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THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE: WASHINGTON, D. 0., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1S97.
PEflSIOfl POIpTEflS.
Inquiries Answered and Sug
gestions Made.
rAll communications for this column should
fcMiccomjinIciI bj-tlic true name and correct
eddies of tbe inquirer. Ilic reply,, however,
trill bo marked s tuny o desired, sso attention
Kill he given to anonumout inquiries. If no re
ply 28 nnxited within thieo weeks, write asuin.
J. W. J., Wellsville, Mo. It is held that
under the act of June 27, 1890, a soldier
must have been honorably discharged
from each enlistment contracted during
the war of the rebellion. It is also held,
however, that desertion or dishonorable
discharge from an enlistment after the
close of the war is not a bar to pension
under the act, either in case of the sol
dier or of his widow or children.
E. D. P., Paterson, U. J An invalid
pensioner under the general law might be
entitled to the 630 rate "for total disability
of a hand, even if he could not obtain
that rate for loss of the hand because the
loss is not complete. The War Depart
ment (Surgeon-General) is not governed
bv the views of the Pension Bureau as to
what constitutes the loss of a limb or
total disability of the same.
J. Tt. II. In cases of destitution or
imminent danger of death, pension cases
may be made special, and .so the special
examination made special. " Influence,
too, sometimes gets cases made special.
P. E. L., Cioss Plains, Tex.-It is be
lieved that it was not customary to enroll
soldiers during the war with their middle
names appearing in full. So if a soldier
has since the war changed his middle
name, but retains the same initial
tetter, he probably need not trouble him
self about proof that he is the same per
son that bore a certain middle name dur
ing his war service.
G. B., Mansion, Wis. It is impossible to
rive the information you request.
G. W. E., Shelbyville, 111. For informa
tion relative to tiie public lands address
Comm.ssioner of the General Land Oilice,
Washington, D. C."
J. A. S., Milroy, Pa. A widow cannot
obtain pension under the act of .June 27,
1&.M), for a period antedating the tiling of
her application under that act. If she ap
plies or has applied under the general law
and can show the soldier's death to have
'been due to his service, whether she can
bhow it duo to the disability for winch he
was pensioned or not, she can obtain pen
sion from the date of his death.
U. A. C, Maine, Minn. 11 an applicant
far invalid pension is ordered for medical
examination before a Board of Examining
Surgeons at ;i distance, the order may be
returned to the Pension Bureau with the
request that an oraer be issued for exami
nation by a nearer Board, and the claim
ant may indicate the Board which he
prefers.
P. J. M., Eureka Junction, Wash.
There is no Federal law under which a
pensioner can be compelled to pay over
part of his pension to his wife, or under
which she can obtain the payment of part
of it to heroelf for her support.
II. W., Isapa, Cal. An invalid pen
sioner under the general law does not lose
the richt to reclaim Ins former pension by
accepting pension under the act of June
27, IbiH). If he should wish to again draw
under the general law, he can do so with
out proving his title again, as all evidence
he has liled remains in his case in the
Pension Bureau. If in a claim for in
crease on .ensioned disability the report of
the medical examination had is unfavor
able, it is usually impossible to overcome
the unfavorable report by the filing of evi
dence Mrs. L. D., Wolf Creek, Wis. The act of
Aug. 8, 1S82, provides "that in case of an
insane invalid pensioner having no guard
ian, but having a wife or children de
pendent upon him (the wife being a woman
of good character), the Commissioner ol
Pensions is hereby authorized, in his dis
cretion, to cause the pension to be paid to
the wife, upon her properly executed
voucher, or in case there is no wife, to
the guardian of the children, upon the
properly executed voucher of such guard
ian." The matter of determining whether
the pension shall be paid to the wife rests
with the Commissioner of Pensions, to
whom application should be made.
M. E. J., Albia, Icwa If a soldier's
death can be shown to have been due to
his service and line of duty, his widow
can obtain pension under the general law
for the period of her widowhood, whether
she applies before or after remarriage. A
widow ij also entitled under the general
law without regard to the date of her mar
riage to the boldier, but if claiming under
the act of June 27, 1890, she must have
been married to him before the date of the
act
O. K , Luckenbach, Tex. Six months is
not an unusually Jong period of delay after
the filing of the completing proofs :n a pen
sion claim. The delay is more frequently
much greater than six months. An inquiry
made through a Senator or Wepresentative
In Congress may usually be had for the
asking and will receive attention in the
Pension Iiureau when the inquiries of the
clai-nantand his attorney would be ignored.
S. E J., Stony Point, N. Y. Your ques
tion i not sufficiently definite to permit of
& reply. If you have reference to a pen
sion claim, it may be said that the tiling
and acceptance of the pension application
is but the first of many steps in the pro
curement of pension.
W. F., National Military Home, Ivan. A
soldier who volunteered for three Years in
October or November, 1801, and was dis
charged for disability in April, !8o2, is not
entitled to the 100 original bounty unless
discharged for wound or injury incurred in
the service and line of duty. The addi
tional ?100 bounty law expired by limita
lion July 1, lfebO.
E A. ., Houston, Te'x. Any sort of
legal divorce is recognized in the Pension
Bureau. The legal wife at the date (if the
soldier's death is entitled lo pension under
the general law if iiis death is shown as
due to the service.
W. M. If a pension claimant cannot
prove by persons of his present acquaint
ance that he is the identical person who
served under another name in a certain
organization during the war, he will have
to have comrades idemifv him by sending
them a picture of hims'eJf and recalling
circumstances that will enable them to
testuy mat tney identify inm as the per
son tohomthey knew under another name
in the bcrvice.
D. M. II., Ilcadtide, Me. The act of
March 2, lWi, provides that "the mailing of
a pension check, drawn by a pension agent
In paythent of a pension due, to the ad
dress of a pensioner, shall constitute pay
ment in the event of the death of a pen
sioner subsequent to the execution of the
voucher therefor." If the amount of the
check does not exceed SI 00, it may be
made payable lo the person lawfully en
titled to it. Apply to the "Auditor for the
Interior Department, Washington, D. ('."
E. B. A., J.ocksburg, Ark. As lo how
many Special l.xaminers handle a pen
sion claim during a special examination
depends upon the number of witnesses to
be examined in the case and the distance
that they live from the claimant or from
each other. A case that has been under
bpecial examination for nearly two years is
evidently delayed because of tho witnesses
being scattered, living in different States
or in different parts of the same State.
W. B. IX, Kirksville, Mo. Commutation
in lieu of artificial limb is allowable upon
satisfactory evidence that the limb is prac
tically useless, where there is no actual
loss of the limb. Total helplessness is a
physical condition necessitating the prac
tically constant attendance of another per
son. P. C. S. The War Department does not
allow examinations of the official records
of the Department except for official pur
poses. When a pension claimcnt particu
larly desires certain information from the
records of the War Department, a Senator
or Hcpresenlative can usually obtain it for
him. There is still a Medical Heferee of tho
Pension Bureau. When there is a fine
medical question involved in a pension
case, the personal consideration of the
Medical Referee may sometimes be had,
but no appeal lies to him from the Com
missioner of Pensions, as he is simply a
ubordinate officer of tho Pension Bureau
having charge of the Medical Division of
the Bureau. The right of the pension
claimant or his attorney lo examine all the
papers in his case at tho Pension Bureau
is still denied. Tho reports ( medical ex
aminations nuiv be examined.
A. B. E., li ko Benton, Minn. A "sup
plemental" pension is not known to tho
pension law, but is simply a designation
by w ich issue of pension under certain
circumstances is known in tho Pension
Bureau. After the rejection of a claim for
increase, a new order for medical examina
tion will issue in due time after tho filing
of a new claim for increase. Ko papers or
letters can be withdrawn from tho files of a
pension wsn in tho Pension Bureau. Seo
reply lo P. C. S., above.
G. W. D., Science Hill, Ivy. Every pen
sion claimant unablo to prove his claim to
the satisfaction of the Pension Bureau has
tho right to h ve a special bill presented in
Congress on his behalf. As to the chances
of its being favorably considered, or con
sidered at all, that is another question.
7.. T. M., Hussell, Ky. It is practically
impossible to obtain a re-rating of invalid
pension under tho general law, excopt
where tho disability is specific, as loss of
a foot, or, at least, arises from a wound
and not from disease.
Stanton. -Tho question as to whether a
widow pensioner is entitled to continue to
draw tho additional rale of S2 on account
of a child of the soldier, after said child, a
daughter, marries, and whilo still under
16, does not appear to have been specific
ally raised. It is believed that tlie widow
would be entitled to continue to draw tho
additional rate whilo tho child remained
under 1G.
S01S Of VETERflftS.
Loyal Young Men and Their Great
Order.
Commander in-Chief Charles K. Darling
has just issued General Order No. 0 from
Rational Headquarters, Boston, Mass.
Nearly every Camp in the Order has now
been inspected, and the Commander-in-ClYcf
provides for the inspection of the
different Division Headquarters by the ap
pointment of many Assistant Inspectors
General. Thomas J. Hannon, Dedham, Mass.. has
been detailed as Assistant Adjutant-General,
and Fred. J Sun ford, Chicago, 111., a3
Assistant Quartermaster-General.
The appointment of the following com
mittees, provided for by the 16th annual
Encampment of the Commundery-in Chief,
is announced:
Committee on Ritual: Charles D. Hooney,
Carter Bu'lding, Boston; W. Y. Morgan,
Hutchinson, Ivan.; Clark J. Tisdell, Chi
cago. Committee on School Histories and Patri
otic Teachirg, to act in conjt nction with a
s'milar committee of the Grand Army of
the Repubbc, of which Judge Marsh, of In
diana, is Chairman. Rev. Sommerville
Light, Bluff on, Ind.; W i'iam M. P. Bon en,
Providence, II. I.; Rev. W. J. Patton, Mari
nette, Wis.; Fred A. Godcharles, Milton,
Pa.; Henry H. Paiker, Co- ersV:IIe, N. V.
Committee to draft new eligibility clause
for Constitution, Ru'es, and Regulations:
Past Commander-in-Chief William II. Rus
sell, La Crosse, Kan.; Charles T. Orner,
Bloomington, 111.
Committee to visit the next National En
campment of the Grand Army of tho
Rerublic and ex end the greetings of our
Order: Hon. J. M. Tiiurston, Omaha, Neb.;
Past Commander-in-Chief Wi.ham E.
Bundy, Cincinnati, O.; Past Division Com
mander W. H. Armstrong, Indianapolis,
Ind.; Division Commander A. W. .lores.
Youngslown.O.; Past Division Commander
Will am G. Dustin, Dwight, HI.
Committee on Military Reserve: E. R.
Campbell, Washington, D. C.: Fred B.
Morse, Elizabeth, N. J.; Walter E. Duncan,
Philadelphia, Pa.
Committ e to investigate the advisability
of establishing a military colli ge as a
memorial to the soldiers find members of
the G.A.R.: A. L. Sorter, jr., Mason City,
Iowa; George E. Cox, Hartford, Conn.;
Manley Wren, Bethany, Mo.; B. O. Bixby,
Chelsea, Vr.; R. M. Buckley, Louisville, Ky.
The Commander-in-Chief urges prompt
ness in making returns, and instructs all
Division Commanders to send blanks to all
Camps at least two weeks in advance. He
;isks that Division Headquarters consoli
date the returns and forward report to Na
tional Headquarters within the time speci
fied n the Rules and Regulations.
The Proceedings of the 16th Annual En
campment of the Commandery-in-Chief,
held at Indianapolis, Sept. 9 to 11, 1837,
have been edited under the supervision of
Past Commander-in-Chief James Lewis
Rake and Past Adj't-Gen. Horace II. Ham
mer, and are in the hands of the printer.
Upon the recommendation of the Division
G)mmander the charters of Camps 11 and
13, Kansas, have been revoked.
Since last General Orders were issued
Camps have been mustered at Cedar
Springs, Mich ; Everett, Pa.; Northumber
land, Pa.; East St. Louis, 111.; Webb City,
Mo.; Horsehcads, N. Y.; Alexandria, S. D.;
Strahan, Iowa; Rock Valley, Iowa; GoodeJI,
Iowa; Er ington. O.; Wessington Springs, S.
D.; Mancclona, Mich.; Trufant,Mich.; Erin,
Jefferson, Okla. Ter.; East Palestine, O.,
and Soath Standish, Me. These 20 Camps
had a charter membership of 521.
Connecticut will hold its annual En
campment at New Haven, Feb. 11; Massa
chusetts, at Boston, Feb. 21 and 22.
The Commander-in-Chief has had the
opportunity of meeting m.ny members of
the Grand Army, as well as Sons of Vet
erans, at Campfires and other gatherings
during the past two months. On all occa
sions he has found the warmest expres
sions of g'K)d will toward the Sons of Vet
erans as an Order, and he is more than eer
impressed with the belief that any failure
to come up to the full measure of Us possi
bilities as an organization will be properly
chargeable to lack of effort on the part of
its own membership.
In closing his orders Gen. Darling says:
"We wish to record the recognition and
thanks of the Order to the officers and
members that have rendered fuMiful ser
vice for the past year. We urge those
about to retire from office not to forget
that it is their plain duty to cot tinue their
work for the sv ccess of their Camp and
Dnision. It is not only unbecoming, but a
poor return for horors conf-rrcd, for past
officers to become indolent members.
United effort, CO operators, harmor v and a.
willingness- to render si ch service as past
experience may qualify them to perform, is
not only most des rable, but the Camp .-nd
Division have a right to expect and a just
claim to the services of their j ast officers.
"The rank and file is the bulwark of the
Order. In them mo find hope and inspira
tion. To the members who have been loyal
to their Camps are we indebted for what
ever improvements have or may be shown.
We call for your services ; we reqi est vour
support ; we know that every member can
do something for the advancement of the
Order. Therefore, let it becomea resolution
with each of us to render j-omc service that
will prove of value. Br ng into our ranks
new recruits. Nearly every member can do
this, and if all are awake to existing op
portunities, we shall forge ahead to a
position that will mark the ccsj-alion of
losses, and establish the advancement that
will bring us greater strength and greater
influence as an Order.
' Loyalty is one of our grandest prin
ciples, and loyalty to the Camp of which
we are members is one of the most practi
cal exemplifications of this principle. We
have good reasons to look to the future
with pleasing bore and anticipation; alorg
the line there comes the cheering news of
zealous v.ork and activ ty. Much has been
done towards improvement, and we have
had brought to our notice, and hereby de
sire Unofficially commend, many Camps for
increases in membership thev have re
cently made.
"The work of Pennsylvania in this re
spect is extraordinary; because of (his, and
to demonstrate to our members what can bo
done when the spirit of activity is shown
by tho Commander of a Division, loyally
supported by its officers and members, we
mention with gratification the praiseworthy
record of the following Camps in that Divis
ion: Camp 49, Shenandoah, 147 recruits,
Sept. 20 to Nov. 11; Camp ! GO, Wilkes-Burr e,
100 recruits, Dec. 10; Camp Si, Mahanov
City, 98 recruits, July 30, Philadelphia, con
solidated, 77 recruits, Nov. 19; Camp 121,
Milton, Pa., 61 recruits, June 24 to Dec. 2
Camp '64, Alt. Carmol, 20 recruits, Aug. 13."
i.i.; juiuon, in. xi.; jawson, .Minn.; uan
ville. Ky.; Washington, Pa ; Sisseion, S. D.;
Fairbury, Neb.; Nashua, N. IL: Alba. Mo.:
THE BELIEF COlvPS
News and Gossip of the Great
Auxiliary.
Dri'AItTJiENT OF IOWA.
Department President Georgia Wade Mc
Clellan took considerable part in the in
spections, and expressed herself much
pleased with the outlook everywhere. " She
instituted a Crpsat Malvern, and reorgan
ized E. C. Buckncr Corps, Eldora, and Corps
51, Perry.
A flourishing Corps of 48 members is that
of Annett, 237. Their three years of work
hae been active and effcctivo, and they
have presented flairs to the three school
buildings in which they are most interested.
K ngsley Corps aro raising money to re
build a hall burnt two years ago, with pros
pects of success, and Andrew Mills Corps,
161,Rolfc, havo increased their membership
from 10 to 30. Randall Corps, 207, North
wood, report progress arid piosperity, al
though they aro off in a corner by them
selves. Pleasant meetings aro reported by G. W.
Young Corps, 289, David, whose Post and
Corps have united in the purchase of a
building large enough for tho accommoda-
Fool
tion of both, the Post occupying the lower
room and the Corps the upper. Both rooms
are nicely furnished and attractive.
Among tue Corps reporting good work are
G. W. White Corr.s, 45, Washington, with a
menibersh'p oflOO, and Corps 15S, Atlantic,
which are increasing their funds by numer
ous box socials, dinners, and so on.
Corps 21, Cedar Rapids, have 82 members,
and they are a true auxiliary to their Post.
Haydcn Corps, 210, Forest City, report
prosperity; also, Corps 278, Newell, with a
membership of 80. This Corps numbers
four excellent years, and they have greatly
added to work and membership the past
year.
The Relief Committee of the Corps at
Council Bluffs have in the past six months
m;ide about 50 calls, aided 15 families, and
expended handsomely both in money and
suppPes.
Shields Corps, 210, Dunlap, numbers 31
members, and they respond promptly to
all calls, locally and through tho regular
channels; and the same may be said of
John A. Logan Corps, 50, Dennison. Though
young in the wcrk, President Maggie Mc
Henry is showing executive ability equal
to her zeal for the cause.
District Conventions have been well at
tended, and have proved profitable to the
Corps and their representatives in attend
ance. Department President- McClellan
reports everything moving on smoothly in
tho Department; officers and Aids faith
f.il in the discharge of duty, and w Hing to
work wherever they find it to do. Depart
ment Correspondent Jennie McEIroy.
The Journal of 14th Annual Convention,
Department of Iowa, W.R.C., has been
issued in good stvlc by Past President
Helen Roseman Griffith. It embraces 170
pages, and is an interesting epitome of tho
work of that largo and influential Depart
ment. Iowa reports much interest attend
ing patriotic contests for the gold and silver
medals.
NATIONAL nr.UKF COItPS HOME.
The new officers of the National Relief
Corps Home, Madison, O., entered upon
their duties the 1st of November. These
arc Ella J. Mason, Superintendent, Medina,
O., and Mrs. R. II. Frater, Assistant Super
intendent, Viroqua, Wis. There are now
61 inmates in the Home.
Department President Clare Tl. Burleigh,
of Massachusetts, upon retiring from the
National Home after well-performed duties
as Superintendent, extend ng over several
years, spent some t'me at Rocky Rher, O.,
and had just returned to Madison and
opened a studio then for the Winter,. when
she was stricl en with paralysis of the
right side while a guest in the home of Dr.
Charles II. Quaile. This was on Dec. ',
and many hours of unconsciousness
followed Tbe indications are now that she
will ultimately recover. Her affliction is a.
great shock to htr man friends in and
arourd the Home, as il w 11 be n Vassa
cnusetts, and wherever the Relief Corps is
known.
Mrs. Sara Mackey, formerly of Austin
burg, O., died at the National Rel ef Corps
Home rcc e.i.Iy, in the 87rh ye;r of her age,
havmg been'born in Ononda o Couity, N.
Y., July 10, 1S'0. She becmi ajvidow in
1851. and w.is"af'er that caredffor by her
brother, Simon Reed, who d cd two years
since at the ae of ;'(, said to Ijo tho oldest
sold er in Oli-o. Burnham Post, G.A.R.,
boic the i cirau s to their 1 st rest'rg-place
in the Kelief Corps Home lot, .Middle Ridge
Cemetery.
DKPARTMBNT OF IIXIN'OI8.
Past Department President Flo Jam-son
Miller, of 111 nois, contrinuted a stro ig
article upon heredity and civ'ronmonL
show ng w de research in s.- enafic I'nes,
before the Woman s Club of that c ty. It
is along U,e Ib.es of heredity that the
Woman's Lei ef Coips is do ng its best
work in patriot c teaching.
At ;i Oampfirc just given by the Relief
Corps of Nevius Post, Hockford, Past Commander-in-Chief
T. G. Lawler was the prin
cipal orator, and, in speak'ng of the Wo
man's Relief Corps, said: "We are growing
older, and soon the G.A.R. will pass away;
but another band, as loyal, as noble, has
come to the front, and many a good and
charitable deed has been done by the
women of our Relief Corps." In f lie course
of his remarks he asserted that Winnebago
County, of which 1 Cock ford is a part, was
the first lo raise flags over its sehoolhouses.
Department President Jennie Bross, of
Illinois, has appointed Lucy M. Kossitcr,
of Chicago, as Patr.otic Instructor for that
State. The flag work, intioduced into the
Relief Corps service at 15th Nat'onal Con
vention, is making good progress in the
Corps of Illinois.
The next Convention will be held at
Slreator. Inspections in the Department
were very sausf tctory, showing a healthy
growth and effective efforts in all l'ncs of
work. Silas Casey Corps, 7:'., initiated 17
members in the month tf October. Past
Department Secre ary Joseph .ne P. Cleve
1 nd, Springtlel i, i- dead. She vas a
charter member of Stephens n Relief Corps,
17, and did her first effect've work for the
sold er cause bv pr nting and selling litho
graphs of Dr. Stephenson, founder of tho
Grand Army of the Republic, for the bene
fit of his widow and children.
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ALL A'ONOJTnB LINK.
Department President Alice Starr Hauck
reports that the suggtSt'on of Commander-in-Chief
J. P. S. Gnbmm'ide before 15th
National Convention that the "'Oman's
Rel ef C rps assist in paying the dues of
worthy comrades whojarc unable to keep
themselves in good Standing with their
Posts, has been put in jiractice by at least
one Corps in that Department, and she
recommends that other Corps, through
their Conference Connnittco with the Posts,
take steps to do the same.
Fourteenth annual1 Convention, Depart
ment of South Dakota, voted to furnish a
room at the National Relief Corps Home, to
be known as tho "Old Abe Room,"
perpetuating the memory of the famous war
eagle, and a committee has been appointed
to carry out tho action of Convention.
South Dakota Convention expressed
themselves in favor of equal suffrage, on
the legislative controversy now pending,
since they have found that the best way to
secure legislation for patriotic and chari
table work is to have themselves fortified
with the ballot.
Tho Journal of the 13th Annual Conven
tion. Department of Oregon, appears with
portraits of the ret'ring President, Secre
tary and Treasurer, Mesdames Sarah M.
McCown, Jennie B. Harding and Fannie
L. Cochrano. A roster of 51 Corps is printed,
and we learn from tho Secretary's report
that tho combined membership was 1,010;
ISO persons having Ixcn assisted within
the year.
vn! t
Dog Locates a Wap. Party of 6,000 Indians'.
THE CftflflP flipY-
What Veterans Are" Doing; for the
Good of the Order.
Past Chaplain-in-Clref T. 11. Hagerty, St.
Loins, Mo., writes: "'Ihe active works of
the year have closed, and tho Department
is in the scenes o changing administra
tions. The past year l)as been one of the
most prosperous in the.historv of the De
partment, taking all'things into considera
tion. Wo must not forg'et that the men are
older than they were, -SO years ago, and it is
not to be expected J.ttiat4hcy will be as
prompt to do duty, nor as quick to engage
in new thincs as when they wero younger
and more full of life. It is known that, old
soiuiers are not as reauy io join mo uwy.ia.
as they were 20 or more years ago.
"Then it has been seen that comrades are
not quite so prompt in keeping themselves
square in all things as they wero once;
hence, many hundreds lapsed, and some
lost their membership entirely. It has be
come a great question in many places, ' How
shall we be able to keep our comrades all
in line and prevent falling oat by the way? '
"Tho Missouri Department has given
special attention to this matter. lam glad
to report, that Commander Piatt has had
much success in gaining back many who
had lapsed. Ho was very active in his
visitation of Reunions, Campfires, and
other gatherings of the G.A.R. , so that he
has come in contact with the rank and file,
and knows the needs of tho Department.
"These Reunions have been especially
interesting this year. Much enthusiasm has
been created by these gatherings, not only
among the comrades, but. among people of
all ages. Vast crowds of people wonld at
tend these gatherings day and night as
never before No social organization of
men can draw as large and as respectable
a crowd as the G.A.R. We should be proud
of this fact. In many places the Johnnies
have shown great interest.
"Missouri has done well in getting, hack
suspended comrades, and even dropped
members. Thev propose to stay this time.
The find it belter to be in than out. Others
who never before belonged to tho Order
have joined. Our city Posts have been
particularly fortunate in this line. Ransom
Post has grown to second in size in the
Department, and is still recruiting."
DKI'AUT-MKNT DOINGS.
J. R. Palmer, Normal, 111., writes: ' Wo
have recen.ly organ zed a Post in this city,
and named it in honor of Col. Wm. McCul
lough, -1th HI. Cav., who was killed at
Coffeevillc, Miss., in December, 1802. We
have a membership of 57, and the organiza
tion is prosperous. A society of theLaclies
of the G.A.R., known as McCullough Circle,
has been organized, and is aiding the
G.A.R. in its work."
Department Commander Scott, of Rhode
Island, calls the attention of comrades to
the near approach of Flag Day, and urges
early action to insure tho proper observance
by the different Posts.
The Encampment M the Rhode Island
Department win ho hold at Westeriv, Jan.
27. Uudlong Post, 18,5.s arranging "for tho
entertainment of'visillng comrades. Conu"
mander-in-Chief Gobin has promised to at
tend. Resolutions have been passed by John
M. Bell Post, 110, Washington Courthouse,
Department of Ohio, asking President Mc
Kinlevand Congress to take a firm stand
in behalf of the Cuban insurgents. A copy
of the re olutions were forwarded to tho
Ohio Senators and Representatives and lo
Department Commander Kissinger.
The Mth anniversary of the organization
of Ransom Post, St. Louis, was celebrated
with a banquet at 'the Southern Hotel,
where over .'500 comrades and the'r friends
assembled. Commander Hills said, in his
welcome, that he thanked God that he did
not have to invite his comrades and friends
to s:t down to such camp'irc eating as the
comrades were acciist'br.vcd to in their army
life, but that now thev were able to enjoy
the best of the lncF and were devoutly
thankful for it. Afterfcraec had been said
by Comrade Il.-gertv. Judge Phillips, of the
Supreme Couit of mind's, was introduced.
He gloried n the war?! fee great command
ers v. ho h-id led the arm cs. and desired
that the Nation should-assert its rights,
not in peace. congrcses and arbitration
treaties, but by the sword, if necessary.
He desired the Navy to be such that every
nation would fear and' honor our merchant
ships. lie wanted a' coaling harbor, and
whenever Hawa'i wanted to "f.ill into our
lap," he sa;d, ' take it" and fear not-" He
was not oUpose,! to fear accepting Cuba,
nor the Nation now trr.Mg.su vainlj to hold
her. Dr. Jese Bo v. man Young gave a
graphic word picture of hv mm in the war
as ho had seen tlvui. botli in ihe West and
the East. Conir i-le Judge Thompson gave
an address on the great characters of tho
war, Ransom especially. Thp speeches
were all of a high order.
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FIGHTING THE REDS,
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Sully's Expedition, as Told by
a 6th Iowa Cav. Man.
Editor National Tribune: From 1861 un
til tho surrender of Gen. Lee, tho papers of
tho North were filled with the news of the
rebellion, but Gen. Sully's expedition was
left out. Sully's report was only a synop
sis of our three years' service against the
Indians. 1 will writo a sketch of our ex
pedition. On our first march in the Indian country,
tho 6th Iowa Cav., under Col. Wilson, in
April, 1863, took up the lino of march from
Davenport, Iowa, across the country to
Dakota.
Nothing of importance occurred during
our march until we arrived near Elk Point.
There wo were joined by the 2d Neb. Cav.
and a battery of light artillery of six guns,
with Gen. Sully in command of the expe
dit on. Wo were held there on drill duty
until June, to teach our horses to jump
creeks and ditches.
On June 1 wo took up our march up the
Missouri. As Gen. Sully understood In
dian warfare,, we did not march very fast.
He would send out scouting parties in all
directions, that wo might not be taken by
surprise. Nearly all the Northwestern In
dians were on the warpath at that time,
and were in large bands, as they knew we
were coming.
We had several guides, both white and
Indian. A Sioux by the name of Fool Dog
was our best Indian guide. The Indians
were continually trying to stampede our
horses, and would attack our scouting par
ties whenever opportunity presented.
When we arrived at a creek near Fort
Thompson, a party of officers rode in ad
vance to look up a camping-ground, and
while dismounted to get a drink, three In
dians in ambush fired and killed one of the
officers.
The r.onntrv liefnrr vnre mrinU lirt t-i
dians ran some distancn hefnrn wn ,,oi
f surround and kill them, as they would not
surrenuer. ucn. ouny ordered their heads
cut off and brought to camp. The heads
were nut on noles and tli nnlna chmir -,
i tho ground. I think this was done to ad-
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veruse our ousmess, as it were.
When we arrived near Fort Berthold the
Indian guide, Fool Dog, told Gen. Sully he
believed ho could guido us to a big war
party of Sioux, under Chief Big Head. Now,
this Chief was Fool Dog's father-in-law,
and Fool Dog's wife had left him, and gone
with her father on tho warpath. For re
venge, and to get his wife, the Indian vol
unteered to track them.
Gen. Sully gave Fool Dog command of
tho scouts. We marched east to Devil's
Lake, then southward. On tho morning of
Sept. 2, the 3d battalion, under Maj. House,
consisting of Cos. I, C, F and M, left the
command After an hour's march we saw
a wounded buffalo. Our guide kept in
sight ahead of us.
At about noon he stopped on the brow of
a hill, and then started back. He told us
he had found the war party and there were
over 0 0 topees or tents, and he thought
thcro were about 0,000 warriors. He was
sure wo had not been discovered, and ad
vised the Major to charge.
The Major ordered another guide to go
back to the command and report to the
General. Our commander ordered us to
dismount, tighten our saddle-girths and ex
amine our arms.
We were les than 400, and I think most
of the boys felt as if they had found more
Indians than they could use. I had an
idea there would be a massacre if the In
dians only understood the situation.
The Indian town was in a small valley
surrounding a small lake of clear water I
belonged to Co. I, which was in front. I
rode on the right of the first platoon, which
was in the lead. I had a splendid view of
the town as we advanced.
When the charge was ordered wo were
about a mile away. Tho Indians saw us
coming and ran for their ponies. The
Chief, whom we soon picked out, had a
large American flag draped around his
body, and met us at the edge of tho town
Wo came to a halt without a shot being
fired.
Wo found out afterwards that the fla
game was to hold off the fight until they
could take down their tepees and pack
them and their goods on their ponies and
dogs, and remove their families from tho
field.
Our guides wero also our interpreters,
and they held a parley. Wo formed in a
hollow-square, as wo were surrounded by
the Indians, who were in war paint and
feathers, and seemed anxious to com
mence tho fight. They thought they had
a sure thing. But our reinforcements were
coming, and the countrv being hillv they
were close at hand before the Indians saw
them. When they did, confusion resulted.
The squaws and papooses ran lo get out of
danger. Our battalion was ordered to head
off and drive them back to tho main body
of Indians. So we rode ahead of the squaws
and children, turned them back, and
formed a line on the south.
The balance of our regiment formed on
the east and north, and the 2d Neb. on the
west. The Gen-ral believed tho Indians
would give up as prisoners of war, and
ordered us to close in on all sides; lo hold
ourselves ready for battle, but not to fire
Night was fast coming onjust what tho
Indians were awaiting. Tho sun was
down. They were marching along about
20 feet ahead of us. All at once they
commenced firing. The flash of their guns
and the darkness threw our lines into con
fusion for a few moments. The battle had
commenced and it kept up all night.
After the first fire we were ordered to dis
mount and every fourth man hold horses,
the rest to advance on tho ground. The
Indians would put robes on them and bark
like the dogs they had in their village
then slin un and tomahawk our bovs, and
scalp our killed- but wo soon got on to
the r patnc and commenced sbootine- every
thing that looked or sounded like a doc.
The latter narr. of ihn nilit n,o n-;.
nearly ceased. On the morning of tho 3d.
just as soon as Ave could see, we were ready
for action. Chief Big Head and 200 war
riors gave themselves un as prisoners; also
tho squaws and children. There wero
about W warriors killed, according to tho
Indians' statement. I think there were
onlv 30 soldiers killed. The battle-ground
looked as .though a cvelone had passed
over it. There wero soldiers, braves,
squaws, papooses, ponies, dogs, robes,
blankets, steel-traps, beads, and wo found
sonio white women scalps.
We buried our dead and covered tho
graves with buffalo meat and burnt it. I
supposo we burnt 20 wagon loads of dried
meat to hide the graves. If the Indians
could find tho graves they would take up
the bodies and burn them and have a war
daiice.
The night of the 3d, the other Indians
who had gotten away made an attack on
our camp. We lay on our arms all night,
but we had no more trouble.
On the morning of tbe 5th wo took up our
line of march, with tho captured braves
and squaws on foot and tho papooses in
tho wagons. In due time we arrived at or
near old Fort Pierre. Gen. Sxtlly mado a
treaty with our prisoners and released
them. Our guide, Fool Dog. was well
pleased; he got his squaw back and good
pay from tho Government. We built a fort
that wo called Fort Sully.
In October tho 6th Iowa Cav. was divided
and stationed along the border of tho fron
tier to protect tho settlers. F. B. Leonard,
Sheridan, Oro.
flEflEWlflG Old) TIES.
Reunion of Veterans Who Stood Shoul
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The survivors of the 20th Ind. battery
celebrated the anniversary of the battle of
Nashville with a Reunion at the home of
Comrade Martin Leitcr, at Craw fords ville.
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Chas. W. Daggy, Gun Sergeant Den
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Little. The latest addition to the battery is
baby Allen Little, the three-months-old boy
of Comrade and Mrs. Little, and namesake
of Capt. Allen. The 20th Ind. battery was
mustered into the service at Indianapolis
in August, 1302. It fired the first gun at
Nashville, Dec. IS, 1865, and with other
artillery was encaged in shelling Overton's
Hill while the Fourth Corps made its
famous charge. The 20th Ind. batters bos
reverence the name of Gen. Thomas, and
when Capt. Allen referred to him at the Re
union tears started to the eyes of the vet
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Indianapolis during the National Encamp-
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Franklin B. Wilson, a four-years veteran,
living at Elmira, Ore., writes that he is read
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