The National tribune., 1908-03-04

these Stomach Drafts that are celebrated because
Young. 1877 National Bank Bldg. Jackson. Mich
Representative Porter.
VIM. /. Moore, Youngstown, N. Y,
says that Peter A. Porter, Representa-
tive from his district has proved him
| self n stanch friend of the soldiers and
a good Representative. His exclusion
from the Republican caucus was wrong,
and will be resented by the people OF
New York.
/ Why Not Arrears:
James I. Reeves, Bradford Center,
Me-, wants to know why man who
loses his leg is allowed pension from
date of incurring disability; that this
rule is not made applicable to other
disabilities.
| Scattering.
| Orlando Starkey, Freeport, o., served
in Co. c, 39th ILL.,, in the Army of the
James, and knows what war means. He
favors a bill to pay veterans 81 a day
| pension; thinks all should urge their
Senators and Congressman to favor such
a bill.
Comrade VIM. C. Hansell, Fourth and
Main SITS, Camden, N. j., will appre-
ciate the kindness of any comrade who
VIII SenQ him the ADDRESS Oh NdJ. RlSnt,
51st N. Y, Shepard Rifles"
Comrade George w. Jeffries, Branch
Hill, o., asks if old boys of the 18th
KY. and the 18th Ohio Battery will re-
fresh his life and recollectionS by writ
| ing to him.
Comrade Hugh Bickel Newtown, O.,
says: MY regiment was the fighting
regiment. My regiment was the 4th
| Ohio; my company, II. / would like
So ,n Inr- of nl
| Comrade J. T. Hawes, Co. G, 49th
Wis, Ventura, Cal, would like to hear
from comrades He writes: The Ma
/ tional Tribune improves in character
| from year to year; its news departments
are interesting and unique; prize them
much, as ! do the correspondence and
other articles upon war incidents. Its
histories are thoro and correct"
Comrade Alf. Dodge, Co. b, 5th Iowa,
Thayer, Mo-, Box J92, has a neighbor,
a son of J. B.ICOx,Ia rebel soldier. who
lost bugle in the9war. taken, the son
thinks, by soldiers from Illinois or pos
sibly from Ohio. The horn is engraved
has name ]. BsCox on it, his picture, at
shOulder-armss and deer. There is a
brass band around the mouthpiece of
the horn. The san would be glad to
possess the horn.
Mrs. \. j. Packer, Mulberry, Ind,
who was Miss 5Arabella NJ. carp, would
be glad to hear from any of the 30-odd
wounded soldiers who were ministered
to and fed by herself and sister when
the soldiers were prisoners in house
near Little Station, Chickamauga, Ga,
three days after the battle the men
having been that period without food.
Comrade John NJ. Barhan, Co. F,
30th Ind, Scio, Ore. thinks the PEN
sion should be 81 day. He served four
years, and was at the front all the
time. . ..
Comrade A. II. Foster. Battery F, 9Th
Mich. l.. A, Sacramento, Cal, writes:
Il wish could hear from my old COM
rades. 7 hope that everyone of them
takes The National Tribune, the con-
sistent, persistent friend of the old
Union soldiers. If they do, l trust they
will write to me; haven't seen one of
them since July 8. 1865. when we were
discharged at Jackson, Mich"
Comrade Azor Henry, Camp, Ark,
writes: Il would be glad to hear from
my old comrades. Once 1 belonged to
that bold, brave body of swift riders
and hard fighters that was proud to be
called the 14th Ill. Cav. Now / am only
a poor old Arkansawer; but l did not
help to send jeff Davis to the u. S.
Senate"
Abel Fisher. BIandinsville, Ill, seeks
information of John c. Cormack, Co. d.
Comrade Jos. U. Shultz, Adjutant, 5th
Ohio Cav, wishes to hear from COM
rades of that old command. His ad-
dress is National Military Home, Grant
County, Ind.
Comrade J. r. Harlan, Eureka, Tex.
asks where his brother, Comrade II. II.
Harlan, now is. When last heard from
he was at Omaha, Neb. Who will give
the information?
Comrade j. r. Walters, Co C, 47th
Pa, Academia, Pa, writes: wake up,
Flying Dutchmen! You old vets of the
47th p. ", Let us hear from you
while you are alive and able to kick"
Comrade c. c. Abbott, Fredonia,
Kan, is so years old. He served in Co.
l. 10th N. Y. He it was who, Dec. II,
1862, aboard the Ericsson, off Cape Hat
teras, in a fog, discovered the distress
signal of the steamer Thames, which
discovery led to the rescue of her 400
passengers, the vessel being towed to
Port Royal by the Ericsson. After the
war he met in Sedalia, Mo-, Comrade
Joseph Kingsley, of George r. Smith
Post, G. A. r., of Sedalia, who was one
of the 400 rescued. Comrade Abbott
would be glad to hear from others
Comrade Henry III. Cook, Co. III, 1st
Mo. L. A, has been at Ottawa, Kan,
since 1868; has seen at least 1000 vet
Grams in the meantime, and says:
''Those who fought at Franklin and at
Nashville can tell, with justified pride,
Of the glory they won; but the victories
achieved by those who went with Sher-
man to the sea and to the Grand Re-
view were no less meritorious. 1t is a
strange fact-to me 1t seems strange
that in all these years here I have not
met one veteran who was on that march
of Sher,nan's.''
Alex G. Hanes, Co. Fl, 18th Ohio Cav,
1877 w. saith st. NV, Cleveland, o.,
wants to hear from comrades
Comrade N. r. Fuller, Co. c. 2Sth
Wis, Villisca, Iowa, remarks: Com
rade Bissell, 31st Mass. says that regi-
ment was first to climb over the breast
works at Fort iBlakely April IA, 1865.
The fort was captured on April 8. Our
regiment left there on April 10 to go to
Mobile. I wish Comrade Bissell would
now explain what made it interesting
to climb over the works on April a."
J. A. Shewalter, Hartford City, Ind,
wants to know the name and rank of
the officer who was in charge of the
barracks at Annapolis, Md, in the
Spring of 1868, when the paroled pris-
oners were brought thru from Libby.
Free Deafness Cure.