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One Of Battery 4 Bows.

Rody Landugan, Battery A, 4th u. s.
Art, Greenwood, Pa, writes:
Lieut.. Gushing was killed between
The timber chest and caisson as we were
in action. He was in that position in
structing the men how to cut the shell
to fire at the enemy advancing. AS they
advanced the degrees had to be less.
Gushing mad his iieldglass watching the
encmy's line. The last order he gave
was: Get few rounds of canister to
your pieces: load with double charge,
and wait until they get within / 5 yards
of you He was then instantly killed.
AT that time we were in battery
about 10 or Is yards from the stone
wall. When the enemy appeared be-
hind the wall Serg't Murphy was killed
instantly, as were also Scanlon and
Faucet. Then something had to be
done quickly, and / ordered the pieces
to the front of the wall. Newberry was
wounded, and could not fetch any am
'nunition. l sent him to the rear. That
left the fourth piece with only myself
VIM. Patton and Andy Mesmer.
After our canister was exhausted
gave orders to load with solid shot
and fire into the center of the stone
wall to dislodge the enemy's infantry.
The second lot of solid shot / gave to
No. 2. Mesmir called to me mat he
could not serve the charge in the piece
saw two bayonets pointing at him
thru the stone wall, and called to Andy
TO get the sponge staff and knock them
down, and we three went to the stone
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the Government, or who can object to
my receiving what | would be entitled
TO were the bill in question to become n
law?
| performed my duties as a soldier to
the best of my ability. My successive
promotions in the field Of actual SER
vice would seem to prove them satisfac-
tory. l was offered Lieutenancy in
the Regular Army at the close of tine
war, but Illness consequent upon i'm
prisonment forced me to resign my
commission and take up the duties of
a citizen.
| sincerely hope the volunteer off,
GERS bill will become a law. / believe
its passage would do justice to a body
of men who performed well their part,
who are rapidly passing to the grand
encampment above. If relief ever comes
1t must come quickly or n will be ever
iastingly too late.-Chas. G. Hampton,
Captain, 15th n. Y. Cav, Detroit, Mich.
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while in the stand on the extreme left
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On Cemetery Hill.

Jonah Bayles, Cos. E and A, 7th w
Va. writes:
"Comrade Sweetland says that Bat
terry r, 4th U. s., was near the inter-
section of the Emmitshurg road and the
| Baltimore pike at East Cemetery Hill
July 2. Why didn't they make more
noise then? They usually did when
there was any occasion for it. Why did
the corps that formed the line on the
right of the 55th Ohio leave so quietly
without giving any warning? Why did
he not see them as the right of their
column turned at the Emmitsburg road
about halfway to the Taneytown road,
TO a little white house that stood east
of the Emmisburg road. and then faced
left to advance on Weidrick's Battery,
which il struck in the flank? How
could it be possible for the battery men
to hold out against such numbers until
Carroll's Brigade arrived?
He says that he was there and saw
the advance of the Johnnies. There
were q Yew stretcher-carriers sent to
:he house referred to to bring some
wounded men to the ambulances on
Baltimore pike, just in the rear of
Weidrick's Battery. Simpkins. of Co.
II, and myself were the last to get to
the house, and arrived just before the
Johnnics came past the other end of
the house. They fired on US, striking
Simpkins in the hip and again severely
wounding him. An officer shot George
Kindle. Co. F, 7th w. Va, twice. MAX
ing a bad cripple of him for the rest of
his life. I carried Simpkins, and John
Suitor assisted Kindle TO an ambulance
just in the rear of Weidrick's Battery.
Then i picked up gun, and stayed
with the boys until relief came, which
wasn't over five minutes, but plenty
long under such circumstances. / saw
no other troopS on that part of the line
except the artiIlerymen, the Johnnies
and Carroll's Brigade. l was there with
the Tigers, at no time over 80 feet dis
tant from them. from the time they left
the Emmitsburg road until what was
left of them had disappeared"
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The 1st MINI. Losses.

l.. ]. Mosher, Co. G, 1st Mimi, Hia-
watha, Kan, writes:
= Il noticed an error in regard to the
loss of the 1st MINI. on July at Get
tysburg. 1t was said that all but AZ
were killed. We had 262 in the charge
on July 2 OF these AZ were killed, 6S
wounded and AZ were still in fighting
shape the next day in repelling Pick
ett's charge. Gen. Hancock, then in
command of our corps, ordered our
Colonel to make the charge, and after
wards said he expected to sacrifice the
regiment. j was very severely wounded
in hip, thigh and wrist, and have suf-
fered ever since. for which / am now
receiving pension of SAC a month l
was 20 years old the day / was wound
ed, July 2, 1853, and If I had not been
in good physical condition / never
would have lived thru the years that
have passed. l do not think because a
soldier happened to be commissioned
he ought to be placed on the retired list
at half pay. / was commissioned in
February, 1856, but my wounds knocked
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wall. Mesmir had the sponge staff,
Patton had the hand spike, and / used
the rocks from the wall to fight them
with. Mesrnir's sponge staff was broken
and he was killed right at the stone wall,
and Patton was instantly killed about
the same time. Two braver men never
lived.
Il was then alone, with the third and
fourth piece. / heard the rebels say:
There is only one left, and we must get
nim.' A few minutes later Edward
Harley, who was left with one of the
other pieces, came to me. l told him
would get another charge of solid shot.
did so, and fired into the stone wall
again. We listened, and found they
were still there. There was an infantry
brigade about 40 yards to our left.
saw one man stick his head up. During
this time there was not a shot fired
from our infantry around the battery.
then made my way to the slope of the
hill, where / lay wounded until / was
taken to the hospital. Lieut.. Cantry
was wounded, losing his arm early in
the battle"
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A Lost Flag.

Comrade ]. II. Lalsin, AIS E. St Vrain
street, Colorado Springs. Colo, wants
TO locate a flag that he lost with other
personal effects in a carpet bag at the
battle of Shiloh. 1t was a bunting flag
lettered Blue Mills" Comrade I,akin
Gays that if any veteran, either Federal
or Confederate, who was there can give
him any information about it, at the
address given above, before Sept. /,
after that date to his address at West
Union, Iowa, they will confer a great
favor on the soldier who carried it at
the battle of Blue Mills. Mo-. Sept IT.
1861.
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John Snort. Auburn, n. Y, writes:
In your issue of May 2 Rody Landu-
gan. Battery a. 4th u. S. Art, under
took to correct Comrade Corbin, of Pet
tits Battery, at Gettysburg, and is away
off. He says he was within 800 feet of
Gen. Pickett when he was killed. AS a
matter of fact, Pickett was not wound
ed. He also states that Armstead did
not have over 900 men and Pickett's
Division had 5000. Armistead's Bri-
gade was one of the three that COM
posed the division, and certainly had
l,500 men. A lot of the dead ~Confed-
crates on front of Pettit's and Cowan's
Batteries were of the 18th Va, and they
we're in Pickett'S Division
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The Ohio Soldiers Home.

Editor National Tribune: We have
one of the finest Homes for soldiers
and sailors to be found in the United
States, and a gentleman and Christian
for our COmmandant. We have visitors
here from all over the United States;
also quite n number from other Homes,
both State and National All seem to
be contented and happy here; plenty
to eat, good clean quarters, very quiet.
but a busy place. About 1,i00 enrolled
at present: may be more.-W. L. Cobb.
state Soldiers Home, Sandusky, o., P.
0. BOX 32
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Pension Legislation.

W. II. Henderson. Moscow. Idaho, Sd
=. c., sends resolutions adopted by
Maj. Anderson Post. of his town. and
which were prepared by him. These
resolutions express the belief that the
present pension laws are inadequate,
that since the members of Congress
have increased their own salaries to
$500 a year they should pass a law
giving a pension of 81 4 day and an
Increase beyond that for special dis
abilities and ilfirmities.
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Cutters Brigade Led.

writes: i'"''
take issue with c. b. Bishop. Co
+. th WIS, in two points in his letter
vi June z. under caption of The San
eulharv Struggle at Gettysburg He
s'a'es s.s mat Cutler never commanded the
second brigade, and that the Second
pinSaue was not in the van July 1.
1898. In the History of the Army of
the Potomac,' j. II. Stone, Historian of
the first Corps, says: Cutters Brigade
nad the lead, and he was directed IN
turm ms brigade on the right of the
Cham hersburg pike Then he rode Ia
the lett. directed Meredith, who com
niahded the Iron Brigade, to face by
the ieft iiank, and advance, thru an oak
grove to which rBuford reported the
enemy advancing 10 take nossession ,
Again he says: While the Iron Brigade
mad been successful in capturing Arch
er IN the woods, Cutters Brigade had
suffered severely. Cutler put the bri-
gaze In hne. with the 10th N. Y. on the
rlsht, the 56th Pa ,pn the Ieft and the
i4lh n. Y. between the 56th Pa. and
the railroad cut and the Chambersbure
PIKE, which runs thru Cashtown, where
heyholds had posted James A. HaITs
main battery "a.
The brigade was divided, and Col.
u. -. fowier was sent to the left of the
railroad cut with his own regiment, the
i4th Brooklyn, and the 95th N. Y, un-
der Col. George H., Biddlc. Thus five
OF cutters regiments were in line of
battle. while the remaining regiment,
the Hh Ind, under Col. Ira G. Grover,
was guarding the train from Marsh
Creek TO Gettysburg. It was net there
fore ON the field the first day of the
battle Buell., of old Battery B, the
author of The Cannoneer,' also savs
that Cutters Brigade had the advance
on July l. 1863. the 10th N. Y. leading
the brigade This. in my opinion, set.
ties the point as to whether Cutler ever
commanded the Second Brigade and
as to the leading brigade on July /.
1868.
Il wish also to make apology to
Comrade A. F. Sweetland, 55th Ohio,
VINO had a sketch in The National Trib-
une some time ago, criticizing my letter
of Sept. 8, 1903, in which 1 spoke in
praise of the old Second Corps, mistak-
ing his brigade of the Eleventh Corps
for one of the Second Corps ut the stone
wall around the cemetery on the third
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GENERAL ORDER NO. o.
To all Comrades and Members of the Nation,
Association Civil Mnr Mm.icians:

You are especially invited to attend the
iith National c. \. r EnCampment to be
held at Atlantic City from Sept. 10 to Sept.
%. Report upon arriveI Young's Pier, near
c. 4. r. National Headquartsrs-Iook for
banner.
Bring the old bugle 3 fat fife snare or
bass drum Wear g. y r. hat and uniform.
BY order of Executive Committee.
J. y. BOGART. E J. FREEMAN
Secretary Treasurer. President
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day. The old Eleventh Corps was a
fine body Of men. and did superb fight
ing on every battlefield except Chancel-
lorsville, and it was no fault of the men
that they failed there. Had they been
handled as well as the other corps the
battle of Charlottesville would have
ended differently"
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Repelling Pickett's Men.

II. A. Brotts- Sergeant, Co. H, sth
ONO, Colony, Kan, writes:
We went on the skirmish line. re-
neving the skirmishors in our front on
doEble-quick and advancing our sltir-
mish line about 900 feet in the face of
Il hot Ere, and several of eur men were
Wounoed in this advance Our support
was all taken away from us at that
.ime, which we did not know until
flchett advanced upon US, under cover
or tho dense smoke from the artillery
duel. Comrade Hitchcock and / were
on the extreme left of one line of skir-
mlshers. Our Captain, WJiW. Miller
gave us orders If we saw the enemy
advancing to notify him at once, and
as soon as they were within gunshot TO
open fire l was the first to see them
and notified the Captain that they were
IN sight. He ordered us to fire and
ran fiat on the ground and as soon as
they fired to retreat to the road.
We followed his orders as given, and
from lhere we swung around to our
right and formed into regimental line
and at the same time two or three hat,
teries opened upon Pickett's men with
grape and canister, while we gave
them an enfilsding fire as fast as we
couid load They crowded our men
Dack little by sheer force, but our
men rallied and made the charge. II
"ds III tnlS charge 1 was wounded
causing the loss of my right leg. lust
before the close of the battle. Gen.
Lee had observed the weakest point to
be in our center, and he sent Pickett's
torce to break thru there. The results
were, OF course. disastrous.
nave been very much amused
reading accounts of SO many different
regiments who were in that charge that
we had never heard of before. The sth
ONO and the 14th Ind, who always
supported us in our decisive battles
IRON the Shenandoah Valley to the
close OF the war, were noted as the
leaders and standard bearers. Ours
was named the Gibraltar Brigade bv
PRESIDENT Lincoln while making a
speech to Shields's old division. Official
history shows our regiment lost more
men than any regiment from Ohio. bur
we always considered the 14th Ind. az
good rs ourselves. Gen. Carroll. who
was our former Colonel, won our hearts
ny the following little speech when he
assumed command: Men of the sth
ONO, when j tell you to go into a bat
ne aon you go n step: but when I tell
you TO follow me go with a vim. take
no man where / would not go mvseIf'
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me out ! don't care for that. AS a
high private of the 1st Mimi l gained
as much honor as any commissioned
officer"
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Pickctt'S Division.

ing was n piece of raw salt pork and
two crackers with a little cold water"
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MORE ABOUT THE STRUGGLE AT
GETTYSBURG.
Second and Third Days of the Penn
SyIvania Fight.

stuuN oi
Second and Third Days of the Penn
syIvania Fight.
This symposium brings out some
more interesting features of that ter
rife struggle. The capture of the rebel
regiment OF Davis's Brigade at the rail-
road cut, Picketts charge, the charge
of the Tigers and other phases of the
struggle are graphically pictured
The Capture at the Railroad Cut.
Geo. Fairfield. Prairie du Chen, Wis.
writes: The First Corps did not all
march on the same road going to Get
tvSburg. We did not march on the
Taneytown road, nor was the Emmits-
burg road pike. just a common coun-
try dirt road We marched on the lat
ter with Gen Cutters Brigade in the
lead, but when we came to the Round
Top Cutters Brigade kept to the east of
the hills. and the Iron Brigade, COM
manded by Col. Sol. Merideth. a cousin
of President Lincoln. kept west of the
across the fields. We soon halted. drove
moved on at once. Four of our regi-
ments. the I'd Wis. 9TH Wis, 18th Ind.
and oath Mich. faced west in line of
battle, and drove the enemy three miles
across Willoughby Run with frightfui
loss The 9Th Wis. was brigade reserve
that morning, and from where we load
ed our guns we could see the rebels
coming out of the railroad cut about so
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The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1910-11-24
MEMPHIS is NOW FOURTH
Atlanta and Birmingham Grew Faster
Than Tennessee City in Past
Decade.

Washington. The census bureau
announced the population Of Memphis,
showing that this city, which was sec.
ond among Southern cities in 1900,
has been supplanted In second place
by Atlanta, and has dropped to the
fourth place.
Southern cities, in regard to pop
ulation, now occupy the relative posi-
don shown in the foregoing table.
1t has been predicted that the pop
ulation Of Atlanta would exceed the
population of Memphis, but the fact
that Birmingham slipped into third
place and Memphis dropped to fourth
is surprise.
The census figures caused a great
disappointment in Memphis. A few
weeks ago committee from the Mem
phis Business club went to Washing
ton and asked that the census of Mem
phis be taken over again. Three
wards were Investigated, and it was
found that the first enumeration was
correct The recount was denied
One reason for Memphis failure to
continue the great gorwth shown in
1900 is said to be the fact that there
is no more outlying territory left for
it to include within its limits.
Below are the Southern cities that
follow Nashville In size OF population:
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1910-11-24
CANAL SOON FINISHED.
December I, 1918, win See the Great
Panama Waterway Ready
fnr ehira

Panama-The Panama canal win
be completed on December /, 1913.
This information was given to Pres
ident Taft while he was inspecting
the famous Gatur dam, on which he
spent several hours.
The official date OF the opening re-
mains January /, 1915, Lieutenant
Colonel Goethals desiring one year IN
which to train the canal tenders and
to get the machinery working smooth
ly Ships meantime will be granted
the privilege Of the canal at their
own risk Of possible delay incident
to inexperienced operation.
In addition, it was announced by
Colonel Goethals that the report that
President Taft's visit was the fore
runner Of request for another $780,
100000 from congress was unfounded.
The canal will be completed in 1918,
he said, within the SS75.O0O.000 al
ready authorized
The President was tremendously
pleased at the outlook for the early
completion of the great work and con-
graduated Colonel Goethals. He ex-
pressed amazement at the amount Of
work accomplished since his visit to
the isthmus in February, 1909.
The President was greatly surpris-
ed at the immensely of the Gatun dam,
some idea of which can be gained
Froy, fba fo ~ +hn+ +ba Arasv1 ~xyo,
under way nearly three hours on the
spur tracks overrunning the great fill
The President exclaimed: This is
mountain; not daml",
The visit of President Taft has ut
terly dispelled any fears from reports
respecting the stability of the dam
base, which is half mile wide and
so gradually sloped that it would nev.
er be recognized as dam.
Colonel Goethals explained to the
President that the informal opening OF
the canal in 1918 required immediate
action on the part of congress rela-
tive to toll rates, because eighteen
months will be required by shipping
interests to adjust their rates to the
ne wrouting.
The canal is beginning to take the
form of waterway, and this acceler-
ates the interest of the employees,
thus Fastening completion.
President Taft effectually disposed
CT the report that the United States
was likely to annex Panama. At
dinner given in his honor by Presi-
dent Arosemena, and attended by 200
prominent officials and diplomats and
merchants, President Taft aroused the
greatest enthusiasm when he declared
that the American people would feel
utterly dishonored in annexing Pana-
ma unless some conduct on the part
Of the Panaman people left no other
course. This contingency, Mr.. Taft
was sure, would never arise.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1910-11-24
HEALTH AND INCOME
Both Kept Up on Scientific Food.

Good sturdy health helps one lot
to make money.
With the loss of health ones income
is Liable to shrink, if not entirely
dwindle away.
When young lady has to make her
own living, good health is her best
asset.
i am alone in the world" writes
chicago girl, dependent on my own
efforts for my living. 1 am clerk,
and about two years ago through close
application to work and boarding
house diet, became a nervous in
valid, and got so bad off it was almost
impossible for me to stay in the Office
half day at time
A friend suggested to me the idea
OF trying Grape-Nuts food which did,
making 1t large part Of at least two
meals a day.
Today, l am free from brain-tire,
dyspepsia, and all the ills of an over
worked and improperly nourished
brain and body. To Grape-Nuts l
owe the recovery Of my health, and
the ability to retain my position and
income.
Read 1.-THE Road to Welville," in
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