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The National tribune., 1911-04-20
THE MEXICAN BORDER.
The President Seems to Have Estcpped
Criticism on the Army MANNERS.

President Taft seems to have bottled
up the expected criticism of the Army
manuvers on the Texas border. A deep,
rumbling sound just before the extra
session convened was supposed to por-
tend n loud explosion when La Toilette
ct al. had an opportunity to get into
action. The President has shown con-
siderable diplomacy, however, in stav-
ing Oft this criticism. and il was left for
the Socialist member of the House,
Representative Victor Berger. of Mil
waukee. to steal the thunder which it
was thought Senator La Toilette COW
ctcd.
The facts are that the President
shows numerous Senators and Repre-
sentatives the confidential papers which
demonstrate what the situation was and
what the representations were before
he ordered the Army to move down to
the Texas border. All this has been
done in confidence thus far. and so 1t
is that few of the details of the Presi-
dents reasons have yet reached the
public.
Meanwhile il is very satisfactory to
the President that the country is losing
interest in a prospective war with Mex
leo. In the first place, there is to be
no war with Mexico, feverish as mil
were to start one. The President is
more intent upon promoting peace with
all Nations, and. in fact, hopes that the
completion OF general arbitration
treaties ir the near future will consti-
tute n great monument to the success
of his Administration. 1t would GER
tainly mar any achievement of that
character if during the same Admins
tration there were any hostilities with
Mexico.
With Congress on his hands. the
President is giving a deal of attention
| to Congressional men, rather than to
| Congressional measures and methods.
He is attaining no mean reputation for
| the happy way in which he gets along
| with the legislative branch, and for the
amount of desired legislation the Sen
ate and the House grant him. A great
many of the new members of the House
, have been visiting him of late, Demo
Gratis as well as Republicans. Their vis'
its have been largely matters of official
courtesy, but the President has shown
that he is glad to see the new Con-
gressmen and get acquainted with them
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Gen. Steedman, which I had ordered
I'D from Chattanooga The division OF
Gen. Smith arrived yesterday morning,
and Gen. Steedman's troops arrived last
night. / now have infantry enough 10
assume the offensive if l had more cav
airy, and will take the field anyhow as
soon as the remainder of Cen NC
Cooks Cavalry reaches here. which
hope it will be in two or three days
1--WE can neither get reinforcements
nor equipments at this great distance
from the North very easily, and 1t must
be remembered that my command was
made I'D of the weakest corps OF Gen.
Sherman's army and all the dtsmount-
ed cavalry except one brigade, and the
task of reorganizing and equipping has
met with many delays. which have en-
abled Hood to take advantage OF my
crippled condition. l earnestly hope,
however, in a few more days shall be
able to give him fight.
1t was not In Gen. Thomas's mind to
deliver a battle which would not be
conclusive. While he could, with ms
present force, have driven Hood pack,
this would only have prolonged the
struggle, "scotched the snake, but not
killed it," Now that he had Hood in
his front he did not propose to do less
than to absolutely destroy him when
he moved against him. To do this he
felt it necessary, and 1t was necessary,
to have cavalry force sufficient to
overpower Forrest, who would throw
in his troopers to cover Hoods retreat,
and thus save the Confed crate forces
| from severe loss. When Thomas struck
| he intended the ruin of Hoods army
before it could reach the shelter of the
Tennessee strong corps of horse
men was absolutely essential to this
end Thomas felt, which neither Gen.
Grant nor Secretary Stanton seemed to
comprehend, that with Hood control
ling the communications in his rear,
including the railroad and all the
bridges, a decisive victory could not be
obtained without sufficient cavalry.
On Dec. 5 Grant telegraphed to him
even more strongly. urging an imme-
diate attack and pointing out the dan
ger of delay. He says:
City Point, Va, Dec. 5, 1864; 6:3O
| p. m.
Maj. Gen. George H. Thomas. Nash
| Vile, Tenn:
| rs there not danger of Forests
moving down the Tennessee River
where he can cross It? 1t seems to me,
The National tribune., 1911-04-20
RegimentaI Quartet Passed Away.

Rev. Andrew VI. Sherman, Morris
town, n. J., writes that the well-known
quarter of the 18th y. J. is now no
more. This consisted of John y. Cliff,
VIM. w. Beers, Silas i. GenunS and
Israel d. Lum, all belonging to co. C.
Their singing was quite feature in
the history of the 18th y. J.. and they
were as good soldiers as singers. Three
of them received severe wounds. Cliff
was wounded in the hip and shoulder
at Spotsylvania and again at Winches-
ter. Beers lost his right arm at Salem
Heights. and i-um was wounded in the
hip at Spotsylvania- All of them lived
thru the war, and were for years hon
ored citizens of Morristown. Lum, the
last of them. passed away April 3. He
came out of the army a Sergeant, and
was an active member of the G. A. r.
At the time of his ,leath he was Adju-
tant of U. S. Grant Post.
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nf north Alabama to Tuscumbia. On
sbe face of the reports Ii was clear
that he had pushed the Union army
clear back from the strong line OF the
tennessee to Nashville, and it was nat
ural to fear that, if not the capture OF
that city, then a swing around 1t ana
a long. stern chase thru fertile, we'll
proyisioned Kentucky would ensuet
where he could recruit and supply his
army, and keep far ahead of the SLOW
footed Thomas.
Secretary Stanton was an emotonal
man, with an irrepressible tendency 10
give his emotion voice. He was fuil OF
fear that Hoods swift marchers Would
appear on the Ohio and win back all
the prestige which had been lost by
three wears of terrible fighting, which
would mere than offset any advantage
| gained by Sherman, even supposlng
that that General should emerge VIC
torious from the pine woods or Geor-
gie.
From the moment that the arrival of
Hood before Nashville was announced
by telegraph Secretary Stanton began
la bombardment of Thomas with dls-
patches, and presently Gen. Grant, at
City Point. reused himself to reinforce
| the adjurations of the Secretary OF
War For two weeks. while Thomas
was hard at work, night and day, ski
fully forging the mlSnty HdInineI winch
WAS 10 crush into utter ruin the Com
federacy in the West he was in almost
hourly receipt of telegrams and letters
from Stanton or Grant. Possibly
Thomas's dispatch, announcing the ar
rival of Hood before Nashville. had not
a little to do with this, as. like all his
reports and documents, 1t was quiet,
! self-contained and avoided any undue
expressions of sanguine confidence. HIS
first dispatch read:
Nashville, Dec. !, 1864.
Mai Gen. Ha;leck, Washington. d. c.:
After Gen. Schofeld's fight of yes
terday, feeling convinced that the en-
+ emy very far outnumbered him both in
infantry and cavalry, 1 determined to
retire to the Notifications around Nash
willie until Cen, Wilson can get the cav
airy equipped. He has now about one
fourth the number of the enemy, and
consequently is no match for him. ]
have two ironclads here, with several
Rrnboats, and Commodore Fitch as
sures me that Hood can neither cross
the Cumberland nor blockade 1t. !
therefore think it best to wait here till
The National tribune., 1911-04-20
The 39th N. Y,

Editor National Tribune: Could you
oblige me by giving a short history OF
the 39th N. Y.-Louis G. Dion, 124 w.
41st St. New York Ciey.
The 39th N. Y, also called Garibaldi
Guard, was organized at Washington,
D. c., May 28, 1861, and after serving
out two enl!stments was finally mus
tered out July /, 1865. 1t was COM
manded by Col. Frederick D'Utassy;
dismissed May 20. 1868; succeeded by
Col Augustus Funk. in command at
the time of muster-out. Its battles
were: First Bill Run, Cross Keys, Get
tysburg, North Anna, Bristoe Station
Pc River. Mine Run, Spotsylvania
Wilderness, Tolopotomy. Cold Harbor
Petersburg. Strawberry Plains, Reams's
Station and Deep Bottom. 1t belonged
to Barlow's Division, Second Corps
and lost lis killed and 15s from dis
ease, etc.-Editor National Tribune.
The National tribune., 1911-04-20

sentatives and of the Senate of the
United States in National Congress as
sembled. upon the "Sulloway Pension
Bill" do. in grateful recognition and
appreciation of their patriotic loyalty,
hereby tender to the members OF the
House of Representatives our ardent
thanks for their nearly unanimous pas
sage of this "Sulloway Pension Bill,
and we do especially thank Hon. Cyrus
A. Sulloway for his loyalty In the prep
aration, presentation and steadfast per
sistency for the passage of his bill;
and to Hon Joseph G. Cannon and
the Kansas Delegation and our other
friends. for their masterful champion
shin of the bill; and be 1t further
Resolved, That we most ferVentiy
thank Ex-senator Nathan B. Scott ana
our own highly esteemed and ever loyal
senator. Hon. Charles Curtis. for their
strenuous efforts to secure the passage
of the Sulloway Bill'' through the U.
s. Senate; and we shall ever cherish
and commemorate, with gratitude and
reward the fidelity of Senators, Nathan
p Scott and charles Curtis, and be II
further
Resolved, That these be spread upon
the records of this Post and that duly
authenticated copy be forwarded to De-
partnent Commander, n. +. Harmon
with the request that he submit the
same to the next department encamp-
ment, and that a copy be sent to Hon
CYRUS A Sulloway, Hon. Joseph G. Can
non. Hon. Nathan B. Scott and Hon
Charles Curtis and to The Nationa
Tribune, and The Press, Of Topeka
Kan
The National tribune., 1911-04-20

Wilson can equip all his cavalry. If
Hood attacks me here, he Will be more
seriously damaged than he was yesfer-
Gay. If he remains until Wilson gets
equipped, / can whip him, and VIII
move against him at once / have Mur-
freesboro strongly held, and therefore
feel easy in regard TO its safety. CHAT
tanooga, Bridgeport, Stevenson and Elk
River bridges have strong garrisons
Geo. H. Thomas, Major General, Z. 5.
", Commanding"
Within an hour or two after the re
ceipt of this Stanton sent the following
dispatch TO Gen. Grant:
war Department. Washington, d. c.,
Dec. 2; 1880 a. m
Lieut. Gen. Grant, City Point:
THE President feels solicitcus about
the disposition of Thomas to lie in
fortifcations for an indefinite period,
looks like the Mcclellan and Rosecrans
strategy of do nothing and let the en-
emy raid the country. The President
wishes you 10 consider the matter.
Edwin NJ. Stanton, Secretary of War.
Grant at once telcgraphed Thomas
thus:
"If Hood is permitted TO remain
quietly about Nashville. we will lose al
the roads back to Chattanooga, anC
possibly have TO abandon the line OF
the Tennessee River. Should he at
tack you il is all well, but If he doe
not YOU should attack him before h'
fortifies Arm and put in the trenchc
your Quartermaster's employees, citi
zens, etc.
An hour and a half later, fearirt
that his first was not sufficiently horta
tory, Grant sent another dispatch Il
Thomas:
with your citizen employees arme'
you can move out of Nashville with al
your army, and force the enemy to re
tire or fight upon ground OF your owl
choosing After the repulse of Hoo
at Franklin, it looks TO me that instea'
of falling back TO Nashville we shoui'
have taken the offensive against tn
enemy, but at this distance may err a
my. You will suffer incalculable In
Jury upon your railroads If Hood is no
speedily disposed Of. Put FORTH there
The National tribune., 1911-04-20

Joseph Madden, Grandville, Mich,
sends us clipping from the Grand
Rapids Evening Press, showing how
UNEXPECTEDLY the best-intentioned laws
work. Michigan has a recent statute
providing that in cases of complaint
for assault the complainants are made
to put up the security for costs of court.
Recently Nenry p. Lawson, a crippled
veteran, Same into court with a COM
plant against Charles Renkema, whom
he had associated with him in business,
and who, upon his attempting to dis
solve the partnership, beat him severe
ly. Lawson had no money to put up
for the costs, and was about to be
turned down, when The Prosecutor said
that he believed that the man was en-
titled to his day in court, and he would
waive his own share of the costs. The
other attaches did the same thing, and
the case was allowed to come to trial
with decision against Renkema.
The National tribune., 1911-04-20
Observe Appomattox Day.

Appomattox Day was observed by
Encarnpments III and 69 and Ladies'
Auxiliary 80, at their hall in Washing
ton. D. c.
Thomas ]. Shannon, Past National
Commander of the Order, presided.
Rev. H. N. Couden, Chaplain Of No.
III and also of the U. S. House of Rep
resentatives, gave the invocation.
Col. C. C. Kniffen, who recently re-
turned from Mexico, gave an interest
ing account of that country's people,
the various classes and conditions exist
Ing therein.
Rev. Mr.. Couden made a short ad-
dress, thanking the members Of the
Legion for the support accorded him In
his being again selected as Chaplain OF
the House
The National tribune., 1911-04-20
Washington's Birthday Celebrated.

]. E. Henderson, Patriotic Instructor,
McCook Post, 81. lola, Kan, writes
that McCook Post and McCook Relief
Corps were the guests of Garfield
School, of that city, on. Feb. %. The
last hour of the day was given to a
public salute to the Flag by the entire
school, which was very well carried
out The Patriotic Instructor, on be-
half of the Post and Corps, presented
a flag for use on the upper floor, having
formerly presented one for the lower.
The principal of the school accepted
the same in a most appropriate man.
The National tribune., 1911-04-20
Just a Cornorars Guard Left.

Away out at Roger, Colo, is hand
full of veterans down in the southeast
corner OF Weld County. There are not
enough of them for a Post. and they
are too far from any town where there
is Post for any of them to become
a member of the G. A. X. These COM
rades like 20 get together and talk Of
old times, however. and they had one
OF these pleasant little talkfests quite
recently They met at the residence of
N. T. Ingersoll. Co. E, 18th Ohio. to
help him celebrate his 69th birthday.
They had a delicious dinner. and en-
joyed telling Incidents of their service.
The toast Of the evening was given by
Comrade Harrison.
The National tribune., 1911-04-20

able rates have been arranged for az
the hotels. Department CormandeI
De Witt c. Hurd announces the glad
news that the war relics. including ths
collection of flags, were not IN any
manner Injured or disturbed during tns
recent fire in the Capitol. The Depart
ment Commander urges work to build
up Camps of Sons of Veterans attached
to each Post, and he reminds the POSTS
that their Delegates should be admon.
ished that they are sent to represent
their Posts at the Department Encamp,
ment, and it is expected that they shall
faithfully discharge that duty By at
tending the sessions during the entire
period. Comrades who are not pre-
pared to give their whole time to the
business of the Order should not ac-
cept the Office of Delegate.
The National tribune., 1911-04-20
The 19Bih Pa.

Editor National Tribune: Please
give history of the 195th Pas. NJ.
Long, Mannheim. Pa.
The 195th Pa. was originally organ
lied as n battalion of three companies
Oct. 3, 1864, and these three compa-
MES were mustered out June 21, 1865.
Three additional companies were or
ganiZed in February, 1865, and served
with this regiment until March 20,
1865, when they were transferred to
the 1921 Pa. Seven new companies
were also organized at Lancaster dur
ing February and March, 1865, to
serve one year. The regiment was
commanded by Col. Joseph w. Fisher,
and lost one man killed and II from
disease.-Editor National Tribune.
The National tribune., 1911-04-20
Farragnt Post, Is. Department of Ne.
braSka.

Farragut Post, 25, Lincoln, Neb., is
proud of its record. The Post was or
ganized Sept. %, 1879, with SO charter
members. During its existence it mad
had 1000 members. The highest num-
Der at any ono time was 402. It's pres
ent membership is 243. 1t has distrib-
uted s13,476 in charity; it has cared
for the poor and the suffering COM
rades and their families and looked
after and assisted at the burial of every
comrade who died in or near the lily.
The records show that no honOrably
discharged veteran of the civil war is
buried in the Potter's Field or is with
out a Government tombstone or some
thing better in Lancaster County.
The National tribune., 1911-04-20
The 18th n. Y. Cay.

Editor National TribuneI Would like
sketch of the 18th N. Y. Cav.-Ed-
ward A. Van Vranken, York, Neb. u
The 18th n. Y. Cav, also called
Corning Light Cavalry, was orga nized
at New York City from July Is, 1863,
to Feb. 3, 1864, to serve three years,
and was continued in service after Aug.
81, 1865. One June IL, 1868, the 1 4th
n. Y. Cav. was consolidated with it.
The 18th had only one Colonel James
j. Byrne. 1t belonged to tArnold's Di-
vision, Nineteenth Corps, and lost /
killed and 2O5 from disease, etc.-Edi-
tor National Tribune
The National tribune., 1911-04-20
Lincoln Washington Celebration

A fine program was given in Grand
Army Hall. Salina. Kan, Feb. 81, un-
der the auspices of John A Logan Post
81 The Relief Corps Auxiliary TO John
A. Logan Post held a valentine box So
cial Feb. IA. The boxes sold at auction,
bringing s10.40, which will be used for
flowers and fruit for the sick. The Post
has membership of more than 100,
and the members of the Relief Corps
number 102.
The National tribune., 1911-04-20

Capt. D. z. Buckingham, Co. III, 4th
Del, one of those present at the Apo
mattox surrender, delivered the address
on that subject. His talk was both
graphic and entertaining, and was in
terspersed with extracts from diary
which he kept during the war. He
concluded his address with the beauti-
full poem, THE Blue and the Gray" or
the mothers awaiting the return of the
boys who had fallen.
Musical numbers were given by w.
T. Pierson, Ross Bright, E. d. Hough-
ton, Mrs. Arthur Houghton, Mrs. w. III.
Roach and Mrs. ]. Albert Houghton.
Mrs. Ada Weiss, National President
Of the Ladies' Auxiliary, presented the
soloists and speakers with bouquets.
The program was closed by singing
"A nnerican -
The National tribune., 1911-04-20
Unjust to the Minute Men.

Stephen X. Glover, 199 State street.
Brooklyn, N. Y, thinks that the Sher-
wood bill is unjust to the minutemen
of 1861. 1t was the prompt report for
duty of the militia of the various States
that prevented Delaware, Maryland,
Kentucky, Tennessee and Missouri from
Joining the Confederacy and which split
Virginia. Length of service is no test.
as many served three or four wears
without ever seeing the front
The National tribune., 1911-04-20
An Old Tar's Opinions.

F. D. Springer is Secretary. Treasur-
er and General Manager of the oregon
Steam Saw and Grist Mills at South
Creek, n. c. He was an Acting Ensign
in the United States Navy, and did not
suffer as the soldiers did except on ac-
count of pay. He served on the moni-
tor Milwaukee, that was blown up and
sunk by a torpedo in the attack on
Spanish Fort. He would be glad to
see the Sulloway and the officers retire
ment bills DaSs
The National tribune., 1911-04-20
The Third Day at Gettysburg.

Col John P. Nicholson, Recorder-in-
Chief of the Loyal Legion. read his de-
scriptive story of the Third Day at Get
tysburg to a meeting of Gen. U. 8.
Grant Post, Philadelphia, Pa, on the
evening of April 4, and it was listened
to by a large and appreciative audience.
1t is a fine battle picture, and deserves
to be more widely read and heard.
The National tribune., 1911-04-20
Thanks to Senators Curtis and Scott

At n regular meeting of Lincoln Post
Topeka, Kan, a preamble was adopted
that while the Sulloway Bill was not all
that the veterans had right to ex-
pect, yet it was the fullest measure sc
far proposed to the reward due the sur
viving veterans and it was
Resolved, That we, the members OF
Lincoln Post, No. l, Department OF
Kansas, G. A. r., in regular meet
ing assembled, after careful and con,
siderate reflection upon the action oi
the members of the House of Repre-
The National tribune., 1911-04-20
A Dcen-Water Harbor.

st. Andrews Bay, Washington Coun-
ty, Fla, has an area of 1O4 square
miles, and is the largest body of deep
and well-protected salt water on the
whole coast of the United States from
Norfolk to Mexico. 1t has no imme-
diate tributary river extending to the
interior, and for that reason its shores
were not settled in early days, as was
the case with other smaller bays along
the Gulf Coast This absence of inflow
ing streams has left deep natural chan
nels except at the harbor entrance,
where the drift due to the rough wa
ters of the open gulf has built up a
bar thru which a channel is now being
deepened by the Government, so as to
admit large ocean craft. Within d
year" as a representative of The Ma
tional Tribune was told by an official of
the Engineering Bureau of the War
Department, st. Andrews Bay will be
one of the deep-water harbors of the
United States" A canal is also being
dug by the Government to connect the
Bay with the Apalachicola River to
give that stream and tributaries a deep
sea harbor, and this means a traffic of
many millions of dollars, enough in it
self to build up a city on st. Andrews
Bay. And Lynn Haven will be the city.
The Sherwood Bill.
The National tribune., 1911-04-20
FRANKLIN AND NASHVILLE.
lContinued from page one.)

Ind was especially disturbing at Wash
kgton and at Grants headquarters at
Ffty Point At that time it could not
Eell be known how terribly Hood s
|rmy had been mutilated at Franklin,
nd it was impossible to reconcile the
|eported severity of the blow with
Hoods resolute pushing forward to in
lest the Capital of Tennessee. Sher-
han had now been lost to view for
lnore than three weeks, and those OF
title faith had no difficulty in persuad-
kg themselves that his army was
|truggling somewhere in the dark IN
|erior of Georgia, surrounded by a
Eoodthirsty and vengeful foe. Hood
/ lad shown the most startling enter
rise in dropping Sherman and making
grand swing around the mountains
The National tribune., 1911-04-20
An Oyster Supper.

The regular Post meeting and spe-
cial oyster supper were held in Grand
Army Hall, Sterling ILL.,. Saturday even
ing, Jan. %, with a good attendance or
veterans and members of the w. r. c.
The secret session lasted but 30 min
utes. then came the oyster supper. The
oysters We're provided by Comrade
John E. Mosier, and the supper was
prepared by the w. r. c.
The National tribune., 1911-04-20
Joint CalnDhre.

A. II. Coleman Post and Corps held
a joint Campfire at the Edwards School
Auditorium, Troy, o., Thursday even
ing, Jan. 9, 1911. Addresses were given
by c.. w. Cookson. Superintendent of
Schools; Comrade II. A. Axline. Depart
ment Commander, G. A. r.; Mrs. Luln
F. Huffman, Department President, w.
r. c.; Comrade w. 6. Matthews. As
sistant Adjutant- General, G. A. r.. and
Comrade Chas. A. Miller, and several
solos were given.
The National tribune., 1911-04-20
The New London.

Editor National Tribune: Please give
me something about the New London
during the civil war.-Manuel Farie,
43S East 88th street, New York, y. Y.
The New London was a gunboat
which was principally employed in
maintaining the blockade off Mobile
and in patrolling the water route by
Mississippi Sound from New Orleans to
Mobile
The National tribune., 1911-04-20
Not Saf,lDlcs

A. II. Thomson, Coshocton. O., says
that the Worlds Work carefully picked
out the rotten ears of corn from many
carloads. They got their data at the
Pension Bureau, picking out Just what
would correspond to their mammoth
meanness. No just man would condemn
the whole clergy because one ahappens
TO fall from grace. =
The National tribune., 1911-04-20
\ Successful HYMN Writer.

Rev. Elisha A. Hoffman, 1909 Morse
avenue, Chicago, ILL.,, is a member of
George Fl. Thomas Post, Benton Har-
Dor, Mich, and an unusually successful
writer of popular hymns. Among these
are What Wonderful Saviour" II
Must Tell Jesus and rs Thy Heart
Right With God?" He has spent all
his years since leaving the army in the
ministry