The National tribune., 1908-01-16
WASHINGTON THURSDAY 49,


to the inquiry as to what regiment los
81 men by drowning in the Cumber
land River in 1s63,r 1t was the 27th N
j. I belonged, to Go. A. and was or
the ill-fated boat. Seeing the danger
jumped off the boat soon after it lef,
the shore. Long live The National
tribune, our valuable and valued pa
Oaiy one Flag.
Comrade Allan H. Dugall, Washing
ton, ID. g, AdjutRnt. sSth Ind. very
properly protests against our use OF
the word "EnglishSb;fiag in some mat
ter which has recently appeared ir
these columnsi He says that he was
born in Glasgow in the reign of VIII
liam ~, and that the flag which float
ed over him was the British flag; that
is, Scotland's flag and England's flag
conjoined as directed by Queen Anne
This is the only flag. and there is nc
English flag. He fought in this coun-
try for the preservation of the Union
and one flag for America. and believes
in only one flag for Great Britain
Scotchmen, Englishmen and Irishmen
should recognize but one flag in that
country, that of Great Britain.
An Unanlshed Dinner.
referring to the battle of Fair Oaks
Comrade George Hollands, 101st Pa.
Hornell, N. Y, writes: 1.-The 103d Pa.
of our brigade. filed to the right of the
road, our regiment resting on the road
our company OBJ, on left of the regi-
ment, rested on the main road We
were cooking dinner just after noon
when two cannon balls fired by the reb-
els passed over our company. They
were from the guns fired by the enemy
as their signal for the attack. We
stopped our cooking at once, and as
quickly as possible went into line, and
as quickly as it could be done went
into the fight"
The 10th Ill. Detachment.
Lieut.. F. NJ Collins, 6Oth ILL.,, Dan
Vile, Ill, denies that the 10th Ill. was
robbed of its honors which should be
given 1t on account of the detachment
that fought at Buzzard's Roost. While
1t Is true that these veterans did su-
perbly and were complimented by
everyone, they were only a detachment,
and the regiment was at that time at
en-, and having a fine time in Gods
country.
The Penlnsular Campaign.
1 am taking eight papers and maga-
zines, and / think more of The National
Tribune than any of the others The
Peninsular Campaign is splendid. l
should like to have it in book form.
/ served in the 1st Mimi. on the PENN
sula.--E. A. Season, Cuyahoga Falls, o.
Good Reading.
Martin Wiley, LytIe, Colo, has re-
ceived the Greeley Books. and that and
The National Tribune will provide him
for the Winter with just the kind of
reading that he most desires.
Drowning of the 27th N. j.
A. c. Henry, 3sth Ohio, and 4th Mich.
Battery, Ayersville, o., says that it was
a company of the 27th N. J. which was
drowned in Kentucky. His uncle was
Captain of Co. in the regiment and
saw the accident
No Hot Air.
A. w. Search, Norwood, o., APO For
est Ave, says that the boys in reading
the history of the different commands
think that the editor must have been
in every one of them, since they are so
accurate. This is no hot air or Mexi-
can.
Who Was There.
Comrade John F'etterolf, Yerkes, Pa,
writes for address of any who can give
facts pertaining to the raid cf John b.
Gordon by way ;.Of York, Pa, to
Wrightsville, Pa. and the destruction
of the bridge there Comrade Fetter-
off was one of the invalid soldiers from
the hospital at York, who volunteered
to check the advance.