Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-01-10
FACTS ARE WHAT? FACTS ARE TRUTHS
TRUTHS PREVAIL, NO MATTER WHAT BARRIERS
ARE PLACED IN THE WAY.
The Secret of SuccesCharies Lincoln Smith Results
JOY and Happiness Brought to Hundreds Homes tho
Past Many Years in Richmond Vicinity. why Suffer
With Your Eyesight9
HIS COMMAND BORE
BRUNT OF PICKETI,S CHARGE

, HIS COMMAND BORE
BRUNT OF PICKETI.S CHARGE
Forty years OF unbroksn and faith
ful service to his government is tho
record Of Captain Frank Barrows that
gallant veteran of the Civil War, now
tho efficient superintendent of the Ma
tional Cemetery. just outside the east
ern corporate limits OF Richmond.
where he resides with his charming
wife.
At the first tap of tho drum in 81.
Captain Barrows Joined the colors, and
for three years and ten months servet
with distinction in Sicklcs famous
Excelsior Brigade" as a member OF
tho Seventy-second New YORK Infan-
try. 1t was this brigade that saved tho
day for tho Union army at Gettysburg.
and It is matter OF record that OF
Captain Barrows company only seven
cnIne out OF that sangulnary battle
alive. Tho rcat lay dead upon tho
field Captain Barrows will never for
get that cventful day. Hardly had
Generals Sickles leg been shot away
before Captain Barrows fell a victim
to the whitening fire from the Confed-
crate ranks. His wound. however. was
not mortal. and In duo time he recover
ed sufficiently to go back in the SER
vice OF his country. Barrows com
mand bore the brunt OF the Confcder-
ate attack in the famous Peach Or
chard ut Gettysburg. and It was part
or the force that received Pickctta
memorable charge up the slope OF Gem
etery Ridge. vividly does Captain
Barrows remember tho awc-inypirinv
spectacle presented when that line OF
gray swept over the plain AMI up the
hill in futile. though superb, effort
to turn the tide of battle in favor OF
the Confederatcs
Our guns belchcd forth their murd-
erous fire and the minnie balls moved
down rank after rank of men. but still
the Virginians under Pickett came on
until they were over our brcastworks"
said Captain Barrows, and then tho
wave OF gray began to rcccdc. The day
had been lost to the confedcrates'
The war over. Captain Barrows once
more needed the call OF his govern
mcnt. and since then has served Il in
various capacities. For two years he
was In the quarternastcr's department,
and in later years has been superin-
tcndent at the various national Gene
tcries In tho country. His first post
in this capacity was at Seven Pines
Later he WAS transferred in succession
to Alexandria. Louisiana. Fort Scott.
Kansas. Ruford. s. c.. and Antietam.
Md. finally coming to Richmond In
1884
Tho conversation with Captain Bar
rows driftcd into what effect. II any.
tho din OF battle had on the eycsisht.
About all we could zee at Gcttys-
burg were clouds Of smoke and tho
fash of fire." said Captain Barrows
My vision was perfectly clear when I
came out OF the war. but in late ycarl
my vision has become blurred. and
have frequently found 1t necessary to
consult specialists"
Here Mrs. Barrow broke in to say
that she had recently persuaded her
husband to call on Charles L.ncolni
Smith. For years I suffered from de-
fcctive vision. my head achcd and my
eyeballs panied and burned when I at
tempted to read. With my husband RI
have travelled all over this country
and have had the opportunity OF con
sulting some OF the best known au-
thorites in tho United States. None
of them. however. gave me the relief
sought Then I heard Of Charles Ian
coin Smith. and I can tell you he Is
great Before ] consulted him my right
eye was almost useless to me. could
'Ney had sunkem to the back of my
bead; Now all that Is gone My right
G." Is rs good as 1t ever was and my
Vi lon Is perfectly clear, while my eye
balls feels as II they were just right
where they ought to be-"
CAPTAIN Rarrows then interrupted to
remark that II was because OF the won
ders Charles I.incol n Smith had work
cd with his wife that he had come to
consult him. Charles Lincoln Smith
has not been working on me very
long" said Captain Barrows. but al
ready he has accomplished results; II
n ny
Charles Lincoln Smith. just put me
down as saying The Is all right"