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THE NATIONAL TBIBUNE: WASHETGTQir, D. 0., THURSDAY, MAY 16, 1889.

AN OPEN liETTER-YI- .

To (hcjfress of the United Stales.

Gentlemen: The men who sacrificed

IhemHelves to put down the rebellion which

intended the destruction of the Nation

respeotfully ask thntyou give them " a day

in court." They bog that you will give

some time to the serious consideration of the

pension question, in order that you may

understand a matter which is very imper-

fectly understood by a great proportion of

those who attempt to write about it.

The present is a propitious time for such

study. There is no other great question

now before you for consideration. It will

be some months before any political cam-

paigns open, so that you now have the op-

portunity to make the study without dis-

traction by any pressing questions outside

of it.

Itisof the utmost importance to them that

you make the study, and be in position to

speak intelligently upon it, when Congress

shall take the question up, as it will cer-

tainly do shortly aftcr.its organization next

December. They are all growing old. Every

year the grim old reaper Death cuts a con-

stantly widening swath through their thin-

ning ranks. Every year's delay in the set-

tlement of the question means a ruthless

denial of justice to the tens of thousands of

them, for they will have gone beyond the

reach of earthly justice and gratitude, as

well as of injustice and ingratitude. They

want your powerful assistance in securing

the passage by Congress at its next session of

legislation which will render them approxi

mate justice.

They ask of you that you give the pen

sion system the same patient investigation

and analysis that you give the tariff system,

or the SSTational finances. In those you are

not frightened by an aggregate of millions,

because, with a Nation so great as ours,

all figures have a tendency to run into

millions, which, however, represent but

small sums for each individual.

"We will take up first the great argument

of the soldier-hater- s: "This country is now

spending $80,000,000 a year forjiensions, or

a larger sum than any of the soldier-ridde- n

countries of Europe pay for their enormous

military establishments."

We will admit that 30,000,000 is an

enormous sum. But there are facts which

should be considered in connection with

this, which, will change its significance.

It represents payments to the survivors

of an army fully twice as large as any

put in the field by any nation, which did

more hard figlding, contested more lattlcs,

and lost more hilled and wounded than lias

beat the case in the wliole of Eurojpe in three-quarte- rs

of a century I This is startling, but

it is indisputable. Since the close of the

Napoleonic wars in 1S15, all the great coun

tries of Europe Great Britain, France, Ger

many, Austro-Hungar- y, Russia, Italy, Spain,

Portugal, nolland and the Scandinavian

countries, with their millions of armed men

and their frequent wars, have not altogether

fonght as many and as bloody battles, killed

and wounded as many men, and subjected

their armies to such strains as we did the

Union soldiers from 1SG1 to 18G5.

You can confirm this statement by a very

cursory examination; 2,320,272 men served

an average of throe years during our war. In

this century no other war has lasted so long

or been filled with such continuous and san-

guinary fighting while it did last. From

April 13, 1861, to May 2G, 1865, the enormous

number of 2,261 battles and skirmishes were

fought many of them more destructive of

human life than any battles in modern his-

tory.

In the prosecution of the war more than

400,000 men lost their lives. This is double

the number of the entire armyof Great

Britain, 143,000 more than there are in that

of Austro-Hungar- y, and four-fifth-s as many

as France or Germany have on their roils.

It is more men than Napoleon arrayed

against the famous Sixth Coalition of Eng-

land, Eussia, Prussia, Sweden and Spain,

and twice as many as he had under him

when he began his last campaign, which

ended at Waterloo. Our war lasted nearly

seven time3 as long as the Franco-Prussia- n

struggle, and we lost over six times as many

killed on the field of battle as the Germans

lost in overrunning the whole of France.

These are some ".comparisons with Euro-

pean countries," which should be made

when considering the aggregate cost of thepension-roll- . Germany spends 105,614,000,

France 121,000,000, Russia 125,000,000,

Great Britain '91,000,000, Austro-Hungar- y

50,000,000, Italy 41,000,000 a year

fcsf tif in

433,000,000 in all in supporting armies

which in 75 years have not done altogether

as much hard fighting as the armies to

which these pensioners who receive 80,000,-00-0

belouged did in four years.

We cannot forbear one more comparison

with European standards to show how much

bloodier was the fighting of our own sol-

diers. The charge of the Light Brigade at

Balaklava, stands out in the history of all

European wars as the most murderous loss

ever sustained by a single organization in

battle. It has been sung about, painted in

pictures, and made the subject of countless

pieces of masterly word-paintin- g. What

are the exact figures? It started upon the

charge with 673 men, and lost 113 killed

and 134 wounded; total 247, or 36.7 per

cent, of its number. This was its first and

only battle. After that it rested on its lau-

rels. There were scores of regiments in our

army which lost more heavily than this in

single engagements, after having suffered

severely before, and which went on to other

battles, where they suffered still more.

vTake, for example, the 1st Minn., which,

afteX having fought valiantly at the first

BullEuiKonthePeninsula,atthesecondBull

Run, Antiethm, Fredericksburg and Chan- -

cellorsville, found itself at Gettysburg, with

the 1,080 men it started out with reduced

to 262. At a critical point in the battle

Hancock found it necessary to sacrifice it to

gain a few minutes' time. He ordered it to

charge into an overwhelming mass of the

enemy, and capture their colors, wliich itdid, though almost annihilated. It lost 75

killed or mortally wounded, and 149 wound-

ed 224 in all, or 82 per cent. ! This did not

stop its fighting either, for it lost in nearly

every battle the Army of the Potomac

fought afterward. The Light Brigade's loss

in killed was 16.8 per cent. The following

table shows an equal or greater percentage

of loss of some of our regiments in single

engagements:

Regiment. Battle. Per cent, killed.27th Conn Gettysburg- - 17.

9th 111 --Shiloh 17.

Ilth 111 Fort Donelson .?..... 20.22d Ind Chaplin Hills 18.87th Ind Chickamauga.i 1C.

7lli Iowa Belmont 18.

32d Iowa Pleasant Hill - 20.

1st Kan .....Wilson Creek 1C.

1st Me. H. A .Petersburg. 22.6th Me. - Rappahannock Station 17.9th Me Petersburg..- - 19.

ICtli Mo Fredericksburg. 17.12th Mass Antietam 22.

15th Mhss " 17.

20th Mass ...Fredericksburg 20.

25th Mass ColdHarbor .--. 23.

57th Miss .Wilderness 17.

2d Mich Jitioxville- - 18.

7th Mick Gettysburg 16.8

2tlhMich " 18.2IstMinn. " 28.

5lh N. ir. Fredericksburg 10.

5th N. II. Gettysburg 19.7th N. H. .Fort Wayne 16.

12th N. II Cold narbon. 21.15th N. J.. Spotlsylvania 2G.

5th N.Y. Manassas 23.

SOthN.Y " 19.

12d N. Y. Antietam 16.

16th N.Y Fort Wayne f.J" 161

49th N.Y Spotsylvania 18.

59lh N. Y Antietam J". 18.

G3dN.Y. " '. 17.

C9thN.Y " 22.

60lh N. Y Gettysburg 1C.

93d N. Y. Wilderness 16.

llllh N. Y. Gettysburg 22.

121st N. Y. alem Hights 17.Hist N. Y --Peach Tree Creek . 21.

117th N. Y Gettysburg 20.

7th Ohio Cedar Creek 17.

litli Ohio Chiekamauga 18.

35th Ohio Jonesboro 20.

C3d Ohio Pickett's Mills 17.

Ilth Ohio Bat'y...Iuka 18.

8th Pa. Bes Fredericksburg ..1 16.

26th Pa Gettysburg 17.

19th " Spottsylvania 22.

61st " Fair Oaks 16.

69th " Gettysburg 21.

75th " " 16.

83d " Peninsula 20.

Mist " Gettysburg - 21.

145th " .Fredericksburg 18.

3d Vt Lee's Mill3 18.

5th " Savage Statiou 18.

8th " Cedar Creek 16.

lit Wis Chaplin Hills 18.

2d " . .Manassas 17.

4th " .Port Hudson 20.15th ' Dallas 16.86th " Belhesda Church - 20.

S7th " Petersburg Mine 21.

7th 17. S-- Gettysburg 16.

Xtli JO.

18th " Stone River- - 16.6th TJ. S. Col'd...Chaflln's Farm 16.79th " " ...Poison Springs 23.

It thus appears that losses equal to theworld-famo- us Light Brigade's were of ordin

ary occurrence in our war. There were hun-

dreds of other regiments which lost in single

battles nearly as large a percentage as those

we have enumerated. And, as we Baid with

reference to the 1st Minn., this did not begin

and end their fighting, as the Light Brigade's

charge did its. They went right on for

years, fighting in the same determined way.

Looking at this exhibit one would say

that a man who went through this terrible

fighting should have no difficulty in being

placed on the pension roll at once, and at a

comfortable allowance. How sadly other-

wise are the facts. The Commissioner of

Pensions' report for 1888 shows that the 35,-0- 89

invalid pensioners who were put on the

Toll that year had been struggling to get

there for from one to 26 years more than

half having been under examination for five

years or longer. We will astonish you by

giving his detailed statement of the length

of lime their applications had been dragging

through the endless toils of circumlocution

in the Pension Bureau: r

Xo. When Filed. Time Under Em9 18G2 . 26 year;

200 1863 25 "'191 1854 - 21 M

110 1805 ; 23 "177 1865 . 22 "131 1837 ,, j, 21 "

61 1863 , - 20 "115 18G9 - 19 "164 1870 r r 18 '

"125 1871 (k 17 "114 1372 --a 1G "1G9 1S73 i. i 15 "239 1871 tr i .14 "

.113 1873 13 "414 1S7G ' f. 12 "559 1877 '; ' ' , 11 "

1,065 1878 ' 10 "5,013 1879 i 9 "1,109 ' 1SS0 w 8 "2,033 1881 7 "2,720 1SS2 G "2,363 1SS3 5 "2,363 1834 4 "2,096 1883 3 "5,423 1886 2 "6.3S3 18S7 12,234 18S3

s

Then as to the munificence" of the pro-

vision which the veterans secure after their

years of struggle to get on the rolls. One

would naturally say that nothing less than-- a

comfortable supportwas deserved by every

man shown to have been disabled by parti-

cipation in those years of fighting, where itwas a common happening for one man in

every four or fivo to be killed, and most of

the remainder more or less severely wonnd-e- d.

Who doubts, for example, that it was

the duty of the British Government to secure

from want for the rest of his life every man

in the Light Brigade who went through the

fight, where one in six of the number were

killed? But when we study tho report of

the Commissioner of Pensions we find thatof the 326,835 disabled men on his roll

2S3 get SI a month, or 3 cents a day.2 get S1.S7 a month, or 6 cents a day.

31,722 get S2 a month, or 6 cents a day..3 get S2.12J4 a month, or 7 cents a day.4 gctS2.23 a month, or 7 cents a day.3 get S2.50 a month, or 8J cents a day.7 get S2.6G a month, or S cents a day.

3S gct2.66amonth.1,935 gel 83 a month, or 10 cents a day.

1 gets $3.12 a month, or 10j-- j cents a day.318 get $3.75 a month, or 12J cents a day.

69,210 get S4 a month, or 13J cents a day.426 get 4.25 a month, or 14 cents a day.

1,462 get S5 a month, or 16 cents a day.2 get S5.25 a month, or 17J cents a day.

13 get $5.33 a mouth, or 17 cents a day.33 get S5.33J4 a month.66 get 5.66 a month, or 1SJ6 cents a day.1G get $5.75 a month, or 19 cents a day.

47,661 get $6 a mouth, Or 20 cents a day.76 get $6.25 a month, or 21 cents a day.2 get $6.37 a month, or 21 ceuts a day.2 get $6,373 a mouth.2 get $6.66 a month, or 22 1-- 5 cents a day.3 get $6.75 a montlj, or . cents a day.

215 get $7 a month, or 23 cents a day.14 get S7-2-

5 a month, or 24 cents a day.925 get $7.50 a month, or 2o cents a day.

1 gets $7.66 a month, or25 cents a day,21 get $7.75 a month.

03,142 get $8 a month, or 2Gcents a day.

That is, the vast number of 32,000 pen-

sioners, or one-ten- th of the entire number,

get but 2 a month orless ; 103,556, or nearly

one-thir- d the entire' number, get 4 a month

131 cents a day orless ' 152,237, or nearlyjO"J

i'Sne-hal- f the entire number, get but 6 a4V

'month 20 cents a day or less ; and 216,643j J

or over two-thir- ds of the entire number, get

but 8 a month 263 cents a day, or less.

Such facts as these need no comment, gen-

tlemen. We feel that merely bringing them

to your attention will be sufficient to enlist

you among thewarm advocates of the speedy

adoption of a. much more liberal and just

policy toward the Nation's saviors.

Yours, hopofully,

The National Tribune.

A SERIOUS MISTAKE.The Milwaukee hotels have made a seri-

ous mistake in declining to allow accommo-

dations to be engaged in advance for theNational Encampment. A letter from theSecretary of the G.A.E. Local ExecutiveCommittee to Department Commander Pier-poin- t,

of Connecticut, says :

Tho leading hotels decline to engage roomsahead, and I think your best way will be to do, assome of the other Departments have already done,to have this committee assign you and your stairquarters in some of our private residences. Whilethey are not as large as the hotels they have all thoconveniences and comforts of the Plnnkinton, andit is tho intention of the householder to make hisguests feel just as much at homo and case, andservants just as attentive, as though stopping at apublic house.

Many of our finest residences bavo been thusplaced at the command oftho committee, and someof the leading Generals and public men bavoalready been assigned.

Tho Department Commander of Wisconsin holdsvery close relations to tho manager of the leadinghotel here, aii.l he was unable to secure for thoCommander-in-Chie- f quarters ahead, and it will beonly as a matter of special favor that he bo per-

mitted, by occupying the rooms a week or ten d ayain advance and paying for them, to have them athis disposal Encampment week. It is possibleGeneral Warner himself may go to a privnto resi-

dence with his stair.You will, of course, understand that a public hall

is provided for headquarters of each Departmentfor business and social purposes without cost, andwill be at your command during the week. All oftheso will be comfortable and1 provided with mod-

ern toilet and other facilities, such as is usual tosociety halls and tho like. "

This is blunderingly '.wrong, and willgrievously interfere with! the success andenjoyment of the Encampment Greatnumbers of comrades will not go, and theycertainly will not tajke tlpir wives if on ar-

rival they have to scramble for accommo-

dations in the throng which will descendupon the little cityof flilwankeo on theeve of the Eecampment. dThe hotel keepersare maldng a serioris'bluiider as far as theirown interests are concerned. They havenever had to deal withas big a crowd as

will visit them nexijAugust, and their workwould be much easier and more satisfactoryif they would assign rooms in advance, so

that all their guests would be placed on ar-

rival, without friction.Then the talk of quartering the Comma-

nder-in-Chief and the Department Com-

manders with staiFs in private houses ispreposterous. These officials must be lo-

cated centrally, and where they are easilyaccessible, which will not be the caso ifestablished in private residences. Again,much of the enjoyment of a National Ea- -

campment is made up of meeting old com- -

rades In order to do this it is necessary

for those who contemplate attending to

know in advance where they can find one

another, or their regiments, brigades, etc.

To not be able to do this will produce end-

less confusion and disappointment. Time

that should be devoted to pleasant reuuionwill be squandered in vexatious huntingaround for quarters for one's self, and for thestopping places of those whom it is desiredto meet. Confusion and disappointmentwill reign.

At the Encampments at Columbus andSt. Louis, headquarters for the Commander-in-Chie- f,

the various Departments, the ArmySocieties, corps, brigades and regiments wereselected and announced long in advance, andeverybody who intended going had the op-

portunity of knowing just where he wouldfiud those whom he most wished tosee. This privilege is to be denied thoseattending at Milwaukee, and the knowledgeof it will keep thousands away who do notfeel like scrambling for quarters after reach-

ing the city, and then not be where theirfriends can find them, or they their friends.

THE LOGAN MONUMENT FUND.The following additions to the Logan

Monument Fund have been received sincethe last report:

From tho following members of Rodney E.Harris Post, No. 210, Cohocton, N. Y.Leonard Hailcr. James Duley.August Bordeu Shep. RowcllWm. Borden Wm. BakeII. K. Wood.... D. Van Horn.I. L. Goff. C. II. Stone-.- ..J. D. Jcnks T. R. Harris..,A. C. Cobin Lemuel Roc,C. W. Johnson Theo. WhiltigLewisMchlcnbacker John Snyder..,Horace Stoddard A. EruhartJacob Wagner tV. II. IP. A. Seeley V. J. WoodC. W. Stanton Odcar JohnsonPeter Hoffman N. J. Wagner--Geo. Glover. 12. II. Whctmorc- -Theo. Whitney-- C. II. DonleyR. J. Bush K.R.GroyerWm. IC. HammondJ. J. Crouch M. ClaytonE. Martin Robert Johnson

jWarren Briggs 4 00

From tho following members of JohnPollock Post, No. 219, Brady, Pa.Thog H. Craig..... 10 A. S. McGiuity 10F. S. Chambers... 10 A. W. Ling-- 10W.S. Shields 10 Moses Ricliey 10

C.A.Ellis 10 B. F. Laughlin 10- - 80

Louis Siebert, Tell City, Ind 50Stall King Post, No. 52, Santa Barbara,

Cal 50

7 80Previously acknowledged 9,011 07

Total S9.0I8 87

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subscriber for THE NATIONAL TEIBTJNE?You should do this, for it is the best xcay to hclj)

your comrades.o

Northern men are leavening the dullOld South with progress. The men of theArmy of the Cumberland can remember nosleepier, slower village than Florence, Ala.TJhpainted houses, woodpiles in front of thedoors, unpaved, unguttered streets covered

with rank dog-fenn- el to the rutty track inthe center, no sidewalks anywhere, and theprincipal industry of the men chewing to-

bacco, talking politics and sampling mint-julep- s.

This was a picture of tho town" afo' do wah." Now it is having a boom ofIhe most pronounced variety. Northerners,

jseeing the advantages of the place, haveswarmed in there, and within a short timehave established 20 factories, with an aggre-

gate capital of 1,500,000. The habit3 ofthe natives are not much disturbed by thisinflux, however. Nothing but being bornagain, of different parents, will accomplishthat.

If the new method of executing by elec-

tricity can he made as certain as the acci-

dental destruction of life by touching acharged wire is, there will be nothing leftto be desired. A workman or a passer-b- y

comes in contact with a seemingly harmlessbit of iron, and passes into eternity instantlyand without a groan. But there is dangerthat the same ill-lu- ck will attend the official

use of the apparatus that accompanies theSheriff's management of the noose. A partyof children at play, or of lynchers discourag-inghorse-stealin- g,

never has the least troublein making a noose that is deadly sure, whilewe have all manners of unnecessary horrorswhen an officer of the law tries to carry outthe sentence of the court.

We have occasion to say so much in con-

demnation of the imitation Englishmen whomake up the snobocracy of New York andNew England, that it is a pleasure occasion-

ally to recognize some good coming out ofNazareth. Mr. E. H. Schermerhorn is one

of this class. Die is very rich and so devot-

ed to English thiugs that ho never reads anAmerican newspaper. He is a leader inthat paradise of snobbery Newport. Re-

cently he startled his acquaintances by buy-

ing a largo and valuable lot in a cemetery

at Newport, and presenting it to the city as

a burial place for tho soldiers and sailors.We will except Mr. Schermerhorn, hence-

forth, in our mild animadversions againsthis set.

By encouraging her beet root sugar pro-

duction by a proper protection, Germany hasin a few years stopt the outflow of money to

other countries for sugar and directed thecurrent into pockets of her own people. Shehas become one of the great sugar-produci- ng

countries of the world. We can do the same.

The $100,000,00.0 which we send abroadevery year should be kept at home and putin the pockets of our own farmers.

The wealth of country is in its labor.Protection secures the greatest return ofwealth liom a given amount of labor, and istherefore the proper policy to be pursued.

Indications. There will bo an area oflow veracity, ending in a cyclone of wailsover tho Lost Cause, at Fayetteville, N. ft,Nov. 21. Jeff Davis is going to speak therethen on "Tho Federal Constitution."

Jf each subscriber to THE NATIONALTRIBUNE will charge himself with gettingone new subscriber the circulation of ihejpaper

will be doubled at once, and with Utile trouble.

Let each subscriber try it. '

KEEP IT IN MIND.

Comrades, keep it in mind that we wantSection 1754, Revised Statutes, so amendedas to give preference in all forms of publicemployment to all veterans. This sectionnow reads:

Person3 honorably discharged from the militaryor naval service by reason of disability resultingfrom wounds or sickness incurred in line of duty,shall be preferred for appointments to civil offices,provided they arc found to possess the business ca-

pacity necessary for tho proper discharge of theduties of such offices.

The amendments we desire are :

1. That the preference shall be extendedto those who were discharged on accountof the expiration of their term of serviceor tho end of the war.

2. That it shall not be confined to " offi-

ces," but extend to all manner of publicemployment.

3. That there shall be a penal clause com-

pelling those who have the appointingpower to obey the law.

Talk this matter over in your Post meet-

ings and other gatherings, comrades. "Letyour Representatives understand yourwishes, and we shall have the law properlyamended at the next session of Congress.

TRIBUNETS.Phbenologv gets a black eyer in the case of

Oscar Moore, blind little negro, three and a halfyears old, who is astonishing New York withhis feats of memory. He simply rememberseverything that is told him, and can answerwithout a moment's hesitation tho most diffi-cult questions in arithmetic, history, and thelanguages. But whore pbrouologists placo thebump of memory there is an actual depression.

Oob virgin forests are vergin on to extinc-tion.

The wings of these new papier-mach- e housesought to be made of fly-pape- r.

Tun main motive in "Ward politics" i3 tore-wa- rd politicians.

ONLY WAITING.Minister My son, don't attempt to return

the cruel blow that wicked hoy just gave you.Boy All right. I'll do the forgivin' act till

he drops that rock out of his hand, and thenI'll bounce this brickbat oflen bis head. Hecan try the forgivin' act hissclf for awhilo then.

Chicago papers are blowing about what thecoming census will show for their city. Itused to be said that the way Chicago enumer-ated her population was to station a man atthe corner of State and Madison streets in thebusiest part of the day and have him count thepeople who passed for an hour. The resultwa3 multiplied by the number of hours in aday, and that result by tho number of cornersin the city, which last was taken as the truepopulation.

It can bo said in favor of " Marching ThroughGeorgia " that it is the only distinctivelyAmerican air among our National music."The Star-Spangle- d Banner," "America,""Yankee Doodle" and "The Bed, White andBlue" are all English tunes.

Some forms of gymnastics always seem toboin public disfavor. "Jumping the bounty"was held to be very bad form during the war,and jumping claims is equally so in Oklahomanow.

The authorities of Manistee, Mich., havodevelopt a plan for dealing with mobs which Ihave often wondered has not been tried before.They called out tho fire department anddrenched the lighting spirit out of the rioters.This plan presents many advantages over club-

bing by policemen, or shooting by militia. Aman wbo is soaked with water usually has thefight pretty effectually taken out of him, whichis not always the case when ho is clubbed orshot; and bo suffers no damage beyond a badcold, which is also not the caso when he getshis head cracked with a "billy" or a bullet-hol- e

worked into him.

Kentucky papers are excited over the dis-covo- ry

of a corkscrew in tho stomach of a cat-

fish caught in ono of the rivers there. It isstrange that tboy should recognize the imple-ment. Kentucky "bottles do not need a cork-

screw. Their corncob stoppers come out easilyby hand.

Maud MciiLEn and the "Judge" met againtho other day; this time in Kansas City. Theinterview was through the connivance of apolice officer, who arrested Maud for beingdrunk on the street, and the Judge was so un-

mindful of tho little episode at the roadside asto lino her $15. Maud doubtless thinks thatof all the sad words of tongue or pon the sad-

dest are that sho did not havo any $15 in herclothes, and had to work her fine out.

Even Sarah Bcrnhart shows a desire to leada better life. Sho has quit smoking cigaretsaud taken to mild cigars.

The man wbo opened tho fishing season withcatching a 100-pou- sunfisb has taken a hog-

gish advantage of his brother liars.

PERSONAL.Capt. James II. Harrold. ono of tho heroes of

the "Swamp Angel," Fort Wagner and MorrisIsland, S. C, has been appointed Postmaster ofDuuellen, Middlesex Co., N. J. He was one of thefirst to volunteer in Brooklyn, N. Y. He respond-ed immediately to President Lincoln's first call for73,000 men. enrolling himself in Co. C, 13th N". Y.After the first Bull Run he took in the situation ata glance, and while yet in the three-mont- hs serv-ice prepared himself for a company officer, andpassing an examination as such beforo the NewYork Board of Examiners, ho again volunteeredfor the war, and joined Co. 1, 1st N. Y. Engineersas a private. He passed through the variousgradesof promotion, and wa3 the first enlisted man of theregiment promoted to a Lieutenantcy, and was incommand of his company at the time tho originalmembers wore mustered out. Capt. Harrold servedcontinually from April 23, 1SG1, uutil March G, 1S85,

when his term of service expired.Hon. Hannibal Hamlin, of Maine, who was elect-

ed Vice-Preside- nt on the ticket with AbrahamLincoln in I860, is nenriug his 80th year, but is haleand hearty yet. At tho banquet of tho Sons of Vet-

erans on Wednesday evening last, at Bangor, Me.,he responded to the toast Our Fathers " as thoughho was still a youth. It is hard to realize that 50

years ago ho was Speaker of the Maiuo House ofRepresentatives, aud that when John Tyler wasPresident ho was a Member of Congress fromMaine. Ho is a member of the G.A.R., havingserved for a short time during tho war. He cont-

radicts tho old saying that tho good always dioyoung.

Col. Frank O. Loveland, who was appointed bytho President on Thursday last ns Pension Agentin New York city to succeed Gen. Franz Sigel, wasborn in Ohio, but has lived in Now York sinco thewar. He enlisted as a private in tho Gth Ohio Cav.in 1861, and passed through the grades to the Col-onol- cy

of that regiment, which grade he held attho timo of its muster-ou- t in 1SG5. Col. Lovelandwas appointed a Special Agent of tho Pension Bu-

reau in 1831, and was stationed in Now York city,and remained in tho position until removed bySecretary Lamar because he refused to vote for Mr.Cleveland. Ho is n great friend of Gen. Sigel, un-

der whom he served forsomo time. Col. Lovelandwas championed for tho position by both tho NewYork Senators, CommisalonerT.anncr,

Dudley, and a great mnny other prominentmen of New York city and State.

C1. Asa O. Matthews, of Illinois, who waa ap--

pointed last week'aa First Comptroller of the Treas-ury, is tho present Speaker of the Illinois Hou.te otRepresentatives, and has held that position for ev-er- al

terms. He enlisted m KOt in the 99ih III . vlleft the service on toe muster-ou- t of bis reg.uunfcas Lieutenant-Colone- l, being in eosamand of theregiment for the last year of its service. He htsin Pitteflekl, 111., and was CoUeeier of InternalRevenue for the Peoria Dfatriet f ,1 severui e u 1.

He is an excellent lawyer, and it 14 predicted thathe will make an excellent Con) pu ,. jc.

The San Franeiseo people b.vl v ?randceieurvtion of the Centennial Iaaagurui, and one ofthe fcatnres was a recitation of "u.'d Giory. ' byMrs. Nellie Holbrook Blino. The inn nu.Ci-- o

Cbflsaysof it: " It i hardly necessary to ref.--r tothe lady's acknowledged eleci.tior. iry ability far-ther than to state that theinmen-- e aadiencc wj3silent as the grave while site was apeakmg andwhen she had finished the applause asdeaftnir.g.She was laden with floral trophies and was com-pelled to eome forward and how her acknowledg-ments twice before the applause sobaided. Mrs.Blinn's costume was very effective. It consisted ofa skirt of sky-blu- e eor-Jc- d silk, with aa overdressof antique bine and white brocade, en decollete,with a corsage bouquet of JacquemiMOt rosea. Hechands were eovered with sfcy-blt- u Bernhardtgloves and she carried a fim of white ostrich,fanthers.

Mayor Thcna8 Carson, of Brewnevilte, Tex., hasbeen in Washington for the past week. He gamedconsiderable notoriety white the Mavorof Browna- -

V villc during the yellow-fev- er epfcfemie at thatpiaee several years ago by refeemg ta leave 1 10city when it waa considered almeet certain death,to remain. He was a bloekade ramter daring ihewar, and did some daring: acta ia paewng outfrom the North Carolina ports throng the block-ading squadron. He ie thoroughly reconstructed,however.

Gen. Clinton B. Ftek has accented the Presi-dency of the New York Accident Insurance Com-pany.

MUSTERED OUT.Gbrmais. Comrade Adolphns Germain, of P a

River, Colo., was shot and killed on Nov. 2, I.vJ.He served In the th Ind.; waa in sever h.,6engagements in whteli his regiment participated,was captured July 22, 1S6J, and waa nine oitlis aprisoner, when he escaped from his guards as be,with others, was being transferred from Coaxlea-to- n

toSaulsbury, and lived for two weeks on raw-cor-

and sweet potatoes, when he reached ourlines. He was for several yea engaged in mmifgnear Pine Kiver, but about three years ago turncUhis attention to ranching, and waa malting i..rhimself a comfortable home, when i a. quarr ..with a neighbor he was shot ami killed. He waaunmarried.

McGihsis. Daniel MeGfnnis, Co. C, 1st Conn.II. A., died at the residence of his aon-hvla- w mNaugatuek, Conn., Mareh 14. JM9. aged t years.He was a charter member of Iabell Peg, No. U.which nlteuded his funeral.

Boyee. Silas M. JBoyer, a member of the SthInd'p't Co.. Ohio Sharpshooters, died atTfcuriuan.O., April I1,1S80. Comrade Boyer enlisted Sept. 17,1862, and served through the war. He waa a mem-ber of W. S. Haneoek Post, No. 571, CAA, De-partment of Ohio.

Yousc Jeremiah Young, Co. B, HStfe US., diedat his home in Moselle. Mo., April 15, of eooouuip-tio- n; aged 19 years. He was an aetive mem&er of

Geo. Gamble Post, No.203, Department of Missouri.He was beloved by many, and his losd will bemourned. His remains were taken in charge bythe Post and buried with all the honors of theG. A.R. He leaves a wife and Uiree children.

Hull. Died April 11 at Hadi&on.W, JasdaM.Hull, M. D. He enlisted Feb. 13, 162, in Ce. L, 3dWis. Cav., and was discharged oh account of in-juries received in the battle of Prairie Grove, Ark.jjuruig most 01 itic time since the close of the warhe resided in Iowa, where he stood high ia bis pro-fession, having been for some years a member ofthe State Board of Health. Hid remains worebrought to Milton. Wis., for burial.

Wilktssos. Marshall Wilkinson, Co. K. 43d HI,died at Atkinson, III., Mareh 13, 1388. ComradeWilkinson resided at Tiakilwa, 111., and was anhonored member of Swain Post, No. MB, at that,place, and was buried by the comrade of the Past.He was CO years old, and leaves a wife and ibnrchildren.

HALL.-Jo-hn Hall, Co. C, Tfith Pa., died at hbhome near Agra, Kan., April 25. 1S6. of Brighfsdisease. Comrade Hail had been & great strfrerecfor over two years before his death. He was abaohelor, but leaves loving friends to mourn hfaloss.

Blaklky. Philip Bmkley, a veteran of Co. G.50th Wis., was killed on the 30th of Mareh, 13a. atWaverly, Wis., by the explosion of the boiler in hissteam sawmill. Comrade Bhtkley was 31 years ofage. n member of Custer Post, No. 7. Department;of Wisconsin. G.A.R, and waa buried by saw! PnouTJ. S. Senator Spooner, of WiscontMn, waa Captain,of Comrade Blakley's company whet it entered.the service.

McNeil. Moses L. McNeil died at his heme atSouth ArgyIe.N. Y., April & He waa the eldestmember of Post No. No. 378. Argyk. N. Y. Heenlisted in Auguot, 1S62, ia the 123d N. Y andserved to the close of the war. He acted! meet ofthe time as nurse, and was well known by the boysas " Uncle Mose." The Post attended his raneral.He was in his SOth year.

Hill. Steven R. Hill. First Sergeant, Co. D. 9hOhio Cav.. Edenbnrg, Mo., died April 4. lSaO, ofpneumonia.agcd 63 years. He was buried with thehonors of war. Comrade Hill was Commander ofEdenbnrg Post, No. 279. He-wa- s a good aeMu-r- . aChristian man, and his loss will be deeply moaruedby his comrades and friends.

Lestbs. Joseph E. Lestar died at his home inYorktown. Iowa, March 31, aged 77 years. IiAugust, 1S62, Comrade Lester enlisted in Co. I,I02d III., which regiment formed part of Gn.Buell's army in Keutucky ; were a part of theTwentieth Corps, Geu. Hooker, oa the Atatntacampaign, the march to the sea, and the earnpoignof the Caroliiios, winding up with the Grand Mo-vi- ew

at Washington, D. C, and was mustered outwith the regiment. He was the oldest member efWarren Post.No. 11, Department of Iowa.Ctarimin,Iowa, the members af which attended hie mnesaL.

HCSSKV. Bachelor Husey. Co. G. 1st N. H.diodApril 7, 13S9. at Oakfield, Me., aged 56 years aodeight months. Comrade Hussey was ooe of Vna.first men to enlist from Cheshire Co N. IL, mkIhas been an invalid for many years, and for toelast three years has been eonfiiied to Jus bed, andwas glad to be finally mustered out.

Kendall. Franets P. Kendall, of Co. K. 9thN. Y. Cav., died at his home in Tidtonto, Pa.,EasterSunday, 1S89. aged 70 yea. He was a chartermember of Post 311, of Tniioute, whielk Pest paidthe last tribute of respect to his memory.

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SOLDIERS HOMES.IIow the One at LaTeawrth Is Coaauefed.

Editor National Triboxk: Not havingseen anything in your valuable paper from thisportion of this grand terrestrial sphere, Ithought I would spond a few moments wuayou to let yon know that we still survive.In company with Col. A. B. Wrigbl, of Geo. U.Thomas Post, No. 5, Department of lilirwH,Chicago, with oor wives, your bumble serv mtmade a visit to the Soldiers' Home at Leavtn-wort- h,

Kan., receutly, and will y, to lo-gin with, that instead of being a gunnl-iaoiu- a

or a prison, as it has often been denominated,it is one of God's palaces. There one seesall the home comforts all that any reaswuabitiperson could wish for. Under the aWo management of Col. Shockley, the obi Boys got altthat heart could wish.

We observed very closely bow thingsbeing conducted, that we might be able ta m-fu- te

any and all reports to the contrary. Wowatched the old veterans as tbey filed iato t Jelarge and spacious dining-bal- l 1,700 ami be-ttorall raoro or less tinged with, gray : and,like tho days of old when they were marchon tho enemy at Marye's Hights, Fredericks-burg, the "Bloody Angle" at Spottsyrvania,orotbor battlefield?, the same measured treadcould be observed. It was a grand sight to m.--

those old defenders of their cosntry m.utiiup to the messroom, every oae bavins: bis ac-

customed place at the table, old and hoaryheads, many wbo bad passed their allot dthree-scor- e years and tea. One would hard.ybelieve that there were so many of the old bo 3yot alivo.

After a visit tbrongb the hospital, eosdgc'eIby Sttrgeon-in-Charg- e Wever, who, by the way.is tho right man in the right place, we visitedtho workshops, where all kinds of earpeutrwork is performed under the foremanship ofskilled mechanics, all inmates of the Home.After passing throngb all tbe different depart-ments one could not but exclaim that this iione of tho grandest and best Governments th itthe sun ever shone on. Instead of the SoldiersHomo boing a prison, it is a perfect paradise.

It has been said that tbe old soldiers, asclass, are the worst set of cranks that evoc ex-

isted, and I believe it is so. They are like aclock or an engine without a balanoe-wht- et ,but they aro excusable to a great extent. Thosewho have lost a limb, and perhaps both Iknh-t-,

or have bcon otherwise crippled for life in de-fen- so

of that dear old flag that the Nationmight live; wbo gave up all homes, wives,children only reserving a home beyond thisworld, havo a right toba cranks; aud I standready to join and defend them all an thisproposition. It is well worth one's time 0make a visit to one of theso Soldiers Hemes;and before closing this I do not wish to sHgbtthe ladies in what they have done for thisHome at Leavenworth, for almost every roomono enters he sees tbe finger-mark- s of theW.R.C. and other kind ladies of tbe State ofKansas and her sister States lying on the bor-der easy-cushion- s, headrests, spreads, etc,while in many rooms, more especially in thohospital, ono sees evidences of the grand workof the noble Woman's Belief Corps. F CL

Jones, Captain, 6Mth N. Y., Kansas City, Mo.