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The San Francisco call., 1910-03-20

President Needham of George Wash
ington university. having been quoted
as saying that the Catholic university
al Washington does not maintain a
college in the mechanical arts. DR.. Sha-
han. the rector. thus answered the as
sertion:
The Catholic university does carry
on quite a varied instruction in the
mechanical arts. This instruction was
first undertaken in 1895, when the uni
versity established a chronological
school, with courses in civil, electrical
and mechanical engineering. The work
was successful from the beginning, and
its scope was soon broadened by the
addition of courses in chemical en-
gineering, industrial engineering and
metallurgy. Today the equipment of the
Catholic university in this respect, its
power plant. laboratories and shops. is
the most extensive of the kind in the
district and ranks favorably with that
of much older institutions.
The present enrolment is 81 stu
dents working under eight instructors
in both undergraduate and advanced
courses"
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soul-wearying, body-racking marches in
the darkness and rain. thru binding
storms, clinging mud and over battling
roads that led no one knew exactly
whittier. After the prodigiOus labor of
intrenching and the fatigues of the
march the reparation of connected Test
was unknown. When they could stop
fighting or digging for awhile the men
would sink down anywhere, knowing
only too well that the respite would be
exceedingly brief, and ended by anoth
Looked at to-day, in these easy, rest
loving times of peace, one cannot COM
prehend how men endured what they
did and yet lived thru such arduous
days and nights as followed May 4,
1864.
The Lines at Cold Harbor.
1t seems that Lee was not so well in
formed as Grant supposed him to lie,
and did not know of Smiths arrival at
White House until the afternoon Of
June /. when Smith was already at Cold
Harbor. Gen. Grant had decided that
Lees position on the Totopotomoy was
too strong to attack, and therefore
moved on to Cold Harbor. which would
turn Lees flank and give faint prom
Use of interposing between him and
Richmond. Grant had little expecta-
ton that his alert enemy would allow
him to do this, but it was well worth
trying. In the meanwhile he adhered
obstinately to his original plan of cross
ing the James near City Point and fin
ishing up the campaign on the south
side of that river. With the eye of the
highest military genius, he recognized
from the first that this was the only
method by which the principal army of
Ithe Confederacy could be effectively dis
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THE WILDERNESS CAMPAIGN
eerio-comic expression of countenance
tcontinued from page one.)

eerio-comic expression of countenance:
Vas, a few-in the band
The General suppressed the laugh
with which he was struggling, and feel
ing that an effort to get any really use
full information from the North Caro-
linian would be a slow process, disap-
peared into his tent to attend to some
correspondence, and left the prisoner
to be further interviewed by the staff.
L tell you, gentlemen, went on the
Confederate, 'thah's lots o cobwebs in
my throat, and i could talk TO you-ail a
heap bettah if / only had dish O
liquer. Thah's nothin' braces man up
like takin' little o. the tanglefoot.'
'Thereupon a canteen and cup were
brought, ard after the man had poured
out about four fingers of commlssary
whisky and tossed it off as if 1t were
water he looked considerably lnv1gor-
ated. 'Nothin' as soothin' as co on-Julce,
aftah ALL he continued. I'd like TO llVe
in Kaintucky. Them Kaintucky refers
say they can walk right into co n
field, strip off an 'eah, and jes squeeze
a drink of whisky out'n it
"'How did you happen to be picked
up?' was now asked.
well you see. suh,' he replied, our
Cap'n, Jimmy Skipwo'th, marched me
out on the picket line. Cap'n Jimmy s
one O. them thah slack-twisted, loose
belted, toggle-j'inted kind o fellers that
sends you straight out to the front, and
If you don't get killed right off, why,
he gets all out o patience, and thinks
you want to live foevah. You can't get
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to the front and found the bridge on
fire. A pontoon was soon in position,
and as the head of the column struck
the pontoon we crowded in. We left
the troops on the turnpike while we
went to the little town of Farmville. We
took to the railroad track.
We learned later what was not ap-
parent at first, that the town was on the
side of the river where we were before
making the first crossing, and that an
other bridge was burning that should
have served us in reaching the town.
The cavalry had taken some prisoners,
and was bringing them over in boats
and uniting them with our forces, and
as they returned with the boats they
allowed us to go over into town. We
had no sooner struck the street when
we were halted by the provost guard.
and as we had no passes and our word
not being current, we were classed as
coffee coolers and were shut up in an
old tobacco warehouse. We were sort
of advance guard, but soon had plenty
of company of stragglers.
The authorities kept us from morn
ing till dark, when we were ordered to
hunt our commands. While the troops
had bivouacked we were making the
distance they had made during the day.
We learned on our arrival that we were
wanted at headquarters. Our absence
had resulted in the men not getting
their rations of fresh meat, we not be-
ing there to receive and handle the
same. We were reprimanded, and told
to remain with the troops in the future.
Two or three days after came the sur
render, and we were glad to be at the
front to witness the events. B. Smith,
Commissary Sergeant, 1SSth N. Y, 3S14
Cheyenne street, Tacoma, Wash.
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away, because he's always keepin' tab
on you When he marched us out to-
day 1 says to him: Capt. Jimmy, thah
don't pear to be enough of the boys
a-comin' along with US. Now, I tell
you, when we go to monkeyin' with
them Yanks we ought to have plenty o.
company; we don't want to feel lone
some" Well, we got thah, and went to
diggin' ditch, so We could flop down
in it and protect our heads, and could
use afterward fo' buryin' you-all in eff
we could get hold o. you. Well, jes'
then you opened lively, and come at us
a-whoopin' and a-careerin' like sin;
and ez fo' me, / took header fo' the
ditch. The boys saw somethin drop.
and / didn't make any effo't to pick it
up ag'in till the misunderstanding was
ovah. The fust thing L knowed aftah
that you lighted onto me, yanked me
out o. the hole, and then turned me
ovah to some of you dragons; and.
Lo'd, how they did run me into your
lines. And so h'yah / am
After the Provost Marshal's people
had been told to take the prisoner to
the rear and treat him well, the man,
would like mighty well to see that thah
new-fangled weepon O. yourn that
shoots like it was whole platoon. They
tell me you can load 1t up on Sunday
and fab it off all the rest O. the week
He had derived this notion from the
Spencer carbine, the new magazine gun
which fired seven shots in rapid success
sion. After this exhibition of his talent
for dialog he was marched off to join
the other prisoners"
Gen. Buffers Troops Ordered Up.
Gen. Grant, with his usual quickness
Of perception, saw that Butler had been
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posed of. Unless he could get between
Lee and Richmond before Lees army
was destroyed 1t would be necessary to
go to the south side of the James to
prevent Lee from retreating farther
back into the country and thus pro-
tracing the war Indefinitely. South Of
the James he would always be on Lees
right flank and in position to cut off
his retreat whenever the Confederate
leader felt he could no longer defend
Richmond. Therefore, Gen. Grant tele-
graphed to Gen. Haiieck to send him
at once sufficient transportation to take
the army across the James mptly
and safely.
There has been much discussion as to
the name Cold Harbor, which will live
forever in American history The diff
ferent spellings of the name have been
almost as various as the number of dis
putants. The most plausible explana-
ton of the name is that it was import
ed from England, where, in the old
wagoning days, it had meant some rude
and simple protection against the gales
and rains; that is, 1t differed from the
tavern, where food could be found for
man and beast, in being simply some-
thing of the shed construction for tenn
porary shelter. Such a shelter would
be cold harbor." whereas the tavern,
with its barns and forage, would be a
| warm harbor." In the early days In
Virginia, when so much of the trans
portatiOn was done by wagons, the
teamsters would find at Cold Harbor
some sort of rude protection from sud-
den storms. The place was not har-
Dor in the sea sense of the word, since
it was on elevated land, far from any
water except that of the creeks headed
near 1t. IL was not center of popula-
ton or even a collection OF farm houses
1t was simply point at which a num-
ber of important roads met, and it was
necessary to the Army of the Potomac
for two vital reasons. first, that the
main road, a very good one for Vir-
ginia, led directly back to White House
which had been made the new base OF
supplies. and, second. that from II ran
two important roads, crossing the near
by Chickahominy. directly into Rich
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brought to an absolute standstill and
that nothing further could be expected
from him. He at once dispatched Or
ders to Butler to send him all his men
except a sufficient number to hold the
short line of fortifications at Bermuda
Hundred. Altho this was a bitter pill
for Butler to swallow, he complied
promptly. and ordered Gen. Smith to
Immediately concentrate 10000 men to
go on board transports and move down
the Peninsula to White House. In this
order Butler lamented that he was be-
ing deprived OF his troops Just as he
was getting ready to take the offensive
and Petersburg. He warned Smith to
look out carefully for torpedoes in the
PemGnkey, as the rebels had knowl-
edge of his destination, and would prob
ably plant mines of destruction near
reached Fortress Monroe that the Army
of the Potomac had crossed the Pa
munkey, Smith determined TO land di-
rectly at White House instead of oppo-
site II, as was first proposed. He reached
this point on the morning of May 80,
and began debarking his troops as rap
idly as the limited facilities of the wharf
would permit. The landing was covered
by Capt. Babcock, of the United States
Navy, with an old ferryboat, on which
were mounted some bow and stern guns.
Gen. Smith was now on ground ia
Hiilar 10 MIN from ms campaigning
with Mcclellan in 1862. Grant felt that
Lee might suddenly slip away from the
Army of the Potomac and fall upon
Smith, and that was one reason for the
order to Sheridan to hold on to Cold
Harbor at all hazards until the infantry
could reinforce him. Cold Harbor COW
cred the road leading diectly to White
House, by which Lee would have to
march to strike Smith.
Immediately upon reporting to the
Army of the Potomac Smiths old trou-
Bile with his orders broke out afresh
This was particularly trying, since he
came into conflict with the irascible
Meade, who had none too high an opin-
ton of Smith in the first place and little
patience with any man of his nature.
With its prereness TO Quibble over an
The National tribune., 1910-07-07
In at the Death.

Editor National Tribune: In the
movement that resulted in the capture
of Gen. Lee and his command the Sec
Ond and Fifth Corps were a factor. We
were punching him up in the rear,
bringing him to battle at Five 10, ks
and Hatcher's Run, while our cavalry
were in their fl ont, making his advance
a very uncertain quantity. The day we
crossed the Rappahannock a little in
cident occurred that remains fresh in
my memory. . The Second and Fifth
Corps were in column, with the Second
in advance 1t became apparent that
something was wrong with the head of
the column as the line closed up and
finally halted. 1 and two others, Com
miss'try Sergeants of our respective reg
iments that made up Gen. Gregory's
Brigade, not carrying arms and not re-
quired to remain in line. made our way
The National tribune., 1910-07-07
The First to Enter Richmond.

Editor National Tribune: I would like
to hear from any comrade of Battery
K, Sd n. Y. L. A., or anyone that knows
the address of VIM. Tucker. He was
wounded at the battle of Fort Harrison,
near Richmond 1 append herewith an
article taken from the Richmond Her
aid of April 8, 1865, in reference to the
occupation of Richmond:
"Will you please correct an error
which appears in your report of the
occupation of Richmond. The facts
are these: The skirmish line of the
Twenty-fourth Corps, composed in part
of the 9Th VT and the 81st N. Y, were
at least an hour in advance of the skiI-
mish line of the Twenty-fifth Corps
Capt. ]. R. Angel, Battery K, Sd N. Y
l.. A, closed upon the skirmish line of
The National tribune., 1910-07-07
The 1St Pa. Cav.

Editor National Tribune: Please give
a short history of the 1st Pa. Cav.-H.
c. Fawyey or FawZey, Tyler. Pa.
The 1st Pa. Cav. was organized at
Harrisburg from August to September,
1861. At the expiration of its three
years service the veterans and recruits
were organized into a battalion of five
companies and consolidated with the
9Th and 18th Pa. Cav, June II, 1865,
to form the I'd Provisional Pa. Cav. The
regiment was commanded by Col. Geo.
d. Bayard, a West Point graduate, who
was promoted to Brigadier-General May
5, 1852, succeeded by Col. owen Jones.
resigned Jan. 80, 1863, succeeded by
Col. John P. Taylor, mustered out Sept
8. 1864 At the time Of consolidation
Maj. Hampton S. Thomas was in COM
mand. 1t belonged to Gregg's Division.
Cavalry Corps, and lost 96 killed and
los from disease. etc.-Editor National
Tribune.
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the advance, and as the rebel works
were approached the colors OF Battery
X were planted thereon. Finally the
city of Richmond was reached. and the
colors of Battery K were unfurled on
the steps of the Capitol two hours and
80 minutes before the colors of any
other. When the main body of the two
corps moved upon Richmond the Twen-
ty-fourth was also ahead"
Henry Stridmire, now living here, was
one of the Richmond Guards. He re-
members seeing our battery come up
Broad street at $50 a. M, the first
troops to enter the city.-Berlin Swan,
Battery K, Sd N. Y. L. A, Franklin,
Venango Co., Pa.
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over me ory, hunged
of real life the Union Army Aa.e ITS po9aon nd % n
hed book form The editions long ago & u.s. s @ e IN ana h
additional and cTedoe ypogaph way
soldier and then into
printed in large clear
will
soldier
Those who
by eachc
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order. and see how it could be executed
to defeat its plain intent. There are
pages in the official documents in which
Smith tries to throw the blame for his
shortcomings upon Grant and Meade,
and complains bitterly of the hot an
swers sent by Meade to him. Smith
would plead that he was not ready for
battle. since he had not his ammuni-
ton along, and Meade would ask, with
much profane emphasis, why he had
not taken his ammunition along when
he marched. 1t must be confessed that
in these acrimonious discussions our
sympathies are with Meade 1t was in
tended that Smith should march direct
" on Cold Harbor to join on to the
right flank of the Sixth Corps, but in
stead of doing that he marched to New
Castle Ferry and then back on hot,
dusty day, which greatly exhausted ms
men, Thus he did not reach Cold Har-
Dor until 3 o'clock in the afternoon,
the morning of June l.
The Terrible Exhaustion of the Cam
paign.
Smith makes much of his eXhauSting
march, but it hardly compares with
what had been endured by the men of
the Army of the Potomac. The long
record of the worlds wars cannot show
any equal to that which they had suf-
fered, yet borne patiently and cheerful
ly, in the 81 days since they had crossed
the Rapidan. Every day almost brought
terrific battle, and when the men were
not fighting they We're building barri-
cades, digging with feverish energy at
intrenchments or protecting their fronts
with abatis At night came toilsome,
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JULY
mond. onIv seven miles away.

mond, only seven miles away.
The two great armies were now swift
ly marching into line for death grap-
pie on the old battlefield of Lee and
Mcclellan of two years before, with this
difference, that the Army of the Poto-
mac now occupied nearly the same po-
sition that Lee and Jackson held in
1862, while Lees conformed more near
ly to McClellan's former line of battle.
(To be continued.)
The National tribune., 1910-07-07
ANOTHER INSTALLMENT OF IN.
TERESTING NAVAL SKETCHES.

Our Comrades of the Navy Write of the
Webb Incident, the Fight at Mobile
Bay, the Saving of the Mahaski, Etc.
Comrade Robbins, who recently asked
about the Webb incident, will find his
question well and fully answered. All
will enojy reading of the incident. as
well as the other stories of achieve
ment.
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With Farragut at Mobile.

Albert H. Golf, Sanger, Tex, writes:
"A few weeks ago / subscribed to
The National Tribune, and you cannot
imagine my delight when the first arti-
Gle that attracted my attention was
Battle of Mobile Bay by Comrade
Manwaring Comrade Manwaring was
on the monitor Winnebago. l was
Third Assistant Engineer on her sis
ter, Chickasaw. 1 was well ac-
quainted with Simon Shultice, the
Chief Engineer of the Winnebago. He
and I both entered the naval service at
The National tribune., 1910-07-07
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eidiy history OF tnt2
country had such in-
'tantaneous success and wide
7opularity as the Isl Klegg"
cries. From the very FIRST
he story attracted a host Of
eaders, and these increased
. geometrical ratio as the
ublication progressed.
1t is the story plainly, SIM
iy and truthfully told of tho
ievelopment of two green
ountry boys into veteran
,ldiers of the highest type.
he story is told with affec-
nnate fidelity by one who
arched. camped and fought
it'll them, and there is q
UNIVERSAL agreement that it 10
lar the best story of the ex-
perience 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 tho
book is one of its most fas-
sinating features. Whereves
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 vividly depicts it.
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Portsmouth Was Not, at Pensacola

F. G. Rundlett, Lowell, Mass, writes:
"A comrade in the National Home,
Wis, wishes to know If the u. S. S.
Portsmouth was stationed at Pensacola
in 1864. i served on that noble olG
ship from December. 1861, to Decem-
per, 1861 She was never out of the
Mississippi River in 1864, but was busy
The National tribune., 1910-07-07

VIM. II. Chenery. 14th r. l., 157 Bea-
con avenue, Providence, r. L., writes:
"A New Orleans paper of that date
says: About 1890 to-day the people
were electrified by the appearance in
the river of the tug Webb, from Red
River. passing the city under the fire
or our war vessels. She carried six
heavy guns, and bore the American
tlag at half-mast. AS she was passing
out or sight she hauled down the Amer
lean Flag and hoisted the rebel colors
which were clearly distinguished by the
throng of spectators upon the levee
The Webb is well remembered as a
very fast boat. She is painted white.
and her decks and boilers are protect
ed by bales of cotton. Her act in run
ming such gauntlet seems almost too
daring for belief We afterwards
learned that the condensers of the Webb
became disabled when a few miles
above Fort st. Philip, and she was de-
serted and blown up. Capt Reed. of
the Webb, and 26 of his crew made
their escape to the shore, but were
subsequently captured by the 10th nj.
Cav and brought to New Orleans.'
Portsmouth Was Not at Pensacola,
F. G. Rundlett, Lowell, Mass, writes:
"A comrade in the National Home,
Wis, wishes to know If the u. s. S
Portsmouth was stationed at Pepsac
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Robert A. McAlister, Baltimore, Nd,
writes:
The Webb passed New Orleans load
ed with cotton bales on the way out.
she was chased by the Hollyhock, COM
manded by Sherardi, and ran ashore
below the city, where she was dis
patched either by her men or by the
Hollyhock."
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1910-12-15
TAR HEEL TOPICS.
Three Eggs Within an Egg
Burned Saw Mill Being Re-
paired.

Correspondence of The Eohesouian.
Tar Heel, Dec. l3.-Mr. Cary
johnson and sister Miss Sallie,
of St. Paul, spent last Sunday at
the home of Mr.. J. D. Monroe.
Some time ago we saw a state
ment about an egg inside Of
another. blue Eyes was frying
eggs not very long ago and broke
one that had three small ones in
side. Of course they were small,
the smallest one about the size
of a pea.
Mr.. Jas. Regan, who lives near
Barker's, spent Saturday and
Sunday of last week in this
neighborhood.
Miss Mamie Monroe left last
Sunday afternoon for Saint Paul.
Mr.. Campbell, who moved here
recently, has two very large
hogs. People come from nearly
all parts Of the community to see
them.
Mr.. |. E. Brady is repairing
and replacing his saw mill, which
was burned some time ago. We
are very glad Of it, it was SC
convenient for those who are
building.
Mrs. Mark Powers, Of Ter
Mile, visited her daughter Mrs.
j. D. Monroe here last Sunday.
Miss Laurena Willis Of South
Carolina is visiting relatives anG
friends here.
"3lue Eyes"
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1910-12-15
Mr.. D. F. Lewis. of Rural Route
No. 3 From Lumberton.

Mr.. D. F. Lewis, of rural route
No. 3 from Lumberton, his home
being 6 miles from Lumberton
on the road to Fairmont, died
Monday night at the home of his
son-in-law and daughter, Mr.. and
Mrs. W. H. Prevatt, near his
own home. He had been aff1ict-
ed for the past six months with
dropsy of the heart and had been
confined to his bed for some
time. The remains were inferred
Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock
at the Lewis graveyard near the
home, services being conducted
by Mr.. Caswell Dean in the al
sence Of a minister. The de-
ceased would have been 67 years
OLD next month and was a dea.
con of Centerville Baptist church.
His wife died last January. He
Is survived by one son, Mr.. Jno.