The National tribune., 1908-01-09

monument at Gettysburg. Some other
regiment did attempt to put a similar
claim on their monuments, but the
Gettysburg Commission decided in ia
vor of the 9th N. Y. Cav. and it was
therefore Devin's Brigade which has
the honor of opening the battle.
In Rebel Prisons.
VIM. n. Allen, 18th ILL.,, Knoxville.
Iowa, says that he has no recollection
of any number being given him when
he entered Andersonville. He and his
companions were counted off in hun
dreds, and as such remained during the
Imprisonment. They were counted every
morning by Lieut.. Barrett, and had to
show either all present or the dead
bodies of those absent. When body
was carried to the gate, if anyone knew
the mans name, company and regi-
ment, these were written on paper or
pine shaving and laid on his breast.
Those who carried out the dead did not
pay much attention to these. and there
must have been many unknown inter-
ments. He remembers distinctly the
Presidential election at Millen, and how
it resulted to the great disappointment
of the rebel officers. He left Millen on
the night of Nov. 81, 1864, while it was
raining in torrents, and after being TAX
en- to savannah, Ga, was sent down the
eral days stay there, they We're sent to
Thomasville, whence they We're marched
back to Andersonville. A Col. O'Neil,
who was recruiting for the rebel army.
noticed Comrade Aliens red head,
thought he was Irish, and asked him
to join them, and Comrade Allen said
there was one reason against it, and
that is that he would see him, the
Southern Confederacy and the rest of
them in the northwest corner of hades
first.
The Anderson Brothers.
Comrade VIM. o. Bowen, Co. d, Sd
Mo. S. NJ. Cav; co. L. 9th Mo: S. NJ.
Cav, and Co. D, 18th Mo. Cav, Raven
den Springs, Ark, likes Comrade ]. A.
Hodson's account of the Anderson
brothers, but desires to correct it some
what. He states that Jim Anderson
was stabbed to death by Isaac Flanni-
gan at night in the courthouse yard at
Houston, Tex, because Anderson had
stolen $4,000 intrusted to him by an
uncle of Flanagan to be delivered to
him. Both were Quantrelrs men. The
quarrel was not about plunder, but
over Anderson's theft of the money
sent by him to Flanagan. He further
states that Bill Anderson was killed in
a fight between bushwhackers and a
force of Missouri men in Fisher River
Bottoms, Ray County, Mo. The fight
was a surprise both to the militia and
bushwhackers. Anderson's body was
taken to Richmond, Ray County, Mo-,
not to Independence, Jackson County.
Confirmation of these statements may
be received by any who write to Capt.
Tiffen, Ray County Militia, now of
Hamilton, Colwell County. Mo.
Star-Spangled Banner and Dixie.
James B. o'Neill, 1922 North Seventh
ST., Philadelphia, Pa, is strongly dis
satisfied with the way that Dixie" and
the "Star-Spangled Banner" are re-
ceived in some places. Men who will
sit silent with their hats pulled down
while the "Star-Spangled Banner" or
I America is being played will act like
crazy when "Dixie' is performed. Last
Summer when the Southern ElkS were
entertained in Philadelphia, they acted
as if they had brain storms when Dix
lie" was played, but they never even
smiled when National airs were given.
He is informed that all Confederate As
sociations obligate their members to
applaud Dixie" whenever they heard
it played. What is going to be done
about it?
His Ticket.
Henry T. Howell, Poughkeepsie, n.
Y, favors putting "In God We Trust
on the coins in still bigger letters. His
Presidential ticket would be, for Presi-
dent, Joseph Benson Foraker, and fol-
Vice President, Joseph G. Cannon