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rifles, as is their habit after firing three
rounds" There were no overloaded
rifles found on the lines of those IRON
tier men.
our arms at all times have been from
10 to 20 years behind /the world IN
1868 the Springfield, with safety OF
breech action limited at 70 grains,
while the British were burning rs, the
French so and the Beers go. the krag-
Jorgenson, used at Santiago, being con-
sidered the seventh in efficiency in use
by the civilized armies and far interior
to the Mauser, used by the Spanlarus.
Recently in their august dignity they
decided the use of the bayonet hau
become obsolete and adopted a weapon
is inches short, but those Russian ana
japanese barbarians, having takei! IN
to their heads to engage in nine serious
bayonet conflicts, the issue OF the
saWed-off weapon was suspended uhlh
a bayonet of sufficient length to even
up the difference could be devised:
Such inventors as Mauser, Lee,
Hotchiiss, Gatling, Gardner PEABODY
and Maxim having been driven out OF
this country by. the Ordnance Depart
ment. were received with open arms in
Europe and their inventions adopted.
Altho driven by the militia to rlte
practice there appears to be little I'M
provement in results on the firing line
it being stated in Congress that during
the Mexican War 20 cartridges were
expended to produce a result, at Muir
freesboro 119 and at Santiago 5oV.
The first team sent to Creedmore IN
l1S73 was ignorant of the use OF the
elevation bar, wind gauge and the prone
pcs ton, and received from militia ON
GERS their first instructions in those de-
tails.
NV grievance against the methods OF
the Regular officers is based upon the
fact of having served four years ana
| five months during the civil war mot
taking into consideration 10 months
during the Spanish American aftair)
with five of my eight Colonels from the
Regular Army, not one of whom ever
gave any instructions in shooting OF
| had any practice. / was one of the
60, 900 massed at Baley's Crossroads
by Mcclellan for review by President
Lincoln. an army drilled and d scipiined
until they became gluttons for punish
ment. but to my knowledge none taught
how to shoot.
In 1883 / shot in the best military
team this country had up to that tine
produced our official scores beinS evil
dence. having as member of the Ne
vada Mil tia learned more of the rifle
and become more proficient in It's use
than during all my service in the army
F. +. Lord, Co. d, 1st Conn, Virginia
City, New.
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uNCoLN's ASS tssINATIoN.
Reception of the News in Shcrman's
ARMY.

Editor National Tribune: Your very
interesting Abraham Lincoln TeVLNes
a multitude of oId-time memories. TAe
recent issues, g wing account us me as
sassination and its effect upon the
country, recalls the effect of the SAD
news when received by the soldiers IN
the field The advance of sherman
army reached Durham Station. y. C.,
teen a little hamlet, late Saturday
afternoon, April 15, 1865, having
marched all day in a drenching RAIN.
On Monday, the nth, Gen. sherman
reached Durham Station by train from
Raleigh early in the forenoon Thefe
they were furnished horses and an es-
cort by Gen. fitzpatrick. our division
commander, and passed out of our lines
nerthward to meet and confer with
Gen. Johnston with reference to the
surrender of the Confederate army, ana
for which purpose Gen. Johnston him
self had requested tho conference. L
was at the reserve picket post on the
public highway, under the command OF
Francis n. Troy, Orderly-Sergeant OF
Co. l., 5th Ohio Cav. Cen. sherman
and his party returned about O'Clock
in the evening. and as we were drawn
up in line in the edge of an apple or
chard by the roadside and after giving
the proper salute, an oft1cer gave us
the sorrowful information that the
great war President and soldiers friend
| had been brutally murdered on the
Friday night preceding.
| Not having received this informa-
ton in the morning. we inferred that it
| had come to Gen. Sherman thru rebel
sources. and ] knew no better for near
| ly 20 years thereafter.
| The story of Sherman's reception of
the cipher telegram just as he was
starting from Raleigh that morn n.y.
how he concealed it from all of those
with him and showed it first of all to
Gen. Johnston after they had met be-
tween the lines and retired to pri-
vate house by the wayside, is familiar
to all.
The effect upon the men at the re-
serve post as they sat upon their horses,
with sabers still at present" was SINH
| lar to that produced by stunning
blow upon the head, with the single
Exception of q jolly German, who never
took anything very seriously, who said:
Il wonder if ] gifts my money since
Uncle Sam vas dct." Later in the even
ing / observed the same daZed express
sion among the men in camp, but II was
quickly followed by feeling of intense
rage and anger, and / have often won
dered what would have happened If We
had been face to face with the enemy
at this critical moment. Later, when
this feeling of mOmentary rage had
subsidized, we felt sure that men who
had fought in honorable warfare were
neither the instruments and would not
be the indorsers Of this foul murder
and out impressions were confirmed :
few days later when some of the sur
rendered officers and men came int
our camp and expressed their eusphatiC
condemnation of the dastardly act
r. Keyes, Co. l., 5th Ohio Cav. Mar
tins Ferry, o.
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IA RecitalS 0a10 4 Z
y 1D@uu2ir1 r1ISCemCeS "A Y
Stories EmnentIy Worth Telling OF Experiences and Adventures
in the Great National Struggle.

remained in New Orleans until about
June l, 1862, when the yellow fever
broke out, and Gen. Butler ordered us
sent to the New York Soldiers Relief
Society, on Broadway. New York City,
lust in front of Trinity Church, where
we arrived July l, having left New Or
leans June l, 1862.
We remained in New York City till
July 4. when there was given us four
Tennesseeans a grand serenade for our
loyalty to the Union. There were S5
old soldiers that were with Gen. Jack
son at New Orleans in 1872, all mount
ed on white horses. The band played,
and Broadway was crowded with peo-
pie just as far as l could see. Speeches
in praise of us were made by the old
soldiers, and Jerry Brewer. John A.
Miller and / responded. At o'clock
that evening, with a large box of good
things to eat, we boarded the train and
started for home.
| We lay over one day at Cincinnati,
one night at Cairo. Ill, one day and
night at Columbus, Ky, one night at
Jackson, Tenn, and arrived home at
midnight July 10, 1862.
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Carving DiSpatchcS.

Editor National Tribune: | have been
reading some of the stories about short
term men, and wonder where we old
codccrs of the 4th w. Va. come in.
hhaut Aug. ], 1861, j was sent with a
lispatch to Gen. Rosecrans at Parkers-
burg. We We're then at Spencer Court
House, w. Va The road was thru the
corner of Writ County: l rode all night,
and arrived in the morning very hum
cry. Adj't-Gen. Hartranft received me,
and / had breakfast and a sleep. About
o'clock / was awakened and Informed
that lunch was ready, which I disposed
of and reported at headquarters Gen.
Rosecrans soon came, and / was in the
saddle. The General 7handcdg me the
sealed envelope. and proceeded to give
ire instructions. Among them was to
give the horse rest of four hours at
Elizabeth. / said that if I stopped
there that time ] would never get to
my destination. His eyebrows came
down, and he told me to obey orders,
which / did. About sunrise / was rid
ing along. and looked up on the hill
side and thought / saw at least 1000
squirrel rifles looking at me. The spurs
sank deep into the horses sides, and
she made such q spring that / nearly
fell of. In a short time we were out
IF range Of the guns. / felt a singing
sensation, but at first there was NO
blood. If my cap had not been on
tight my hair would have pushed 1t off.
Col J. A. J. Hghtburn complmented
me highly, and showed his confidence
by sending me on other excursions of
like character-George Snowden, Ser
Seant, 4th w. Va, Buchtel, o.
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GEN. sCHENCK AT VIENNA.
Regular Officers Responsible for Much
Nismanagemcnt During the War.

Editor National tribune. ASSUMING
your history of the Army of the Poto-
mac will be published in book form,
permit me to suggest correction in
your description of the affair at Vienna,
Va, June II, 1861, which brought upon
Gen. Schenck so much ridicule from
1.-THE Regulars, who claimed only a vol
unteer could undertake a scout or re-
connoissance with railroad train
The facts in this affair are as fol-
! lows: On June 1G Gen. Daniel Tyler,
a graduate of West Point and a veteran
Of the Mexican War, with heavy de-
> tail from our regiment, then encamped
at Roach's Mills, on the Alexandria &
Leesburg Railroad, took a train up TO
Vienna, having one man shot by a
bushwhacker. On returning to camp
that evening we were Informed that
( the regiment would go up the road and
establish posts the next day. In the
morning orders were received to par
: ticipate ii. a review by Secretary Cam
eron near Long Bridge, and Gen.
/ Schenck, with the Ohio troops, was or
dered to take possession Of Vienna,
transporting his command by cars.
At the close of the review we were
hurried to the support Of Gen.NSchenck,
entrained and run up to the crossing of
the Falls Church road, marching to
that place the next morning.
! have been in hopes some Ohio COM
rade would refute the ridcule put upon
their General. but they appear to have
more interest in live politician than
the honor of q dead comrade.
|. While your criticisms of our COM
manders are fair and unprejudiced,
am surprised that you make no refer
ence to the criminal neglect of the eff
fectiyc details Of the service, you being
. fully aware that practically no atten
} ton was paid to the sanitary condition
of the men and camps, the food fur
nished being the coarsest, the cooking
the crudest possible and the clothing
and blankets the worst shoddy, no at
: tempt being made to improve the same
The most damnable delinquency 0
; our Regular officers was their absolute
ignorance of firearms and use for of
T fensive purposes. 1t is considered b.
! military authorities that craftsmanship
2 is, Of all things, the one most essentia
attribute of a soldier. Placing tn
r value of the efficient man at 10, hi
s mastership of the rifle is rated at S 1a L
! ~ for all other qualifications.
e Our officers were utterly unable I
e comprehend the confidence, courag
!, and effectiveness mastership of hi
= weapon imparts TO the man, maxim
o 1.-The timid brave, the brave more cour
!, ageous and imparting the greatest con
r ffdence and self-reliance.
g AS a comparison of West Point meth
]. ods and mastership OF the weapon. per
= NIT me to cite Gettysburg, where tw
S fof the best armies on earth conteste
for mastership. There were found owe
a ~, 900 muskets with two to a dozen o
q more loads in the barrel. At New Or
|: leans, the greatest achievement G
II American arms, where after thre
G rounds the fire from the American lin
n ceased, the British commander in SUI
l. prise asked his guide the meaning. Th
e reply was: They are cleaning the
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liant conduct of the regiment at the
battle of Five Forks in his report of
the operations of his brigade during
the AppomattoX campaign. see page
1928, volume above mentioned. No
further mention of the regiment is
made in Gen. GibbS's report, but Com
rade 3. 3. Smythe, of Topeka, Kan.
Secretary of the Kansas Academy of
Science, says that he was member of
the 1st U. S. Cav, and was with the
regiment at AppomattoX Court House
April 8, 1865.
| cannot see how Capt Hiteshew
could have been in command of Gen.
Shcridan's bodyguard and be with his
regiment at the same time. Col. Evans
in his report of the operations of the
1st Md. Cav. during the AppomattOx
campaign makes mention OF Capt. Hite-
shew's squadron in the engagement
near Amel c. H., April 6. The Colonel
also speaks Of the gallant conduct of
Capt. Hiteshew at AppomattoX C. H.
huril 'see pages 1852 and 1858, vol
ume previously mentloned). Stephen
Tripp, Captain, 18th Pa. Cav, Hoyt,
Kan.
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TAKING POSSESSION OF THE CITY HALL AT NEW ORLEANS

In a few days we had Co. D. 9TH
Tenn, made up. with John A Miller
Captain, Joseph Miller First Lieuten-
ant, W. w. Brewer Second Lieutenant,
and my brother, A. A Rogers, Cor
poral. / being a cripple, they would
not receive me in the service.
/ was arrested the second time, but
escaped and went to Illinois, and refu-
geed till the war was over. All my
prison comrades are dead. am now
almost "A years old, poor and crippled
1 have often thought that the Govern
ment ought to have placed me on the
pension roll as prisoner of war. but
it looks now like i may be placed in
the poorhouse. l am still citizen OF
Henderson County, Tenn, and should
like if any of the readers of The Ma
tional Tribune would correspond with
me.-C. II. Rogers, r. f. D. q. Yuma,
Tenn.
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An Insult TO the Soldiers.

II. c. Dryden. Assistant Adjutant-
General, Department of Kansas, G.. A.
r., sends US an indignant protest by
Comradc c. @. Collins against the reso-
luton adopted by the Good Roads Con-
vention, recommending that convictS
and soldiers be used to build roads. He
feels that this is a grave insult to the
army, and it is something that Aneri-
can citizens should have been far from
thinking. much less speaking. Com
rade Dryden puts in his emphatic pro-
test, and thinks that the matter should
be taken up all over the country and a
severe rebuke administered to the Good
Roads Association for their lack of good
judgment in adopting such a resolution.
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THE CAVALRY AT APPo1IATTOX.
Was the 1st Md. or 1st Z. S. Sheridah's
Bodyguard?

Editor National Tribune: I was very
much interested in Capt. Philip l..
Hiteshew's "reminiscences of Appomat-
tox Court House in your issue of June
"a; in fact, l am always interested in
anything coming from any member or
the Cavalry Division, Army OF the
James.
There are some statements in Capt.
Hiteshews article which conflict with
history, however. For instance, he says
that his company of the 1st Md. Cav.
was Gen. Sheridan's bodyguard at APP
pomattoX Court House, instead of a
company OF the 1st u. s. Cav, as the
General says in his Memoirs; that he
made a mistake and gave the wrong
organiZation. Capt. Hiteshew says:
| THE lst u. S. Cav. was not within 5000
miles of ApDOmattox at that time, as
/ the 1st u. S. Cav. was Gen. Harney's
regiment, at that time fighting Albert
Pike and his Indians out in the Terri
tories"
The only account we have of Gen.
| Albert Pike in the history of the civil
war is that he commanded a brigade
Of the so-called Five Civilized Tribes of
the indian Territory at the battle of
Pea Ridge, Ark, March z and 8, 1862.
The Indians of Gen. Pixies command
proved to be no good as lighters. The
rebel authorities allowed them to go
back to their homes and remain there,
and the name of Gen. Pike disappears
from the history of the civil war after
the battle of Pea Ridge. Gen. Harvey
was Colonel of the I'd u. S. Dragons
designation changed to I'd Cav. by
law, Aug. g, 1860 until he was pro-
NOTED to Brigadier-Generals soon after
the Mexican War.
The Sd U. S. Cav, formerly the regi-
ment of Mounted Riflemen, was the
only regiment of Regular cavalry left
lin the Indian country during the civil
war The 1st u. S. Cav. belonged to
, the Regular Brigade of the Cavalry
, Corps, according to the organization
table, Rebellion Records, page SIS. Re.
ports of the AppomattoX COmpaign, and
was commanded by Gen. Alfred Gibbs
, who makes specific mention Of the gal
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Edward C. Fake. 3O3 Greenbush
street. Milwaukee, Wis, would be eX-
ceedingly gratifed to find any survivor
and his address who served in Go. II,
69th Ohio, and who originally resided
in CircleviIle, especially if he was with
Comrade Fake at Stone River.
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Rev. C. L. sherger, Millport, n. Y.
Co. F, 9th n. Y. H. A, would like to
know if Lieut.. George w. Sherger, OF
the same company and organization, is
vet living He was when last heard OF
a resident of Washington. ID. c. In
formation should be sent direct to Com
rade Sherger.
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LOYAL TENNESsEEANS.
What 1t Cost TO BE for the Union al
/ --.-- the South.

1,ditor National Tribune: When the
war of the rebellion came 1 was Union
man living in Tennessee, and voted
against secession My first vote was
cast for John Bell, the Wing candidate
of Tennessee, for President. In jan
nary. 1862. / was the UniGn candidate
for Tax Collector for Henderson Coun-
ty. ] made vigorous campaign all
over the County. and on March 4 de-
feated my secession opponent by ZS5
votes. on April 1, 1862, | was arrested
at my home at Parker's Crossroads ana
carried to Lexington, the seat of Hen
derson County, and placed in the guard
house / there found some friends of
mine who had taken an active part in
my election, also under arrest-Hon.
It. C. Muse, Harmon Adams, an old
soldier of the War of 1872; William
Brooks, Isaac r. Hall, DR.. Chaben and
Hon! Albert Shrewsbury, then a Repre-
sentative, of Henderson County.
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Adnircs Mcclellan.

Jeremiah Sheldon. 5th Wis, Fort
Mont-omcry, n. Y, is pleased with the
yindicatfon Of Gen Mcclellan. He was
on the Peninsular Campaign and took
part in the battle of Williamsburg, and
the day after Gen. Mcclellan and staff
rode by, and told them that Williams
burg should be on their colors. He
feels glad that he was able to help set
tie the great slavery question, tho it
cost many lives and made many Grip
pies His first battle was at Williams
burg. May 8, 1862. and his last at Sail
ors Creek, April 6, 1865.