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The National tribune., 1907-01-03
At the Second Bell Run.

Editor National Tribune: 1 have
taken The National Tribune since 1872.
1 was born July 4. 1S45, but do not
claim to be the youngest soldier nor
the youngest soldier who won q medal
of honor. I was wounded twice at the
Second Bull Run. and lay on the bat
tlefield thru the longest days and nights
of my life. No tongue can tell the suf-
fering and misery of being on a DESERT
ed field OF battle without an attendant.
with no one even to bring a drink OF
water or a mouthful Of food. ] was
obliged to lie there and listen TO the
screams of those in mortal agony. and
to the prayers offered up for help or
release until the voice would fail and
the soldier pass away. Oh. 1t was ter
rible to hear those In delirium calling
for near and dear ones at home to
ease their pain or for some water to
cool the parched tongue. One poor
fellow, only about so yards from me.
kept constantly calling. with both arms
in motion, Mary, can't you ease this
pain? ?" This kept up for three days
and nights. when the good God eased
his pain by calling him TO Him. When
his cries ceased asked a Johnny reb to
see If he still lived. The reb went up
to the poor fellow, gave him a kick
and yelled back to me. Dead as -"
would like to hear thru The National
Tribune from some of the sgd Ohio
D. ]. Morey, SD Ohio, Grant, o.
The National tribune., 1907-01-03
The Rebel Flags.

Editor National Tribune: was very
much interested in your "Opening of
the Mississippi" Tho only boy, like
many others at the opening of the war,
I had fair share Of experience. I
enjoy reading accounts of o.her scenes
and conflicts In that great struggle by
our comrades who were there. I was
in a tall tree on one of the hilltops fire.
quently used for observation by the Of
ficers during the siege Of Vicksburg.
and witnessed the long line Of the enc
my stack arms Just outside the works.
That was great Fourth of July. The
rebel rag had gone down, and Old Glory
proudly foated over that stronghold.
Suppose the nearly 10000 prisoners
kept there for a few days had pulled
down the S.ars and Stripes and run up
the rebel flag, or even run it up below
the old flag, what think you would have
happened? The rebel colors would have
come down instanter. Il they did not
dare raise their flag then, why should
they dare or even desire to do so now?
Were not the lessons of 81 to '65 suffl-
cien.? But how are we to prevent the
exhibitions of the emblem of treason?
Personally I am not cultivating any
spirit of enmity towards those who op-
posed us in that terrible struggle. L
believe in love and good will and In
doing all we can to help one another,
no matter whether we belong to the
North or South. But I am eternally
opposed to anything that smacks Of
rebellion. Nothing of the kind is need
ed in this land of freedom to secure
our rights, and there are plenty Of ways
to show our good will for each o.her
without any display of disloyalty to our
beloved country.-W. P. Pease, Goth
ILL.,, Snohomish, Wash.
The National tribune., 1907-01-03
The Grand Army Parade.

Editor National Tribune: In response
to the reques: Of Comrade G. B. Smith,
of Hastings. Neb.. for an expression Of
opinion as to whether or not the pa
rades of the Grand Army Encampments
should be discontinued, I gladly give
my views. Comrade Smith thinks "the
parade the whole thing" In this
differ with The comrade; indeed, in my
opinion, 1t is the most Insignificant part
of our coming together. and entails
many hardships and little pleasure for
the men of '61. According to my idea
the order of Grand Army parades
should be reversed in order to give
pleasure and honor to the men who
saved The Union. That 1 may make
myself understood IN what I mean by
reversing" the order of the parade, let
me state the usual order of a Memorial
Day Parade IN any Of our large cities,
Omaha, for instance. The Mayor bor-
rows battalion of Regular troops from
Fort Crook, which Is marched into the
city led by The regimental band which
heads the parade. Then, riding in lux
uriously upholstered carriages, come
the Mayor and members of the City
Council. many of them young men in
robust health. followed by other car
riages filled with speakers and invited
SucSNs- 4Heu COIIleS WldI COIlTdut
Smith calls ''the whole thing" I. e., the
parade of the Grand Army. These men
are bowed with the weight of years,
many are lame, some blind, and most
of them should be at home instead of
marching in line. These patriots are
led by their own drum corps, so that
while the head of the line marches to
good music by the band. we old boys
of the civil war march to the rat, tat,
tat of our snare, and the bonn, bonn,
bonn of our base drum, accompanied
by the shrill piping of our piper, CIV
Ing US the ghost Of 'The Girl Left
Behind Me-" Ia 81. If the parade
continues 20 be a part of the National
Encampment, let us, then, reverse the
present order of things and have tho
old soldiers ride In the carriages, and
let His Honor, the Mayor, IL it happens
to be Memorial Day Parade, and his
lusty young Councilmen do the walk
ing, thus really honoring the men who
saved the Union. Under these condI-
tions let the parade go on; but in the
name of all that's sensible let us have
no more parades under the present sys-
tenn, where these old soldiers of the
civil war are brought out annually to
stagger on as a kind of tail to the grand
pageant ahead.-Robert Emmett Es-
kildson. NJ. D., First Sergeant, Co. l.,
I'd U. S. Art. Omaha. Neb.
The National tribune., 1907-01-03
Shiloh.

Editor National Tribune: In an is
sue of The National Tribune of some
time past, Serg't David Cornwell. In
speaking of the battle of Shiloh, casts
bitter slur on the noble officers who
fought on the first day of that memoir
able conflict. The names of Grant,
Sherman, Wallace, McClernand, Crock
er and others are imperishable, and
Notwithstanding the fact that their
troops were raw recruits, they held CO.,
0G0 rebels at bay for 10 hours. The
intimation that the troops were without
a head or without commanders is an
unjust aspersion upon brave men, un-
worthy a comrade. I belonged to Gen.
NJ. NJ. Crocker's Iron Brigade, and We
hardly knew how to load our guns, yet
we rallied, not alone, bu. under the
command of the noble Sherman, and
hurled back the rebel ranks again and
again. To be sure, Grant was not there
when the battle began, but soon ar
rived, and was with us until death had
robbed him of half his brave army. Our
gallant Generals during all that dread
full day never for a moment lef. their
posts of duty. If that brave little army
had given up, Gen. Buell. would not
have crost the river there. Honor to
whom honor is due. The noble officers
who fought that battle are all gone,
bu, their names and the history of their
gallant deeds are written In imperish-
able characters on the scroll of fame.
have nothing but praise for Gen.
Buell. and his veterans. and ! would not
detract one iota from their well-earned
glory If l could. Gen. Sherman seemed
to bear a charmed life on that day, and
at nigh. lay with his exhausted troops
on The bloody field. | never heard any
member of the Army of the Tennessee,
except Sergt Cornwell, criticize in any
way the noble men who led us to VIC
tory on so many fields from Vicksburg
to Goldsboro, n. c. Success to the
grand old National Tribune.-John S.
Strain, 18th Iowa. Soldiers and Sailors
Home Burket+ Neb.
The National tribune., 1907-01-03
One Day on the Skirmish Line.

Editor National Tribune: ! take this
extract from my diary: June 18.-Still
raining About 10 o'clock our whole
line advanced mile, driving the enc
my into their earthworks. Threw UP
rife pits while our skirmshers kept up
Il heavy, constant fire upon rebel bat
terry" / believe it was on the line not
far from Big Shanty A rebel battery
in our front annoyed us, and detail
was called for to attend to said bat
terry. ! was in the line of skirmishers
that moved into the field and crawled
over the soft ground until we gained a
good position along the crest of low
ridge running parallel with and within
sunshot of the rebel battery. The
ground in our rear was somewhat low
er. so we could crawl back a few yards
and lying full length, load our guns for
the next shot. Each group of 10 or II
men were directed to silence the gun
Immediately in their front. The cam
non before us were protected by field
rks-three-cornered log embrasures
for field guns For a time after our
line got into position the infantry sup
ports of the battery tried to dislodge
us from where we were lying fiat on
the crest of the ridge. Presently a
head was shown above the rebel works,
or a movement made to use their artil-
lery. when the heavy line of skirmish-
ers were soon in supreme command of
that part of the enemy's line. and that
rebel battery was put out of business
for the rest of the day. With a steady
rain falling all day and the Georgia
soil worked up Ike mortar, with al
most constant loading and firing, 1t was
to US the most trying and disagreeable
day of the Atlanta campaign. But
doubt If there is another instance of a
line of skirmishers, without shelter or
protection of any kind. who SO COM
pletely got the Drop on a battery Of
field artillery intrenched in a position
of it's own choosing.-S. A. Mcneil, 31st
Ohio, Redwood, Ohio.
The National tribune., 1907-01-03
Genry mt WauhatchIe.

Editor National Tribune: In the Is
sue of The National Tribune of Dec.
20, 1906, there appears ar article on
the battle of Wauhatchie, Tenn, by NJ.
l.. Olmsted. He says that Gen. John
w. Geary was not in that battle. Gen.
Geary was in that battle from start to
finish. His position was about 100
PAGES in rear of our regiment, and we
had the center position. Again, he says
that the Palmetto Legion was in the
charging column. 1t was along the
railroad and enfiladed the front line Of
troops. The comrade cannot know
much about that battle or his memory
is poor when he says that Gen. Green
had command Of the troops on that
field. This General had command of
the part Of his brigade on that field.
He even does net know that Generals
first name, but gives it as Joel A. Green.
Col ireland commanded his own regi-
ment, the 18TH N. Y, and nothing
more. What he says about Knapps
Battery being out Of ammunition is not
SO. Its position was about so yards in
rear of our regiment. We fought on
our knees the whole five hours and Is
that the battle lasted, SO that
the battery could fire over our heads.
The National tribune., 1907-01-03
A Fine Picture,

Douglas Volk, an artist of generally
recognized talent, has painted spIen-
did picture Of the charge Of the I'd
Mimi. on Mission Ridge. and 1t has
lately been hung In the State Capitol
of Minnesota. The artist has assumed
that this will be the greatest work of
his artistic life, and devoted an unusual
amount of study and labor upon its
creation. He studied the ground care
fully, was present at the anniversary of
the battle and sought ideas In regard
to 1t from all those who were present
1t represents the regiment at the mo-
ment it gained the crest, with the blue
State Flag at the head Of the triangle
into which the regiment had fallen in
its struggles up the rough hillside.
The National tribune., 1907-01-03
MATRON OF THE Sd VI.
At Least the hComrnde Thinks the Noble
Woman Was.

Editor National Tribune: I note that
several readers of the good old Nation
al Tribune are complaining that their
regiments are not among the fight
ing regiments" which is their misfor-
tune and not their fault Comrade
George Fairchild asks concerning a
woman nurse: at City Point. but ne fails
to give any date as to when he saw
her.
As had al little experience with the
CITY Point Hospital, and was materially
assisted by woman at that place, per-
maps short account of the same might
be worth relating.
About June 15 I, with Comrade A.
ii. Skinner, of a brigade band of the
Second Division, Sixth Corps, and a
colored gentleman, one of Burnside's
followers. were put in an ambulance at
the front or. rather, division hospital,
and taken to City Point Sixth Corps
Hospital
My condition can perhaps be imag,
ined when it is said that having lost
my knapsack and everything I had ex-
cept the clothes, and that no change
of clothing of any kind had been had
since May IL, and what with dust, dirt
and mud my clothes needed change.
There was Sanitary Commission tent
within 100 yards, to which the nurse,
George Riddell, of a Pennsylvania reg
iment-he was drummer-directed
me. Arriving at the Sanitary Commits
sion tent, barely able to walk, l was
asked whether or not I had an order
from Surgeon, and If not must get
one before they would give me a clean
shirt even. A lady, whom I afterward
learned was Mrs. Husband, came into
the tent to inquire If there were any
Vermont boys in the tent, and she was
told of the circumstance. She got red
headed at once, and went to the front
of the Sanitary Commission tent and
read the riot act to the persons inside.
She accused them of eating canned
goods sent by the good people Of the
North for soldiers. of leaving "her
boys'' to rot in dirt while they-the
agents of the Sanitary Commission
rioted in laziness and general worth
lessness on the things intended for the
boys. Much more to the same general
intent she delivered to them, including
a threat that no more washing would
be done by a corps of colored women
over which she had control; they might
look elsewhere for their washing. She
Grated to such good purpose that I
was soon in possession of two new suits
of underwear and complete new out
fit of uniform. I have the impression
that she was matron of the Sd VT.
medical staff. Perhaps some comrade
can give fuller information concerning
her. Comrade Skinner is living, and
Riddell was few years ago. At least,
when at the National Encanipment at
Cleveland, I was informed by some
from Pennsylvania who knew
him that ne was living.-Chas. Porter,
Grinnell, Iowa.
The National tribune., 1907-01-03
The Goth Mass.

Editor National Tribune: Please pub
lish a short history of the seth Mass.
in The National Tribune.-W. s. Triol,
Jenkintown. Pa.
The seth Mass. was organized at
Readville from Dec. 8, 1868, and con-
solidated with the 57th Mass. May 28,
1865. Col. ]. Parker Gould died Aug.
21. 1864. Of wounds; Lieut.-Col. John
Hodges was killed near Petersburg, and
Maj. Ezra P. Gould was in command
when the regiment was consolidated
and transferred to the 57th Mass. as
Major 1t belonged to Stevenson's Di-
vision. Ninth Corps. Army Of the Poto-
mac, and lost 90 killed and "a died
from disease.-Editor National Tribune.
The National tribune., 1907-01-03

At no time or place did the enemy get
thru the line of troops. so that they
never got near the battery. He is also
off as to the number of the rebels;
there were about 1000; also about our
number, which was few less than
500. He is not the only Color Sergeant
living of the White Star Division,
Twelfth and Twentieth Corps. There
are several of that division alive. Our
regiment has two of them.-J. II. r.
Storey, 109th Pa.
The National tribune., 1907-01-03
Not q Native.

G. W. Littlejohn, Grayson, KY. is
now 73 years old and proud of his hav-
ing been Union soldier. He receives
a pension of s12 month, and he is
certain that the editor of the Column
bian Record, of Indianapolis, could not
be a native Of that grand, loyal State.
The National tribune., 1907-01-03
NOW THE RUSH BEGINS.
Continued from page one.)

Accordingly, there will be hustIing
and Jumping for the next two or three
months. The Government will come
nearer to getting its moneys worth ont
OF its public servants than at any other
period OF the year. Ho for the brisk
Winter. says everybody In Washington.
whether it be the beautiful debutante.
eager for social campaign. or the griz-
zled Government employe.
The National tribune., 1907-01-03
Capturing Locomotive
True History Of the Most Thrilling and Romantic Secret Service Of
the Late War; illustrated.
BY REV. WILLIAM PITTENGER,

Later Minister OF
without doubt daring attempt
book nothing else like In print and never can
Everyo it,
with
The Nation l.
The National tribune., 1907-01-03

Large Halls.
For meeting places Saratoga is amply
supplied with large halls. No less than
16 have been built and are here for
the free use of the visitors Any one of
these is ample TO accommodate large
convention. The largest is the great
Convention Hall, seating 5000, the
scene OF nearly every political conven-
ttion in the State since it was erected.
Its acoustic properties are perfect The
smaller halls and the churches will be
placed at the disposal of the Encamp-
ment. The citizens Committee or an
official of Saratoga will select the place
of meeting for any organization holding
sessions in connection with the I'm
campment. 1t inter &c mat representa-
tives OF these Organizations shall visit
Saratoga before the September meeting
and MAZE their own selections.
the date for the Encampment has
not yet been selected, but 1t is probable
that it will be held in September. the
most bautiful month In the year in
Saratoga. At that time the weather is
none too chilly for outdoor meetings.
The National tribune., 1907-01-03
Historical interest.

Saratoga is exceptionally fortunate
in being situated within easy access Of
so many points. To the veteran even
more than to the ordinary visitor the
scenes where history was made appeal
And it is in these that Saratoga is rich.
Near at hand is the battlefield of
Saratoga, the scene of one of the de-
cisive conflicts of the world. Reaching
from Schuylerville to Bemis Hights. II
The National tribune., 1907-01-03

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The climate is even more exhilarating
than in July or August.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-08-31
MARRIAGE LAWS
MAY Be UNIFIED.
Rumor That Pope Has Decided
to Act on Communications
From This Country.

Chicago, Aug. Identification of Ro-
man Catholic marriage regulations in the
United States is anticipated in an edict
shortly TO be issued from Rome REPORTS
that the pontiff has decided to act on
communications of the Catholic clergy
throughout the country have been re-
ceived
The present complications date back to
the DEGREES of the council of Trent. held
in the sixteenth century, several of the
edicts of which applied only to the Span
ish possessions in America. These have
not been amended, and the laws govern
ing non-Catholic ceremonies in the limits
of the old Louisiana purchase differ
from those in force outside that terri
tory.
The edict of the ecclesiastical council
was that no ceremony performed by 9th
er than a regularly authorized priest
would be recognized as binding. In the
newer territory sucl3 ceremonies were de
clared illicit by the s.hurch, but the par
Elephants could not be divorced It is in
timated that the new law will declare
the marriages non-eXistent and it's prin-
cipals free to enter into other marriage
contracts if not in conflict with the civil
law.
If a priest is not procurable as in a
sparsely settled country, a verbal con-
tract of marriage before witnesses will
be held binding until opportunity for the
proper religious ceremony has arrived
The conflicting regulations on marriage
trouble to the Catholic clergy, who fire.
quently have sought to have the laws
unified The attitude of the church on
divorce, where the proper religious cere-
mony has been performed, will not be
altered in any way.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-08-31
Wius of lAncient Euypt.

The cause of curious thinning of
the skull observed frequently in Egyp-
tiaI mummies HAS been investigated by
DR.. G. Elliot Smith, professor of anato-
my in the government school of medi-
cine at Cairo, Who thinks that it may
be due TO the wearing of heavy wigs.
The outer layer iof the Uranium in these
cases appears td be worn away, but the
shape of the cdanial cavity is not af-
fected and theI process never attacks
the parts of thd skull that are covered
by muscles. SaIys the writer of note
in the British Medical Journal Lon-
don. April 49,:
Professor Elliot Smith thinks that it
is clearly due 10 some agent exerting
continuous pressure on the cranial
vault where this is unprotected by
muscle, and that the pressure may act
by interfering With the blood supply of
the bone 1t ocdurs both in male and in
female skulls. In large collections of
crania of the nHost archaic period Pro-
fessor Elliot Smith has not found a
single example, nor has he found it in
any skulls lateE than the new empire.
1t is seen only I'm those belonging to the
period betweena the fourth and nine
tenth dynastiek. At that period it was
the fashion AMONG people belonging to
the upper class rs to wear wigs of enor-
nous proportioE ms and great weights,
and it is a remarkable circumstance
that it is onlyH in skulls found in the
tornbs of wealthy persons that the thin
ming of the pakrietal bone is seen. AL
though he doeA not commit himself to
a positive statement on the subject,
Professor Elliott Smith thinks the fact
highly suggestive of causal relation
ship between the thinning of the skull
and the wearing of heavy wigs. The
modern feliah4en women are accus-
toned to carryE water jars of enormous
weight on their heads, but he has
never met with parental thinning in
them. 1t is, hk holds, continuous pres
sure of a lessor weight, not the inter-
mittent application of a great weight,
that brings about the atrophy. This
theory is in accordance with the gen.
eral principle has to the effects of pres
sure enunciatehd by Sir James, Paget. 1t
would be interesting to know>if a sim
liar condition was produced in Eu-
ropean skulls Nby the vast periwigs
with which oulk ancestors of the seven
teenth and eighteenth centuries bur-
dened their heSds."