The National tribune., 1907-05-16

and having seen number of Gen. j6rn
ston's pictures. did not doubt that
was he. IL was taken TO Corinth unde
a flag of truce into the rebel lines Com
rade Helmkamp says there is one ,hin
about the battle he never quite under
stood. The rebels went into bivoua
only short distance beyond the Unicl
| 'front.' Sunday night. Yet on Monda
! morning none of the forces were 10 b
found nearer than two miles. Did on
| gunboats cause panic, or what. h
i says?
/ Employed ms Spy.
! w. L. Molloy. Oregon CITY. Ore.
wants TO know why he sees nothing il
The National Tribune about the West
/ ern Army. and especially the service o
! the Kansas troops during the civil war
/ Would like the address OF any membe
of the I'd Kan. Cav, and hopes If an,
of his comrades see this they viii! writ
| 10 him without fail. Comrade Mollo,
was employed by the Government dur
ing the war as spy and detective. Blu
! was not regularly enlisted. He re
ceived an honorable discharge from tn,
st-Marshal-General at the close o
the war. He gave his discharge an,
other official papers into the hands o
| Senator Mitchell, of Oregon. now de
ceased, but since his death has beer
unable TO find them He is now Z.
years old. and needs help very much
He Is well known by thousands of sol
diers of Illinois. Iowa. Kansas and other
States. and if any of those who know
him Will write to him he will be much
obliged.
No Better Way.
A. D. Day. Co. E, 59th Ohio, 80 Oak.
land Ave, Columbus, Ohio, says he
never sees anything in The Nationa
Tribune from the old 59th, and wishes
he could. Boys. wake up: you are
surely not all dead. Grab a root OF
any old thing to steady yourselves SO
that you can write a few lines to tell
your old comrades how and where you
are. While we have all past the merid-
ian of life, and are going down the west
ern slope, let us not forget that we are
the same boys who fought, marched
and stood as living wall between our
loved homes and wars desolation. Let
us who are still alive communicate with
each other in some way, and if we do
not know each others address, / know
of no better way than thru the columns
of The National Tribune, the soldiers
best friend
What Constitutes Veteran.
Sergt S. T. Gray, Co. D, 49th ILL.,,
Deland, ILL.,, commenting on what a
lished in The National Tribune. says he
thinks a veteran is a man who went
out in 1861 and served three years, then
re-enlisted while in the field for three
years more, and who has two honorable
discharges. The veterans wore a red
stripe around their coat sleeves to dis
tinguish them from the other boys.
Would Like to Hear.
W. H. Hickman, Doland, S. D., would
be glad of any information regarding
j. S. Bennett, who was supposed to have
gone into the army from Panora, Iowa
He would greatly appreciate it if any
having any such information
would write to him.
Wants Help.
Benjamin Hinkle, Co. F, Sd KY. Cav,
who drove headquarters team for Gen.
Brigade during the war, went
into the hospital at Nashville in the
Fall of 1862, and was not paid off any
more until he was paid off at Louisville,
and he only drew three months wages
hen. He never has been able to get
what he thinks is owing him from the
Government. He wants his comrades
20 write to him and help him if they
IAN. He is quite helpless, not being
able to work nor even to dress himself.
BE begs his comrades to write to him. |
The 18th Ohio. !
H. Bailey, 61st N. Y, Jackson, Mich, |
lpropos of Comrade Oaks's article, says
hat it was not the boys of the 57th |
Ohio who volunteered to go as crew of
he transport Tigress, but 47th Ohio
,oys. If Comrade Oaks will write to
\. ]. Hodges. Washington, D. c., he
will hear from one who was fellow
prisoner with him in Vicksburg Jail.
HardtacI< Not Baked Enough.
David B. Wood. 125th Ohio, SPRING
ield, Mo-, has observed the great excess
# deaths from disease over those who
we're killed in battle during the civil
var and he thinks this is largely owing
o the fact that the bareback contained
10 salt and was not half baked. He has
Uttered ever since the war with troub-
es which he attributes entirely to this
npalatable half-cooked bareback, and
ct he has never been able to get a
ension for such disability. Should he
yer go into service again he would
ever eat any bareback without toast
ne it good before fire first.
Lost His Brother.
Martin A. Holcomb, of Alto, Mich,
ad brother in the war who enlisted
1 an Ohio regiment-but he does not
now the number-from whom he has
OF heard since the war closed. TheI
'st soldiers first name was Alonzo
nyone able to give any information
n the subject will confer a great favor
n Comrade Holcomb by communicate
lg with him.
A Witty Epitaph.
Stephen Bloomfield, 22d Battery L.
:, Canton, Ohio, apropos of the feel
ls expressed by the comrades with re-
ard to a monument to Wirz. sends
S the following verse as an epitaph to
e engrayen upon such monument:
Here lies old Henri. Wirz, stone dead:
hese re his feet, and there's his head;
here he's gone and how he fares,
obody knows, nor nobody cares"
Oldest Vet.
James N. Davis, Co. F, 18th Mich,
eading, Mich, says New Hampshire
ust relinquish that Oldest veteran
aim to Michigan. In Travers City,
Iich., lives Uncle Dan" Whipple, a
'ldier in the civil war, lot years old,
Id who walks five miles into the city
attend to his pension papers.
Saw Much Service.
G. w. Smith, Co. A, 4th Mimi, Dent,
inn, has taken The National Tribune
long time and could not do without
He enlisted in 1861, and took part
the siege Of Corinth, the battles of
lka and Corinth, was in the charge on
lcksburg, went with Sherman to the
"A. and wound up with the Grand Re-
ew at Washington. =
Where Was the Hill:
NJ T,ahor ror6oId