The National tribune., 1907-01-24
PICKET SHOTS
From Alert Comrades Along the Whole
Line.
Gunpowder In the whisky.

Henry H. Gushee, Hamilton, O., COM
menting on what c. M. Bennett, Cold
water, Mich, says about the officers
giving the soldiers whisky with gum
powder in 1t to make them ferocious,
thinks that was probably the reason
why there were so many drunken and
brutal officers. AS far as Comrade
Gushee's experience went, he always
noticed that as far as the rank and file
were concerned. good, pure whisky,
without anything in 1t, did certainly
bring out the fight in a man il ne had
any in him. Whisky in the canteen and
plenty of powder in the cartridge box
was comfortable state of affairs. Com
rade Gushee observed that the reb Off
drunk, while our officers were much
more addicted to drink, and our men
were generally sober.
In ~ Battles.
James L. Stratton, Co. C, 112th ILL.,,
Cope, Colo, was much pleased with
Comrade j., T. Troger's account Of
Knoxville and Fort Sanders, which is
fairer than most accounts he has seen.
But that was only the beginning of the
fun, for afterwards he was in 26 bat
ties, q in all. Comrade Stratton well
remembers the time and place where
Comrade TrOger was wounded. He him
Scii WdS WOuHutu i've times aIl6f tndt.
Comrade Stratton was in all the battles
from Buzzard Roost to Atlanta and CO.
lumbia, Franklin, Nashville, then
around to Washington, Fort Fisher, ETC.
He Is now 73 years old, and enjoys as
good health as he could expect, and is
very thankful for the nice little pension
Uncle Sam gives him.
Objects to Designation.
Martin Molder, Co. I, 18th Pa, Four
teenth Corps. Whitesburg, Pa, who
claims to be one of the youngest three
years boys. objects decidedly to the
Southern Confederacy being so called,
and thinks it should be referred to as
the "so-called'' Confederacy, and that
Jefferson Davis should be designated
the ''so-called" President of the rebels.
He objects also to the expression Con-
federate army" and thinks we should
say instead rebel army" and rebel
soldier" for they rebelled; therefore,
they were rebels With regard to the
Prisoners Of War bill, Comrade Molder
thinks it will be very unjust to give all
the same pension. as some We're only in
prison for short time. Then, again,
some were taken prisoners without
much effort to get away, when they
could have quite easily, and undoubted-
ly would have mad they known what
they were going into.
Wants the Number of Their Regiments.
Harry Watson. Greenville, Pa, writes
to The National Tribune for informa-
tion concerning two comrades, Banning
Mcdowell, Of Pennsylvania, and Wesley
Jackson. of New York, who died at
Greenville, Pa, about 80 years ago and
were buried there. In order to fill tho
State SravestOne requirements it is nee
essary to know the number of the regi-
ments in which these men served. There
seems to be no doubt that they were in
the civil war, but all such records are
lost. Comrade Watson has applied to
the Adjutant-Generars Department att
Harrisburg and also to the War De-
partment at Washington. but could get
no information from either. He now
turns to The National Tribune as a last
resource. Can any of the comrades give
him the information necessary to the
proper marking of these soldiers
graves?
Grants Petersburg Progress.
David w. Lee. Second Lieutenant.
18th N. Y. Engineers, rs Halsted St.
East Orange, N. j., has in his possession
a paper called Grants Petersburg