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The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-07-09
INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON
TUBERCULOSIS I'M SESSION.

tional congress on tuberculosis opened
its sessions here today in the Riksdag
chamber DR.. John o. Wise, medical
director u. S. n, advocated compul-
Sory registration and segregation of
consumptives
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NOTICE..

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CURRANTS

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Tribute to Comrade Coe.

Comrade j. A. Watrous, Assistant
Adjutant-General. Department of Wis
consin, Whitewater Wis, contributes
to the papers most admirable tribute
to the late Department Commander
Edwin D. Coe, who was a most admir-
able and lovable character. Comrade
Coe served at first in the I'd Wis. and
then in the 1st Wis. Cav. After severe
service and participation in many bat
ties he was discharged on account of
disabilities incurred in line of duty,
and, returning to Wisconsin, studied
law ana was admitted to the bar, but
his health would not permit his prac-
ticing. After some experience in the
lumber business he entered the news
paper field, and finally became owner
and editor of the Whitewater Register,
which he edited until the day of his
death. He held several public offices,
and held the position of Pension Agent
at Milwaukee for more than 10 years.
Everyone who knew him was his per-
sohal friend, and his death brought
mourning not only to Whitewater, but
to the whole State in which he had
long been so prominent.
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Twenty Years Without Vacation.

Comrade Charles K. Radcliffe, of De-
trolt, has made remarkable record as
U. S. Railway Mail Agent. He has
been running on the Pere Marquette
railroad between Detroit and Big Rap
IDS since May, 1889. During that time
he has averaged 140 miles a day for
every working day, or an aggregate of
$4,000 miles each year, or S75, 900 miles
IN the 20 years that he has been on this
duty, during which time he has never
taken vacation or been absent from
his post for any reason. He has a high
record for efficiency, and at every one
of the yearly examinations makes either
100 per cent or a fraction of one per
cent under it. He served thru the war
IN the 1O5th Ohio. carrying his musket
thru the earlier campaigns in Kentucky
and Tennessee. taking part in all the
battles until, after Kenesaw Mountain,
he was SO broken by disability that he
was sent TO the hospital and discharged.
After the war he went into the news
paper business, and established the
Lake County Star at Baldwin. Mich,
which he conducted for many years.
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In Front of Fort Hill.

Joseph A. Labille, 9Th Mo-, Vandalia.
ILL.,, contributes to a local paper the
story of how his Medal of Honor came
to him, May %, 1863. there was a call
for volunteers to go out in front of Fort
Hill at Vicksburg and endeavor to ST.
lence the Confederate artillery. Lieut..
Stockman and Private Labille were
among, those who volunteered They
had a terrific time in getting across the
space covered by the artillery and mus
started fell. Among others Lieut.. Stock
passing in front of his face. When La
billie at last reached position from
which he could begin work, he looked
back and saw the ground behind him
covered with bodies in blue uniforms.
He finally got so close that the enemy
began firing over hand grenades, and
not infrequently the hand raised to
throw the grenade was pierced by a
Union bayonet. They were so close
that they talked to the rebels inside
the works. ordering them to surrender
and receiving similar orders themselves.
Labille and his comrades remained in
their position until dark, when the
Lieutenant slipped along and gave the
word to them to make their way back
as well as they could. The assault had
failed. Comrade Labille was on duty
in the lookout when the white flags
first appeared, and the sight so affected
him that tears rolled down his cheeks.
His Medal of Honor was given him on
a recommendation signed by his Colonel
and by Maj.-Gen. VIM T. Sherman.
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His Record,

Maj. Charles H. Anson. Milwaukee,.
Wis, writes feelingly as to Comrade
Porter's questioning Of his title or
Brevet Major. To satisfy all doubts on
this subject Comrade Anson sends an
abstract from the records. which shows
that he enlisted Aug. 80. 1862, In CO.
E, 11th VT, was promoted to Regimen
tai OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES and Aug.
IL, 1863, to Second Lieutenant. He be-
came a First Lieutenant Dec. 2S, 1863,
and Regimental Adjutant in January.
He served as such until April 2, 1865.
In March, 1864, he was Acting Assistant
Adjutant- General of the First Brigade,
Haskins's Division, Twenty-second
Corps, and held this position until some
time in May April 2. 1865, he was
made an Aid on the staff of Mai. zen.
| George W. Getty. This occurred soon
after daylight, when the corps was max
| ing the charge on, the enemy's works
at Petersburg. He was brevetted a
Captain on the recommendation of Gen.
973 of Vol. XLVI. Rebellion Records.
Gen. Getty had him brevetted- Major.
and he served on his staff until he was
mustered out of service. June "a. 1855.
| This can be found confirmed on page
| 958. Vol. XLSI. Rebellion Records. The
brevet was for distinguished service in
| the assault and for great gallantry in
every movement during the day. He
| was commissioned by the President of
the United States and Secretary of War,
both commissions being confirmed by
the United States Senate.
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Veterans Barred.

Editor National Tribune: Allow me
small space in The National Tribune to
bring some plain facts before the Presi-
dent and Congress in regard to the old
soldiers being shut out of Government
employment. 1t is true the old soldiers
cannot stand the test before the Civil
Service Commission on examination
with the educated class that goes before
the Commission. Why is this the case?
1t is simply this: The old soldiers were
cut out of the privilege of an education.
In their school days they had no fine
school houses or trained teachers; any
man that could spell thru the Element
ary Spelling Book was qualified Tor
teaching. never looked thru q glass
window going to school in my school
days. 1t is a shame this Government
has a law that cuts the old soldiers out
of employment by the Government they
saved and made what 1t is Comrades,
let us all unite on this important ques-
ton, and make our demands have q
bearing with the President and Congress
to have the Civil Service laws and rul-
ings amended to give the old soldiers
Government employment where they are
qualified to fill the places they seek. Tas
old soldiers are too patriotic to ask for
Government positions that they could
not fill efficiently. Comrades, go after
your Congress members in this matter,
and We win win the victory. This de-
mand is honest and right, and We will
win.-Henry NJ. Hutchinson, Co. C, Attn
KY, Elkfork, KY.
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To Pension Rebels.

Editor National Tribune: Allow me to
say few words to my old comrades OF
the SD and 1ssth Pa have never
seen one of them out West, but see BY
The National Tribune OF Jan. that
there is one of Co. F. SD Pa. j. O.
jackson, alive yet Shake, old comradeI
You are among loyal people. but 1 am
not. Our Legislature Is trying to pass
q bill to pension the rebels 1 SEND
clipping from daily paper. squa"
man Is Speaker of the Lower House and
vaiandigham Copperhead OF Ohio u
in the Governors chair. and Texas rep-
els galore in both Houses Just watch
Oklahoma and see what a mess Will Do
made of * when the Democrats get thru
with II. I see by The National Tribune
of Jan. that James E. MacGregor. OF
the 73d N. Y, of the White Diamond
Division of the Second Corps. dares to
say in print that he was in the fight
at Sailors Creek. Va, April I, 1855.
Comrade. some Sixth Corps man will
pick you up and say the Second Corps
was not there. Stick to them. 1 know
the First Division, Fourth Brigade. was
there-at least the old SD Pa was 1
got a rebel flag there and rebel Gen.
erals suit OF clothes. and I helped
guard the mule train that the Second
Corps captured. John Hemminger, OF
Harrisburg, Pa, JAN 8. says he was in
the 15Sth Pa. under the drunken Spfa
nola. 1, too. was with him, but in Co.
II, 16Sth Pa Grand old brigade, but q
| drunken old sot for commander. My
old comrades, the iatchstring hangs on
the outside of the door. / ain about
played out-Jos. W. Kelly. Boz 81. r.
Route 5, Guthrie, Okla.
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Burdensome Disability.

Surely deafness is burdensome dis
ability for any man whose support for
himself and family depends on his own
labor and exertions. Comrade James
H. Scott, Route 1, Box 10, Independ-
ence, Kan, is right when he says: II
am of a class of veterans that is sadly
neglected when disabilities are con-
sidered in pension bills and ratings.
Anybody can see the handicap of a
stiff leg; an empty sleeve needs no
confederation; 1t sufficiently testifies to
all who see it that the man is disabled
and to a serious degree hindered from
earning a livelihood. Whoever looks
upon the sightless is touched with sor-
row and stirred with pity, for loss of
sight imposes so great helplessness.
But ears that respond not to vibration
give no sign to any. and the deaf are
alone in the midst of a multitude, and
because their disablement is not visible
they are rated as sound, able to look
out for themselves, and thus is their
danger doubled. Really, now, which is
the greater loss to the man of average
health, average intelligence, average
ambition and normal enjoyment of the
society of his fellow-creatures? Come,
friend; think in candor. If you were
compelled to choose for yourself, or
for your son, now, would you have him
lose his hearing or his right arm
Which would prove in the years of his
life the greater loss?"
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troops might make 1t looked as If 1t
would be sFghi9d i9dimprudent TO stretch
out any further, which could not help
leaving q weak spot somewhere which
the enemy wotild at once detect and
penetrate. Furthermore, Sherman's
army was being seriously depleted by
the expiration of the three years for
which many OF, the regiments and men
had enlisted 1t would not do to shift
the army fsrther TO the right, for this
would tend 10 uncover the vital crack
er line" now being more endangered
than ever on account of the rough ham
ding of our cavalry by the enemy's
cavalry.
1t was entirely probable that having
seriously crippled our cavalry, Wheeler
would feel free to cut loose from Hood,
and swing around far to the north to
attack the railroad at its many vulner-
able points. Sherman made extraordi-
nary efforts to restore his cavalry to
efficiency, and tho Kenner Garrard had
not fulfilled his expectations. he was
put in command of the cavalry on the
left, while Fitzpatrick was given a strong
division to guard our right, and Nc
Cooks Division was sent further to the
rear to watch Wheeler and counteract
his raid upon the railroad.
While engaged in this reorganization
Sherman was cheered by the news of
Admiral Faraguts success in Mobile
Bay. which had an important influence
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Another Indian Fighter.

Editor National Tribune: After read
ing Conrade Thomas Keliher's article
of the 18th U. S. Regulars in the st.
Louis Republic Of March %, 1909. I
agree with him. was one of the In
dian fighters from 1865 to 1868. We
were the I'd battalion of the 18th U. 8.
Regulars. In 1866 we were made the
9th U. S. Regulars. I was In Co. Of
that regiment We were stationed at
Fort Reno. Wyo.; Fort Phil Kearny,
Wyo., and Fort c. F. Smith. Mont. Our
regiment and two companies of the I'd
Cav. guarded the three forts, and did a
great deal of hard fighting with the
Indians. We have never been recog-
nized by Congress as heroes of war. I
applied for pension in October, 1903.
and because could not find our regi-
mental Surgeon or Hospital Steward
and did not have hospital record (we
did not always have a hospitaD my
claim was rejected. Still, I have the
affidavits of three of my company. I
think tits time there was something
done for the Indian fighters of 1865 to
1868. I enlisted Dec. 21, 1865, and was
discharged Dec. %, 1868. / was SO
years old last December; mere boy
when in the Army. and lost three years
of the best part of my life. From the
time We left Omaha, Neb., in 1865, un-
til we returned, in 1863, to Cheyenne,
Wyo., we did not see a white mans
house or a white woman.-Wm. H. YER
rill, 317 N. 18th street, Muskogee, Okla
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fused to obey Schofield on the next day,
and again Sherman wrote to him, argu-
ing the point with him as friend. and
advising him not to resign lest his mo-
tives be misconstrued and damage his
career. At the same time he told him
that the matter had been very unsatis-
factory to him, Sherman. Still Palmer
remained obdurate, and that night
Schofield reported to Gen. Sherman:
lam compelled 20 acknowledge that
I have totally failed to make any ag-
gressive movement with the Fourteenth
Corps / have ordered Gen. Johnson's
Division to replace Gen. Hascaifs this
evening. and / propose tomorrow to
take my own troops (Twenty-third
Corps) to the right, and try to recover
what has been lost by two days delay.
The force may likely be too small"
Thereupon Sherman personally or
dered Davis's and Baird's Divisions to
follow Schofeld and Gen. Palmer to
come to his headquarters Gen. Palmer
did so offered his resignation, and in
sisted upon it being accepted, and Gen.
Sherman referred him to his immediate
superior, Gen. Thomas. Gen. Thomas
accepted his resignation, and gave him
the usual leave of absence to go to his
home in Illinois, there to await further
orders. Gen. Thomas recommended
that the, senior division commander OF
the corps be ordered back to Nashville
to become Chief of Cavalry, and that
The National tribune., 1909-06-24
The Sacking of Lawrence.

George F. Havens, I'd Colo. Cav,
Santa Ana, Cal, wants to make cor
rection in regard to Pate's men sacking
Lawrence. AT that time Comrade -Ha-
vens belonged to the Ottawa Rangers, a
Free State company. which was organ
lied on Ottawa Creek, about six miles
from the battlefield of Black Jack. His
company helped to take Pate's men.
They had robbed a house at Palmyra, a
little town near Prairie City, of some
things which the rangers had stored
there. Among these were some drums
He remembers that one of Pate's men,
who was wounded during the fight, used
big drum for a breastwork. They
captured over 80 men with their outfit.
They were mostly Georgians. They had
three men wounded, while the rangers
had two wounded. The rangers went
on to Middle Creek, where they cap
tured the camp of the Bourbon Rang
ers, taking their flag, which was pre-
sented to them by the ladies Of Mayfield,
Ky. The Sharpes rifles which had been
sent to the rangers from the East were
too much for the Georgians, and but
for them the Free State men might have
been driven out of Kansas.
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The Sheridan Rush

Comrade Samuel S. Thorn writes from
Wellsville, o.: IF all the funny things
that have been written of the civil war
should go down as history, succeeding
generations would certainly think us the
most peculiar people ever on the earth.
In the first place, of the 100000 men,
100000 put down the rebellion, accord
ing to Col. Fox. Wouldn't that jar you
Next, Comrade Tyler finds the distance
from Winchester to Middletown to be
IL miles. which is correct. Then he
finds, by Gen. Merritt and himself, that
Sheridan came on the field about or 4
in the afternoon. From all accounts
Sheridan started as soon as he heard
the heavy firing, which was about $50
as the sun rises about 6:10 on the 10th
of October. So, you see, Sheridan made
that trip of II miles in the remarkable
time of nine and half hours, or one
and one-third miles an hour. He must
have gotten off to whitewash his horse
for the horse was white when he came
| on the field. This all goes to show the
rising generation what an awful hurry
Sheridan was in. Too comic for any.
thing"
Comrade Ed. johnson, Co. F, 18th
ILL.,, writes from Albuquerque, N NJ, in
answer to S. B. Teter, 345 Avenue 81,
Los Angeles. Cal: Capt. H. H. Bush,
Co. d, 18th ILL.,, died about four years
ago at Galvia, ILL.,"
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Desires benefits of PRAYERS.

Editor National Tribune: am an
old soldier who served in Co. C, 18th
Ohio, Fifteenth Corps. I was wounded
severely at the battle of Dallas, Ga,
May 81, 1864, and draw a pension OF
SIT month 1 am a constant sufferer
from cancer in the mouth, covering the
entire under jaw I have spent all my
accumulations, which was not much. to
effect cure. This pension will not
keep me. and I am forced to become a
burden to some extent upon a poor,
honest, hard-working son-in-Iaw. am
too frail to go to a Soldiers Home, and
l do not want to go away from my two
daughters here. l am a believer in
prayer, and take this method of appeal
ing to all Christian readers of The Ma
ional Tribune to pray that 1 may be
delivered from the intense suffering I
endure at times. If l canot be cured /
ask you to pray that 1 may be sustained
in my affiiction and live and abide. by
Gods will Dear Editor, please print
this letter, and oblige an intense suf-
ferer.-Rev. VIM. c. Martin, Ala West
Walnut street, Enid, Okla. &
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The Battle of Utoy Creek.

The delay of 4S hours consequent up
on the dispute between Schoiield and
Palmer had encouraged Hood to hope
for a defensive battle, where his men
would have the advantages that the
Union troops had enjoyed in the recent
attacks. All during the night of Aug.
5 the troops had heard the sound of
busy axes, and they were not surprised
when the morning dawned and showed
the enemy behind strong line of works
well covered with abatis. Hood had
intrenched the line of the Sandtown
road, and filled the works with Hardee's
Corps. Much dissatisfaction as Hood
expressed with Hardee, yet, somehow,
Hardee was always put to the front for
heavy work. The line ran over the
rough and high ground in front Of
Baird across a ridge dividing the
branches of Utoy Creek and then down
the east side of the branch of the main
stream. The length of the work was
about two miles
Formidable as the intrenchments
seemed, it would not do to lie idle be-
fore them, and Cox was ordered TO send
out a brigade to make reconnaissance.
Reillys Brigade-112th ILL.,, 10th KY,
101st and 104th Ohio and Sth Tenn
was selected for this work, and sup
ported by Easements Brigade-65th
ILL.,, 63d and 65th Ind, gath Ky, 103d
Ohio and 5th Tenn. Reilly formed his
brigade on the open ground, sent for
ward his skirmishers in quick time
across brook and up slope. with the
brigade following closely. The skir-
mishers socn found themselves en-
tangled in the limbs of the felled trees,
but worked their way thru the abatis
until some of them reached the foot Of
the works. BY this time the fire from
the enemy had become so heavy that
the advance of the brigade was arrested
about 100 yards from the works. a
hasty survey of these showed that they
extended far to the right and left and
Were well manned. Prisoners taken on
the skirmish line gave the information
that they belonged 10 Bates Division,
which was there in force. Easement
pushed his brigade forward TO the east
side of the valley, and attracted the at
tention of the enemy there so as TO give
| Reilly and opportunity to retire, which
he did with loss or about 800 men out
of his little brigade. He, however, left
his skirmish line behind hastily con-
lstructed shelters close to the abatis and
the fire from this prevented the enemy
from coming out in pursuit.
Hascalls Division was in the mean
time thrown across Utoy Creek,
and had gained a hight which
enfiladed Bates line, and that
night Bates Tennesseeans fell back
to still stronger line on the high hills
near the north fork of Utoy Creek. This
| line covered the advance that Sherman
| was pushing toward East Point and the
| railroad. While Hascall and Cox were
| forging forward against Bate the rest
| OF the enemy was kept busy by the
| Fourth and Twentieth Corps. Stanley
had made strong advance with the
Fourth Corps. capturing some prison
ers. Williams had pushed forward with
the Twentieth Corps with similar sue
cess. and the Army of the Tennessee
| came forward to complete the line.
These movements were continued on
The National tribune., 1909-06-24
Battery L, 2d q. s. Art.

Editor National Tribune: Please give
a brief history of Battery J. I'd q. S.
Art, where stationed, etc, from time
Of leaving Fort McHenry until the end
of the war; also date of death of the
Colonel of the I'd U. S. Art, w. w. Nor
ris, brevet rigadier7General, its cause.
place and where buried.-R. l. Keller,
So Westland avenue, Boston, Mass.
At the beginning of the war Battery
I, I'd q. S. Art, was at Fort Ridgeley.
1t arrived at Fort McHenry in April,
1861, and remained there until May,
1864, when it was sent to Washington
and put in the defenses of the Capital.
1t took part in the actions around the
city of July IL, II and 13, 1864, and in
April, 1865, was sent to Alabama as
infantry and to Chattanooga in June.
1t saw no field service as light battery
during the war. 1t was commanded by
various officers, but generally by the
Adjutant of the regiment
Gen. Morris died from disease at Fort
McHenry, Dec. IL, 1865, and was prob
ably buried in one of the cemeteries
around Baltimore. He was succeeded
as Colonel by VIM. F. Barry.-Editor
National Tribune.
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ding of his division at Stone River ana
Chickamauga had greatly increased MS
reputation as a soldier, so that WheI
Thomas was promoted to the command
of the Army of the Cumberland Ihe
command of the Fourteenth Corps came
naturally and deservedly to Palmer. He
had So far commanded very successful
ly on the Atlanta campaign, but Sher-
man saws of him that he lacked enter
prise. .shis three divisions were COM
pact and strong, well commanded, ad-
mirable on the defensive, but slow to
move or to act on the offensive. his
corps. the Fourteenth, had sustained,
up to that time, fewer hard KNOCKS than
any other corps in the whole army. anu
| was anxious to give it chance.
Sherman expected one more hard
fight before he reached the railroad and
compelled Hood to evacuate Atlanta,
and he now put Schofield in the ad-
vance with orders to the Fourteenth
Corps to report to Schofield for bold
attack on the railroad somewhere about
East Point, SchOfieid determined to
force a crossing. of the north fork or
IJtoy Creek and detailed HaScalFS Dr.
vision of the1lTwenty-thfrd Corps ana
|Bafrd's Division of the Fourteenth Corps
to force the crossing. Hascall promptly
made the crossing with little opposition,
and went into position on high, ridge.
Baird did not follow Hascall according
to orders, since Palmer would not rec
ogniZe Schofeld's authority to COM
mand, and he did not move until Sher-
man himself came up late in the after
noon and ordered him to cross the
creek. The next morning Cox's Divi-
sion of the Twentythird Corps crossed
the creek and formed in rear of Baird,
and Palmer was ordered to push Baird $
Division against the enemy in front ana
support it with Davis's and Johnson s
| Divisions. Again Palmer baked on his
orders, and the movements halted, but
Baird's Division pushed forward, cap
turing 25 prisoners, sustaining loss of
26 killed and wounded Aug. orders
were issued for general movement,
but Gen. Baird notified Schofield that
he did not recognize his authority, had
received no orders from his corps COM
mander, and no notice that the Four
teenth Corps was under Schofield's COM
mand. BY these halts and jangles two
days were lost, and made what Sher-