The National tribune., 1908-05-21

face on the battle if there had been any
battle there. Again. had his subordi
mates been up to their work there Is no
reason why the troops should not haze
passed over and driven the sharpshoot-
ers away before daylight, just as well
as they did in the afternoon. If there
had been a soldier in FrankIin's place.
and he had made use of the 10000 un-
der his command. it might have placed
Burnside on the pinnacle of great
success.
SulIoway Was Right.
Comrade Chas. F. Roberts, r. 3.
Hicksville O., who omits his company
and regiment, writes: Sulloway's attl-
tude toward the widows pension bill.
that surprises Comrade Abbott, is right.
Widows who married before or at the
time of the war are entitled to S12 a
month They have been kept from get
ting it by those who want all soldiers
widows to get the same. You whose
service was short should not stand IN
the way of US who were in the storms
of battle from first to last III, bill
don't reach you. let it alone. 1t is our
bill, not yours. We will not bother
your bill when ]. is offered in Congress.
We are glad to zee you get all you can
We grudge you nothing, but you grudge
ours and prevent JUS"
Picture Very Like, Indeed.
Comrade Smith brewer writes from
Honey Grow, Tex. r. IL. Box Sc: The
picture of Andersonvflle Prison reached
me in good order. / am well pleased
with it, it is so like the hellish place
that I got into rage just looking at it,
and letting it renew my recollection of
the horrors of the place and the heart
less brutaiities of the chief demon whose
cruelties afflicted the helpless within
its planted walls. l would be glad TO
hear from those vet living whom |
knew there. 1 would like. too. to hear
from my old comrades of Co. X, 9Th
KY. cav
AndersonyfIie.
John Holmes, I'd N. Y. M'td Rifles,
Mellen, Wis., sends thanks for the An
dersonyille picture. which he has had
nicely framed and presented on Lin
coins birthday to George A. Custer Post,
of Ashland, Wis. In the history of the
Lost Cause the slaughter pen of An
dersonviile will always be q foul blot.
The Daughters of the Confedcracy know
not what they do in erecting a monu-
ment to WiFz. which would be beyond
the conception of any honorable Con-
federate soldier. He can hear yet the
groans of his feilow-prisoners in An
dersonville and the unnecessary misery
that was inflicted upon them.
Captured Mt JonesviIle.
Editor National Tribune: | like Nc
Elroy's history, because he tells the
truth about officers and men. their
faults as well as their good works. but
in picket shots he let mistake slip
into the paper In telling of the death
OF the Sergeant Of The I'D Ohio Battery.
saving he was captured at Jonesville
Jan. 8. 1868. when it was Jan. 3. 1864.
one year later. as Comradc McElroy
was captured at the same time. l think
ne will remember WAS there too. but
was paroled before the rest were sent
TO Andersonvillc.-G Brooke, AL,
gonquin. Ill.
Down In EeOrKin.
Hugh Kerr. Sd Mich. Fitzgerald. Ga.
is not in favor of thc project of the
politicians OF that State to nave Sol
dicrs' Home located in Georgia. which
they would run themselves without ref
erence to the interests OF the veterans.
He fayOrs sufficient pension to allow
each veteran ~ support himself at
home.
Shoulder to Shoulder.
Capt. c. p LYMAN. Amherst, Mass.
wants to stand shoulder to shoulder
with The National Tribune i'm all the
good things it has done and is advocat-
ing. He Is n favor OF the widows
pension bill, the ex-prisoners of war
bill and particularly the act for the
retirement of volunteer officers He
served from Nov Is. 1861, to Dec. 80,
1865, being a Captain from July IL,
1864, on.
A Visit to the South.
Dr. ]. w. Shuts. who has been trav-
cling thru the South, contributes some
interesting articles to the Wichita
Eagle on what he saw and learned He
writes a good sketch of the fighting
Parson Brownlow, written at his home
in Knoxville He finds that the South
is rapidly awakening to modern prog
ress, with factories springing up every
where Tie mines and forests are being
exploited, and the farms show a much
better culture and more prosperity than
ever.
A Mother In Israel.
DR.. J. L. Eby, Santa Cruz, Cal, says
that his mother. Nancy Eby. recently
died at Healdsburg In her 98th year.
She retained her faculties to the last,
and her memory was good. She was the
mother of nine children. and gave three
sons to the Union. army.