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The National tribune., 1910-03-03
MONUMENT TO .susECRANs.

Representative Gardner's bill to ap-
propriate $1,000 to erect monument
at Arlington over the remains of Maj
Gen. VIM. 5. Rosecrans is now before
Congress. and the veterans of the Army
of the Cumberland should stir them
selves TO see that Congress does not ad-
journ without passing the bill. This is
a National duty which has been too long
neglected. Gen. Rosecrans served his
country in its time of peril with the
highest ability and a fidelity that was
beyond criticism. He has to his entire
credit our first real victory at Rich
Mountain, which cleared West Virginia
of secessionists AMI anchored that coun-
try firmly in the Union. The battles of
him, and the bloody, stubborn contest
at Stone River was a personal victory
for Gen. Rosecrans. In the midst of all
the terrible vicissitudes of those awful
days Rosecrans remained firm and
hopeful He was everywhere encour-
aging his men by personal example, and
he animated his subordinates to fight
on and win the victory. He took rank
among the first strategists in history by
his magnificent campaigns which
gained US Tullahoma and Chattanooga.
He completely outgeneraled his oppo-
nent, and secured by superior strategy
strongholds which would have cost linn
itlessly of life and blood to take by as
sault. Congress should not hesitate a
moment to give the pitiful sum of s5,-
600 to honor the grave of a man who
deserves so much from the country.
The National tribune., 1910-03-03
BOOK No. I.

Everywhere the laughed and cried the hngered
another nstamen read selections at their Post and
recommended children friends the
written OF real Life in the Union Army After It's publication d %
hed book form The editions long exhausted but the demand
orm with additional illustrations and more eredi9
will period OF kleggs
recruit soldier and then
will be of printed in large clear
address and
leaving experiences
while the and lick
shape soldier fit might
will
him thru several battles Other follow
Those long
their orders accompanied for each
paid for $Ioo
The National tribune., 1910-03-03

The Army and Navy are having trou-
bles which throw light upon the pres
ent agitation for clerks retirement
pensions. The Army and Navy officers
lament that such a large proportion of
the enlisted men do not serve more
than one or two terms, and then retire
and refuse to take on again" This
continual influx of new men and outgo
of experienced men operates worse in
the Navy than in the Army, for high
authority says that it takes six years to
make a seaman gunner, or two years
more than a term of enlistment Re
Gently it was shown that 29,739 out of
39,O4s men in the Navy were serving
their first enlistment. There must be
some inducement stronger than yet Of
fered to make men continue in the
service and give the Government the
benefit of the experience that they have
gained. If this is true of the Army
and Navy. it is equally so of the Civil
Service, and it is to the highest benefit
of the Government that men who en-
ter its service shall make it a life em-
ployment and be provided for when
age begins TO diminish their efficiency.
If it takes six years to make a seaman
gunner, it must take much longer to
make an efficient high-class clerk or
othgr employc. When a man has quail
iiied himself for his duties he has in
capacitated himself for employment In
other walks of life, and should not be
turned adrift TO make headway against
men who have been learning their par
ticular business while he has been
learning the Governments. The only
sound policy is to make service to the
Government an attractive career, and
pension the employees in their old age.
The National tribune., 1910-03-03

1t is rare that any public man gets
the rich revenge which has come un-
sought to Gov. Hughes. For four years
the Republican organization in New
York has fought him bitterly and un-
Isparingly. Now he has the whole ma
chine at his feet begging for mercy.
The cause of all this was the sudden
charge by Senator Conger that Senator
Aids, the fewly chosen Republican
leader at Albany, was smirched with
bribery. A whitewashing investigation
was at once begun, but it escaped from
the hands of the managers, and has
suddenly developed the most astonish-
ing corruption, which stirs up the whole
State. The malodor became so over
whelming that the President felt called
upon to interfere, and it is said that he
has insisted upon a full surrender of
the State machine to Gov. Hughes This
has been brought about, and it is said
now by the New York papers that the
machine leaders are SO frightened and
stampeded that they are willing to 'eat
out of Gov. Hughes's hand" As usual,
the Governor maintains a dignified and
sane attitude. He says that the party
wants and must have harmony, but to
have harmony that amounts to any
thing it must be that of soundness. The
party must represent the best people
in the State, and the Government must
be pure, strong and faithful. This is
no time for the party to retire in dis
may" because it must be true to itself
and purge itself of it's pernicious ele-
ments
The National tribune., 1910-03-03

Ex-Secretary Leslie NJ Shaw has
stirred up the Japanese by speech on
Washington's Birthday, in which he
said that the Japanese proposed to dom
mate the Pacific or make it run red.
Some enthusiasts in Japan may have
this idea, but at present the best
thought of the Nation is concentrated
upon meeting its crushing taxation, pay
ing off its debts and getting a firm hold
on Korea and Manchuria against the
inevitable time when Russia shall at
tempt to retake them. After they have
accomplished these great National pur-
poses it will be time to consider wheth-
er the japanese Navy is in a condition
to buck up against Secretary Meyers
uper-dreadnaughts and 14-inch rifles.
The National tribune., 1910-03-03

There should be no question about
selecting a successor to Gen MuIhol-
land from among the many splendid
comrades of Philadelphia. Philadelphia
is rich in veterans who served their
country with conspicuous gallantry and
fOrtitude in her days of trial. and one
of these should receive the place made
vacant by the death of the lamented
Mulholland. This selection Is due to
the memory Of the splendid men sent
by Philadeiphia by the tens of thou
sands into the war and the magnificent
fighting which they did. They earned
enduring glory for the great city and
for their state, and this should be rec
ognized by giving representative
Philadelphia veteran the prominence
which the appointment will carry.
The National tribune., 1910-03-03
THE CoMMANDER-IN-CHIEF.

Adj't-Gen. Geo. o. Eddy furnishes the
following itinerary of Commander-in-
Chief Van SAINT:
March 2, Department Encampment OF
Louisiana and Mississippi, at New Or
leans, La.
March 3, leave New Orleans to visit
Grand Army Posts in Texas and Okla
homa.
March 16, Department Encampment
of Arkansas, at Little Rock, Ark.
March 10, guest of Ransom Post, St
Louis, Mo.
March 20 and 81, visit Grand Army
Posts in Rock Island, Davenport and
Moline.
The National tribune., 1910-03-03
,&IDoHs, PENSIONS.

Past CommaHder-in-Chief r. b.
Brown. the Chairman of the G. A. r.
National Pension Committee, is in the
city in the interest of the passage of
the widows pension bill. This bill is
now on the Senate calendar. and Sem
ator Mccpmber is awaiting an oppor-
tunity teiget unanimous consent to take
it off ofithe calendar and pass it. This
requires. unanimous consent, however,
and he has heretofore encountered the
opposition of other Senators who have
measures which they desire to bring
to the front. The objection of one of
them is sufficient to prevent taking the
bill from the calendar. Senator Nc
Cumber, however. continues to hope
for an opportunity, and feels sanguine
that the bill will be passed by the Sem
ate at this session. Comrade Brown
has hopes that he can also secure its
passage by the House, when it will be-
come law.
The National tribune., 1910-03-03

The great American hog has always
been a money-maker, beating cotton
every day in the week, but no one has
ever ventured to call him king" Prob
ably they will now. when he is worth
10 cents a pound on his split hoofs, and
the men who have hogs to sell receive
1.-THE proper respect and attention due
men who hold the key TO the meat sit
uation.
The National tribune., 1910-03-03

The doleful stories of towns in Idaho
buried under many feet of snow, of
houses swept to the bottom of canyons
by avalanches and of frenzied endeav-
ors to dig people out from under hum
dreds OF tons of snow make the thoughts
of a home in Florida fascinating Last
Tuesday we observed Washington
Birthday at st. Cloud under sky like
that OF the last of May, with our heavy
Northern clothing uncomfortable. while
the telegraph reported that the ceIebra-
tion in New York was prevented by the
snow. sleet and rain
The National tribune., 1910-03-03
WASHINGTON, D. C, MARCH 3, 1910.
NOTICE.

When you send in your subscription
always state whether renewal or new
subscriber.
When YOU renew from another post
Office give former address as well.
When change of address is desired be
sure to give former address.
The National tribune., 1910-03-03

Mayor Gaynor seems to be making
good in a surprising way Whether he
can keep up the pace is another ques-
ton. He is thoroly familiar with New
York City, and so far has handled the
problems before him with ability and
courage, bringing about great reforms
in the Police Department and cleaning
up many official nests. Tho 1t is very
early yet, politicians are beginning to
scrutiniZe his possibilities as a Presi-
Dental nominee.
The National tribune., 1910-03-03

The first word spoken in favor of Dr.
Cook for a long time was by Minister
Egan at the University Club, Washing
ton, last Saturday evening. He was the
first American to greet Cook after his
return from the North, and still be-
lieves that Cook is an honest man, and
SAYS that the Danish geographers only
decided that the proof submitted was
not sufficient to establish that Cook had
been at the North Pole
The National tribune., 1910-03-03

desred himself to the people of Michi-
gan by vigorous report he made from
the Committee on Military Affairs in
clearing the record of a Michigan vet
eran who had been charged with de-
sertion. 1t was shown that he had
many battles, and the charge was a
cruel wrong.
The National tribune., 1910-03-03

The Florida natives predict that all
the men who go away from Florida will
soon be back again. They say that
when once a man gets Florida sand in
his shoes the lure is too strong, and
sooner or later back he will come to
Florida
The National tribune., 1910-03-03

The burning question in British poll
tics now is how to curb the power of
the House Of Lords without making a
''one-chamber Government" The re-
suit will probably be, some time in the
future, of remodeling the House of
lords upon the plan of our Senate. The
people are getting daily more intoler-
ant Of legislators by mere accident OF
birth.
The National tribune., 1910-03-03

Some of Mr. Bryan's friends are talk
ing very indiscreetly as to what they
Will do if Gov. Harmon is nominated.
They hate Harmon because he refused
to follow the Free Silver ignis fatuus.
They ought to learn from the Republi-
ocrats until they are in the majority.
The National tribune., 1910-03-03

The Charleston News and Courier has
actually discovered that Abraham Lin
coin was Southern man, was credit
to the South and one of the ablest and
finest men the country has ever had in
spite of his politics and political asso-
ciates. THE world do move"
The National tribune., 1910-03-03

Senator Aldrich's statement that he
could run the Government on sS00,000,-
900 less a year is a surprise to very
many who have been told that he had
been running the Government right
along
The National tribune., 1910-03-03

Representative Nye, of Minnesota, is
a brother of the renowned Bill, and the
faculty for saying telling things seems
TO run I'm the family. Mr.. Nye paid at
fention to the muckrakers recently, and
recalled that 1900 years ago Paul was
an outcast before the naughty Nero, but
that to-day We call our dog Nero and
our son Paul.
The National tribune., 1910-03-03

While a large portion of our clergy
are decrying too easy divorces, the Eng
lish courts are ameliorating the rigidity
of their laws in the matter of matri-
1noniaI separations.
The National tribune., 1910-03-03
His Transformation from a
Raw Recruit to a Veteran
ILLUSTRATED

rEW BOOKS in the lit
erary history of this
i country had such in
stantaneous success and wide
popularity as the Isl Klegg"
series. From the very first
the story attracted a host OF
readers, and these increased
ir geometrical ratio as the
publication progressed.
1t is the story plainly, SIM
ply and truthfully told of the
development of two green
country boys into veteran
soldiers of the highest type.
The story is told with affec-
tionate fidelity by one who
marched, camped and fought
with them, and there is a
universal agreement that it is
far the best story of the ex-
perieEce of the enlisted men
in the Union Army that has
ever been written. Every
detail and incident is so
truthful, so like his own ex-
perience that the veteran in
stantly recognizes it with
a burst of laughter or the
tears yelling into his eyes.
The abounding humor of the
book is one Of its most fas-
cinating features. Wherever
it is possible to extract fun
out of any situation or hap
pening it is done in the real
old army way. The heros of
the story see the fun them
selves at once and the
author yiyidIy deoicts If
The National tribune., 1910-03-03

The Portland Oregonian startled the
country by the sage remark: "Col
Roosevelt may or may not be the Speak
er of the next House"
The National tribune., 1910-03-03

A whole lot of near-statesmen would
feel happier If they could decide defin-
itely whether to take front seats in the
Roosevelt demonstration or remain out
Of sight in the rear.
The National tribune., 1910-03-03

Relentless statistics show that the
men who have not received college
education are in receipt of much higher
salaries than those who did.
The National tribune., 1910-03-03

''Pinchot and CLAWS for 1912" and
"Aldrfch and La Toilette for 1912" are
suggestions by our contemporaries.
The National tribune., 1910-03-03

There is a remarkable unanimity in
the press of delight over escaping Var
: daman.
The National tribune., 1910-03-03

beggar weed is planted. and either used
for hay or turned in to fatten the soil
with nitrogenous matter. As this re-
quircs less than three months. three or
four months more may be given toward
raising vegetables for the family use
before planting the Winter crop in De-
cember. There is no land in the conn
try but what requires fertilizer. as the
farmers of Illinois, Iowa. Kansas and
Nebraska have found out years ago
The rain and sunshine make Florida
soil astonishingly productive. but u
must not be starved.
Clearing the Land.
Fabulous stories have been told 30
the cost of clearing the land Mt 81
Cloud. 1t is likely that i'm the rush AMI
the great demand for labor the vet
Grams were taken advantage of by those
who had muscle for sale. and we're
charged from so upward for clearing a
lot and $40 TO $50 an acre and even
higher for clearing the tracts. This ex-
tortion has now been ended by securing
a responsible party to clear the lots at
from IS to So each and from $S to $i2
an acre for the tracts This is cheaper
than the average rate for clearing land
in the North.
In Conclusion.
In conclusion. / will say that I am in
hearty accord with the best opinion OF
the comrades who have settled i'm st.
Cloud to make it their permanent
homes, such as President Anderson,
Vice President Cox. Secretary Kinney,
Comrade Knapp. Commander De Graw
and others. that the location fully jisti-
fies all that has been said of il in 1ha
National Tribune and goes even beyond
TINS 1t is the most desirable place of
residence In the United States. with an
equable climate. a fertile responsive
SOIL and unusual opportunities for max
ing living with less labor and risk
than can be found in almost any other
locality. The unusual healthfulness of
the country is beyond question. and very
many comrades who went to F'lOr ida
suffering from rheumatism and other
diseases have found themselves restored
/ 10 health and imbued with all the vieor
| or years ago. no part of the country is
settling up so fast as Florida and those
who have secured an interest in ST.
Cloud are exceedingly fortunate fnan-
ciaily as well us Ii. he matter of health.
The desirable lands of Florida are being
rapidly taken up. prices are advancing,
and if not already true it will De very
soon that such lands as those of St
Cloud cannot be bought for double the
price now paid for them. Ny confidence
in the rapid growth inso Il beautiful
city and most desira ole community is
unbounded.-John McElroy.
The National tribune., 1910-03-03

Apparently Germany's ill-success in
colonizing southwest Africa continues
to be strikingly apparent The coun-
try has been denounced as the grave
of the German soldier and the hell of
the native negro" The Germans make
splendid settlers for other countries.
but singularIy have never been success
full in establishing colonies for them
selves. The trouble is said to be Ger
man officialdom, which dominates,
thwarts and represses the efforts of the
people to develop their settlements.
The National tribune., 1910-03-03
The Soil.

The knockers on the colony have
made much of the character of the soil.
The soil at st. Cloud is of the same
general nature of that in the South. and
much better than is found in many
places. 1t is true that it is mainly sand
and some of it is white. The extraordi-
nary productiveness of even this white
sand, however. has led to the belief that
it is largely composed of minute shells
which furnish lime and phosphates.
There is no necessity, however. of de-
Tending the soil at st. Cloud, since one
has only to go around the country and
see what is being done with it to be-
come convinced as to its value and par
ticularly for trucking purposes. The
soil Is of the same sandy nature that the
truckers everywhere desire in order to
raise vegetables, because of its warmth
and quick responsiveness 1t has to be
fertilized, it is true, but so does all soil
in which vegetables are grown. In or
der to make it do its work it must be
fed precisely as an animal is, and the
amount that it will do depends, like the
animal again, upon how we'll it is fed.
Up at Sanford. where they are
growing celery in the muck lands,
they continually feed the ground
with what would be considered else
where an immense amount of fer
tilizer, but where man clears ordi-
narily 1000 an acre he can well afford
to feed the land all that it can digest.
On the piney sand land around st.
Cloud, which is pre-eminently fitted for
growing early vegetables. only small
amount of fertilizer is needed. For
orange trees 20 pounds applied twice a
year is the usual dose for Il tree, and
the fertilizer costs from $34 to S3S q
ton. This produces excellent results.
For vegetables the amount is different,
but does not differ very greatly. and
every man determines for himself by
actual practice what brings the best
results. The practice is growing of US
ing beggar weed and velvet bean for
fertilizer There is nothing better than
these. When the Winter crop is taken
off in March, cowpeas, velvet beans or
The National tribune., 1910-03-03

Senator Scott favors the issuance of
bonds to erect proper Government
offices better than they can now be in
rented buildings. He says that the
Government Is paying from 10 to II
per cent upon the value of the prop
erty it occupies, whereas it could bor-
row all the money it wanted for two
per cent and erect first-class buildings,
which would beautify the city and take
the place of the inconvenient and in
sufficient buildings now occupied by
many Government offices.
The National tribune., 1910-03-03
Tuesday. Feb. %.

The morning was spent in sightseeing
and in visiting with the comrades. and
at 3 o'clock Comrade Cox pulled off
another of his wonderfully successful
celebratons-that of the birthday of
the Father OF his Country. While the
telegraph reported severe weather con-
ditions in the North. with the celebra-
ton in New York being broken up by
the fee, hail and sleet the weather of
st. Cloud was that of advanced Spring
time. Birds were singing every
where; fresh green grass seemed
to spring up while one looked
at it, and our warm Northern clothing
became a burden. The celebration was
a delight. A tall flagstaff has been
erected at what Will be one of the CEN
tral parks of the city, and around this
was. commodious platform. In time
the park will be embellished with shade
trees and a fountain great crowd
gathered together around the stand,
and the appearance and marching of
the children well requited the audi
ence. Forty-five of the States were
represented by handsome young girls
with a sash bearing the name of the
State, while little man in Indian cos
tune appeared for Oklahoma. st. Cloud
was represented by bright little tot,
who held the halyards that raised and
unfurled the Flag. One of the school
boys represented Uncle Sam in cos
tune of stars and stripes and prettier
Miss Columbia" than Miss Chase,
school girl still in the short-dress pc
riod, was never seen. The exercises
were opened by music, and the little
tot St Cloud handled the halyards by
which Comrade Cox iunfurled the BAN
ner to the air, and addresses were made
by Past Commander-in-Chie Nevius
and John McElroy. Commander King
was on the program, but mysteriously
disappeared, and was threatened with
court-martial for doing something
never known in the 9Th Md.-stopping
to boil coffee on the eve of an engage
ment. Comrade Kings case is still
The National tribune., 1910-03-03
Precious Relics.

Mrs. D. F. Graham, Harrisburg, Pa,
writes that she feels it necessary to
her happiness to take The National
Tribune, and she was very much in
terested in The National Tribune bill.
and very much hoped that it would
pass. Mrs Graham says: How L
wish The National Tribune bill offered
no time limit. A little chest on the
third floor holds three precious relics.
One is the diary of the brave lad who
gave his life to his country at Cold
Harbor. the second is the knapsack
taken from the lifeless form of a
brother at Fair oaks. and the third
the honorable discharge of the remain
ing brother whom to-day that pitilesS
time clause leaves pensionless."