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pSvSWwiSPW JSyvvrtrjs.sr, t-" THE lSTATIOlTAL TMBTOE: WASHINGTON; D. THURSDAY, JUNE 30, 1898. military prison which is to bo established at i'ort iucrnerson, ua. iuier caremi consideration, Secretary Alger has decided that it would be well, for several reasons, to send all prisoners to the United States as soon as possible after their capture. OfHcials of the Administration fear that if prisoners are kept in Cuba they will be exposed to danger of by the Cuban insurgents.

The camp of the 4lh regiment, United States Volunteers, immunes, under command of Col. J. S. Pet tit, which was established at Fredericksburg, Va.f about one month ago, was to-day formally named Camp Cobb, in honor of Gen. Thos.

H. Cobb, of the Confederate army, who fell in battle at Fredericksburg, Dec. 13, 18G2. A regiment and two battalions of infantry left Newport News, on the auxiliary cm iter Harvard June 26 for Santiago to reinforce Gen. Shafter.

The troops were the Oth Col. F. Fred. B. Dogan, and the 2d and" 3d battalions of the 34th Col.

J. P. Peter-man, which completes Gen. Duflield's Brigade, the first detachment of which sailed for Cuba on the auxiliary cruiser Yale from Old Point Comfort, June 23. Thousands of people gathered along the river shore gave vent to their ardor by continual cheering as the cruiser moved slowly down the stream.

The cheers were answered with enthusiasm by the troops. The first detachmnet that sailed on the Yale was composed of the 3Cd Mich, and one battalion from the HUh under command of Gen. W. II. DulTield.

Gen. Duflield's expedition is expected to report to Gen. Shafter in about four days from the time the ships leave Newport News. The transports will not be con voyed, as they are exceptionally fast and arc equipped with five-inch rifles, besides a secondary battery of rapid tire guns, and are abundantly able to take care of themselves. They may be met, however, off the coast of Florida by some of the lighter cruisers or gunboats.

Now that the brigade has finally started interest again centers in the Second Brigade of the First Division. It is thought that if Gen. Shafter needs more men they will be taken from this command. If they arc not needed at Santiago they will probably form a portion of the army of invasion which will go to Porto Rico. In a railway accident at Tupelo, June 26, five of Col.

Torrey's regiment of Hough Riders lost their lives and two others received probably fatal injuries. The killed were W. 13. Wallace, Samuel Johnson, Glimmer, Cornelius Leni- han, Henry S. Mapes.

Representative Grosvenor has introduced in the House a resolution for the enlistment of one regiment of men who served in the Confederate army now under fO years of age, providing that if a sufficient number under that age cannot be obtained that tho sons of Confederate veterans may enlist. Atlanta, is named as the mustering point, and the companies arc to be mustered in as com pleted. Gen. Jnsrs RATtT. He is one of Gen.

Garcia's best soldiers. Gen. Shafter took with him to Cuba the military balloon equipment prepared un der the direction of Gen. Greely, of the, Signal Office. It is in charge of Capt.

Joseph Maxfield, an experienced officer of the corps, who will supervise all operations connected with its use. Experience has demonstrated the usefulness and adaptability of the balloon in time of war in ascertaining the movements and operations of the enemy and in reporting these results promptly by means of telegraphic communication to the ground below to skillful operators who in turn will transmit the information to the commanding Generals. The two foreign balloons obtained by Gen. Greely in France, and which lately arrived in New York, arc now also at Tampa and will be used in future operations in Cuba and Porto Rico. TIIK NAVY.

The President has recommended to Congress that Assistant Naval Constructor Hobson, who sank the Merrimac, be transferred to the line of the Navy with such promotion as the President may decide, and receive the thanks of Congress; that Naval Cadet J. W. Powell be advanced two numbers and to be an Ensign; the commander, First Lieutenant F. H. New-conib, of the revenue cutter for gallant service in assisting the torpedo-boat Winslow and men to safety at Cardenas, be given the thanks of Congress and a gold medal, a silver medal be given eacJi officer of the Hudson, and a bronze medal to each of the crew.

The northern patrol squadron has been ordered to change its work at once for Key West. The ships of the squadron are the San Francisco, Katahdin, Columbia, Prairie and Badger. The idea that the Spaniards will invade this coast is now evidently abandoned and the thought that the war was now undoubtedly to bo carried by them with vigor into the enemy's country filled the heart of every officer and man with delight. Admiral Sampson cabled tho War Department on Junet that by means of a flag of truce he ha'd learned that Hobson and his men were well, and had been removed from Morro Castle to the city of Santiago, four miles distant. This lifted a weight of anxiety as to the condition of this band of heroes, for, since the recent bombardment, in which Morro Castle suf- lereu somewnat, mere uas ocen uncer tainty as to whether Hobson and his men were dead or alive.

Final approval was given the ot her day by the secretary oi me isavy lor the construction of three big battleships under designs agreed upon uy the special board, and bids were asked from the leading shipyards of the country. It is proposed that these vessels shall be completed in less timo than any large ships of the Navy have been, and large penalties are to be imposed for failure to meet contract requirements. No bid will be considered that does not contemplate the building of the ships in less than 33 months. In general appearance and type the ships will he similar to the Alabama and Wisconsin type, although there are some important changes in the design tending to make them higher rate war craft. Their speed.

however, will be but 10 knots, and there is general criticism that it should be no higher in view of the speed obtained abroad by battleships of equal displacement, which in several instances have reached 16 knots and more. Reports by two Spanish prisoners taken last week wcro that the shells from the Vesuvius caused absolute horror in Santiago, where the people say that the Americans throw earthquakes into the harbor at night. None of these shells struck the city. One hit tho battery on Cayo Smith, demolishing it, blowing the guns over tho front of the works and killing the whole garrison. The shock was felt in Santiago itself.

The Rcina Mercedes, of Cervera's fleet, sunk in Santiago harbor, lost her cora- Now is the time To Coinmence raising a club To secure K. Tickets To tlie Next Encampment. Write us. Gen. IT.

W. Brig. -Gen. IF. W.

Eawton, who is with the American force in "Cuba, is a veteian of the civil war. As a Captain in the Regular Army he won great distinction some dozen 3ear3 ago in the campaign agaiust the Apaches under Geronimo, which finally re sulted in the surrender of the savages and their removal to the cast gulf coast. He had command of the infautry advance from the coast in Cuba. mander and 11 enlisted men killed and 28 wounded. A letter to a friend at Washington from Q.

Limerick, who participated in the fighting by the marines at Guan-tanamo. Bay, Cuba, states that the total American loss was "six killed and 1 wounded. Among the arms captured from the Spaniards were one Remington rifle and two styles of Mauser: also a lot of pure-brass cartridges, which, as you know, aro forbidden in civilised warfare. We were 72 consecutive hours without a particle of sleep and for two days had nothing but coffee and hardtack. We sent out about 200 men each day to scour the woods, and have destioyed the blockhouses and wells within a radius of four miles.

We have a fine lot of ollicers, all the way through, and they are regular 'fire-eaters' and set a brilliant example to the men." The United Stales torpedo-boat McKcc, which was built in Baltimore, after having taken on a supply of coal, left Brooklyn Navy-yard last week and proceeded on her way to Key West. The torpedo-boat Morris, in command of Lieut. C. G. Fox, is also en route to Key West from the torpedo station at Newport, R.

where she was fitted out recently. Two more torpedo-boats, the Gwyn and Talbot, are bound from Newport to Kcv West. THE The Philippines were discovered in by Magellan. There are about of them altogether, with a total area of about 150,000 square miles, or nearly four times the si.c of Obio. The two largest islands are Luzon, 4 1,004) square miles, or about the size of Kentucky; and Mindanao, 33,000 square miles, or about the size of Maine.

Many of them arc merely bare volcanic rocks. The aborigines are divided into two great stocks: handsome, brown people, with long, straight hair and Malay features, and smaller, black pcop'c, with woolly heads. The principal tribes of the brown people are the Itocans, theTacals, and the Visaians. The blacks are called Negritos. The Tagals have the most brains and energy; the Visaians are gentlest and handsomest.

In jhe larger cities arc the mestizos, or half-breeds, decendants of native women" by Spanish and Chinese fathers. They are the richest and most enterprising of the people. The harbor of Manila is one of the finest in the world. Mus, Mrs. .7.

Addison Porter, wife ymiiiinia i i. J. Addison of the Secretary to the President, has entered the field of Red Cross work and is proving an efficient aid to Miss Clara Barton. At this writing it is expected she will sail this week with the Red Cross vessel Relief for the scene of war operations. Mrs.

Porter probably will not be engaged in actual nursing of the wounded, as that is the work of the trained nurses of the The Spaniards have never held any but a limited portion ot tho sea-coast. Their main idea has been to get hold of the natives and plunder them, either by downright robbery or by onerous taxation, punishing them terribly when they refused to pay taxes for living, being married, and dying. So it has been constant warfare. The harbor of Manila is one of the finest in tl.e world. The city presents an imposing appearance from the sea, but once inside it is found to be, like all Spanish colonial cities, intolerably filthy, and therefore exceedingly unhealthy.

It is famed for its religious processions and cock-fighting. Hundreds of thousands of dollars frequently change hands as the result of a single ninin. Everybody in Manila carries an umbrella and a 'fighting-cock and smokes cigars. There are some fine buildings in Manila, but most of the buddings arc miserable huts, thatched with plain or bamboo. There are somewhere between 7,000,000 and 0,000,000 people on the island, ot whom between and 100,000 are Chinese, between 5.C00 and Europeans, and a few hundred Americans.

The Chinese mezti.os are the retail merchants. Many of them arc fairjyedu- Scno'T Hamilton Fish, Jr. Hamilton Fish, of the Rough Riders, ono of the killed near Santiago, June 24, was one of the yonng New Yorkers of good position and family who went to the front with Roosevelt. He was of distinguished ancestry, his family being one of the oldest in New York. His father, Nicholas Fish, a banker, is the son of the late Hamilton.

Fish, who was Secretary of State in Grant's Cabinet. Hamilton Fislr was over six feet tall, and of Herculean build. rated, rich and prosperous. Tho natives want Chinese immigration restricted. The Spaniards have recognized and have names for 36 different kinds of half-breeds.

Indigo is very profitable, yielding fully 100 per cent, on the investment. Cocoa is next profitable. Coffee-culture is very profitable. Pepper and cinnamon grow wild, and furnish the natives with means for ready cash. Sugar is very profitable, and rice pays unusually well.

The celebrated Manila hemp is not-hemp at nil, but the fiber of a plant of the banana family. The finer qualities are used for dress goods. The cocoa nut is almost all-sufficient for (he support of a native. He uses every part of it, and gets from it water, wine, oil, vinegar, intoxicating spirits, breakfast, dinner and supper, cord, cups, brushes, house-building materials, medicino, and firewood. All sorts of domestic animals do well, but the main dependence is upon the buffalo, a very slow animal, but one of prodigious strength, requiring but little food, and that of tho coarsest kind.

There are lots of snakes, most very harmless, but some terribly deadly. Boa constrictors are plentiful, some large enough to kill a man, but most of them not more than 10 or 12 feet long. Tho "vampire bat," or flying-foV abounds in many of the islands. They measure from (ivo to six feet from tio to tip, and have heads like a fox. They do great damage to fruits and veeelalinn, but the natives esteem them highly as food.

Even the whites think them comparable to A small bird, about the size of an American martin, furnishes thc'celebrated Chi-nesG luxury" edible birds'-nests." These are built of a glutinous marine weed, which the bird eats and then' disgorges. Ducks are very plentiful. Centipedes, lizards, and spiders, very large and po.sonous, arc among the posts. There is also a voracious ant, which cats up everything that it comes across. GULF DIVISION REPHESEliTEf).

Sons of "iotcrans at tli Xlightinff for; "Ohl Glory." Editor National Tribune: Tho -boys in the far South have done their sharo in response to the President's call for troops. There were too few of us to organise a company, but a number of our boys have gone into the volunteer regiments. Here' are a few enlistments that have come to-mv notice: Past Division Adjutant Al- nbon.se .7. Fuetterer is a private in Ccy- Society, but she may bo termed one of the executive staff of Miss Barton, and her ability as a linguist, fine education and capacity, already shown, for the execution of detiiils of Red Cross work, render her invaluable in both foreign and domestic work of the Society in relieving Miss Barton. She has taken part in philanthropic work for several years.

Mrs. Porter's father, George F. Betts, was Lieutenant-Colonel of tho Oth N. V. 1st Second Lieut.

Joseph Claro, of Louisiana Camp, is in Co. same regiment. Both aro fine soldiers, and will not remain in the ranks if opportunities come. Roy Gipson and Roy Adams are in the 2d while Louis Gipson, brother of the former, enlisted in the Navy two months ago, William B. Tinker, brother of Past Division Commander George II.

Tinker, and an old member of Camp 1, enlisted in the Navy in March, and has already risen from a class 2 to a class 1 machinist, having won promotion by his cool management of his engines in a storm while going from New York to Norfolk. He is now on the torpedo-boat Rodgers. Second Lieut. Charles S. Austin, Co.

1st is the only veteran of the last war In any of the Louisiana regiments. He served all through the war in a New York regimenl, and was afterwards in the Regular Army. Past Captain II. If. of Jennings Camp, 0, has recruited a largo squad of sons of Union veterans, and joined Co.

of tho regiment of immunes commanded by the son of Gen. John 13. Hood. A young man named Phillips, who was a Second Lieutenant in the Louisiana Field Artillery, tiied of waiting for his command to be ordered out, enlisted as a private in the 5th U. S.

Cav. He is a son of veteran. Edward II. Robinson, brother of Division Commander H. W.

Robinson, is probably tho youngest soldier in I he. I'd regiment from Louisiana. Ho is bugler of Co. C. His brother, Gordon a Past Captain of Camp 1, represents the Second District of Louisiana at West Point.

H. W. Robinson. Commander. Gulf Division, Sons of Veterans.

J. Capt. Allyn K. Capron. Capt.

Allyn K. Capron, killed in the fighting near Santiago, June 24, was a son of Capt. Allyn Capron, 1st Art. He had been a Second Lieutenant of the 7th was recently promoted to bo Captain in the Volunteer service, and was given command of Troop of the Hough He was a young and dashing officer, and was regarded by his superiors as one of the most promising cavalry officers in the service. FIGHTING THEW OVEfl What the Veterans Have to Say-About Their Campaigns.

CHARGE AT fliMJiTfl. A lGlh Wis. Comrade Describes Ills Kcgl-iuenl'4 l'art. Editou National Tjiibuxe: I saw in your issue of March 31 the article, "Mid Grapo and Canister," by Comrade M. S.

Haitman, and was pleased to hear from ono wlio, like myself, took part in that charge before Atlanta on July 21, 1861 It may not amount to-much on the pages of history, but nevertheless itras a very serious morning's work for the boys of the First (Force's) Brigade, Third (Leggett's) Division, Seventeenth Corps, as we lost 40 per cent, of onr regiment in from Jive to 10 minutes' tim This brigade was composed of the 12th and lGth SOlhjfWlk and 31st 111. Jnst before sunrUeofaiici-orning we were ordered to fall in, and moved a little to the left on our lines info a narrow strip of tim- knap- and rS DP. at the foot of liiU, and loaded and fixed bayonets. Up to this tiirie ive had not seen a rebel or heard a shot in our front, biit the boys were not deceived. (The Very quietness was ominous of coming strife.

The order to "lix bayonets" thcykuew meant a charge on the enemy. By looking sharply, through the tall grass and weeds we could see some kind of breastworks on the crest of the hill. Four or five rods from this line of works, towards us, stood an old house, and between this-house and our line was the picket fence. The command ves given and as the line started'fabel lead began to sing, alwnt us, and the ihrther we advanced the, thicker it came. "When within two or three rods of this fence the order came to lie down." "While lying there, perhaps half a minute, which, 1 believe, saved many lives, as the rebels discharged their shots oyer U3 while we were down, the skirmish-liue was trying to pull down the fence, but it was too strong.

At the command Forward" every man seemed as ready to up and at it again as he was to lie down a minute before. Our regimental colors passed just to the left of the fencej while Co. was obliged to file through the narrow opening in the fence where a few pickets had been torn off. There it Inst heavily. This was, should think, within live or six rods of tho rebel line; and still they blazed away at us uutil we were not more than 20 or 25 steps from them.

Gen. Force, in Sherman's Memoirs, says: "The men fell in groups under this fire, but closed continually on their colors and swept over the works with a line as precise as on dress-parade." Then they (the rebels) broke for the timber to the right and left of the narrow field, but many of them did not live to get few rods. As we jumrjcd onto the works a comrade on my right turned tho bayonet of his musket downward as if to run it through two lobs that lay close to the works directly under his feet. One of them cried out: Oh don't; wo suirendcr." "All right," said he, and oer wo went. same comrade, Chapman, a fine man, was killed in the next day's big battle, in one of the many charges made by the rebels on our line fiom the rear over this same ground.

On we rushed over the works and into a field 15 or 20 lods in front, where, as we learned afterwards, it was not intended we should go; but so long as there was a rebel in sight nothing could stop tho boys. We were all of tho time under heavy fire from a second line of rebel works about 80 rods away. Our Captain (Bas'jctb) wis wounded here -while forming a line to fall back to the works. I have heard of people who bear charmed lives, and I think the last rebel to leave the field that day must have been one of those lucky individuals. I noticed him in the open field between the two lines, trying to mount a white horse that had become unmanageable.

As he was the only rebel to be seen, of course every man who had a load in his musket, or could fget one there, took a shot at him. Tho balls threw tho dust up all around him, and ff expected every instant to see him and his horse1 fall; but not so. After several unsuccessful attempts, he mounted, the horse and ol' the field, apparently unhurt. I must for all the trouble the robs had given wj, and the excitement we were in, I was glad toscc him get safely away. I should like to know who he was.

M. F. Hammond, Co.0 E'lOth Strong's Prairie, Wis. Aiillnq: Spider. Familins.

Annie Boudinqt, Correspondent. Lowell, writes tjiafo'iLadd and Whitney Circle, 8, Ladies of Jjic G.A.R.Jias given S25 to the Soldiers' Relief Fund to aid the families of moil) whp are serving their country at the front. Plans aro being made to raise an' emergency fund. A good Day's Work Nervousness and Kidney Difficulty Cured by Hood's. "My father had been troubled with nervousness and a kidney difficulty, and was not able to do a day's work for several months.

He made np his mind to try Hood's Sarsapa-rilla aud he took four bottles. He was soon able to work and his health is greatly improved." JoskpiiixkHaxmox, Levant, N. Y. Hood's Sarsaparilla Is America's rente Medicine. $1 six for 8.

Hood's Pills cute biliousness, indigestion. J1 bcr, where wo wereAhlted to unsung sacks. Ave then Jneu out of the timber across a small ctceklwhere we formed a li Col. Leonaed Wood. Col.

Leonard "Wood, commander of the Rough Riders, who with Roosevelt led his men during their desperate charge on Jane 21, was formerly in tho Regular Army, and, although a Surgeon, did good service against the Indians. He is an all-round athlete. When Theodore Roosevelt decided to raise the regiment of Rough Riders it was no trouble at all for him to get Leonard Wood's co-operation, and Roosevelt stood aside in order that Wood should be Colonel. BATTLE Of 0LUSTER Experience of New York Comrade in the Florida Campaign. Editok National Tribuxk It was on Feb.

5, 18(11, shortly after some 300 men with 10 officers of the 48th N. Y. had embarked from Hilton Head for New York, having re-enlistcd and gone home to enjoy a month's furlough, that it became rumored that an expedition was "going somewhere." The 48th 'received orders to prepare six days' cooked rations to be carried in haversacks. We embarked on the steamer Helavcare, with the left wing of the 11 5th N. reached Jacksonville, Fla.

Feb. 8, 2 p. m. We landed, and, marched silently through tho streets. My company quartered in a bakeshop.

As soon as the sun rose "we found ourselves in quite a town, pleasantly located on St. John's liiver, which was lull of tho boats of our expedition. Infantry, artillery, and cavalry had landed during the night. Among them were the 40th a battalion of the 1st Mass. batteries of Capts.

Elder, Hamilton, and Langdou; a of the 3d Ii. I. four brigades of infantry, commanded respectively by Cols. Ifawlcv, Barton, and 'Scamnlon, aud the coloied troop3 by Col. Montgomery.

Gen. Gillmorc came with us to Jacksonville, then to Baldwin, butrelnrncdfo Hilton Head, leaving orders with Gen. Seymour not to advance beyond Baldwin without further oi tiers. We started on onr march in three columns, our brigade (Barton's) in the center. Some of the bo-s lit their pipes and set some of the trees on fire, little thinking we should have to ictreat over these same roads aud through the burning forests.

On the 11th our column started at daylight; the sun was very hot. I got sick about noon, and dropped by the roadside. I was left in hospital at Barber's Station. On the 12th wo heard our boys were as far as Sanderson, and that the cavalry had reached within two miles of Lake City. Some -wounded and sick arrived from the front, which were put on a flat.

car. The loutor insisted I should go too, as I vras still too weak to march; so I assisted the best I could within fence-rail the only thing we had to lease the car down the hill through a hole in the floor, pressing it against the wheels. fairly flew, and the poor fellows who were wounded got badly shaken up. We arrived at Baldwin about 8 p. in.

On the 13th all the sick and wounded were sent to Jacksonville. Our troops were throwing up in-trenchments and rifle-pits around there. On the 14th our forces returned to Barber Station. I went back with our teams to the front On tha 20th we received five day's rations in our haversack, fell into line and marched to Olustee Station, where the rebels ambushed us, having built a battery across tho road since we were there a few days before. Col.

Henry's cavalry and tho 7th were in advance and met the enemy first. 1'hs 7th N. H. was to support the batteries, of which there were 10 gnus, but having gotten so close to tho enemy's 1 at-tery and sharpshooters before their whereabouts were discovered, the rebel sharpshooters picked off our artillerymen and horses, of which 40 weie disabled in kss than 20 minutes, and fully half the men of the battery. The iest ictrcatcd, leaving two guns behind them.

The 7th N. H. lost heavily. The 8th U. S.

coloied regiment went to their support; though never under lire before they stood up well for nearly two hours, losing about 300 men. Col. Barton's Brigade consisted of three New York regiments, the 47th, 48th, and 115th. As tho 8th U. S.

fell back and passed us, our brigade Barton's was sent forward on the double-quick into action. Our position being the center, near the load, the enemy's iiic was terrific. Towards the close the rebels tried to ilauk us. but did not succeed. Finally the 48th received orders to fire and fall back, which wo did, first one rank aud then tho other.

Thus we retreated about a mile, Avhen our ammunition gave out. Tho dead and wounded lay stiewu around us in all directions. Ammunition was brought to the front. It was at this spot while in linc-of-battlo, as we tried to keep this, though constantly retreating, that I told Capt. W.

H. Dunbar, who was encouraging tho men to pres3 forward, that if he would go forward the men would follow. He said: "Sergeant, you go, and I -will send tho men alter you." I did go out a few feet in advance, then dropped on my knee, dumped a haudful of cartridges on the ground, and commenced lirhig at a regiment coming in lino-of-battle. After tiring six or eight rounds, the rebs coming closer towards me, I noticed tho bullets from the rear coming thicker than from the front. Looking around I saw our regiment had alien back quite a distance.

1 knew that to stay longer meant Audersonville, so I put for the rear. As ponn as I arrived among the boys I heard the order given: ''Cease tiring; for that is one of our legiments coming toward us." I ran up to Col. Barton and told him they were rebels, as 1 had just come in from the front and had been close to them. He took out his field-glass, and pretty soon made up his mind I was right. He rode down to the left of our line to the battery and spoke to the officer.

They let them come closer, when tho order wa3 given to fire. Tho artillery did great execution. When the smoke denied away the poor fellows could be seen in heaps; only a few were running back- The night was fast approaching; the order had been passed to retiie. We reached Harbor's Station about 2 o'clock a. in.

of the 21st. Co. A had 17 killed, wounded and missing. Our regiment lost 227 killed, wounded, and missing. A had defeat all around, a gieat blunder, a loss of life estimated at from to 2,000.

As we retreated we had to destroy all the piovisions and stores at Baldwin's Station that we could not carry away, estimated at about 10,000. So, back avo went to Jacksonville. LMchakd A. Woiilfokth, Sergeant, Co. 48th N.

Aberdeen, S. PICKET SjlOTS. From Alert Comrades Along tne Whole Line. Loomlt'ii Battory. J.

C. Yorhcs, Co. 1st Mich. L. Rochester, writes: "Recently Lieut.

G. W. Withcrspoon, Co. 14th speaking of the charge at Johns1oro and the capture of four said two of them formerly belonged to C. ().

Loomis's battery, of Cold-water, which were taken at Stone River. In the Stone River battle we lost heavily men and horses, hut no gun. "The only time Battery A lost gnus was at ChJckamauga, Sept. 19, 18G3. We were then in Scribner's Brigade, Baird's Division, Tlumias's Corps.

Our' brigade was sent in early, about 0: 30 o'clock a. as we supposed, to find the enemy. Anyway, wc found him, and he was willing to fight. He was waiting in the timber and bush for Scribner's Brigade. On discovering, tho rebels they were near aud on our right flank, a strong division in line parsing ours a long distance each way.

I remember their appearance very engaging, hut not at all attractive. The center of the division gave ns a withering fire, while the flanks at once circled about us. "Our brigade held ground nntil entirely surrounded, when firing ceased, for a little talk aud to get better acquainted. One of our guns got away without loss; another gun was moved out from amidst the enemy having only the lead riders, two cannoneers, and gunners, with horses badly hit. When a short distance away a detachment of the enemy followed and opened fire.

Their off-wheel horse was hit in the head, laying him down. With the horse across the tongue, the enemy coming on close, the men had no thought to leave their frllTl until their Lieutenant came along and advised them to run, as they would yet be taken prisoners. v. Tills gnn was left perhaps 50 rods towards onr line, from which the enemy did not move it, and it was retaken soon after." Under One J. H.

Steger, Captain and Assistant Adjn-tant-General, Volunteers, St. Louis: "At this time, when the boys are going into camp and barracks, to fit themselves to uphold the old flag, I think it proper to relate an inci dent of our civil war. It wa3 just before ono of the bloody battle? betweeu the Army of the Potomac and the Confederates under Gen. Lee. Two of Lee's staff officers had been sent to the front, during the night, to observe and make note of the position of the Inderal army, at that time under John Pope.

When daylight came, and the haze had lifted so as to afford a view of the Federal camp, over which the Stars and Stripes were proudly floating, one of the officers (wlfo had resigned from the Regular Army to cast his fortunes with the Confederacy) looking towards our banner as it bravely flaunted over the camp, turned to his companion and said: ''Isn't she pretty?" For a moment Ids heart had tnrned to his first love; but it was only for a moment, for within the hour he, in the line of duty, was doing all in his power to lower that banner. Yes, c'she is pretty, "and tho thicker the fight, the more hazardous the work of keeping her afloat, the more beautiful she becomes and the closer wc rally to protect and, advance Old Glory. We are Americans!" Itcbol Prisoners "Well Fed. A. W.

Hall, Ayr, writes: tC In looking over your paper I noticed some inquiries by T. R. Burton, Co. 10th. regarding prisoners at Camp Morton, Ind.

I was one of the guards at the camp from September, 1353, to December, 1304, having been transferred from Co. 52d 111., to Co. oth Reg't, V. R. on account of a wound received at Corinth, Oct.

2, 1862. As Orderly-Sergeant of Co. with the other Orderlies of our regiment, it was a part of my duty to call the roll of the rebel prisoners every morning. My squad numbered about 300, and I know whereof I speak when I say that the prisoners were well fed, with just as good rations as we had, and received just as much. "In the Spring there was some sickness among the prisoners, and Col.

Stevens ordered potatoes aud onions added to the rations. These our prisoners never got at any of the rebel pens in the South, and I know as a fact that there was distributed among the prisoners about 500 pairs of shoes, as many of them were nearly barefooted when they came there, and we did not have the heart to make them staud in line (while we were calling the roll) in this condition, when there was snow on the ground. Youiijj People's Society Christian Endeavor, Xaslivillo, July 5 to IS. BAI.TIWOKi: OHIO KAILKOAD. For this occasion tickets will be sold at low rate of One Fare for the Round Trip from all points on the Baltimore Ohio R.

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Standard American Movement, with $1 added 10 Experiences of a Kentucky Cavalryman; J. F. Cranes, Co. 1st writes "I have never seen any experiences written of by any of my old comrades of the 1st Ky. Cav.

I would bo pleased to have somo of them write their erperiences. During tho cold January of 1303 the regiment was on picket duty near New Market, above Knox-ville, East Tennessee. We were in near proximity of the enemy and snffered severely. One night several of the oflicc'rs arranged a dance and were having a jolly good time, when a number of privates surrounded the house, arrested them and sent them to cama under escort. I will never forget how I stiP fcredwith cold while on picket duty.

I sa5 on my horse with carbine in hand and finser on the trigger, expecting every ralnnte to be fired upon by the enemy. My hands and feet became perfectly numb. I left my post after being on guard four hours. When I arrived at the reserve post I found that tho officer in command had gone to sleep and failed to send a relief." A Lively Encounter. W.

IT. Waters, McAlisfer, Ind. Writes: I want to jog the memories of some of the comrades about tho battle at Washington, X. on Sept. 1862.

Co. 3d N. Y. Cos. A and 1st X.

Oth X. 21th loSth and one battcrv of the 3d X. Y. were there. The ba'ttlo commenced about 4 a.

m. One of onr gunboats blew np while getting ready for action. We wcro attacked without warning. Tho rebel cavalry charged down the main street, and was met by the 3d X. Y.

commanded by LienL. Allice. Ihe conflict was fierce, but the rebels soon fell back. Tho infantry at the foot of the river bridge and other places were hotly engaged. Gcu.

Edward E. Potter, tho commander, had his horse sholi under him. The General walked on as though nothing had happened, and signaled the gunboat to open lire, which soon gave U3 victory." Scattering. William E. Gilling, -110 Jasper Camden, X.

writes that his grandfather on his mothers side, John Heath, was Master Carpenter, of Xekon'3 ship, the Victory. He died in Greenwich College, where he had gone to live, so as to be with his comrades. Most of the writer's mother's folks were sailors, his father's soldiers. His grandfather on his father's side commanded a regiment in the French war, the men of which were his employees. W.

C. Rallston, Co. 102d Ohio, Tulla-homa, writes: "Let all old soldiers rally round The National TnmoNE. It is lighting our battles for us, and it beeome3 us to rally to its support with all the subscribers we can secure for it I have been taking the paper 15 years, and will not do without it as long as I can scratch up a dollar." R. F.

Enlow, Co. 3d Tenn. Mand, wants Caliaba ex-prisoners to give their experiences. The 3d Tenn. Cav.

comrades, he say3, have good stories they might telL Orderly Editor National Tribune: I sec in a recent issue an inquiry about Banks's Orderly Corps. There was no corps by that name. There were three companies enlisted to do duty at Headquarters, Department or the Gulf. The companieo were designated as and the tw-for'mer were infantry and the latter cavo airy. Cos.

A and were raised after tho fall of Port Hudson; recruited out of thd nine-months men. Co. A's men enlisted for three years, B's men for one year. There were three officers to the two companies. Richard Francis was Captain; Ball, First Lieutenant, and A.

J. Balz, Second Lieutenant. Capt. Sayers, orSales, commanded the cavalry company. The other officers' names I have forgotten.

The name that these companies, A and went by was Headquarters Troop. The cavalry company was called Banks's Body-Guard. The duties they had to perform were guard duty at Headquarters at New Orleans, and also orderly fcr this duty they received 25 cents extra pay per day. These three companies were stationed at New Orleans almost all the time, except when they were with Banks on tho Red River Expedition. They were called independent companies.

There came an order from tho War Department for all independent companies to be mustered out, and instead of mustering us out they transferred Co. Headquarters, to the 1st Sew Orleans, and Co. A became Co. 1st New Orleans. When we vere transferred our old officers resigned, and we had a new Captain, Montgomery, and ono of the privates of Co.

who formerly belonged to Capt. Crosby's battery in the Regulars, was Second Lieutenant. This company was kept in the service some time after tho war closed. In the company were men from all the New England States. I was one of Co.

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