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THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE: WASHINGTON, D. C, JULY 29, 1882. moments. Before ho pot to tho landing the boat was pone to Louisville, and when he pot to Louisville his company was mustered out, and ho was charged as a deserter. Mr Platt. Is it not a suflicient guaranteo of the good faith of tho soldier that he served twelve moutlis? Why should wo have this clause in a bill at all, "or who received a local bounty?" It is put hero, as I understand, to prevent bounty-jumpers from taking advan tage of the provision of this act. If a man served twelve months is not that a guarantee that he was not a bounty-jumper? Why isit nec essary to put that in here to see that the class of people who are called bounty -jumpers shall not he relieved of the charge of desertion? In the Eastern States almost all the soldiers who volunteered received local bounties, and as it seems to me, leaving that clause in tho last section simply prevents any one of our citizen-soldiers who volunteered from the Eastern States and from New York and from many other States deriving tho slightest advantage from this bill. It soems to mo to be entirely unnecessary. I move to strike out inline 15 of section -1 the words "or who received a local bounty." Mr. Plumb. 1 suggest to the Senator from Connecticut that he ought to move to strike out the next two words as well, the words "and deserted." Mr. Platt. I will so modify my amend ment. Tho Presidext pro tempore. The amend ment will be reported as modified. The Acting Secretary. In section 4, lines 15 and 10, it is proposed to strike out the words "or who received a local bounty and deserted ; so as to read : That no soldier, nor the heirs or lcpal represent atives of any soldier, who served in the nrniy n period of lew. than twelve months shall be entmcu to the benefit of the provisions of this net. Mr. Harrisox. I wish to make a suggestion. There mav be some reason in the suggestion of the Senator from Connecticut that if a soldier received a local bounty, as very many Western soldiers did, as well ;is the Eastern, and served until the expiration of the term of enlistment or until the 22d day of May, lfc(53, and then, under his own summary and ill-considered construction, perhaps, of his contract of enlist ment, went home, he should rcceivo tho bene fits of this measure. Mr. Cockrell. lie would bo relieved under the first section of the bill just the same as any body else. Under the first and second sections those who received local bounties are relioved just as much as any others. Mr. Harrison. I am not sure that the Sen ator from Missouri is right in saying that tiiis general provision in tho bill, excepting all those cases where a soldier received local boun ty, would not also apply to tho first section. I think it would. If so, then the clause which the Senator from Connecticut moves to strike out should be made to read "or who received a local bounty and deserted before the expiration of their term of enlistment or before the 22d of May, 1SG5." With that modification thero might be some reason for tho amendment. As the amendment was proposed by him it would apply to a case of desertion prior to the 22d day of May, 1S65. The deserter to be excused is one who received no bounty as provided in tho first section after the expiration of the term of enlistment or after the 22d day of May, lbG5. Mr. Hoar. Do not the other sections of the bill make provision for all that by only describ ing certain classes of cases that come within it? Mr. Harrison. I think the provision in the fourth section that no soldier, &c, who served in tho army a period of less than twelve months, or who received local bounty and deserted, shall be entitled to the benefit of the provisions of this act, takes that class of men out of tho benefits of it. It extends the period of deser tion after the expiration of the term of enlist ment or after the 22d day of May, 18G3. I should have no objection if the words were in serted in the sixteenth line, after the word " deserted," "before the expiration of his term of enlistment or before the 22d day of May, lGo." I suggest to the Senator from Missouri whether that would not be right. Mr. Cockrell. I have no objectiou to that amendment. It makes it just what I think it would be any way. I thiuk the apprehensions of the Senator from Connecticut arc not well founded. Mr. Piatt. I feel quito an interest in this matter, because there are in Connecticut, as in other States, a chiss of young men who went to the war who volunteered from patriotic mo tives, who received local bounties, who fought bravely until the war was practically over, and then without waiting to be mustered out went to their homes. It was not a thing which should stand against them charging them as deserters, and which their children would look to as a record of the unfaithfulness of their fathers. This bill is presented here because the Secretary of War has no power to-day to remove the charge of desertion under such cir cumstances. There is another class spoken of in the first section, and tliat is those soldiers who were prevented from completing their term of ser vice by reason of wounds received and of dis ease contracted, and who were not present when their regiment was mustered out. The Secretary of War cannot relieve that charge of desertion, and in my judgment if .this clause remains here he will not be able to remove it after the bill passes. The object of tho bill is to enable him to do something which he has not the power to do now. He will not be able to remove the charge of desertion either in the ease of the soldier who served faithfully through the war but went home when the war was over, or who was prevented from being with his reg-' iment when it was mustered out by reason of sickness, nor in cases where ho did not intend to desert, and after the charge of desertion re turned tolas command. It seems to me wc ought to be very careful not to shut a man out from tho provisions of tho bill in this respect because he received from his town or his State a local bounty. I think, nearly twenty years after the war, when my brethren on the other side will per mit me to say it wc have removed almost every disability from those who fought against ns, it is not fair because a man happened to re ceive a local bounty that the charge of deser tion should still remain against him in the ollice of the Secretary of War, all other things being in his favor; and it does seem to me that the anxiety to prevent bounty-jumpers from receiving the benefits of this act, an anxiety in which I share as well as the members of the Military Committee, is perfectly met and an swered by the provision that no one shall bo entitled to the benefits of it unless he served twelve months. If a person served twelve mouths I think it is fair to assume that lie was not a bounty-jumper. Sol hope that the amend ment which i have suggested will prevail. Mr. 1'lumii. 1 think if tho Senator from Indiana will examine this section carefully he will find that the amendment of tho Senator from Connecticut covers the precise point which he himself seems to be driving at. The whole t-flect of that proviso is to limit the class of per sons to whom it shall be applicable, and pro ceeds on the theory that twelve months' service constitutes a priian-facie case. I think it should be amended, in order to make the bill harmoni ous, by providing at the close of line 1G of sec tion 1 that this class of persons should not have the benefit of section 1 of the act, that being the only section which actually states an act of grace. The next section provides fora different class or persons, lor those who did not intend to de si rt and who, after the. assumed act of deser tion, returned to their command. That of itself ought to be sufficient, without any further provision or any distinction, that such a person should be entitled to have the charge of deser tion removed from him. Mr. Harrison. Not altogether, for I have an illustration in my own mind of what occur red at Camden, South Carolina, where some mc n undertook to desert at Broad'Rivcr Tho raft could not hold them all, and one who un dertook to swim was caught by a shark and" the others, with very scant clothing, voro left on our side, and they came hack to camp 1 did not give them much credit for that. Their return to camp was not evidence that they did not intend to desert. Mr. Plumb. 1 have no doubt there will 1C some men lelt out who ought to be put in this bill, and as a matter of course some men will be in who ought to be left out. The general rule, is, I think, as I have stated it. However, I am not particular about that clause so much. It does seem to me there is great force in what tho Senator from Connecticut says, that there ought not to Ue any distinction made against the men who received a local bounty on that account alone. In the Eastern Stales, all the later enlistments I think did receive local bounty, and consequently you take out from the beneficent operations of this bill a very large and, I think, equally :is meritorious a class of people with those enlisted at first perhaps; at all events they were sufficiently meritorious for the Government to call on them and it was very glad of their services, and tho services they rendered, as far as I know, were as good as those of anybody else. Mr. Hoar. I desire to ask the Senator from Kansas, who I believe is a member of this com mittee, a question. The two first sections de scribe the class of persons to be benefited, and the second section excludes the class put by the Senator from Indiana. Is there any doubt that under either of these sections men ought not to have the relief just as much as if they had enlisted with bounty as without it? Mr. Plumb. I think so undeniably. I want to say in regard to this bill as it is now that I have given the subject a great deal of attention, and tho bill will not bring within its operation any man who actually did desert; and 1 may sav that the best definition of desertion is found iifthc later military works. It is defined to be the act of deserting tho flag; that is to say, a man who intends to leavo the service of his country, to turn his back upon tho service which he has engaged to perform, to get out from under the flag he enlisted to serve under; and while technically leaving a man's company and going into another company and rendering service there is desertion, at the same time for practical purposes it is not desertion. 1 happen to know of cases arising in my State and cases arising in regiments enlisted from other Stales, all very hard cases indeed. Every soldier who enlisted enlisted to serve for a cer tain term or during the war. Thoso words" dur ing the war" were held to qualify, to modify, to limit the term of service. It was not to bo three years absolutely, but three years if fhe war lasted so long, and if the war did not last threo years then the service terminated when ever the war terminated. For all practical purposes, while fhe Supreme Court fixed a date somo time in 1SGG when the stato of war termi nated for certain purposes of justice in insur rectionary States and the rights of persons therein, practically tho war closed prior to or about the date named in this bill, tho 22d of May, IH5. That was tho date when tho army of Sherman and tho Army of the Potomac met hero in review, and every preparation then was made to muster out; money was raised to pay the men; they wero sent to convenient depots for the purpose of mustering out, and, as slated by the Senator from Missouri, regiments went to Louisville for that purpose, and ;is they went through Indiana the men left and went to their homes governed by an instinct which was just as noble and just as patriotic and just as much for the benefit of the country as the instinct was which induced them to enlist. I say that in the act of the dispersion of the army the instinct that led these men to go back to their homes was equally as honorable ;is that which led them to enlist in the first place, and distinguishes the citizen soldiers of the Republic from the hirelings of despotism as any other act they could have done. It was the interest of tho Government that these men should go back and that they should want to go back, and when their terms of ser vice had expired somo of them, as described by the Senator from Connecticut, left intending to go home, not caring about the formality of mustering out. At that timo they did not care particularly about the charge of desertion because all their neighbors knew that they had served, and it did not detract from a man's merit to have it known that he had gone home, because everybody knew he had served; but as time goes on aud it gets away from the recol lection of men, other people grow up, a new generation arises and the record becomes the main thing, and now these men say: "Wo want the record all right; we do not want to depend on the recollection of our neighbors, or on tradition, for the fact of our service and the honor of that service." I think now at this time, when wc can do it without setting any possible bad example for the future, we ought to do this thing, not only justly but generously. I think myself, on reflection, that this part of the bill moved to be stricken out by the Senator from Connecticut ought to be stricken out injustice to what must have been a very large class of persons enlisted in tho Eastern States. Mr. Platt. I want to say a single word more. Tho bill as it stands to-day will not help one single Connecticut soldier. Every one of them received a local bounty, if the Stato bounty is a local bounty. So it will not relieve on single soldier in Connecticut. Mr. Blair. I cannot help thinking that the Senator from Connecticut is really somewhat mistaken as to the significance of the language of this proviso, though it may as well all of it be stricken out. He seems to confound the class specified in this proviso with those who are included in the rest of the bill, and to aid which the bill seems to have been introduced. This proviso as it strikes mc includes a class of soldiers that is not covered at all by the general provision. It is not only those who served less than twelve months and thoso who received a local bounty, but who in addition to the reception of local bounty actually deserted. It is not those who rest under tho charge of desertion merely, for those who are charged with desertion on tke records are not deserters as a necessary consequence. They are dealt with as prima-facie deserters; but, as in tho case of every other crime, tho cssense of deser tion is in the intent. The words "and de serted" found in this provision of course con tain tho implication of the crime of desertion itself, the intent to desert, and 1 do not under stand that the rest of the bill includes that chiss at all. . If any Connecticut soldier, or any New Hampshire soldier, or any Western soldier, who went into the service, whether he received a local bounty or did not receive a local bounty, having served twelve months or less, did desert with intent to desert the flag, he then became a participator in tho crime of treason, and that man ought not to receive benefit under this act, and I do not under stand that tho provisions of tho act extend to that man; but they apply to him who did not desert, who, stimulated by the love of home and knowing thai the war was substantially over, or for any other reason which does not include the essence of the great crime of de sertion, abandonment of the service itself, was absent without leave. It is to meet tho neces sities of that very largo class of men that tho general provisions of the bill are applicable. But where a man is not only charged with de setion, hut cannot remove that charge by fur nishing evidence under fhe other provisions of this act, so that upon the testimony which each individual must adduce before the War Department in order to obtain any benefit at all under this act it finally appears upon the judicial action of the Department that he is still a deserter, he ought to have no remedy, whether he is a Connecticut or a New Hamp shire man or any other man whatever, no mat ter if he deserted at the very last moment of the war. 1 think that the proviso is utterly inappli cable to the class of men whom it is designed to reach ; but if the whole proviso was stricken out the bill would then he perfect; and if tho Senator from Connecticut will make amotion to strike out the entire proviso ho will have the bill perfect, as it strikes my mind, and I shall be very glad to support it. Mr. Dawks. I understand the bill to go upon tho principle of relieving a man from tho charge of desertion who is not guilty in fact but has incurred that record, and itdocs not seem to me that it is affected at all by the ques tion whether he received a local bounty or not; but the question is whether tho charge of desertion rests upon a man who did not intend in fact to desert. I have some knowledge of a case. A soldier, as honest a man as ever lived, died within sight of my own homo who served through two en listments and had in his pocket two honorable discharges; but during his first .service, when confined by sickness in a hospital, he was unable to reach his regiment before his furlough ex pired, but :is soon as he was able to reach his regiment ho went back and served through tho war, but was recorded a deserter. Ho had an honorable discharge, re-cnlisteil, and served during the war and brought homelo his family two honorable discharges, and when disabled be applied for a pension here and labored for six years to get his case considered in the Pen sion .Bureau, and when it was reached there appeared before him a charge of desertion, which went upon his record two years and a half before he ended his service, of which ho was absolutely ignorant, a.s he was absolutely innocent, and it was impossible for him to get over that charge, and bodied with it over him. He received a local bounty, and according to the provisions of this bill he would have no benefit from it. It is tho object of this bill, as 1 understand it, to relieve those of that charge who never intended to incur it; and what local bounty has to do with it I do not see. Mr. Cockrell. 1 want to state to the Sena tor lnim Massachusetts that the wise he refers to would have been relieved directly under the provisions of this bill; there is no question about that in tho world. Senators picking up this bin and reading it and not analyzing and classifying the cases may tako an "improper conception m regard to some provisions of it. What is the bill? In tho first place, every soldier who served faithfully until the expira tion of his enlistment, but who by reason of absenco from his command at tho time it was mustered out failed to be mustered out and receive an honorablo discharge, shall havo an honorable discharge. That is ono class of cases ; that is absenco without leave, and if it were not absenco without leavo the charge- of desertion could not havo been entered on the record, and tho chargo of desertion in such caso shall be re moved. Thero is another das'?: Evcrv soldier who served faithfully until tho 22dof May, 1.303, and who by reason of absenco from his com mand at tho time it was mustered out did not rcceivo an honorablo discharge, shall havo the charge of desertion against him re moved. Thero is another class, and that is, every soldier who was prevented from complet ing his term of service by reason of wounds received or disease contracted in tho lino of duty and who was absent from his command at the time it was mustered out, and did not receive an honorablo discharge, shall have an honorablo discharge aud shall have tho chargo of desertion removed. Thoso aro threo classes under tho first sec tion. Tho second section embraces another class, and that is that every soldier charged with desertion or absence without leavo who did not intend to desert, and after such chargo of desertion or absenco without leavo volun tarily returned to his command and served in the lino of duty until ho was mustered out and received an honorablo discharge, shall have that charge of desertion removed. That is tho class of cases to which the Senator re ferred. Mr. Ferry. Will tho Senator allow mo right there? Mr. Cockrell. Certainly. Mr. Ferry. I had noticed that, and I was fearful that section 2 conflicted with sec tion 1. I have listened with great attention to the Senator from Missouri, because the State of Michigan is very much interested in this section. There were soldiers from that Stato who enlisted for tho war, and as stated by both Senators from Connecticut, as in tho caso of tho soldiers from that State, they be lieved when the war was ended that they had a right to return home, and many of them did so, but upon tho closo of the war many were ordered to tho Indian frontier, and because they did not respond wero declared to be de serters. Now, 1 see that the first section fully exonerates them. Mr. Cockrell. Unquestionably. Mr. Ferry. But section 2 apparently ap pears to be in conflict, but 1 see the copula tive "and" applies to those who voluntarily returned to tho service, and in that case sec tion 2 applies, but it docs not apply to thoso who did not voluntarily return, but who re mained home. Mr. Cockrell. It does not apply to them at all. Tho First Michigan Cavalry, which I re member very well as one of the regiments or dered out on tho plains after tho close of the war, and from which quite a number of soldiers left and returned to their command, will be covered by the first section of the bill. Mr. Ferry. That is satisfactory to mc. Mr. Cockrell. The second section is to meet the class of cases mentioned by the Sena tor from Massachusetts, of which there aro quite a number, men who received honorable discharges and who went home and have rested in the belief that there was no stain upon their military record, but when they make an ex amination they find what was a charge merely of desertion when they have an honorable dis charge in their pocket, that may deprive them of a little pay or something ot the kind, and this relieves all of them. Mr. Dawes. 1 know the Senator desires to reach the same end I do; but I want to know Mr. Morrill. I shall havo to object to this going further. Mr. Dawes. I want to know why in tho case I stated if a man received a local bounty he shook1 be excluded. Is he not excluded by this proviso ? And provided further. That no soldier, nor the heirs or legal representatives of ntiy soldier, who served in the Army a period of less than twelve months, or v. ho received u loeal bounty and de serted, shall he entitled to the benefit of the provis ions of this net. If a man received a local bounty and was charged with desertion he is excluded. Mr. Cockrell. A chargo of desertion is not what that speaks of. It is absolute desertion. Absenco without leave or a charge of desertion is not deseition. That section only applies to thoso who wero absent without any intention of returning. After some further debate tho subject went over under the rules. LOYAL LEGION OF THE U. S. Circular No. 3, suries of lsS2, from headquar ters "Military Order of the Loyal Legend of the United States," dated Philadelphia, Juno 32, 1S62, gives notice that a charter has been issued for the Commandery of Ohio, to bo stationed at Cincinnati, composed of the fol lowing Companions as charter member? : From tho Commandery of the Stato of Penn sylvania : Brevet Maj.-Gcn. Manning F. Force, U. S. V.; Brevet Brig.-Gen. Chas. E. LaMotte, U. S. Y.; Brevet Brig.-Gen. A. Hickcnlooper, U. S. V. ; Brevet Lieut.-Col. E. C. Dawes, U. S. V. ; Capt. Channing Richards, lato Ohio Vols. ; Col. P.P. Lane, late Ohio Vols.: Brig.-Gen. J. H. Bales, late Ohio Vols.; Col. Lewis M. Bay ton, lato U. S. A. ; Major Caleb Bates, U. S V. ; Major James L. Foley, lato Kentucky Vols. ; First Lieutenant A. II. Mattox, late Ohio Vols. ; Captain John Van H. Lewis, U. S. V.; Brevet Brig.-Gen. Edward F. Noyes, U.S. V.; Major Samuel B. Smith, late Ohio Vols.; Brevet Maj.-Gcn. Charles C. Wolcoft, U. S. V. From the Commandery of New York : Brevet Lieut. Col. Charles L. Young, U. S. V. ; Captain Fred erick A. Kendall, U. S. A. ; Lieut.-Col. .John H. Amnion, lato N. Y. Vols. ; First Lieutenant Nathan B. Abbott ; late Conn. Vols. From the Commandery of Illinois: Brevet Maj.-Gen.lv. B. Hayes, U.S. V..; Brevet Captain Joseph B. Foraker, U. S. V. The Commander-in-Chief, Maj.-Gcn. W. S. Hancock, directs that the Commandery of tho State of Ohio be organized in tho city of Cincinnati, on Wednesday, October -1, 1582. HOW NEVADA GOT LEFT. "Thero is only one Stato in tho United States, and only one Representative in Con gress that has no interest in tho river and harbor bill," said Representative Cassidy, of Nevada the other day. "Tho State," ho con tinued, "is Nevada, and I am the Rcprcscnta tive. Wchavn'tgot a river or creek even in the entire State of Nevada. 1 did not like tho idea of our Stato getting left in this combination alfiiir, and hunted up and down tho mountains, but could not find a bit of wa ter we wanted to improve. It is a cold day when Nevada is left, but we get tho go-by in this bill. Still thero will bo some money left after this bill is passed, and I'll make a big pull to get some of it for a public building at Carson City, which wo need very much." " This haul on tho Treasury," continued Mr. Cassidy, "reminds moof an occurrence in tho early days of California. Tho State Legisla ture had been in session the alloted time and was about to adjourn. Evoiybody had got his bill and appropriation through. Just before the motion to adjourn was put a member roso to a 'question of privilege.' 'What is it?' asked tho Speaker. ' Mr. Speaker.' answered the member, 'lask of you as a question of privi lege, now that all tho bills and drains and hauls have got through, how much money is. left in tho treasury?' Tho Speaker made a little calculation and answered, 'about ono hundred thousand dollars.' 'Then,' said tho member, 'I move we rake her.' In the raking in this case I want to get money enough to put up our public buildings in Carson City." Tho Attorney-General has given an opinion to tho Secretary of tho Treasury that tho re quest of the transportation companies to be al lowed to tako somo G0,000 Chinese laborers through this country from Cuba to China can not be granted under tho law as it now stands. This affirms the ruling recently made on this question by Secretary Folgcr. GRAND ARMY MATTERS. THE PENNSYLVANIA VETERANS' GRAND REUNION AT GETTYSBURG. Tho Hoys Fighting Their Ilattlcs Over Again on the Old Camp Ground Largo Attendance of Penn sylvania Veterans Interesting Xotcs and Inci dents Tho Order in Other' Stales. Special Correspondence National Tribune. Gettysruro, July 20, 1882. Tho En campment of tho Giand Army of the Repub lic, Department of Pennsylvania, opened hero on Saturday last, to continue ono week. Tho site of tho camp is on that portion of tho battle-field of Gettysburg occupied by the ob servatory tower and Rickctt's battery, the front facing the cemetery aud tho rear looking to Culp's Hill. Thero are sixty-two hospital tents, one hundred A tents and twenty-five tents at headquarters. Nearly fivo hundred men arrived Saturday evening by special train on tho Hanover Junction and Gettysburg rail road. About two hundred Pennsylvania Posts aro represented, and nearly threo thousand veterans' aro under canvas. The officers arc: J. M. Vandcrslicc, Commander; W. N. Jones, Senior Vice Commander; Thomas J. Stewart, Assistant Adjutant General; IE. G. Williams, Assistant Quartermaster General. Tho site of tho Encampment is very happily chosen. Lying on tho summit of Cemetery Hill, within half a mile of the central square, it is easily accessible both from the town and the depot, whilo it stands an ever-memorable point in the death-strugglo of the war. Tho rear row of tents occupies the lines facing Culp's Hill, from which Carroll's brigade of the Second Corps and Kickett's Pennsylvania battery re pulsed tho famous chargo of tho Louisiana Tigers on the evening of the second day. The Tigers charged with 1,700 men ; they returned with but GOO. On tho north side, facing tho town, is the lino held by tho famed One Hun dred and Sixth Pennsylvania, of whom a mere handful remain to-day to celebrate their Re union at Gettysburg with tho erection of a memorial stone. It is of pure marble and was placed in position yesterday, bearing tho fol lowing inscription, surmounted by the well known trefoil of Hancock's men : " Position held by the Ono Hundred and Sixth Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, Second Brigade, Second Division, Second A. C, July 3, ISO!). Organized August, ISO I ; mustered out Juno .'JO, 1SG3. From Ball's Bluff to Appomattox." The concluding lines are taken from the oft-quoted remarks of General Howard to Major Osborn, commanding his artillery: "Your batteries may be withdrawn when that regiment runs away." The record of THE OLD OXE HUNDRED AXD SIXTH is something sublime, and it is not wonderful to believe that Captain Jones and a few " boys" scattered through Tost Glare the sole survivors of the regiment. Originally composed of four regiments of Pennsylvania volunteers, it took part in the battle of Ball's Bluff, when its Col onel was killed; in tho siege of Yorktown, in the battles of Fair Oaks, Malvern Hill and Antietam. At Fredericksburg its ranks were thinned, and at Chancellorsville the wreck of it escaped by littlo less than a miracle. Strengthened by drafts, it took an activo part in the battle of Gettysburg, losing its adjutant and defending Cemetery Hill in tho manner already described. From the Wilderness to Petoxburg, all along that terrible route, tho roads were strewn with the bodies of the heroes of this regiment. At Spottsylvania it is re corded that seven color-bearers were shot down in less than as many minutes. No wonder that the balance of the "boys" hold their heads high in the camp to-day, their tents pitched right on the lines so pluckily held by them. It was not the least interesting part of a cor respondent's duties to "buttonhole" gossippy Post comrades and hear tho proud records of the different regiments with which they had been connected. Prominent among tho "jolly companions every one" wero the few survivors of the original Bucktails (the Fortj'-eightli Pennsylvania), now associated with Post 112, Renovo, Allegheny county. Tho comrades sported on their caps the typical bucktail of the Allegheny Mountains. The regiment was divided into two battalions, one of which fought in the Shenandoah Valley, tho other with the Army of tho Potomac. " Wc went in at Gettysburg," said a ruddy-visaged comrade, " 350 strong on the evening of tho second day; when we stacked arms there were only 125 men left." There are not SO of the whole reg iment left now. It was twice filled up by drafts during the war. Post 22, (Danville), through Comrades Fun son and Maguirc, welcomed your correspond ent cordially. It was organized in the name of Max Goodrich, lieutenant of Company II, Ninety-third regiment Pennsylvania volun teers. The Ninety-third had a terrible record to show. Starting for tho three months' ser vico with 1,100 bayonets it was cut to pieces at Fair Oaks, 31 men coining out to tell tho tale. Col. Eckman was in command, and his senior ollicer, Win. H. Young, severely wounded in the battle, followed the war with a running wound. At Gettysburg the Ninety-third fought with Sedgwick's Sixth Corps, going in with 701) and coining out with 203. Tho regiment formed part of the Fifth Corps at the Wilder ness, Spottsylvania, Cold Harbor, aud Peters burg. ROITOIIIXG IT. Camping out without a blanket may bo a matter of necessity or of taste. With tho most part of the occupants of the tents on Cemetery Hill it was a necessity, but a pleasant time was had, nevertheless. Tho " taps" beat on Sunday night at 11 p. m., by which time the llarrisburg Post (5S) was well disposed toward sleep. Though the thermometer had maiked 8,1 de grees pretty steadily during the day, it sensi bly fell during the night to judge by the fre quent turns on tho heaps of straw and the complaint that certain individuals '" felt cold." Stories of the busy times of ItsOl-lh'Oo beguiled the timo till tho witching hour sounded, and if those stories wero to be believed, as presum ably they were, much of tho history of Gettys burg and many another battle-field has to bo rewritten. The first rays of the sun and tho rousing gun wero unseen and unheard, for by 1 o'clock the boys were astir and strolling townward, possibly it may havo been that a comrade correctly indicated his feelings in the remark that ho felt "as if a torchlight proces sion had gone down bis throat over night." Anyhow tho pumps and tho wash-bowls wore in activo requisition and tho "old soldiers" proved themselves not unworthy of tho men that defended Cemetery Hill twenty years ago. FOURTH YEAR OF THE EXCAMl'MKXT. This is tho fourth year that tho Pennsylva nia Department of tho Grand Army has en camped at Gettysburg, and it is whispered with regret that it may be tho last. Not that tho annual meeting will bo discontinued by any means, but various causes may operate to bring about its trausfor to another point, probably to Williamsport or Philadelphia. A primary fac tion in tho matter is the inadequate railway communication, but local causes havo been operating in the saitio direction as well. Tho citizens of Gettysburg, a3 a whole, thoroughly appreciate tho $25,000 or more which the week's encampment brings into tho town, but thero aro unhappily a fow, a very few, goody goody busy-bodies who havo felt impelled to put a top to tho opening of tho saloons on Sundays and tho sale of ice creams, cigars and tobacco at the stores on that day. They even got up a petition and took it round tho town ; but the result was severely discouraging. Still this fact, coupled with complaints of over charges at some of the boarding houses has created considerable irritation among tho visit ing Posts. Tho hotel keepers of course re ceived a hint to ho as discreet as possiblo ; nevertheless, on Sunday afternoon an alarm ing rumor prevailed that tho boys had drunk all tho beer in the town ! This proved to be a fact, so far as most of the saloons were con cerned, and yet there was little or no drunken ness, the alternative of whiskey being very generally declined. The arrivals this year havo been more nu merous than in any preceding one, and the storekeepers, especially tho venders of ice creams and curiosities, havo been doing an im mense trade. Tho proprietor of tho Battle Field Museum remarked to your correspondent: " I'm sold out of -100 canes since Saturday morning and could sell 400 more." These canes are mostly cut from Pickett's front, and it is computed that in tho last ten years not less than 7,000 of them have been disposed of. XOTES AXD IXCIDEXTP. A great rendezvous for the Grand Army boys is tho Battlefield Hotel, about 100 yards from the camp and on tho outskirts of the town, at tho junction of the Enimittsburg road and Bait imoro pike. It was the outer post of tho Union sharp-shooters during the battle, and bears visiblo evidences of the prominent position it occupied. Tholandlord, Peter Thorn, is himself a Grand Army man, serving with tho One Hundred and Thirty-eighth Pennsylvania, Sixth Army Corps, throughout the campaign till wounded at Opcquan in 1.301. This regiment, be it noted, lost more men than any regiment in the service from this State. In the town itself tho Eagle Hotel and the McClellau House arc already quite full. Among the visitors is Col. Rankin, of tho War Department, and formerly of (Jen. G. G. Meade's stair at the battle of Gettysburg. The colonel is staying at tho Eagle Hotel and is engaged with Capts. Nye and Nightingale in investigating the border damage claims and compensation claims for materials used in tho army hospitals. The following is a full list of the officers now present or expected to be present at the encampment : J. M. Vandcrslicc, Post 2, Phil adelphia, Commander; W. N. Jones, Post 61, Williamsport, Senior Vice-Commander; Thos. J. Stuart, Post 11, Norristown, Assistant Adjutant-General ; Jas. M. Gibbs, Post 22, Dan ville, Junior Vice-Commander; II. G.Williams, Post S, Philadelphia, Assistant Quartermaster General; P. C. Christy, Post S3, Allegheny City, Judge Advocate; W. M. D. Hall, M. D., Post 62, Altoona, Medical Director; Thos. Monroe, Post 20, Hazclton, Medical Inspector ; Rev. J. W. Sayers, Post 1G, Reading, Chaplain, with tho following members of the Council of Administration: E.G. Scllars, Post S, Phila delphia; Win. F. Aull, Post 117, Pittsburgh; A. J. Scllars, Post 1, Philadelphia; T. J. Don nelly, Post (53, Philadelphia; L. W. Schenglc, Post 5)1, Philadelphia. The past Department Commanders expected to attend are Messrs. Louis Wagner, John Taylor and Charles T. Hull. The artesion well on Cemetery Hill has been successfully carried out, water having been reached in the granite at a depth of 100 feet. The flow is from thirty-five to forty-five gal lons per minute. SUXDAY OX THE CAMP C5ROUXD. Cemetery Hill; thclocation of the Grand Army of tho Republic Eucampmcnt, presented a lively scene Sunday. Over sixty Fosts have reported, among them Posts from Philadelphia, Harrisburg, Pittsburg, Altoona, Chester, Johns town, Renovo, Williamsport, Erie, Middle town, Lancaster, Bellefonte, Columbia, Alle gheny City, West Chester, Clearfield, Norris town, Lcwiston, Catawissa, Curwensville, Rey noldsvillc, Lykens, and various other points throughout the State. This morning Chaplain Sayers, of Reading, delivered a very appropriate sermon from the rostrum in the National Cemetery to a large audience assembled under the delightful shade trees. The weather is charming and many visitors are looking over the always interesting battle-field. Besides the Grand Army boys there are several thousand visitors here enjoy ing Gettysburg's gala week. This evening the men in camp turned out for dress parade, which was followed by religious services in the Na tional Cemetery and a sacred concert by the Weccacoe Band. The exercises were enjoyed by a vast throng of citizens and visitors. DEDICATIOX OF THE ZOOK MOXUMEXT. On Tuesday morning, about 10 "o'clock, there was a general movement to the celebrated wheat-field, about two miles south of the town, on tho Emmittsburgroad, where General Zook was killed in the second day's light. There was a very large concourse of Grand Army boys aud visitors, among them Mr. T. S. Zook, of Philadelphia, a brother of tho deceased General. General Samuel K. Zook was born in Chaster county, Pa., in 1822, and at the time of his death was 11 years of age. He first enlisted for service with the Sixth New York militia and afterwards recruited tho Fifty-seventh New York, of which he became Colonel. This regi ment went through the Peninsula campaign, Colonel Zook finally commanding a brigade of the Second Corps. He was on furlough at the time Antietam was fought, but rejoined hia command at the end of September. Ho was present at Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville, being wounded in the former engagement. In June, 1H3, ho accompanied General Meado in the northward march of the Army of the Poto mac, being still attached to tho Second Corps, which went into position on the night of tho 1st of July on tho left of the First Corps. On the second day, about 3 o'clock in the afternoon, when General Barnes was being crowded back by Longstrcet's furious assault on Sickles's ad vanced position, the latter General sent Major Treniaine, of his stall', for reinforcement. Tre maino met General Zook at the head of his brigade and requested him to advance and take up the position indicated by General Sickels's order. Zook did not wait for an order from his own division or corps, but acted on tho or der of General Sickles, and himself assumed tho responsibility and moved his brigade right into the breach, in tho very whirlwind of tho battle. Longstreet had been ordered by Leo to carry the position at any cost, but the arrival of Zook at tho very moment of emergency vir tually prevented tho realization of tho project and saved Littlo Round Top, the key of the Union position. Zook was shot through tho abdomen just as ho had got his brigade into ac tion, and died twenty-threo hours afterward. The inscription on tho monument is as follows: To the memory of Samuel Kosciusko Zook, Brevet Major-Gcneral, U. S. R. V., who fell mortally wounded at or near this spot, gallant ly leading his brigade into battle, July 2, 103. Erected by Gen. Zook Post, G. A. R., of Norristown, ,1 uly 25, lSa2. The stono is of pure marble, quarried from a spot within gunshot of tho place of the Gen eral's birth. It occupies a prominent position in the wheat-field, half a mile from tho foot of Littlo Round Top and the samo distance from tho Devil's Den, and close to tho spot where Gen. Sickles lost his leg. The funeral oration was spoken by Col. T. W. Bean, of tho Ninth Cavalry. Tho memorial services included prayer by Rev. II. 11. Stro dach, musical selection "America" and "Auld Lang Syne," decoration of tho monument by Zook Post, and benediction by Rev. H. B. Strodach ; Comrade E. L. Ncimau, chief marshal. THE REUNION IN KANSAS. All the Arrangements Progressing Satisfactorily. A Large Attendance of Veterans Expected. Our Kansas exchanges stato that extraor dinary jntcrest has been aroused throughout the Northwest over the coming Stato Fair and Reunion of veterans in Kansas. A largely at tended meeting of citizens and comrades was held at Topcka a few days ago to arrango for the entertainment of visitors. The immediate object was to deviso means for providing shel ter for the thousands of veterans expected dur ing tho soldiers and sailors' Reunion in Sep tember. Capt. J. H. Moss called the meeting to order and suggested as the most practicablo thing to be done the appointment of a citizens committee to act in connection with the com mittee of thirty-eight. Col. C. K. Ilolliday was called to tho chair. As he assumed that duty he appealed briefly to his fellow-citizens to see to it that the honor of Topeka did not suffer in this instance, and said he felt confident Topcka would do what was expected of her. He had seen her hospitality tested and knew its generosity. Captain J. Lee Knight, of the committep of thirty-eight, read tho following statement of what the committeo had done, the demands of the occasion, and what the people were to bo asked to do : At the close of the Reunion last year a very general desire was expressed to hold another Reunion this year during the State Fair. Tho general committee of thirty-eight was reorgan ized by the election of Major Tom Anderson as president and a full list of officers, and these gentlemen, with such other veterans as havo met with them from time to time, have been at work for several months making arrangements for a grand Reunion to bu held during the en tire week of the Fair. After all bills for the last year's Reunion wero paid there was still left in the treasury a balance of nearly $300. On April 20th of this year a circular was issued by the committee suggesting plans for organization and sent out generally over tho State. Tho response has been such as to convinco the committee that at least 30,000 ex-soldiers and sailors, organized into companies, regi ments, etc., and duly enrolled, will be hero Reunion week. The interest h:is been on con stant increase, and the problem you arc called on to-night to discuss and solvo is. How is To peka to take care of these men while they aro here. A liberal estimate of the capacity of our hotels and boarding-houses, even with extra cots, etc., indicates that they cannot shelter over 3,300 or -1,000 at the outside. One-half of this will bo taken by persons attending tho State Fair proper, leaving only about 2,000 or less of the soldiers who will be able to find accommodations in that quarter. Hou. Thomas Ryan writes that there will probably not be over COO, and certainly not more than 500 tents procured from thc'Govcni ment. A few tents can be had in the city, and a cw will be brought from other points. Tho most liberal estimate made of the capacity of tents is that 5,000 men, at the most, may bo sheltered in that way, making in all only about 7,000 men who are likely to find a lodging place while here. A committee which has investigated the plan I of building temporary barracks reports that the cost for -1,000 men will bo abont S1,000, or an average of twenty-five cents per man. This assumes that lumber can be procured at a nominal rent, and such as is damaged or de stroyed paid for, together with labor for haul ing lumber to and from camp ground, putting up and taking down barracks, &c. No other plan seems to offer the necessary amount of room, save perhaps that begun by the Stato Fair authorities in making a thorough canvass of the city for loding in private houses. Tho soldiers will have plenty to eat: there can be no doubt of that. What they will want more thau anything else is a roof to cover their heads. The people of Topeka should realize the situation and provide the roof. They aro not asked to provide anything else. Judge John Guthrie said that in order to meet the demands of the occasion some means must bo provided for lodging for twenty to thirty thousand of Kansas' most worthy citi zens. He hoped the people would stand by tho committee in this emergency. They could not afford to do otherwise. Col. Stttmbaugh, of North Topeka, reminded his auditors that Topeka had often asked favors of these very men for whom her hospitality is now solicited. Many of them have shown their friendship when Topeka had favors to ask of the State and this opportunity to show an appreciation of that friendship Topeka could not afford to neglect. He urged that tho business men, hotel men, merchants and tho people generally, when asked for their contri butions, givo liberally. There is another than tho patriotic side to this question. It will pay in dollars and cents to have this Reunion here if the soldiersare made comfortable, but it will bo a bad investment if they are not properly cared for. Hon. John Martin spoke to the same effect. He argued that the city had authorized tho committee to make these tenders of the hospi tality of Topcka, and that the peoplo are now in honor bound to redeem all their pledges. All that is asked is a paltry $3,000, an insig nificant sum compared with tho benefits to bo derived if it is raised. On motion, the following citizens' committeo of eighteen was appointed to co-operate with the committee of thirty-eight in preparing lodgings for tho veterans: Hon. John Martin, chairman; Judgo John Guthrie, Col. G. W. Vcalc, II. K. Kowley, S. S. Barnum, Joseph Bishop, Reuben Rand let t, Jas. Scery. John R. Mulvanc, T. M. James. M. Ezc kiel, Col. F. S. Stumbaugh, O. Skinner, Georgo Hackney, Fred. Fritsche, Thco. Curran, Chas. Knowles, A. J. Arnold. Col. Ilolliday was added to the committee, and tho meeting ad journed. A NEW POST IN KANSAS. An enthusiastic meeting of veterans of tho late war w:is held last evening, says a recent number of an Atchison (Kas.) exchange, at the council chamber, for the purpose of organ izing a Post of the Grand Army of the Repub lic. J. C. Walkinshaw. of Leavenworth, De partment Commander, was present, and con ducted the initiatory ceremonies in an able manner. The charter members present wero Messrs. J. A. .Martin, John C. Kurth, G. IF. T. Johnson, David Baker. 11. Hiller, W. II. Has kell, W. II. McNeil, Louis Rochat, John K. Fishor, A. II. Kurth. A. W. Bartlett, T. E. Gcrow, John Pierson, Chan. W. Rust, T. IT. Pierce, W. C. Barnes, G. I. Whittier, J. J. Locker and J. L. Eggleston. Several of thoso who had signed the roll wero unavoidably absent, but will be considered as charter mem bers. Their names aro as follows: Messrs. S. H. Kelsey, A. A. Cary, B. F. Hudson, John Seaton and S. C. King. After the initiatory ceremonies had been performed, an election of officers was held, which resulted in the follow ing selections: Commander, John A. Martin ; Senior Vice-Commander, W. IE. Haskcl ; Junior Vice-Commander, David Baker; Surgeon, G. 11. T. Johnson ; Quartermaster. Louis Rochat; Adjutant, C. W. Rust; Ollicer of tho Day, J. K.Fisher; Officer ot the Guard, J. B. Kurth. The officers wero duly installed by the Depart ment Commander, after which a committee of three, consisting of Messrs. McNeil, Haskell and Pierce, was appointed to secure a suitable hall for a permanent meeting place. The muster-in fee was fixed at $3, and the name of Atchison Post No. 93, Grand Army of the Republic, Department of Kausas, was selected, after which tho Post adjourned. Tho first meeting of tho Post was most successful, and it is tho intention to engage a hall as soon as possible, and enroll all veteran soldiers and sailors in its ranks. H For other Grand Army matters see 8th page.