The National tribune., 1907-09-26
Veterans In the City.

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Veterans In the City.
H. NJ. Austin, I'd Iowa. Birmingham
Ala. Comrade Austin belonged to the
regiment which showed the boys into
Fort Donelson. He is now custodian of
the Masonic Temple at Birmingham. is
Past Commander of the Post at that
city, and at the last election was chosen
Colonel of the Sons of Veterans for
Alabama and Tennessee. He is quite
enthusiastic over his town and it's pros
poets. The last Legislature allowed
Birmingham to incorporate some 16
different municipalities in the suburbs,
so that the city now has a population
of 125.000. Six great trunk lines reach
the city. and they are now completing
magnificent 100000 station. t+7
Comrade ]. Chaddock, of Bluffton,
Ind. Comrade Chaddock, who served in
the Sd Ill. Cav, is Commander of Lew
Daley Post, 33, Department of Indiana,
G.. A. r., which he claims is the second
largest Post in the Department outside
of Indianapolis, it having 206 members
in good standing. Comrade Chaddock
is deservedly proud of his beautiful
town, which is called the "Parlor City,
of the West. 1t abounds in fine build
ings, pleasant homes. and he claims it
has the finest streets of any in the
country. with the main streets paved
with asphalt. There are about 25 miles
of asphalt pavements in this city of
1000 inhabitants There is a pavement
in front of every house.
T. A. Carr, 7th Ind Cav, Deming, N.
NJ. Comrade Carr, who is railroad
man, has been down in that country
fer about 25 years. and is thoroly iden-
titled with it Deming is town of
about 5000 inhabitants, and is growing
with a fair rapidity. ut is within short
distance of the Mexican line and in a
country with great stock and mining
possibilities. Both of~these interests are
attracting immigrants. and the town
has favorable location, since it is the
junction for three great railroads, the
Southern Pacific. Atcheson, Topeka &
Santa Fe and the FL Paso & Southwest
ern. Near Deming is the oldest copper
mine in America. 1t was worked cen
turtles ago, when the Spaniards carried
the copper on mules to Vera Cruz and
Corpus Christi to ship to Spain. The
copper is so pure that it can be ham
mered directly into vessels and other
articles. Comrade Carr thinks the peo-
pie will retain the name New Mexico
for their future State. 1t has been
called New Mexico from the time
Cabeca de Vaca explored in the country
in 1886. 81 years ago, and the people
will hardly want to change il. Com
Idue 'dII NdS dt ohdIoid
the Spring of 1864, and remained in
Andersonville until the close of the war.
John F. Foster, Bangor, Me. Com
rade Foster, who belonged to the
I'd Me-, has followed the vocations of
sign painting and bookkeeping, has
been to IS National Encampments, and
every one since that at Louisville. He
is on his return from the jamestown
Exposition. visit to which he speaks
of with satisfaction. He was agreeably
disappointed at finding fair quarters at
reasonable prices, and the exhibit quite
as good as at other places. He tells
with much pleasure of the visit of the
Department of Maine to the Louis
vile National Encampment. and their
entertainment in his great tobacco
warehouse by Col. Washington. who
provided every one of them with eX-
cellent accommodations and treated
Washington was invited to the meeting
of the Department of Maine at Lewis
town and treated royalty. The Depart
ment also sent Col. Washington a fine
deer's head, mounted, for an ornament
to his residence. Col. Washington
served in the Confederate army.
John Arras, 74th Pa, 719 Carson St,
Pittsburg, Pa. Comrade Arras, who
has been for years conducting a tailor
under Col. Schimmelpfennig, became a
wagonmaster and then a scout. He has
recently returned from a visit to the
charlottesville battlefield, and made
his excursion in the midst of pouring
rain, which he did not allow to daunt
him. In spite of the lapse of years, he
was able to identify all the points. but
found Dowdalfs Tavern had been re-
placed by two-story frame building.
He remembers the old Dowdall Tavern
very well, and sitting on its porch We're
Gems Howard, SchurZ and Schimmel-
pfennig when the Major of the 74th Pa.
came up and reported that the Con-
federates We're massing heavily in front
of his division.
Nehemiah Fancher Greenup, Ill,
belonged to the 10th ILL.,, and served
out his full term with that regiment
Since the war he has been farmer.
There is one incident of his service of
which he speaks with a little sorrow.
In February, 1864, Gen. Thomas was
directed to make strong demonstra-
tion against ''Buzzards' Roost" to dis
cover whether Joe Johnston had de-
tached troops to oppose Sherman in his
Meridian raid. Carrying the Ridge was
one of the possibilities, when Johnston
would be forced back toward Atlanta
The veterans of the 10th Ill. had gone
home on furlough, and the non-veter-
ans, of whom Comrade Fancher was
one, were consolidated with the 60th
Ill. and made part of the expedition. A
sharp fight resulted, which cost the
Union army more than 800 killed and
wounded. among the former being Col
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