The National tribune., 1907-08-01
PICKET SHOTS
From Alert Comrades Along the Whole
Line.
Wns He Treated sauarel..

to the South, and Congress. to recrui
that branch of the service. reduced th'
term of enlistment to three years, de
tlaring that the men enlisting wouls
receive the same bounty given the mel
of the volunteer service. In spite o
this. however. they made but little
headway in recruiting up to October
, 1862, when the War Department issueC
an order to recruit from the volunteers
allowing three men to go from eacf
company. The enlistment was to b,
made for three years. or for the re
mainder of the volunteers term. if n.
; so preferred it, He and conrad
who had served with him in the 15tf
Ind. got certificate of transfer will
! the understanding that they were sim
ply to serve out their volunteer enlist
ment. but on calling for their discharge
at the expiration of that time weT,
told by the officer that they had enlist
ed for full three years and could bt
given no discharge until the end of tina
time. Comrade Brick served it out. bu
his comrade would not, and stands re
| corded as A deserter to this day, as goot
Ia soldier as carried 4 muSkct during
the war. Comfadc Brick served from
start to finish. never being absent from
his command single day. yet when ht
was discharged. Nov. %. 1865, he wa:
Igiven 800 bounty. the other boys of hi.
company and regiment who went -eu
with him and rc-enlisted, but who serv-
ed no longer. receiving 500 for theil
first enlistment and S4G2 for their sec
ond. Was that giving him a sauarC
deal; was it treating him fairly in the
matter Of bounty? He was granted an
additional 500 under the act of July
1865. which WAS unauthorized By that
act. it only including the two and three
year men who did not re-eniist. The
only way to deal squarcly by him would
be to give him bounty equal to that
paid any soldier who served during the
war. Had ne been given his ischarge
when he should have received it. il
would have meant much more to him
in cold cash than any bounty allowed
by the General Government.
Lincoln ut Gettysburg.
E. sweetland, Co. b. 15ith N. Y.
Little Valley. n. Y. who had the rare
good fortune to sit on the steps of the
platform very near Lincoln on the Oc-
icasion of the laying of the cornerstone
Iof the National Monument at Gettys-
burg, sends us the following:
1T was nay good fortune to be at
Gettysburg at the laying Of the corner
stone of the National Monument. and
to hear that immortal speech of Lin
coins. Upon the site of the monu-
ment rough plank platform had been
erected filed with chairs. First came
the Marine Rand, followed by the Pres
ident riding horseback: then the War
Governors and members of the Cabi-
net. As soon as the President was seat
| ed an officer pointed out to him the
point where the battle began away over
beyond the village of Gettysburg. and
| showed him the position of the First
and Eleventh Corps that fought SO
bravely against double their number.
holding their own until Eweil's Corps
l.,.r
part of the battlefield could be seen,
and as the spot where SO many thou
sands fell was pointed out Lincoln's
| face grew sadder and sadder. From
| time to time he wrote upon large
brown envelope. and while Edward
| Everett was delivering his address the
President often looked at what he had
written. Lincoln spoke with much
| feeling, and when he referred to the
brave men who had 'haIlowed this
ground. he looked the whole battle
| field over slowly. and the tears ran
down his cheeks. My eyes bothered
me in the same manner. On the way
down the hill to Gettysburg a young
mother came into the road just as the
President rode along, holding aloft Il
beautiful baby boy of perhaps two
years. The baby reached out his chub-
by arms to the President and laughed.
while Lincoln took off his hat and
bowed low to the mother and boy. his
face lighting up with n sad smile
Foraker and Warner.
AlonZo Gerard. Austin, Tex, the only
member of the Farragut Fleet Associa-
ion in Texas, takes up the cudgels in
! lefense of Foraker. and calls upon the
comrades to rise up and declare that
he snail not be crushed without a pro-
test from them. If any one of the
| comrades. especially when made of
Presidential timber. cannot aspire to
occupy the White House without The
approval and consent of President
Roosevelt. he thinks the boys had bet
ter put aside their badges of honor, do
away with Memorial Day observances,
tear down their monuments and G. A.
r.. Halls. etc. Comrade Gerard proposes
the names of two men to head the Re-
| publican ticket for 1908. names that
would delight all lovers of American in
stitutions; men in whom all classes
would have confidence. who would lead
the party to a grand victory, who WOULD
give a feeling of contentment and safety
to all. whose elections would insure an
era of peace. prosperity and happiness
never before equaled in this or any
other country. Let the veterans of the
civil war nominate their comrades, Sen
ators Foraker and Warner. for the
Presidency and Vice Presidency for
iJVo, di:u tHt SOHS VI veterans ana
those having the best interests of our
institutions at heart will see to it that
they are elected. Certainly there are
not two men in the country in whom
the masses have greater confidence than
the gentlemen named. Then, too, this
is probably the last opportunity that a
veteran of the civil war will have to be
nominated for the Presidency, and 1t
should not be lost.
The Burning of Columbia.
Chas. Schotte, Corporal, Co. b, 66th
ILL.,, Charlton, Iowa, says in reply to
Comrades Averill. Phillips, etc, that he
was present at the burning of Column
bia, s. c.. as a member of the Fourth
Division. Fifteenth Corps, Goth ILL.,, Co
b. From what Comrade Phillips says
he doesn't think he knows very much
about it. Comrade Schotte sustains
Gen. Sherman in his account, for he
tells the exact truth. When the Fourth
Division crossed the river and entered
Columbia they found bales of cotton
stretched across the main street still
smoking They passed thru the city.
and went into camp just outside of the
city. This was in the afternoon Just
about the time they were going to the
river TO cross Gen. Hampton was leav-
ing. He was the rear guard While
Gen. Sherman's "Bummers" as they
were called. were blamed for that fire.
they had no hand whatever In the af-
fair. The fire was started by the John
nies and the Fifteenth Corps helped all
they could to save the city The wind.
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