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The National tribune., 1909-09-02
The verr youngest soldIer.

r. c. Whitnarsh, Des Mo!nes. Iowa.
sends us the Des Moines Register and
Leader, with q claim for Edward Nc
Cleiian Roberts as positively the young
est soldier of the war of the rebellion.
HIS rather. Maj. Abel c. Roberts, was
before the war editor of the Fort Madi-
son Plain Dealer and was Threatened
with MOB violence on account of his
outspoken opposition to slavery He
entered the army as Surgeon of the aIst
Mo-, and served in that capacity until
the end of the war. winning the high
appreciation and affection of all in his
regiment. In 1863 the regiment was a,
Memphis. Tenn. Maj. Roberts brought
his family down. and they were living
at the house of Confederate officer
whose family had received many favors
from DR.. Roberts and were very friend
" to him. Dec. 81, 1868. Edward ale
Cleilan Roberts was born. and the event
produced quite commotion in camp
The younzstar was promptly christened
Edward Mcclellan. the Edward being
for Capt. Edward Black kburn. of the
2!st Mo. and Mcclellan for the COM
inander of the Army of the Potomac
The boy Was taken in a blanket TO
headquarters. and there regularly en-.
rolled as member of the regiment
and when he was 10 days old was pro-
noted to Sergeant. Three years later
when the regiment was mustered out
he received an honorable discharge in
due form, differing only from the DIS
charges of the rest OF the regiment in
the insertion of the word honorary
One of the occurrences of his military
life was being taken by the soldiers
who made z great pet of him, TO the
battery, where lanyard was placed in
his little hand and he fired the sunset
gun. Mr.. Roberts is a resident of New
York City and engaged in literature.
The National tribune., 1909-09-02
DEiGnEss.s BATTERY.
Y
The Contention Arises From the Battery
G.yIrjd ,ceJ, Divided.

Editor National Tribune: Please give
me space in ynur valuable paper TO state
what ] shy with two good eyes and
know TO be true, as to who recaptured
the now famous De Gress Battery. All
this contentioa has been caused thru It's
not beinSEknown that the battery was
divided that day. A part OF 1t was
placed at6orHna the railroad oil our
left, and with9that part we had nothing
to do, only ins connection with others.
and are willing, to accept Maj. W. II.
Chamberlainsl claim as being true. lie
is an Ohio boy, and had the famous old
slst OHIO at his command. Now, i
shall deal exclusively with the other
part of said battery, which was sta
toned on the right of the railroad and
IN plain view of us. We saw IL captured
by the enemy, and it was not out of our
sight until recaptured by US. De Gress
came to our line just about 10 feet from
me and said: MY battery is gone" The
enemy turned the guns on us, which
caused some commotiOn. De GreSs.
with hat in hand, shouted: stand your
ground. boys. They are only fooling
you. Those guns are all spiked. / know
1t, for did it myself"
Just then Gen. Chas. r. Woods was
ordered to retake the guns and line of
works and hold them at all hazards,
with the First Division of the Fifteenth
Corps. We moved at once double
quick. bearing slightly to the fefs TO
gain more favorable ground. Then with
a rusm the charge was made. De Gress
going right with us. the center Of my
regiment. which was the 18th Ohio,
passed directly over the battery, driving
the enemy away from it and capturing
several of them. We then scaled the
works, and engaged in bloody hand
to-hand fight all along the line. raptur-
ing large number of the enemy and
recapturing many of our boys that had
been taken when the line was broken.
The line was then re-established, and
we returned to our former position.
Now. the foregoing facts are true, which
/ can prove by every living man Of the
First Division. Fifteenth Corps; also by
Military History of Ohio. page 232, as
well as other histories, and while the
battery fell into our hands the honor is
not all ours, for each command which
braved that trying ordeal won honor
and fame that time will never erase
c. w. Hull Co. A. 10th Ohio. SO Chest
nut street, Newark, o.
The National tribune., 1909-09-02
The Monument to the Maine.

In sending to The National Tribune
81 as his contribution to the Maine
monument fund. NJ. d. Wemple, Oat-
vile. Kan. says that he was too young
to have been in the war. but he had
six brothers in the service. and his
mother was nurse in the hospitals at
Memphis. Four of his brothers served
In Co. X, 18th Wis, and one of them in
Co. F. SD Wis. Another brother served
in the Navy. and WAS killed on board
the Juniata at the assault on Fort Fish
er- He was Lieutenant at the time.
He had served with Admiral Farragut
on the Hartford. and had been ship
mate with Admirals Sampson and
Schley- He was also classmate of Ad-
mirai Sigsbee at the Naval Academy.
The National tribune., 1909-09-02
The Officers Retirement Bill.

Editor National Tribune: / think tbe
officers retired bill is a just bill. Take
my own case. 1 enlisted in 1861 for
three years, then re-enlisted with a
promise of $400 bounty, received 500
and shortly after a commission as Sec
ond Lieutenant, which cut off the 5000.
Ihere was no mastering officer present
for few months. and received n com
mission as First Lieutenant. II cost
me 5000 to get uniform and ready for
the ofnce.-W. B. Lowry, Captain. 6ed
Ohio. Roseville. O.
The National tribune., 1909-09-02
The Fight at Jonesboro.

Comrade NJ. L. Schneider, Redwood,
o., wants to say that the regiment which
was on the right of the n. Y. Zouaves
at Jonesboro was the 12Ist Ohio. After
the battle Gen. Govan rode to him and
said: This is bad work. bad manage
ment." Comrade Schneider replied: 1T
may be for you. hut not for us You
had better get off that horse" He did
so, and went on with the rest of the
prisoners. When the 121st Ohio got
over the works and drove off the John
nies, they turned their own guns upon
the enemy. Among these were two or
three which the Johnnies had gotten
from us at PerryyilIe
The National tribune., 1909-09-02
To Correct a Correction.

Editor National Tribune: 1 am COM
ing to your rescue in few lines, TO,
Comrade L. ]. Orr, 9Th Wis. Battery. at
ttempts to correct you very enphatically
in his article, "Sherman's Railroad. /"
He says: Il know what am talking
about" Now. if Comrade Orr had said
that portion of the Memphis &
Charleston Railroad o en- Stephen
son and Decatur. A. - his article
would have been about right; but in
stead he says that portion of the M. &
g. Railway between Bridgeport and De-
catur. Ala" which makes it all wrong
We knew the Sth Wis. Battery well and
favorably, and don't think they would
misrepresent little thing like that
w. NJ. Sampson, Co. X, 26th ILL.,
Waynesville, ILL.,
The National tribune., 1909-09-02
Death of Gen. Reynolds.

William Maitland. Newberry, N. c.,
says that there has been so much said
about whoaikilIed Gen. John F. Rev
nolds. Reynolds was killed by some of
the SD N. C., who were lying in a ra-
vine when Reynolds rode up within 40
yards of them. There was whole vol
ley hred at MN at once, and the whole
regiment rose up and drove back the
men who were with him. 1t will never
be known with certainty who killed
Reynolds, nor how many times he was
struck with the fatal missiles.
The National tribune., 1909-09-02
Sale of French Junk.

Sept Is the Canal Commission will
sell from $4,000 to 10000 tons of
French junk gathered up along the
canal This includes old locomotives.
dump cars. tanks. barges. boilers, grid
ers, etc. All of the material available
for the work on the Isthmus has been
taken out The old rails are used to
reinforce the concrete and also to make
cement telegraph and telephone poles.
The brass, copper. white metal and cast
iron are worked over by the canal work
shops Several hundred pounds of cop
per and brass have been sent to the
Philadelphia Mint TO make into canal
medals. Each of the French locomo-
tives have from $500 to $500 worth of
copper. which will be taken out for
use on the Isthmus
The National tribune., 1909-09-02
Brothers in q Company.

]. C. Scruggs, I'd Tenn, Clinton,
Tenn, meets the claim of Comrade w.
S. Mathews, of the 1st Ohio H. A, who
gives a list of II pairs of brothers in
one company, with the roster of Co. C.,
I'd Tenn. 1t had in its ranks 81 pairs
or sets of brothers. He says SETS" for
in three instances there were more
than pairs. There were four brothers
in one group and in two others three
each. Their names were Atkins, An
drews. Baker, Clark. Duncan, Dew,
Gibbs, Hall. Hicks, Hammock, Huck-
ably, Jeffries. Long. McClain, Macklin,
Diggs, Overton, Pemberton Slower,
Scruggs. Turner. Wallace. WILDLY and
White
The National tribune., 1909-09-02
The assault ON - Hill.

William Andrews. ILL.,, Rock
ford, ILL.,, finds 1t strange that so many
mistakes were made about the assault
on Fort Hill. We closed in on the
works on May IS. and Cen Logan COM
manded a division in the Seventeenth
Corps, not the Fifteenth. The brigade
of the Fifteenth Corps, commanded by
Giles A Smith. was mile at least to
the right Of Fort Hill. The first assault
was made on the afternoon of May 10,
and the fort was directly in front of
Logan's Division of the Seventeenth
Corps. The charge was led by the 45th
Ill D"
The National tribune., 1909-09-02
Labor in a Harvest Field.

George Snowden, Buchtel, o., says
that If he sows wheat field and then
when the grain is ripe enters with a
cradle, cuts it, rakes it, gathers it and
thrashes 1t, another man who comes
along and helps stack the straw should
not receive the same share that he gets.
He enlisted at the first call in the 4th
w. Va, where he became a Sergeant,
and later was Lieutenant in the 18th
w. Va, but was discharged on a Sur
geon's certificate of disability He be-
lieves that such men as he are entitled
to more than those who had only a
brief service
The National tribune., 1909-09-02
The Oldest Veterans.

w. A. Herald, 47th Wis. Warren, O..
says he noticed a communication from
Lookout Mountain Post. of Berkeley,
Cal, that they have a member 81 years
old. He makes the statement that in
Bell-Harmon Post they have a comrade
who is "a years old; also another who
is just SO. Both carried their muskets
and 40 rounds OF cartridges. following
Old Glory from first to last. If any
other Post can beat this, send IL, the
claim for the banner
The National tribune., 1909-09-02
Wounded Five Times.

]. L. Douglas. Voluntown. Conn, says
that he was in the siege of Port Hudson
from beginning TO end, and was wound
ed in five different places. tho none of
the wounds was severe. He was struck
in both arms. leg and side. and had two
ribs cracked and two broken, also a
sword cut across the hand. The sword
is now in the Buckingham Memorial
Building, having been presented by him
to SedgwiciS Post
The National tribune., 1909-09-02
Reunion of the 21st Pa. Cav.

The 18th Reunion of the 21st Pa.
Cav. was held in Chambersburg, with
the people of the town generally par
ticipating. There were 80 ladies' pres
ent, who formed in two ranks and took
the right of the column in parade. The
exercises were presided over by Mai.
Bell and H. +. Sterner. of Scotland,
IA, acted as Secretary. Speeches were
made reminiscent of the greatest day in
the regiments history. that of Cold
Harbof. where 1t took the enemy's
works. but lost 81 dead and wounded.
The National tribune., 1909-09-02
The 9tI, III

Capt. Fred dig, Mascontah. Ill.
writes that the 9th Ill. was not organ
lied at Cairo. 1t was mustered into
service at Springfield. April 26, 1861,
and was mustered out at Louisville,
ny; July >. 1900. Comrade Dig was
its service, 1t has a record Of 10 hat
ties and skirmishes
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The National tribune., 1909-09-02
The Lee Statue.

Maj. Robert Anderson Post, Indian
apoiis. Ind, has adopted resolutions
strongly opposing the statue of Lee in
the Capitol. Lee. after being educated
by the Government, threw his weight
into the scale against it. and for four
long years devoted all his strength and
ability to capture Washington and
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The National tribune., 1909-09-02
Free Asthma and Hay Fever Cure.

ID. J. Lane. a chemis. at tIs Lane BLDG.
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The National tribune., 1909-09-02
The Song at Wilminalon.

Charles H Miller, 139th N. Y, Eliza
beth, N. j., was in the theater at Will
mington the night that Maj. White
sang "Sherman's March to the Sea"
and it was received with a roar of well
come that almost raised the roof.
The National tribune., 1909-09-02
The Age Pension.

E. J. Barras, Somerville, N. j., takes
issue with Comrade Campbell in regard
to pension rates. He thinks that sI2 a
month is not as much. considering
everything, as the $s month paid to
the soldiers of previous wars
The National tribune., 1909-09-02
Last Prisoners From Andcrsonviile.

Robert Cooper, Yorkville, n. Y. was
one of the last prisoners to leave An
Jacksonville. He and his comrades were
liberated by the Johnnies themselves.
The National tribune., 1909-09-02
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The National tribune., 1909-09-02
Widows Pensions.

Several letters have been received
from Pittsburg parties denouneing the
writer from that city OF communica-
ton in The National Tribune against
the widows pension bill. They say that
the city could be gone over with a fine
tooth comb without finding another such
man. James T. Crooks. 18th Ohio.
Toledo, o., says that Jane is an old
bachelor. but not from choice, and has
soured on all womankind.
The National tribune., 1909-09-02
Poem Wanted.

]. A. Bryan. 521 Park avenue, Monon-
gahela, Pa. desires a copy of the poem
of which the following is a part:
"Oh, weep for our country;
oh. weep for the brave.
Who. deceived by their rulers,
Have fought fer the slave"
The National tribune., 1909-09-02

]. M. Davis. Harrisville, W. Va. In
indignant at the course of his Congress-
man. Harry woodward, in opposing
widows pensions. Comrade Davis's
wife, who has been faithful partner.
and has had a hard time in caring for
him, would be left without a pension if
he should die first.
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-18
PROPOSALS AND BIDS-Continued
NOTICE OF LEASING sEAWALL LOT.

Notice is hereby given that bids viii be re-
ceived and opened by the Board OF State Hsr-
Dor Commissioners at their office. room No 10;
In the Union Depot and Ferry House. foot OF
Market street, in the City and County of San
Francisco, State of California, at the hour OF
10 o'clock a. M, on Thursday. the 23rd day OF
September. 1909. for letting leasing by said
Board Seawall Lot No %. Said seawan lot Is
situated the water front of the City and
County OF San Francisco. and is bounded by
Townsend. japan. King and East streets.
Said property will be let to the highest and
best bidder for term not exceeding twenty five
(25) years, subject. however. TO the power Of
the hoard to reject any and all bids. and in
accordance with printed terms and conditions OF
lease TO which reference is hereby made, which
are on file In the office OF the Secre-
tary of the Board copies OF which
will be furnished bidders application to said
Secretary. Reference is also hereby made to
said printed terms and conditions OF lease for
a more particular description OF said Seawall
Lot No. %.
Bids must set forth the purposes for which
said lot shall be used and the bidder must agree
that the statement of his bid, IL the lease Is
awarded to him, shall be embodied In said
lease, and he must also agree that said lot
shall be used only for the purposes set forth In
his bid W. v. STAFFORD,
". E. DENNISON,
p. s. TELLER.
Board of State Harbor Commissioners.
W. B. THORPE. Secretary.
Sprtemher s. 1900
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-18
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ASSESSMENT NOTICES

NOTICE OF ASSESSMENT
OLYMPIC SALT WATER COMPANY
Location of principal place of business 90 Clay
street. city and county of San Francisco state
of California.
NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN that Mt a
meeting of the board of directors held Sept.
3; 1909, assessment Of one dollar fS1) per
share was levied upon the capital stock of the
corporation. payable Immediately to the sec
retafy of the company at It's office, 80 Clay ST..
of California
ANY stock upon which this assessment shall
remain unpaid on MONDAY, October 4. 1909.
will be delinquent and advertised for sale at
public auction and unless payment is made be-
fore. will be sold on WEDNESDAY. October
20, 1900 at the hour of o'clock p. M. TO pay
the delinquent assessment together with costs
OF advertising and expense Of sale.
CHARLES A. GIBSON,
Secretary Olympic Salt Water Company.
Office OF company. 90 Clay ST.. in the city
and county of San Francisco. state of Califor-
mia. Dated in San Francisco. Cal. Sept. 3. 1900
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-18

PROPOSALS AND BIDS
NOTICE OF LEASING sEAwALL Lot.


Notice is hereby given that bids will be re-
ceived and opened by the Board of State Har-
Dor Commissioners at tneir office, room No 10,
in the Union Depot and Ferry House. foot of
Market street in the City and County of San
Francisco, State of California, at the hour Of
10 O'Clock a. m, on Thursday. the 23rd day Of
September 1909. for letting or leasing by said
Board of part Of Seawall Lot No. "a designated
as .sSubdivision A. Said seawall lot is stu-
nted on the water front OF the City and County
OF San Francisco and Is bounded by King
Berry Second and East streets
Said property will be let TO the highest and
best bidder for term not exceeding twenty five
(25) years, subject. however. to the power Of
the Board to reject any and ell bids, and in
accordance with printed terms and conditions Of
lease to which reference is hereby made which
are on file in the office of the Secretary
Of the Board, copies OF which win be
furnished bidders on application to said
Secretary. Reference is also hereby made TO
said printed terms and conditions OF lease for
a more particular description OF said part OF
Seawall Lot No. "a, designated "Subdivi-
sion A.
Bids must set forth the purposes for which
said lot shall be used and the bidder must agree
that the statement of his bid. if the lease is
awarded to- him, shall be embodied in said
lease and he must also agree that said lot
shall he used only for the purposes set forth In
his bid. w. Y. STAFFORD,
w. f. DENNISoN
p. S. TELLER
Board of State Harbor Commissioners
W. b. THORPE Secretary.
Septernhpr q. 1909.
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-18
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