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81 KLEGG No. 4.
Illustrated
ST and Shorty on the Tullahoma Campaign.
Wounded at Chickanlauga.
By JOHN McELROY.

ST Klegg No about takes 81 Kegg and
Shorty experiences the Tulahoma campaign Though
only miles Shebyvle the advance made thru terrific
which tested the endurance
the and Shorty had the
boys wadng ovowing streams and getting the thru
ahomess mud and being nearly devoured by the eas
other peculiar that region The fortified
uaoma and the Fourth of July celebrated banks
OF the Elk River After brief there they Chat
While their march wedding arranged which the
Ind celebrates with enthusiasm They class
of Souhern the loyal East Tennesseeans and learned much OF
neXngusab hatred between the Union people
The absence and had
day. where Shorty meets Sis people especially his good looking
Maria Annabel and
with her They back from home with batch OF
and have time making them into soldiers They directly into the
Chattanooga which vivid picture
Shorty severely wounded The Deacon notified and he
hospital Chattanooga and
of the condition OF the Army of the Cumberland
being beseged by the ConederateS the Hawks Nest
Deacon characteristic
human The Deacon Christian
his desire what will contribute
to work thru everything that will bear telling
blren when he back Indiana The
that all the preceding
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81 KLEGG No. |.
Illustrated.
His Transformation From a Raw Recruit TO
Veteran.
By JOHN McELROY.

Few books in the literary history this had such
taneou and popularity the "S kegg From
the first the host OF readers and these
III geometrical ratio the publication progressed
1t the plainly simply and uthfuy told OF the develop
ment OF boys soldiers the highest
The told with fidelity who marched
camped and fought universal
far the best story OF the experience of the enlisted the
Union Army that has been Every detail and incident
is SO truthful like his that the instantly
ognzes with burst laughter the yelling his
The aboundng hunor OF the book
lures Wherever possible fun situation
happening done the real old The heroes OF the
story the fun themselves author vividly depicts
Each volume will period Kleggs army
with his
and then seasoned
Zach volume will be OF about clear
good white and bound
will be sent address postpaid upon receipt
those bound cloth The
his Indiana home enlist and his early experiences Army
while undergoing the ap and mshaps which
shape soldier, might assigned
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Carolina. Albert P. Sholes, P. D. c.:
Idaho. VIM. r. Riley. Post 6. Haley.
Idaho: Indiana, W. A. Ketcham: Iowa,
L. W. Thrill; Kansas, p. II. Coney:
Kentucky. 7. +. Beyland; Louisiana and
Mississippi. J. A. Brookshire; Maine.
Seth T. Snipe: Maryland, Frank NJ.
Smith; Massachusetts. George w. Ma
son; Michigan. Col. Fl. S. Dean. Post
1877, Ann Arbor; Minnesota. Ell Tor
rance: Missouri, Chas. G. Burton; Mon
tana. Thomas McGirl: Nebraska. J. s.
Hoagiand: New Hampshire. VIM. H.
Trickey. Tilton, n. H.; New Jersey,
Frank o. Cole; New York, Stewart L.
Woodford: North Dakota. S. J. Hilf:
Ohio. A. G.. Patton. Wells Post, 451. Co
lumbus, o.: Oklahoma. w. r. Kelley;
oregon, G.. E. Caukin: Pennsylvania. Fl.
A. Gherst. Reading; Potomac, S. f.
Faunce: Rhode Island. Ezra Dixon;
South Dakota, George w. Snow; Ten
nessee. Andrew ]. Gahagan; Texas. j.
W. Rosa; Utah. II. T. Burns; Vermont,
J. II. Lucia; Virginia and North Caro-
lima, II. w. Veazey. Norfolk, Va; Wash
ington and Alaska. b. r. Bull. n. va
kima, Wash; West Virginia. S. 3. Aver;
Wisconsin, j. A. Watrous.
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had tried ali his life to be a good
Grand Army man. but he would try
to do even better in the future than
in the past, and he would assure the
Encampinert that he would bring forth
every effort for the good of our splen-
did order and that there would be
no more Jealous supporter of John
Gilman and no one more anxious for
his success than John McElroy. Com
nderin-Chief-elect Gilman was re-
ceived with acclamation and made Il
happy little speech saying that nothing
that was in his power would be left
undonc for the good of the G. A r.
and advancement of its cause and the
care of the interests of the comrades.
Other Elections.
Nominations were made for the other
National officers. Comrade Charles Bur-
rows. Past Quartermaster-G General, was
elected Senior Vice Commander-in
Chief. There was a spirited contest for
the Junior Vice Chief
ship, into which the friends of Com
rades William James, Florida; ]. s.
IitZenberg, Delaware, and A. G. Whee-
don, Kentucky. entered with warmth.
Comrade Wheedon withdrew and Com
rade James was elected. Comrade
Thomas G. Harwood, of New Mexico.
was unanimously elected Chaplain-fn-
Chief. and DR. John l.. Smith, of Wash
ingtun. was elected Surgeon-General.
Visit From the Ladies'.
A delegation from the w. r. c. en-
tered to present their greetings and
make their annual report. The Nation-
al Encampment rose to its feet and
greeted them with acclamation. The
ladies made brief. pithy addresses and
read their report. the points of which
were greeted with applause, and after
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the response by Junior Vice Command
er-in-Chicf Alfred Beers. the ladies
were escorted without, the Encampment
rising to its feet and cheering enthuslaS-
tically.
Court of Inquiry.
After the ladies had withdrawn Com
rade McEIroy was recognized by the
commandments and said:
Il respectfully request the. appoint
ment of q court of inquiry to take un-
der consideration certain allegations
and rumors affecting my personal IN
tegrity, especially as. to the authorship
of 81 KleEe' and the founding of the
st. Cloud Colony. | ask that the IN
coming Commander-in-Ch be in
structed and directed to appoint COM
mittee of five. who shall investigate any
charges OF allegations made against me
in these matters"
Past Comnanders-in-C Chief Wagner,
Rassieur and others supported this re-
quest o. Comrade McElroy's. Dele
gate from Pennsylvania said that the
action could not be taken. since there
had been no charges preferred. Com
rade Gardner, of Michigan. answered
that it was a matter of common knowl-
edge on the streets and in the offices
that these rumorS and aspersions had
been industriously spread and had seri-
ously affected the vote. He said that
COmrade Hinman, the alleged author
of Isl I<legg' WAS. a member of his regi-
ment, and he had always believed him
to be the real author. He had known
Comrade McElroy for many years, en-
Joyed his personal friendship, had the
highest esteem for his ability and
thought him the foremost historian of
the day No one who had written such
works as 'AndersonvilIe. The Struggle
for Missouri and the accounts of cam
y, ,;,.E, 10 'lnl
tional Tribune could be affected by a
charge of plagiarism. The question was
properly before the. EnCampment as ii
affected that which was as dear to a
comrade as his military honor. his rep
utation as an author and an upright
man The request was in the nature of
a court of inquiry, such as were fire.
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quent in the army. and we We're bound
by military considerations and proceed
uFc. Comrade McElrOy's request was
granted hy a viva yncc vote.
Subsequently il was seen that ii
would put the incoming Commander
in-Chief in "A delicate position to have
him appoint the court, and by common
consent ii was decided that this should
be done by the outgoing Commander
in-Chief.
The Committee on Pensions.
Past Commander-in-C Burdett
read the report of the National Com
mittee on Pensions which is published
elsewhere.
Rochester the Next Meeting Place.
Rochester. \. Y, and Los Angeles.
Cal. were contestants for the place of
holding the next meeting but Roches-
ter was far in the lead and carried off
the prize. Comrade Patrick II. Coney
made vigorous speech on the question
of railroad rates, which voiced the tenn
per of the Encampment and led to more
definite Instructions as to the attitude
of tho Commander-in-Chief and Council
of Administration toward the ,transpor-
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81 KLEGG No. =.
Through the Stone River Campaign and ID
Winter Quarters at MurfreeSbor0.
By JOHN McELROY.

The volume of the ST Kegg SERIES which has appeared
takes ST and his partner Shorty thru the terrific battle of Stone River
and then thru their Winter Muesboro With the industry
and ingenuity characteristic OF soldiers they fixed themselves
short very comfortable quarters where they visited by
Sis father Kegg Posey County had
highly interesting bat wholly and the
boys after their kind foaged krsed worked the
Notifications making generally lively all around them wherever they
whatever they doing 1t all extremely vivid
derfuly e with the and pathetic mingled
in the proportions of actual history.
This the popular of the and pronounced
by authority than Lew Wallace be the id of the
Deacon Kegg fine specimen of the solid substantial Union
the North who led Gdearing efespecng upright useful
lives and their the fight for the eternal principles
right and discharge their duty the The volume
uniform appearance and style with,the preceding
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ment decided that the report must be
made. Then it was moved that every
thing in the report be acted upon ex-
cept the portions relating to pensions
and the Lee statue. Again the Encamp-
ment voted adversely, and Chairman
Torrance began his report
A resolution of sympathy to Gen.
Granville NJ. Dodge was adopted.
One fayoring the erection of the De
tenders Gate" at Valley Forge was
adopted.
One in favor of a statue at Washing
ton to Gen. Meade was adopted.
one in favor of an appropriation for
the removal of the remains of Gen.
kcarny to Arlington and the erection
of statue was adopted.
One asking Congress to pass a law to
lay out in each National Cemetery. a
plot OF ground for the burial of veter-
ans wives and widows was adopted.
one asking the Constitutional Con-
vention of New Mexico to adopt the
name of Lincoln for their State was
adopted.
One giving thanks to Katherine NJ.
Gallagher for her efforts in protesting
against thesexpulsion of sailors and ma
rines from the theater on account Of
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81 KLEGG No. :.
ST and Shorty Meet Mr.. Rosenbaum, the Spy,
Who Relates His Adventures.
By JOHN McELROY.

of Kegg is of bright,
funny pathetic and vvd interesting episodes of life The boys
have picket and they Mr. Roenbaum
who his love the Union and devoted loyalty has
getting information his share of the work Deacon Kg
interesting his getting home Abraham
Lincoln the contraband 81 and Shorty captured ogng
expedition The their
thrilling experiences which they the tables enemy
gets from which his throbbng
These incidents all remarkably life and will bring back
everyone of his the
issued uniform with the preceding Volumes
laugh the things he did
youth.
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Yankee Devices.

C. W. Bates, ArkadeIphia, Ark, saws
the complaint about the wire in front
Of the lines at Bermuda Hundred as
being a 'devilish contrivance, which
none but Il Yankee could devise" does
not come well from men who resorted
to every means to kill off Union SOL
dierS, such as bushwhacking and pois-
oning wells and springs. He recalls
the poisoning of well at Carthage,
Mo. t'remonts thirsty soldiers We're
only saved from death by being charged
upon by strong guard and driven
away from the spring A Union wo-
man had gotten word to Gen. Fremont
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\ FIghtin. Chaplain.

E,x-Gov. Curtin, of Pennsylvania. re-
bates this little anecdote of the Rev.
Thomas p. Hunt, the veteran temper
ance orator we'll known in the early
history of the Wyoming Valley. He is
an eccentric and rather, quick-witted
man. During our late war he enlisted
in one of the regiments of infantry
raised in the famous old valley and
served as Chaplain. on one occasion.
when. in the fiercest of battle, a Major
rode up in front of the regiment, and
seeing Father Hunt at the head of the
ranks. inquired:
there"
The reverend warrior instantly re-
Piled:
Cheering the hearts of the brave.
and watching the heels of the towards .
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Past Commander-in-Chie john r.
King announced that the city of Bait
more would celebrate the centennial of
the battle of North Point in 1914, when
Il column of 5000 men, under Gen.
Ross, was defeated and turned back
by the baltimore militia, Gen. R1=s
killed Fort McHenry bombardad and
the star Spangled Ranner" was writ
ten by Francis Scott Key. C2mraae
King made Il pithy, eloquent speech in
narrating these historical events and
enforcing upon the attention of the
Encampment the desirability Of coming
TO Baltimore to help celebrate this great
centennial in 1914.
Incorporation of the G. a. X.
Past Commander-in-Chie Leo Ras-
seur. Chairman of the Committee on
the INCORPORATION of the G.. A. r.. re-
ported the completion of his work,
which his committee had presented to
the National Encampment at Salt Lake
and that it had now reached such con-
ciusion that it could be acted upon by
the National Encampment After some
what extended discussion of the report
the committee was authorized to take
steps to have the 6. A. Il. properly in
corporatcd under the laws of the United
States.
Committee on Resolutions.
Inc HloSl iIt'iS' ihe'ie COT u IitS In
campnent was centered in the action
| to be taken by the Committee on !tcso-
| lutions. to which had been referred the
report Of the Pension Committee, the
J Lee statue and other matters. 1t was
known that the committee had been in
session the night before until O'Clock,
and when its report was called for it
was known that warm tine was at
! hand. Chairman Torrance and Com
rade Ketcham appealed to the Encamp-
ment to have the report deferred for a
year. They said that there was moth
| ing in the report that would not bear
waiting for another year, and that it
would be for the peace and harmony
of the Encampment If this action were
| taken. This was strongly opposed by a
number Of comrades. and the Encamp-
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Candidate for Sheriff.

COmrade George Eckert. of Wood
stock, ILL.,, is a strong candidate for
Sheriff of McHenry County Aug. IA,
1862, he enlisted in the 95th ILL.,, in
which he served three years. being pro-
motcd during that time thru all the
grades to OrderlySergeant and receiv-
ing commission as Second Lieutenant
of his company. He was with his regi-
ment in all of its service, and saw the
last gun fired at Fort Blakely. He has
already served eight years as Sheriff
and has earned the name of being the
best Sheriff that McHenry County ever
had +"
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REUNIONS HELD.
The f53d \, Y.

The 29th Annual Reunion of the 153d
n Y. was held in Mooers, n. Y, Sept.
6, at which g survivors of the regiment
were present, and letters were read
from 20 comrades who could not at
tend The Secretary reported IT deaths
since the last meeting, and three new
names were added TO the roster. An
invitation was received from Comrade
ID. II. uacllenbush to hold the next Re
union at Canajoharie, and on motion
the invitation was unanimously accept
ed. The election of officers resulted as
follows: ID. II. Guackenbush, President.
Palatine Bridge n Y: Merrill r. Ham
Centre. n. Y; Capt. John II. LasselIA
Second Vice President, Lassellville. NJ
Y: ]. P. Kcllar, Third Vice President,
Rural Grove. n. Y; VIM. NJ. Harris.
Secretary and Treasurer, Gloversvi!le,
y. Y: Henry =. SearleS Assistant Sec
retary and Treasurer, Gloversville. y.
Y; Capt. f. NJ. Fitch, Chaplain, Mooers,
n. Y.
The Goth Ind.
The 25th Annual Reunion was held
at South Bend, Ind, Sept. rs, with 75
members present. Twelve deaths were
reported for the fiscal year ending Sept.
Z, 1910. Many veterans We're present
who had not met since their discharge
The 18th Pa. Cav.
The annual meeting Of the 18th Pa.
Cav. was held Sept. q at the home OF
.T. A. Byrnes. Atlantic City, n. J, Thirty
comrades were present, and addresses
were made by Gen. Michael Kerwin,
who commanded the regiment, Lieut.
Col. Devices and Maj T. A. Byrnes. The
next meeting will be held at Harrisburg
Sept. ls, 1911.
The SD Pa.
The 23d Annual Reunion of the sgd
Pa. was held at Lake Minola, Sept. 13.
with about 40 of the survivors of the
regiment present. Eight members were
lest by death since the last meeting.
The next meeting will he held at
Wilkcs-Barre. The following officers
were elected: President, VIM. McCiave,
Scranton; Vice President, S. y. Will
liams, Charleston, w. Va; Secretary
and Treasurer. III. c. Miller. Kingston,
Pa. Thomas ID. Ransom, of Dorrance-
ton. was elected one of the Vice Presi-
dents in place of VIM. McCracken, de-
ceased. and S. B. Mott, of Co. b. was
elected to take the place of Vice Presi-
dent Ripple, deceased.
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tation- companies His resolution, which
was adopted. was as follows:
Il move that we now proceed to rec
ommend to the Commander-in-Chf
ana the Executive Committee of the
Council of Administration suitable
place for the holding of the next Ma
tional Encampment, and that the Conn
and Executive Com
mittee be directed to locate the En-
campment there or elsewhere when
suitable rates and accommodations are
DrOcurpd" ="
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Free Asthma and Nay Fever Cure.

d. ]. Lane, chemist at 11s Lane Bldg.
81 Marys. Kan. manufactures a remedy for
Asthma aud Hay Fever In which he has so
much confidence that he sends 81 bottle by
express to anyone who will write him for 1t.
Ills offer iS that he is to be- paid for it II IL
cures and the taking the treatment Is to
Nc the Judge
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Committee on Resolutions.

Alabama, George F. Jackson: Ari-
Zona, A. L. Grow: Arkansas, A. S. F'ow-
Ter; California and Nevada, n. P. Chip
man; Colorado and Wyoming u. S.
Hoilister: Conhecticut Vine 8. Stetson:
Delaware. w. G. Baugh: Florida, Jas.
Skinner. Post 25; Georgia and South
The National tribune., 1910-09-29

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tion in throat, Painful to lilo on left side, Cold
Hands or Feet, Difficult Breathing, Dropsy,
Swelling of feet or ankles, or Neuralgia
around heart? If you have one more of the
above symptoms, don't fail to use DIR. Kinsman's
Celebrated Heart Tablets which have made SO
many marvellous cures. Not u secret or ''patent"
medicine. One out of four has weak or diseased
heart. Three -fOurths of these do not know it, and
thousands die who have been wrongfully treated
for the Stomach, Lungs, Kidneys or Nerves.
Don't drop dead like hundreds of others when
DIR. Kinsman's Heart Tablets will cure you.
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Council of administration.

Alabama, VIM. Snyder; Arizona and
New Mexico, l.. S Godfrey; Arkansas,
NJ Kirst, Little, Rock; California and
Nevada, II. u. Oshorne; Colorado and
Wyoming. John W. Wingate; Connetti-
cut. virgil +. Mcneil; Delaware, Vim.
Mendcnh:4I; FLORIDA, VIM, Emerson;
Georgia ard South Carolina, Lewis
Thayer; Idaho. .Iqhp II. Hart. Manipa;
Illinois, Charles b, Wilson; Indiana,
VIM. II. Armstrong, indianapolis; Iowa,
II. NJ. PFkell; Kansas, Thomas II.
Grisham, Cottonwood Falls; Kentucky,
Jesse II. Green; Louisiana and Missis-
sippi, +. c.. Antoinei Maine, Woodbury.
X. Dana; ,Maryla4d,i Fred c. Tarr; Mas
sachusetts Charles IL Pinkham. Wor-
ccstcr; Michigan, Erank r. Chase. Beld-
ing; Minnesota, Is2rin w. Collins, Min
neapolis; ,4IissouEi, Frank NJ. Sterrett:
Montana, Perry ii. Manchester; Ne
'braska, S.a X. Spaking: New Hamp-
shire. Oflahdo b. Douglass; New Jer-
sey. j. K, Mulliken{ New Mexico, Or
lando Smith: New York, James Owens;
North Dakota, Albert Roberts; Ohio,
J. r. Johnston, Youngstown: Oklahoma,
J. c. White; Oregon, A. J. Goodbrod; );
Pennsylvania, VIM. ]. Patterson: Poto-
mac, S.. w. McElderry; Rhode Island,
John T. Kenyon: South Dakota, Geo.
Ii. Hoffman; Tennessee. Vim. j. Ram
age; Texas. Robert Mccormick; Utah,
N. ID. COrser: Vermont, George P. Mar
TIN; Virginia and North Carolina, Lewis
Dawley; Washington and Alaska, ]. M.
Comstock; West Virginia C.. Il. Laval
ley; Wisconsin, Phil Cheek.
The National tribune., 1910-09-29

The National Encampment reassem-
bled at 10 o'clock. and proceeded to the
consideration of routine business. Past
Commander-in-Ch Robert B. Beath
presented a lengthy report from the
Committee on Rules, Regulations and
Ritual. which will appear later. The
most important part of this was as to
thes eligibility of men who served in the
Revenue Cutter Service during the war
TO membership in the G. A. r. This
amendment was strongly supported by
the Department of Maryland and hnal-
~ adopted A recommendation that
the Sons of Veterans be given the same
privileges in the Post as the Grand
Army men are given in their Camp was
not concurred in. A qualified permis-
sion was given the Posts to establish
citizens corps of associate members.
The National tribune., 1910-09-29
SECOND DAYS SESSION.

Reports of the Committee on Rules and
RcerIlatiOns-The Pension Question
and the Lee Statue-The National
Encanpmcnt Decides for More Pen
SiOnS, hut Against the DOllar-a-Day
Bill-Ihe Lee Statue indefinitely
The National tribune., 1910-09-29
YOUR HE-AR =

Does it F1utter, Palpitate OF
Skip Boats? lave you Short
ness OF Breath, ToEasrness,
Numbness5 or Pain in left side,
Dizziness, Painting Spells,
Spots before eyes, Sudden
Starting in sleep. Nervous
mesa, Nightmare, Hungry or
Weak Spells, Oppressed Feel
The National tribune., 1910-09-29
The Council OF Administration.

At the meeting of the new Council of
Administration after the Encampment
a committee was authorized to procure
a testimonial for Past Commander-in-
Chief Van SAINT. The Conmandcr-in-
Chief is 10 appoint the committee.
The sum of Sl500' was appropriated
for travelling expenses of the Com
msndcr-in-Chicf.
Twelve hundred copies of the pro
ceedings of the f4th National Encamp-
ment were ordered to be prepared un-
der the direction OF the retiring Com
mander-in-Chief.
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Gilman Declared Elected.

The Commander-in- Chief declared
that Comrade Gilman had been elected
and ordered Comrade McElroy to con-
duct him to the stage. Comrade Me-
EIroy said that during the campaign
he had been troubled at times with
doubts as to whether Comrade Gilman
would not really make a better Com
rnander-in-Chief than himself. He con-
graduated the Encampment highly
upon it's choice. AS for himself he
The National tribune., 1910-09-29
Installation of Officers.

Past CommaBdcr-in-Ch Chief John G.
Black introduced Il resolution, which
was adopted. giving the warmest
thanks of the assembled veterans to the
State of New jersey. the citizens of At
Iantic City and comrades of the De-
partment of New Jersey for their mag
nificent entertainment.
The officcrs-elect were then installed
by Past gpnmander-in-Chief \. G..
Weisscrt; and the 44th National En-
cam pment, G. A. r., adjourned sine die.