The National tribune., 1907-03-28

has been published in The National
is as true as the Gospel. His company
were all taken prisoners at Drewry's
Bluff, Va, on the morning of May Is,
| 1854, and after one week in Libby were
sent to Andersonville. Out Of the A
who entered there only IL lived to go
| home.
A Suggestion.
r. L. Enne, late Lieutenant, Co. n,
Gath KY, London, KY, who in behalf
Of the comrades Of his part Of the State
wishes to thank The National Tribune
for "its loyalty. sympathy and help in
dark days and, in fact, all times" has
"a suggestion to make with regard to
pension matters. He says: Nov that
with a possibility Of the local pension
agencies being abolished, suggest that
the country be divided into four parts
| as nearly equal in territory and number
of pensioners as possible. and compe-
tent officer placed over each division.
Let the duties of these officers be plain
ly prescribed and q bond. with good
security. be required Of them. All such
officers should be chosen from the vet
Grams of the country, and the General
Controller Of Pensions, who should also
be a veteran, should have q general
oversight over these four lesser officers.
BY the end Of 1908, or March 4. 1909,
when the next Republican President is
inaugurated, a great reduction in the
pension force would, of course, result"
Chaplain MeCabe.
C. G. Stevens, Lieutenant. 154th N.
T., Albion, N. T., was In Libby with
Bishop (then Chaplain) McCabe. The
Chaplain's quarters were in the upper
west room, while his were in the upper
east room, ard all the rooms were open
to each other. He distinctly remembers
going to the hospital in Libby to see
there sick. When in health the Chap
lain would come into Comrade Stevens's
room almost every evening, and start
the singing of hymns or patriotic songs,
in which most of the boys would Join,
concluding the service with earnest
prayer. The good he did can never be
forgotten. The cheer and encourage
ment he gave the boys cannot be over,
estimated, Comrade Stevens has heard
at least three times the Chaplain's lee
ture on 1.-THE Bright Side of Life in
Libby Prison." and 1t is always fresh
and always full of interest to him.
Deserve Q Little More.
L. e. Chopper, Co. E, 9Th Ill. Cav,
Ellery, ILL.,, agrees with Comrade p. w.
Clark, Co. G, LIST Mich, that while they
appreciate what the Government has
done they feel that the old vets who
went out in 1861 deserve little more
than those who went out after the work
was done. Some of these latter never
saw a rebel, and some were never out
of their State, yet they get more PEN
sion to-day than those who went out
in 1851 and fought the battles. Com
rade Chopper fears few of the veterans
will ever get the benefit of the 75-year
old class or even of the 70. The SOL
diers of other wars have received land
warrants and he thinks our veterans,
especially those who are unable on ac-
count of their physical condition to take
advantage of the homestead act, are
certainly entitled to as much.
On the Bridge When Lee Crost.
Mark d. Spear, Co. X, 18th N. Y En-
gineers, Honeoye Falls, N. Y, says in
reply to David w. Lee. Second Lieuten-
ant, 18th N. Y. Engineers, that altho
he has not the paper he speaks Of he
has one called the Richmond Wing,
printed April 10, 1865. Comrade Spears
company was in front Of Petersburg
when they broke the lines, and half of
them were detailed to go to Richmond.
Arriving at that city, they laid a bridge
across the James River, near Libby
Prison, in Just two hours time. Their
pontoon bridge was $40 feet long. He
was patrol on the bridge when Gen.
Lee crost into Richmond. His Captain
was S. w. Riding, and his Brigade Gen.
eral Benham. He would like to hear
from some Of his company comrades
thru The National Tribune.
Wants the Belt.
Jacob Affolter, 51st Ohio, Tuscara.
was, O., asks our help in trying to per-
to hand over to Corpl VIM. Lowell, Co.
X, 10th Ohio. the belt, leather medal
and tin goblet which he wrenched from
Gilbert NJ. Parks, of Enid, Okla. The
CorporaPs friends want him to wear
the belt for a while, as he is ahead on
the youngest baby question. Comrade
Lowell is ~ years of age, and was made
the happy father of a fine baby boy onl
Jan. 26 last.
Should BE Determination.
Mrs. N. v. Williams, Naugatuck,
Conn.,, a veterans widow, thinks therel
should be a discrimination made inl
favor of the widows who, with their
husbands, bore the trials and hardshipsl
of those awful four years of the warl
and the years Immediately following.
Many and many such a wife made great
sacrifices from motives of the purestl
patriotism.
Has Coins.
Marion Herzer, 17sth Ohio, Chilli
cothe, O., has six Spanish coins of dates
from 1744 to 1873.