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The National tribune., 1909-10-14
ATTACKS UPON
THE CABINET.
Resignation Rumors Worked
Overtime. on Every Member.

Some of the most persistent attacks,
made by the Roosevelt enthus asts, have
been upon President Tafts Cabinet. Sec
retary of the Interior Ballinger was the
horsed by the Presidents very specific
declaration of confidence in the Secre-
tary of the Interior. Yet they are still
clamoring for his official head.
He is regarded as one of the big law
yers of the Cabinet. The res gnation
r1mor has been worked on others of
this lawyer group. One of the latest
cases is Secretary of War Dickinson
He has been absent from Washington
much on account of the Illness of his
son in Tennessee. The work of the War
Department in considerable part has
been intrusted to others during his in
jcumbency. But Secretary Dickinson
has announced that he has not the
slightest idea of resigning, and appar-
entity must be taken at his word.
Altho- the Administration is yet
young, six or eight members of the
Cabinet have been mentioned as in line
for retirement or transfer but this may
be, ascribed in some part to the dullness
of Washington for two months-a con-
EDITION that always favors the cropping
out of idle Cabinet rumors. When Sec
| fetary OF Commerce and Labor Nagel
had troubles with S. n. D. North, then
Director of the Census. 1t was rumored
that -Ar.-Nagel- might have to resign
But nothing came of that DR.. North
WIS the one who resigned, and Secre-
Itary Nagels has been proceeding with
his official duties and incidentally Great
ing the impression in Washington that
he is competent Cabinet official
Some one started Secretary of the
Navy Meyer off to London in Midsum-
mer as ambassador to the Court of ST,
James. President Taft himself Cancelled
| that assignment promptly. He said he
had chosen the members OF his Cabi-
net with the idea that they were going
to remain with him for a goodly period
during which he expected their useful
ness to him and to the country would
be constantly increasing. That ought
to have checked the efforts to bust
the new Cabinet inside of eight months,
but 1t did not.
The resignation rumor has been
working again with Secretary of Agri-
culture James Wilson. now serving in
hts third consecutive Administration 1t
brought a tremendous howl of denial
from Mr. Wilson, who dearly loves pub
lie office. No one in Washington expects
that anybody except the President could
pry him loose, and, as he is a very ca
pable Secretary, not even the President
wants to infict such cruelty upon an
old public servant whom very many
farmers of the country all but idoiize.
The National tribune., 1909-10-14
Reunion of the ssth Ohio.

A Reunion Of the seth Ohio was helt
at Urbana, Sept. 80. with an attend
ance of "a. Many ladies and friends
were present. The Mayor of Urbana
made a welcoming address, handing
over the city TO them for the day. w
w. Wilson responded to this in behalf
of his comrades. A bountiful dinner
was served in the First Baptist Church
Music was furnished by the old G. A
r. Drum Corps. Gen. Charles Candy
the regiments first Colonel. and w. R
Parsons, the Chaplain, now nearly 80
years old, We're present, and told many
"reminiscences of the war. Chaplain
Parsons distributed a poem written by
himself on the regiment. Gen. Candy
was elected President of the Associa-
ton and the other officers were re-
elected
The National tribune., 1909-10-14
REUNIONS.
THE 9TH PA.
1t VIII Hold n Reunion on the Field OF
Its Greatest Loss.

1t VIII Hold Reunion on the Field ol
Its Greatest Loss.
Editor National Tribune: I send you
herewith a notice of the Annual Re-
union of the Survivors Association OF
the 9th Pa. 1t speaks for itself. The
unvaiIing of the monument at Cold
Harbor. Va, to the memory of the
Pennsylvania regiments that fought
there in early June, 1854. of which the
9th Pa. was one, occurs on Wednesday
Oct. 20. Our Reunion occurs on the
succeeding day, Thursday. Oct. 21, al
a point in Bermuda Hundred, Va.
about halfway between Richmond and
Petersburg, where on the Goth Of May
1864, about 900 of the 9th Pa, under
command of then Col Galusha Penny
packer. charged the rebel lines. only to
be swept from the field like chaff before
the wind as 1t marched into the jaws Of
death with dash like the charge OF
the famous 500 at Balakava-
The loss sustained by each company
is as follows:
Field and staff, / wounded.
Co. A, 2 killed, 5 wounded, 1 cap
tured.
Co. B, killed, Z wounded.
Co. C, killed, 21 wounded, 1 cap
tured.
CO. D. 4 killed. Q wounded.
Co. E, 1 killed, wounded, 10 cap
tured
| Co. F, killed. IS wounded.
Co. G, killed. 16 wounded.
Co. H, 10 killed, IA wounded
Co. I, killed, 20 wounded.
Co. K, 10 killed, Is wounded.
Total, 1SS.
The idea is to hold the Reunion in
the open land on the spot where the
regiment sustained this. great percent
age of loss in one battle, to elect Off
GERS, read reports and take a survey of
this sanguinary field, which perhaps
none of the participants of the battle
have seen since May 20, 1864. Few
regiments of tlie civil war sustained
greater loss than ours in short Is or
20-minutes battle.-John Wainwright,
Secretary, Colonel, 9th Pa, Whining
ton, Del.
The National tribune., 1909-10-14
Reunion Of Co. A, s5th Ind.

A Reunion of Co. A, S5th Ind. was
held at the residence of John B. Wright
near Tuscola. Ill.,, Sept. 2, that being
the anniversary of their muster into
service and also of the day they march
ed into Atlanta. Comrade Wright, who
belonged to the company, has a fine
place at Deer Park, with 23 head of
Virginia deer 1t is the largest herd in
central Illinois and among the largest
in the State. Comrade Wright had the
veterans brought to his home from the
town in automobiles and entertained
them royalty. officers elected: ]. D..
Hart, President, and George E. Maris,
Secretary, both of Bloomingdale. Ind.
The National tribune., 1909-10-14
Lost Discharges.

A letter from Charles M. McKenna
Frick Building, Pittsburg, Pa, says that
there are some papers in an old ware
house in charge of C. r. Turner, Graf
ton, Pa, which may be of interest and
value to the persons or their families
These papers are: Discharge of David
McCune. Sergeant. Co. A. 7th Pa Re-
serves; discharge dated June 22, 1865.
signed by j. V. Edgar, Lieutenant-Col-
onel commanding Juniata District; Off
GERS certificate of disability, dated Col
legeville, Pa, May 2, 1919, signed by
Samuel Vernon Ruby. First Lieutenant,
commanding Co. A, Seth Pa.
The National tribune., 1909-10-14
A New Calendar.

Apropos of the suggestion of a new
calendar in The National Tribune, Jos
A. Stuart, naval veteran, Palo Alto, Cal
sends us his idea, which he published
10 years ago. 1t was that on and after
the 1st day of January, 1901, the year
should consist of Is months of foul
weeks or Is days, except that to the
18th month should be added the day
or days needed to make the calendar
and solar years coincide. He is opposed
to the suggestion to have the year and
the month always begin on Sunday, as
he thinks this. would be an unnecessary
jumbling of two dates. He would add
the days to the end of the year, and
call them Solar Day" and "Calenda,
Day"
The National tribune., 1909-10-14
A County Reunion.

John L. Bashore Post, 122, Center
Vile, Iowa, has decided by unanimou.
fote that there viii be Veterans Re.
Inion held each year at CenterviIle by
the veterans of the County. The com.
nittee appointed to manage it are e. c.
Haynes, Past Commander. J. Y. Harris
Albert Root, ID. ]. Pullman, Harrison
Baker and A. j. Ross. 1t is expected
hat the biggest Reunions will be held
1T Centerville of any in the State. Ap.
)anoose County was represented by the
;th. 18th and 36th Iowa and the Sd, 9Th
md Sth Iowa Cav. and the 9Th Kan,
Cav,
The National tribune., 1909-10-14
The Mission

OF those coSpuscies In your blood
that have been called Little
Soldiers," Is to fight for you
against the disease germs that
constantly endanger your health.
These coFpuscies are made
healthy and strong by the use OF
Hoods Sarsaparilla.
This medicine is a combination of
more than 20 different remedial agents
in proportions and by process known
only to ourselves and it has for thirty
years been constantly proving its worth.
No substitute, none "just-as-good."
The National tribune., 1909-10-14
Who Knows Abont It2

Editor National Tribune: VIII you
kindly inform me thru the columns of
The National Tribune what became OF
the money which the brigade of Regu-
lars in the Army of the Cumberland
subscribed for a monument to be erect
ed on the battlefield of Stone River? 7
understand the monument was never
erected. What became of the none,
subscribed for it?-Thomas McNamara
one of the Regular Brigade. Nat .ona !.
Soldiers Home, Maine
The National tribune., 1909-10-14
Labor in a Wheat Field.

James johnson, Co. d. 18th Pa,
Pittsburg. Pa, referring to Comrade
Snowden's comparison OF pensions with
labor in the wheat field. would say that
IL he sowed his wheat field and could
not finish his job, but someone came
along and saved the crop. is it more
than fair tnat the latter should receive
an equal divide OF the proceeds? But
for him the work might have gone for
nothing or worse. The man who en-
listed in 1864 or 1855 gave himself tn
his country just as fully as did the one
who enlisted in 1861 or 1862. and II
was probably no fault of his that he
wasn't killed or wounded or that he did
not serve longer.
The National tribune., 1909-10-14
Reunion of the I'd Ohio.

A Reunion of the I'd Ohio was held
Sept. 22-23 at Loyeland, with DR.. Car
michael filling the place of the father
of the regiment" Dr. Carmichael pre-
sided and Comrade Stump acted as Sec
retary. Mrs. Thompson. mother Of
the regiment led the ladies in provid-
ing fine dinner, and Comrade Meach-
am, who was the boss fiddler, furnished
old time music
The National tribune., 1909-10-14
A Bogus Solicitor.

Ira B. Case. Milford. Pa, says that a
man came to his house representing
himself as a comrade, and said that he
was soliciting subscriptions for the
American Sentinel. published in Wash
ington, soldier paper. and very much
better than The National Tribune. He
got 81 from Comrade Case, for which
he gave him receipt. No such paper
as the American Sentinel appears in
the Washington directory of newspapers
and periodicals.
The National tribune., 1909-10-14
2d Ohio Cav. and s5th Ohio Bat,

Will hold their 43d Reunion at Memo
rial Hall. Cleveland, Oct. 10, the ami.
versary of the battle of Cedar Creek
w. P. Austin, Secretary.
9th N. Y.-The 43d Annual Reunion
of this regiment will be held at Boon.
Vile, Oct 20. Arch B. Snow, Secretary.
Boonville, N. Y.
57th Ohio.--The 30th Annual Re-
unicn of the 57th Ohio will be held at
Waynesffeld, Oct 20-21. C. NJ. Hatha-
way, Secretary, Ottawa, o.
18th Pa. Cav.-Will hold its Reunion
at Murplly's Hotel, Richmond, Va, Oct
20, after the dedication of the Soldiers
Monument at Cold Harbor. Va, on that
date.
The National tribune., 1909-10-14
Reunion of the ssth Mass.

A Reunion of the 39th Mass. was
held at Derby's Hotel. Revere Beach.
SomervilIe, Sept. 3. There were between
so and 80 veterans present, and the
ladies brought the number up to 113.
officers elected: W. S. Summer. of ia
maica Plain. President; George Fowla
Woburn. Vice President; George F.
Moses, Roxbury, Treasurer; ex-Mayor
c. H Porter, Quincy, Secretary.
The National tribune., 1909-10-14
Rcunion of the 7ath ia

A Reunion of the 10th Pa. was held
at Lancaster. Oct. 8. with about 100 sur
vivors present of the 20s known to be
living. The 10th Pa. was Lancaster
County regiment, and the people OF the
town gave the veterans grand vel
come. officers elected: President, Capt
Edward Edgerley, Lancaster; Vice Pres
idents, Richard Blickenderfer, Lancas-
ter, and Capt. Sigmund E. Wisner. Ma
rietta; Secretary, Michael V. Kilburn
Lancaster; Treasurer, II. G. Shenck
Lancaster.
The National tribune., 1909-10-14
How Fast Docs Corn f,ro,v .

The Chanute tKan.) Tribune saws
that one OF the farmers there won a
bet of travelling man as 10 how fast
corn grows. The drummer doubted the
statement of the farmer that the corn
was growing SO fast that he could hear
the joints hop, and the bet was finally
made that corn would not grow six
inches in SO hours. A stalk was select
ed. and 81 hours later 1t was found that
Ii had grown seven inches.
The National tribune., 1909-10-14
Reunion of The 81, Pa. Il. \.

A Reunion of the 5th Pa. was held
at Apollo. Sept. 21. with the local vet
Grams and the w. Il. c. as hosts. The
address of welcome was made by Rev
Z. G. Banks. The school children Joined
in the parade to the number of 500
Officers elected: President, j. C. Stew
art. Tarentum; First Vice President
Lewis Malsee, Pittsburg: Second Vice
President, H. s. Knepper, Johnstown:
Secretary and Treasurer. ]. S. Goshorne
and Chaplain, the Rev. E. F. Dickey
New Kensington.
The National tribune., 1909-10-14
The Deaf Pensioners.

Almond E. Clark, 80 Cherry street
Milford, Conn, says that we seem IN
have overlooked the deaf veterans In
future pension leg station. The deaf
veterans think il Is about time that
some equalizing was done in justice 10
the silent army which has waited so
long.
The National tribune., 1909-10-14
Reunion Of the sem ohlo.

A Reunion of the seth Ohio was held
Sept 21 at Amelia, with an address of
welcome by Rev. Baker and response
by Judge Mcneil. officers elected:
President, Court Smith; Vice Presi-
dents. John Wait, John Miller. William
Kisling. Jacob Shively; Secretary, Isma
TrOth.
The National tribune., 1909-10-14
Floyd County veterans Reunion

The Floyd County Veterans Reunion
was held in Rockford. Iowa, with 6S
veterans present, many Of them accom-
panied by their families. The officers
elected were: DIR. L. Brown, President;
E. H. Benson. Vice President; G. NJ
Hubbard. Treasurer, and II. Gerber
Secretary
The National tribune., 1909-10-14
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The National tribune., 1909-10-14
Reunion of the 1i4th Ohio.

A Reunion of the 114th Ohio was
held Sept. 22-23 at New Lexington, with
SO survivors present and Is deaths re-
ported during the year. Officers elect
ed: E.. 7. Winters, President; Amos
Stoltz, Vice President, and D. 8. Saint,
The National tribune., 1909-10-14
Washington County (yf.) Veterans, Re.
uaiOD..

A Reunion of the Washington County
VII Veterans was held at Waterbury
Center in August. aitho the weather was
aanspieious. There Were four camp
Tres, hes de the business meeting and
ocial hours. The speaking was the best
Il all IN the history of the Association,
smong The speakers being Congressman
}. j. Foster and Lieut.-Goy. John A.
lead. Il. j. Foster. Waterbury Center,
Vt
The National tribune., 1909-10-14
aOur Own IittIe Dam |,

]. ]. Simmons, 3sth Ind, West Sati-
coy, Cal. corrects the name OF the sec.
ond Colonel of his regiment as gwen I'm
recent history Instead Of David F.
Griffin IL should be Daniel T. Griffin,
our own little Dam" as the Toys used
to say
The National tribune., 1909-10-14
Reunion of the 11sth Pa

A Reunion of the 11Sth Pa was held
at Kertel,s Cafe, Philadelphia. Sept
20. with fine banquet and addresses
by a number of prominent comrades
Serg't John Hayes acted as toastmas.
ter.
The National tribune., 1909-10-14
attention. a5th y. y. Cav,

All comrades of the 25th N. 7. Cav
are requested to send their names and
p. o. address to Comrade J. H. Wolff,
617 I street northwest, Washington, d.
c., in order to receive notices of our
next Reunion, which will be held in At
lantic City, N. J., 1910.
The National tribune., 1909-10-14
Reunion OF the 14th Ohio,

A Reunion of the 14th Ohio was held
on the grounds OF Judge J. B. Burrows,
Painesville, Os,s Aug. 1s; with 80 sur
vivors present. Judge Burrows served
as Captain of the battery;
The National tribune., 1909-10-14
Reunion of Batteries F and G, Pa. L. 4

A Reunion of the above batteries
was held at Bethlehem, Sept. 1911
The old officers were reelected, and
the roll of members for the bronze
memorial tablet at Gettysburg was ap-
proved
The National tribune., 1909-10-14

No use Iookiae so old. Change
your gray mustache to a
rich brown or black with
The National tribune., 1909-10-14

NoTE-The Above il the Largest Mall Order Spec
tacle House in the World, and Perfectly Reliable.
The National tribune., 1909-10-14
IAN Express Rider.

Charles Dustin. Box fSS. Soldiers
Home, Los angeles, Cal, saw the name
OF W. II Davis. who had made an ex-
traordinaTy trip riding express, in. Kan
sas If lie was the ambulance driver
for COL e. v. Sumner. he would like
much to hear from him or any Of the
men who served in Co. G, 1st U. S. Cav,
from 1855 to 1860.
The National tribune., 1909-10-14
The 2Sth Ill.

John r; Lukins, reenview,Y. Ill.
to hear from any OF the survivors of
that grand regiment. The first Colonel
was 'Arnory K. Johnson, who resigned,
and Lieut.. t.-Col. Fitzpatrick was killed at
Shiloh. Capt. Richard Ritter was COM
missiened as Colonel. S's>''ip "a 'i'"t
The National tribune., 1909-10-14

N. f. Terriil, 5th Iowa Grinna,,
Kan. is outspoken in his condemnatior
of the propos tion to place the Le,
statue in the Capitol. By his military
ability and the education which he ha,
received at the expense of the Govern,
neent, Lee was enabled to proIo,.g tn,
war and cause the death of many. thou
SANDS OF Ihien soldiers, to say nothing
OF uncounted millions OF money.
The National tribune., 1909-10-14
Finds It Most Interesting.

Mrs. Mary II. Buclrs EmpeniasrKan.,
SAYS that she has. meyer seen nor read
anything about the war so interesting
as the Life of Abraham Lincoln, in
The National Tribune. She has tried to
save the papers. but failed, and she is
anxious that the story ne put in book
The National tribune., 1909-10-14
The Builder of the Monitor. :

G. s. Meeker, New Haven Conn,
says that there was slight error in
the eLffc of Lincoln" as to the builders
OF the first Monitor. The builders
name was given as Thomas f. Ro-
wan," when It should have been .aThos.
T. Rowland
The National tribune., 1909-10-14

hfTicdh iHtefestS 10 he Protected.
The text of the treaty reached Wash
ington JUST before Secretary Knox sent
message from his farm at Valley
Forge, asking Minister Crane to come
back TO Washington II IS believed that
The japanese tried craftiiy to put one
over On the Americans. and that Secre-
tary Knox proposes to find out whether
that sort of a thing can be done. He
IL known 10 be very alert 10 the pro-
lection OF American interests in that
quarter OF the world. Such activity fits
in with President Taffs Oriental poll
eles. He has been active In putting
eifclent Consuls at Chinese ports and
furthering our interests in the CONNER
cial and Industrial development of the
ShlneSe Empire. Il would be a blow
70 his new plans if. before they were
weE perfected. the Japanese stole a
march IN Manchurie, and gobbled up
sil mining rights there for many years
20 come.
The publicity attending Mr. Cranes
return to Washington and the dramatic
way In which he has been dismissed will
probably emphasize TO the Japanese the
serious attitude of tn S Government to-
ward their Manchurian eneroachments.
Ihe United States has had agents tray-
cling In that province in recent months
and the State Department is understood
10 have pretty complete Information
about conditions there.
When the Objectionable treaty was
signed our representatives at Pek N and
1okyo were not on their jobs Eubas-
saaof oBrien had come to the aJnited
states on leave. and Minister Rockhiii
rad been transferred to the Embassy a,
81. petersburg. That looked a LITTLE sus
p'cious. as tho the japanese were up to
Tricks when they reasoned the Ameri-
cans might not be looking.
The National tribune., 1909-10-14

J. r. Keyes. sth Ohio Cav, Com
mander Thoburn Post, Martins Ferry.
o., says that recently in coliectine
names and records of deceased com
rades, he found one man who was stat
ed as having belonged to Co. p, 9Th w.
va. He had never heard of such a
company letter before, and felt sure
that II must be mistake. but the com
rade's granddaughter produced the
comrades medal issued by the State of
West Virginia. and there on the RIM
was the redoubtabie Go. p" He still
doubted. but found from the records
that the regiment had Is ce.spanIes.
The National tribune., 1909-10-14
Discharge Found.

Stephen G. Yount, BuckIIn, Mo-, says
that in looking over his brothers pa
pers he found discharge which his
nrother had found on. the battlefield.
1t belonged to John GRAY. 46tb Ind
IL any of his relatives are living and
desire 1T, he will send it to them.
The Somerset reporter., 1909-05-13
SkoWhegan High Wins.

The first game scheduled for the
home grounds this year was played
Saturday afternoon at Fairview park
between the Skowhegan High school
team and the nine from Hartland
academy. The local team won by the
score of 10 to 2. 1t was the second
game this spring in their schedule as
week ago Saturday they played in
Watervillo, being defeated by the
Watervillo High.
The features of the game were the
heavy batting of Skowhegan, the
pitching of Reed, who struck out 10
men, and the all-round work of Pierce
at second base For the visitors Bu-
ker played well at first base and
Baird made a good showing behind
the bat. There was a good attend
ance.
The score:
Innings 3 q ~ -
Skowhegan n............. - 900d - ~
Hits--Skowhegan 10, Hartland g. Errors
Skowhegan !, Hartland g. Batteries-Reed
and LaCasce, Taylor and Baird Empire Al
thur Jones.
1t will be noted, by the schedule
published elsewhere, that the Skow-
hegau High school team will go to
Athens, Saturday of next week, to
play the Athens Academy nine.
The Somerset reporter., 1909-05-13

Carload of wall paper, all new
styles, just received at Bucknam's.
Lobsters boiled twice a week, Tues
day and Saturday, at the Coburn
Market,
Girl wanted to do housework. APP
ply, stating wages expected and Civ
ing references, to Mrs. r. T. Patten,
care SOMERSET REPORTER, Skowhe-
gan, Me.