y.
Y. Battery went into the field i'm 1861,
and remained in active service until
the close of the war. and was mustered
out at Buffalo, N. Y, July IA, 1865
More than 800 men served in its ranks.
At the final campaign in 1865 the bat
terry was attached to Gen. Fitzpatrick s
Cavalry Corps of Gen. Sherrnan's army,
and had the honor of firing the last
cannon shot of the civili war at Norris
vile. n. G., April 13, 1865, ih an action
between Gen. Kilpatrick's Cavalry and
that of Wade Hampton, three days be-
fore the surrender of Joe Johnston's
army at Durham, n. c., to Gen Sher-
man. About 100 members of the 23d
N Y. Battery survive, widely scat
tered.
The National tribune., 1907-09-26
Tooth and 11eth n. Y. Reunion.

On Sept. 6 the Tooth n. Y. Veteran
Association held its 21st Annual Re-
union at Riverside Park, on Niagara
River, Jointly with the 10th n. Y. The
Tooth has on its rolls 345 survivors, 55
of whom were present, many with their
families. Many others who could not
come sent letters of regret. We lost by
death since the last Reunion Is COM
rades, the largest number in any one
year since the Association was organ
lied. Among those who answered the
call of the Grand Commander is our
late Colonel, George b. Dandy. We had
a very pleasant time visiting and re-
calling memories, sad and otherwise, of
camp and field in bygone days. The
business meetings of the Two organiza-
tions were held separately. All the
officers of the Tooth serving last year
were reelected, viz: Honorary Presi-
dent, Maj. ID. ID. Nash; President, Thos
Maharg; Vice Presidents, w. A. Tousey
and F. Casey; Corresponding Secretary.
A. j. Wagner; Recording Secretary, A.
r. Chamberlain; Treasurer, Capt. e. l..
Cook. A. r. Chamberlain. 27 Peabody
St, Buffalo, n. Y.
The National tribune., 1907-09-26

tachment in which Comrade Fancher
was one out of every four men was
struck with a bullet, and his chief re-
gret is that his regiment should not
get the credit of fight in which mem
bers did so well and suffered so heav-
lily.
Peter Helton, Charlotte. n. c.. Adiu-
tant of Hartranft Post, 40. COmrade
Helton served % months in the 16th
n. Y H. A, and then not having SOL
diering enough enlisted in the Sth u.
s., Co. II, and served three years. He
was discharged in North Carolina, took
a fancy to the country, and after some
roaming thru the Southern States. final
ly settled down at Charlotte, where he
has remained for 20 years, during five
years OF which he has been rural free
delivery mail carrier. He is Adjutant
of Hartranft Post, 40, Department of
Virginia and North Carolina, and is
now on the way home from the wet
march at Saratoga Hartranft Post
charges itself with the duty every year
of decorating the graves at Salisbury,
which is a severe tax upon the slender
resources of the Post. The membership
is very small and the comrades are
not at all well-to-do. but they give up
freely of their means for this purpose.
This year they did not get a cent from
headquarters. Salisbury is "A miles
from Charlotte. and there is no other
Post in the peighborhood. Comrade
Helton says that Charlotte is not only
a beautiful little city, but a very flour
ishing one, and now claims $4,000 in
habitants. They have % cotton fac
tories inside of radius of about six
miles. In addition to this are machine
shops, woodworking factories and 9TH
er forms of manufactures
c. H. Chamberlain, Battery C, 1st
Wis. H. A, Louisville, Ky. Comrade
Chamberlain, whose battery was part
of the Army of the Cumberland. has
been a resident of Louisville for 80
years and employed as a commercial
traveller his territory extending to
Memphis and down into northern Mis-
sissippi. He is an active member of
Walter C. Whitaker Post, of Louisville.
and identified with the Grand Army
work in that city.
The National tribune., 1907-09-26
Where Did the 18th Ind. Meet.

The survivors of the 18th Ind. held
their 1907 Reunion "in the Circuit
Court room somewhere, one day. The
report of the session sent to us omits
both the date of meeting and the name
of the town, being newspaper clip
ping, with nothing to disclose date or
locality, merely: Enclosed please find
an account of our recent Reunion.
which we trust you will publish" There
were more than 40 present. and there
was the good time that they had a
right to expect but saddened by the
report of the Secretary that % mem
bers have been finally mustered out
session will be on Wednesday of State
Fair week, 1908, at Indianapolis, Ind
The officers elected are: President, VIM
p. Pollen; Vice President, d. S. Bell;
Secretary-Treasurer, George E. Lowry,
1943 Broadway, indianapolis, Ind
The National tribune., 1907-09-26

Veteran" This was al favorite with
Mrs. Turner, and while at Andersonville
and only a few days before she died
Comrade Gilman was guest there. and
in the evening. as all sat upon the porch
of Andersonville cottage, With the set
ting sun casting long shadows and the
breath of roses perfumirg. the air, she
turned to her old-time friend and said.
Johnny, sing The Passing of'the Vet
eran' for me-" and he sang as she re-
quested, while the sun ssank to sleep.
and the birds began to sing their night
songs among the dusky Shadows of the
trees which grow above the dead line
in the old prison pen. lAnd who shall
say that those who sleep close TO where
they suffered martyrdorfrt were not lis
tening to the song and were coflforted? =?
The invocation was pronounced by
Past National President Harriet j.
Bodge, and the benediction by National
Chaplain Hannah u. Maxon. Then
taps" was sounded by Col. Payson
Bradley of Massachusetts.
The National tribune., 1907-09-26
MONUMENT TO THE ORANGE
BLOSSOMS.
A Splendid Memorial to a Gallant Regi-
ment.

The 124th N. Y, the Orange Bios
soms," was one of the 800 fighting reg
iments, and belonged to Birney's Divi-
sion of the Third Corps 1t was made
up of splendid material from the farm
er boys of Orange County, N. Y. and
out of a total enrolment of 1920 il
lost 14S killed, or 11.2 per- cent, and
IL died in Confederate prisons. Its
heaviest loss was at charlottesville, 81
killed, and 35 at Gettysburg, qwhere it
lost its Colonel and Major. A fine. mon
ument has been erected at Goshen, N.
Y, the gift of Col. Thomas W. Bradley,
who came home with the regiment a
brevet Major. The monument was 'un-
yelled with great ceremony Sept. B.
Business was suspended in Goshen. and
all the people turned Quito participate.
Sergt Henry r. Mayette presided at
the unvailing, and the oration was
made by Col. Charles II. Weygant. 1t
was expected that Gen. Sickles would
be present and deliver the address, but
his health would not permit him.
The National tribune., 1907-09-26
The Kentucky Reunion.

The members of Co. A, Sd KY Cav,
and Co. G, 18th Ky, which companies
were organized in Christian County
KY, in October, 1865. held a Reunion
at Crofton, Aug. II, with Al old COM
rades present. An elegant bouquet
was presented to Maj. J. w. Breat-
hill, who was the first Captain of Co
A, Sd Ky. Cav, and the Oldest soldier
present. He is in his SID year. The
ladies served a splendid dinner, and a
permanent organization was effected,
with M. b. Brown as President The
next meeting will be held at CroftCn
Aug II 1903
The National tribune., 1907-09-26
THEY INVITE VAUDEVILLE.
Commander of Fort William Mckinley
Writes Vigorous Correction Of Philip
pine RumDr About soldiers and short
Skirt Dancers.

In our issue of Sept. we reproduced
an article from the Philippine Cos
sip Manila weekly newspaper.
Those who read that article will cer-
tainly be interested in the subjoined.
from the columns of a later issue of
the Gossip.
'Lieut.-Col. VIM. H c. Bowen, 18th
Infantry. in charge of Memorial Hall.
otherwise known as the Y. NJ. c. \.
building. at Fort Mckinley. has writ
ten us a letter taking exception TO por-
tions of our article in which we COM
mented upon reported restrictions upon
travelling vaudeville companies. Col.
Bowen says in substance: In your last
issue you took occasion to give as one
reason for failure of soldiers to re-en-
list restrictions now in force at Fort
William Mckinley which have caused
considerable dissatisfaction among IN :
enlisted men at that post. You then
go on to say that the visits of local
vaudeville troupeS have been discour-
aged, giving as a reason. artists per-
forming in abbreviated skirts. | desire
to state that good clean vaudeville is
wanted. The ballet is welcome: the
skirts may be abbreviated as much "a
they please so long as the dancing and
singing are clean and good. The Y. NJ
! c. A. welcomes all good clean vaude-
vile shows. The men of the United
States Army can be trusted sufficiently
to witness the performance of dancing
girls in short skirts. Anything clean
and entertaining goes"
The Secretary writes: Last year
many shows We're given in the Y. NJ. c.
A. rooms by performers showing dane
ing girls in short skirts. The Y. VI. G.
A. is always on the lookout for 60 d
wholesome entertainments for the men
and in this the association is backed
by the military authorities. During the
year 1906 III entertainments were
given in the Y. NJ. c. A rooms. with a
total attendance of 12.720. Some OF
these entertainments We're free. but
most of them We're pay shows. Other
attractions at the y. NJ. G. A. rooms
are, bowling alleys (best in the islands)
well-equipped gymnasium, a game
room, including pool. billiards. and a
free library and reading and writing
room.
From Col. Bowers letter il is shown
that little more than an average d
two entertainments week were given
at Fort Mckinley during the year 1906,
in addition to the regular amusement
available at the Y. NJ. c. A rooms al
all times, certainly an ample supply for
any reasonable person and all that any
soldier could expect"