The National tribune., 1909-11-11
PICKET SHOTS
From Alert Comrades Along the
Whole Line.
Widows Pensions.

Widows Pensions.
| e. w. Bagshaw, 5th Ind Cav. Scotts-
burg, Ind: II wish to cordially thank
You for the noble and patriotic stand
! that YOU take in behalf of the old SOL
dier, his widow and orphans. L find
much diversity of opinion in regard to
widows pensions. but L can see no JUS
tice i'll the limitation. l will cite you
one case A soldier married in 1875 and
drew a pension of Sc per month, altho
| lie was in comparatively good health,
so much so that his wife never had Ia
nurse or wait on him at all, but he was
killed in an accident, and n few years
after his death the widow was allowed
a pension of $S per month. on June
2S, 1890, the widow remarried-just
one day too late. Her second husband
was a total wreck, being a paralytic,
/ and his wife nursed him like babe
! for eight or 10 years-had to feed him
with a spoon and even wash and dress
| him, until finally he passed over the
dark river. Now his widow cannot get
& pension because she married too late.
The Burial Squad at AndersOnviIle.
| Ira S. Crandan. Wellsville, n. Y, was
! one of the detail that buried the dead
at Andersonville from the start until
the middle of September, 1864. He
wishes to find, if possible. the names
and addresses of others of the squad
now living. He would also like to have
the same of the detail that took the
place of his squad and continued the
work and gave the country practical
ly reliable register of the name. COM
pany, regiment and State of all who
were buried in the cemetery. He knows
of four of the detail now living They
oil I,aIl 20 h.
Sidney Crandall, Charles +. Davis. Jud-
son d. Jacobs and Ira S. Crandall. He
has not seen AndersonVille since the
day Capt. Wirz sent them away, with
the hope that he would never see their
tam faces again.
A CoIOrcd Veteran.
Rev. Benjamin i. Young, Charleston,
is. c., writes that he is now about IA
years old, according TO what his master
told him before he died. He said that
Cornrade Young was born April 81.
1885, but his discharge reads that he
was 1s years old when enrolled at Hill
ton Head. He remembers that he must
have been about 21 or % years old
when his master gave him a full days
work to do splitting rails and other
work. and this was about six or seven
years before the war. His wife is o4d
and cannot do much, and both OF them
month pension, and hopes that Con-
gress will pass The National Tribune
pension bill
Cannot Understand.
James II. Green, Boston, Mass. took
his grandson the rounds which he had
marched. The grandson is now 16
years old, or older than Comrade Green
was when he did his service. When they
came to Lees statue they found his
name plainly cut in the base of the
statue, but when in Washington in the
Capitol they saw Gen. Grants statue,
they were surprised to hear a young
lady near ask who it was. There was
nothing on the statue to indicate it,
He was also disturbed to see Old Glory
hanging in saloons and from the doors
of the same in Washington.
One of Shcridan's BOdyeuard.
Daniel Boyer, 14th Pa. Cav, Lang
Vile, Pa, says that the statement of
Comrade H. G.. Karr. 116th Ohio, comes
as near the right thing as he has ever
read about the fight at Cedar Creek.
Comrade Boyer thinks that he ought to
know. as he was one of Sheridan's
bodyguard from Martinsburg They Law
at Winchester all night. The next morn
ing before ii was light, they heard the
cannon booming, and Sheridan got on
his horse and told them to deploy and
bring every man back. telling them that
Sheridan had gone up to the front.
Father OF the Youngest.
A. j. Plant, Packwaukee, Wis, writes
to dispute the honor of Comrade b. F.
Myers, of Co. X, 45th Pa, who claims
to be the father of the youngest daugh-
ter. Comrade Plant is the father of q
fine girl, born Sept. 2, 1909. He is CT
years old and his wife Is. He served
in the 14th Mich.
The Boys of Is.
S. P. Ray, I'd n. c., Monroe, Ore,
thinks that Congress ought to pay more
attention to the cases of the boys who
enlisted at Is years of age and did their
duty as well as the men of 40. They
should not have to wait so long to be
placed on the pension rolls.
Makes His Soul Glad.
Thomas Brown. 615 Gen. Taylor
street New Orleans, La, says that The
National Tribune is the one paper that
makes his soul glad, and he inyokes
Gods blessing upon it, He was a Ser
geant in the 39th u. S. c. r., and also
served in the 10th U. S. C. H. A.
Troops Sent TO New York.
William Dayy, 4th Ohio. Tfppecanoe
| City. o., says with reference to the
troops sent to New York that he knows
that Carrolls Brigade of the Second
| Corps. consisting of the 4th Ohio, 7th
w. Va. and 14th Ind, was sent, but he
does not know what other troops went.
Too Many Bills.
o. 3. Wright, Scranton, Pa, saws that
| it seems that about every other veteran
has different BILL and one which will
suit his particular case. In his judg-
ment everyone should unite upon some
particular bill, and The National Trib-
une bill is by far the best that he has
tseeH.
An Old Recruit.
Geo. Young, 31st Mass, Cambridge,
Mass, says that at the last meeting of
John A. Logan Post he had the honor
| of bringing in a new recruit who Is 81
years old and had never been a mem-
ber of the Grand Army.
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