Stories Eminenlly Worlh Telling of Experiences and Adventures
in the Great National Struggle
TIIE 3D O V C
CrOTsnmo Time Exploring Mammoth
Cave The Penally of StrajjcllnR -On
o XnMhvIlIe
Editor National Tribune I have
been a reader of your paper for several
years and next to the Bible I think it
the greatest reading matter on earth
I dont see how any old soldier can get
along without it Now as all the old
boys of my old regiment the 3d Ohio
Cav and especially of Co E are too
busy these days to write their experi
ences as soldiers and as I am off duty
I will try to throw a chip on the fire to
keep up the appearance of camp yet
anyhow
The 3d Ohio Cav was organized at
Jlonroeville O Camp AAorcester
from Sept 1 1861 to about Feb 10
18C2 when it was ordered to Camp
Dennison Ohio and was there reviewed
by Gen Elliott and mustered into the
United States service Now we had
thought we were mustered into the U
S service but were only mustered into
the State service up to that time- and
you have given the reasons some num
bers back in your history of organiza
tion of the cavalry forces Now we
were full fledged United States soldiers
In a few days we broke camp and
marched to Cincinnati There we took
boats for Buells Army of the Ohio at
Louisville Ky AAe were camped on
Senator Brights farm on the Indiana
side of the river were there about
three weeks crossed the river into Lou
isville on Sunday morning in the rain
marched out of the city on the Bards-
town road and went about 10 miles
The ram had turned to sleet and snow
Our wagons did not set up AAre had
nothing to eat no tents no forage for
our horses Pretty good for first ex
perience Now we are soldiering in
earnest Two days after while camped
near Bardstown it snowed so in the
night that it bent the treetops down so
we lay by one day AAThen we reached
Cave City Ky there were some 300 or
400 mostly officers hired guides and
went into the Mammoth Cave AAe saw
sights galore and we could hear part
of what the guides had to say and one
of the things -was for us not to stray
from the guides for we were likely to
lose our way and become lost and never
get out again Notwithstanding this
good advice Sergt Maj Brainard Fish
and a Lieutenant of Co D Bugler B F
Piatt Corpl Milton Asken Privates
John Gibbs and Martin V B Culver
formed a monopoly no that is not it
a syndicate no that was not it either
It was a trust company of Investigation
and went on our own hook Now when
we went into the cave every one that
paid 1 got a lamp or oil torch fur
nished by the guides The aforesaid
company would watch and when some
one would put his torch down to Inves
tigate something we would pick it up
put It out and hang it on our arm so
when we had several extras we started
on our own hook AVe went some two
or more miles when the Lieutenant and
John Gibbs concluded to go back The
rest went on Finally we came to the
conclusion that we did not know wheth
er we were going farther into the cave
or were working our way out AVe
would look for marks on the floor made
by the nails In peoples shoes Some
times we would find these in plenty and
sometimes we could scarcely find any
Then we knew we were where there
had not been much travel AVe came
to a deep hole We rolled a good sized
stone into It and found that it was
very deep AAe had no way of Inves
tigating it farther and it took up
all the passageway AVe could cee
across on the other side and
see caverns One seemed to lead up
one straight ahead and one to the
right There seemed to be a path on
the left of this hole that would reach
the cavern that seemed to lead up AAe
concluded to try to get there Up to
this time we had been going with one
torch lit in front and one in rear but
in this case each one carried a lit torch
and I think it one of the scaliest climbs
I ever made AVhen we got on the oth
er side we were not in the cavern we
started for at all If any man had owned
the State of Kentucky and would have
given it to us to go back the way we
came I dont think it would have been
any temptation to ua To look back
It did not seem possible that we had
come around that hole That is one
of the death traps of the cave beyond
a doubt AVe looked for nail marks
but could not find any Our spirits
dropped about 50 degrees Talk almost
ceased AAe held a consultation By
one of the boys watches it proved to be
Just 2 oclock in the morning AVe con
cluded to lie down on a big rock and
try to get some rest and sleep AVe put
out all our torches and lay down I
could not sleep I got up and lit a
torch and started back to investigate a
passage that we had passed and which
the boys would not stop to explore at
the time I left the main passage and
went Into a cavern then from that to
another cavern and In getting into it I
went down under some rocks and came
up into this cavern There was a broad
sheet of water coming down an Inclined
plain I went to It The water seemed
to come out of the side of the cavern
and slide down that incline and disap
pear without a ripple or noise of any
kind I started to go out again and do
you know I could not find any way out
Maybe I did not get scared And to
make matters worse I found I had only
one torch with me and that probably
one that had been burned all night I
dont think they would burn more than
24 hours Finally I happened to duck
my head up that hole that I came clown
through and I was not long in getting
out of that place There is no doubt In
my mind but I took the first light In
that cavern that was ever in it for the
guides told us that at that time not
nearly all the cave had been explored
I had fired my revolver but I might Just
as well have shot a popgun AAhen I
got out into the main channel the other
boys were up and had their torches lit
AVe started on our Journey again After
awhile wo came Into a channel where
there seemed to have been a great deal
more travel and as we could not tell
how many times we had crossed our
track it was a question now which wny
to go to get out AAe decided our course
and went on but as most always is the
case there was a minority report and
so that made us more cautious in our
movements AVe had not gone more
than a half mile when we came to a
dividing of the ways and here was a
large dart pictured on the wall Now
the question was which way did that
dart point Into the cave or out of the
cave AAe decided It should point out
so In that case we had to retrace out
steps which wo did and after traveling
a mile or so we came out at Pulpit
Rock and were in the main channel
probably a mile or more from the en
trance As we were going out we met
others going in They said they were
after some of their comrades that like
us had strayed off from the main
crowd Avhen we got to carnp the regl
ment had breakfasted and were saddled
ready to march I went Into several
caves while on that march and saw
wonders I have thought if I were able
to take my family sight seeing I would
rather go to see Kentucky and Its caves
than almost any other natural curiosity
But I should want to get my drinking
water out of the beautiful springs and
not out of the stagnant pools filled with
dead animals as we did on that march
owing to the love and resnect of John
n Morgan and his coterie
After Morenn
On this trip we were armed with all
Kinds of arms Only a part of each com
pany was armed with carbines and
mobt of them were Galligers They
shot a rubber cartridge and at a good
guess I should say they would throw a
ball -well 20 -feet anyhow especially if
you would giveyour gun a good chuck
forward when you fired it Some were
armed with English navy revolvers of
little account AAe had heavy brass
hiitcd sabers Some were armed with
Savage revolvers which were true to
their name so far as the shoot was
concerned as one man in Co F learned
while in camp about 10 miles north of
Nashville AVe lay over then one or two
days AArord came into camp that Mor
gan was going to attack our camp sure
AAe were ordered to clean up our arms
and get ready to go with Morgan This
poor fellow was cleaning his Savage
revolver it went off shot through his
tent his big horse through the heart
ana auout six inches Into a big oak
tree that stood about 20 feet from his
tent AAe didnt have the kind of arms
Morgan wanted so he didnt come after
us He wanted to capture men where
at least each company was armed with
uniform arms which we were not This
was of several scares wc had
while marching through Kentucky and
Tennessee AAe marched on to Nash
ville and camped on the hill cast of
the city between the Cumberland River
and the Lebanon pike
Now comrades we are at Nashville
many of us for the first time in our
lives AVe will camp here for a few
days for a little rest and some more
camp experiences and to behold a large
army camped on the hills and in the
valleys around the city and it was a
grand sight to see Now comrades
while resting here get out your writing
material not to write home as you did
then but to write to your comrades
and friends who take The National
Tribune AVe want to hear from you
Many of you kept diaries and you
probably have your old letters to re
fresh your memories with I have noth
ing of the kind so I hope If I make
some mistakes you wont Jump on me
I write purely from memory Come on
boys lets hear from you Martin v
B Culver Co E 3d O V C Dawn Mo
Going Into GeKynhunr
Editor National Tribune The even
ing of the last day of June the First
Corps went Into camp about midway
between Emmltsburg and Gettysburg
Gen Reynolds taking up his quarters
for the night at a house now a post
office which stands at a corner where
a by road leads off from the pike
Here the corps filed off to the right
going into camp in an old peach or
chard but a short distance from the
pike There had not been up to this
time a hint of any trouble ahead and
the boys thought more of securing a
supply of the fine wheat bread and
fresh cherry pie Just out of the oven
supplied by the thrifty farmers wives
than they did of the enemy Our
march through Maryland had been a
regular picnic compared to conditions
we left in desolated Alrginia and when
we struck Gods country once more
we felt like Caddy of Co B who
used to say whenever there were in
dications of trouble Say boys I
aint got nothing against the rebs have
you
But our fancied security received a
sudden Jolt as we filed out onto the
pike in the early morning headed to
ward Gettysburg and heard the deep
detonations of Devlns guns AAre con
gratulated ourselves that the firing
must be fully 20 miles away but we
were soon disabused of this fancy when
an orderly Jlew pafet us to the rear and
we were ordered to give way to let two
batteries pass going at a break neck
pace one battery of steel guns the
other brass Napoleons They rattled
over the little covered bridge which
spans Marsh Creek shaking it to its
very foundation and giving no heed
to the 5 penalty for driving faster
than a walk
AAe immediately fell In and follow
ed at a double quick jln the wake of
the batteries As we annroached
Gettysburg we noticed many of the
residents along the pike leaving by the
crossroads their families stowed away
in the front of their wagons with what
goods and chattels they could pack in
a nig Dunnie m the rear
ah we came In sight of the town we
passed at the gateway of a farmhouse
a very aged man his hair long and
silvery ana hanging down well over
his shoulders His voice was tremu
lous and he tottered on his cane be
ing supported on the other side by his
granddaughter a blooming lass of 14
or 15 years As we hurried by the old
man exhorted us in beseeching tremu
lous tonesi hp cm boys this time
If you donl whip em now youll never
whip em The boys replied with a
Bully for the old man and a Hip
hip for the girl as we quickened our
pace to take up our position where our
monument now marks the extreme
right or the first days fighting which
position we held late In the day until
the Eleventh Corps gave way and we
were flanked and forced to fall back
The first Intimation we had of the
seriousness of the engagement was
when we turned off the pike into the
field very near the little stone house
where Gen Reynolds died As his white
haired boyish orderly dashed by us
with a strange expression in his face
that we read as bad news one of the
men asked Whats the matter or
derly and we could Just catch as he
passed Gen Reynolds is very badly
wounded
I had often recalled to mind In later
years the old man and the fair girl
whom wo passed that day and when
I Joined the boys on the field to dedi
cate our monuments while riding over
mo Dattlelleia with my wire and an old
tentmate who has Just answered the
last roll call I Inquired of the colored
driver If he could tell me who he was
His reply was prompt Yes indeed
that was old Mr Rogers He owned
that farm and he stayed right thar in
the house all through the fight and
the girl she stayed thar too nursln
tho wounded and cookin for the 1st
Mass Doys wno rought all over the old
mans farm The girl shes married
now and livc3 out West and when the
1st Mass put up their monument they
sent for her and they called her out
on tho platform and pinned a beauti
ful diamond pin on her Is the old
man dead I queried Yes he
dead long ago and they say he cried
for Joy when be heard the rebs had
retreated
I afterward wrote one of the Battle
field Commissioners to verify the story
of the colored driver and obtained
the girls address wrote her and re
ceived a very cordial modest reply
expressing much pleasure at hearing
irom one of the boys who met her at
the gate on that eventful morn Ttu
fus P Northrop Co A 30th Pa Har
risonburg Va
TIIE 27TII OR 31ST MO
The necord of Some Rnllnnt nnd Loral
Mlmoarlnna
Editor National Tribune In the
Soldiers Friend I notice a communl
cation by Comrade Harter Co A 27th
Mo I seldom criticise a comrades
article but will have to a little in his
case First he says we the Sith Mo
were placed in F P Blairs Brigade
and sent down the river in the Spring
of 1863 Now it is well known by all
comrades of the brigade that it was
first organized at Helena Ark or
rather across the river opposite that
place In December 1S62 and con
sisted of the 29th 30th 31st and L2d
Mo 54th Ohio and 13th III It was
intended the brigade should have hicn
composed of six Missouri regiments
but the 27th failed to come to time
and the 2Sth never organized as a regl
ment but joined Bos ens Battalion and
became the 10th Mo Cav The Ohio
and Illinois regiments were attached
to the Missouri regiments to enable the
brigade to become a part of Gen
Shermans army which was to attack
Vicksburg in December 1SC2
This as made up is -the brigade Gen
Blair led In the charge on Dec 29
1862 It put tTo stars in the Gen
erals crown then and there After
Gen Grant took command of the
army in the AVinter the three corps
were formed Gen Sherman command
ed the Fifteenth Gen Steele the First
Division and Col Frank H Manter of
the 2d Mo -the First of Blairs Bri
gade until June 1S63 when Col
Fletcher of the 31st Mo took com
mand The 27th Mo joined the bri
gade in March 1863 So you see it
never went down the river with Blair s
Division Fletcher commanded tho
brigade for a short time and then Col
B F Farrer of the 30th Mo took and
retained command until after the sur
render of Vicksburg and the campaign
to Jackson when Col Fletcher again
took command The 76th Ohio took
the place of the 54th Ohio In the brl
gadc and Col Chas AAood of that
regiment having been promoted to a
General became brigade commander
AVhen AAood became a Major General
the 12th Mo was attached to the bri
gade and Col AVangelln of that regi
ment became the commander during
the Atlanta campaign After the cap
ture of Atlanta and the reorganization
of the army Gen AVm AVood who
had been Lieutenant Colonel and Colo
nel of the 76th Ohio took command
and remained tho brigades commander
until it was mustered out at AArashing
ton In 1865 Col Fletcher returned to
Missouri and became Colonel of the
47th Mo in the Summer of 1864 He
was next in command to Gen Ewipg
at the battle of Pilot Knob Sept 27
1864 He was elected Governor of Mis
souri In November following He never
was a Brigadier General Other Col
onels commanded the brigade for a
short time at different times The bri
gade never belonged to the Thirteenth
Corps always the Fifteenth
AAhat I object to most is Comrade
Harters charge against the officers of
the other regiments as to their care
and reports of their sick wounded and
deceased men AAhat he says may be
true of his officers but it Is not of the
officers or the 31st Mo I now have a
record of the time and place of each
man killed died of wounds or of sick
ness of Co C AVe kept track of our
men and notified their folks at home
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ffHE NATIONAL TRIBUNE WASHINGTON D G THURSDAY OCTOBER 11 mm
as soon as possible if one of them was
killed wounded or died If sent to the
hospital we followed them up and had
reports sent to us so there never has
been any trouble In proving the death
or any member of Co C and so far as
I know even of those that died In pris
on and five of Co C died there Of
the company four deserted in Novem
ber 1862 before we left Missouri
eight were discharged on account of
wounds or sickness five were trans
ferred to the Veteran Reserve Corps
five were killed in battle and 23
marched with Gen Sherman to
intrton to be discharged That leaves
35 to die of wounds and disease Of
the 37 honorably discharged one was
murdered by bushwhackers and 21
have died There are now 13 living
out of the 85 Missouri boys who en
listed in Co C 31st Mo in August
3 863 AVe never received any re
cruits AV H Evans Captain Co C
31st Mo
Scblryx Loop
Editor National Tribune In reply to
Joseph A Stewart in issue dated Aug
16 1906 I want to ask Mr Stuart wnai
he would think of the commander of
a regiment who under orders of his
General to charge the enemy should
make a right wheel as soon as he got
within the danger line and make a
complete circle and then move In a
parallel line with the enemy who was
trying to escape to the left In that
great sea fight at Santiago the Brooklyn
had the advantage Any other vessel
in the fleet would have improved such
a fine opportunity It was reported
publicly and not denied that the fol
lowing conversation occurred on the
bridge of the Brooklyn
Schley Put your helm hard aport
Hodgson You mean starboard
Schley No I dont we are near
enough to them the Spaniards al
ready
Hodgson But we will cut down the
Texas
Schley Let the Texas look out for
herself
The following extract from Senator
Lodges The AVar AAith Spain shows
conclusively the loop was made on ac
count of Schleys indecision a charac
teristic of the man shown on more than
one occasion In this same campaign
Admiral Schleys first explanation of
his movement was that he was afraid
of being rammed it being understood
that the Spaniards were especially anx
ious to destroy the Brooklyn because
she was so fast His second explana
tion of his turning away from the ene
my in a direction contrary to that tak
en by the other ships was that he wish
ed to avoid blanketing their fire For
the ship in the lead and with the high
est speed to blanket ships in the rear
seems difficult on its face but for the
leading ship to blanket the fire of four
battleships strung out over a mile that
fire being directed against four ships
strung out over an equal or greater
distance appears practically impossi
ple
Under the standing orders of Admiral
Sampson If the enemy tries to escape
the ships must close and engage as soon
as possible and endeavor to sink Ills
vessels or force them to run ashore
Every other officer In command of a
vessel except the Brooklyn literally
obeyed this order The loop was the
only weak movement In the fight and
the only move that gave the Spanish
ships any chance of escape
The cost of repairing the damage to
the ships engaged was Oregon none
Texas J75232 Brooklyn 130315 In
diana 407858 Iowa 499365 At
the start the Brooklyn had the post of
honor nearest the enemy and the di
rection taken by the Spanish ships and
had she been handled with courage
would have deserved the highest praise
in the greatest sea fight in our history
Isaac R Lane Barnesville O
The 11th Iowa
D L Foole Bliss N Y writes I
do not think it was right to return the
rebel flags nor is it right to allow them
to be displayed at public gatherings I
would like to hear from any ono of the
11th Iowa through The National Trib
une or by letter
AT PORT HCDSOX
The Severe Service of the 110th X T
Editor National Tribune I have been
reading with lntercstHhe description of
the battle and slefjp of Port Hudson and
the events associateti with this place
which have latelyapffcared in the col
umns of your4papreriJThe 110th N A
does not it -seems time receive the
credit to which ItIs entitled with refer
ence to the operations in and arou nl
Port Hudson I IftclcHe herewith mem
oranda which aie taken from written
memoranda made- by myself at the
time being at that time a member of
Co B of said regiment but temporarily
detailed with Cote KI and also mem
oranda taken from diaries kept by a
comrade of mine at the time Henry B
AVhitney a member ofiCo B
These records were made at the time
and aro substantially correct They
have been very muchifabbreviatcd and
much more detail could be used
Our regiment entered upon the cam
paign between 700 nnd S00 strong and
through the hardships of service in the
swamps and continuous picket duty ami
hard service only SO men could bo mus
tcred to shoulder muskets when wo
marched out of Port Hudson
I have sent you the statements of
these facts every one of which can be
verified in order that your record mav
be as near correct as possible if you
have space and see fit to use them
April 22 1863 Four companies of
the 110th N Y A B C and I were
detailed to go to Barriers Landing cos
D E F G H and K of the same regi
ment with the colors at Opelousas and
ordered to -guard wagon train to Alex
andria
May 7 1863 These last named six
companies started from Opelousas
May 15 IS63 These last named
companies left Alexandria en route to
Port Hudson by land
May 23 1863 Opposite Port Hud
son Took 12 privates nnd one Lieuten
ant prisoners One company of ciV
airy and ono section of artillery with
these six companies
May 24 1S63 Co K crossed
swamp and came down to levee oppo
site Port Hudson Co D took 10 pris
oners and got two spyglasses of Signal
Corps
May 25 1863 Co H relieved Co K
May 26 1863 One rebel prisoner
captured and heavy firing by gunboats
May 27 1863 Mortar fleet fired all
night and infantry fight
May 31 1863 News received that
other four companies A B C and I
were across the river
June 1 1863 Two 21 pound guns
taken and replaced with two 12 pound
brass pieces
June 5 1863 Rebels tried to cross
river but failed
June 7 1863 Captured 20 prison
ers
June 11 1863 Heavy firing across
the river
June 14 1863 Shelled fort all night
and shelling still continues
June 15 1S63 Rebel cavalry report
ed by our cavalry as 600 strong with
pieces of artillery Six companies 300
strong formed on levee lay on their
arms and cavalry set fire to bridge and
held rebels back Reports received
every 20 minutes
June 16 1863 Colonel sent for four
companies
Jifnc 17 1863 Lost two prisoners
June 18 1863 Four companies re
turned to regiment to day
June 30 18634 EaJtcry of two 32
pound Parrotts fom gunboat between
this date and the26th put Into levee
and fired shot which hit the Lady Davis
and broke shafuln corn mill at Port
Hudson i
April 23 Opelousas four
companies A BiS rtnd I Mnj Hamil
ton commanding wprp detached from
the 110th regiment N Y V I First
camp at Lowvincaiiout 10 miles irom
Opelousas j
May 8 1863 VUr above companies
broke camp and marched to Barriers
Landing and from there with several
other detachments of other regiments
and a battery started for Port Hudson
May 25 I86X uDetaiiea as mounted
infantry -
Mhy27lSC3ji iLarjl FranKlln Tart
of the iletachrneht ordereil toaet as
rear guard Outside of Franklin rear
guard attacked by Gen Dick Taylors
vvance guard His force said to num
ber 20000 Lieut AVood killed and
some wounded Held position as rear
guard all night Had 5000 contrabands
and 500 mules
May 28 1863 At Brashear and
crossed over to Berwick
May 29 1863 In Palnes Division
supporting a regular battery at Port
Hudson Galled out about every night
to keep the rebels from breaking lines
June 13 1863 Ordered rfut and
took position on road to Port Hudson
June 14 1863 About 2 oclock call
ed into line About one fourth In first
line with grenades picks and shovels
About 150 men of the four companies
there At 4 oclock order to advance
No firing up to that time Battery on
the Richmond fired as we were abreast
of her Stopped on the brow or a hill
near where Gen Paine was shot he
having Just passed through our line
and under fire for hours Fell back at
10 oclock
June 15 1863 In old camp About
15 killed wounded and missing Lieut
Randall Co A body not found Capt
Doyle Co I wounded
June 17 1863 Banks sent battery
of three 30 pound Parrotts to and they
did destroy the Lady Davis Rejoined
the regiment
I would add that Col James Pikes
account of that frightful climate and
its effect on the Northern men is not
overdrawn but true every word of it
and no General could have done better
than Gen Banks did with his handful
of sick men No man could say ho was
well The best of them would keep up
and do duty with us even when they
had tho fever and ague I asked one
of the old boys why he did not write
you and he said Oil forget it I
know I was there dont you M L
Dunbar Co B 110th N Y Fernwood
N Y
Fullers Jlrlgaile
Editor National Tribune In Tho Na
tional Tribune of recent date I noticed
a few lines headed Fullers Brigade
by James M Rogers of Esbon Kan
in which he says it was the First Bri
gade First Division Seventeenth
Corps In correcting the comrade you
say In the Vicksburg campaign Ful
lers Brigade the 27th 39th and 63d
Ohio 3d Mich Battery and Battery F
2d U S Art wlSi W the Eighth Divi
sion of the Sfxteehtli Corps This Is
correct as reportrid Jan 20 1863 but
the returns for Apribao 1863 place this
brigade 27th 3Btluland 63d Ohio in
the Fourth Brigade Second Division
Sixteenth Corps 15The divisions num
bered as hereinrindlrated by General
Orders No 43 Headquarters Sixteenth
Army Corps April lii 1863 No artillery
attached to brigades R II Martin
Co I 46th Ind DcIrIios O
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Editor NatlonaliTribune The corre
spondent of The National Tribune who
recently inquired about this vessel Is
respectfully lnrormed that soon alter
Its capture Jn Mobil Bay it was com
missioned as a gunboat In the Union
navy and was ontlnty In the Mississip
pi River until the close of the war com
manded by Capt C AV Adams It was
sold at New Orleans in 1867 for want
of further use AVIlliam Simmons Na
val Pest 400 G A R 432 AVharton
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An unparalleled record of successful
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book Address Dr L T Leach Drawer
SS M Indianapolis lad
THE 28TII N Y
Also Called Slagnra Rlflm sad Sentt
Lire Guard
Editor National Tribune I think you
must have mixed the accounts of the
2Sth N Y with some other I remem
ber as if it was yesterday the day that
they started from Lockport and the ad
joining villages the stay-at-home bri
gade of large men over 60 on horse
back the streets crowded and through
It all the music of the drum and fife
and the steady tread of men fathers
brothers sons nnd lovors going out as
It seemed to certain death Few or
those who were thero have rorgotten
the wild excitement or the honor or
that hour Now I reel sure I am right
in this In the first battle or Bull Run
the regimt nt was all cut to pieces Col
Donnelly and six other officers were
killed It was our first military runeral
and the saddest Most or tho men were
In very moderate circumstances and
lert young ramifies But what a burst
or patriotism rollowed Mothers sent
younger sens declaring that they would
keep nothing back Fathers who had
not relt hat they could go dropped
their work and volunteered girls sent
their lovers There was no thought of
self only of the countrys danger In
the Rebellion Records published at that
time I find this
June 23 1861 The 2Sth Reslmcnt
N Y S Ar Col Donelly passed
through New York to the seat of war
This regiment was enlisted in the
western part of the State and made up
of men of nearly all occupations prom
inent among whom are school teachers
One company that from Medina con
tains 19 of the latter class and Co K
or Lockport has nearly as many All
the companies contain a ralr proportion
of teachers The regiment Is a well
drilled well equipped rifle corps armed
with tho United States rifle of 1831
with the saber bayonet
The officers were as follows Colonel
Dudley Donnelly Lieutenant Colonel
Edwin F Brown Major James R
Mitchell Adjutant Charles P Sproat
Quartermaster C S Skeels Chaplain
Rev C H Piatt Surgeon Dr Helmcr
Assistant Surgeon Dr Reasan
Captains and companies Co A
Lockport Capt E AA Cook Co B
Lockport Capt AA AV Bush Co C
Lockport Capt AV H H Mapes Co
D Medina Capt Edwin S Bowen Co
E Canandalgua Capt T Fitzgerald Co
F Batavia Capt Charles II Fcnn Co
G Albion Capt David Hardee Co II
Monticello Capt John H AValkcr Jr
Co I Niagara Falls Capt T P Gould
Co K Lockport Capt H H Page
New York Evening Post June 26 1861
All that I can find further than this
Is that a skirmish took place in Alr
ginia opposite Point of Rocks Licut
Col Brown commanding I know that
very few of that regiment came home
alive E R Doyle 91 E 44th St Chi
cago 111
New York in the AVar of the Rebel
lion gives the loss or the 2Sth N Y
in Its two years or service Killed 52
mortally wounded 16 died from dis
ease etc 47 total 115 Editor Na
tional Tribune
The Coit Should Not lie Connldered
E MBenson 44th Ohio and 8th
Ohio Cav Riverton Neb says that he
has been a reader or The National Trib
une these many years and begins to
despair or the passage of the Service
Pension bill the more so after reading
Past Commander-in-Chief Tanners ad
dress in which he makes much of the
enormous cost of such a measure Sup
pose when we were called out to save
the Union we had stopt to consider the
cost to the Nation of defending the
Flag Suppose we had stopt to con
sider the cost to ourselves The Gov
ernment ought to pass the Service Pen
sion bill while those who need it are
yet alive to enjoy it
SEAT OF GOVERNMENT
Continued from pace I
caso Is apparently far from hopeless
else Secretnry Taft would not have rec
ommended and the President approved
the present steps for setting up a new
Government But the President Is evi
dently determined to make the most of
the last opportunity to help the Cubans
govern themselves Antl annexatlonlst
that the President is he will not coun
tenance a condition where there arc
revolutions every row months and the
consequent necessity ror American In
tervention One or the strongest fac
tors in shaping his attitude is a desire
to prove to the Governments or Europe
and South America that we are abso
lutely sincere In our proressions ror a
Tree and independent Government by
the Cubans Ever since he entered the
AVhlte House the President has made it
a point that his representations to for
elgn nations should be absolutely truth
ful He has said that he will tolerate
a lie In our diplomacy no more than
he would tolerate a lie In his personal
relations with men That Is the new
diplomacy that a Tew years ago caused
the Embassadors or the world to rub
their eyes and wonder
Notwithstanding the Presidents at
titude the rorces ror and against Cu
ban annexation will be here in great
strength this AVinter with Congress The
question will certainly be agitated in
Senate and House Perhaps some Amer
ican business interests in Cuba will want
a hearing before Congressional Com
mittees The beet sugar growers who
keep representatives here during ses
sions or Congress and the tobacco
growers will make a rormidable aggre
gation against taking Cuba oyer 1m
portant tariff questions sucbas have
come to the rront with rererence to the
Philippines will figure in all the an
ncxation talk
CIiantrcH In the Cnhlnet
The new Cuban elections will prob
ably be held within a couple or months
and everything will depend upon how
smoothly tho new Government gets on
A fresh revolution which it may be all
too easy to start would give annexa
tion a great Impetus For with all the
disastrous experiences the United States
has had with Insular possessions there
Is much sentiment in Congress which
means there Is likewise much sentiment
among tho constituents or Senators and
members ror making Cuba our own
The land hunger has not been appeased
AVIthin a rew months there are to be
at least two new members or the Presi
dents Cabinet or nine and some or the
old members will be moved to new port
rollos Attorney General Moody or
Massachusetts who was first in the
Cabinet as Secretary or the Navy will
retire about Jan 1 Secretary of the
Treasury Shaw President Roosevelts
first selection of a Cabinet officer who
had not come to him rrom the McKln
ley Administration will retire a month
later Both men want to take up their
private business affairs each having
had approximately five years service
as a Cabinet member
The President has not yet determined
how he will place his advisers He has
decided to bring Embassador von L
Meyer at St Petersburg to AAashlng
ton They were chums at Harvard Col
lege The President intends to make
Mr Meyer Secretary of the Treasury
or Secretary of the Navy as Secretary
Bonaparte is going to the Department
or Justice to take up the prosecution of
trusts There is a great mass of work
to be done In that direction especially
In the prosecution of the Standard OH
Company for rebates under the Elkins
law and for unlawful combinations in
restraint or trade under the Sherman
anti trust law The latter suits are all
prepared but the President will not di
rect that these suits be entered till arter
the November election
Makes Fat Vanish
Obesity Quiekly and Safely Cared
Ho Charge to Try the HEW
KRESSLIH TREATjuEliT
Jml Send Your Arfdre m nnd Misapply Will
Re Kent Von IHKE Do II Taaj
Fat peone nerd no lonrcr desaalr for then Is a
home rrmclr lo be bad tlt will qalcfcly and Mills
reduce their weieht and In order to DroT tliat It rtnaa
take on superfluous flesh rapidly and without haisjv
awHfliLiILHiKLLLLLLBLLVLLHiLLLra
a trial treatment will he sent free or charge to the
who apply for It by Mmply striding nam and adareas
It l called llio Kn ss In Treatment ami many jxepla
n ha have nvd It have been reduced as much a a
pound a dar often 40 pounds a month when larfe
quant ties of rt were to be taken of No person U to
Tat but whit It will have Ihe drjired effect and no
mutter where lha excels fat Li located slomacn boat
lii cheek neck It will quickly vantai without ex-
rcWns dietlnc or In any way InterTrrlmr with yonr
cmtmnary liabltv Ithenmatlsm Asthma Kidney
and Heart Troubles leare as fat Is reduced It does It
In an absolutely harmlrn way for there Is not an
atom In the treatment that Pi not neneOeial to all the
utun bo send name an 1 address tn the Dz Uromlay
Co nept aa It KM Fniion t Sew York aiyTand
treatment free tontaer
Willi an 111 u insert hook on Jthe subject and tatters of
Indorsement from thexe who have taken the treat
ment at home and redncad themselves to normal All
lbl wlllbesrnt witSouCone cent to pay Inasy shape
orform Jt them Tiear from too proaopuy
The Slat Ohio
Editor National Tribune Jn yonr
short history of the Slst Ohio at re
quest of N G Guthrie you say the 40th
45th 90th and 101st were consolidated
with the 51st In the latter part of Its
service This Is correct only In part
Speaking ror the 101st I will say that
our recruits whose terms or enlistment
had not expired in June 1865 were put
into the 51st and sent to Texas but our
regiment -was mustered out at close oi
service without having been consoli
dated with any other command or with
out having lost its Identity George 8
Myers Co F 101st Ohio Los Angeleit
Cal
Conerraaman GlUett
A California veteran writes Con
gressman J N Glllett who has been
nominated for Governor of California
is the best friend or the old soldiers
that this State ever sent to represent
her in Congress and the old veterans
are going to work overtime In helping
make him Chief Executive of the Great
Golden State
Hi
I was deaf myself
for 25 years I per
fected and patented a
small invisible ear
drum in order to help
my own hearing It
is called The Way
Ear Drum and by
the use of theie
drums I can NOAV
HEAR -WHISPERS I
want all deaf peopla
to write me I do not
claim to cure all
cases of deafness
neither can I benefit
those who were bora
deaf But I CAN HELP 90 per cnt ot
those whose hearing Is defective
Wont you take the trouble to writ
and find out all about me and ray invta
tion Tell me the cause of your deafnMIV
Geo P Way 1021 Majestic Bid
Detroit Mich
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