The National tribune., 1908-05-14

Mcclellan only received A votes in th'
brigade. Comrade Bush cast his frs
lvote then, tho he was only 10 years ant
mine months old, but he thought he hal
the right. because he had served hi:
lcountry over three years. He is proud
to say that he voted for Lincoln, ant
has voted Republican ticket evel
since. He incloses a copy of a return
made by Gen. Warren, in which Il
shows that the 1st Md. cast 425 Lincoln
Ivotes to two Mcclellan; the 4th Md.
272 Lincoln to no Mcclellan; 7th Nd
304 Republican to 80 Democratic. and
the Sth Md, 227 Republican to IL Dem
focratic. In the brigade there were
| 1928 votes for Lincoln to A for McClel-
Ian, giving Lincoln a majority of 1,1S4
| J. N Liscomb, 4th Wis. Cav, Red
lands, Cal says that Wisconsin allowed
| her soldiers to vote in tho field. The
| first vote he ever cast was for John c.
Fremont. He voted for Abraham Lin
coin at home and again for him in 1864,
| in the field in Louisiana. Every vote in
his company was cast for Lincoln ex-
cept one.
Not Given Discharges.
Charles Mcdonald, Co. B, 11th Ill,
Midway, Pa, says that the 11th Ill.
was first organized as three months
regiment at Camp Butler in April.
1861, and that on July 80 about 900 of
the men who refused to serve any
longer were mustered out at Birds
Point, Mo-, without being given a dis
charge. The companies did not lose
their organization. but were filled up
with recruits at Birds Point. Comrade
Mcdonald has always felt that a great
injustice was done the men who served
in the first organization of the 11th in
being refused an honorable discharge,
and he is confident that if Maj. Ran
som had been commanding the regi-
ment instead of Col. VIM. Wallace
every man would have been given his
discharge.
Want Them to Write.
Mrs. Katherine L. Edwards, 16 Byron
Ave, East Huntsville, Ala, wants to
hear of any of the members of the 1st
Neb. Cav, which was later consolidated
with the 5th Iowa Cav, whom she
nursed in the temporary hospital at
Omaha and the hospital at Benton'
Barracks when the black measles
ragged. She would like to hear from
the man whom she cut down from the
wagon who had been tied up by his
thumbs. Also from any of those who
had been prisoners in Andersonville
that she took from Annapolis, Md, Jan.
|S, 1865, to their homes in the West as
a travelling nurse.
Young Women Marrying Veterans.
]. n. Rose, Justice of the Peace. East
Liverpool, O., says he has been resi-
dent of that city for over 81 years, and
"a pension attorney for about IS years.
10 fc hot h ,ol1 L.,
per cent of the old soldiers and widows
in his city of $4,000 people. and to his
personal knowledge only four of the
veterans have married second wives
since June 27, 1890. The oldest of
these veterans is over rs and the young
est past 65. The wives range in age
from SO to 65. He is one of the four,
and is Sc, while his wife is 54. Our ar
ticles are just right. Hit again and hit
harder.
Gen. Banks.
J. N. Liscomb, 4th Wis. Cav, Red
lands, CaL, saysgthat his regiment con-
sidered Gen. Banks, if not a failure, at
least a poor success. He should have
remained in Congress. where he was a
splendid success.
The Wirz Monument will be a monu-
ment to the ignorance and folly of the
women who have built it, and they show
themselves animated by the same spirit
as the New Orleans women who spit
on our soldiers.
Fort Malone.
Edward Culver, Ingleside. Ill, is in
terested in the inquiry of Robert A Nc
Allister with reference to the Confeder-
ates in Fort Malone. He was in Fort
Malone a brief instant with his regi-
ment, the 179th N. Y, on April 2, prob
h I,n lot soxI.S all
and before he took his hasty departure
back to Fort Sedgwick he gathered up |
a few papers, among them a muster |
roll of Co. E, SD N. c., which |
he holds as a souvenir of the charge |
and capture. He wishes that some one |
would write up the facts of this splen-
did attack.
Deplored in the South.
G. A. Peck, Muscatine, Iowa, says
that he has received many communica-
tions from parties living in the South, |
who deeply sdeplore the erection of the !
Wirz Monument. The thought is that |
while the more intelligent people of the |
South know the true history and char
acter of Wirz and that the inscriptions |
are untrue, a large number of unthink- |
ing and unreading will claim that they |
are founded on facts.
Division mt ChanceIIorsviIIe.
David E. Wolff, 60s Monroe St, Chi
cago, Ill, says that we fail to do JUS
tice to Humphreys Division of the
Fifth Corps. His regiment was the
126th Pa, which was ordered into ac-
ton on that beautiful Sunday morning |
about II o'clock, and ii opened up the
most terrific fight he was in during the
war. 1t stood in line, and fired 60
without intermission. They had
Jacksons left, and only fell
back after all their ammunition was
Retired List for Officers.
NJ. G. Yarnell, Minneapolis, Mimi,
thinks that the bill to put ex-volunteer
officers on the retired list fair and just,
but it comes a little late. Most of these
were commissioned from the ranks in
the last two years of the war, having
been promoted for meritorious service
They. got little compensation in the
way of pay after deducting all that
they had to pay for their equipments
The 3Oth Ohio.
]. II. Swigert, Wawaka, Ind, does not
hear from any members of his old regi-
ment, the 30th Ohio, and wishes that
some of them would write to him.
Scattering.
James Diehf, Co. K, 55th Pa, Newry.
Pa, wants to know who it was that in
1864 killed two deer at one shot along
the James River?
The discharge papers of NJ. B. Jones.
rsa in ft1..,