The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1908-07-09

other pupils, and received the prize
which was a new II IL cents silver
, shilling, with a string thru it. She
wore it during sthe remainder of the
session. Her mother, who raised IA
children to men and women, knit a
pair of double mittens. and sent it with
her shilling to Townsend, VT, to buy q
dress. She remembers seeing many
IL L. cent and IA cent pieces in
her young days.
Il A Hospital Mt City Point.
i w. o. Dolphy, $3.50 Cottage Grove
i Ave, Chicago, ILL.,, wants the name of
the hospital at City Point Va. in 1864
| IS. He was in the hospital only a
short time. but thinks if he can find a
sion.
The 2sth III.
w. B. Crawford; Girard, Kan, says
that Comrade G. T. Hanback, is mis-
taken in regard to the 2Sth Ill. 1t did
not belong to Humans Division of the
Sixteenth Corps, but was in Benton'S
Division of the Thirteenth Corps.
Volunteers for the Forlorn Hope.
N B. Easton, Sergeant, Goth Ind.
saltwater, Okla, says that there is one
class of soldiers who have never re-
ceived anything like the recognition
that they deserve. These are they who
volunteered for forlorn hope, and all
of them should receive medals of honor
and other recognition.
The ChecfanE.
Benajah H. Peet, Stepney Depot,
Conu.. wants to know about the Che
ciang, which carried the 23d N. Y. to
New Orleans; where was it built, what
was her length, how many masts, and
what became of her.
About Aged Mother.
On June % Comrade H. H. Hackett,
Union Springs, n. Y, writes: My
mother is SO years and Ia days old. She
sent three sons to the army with
God bless; We have five discharges
between u.s. and are all living"
Gov. Hughes.
Henry Gray. Saratoga Springs, N. Y,
thinks that Gov. Hughes is no friend
of the soldiers. George H. Whitney,
Assemblyman, had bill passed to ex-
empt real estate bought with pension
money, but Gov. Hughes vetoed it.
Against the Sherwood Bill.
s. C. Derrickson. 800 Tompkins Ave,
Brooklyn, NJ Y, is bitterly opposed to
the Sherwood bill for its exclusion of
the short-term men, particularly the
three-months men. There is no justice
in such discrimination.
Scattering.
C. F. Latin. Asotin, Wash, writes
that he is reminded of an interview with
Gen. Pope at Centerville. just after
Second Bull Run. Comrade Latin and
a squad of foragers penetrated wood,
and were rounded up by a cavalry de-
tachment for passing beyond the lines.
They were taken to headquarters, and
Gen. Pope, bareheaded, came out of his
tent, and accorded them an interview
they had not sought. He said, Don't
you know that the enemy occupies that
wood? If you are caught at this sort
of thing again I'll have you tied up and
whipped" Comrade Latin adds. Il
think he would have been right if he
had ftrouneed us for, that time"
H. l.. Marfeld, Cambridge, VT,
writes: 'Comradc C. K. Leach, Cam
BRIDGE. vs.. has Confederate canteen
on which is the name of C. Palfrey, c.
S. A. On one side; on the other side a
Confederate flag. He will be pleased to
hear from Palfrey or his relatives"
Comradc Jerome b. Robinson enlist
ed May 10, 1868, in 1st New. Battery,
and served till Nov. 81, 1865. He is
now a resident of Amsterdam, n. Y.
and a member of E. S. Young Post, 33,
G. A. r. Ee was SO years old on April
%, 1908, and that evening the comrades
of the Post surprised him by calling
in body, accompanied by families and
friends. and presented him a cane APP
propriately inscribed.
Comrade L. d. Lloyd, Co. K, 55th
Ohio, Pyrmont, o.. writes: Il have
seen and heard much kicking since the
Sherwood bill was first published. II
want the kickers to answer pointedly
this one question: Would you person.
ally, from your own resources in en-
NIL t-1rr to fhA m
who worked but three hours as to the
man who worked Sc hours? In that
proposition is. all the principle of the
service pension, as 1 understand it. /
think that there is possible but one just
system. for service pension-base the
pension on length of service"
Comrade John H. Bcyden. Reading,
anything that was more unjust, more
absurd in reason, more ridiculous as
legislation than the provision that linn
its the date of marriage for soldiers
widows for pension benefits. have not
encountered any record thereof. Il
served my country faithfully when at
my physical best. I am now II years
old, and certainly less able than ]
would have been had / not needed the
cry of my country for rescue. 1 mar
RE din 1894. I needed wifes COM
partnership, care and assistance. Is 1t
less than absurd for my country to bru-
tally tell me that / must suffer want
Of wife's care or die assured that my
wife is disposed and rejected as an un-
worthy creature by my country, because
I did not marry her four years sooner?
II humiliates one to feel that the coun-
try he loved and fought for can become
so contemplate in its administration of
pensions"
Samuel G. Barnhause, Troy, W. Va.
enlisted in March, 1862, and re-enlisted
in February, 1864; was discharged in
August, 1865: served in Co. G, 10th w.
Va: would like to hear from old COM
rades, and asks especially. What has
became of VIM. Tenant and of John
McAdams?"
First EuIisters' Reunion.