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qcarefoc him who has borne thel battle and for his widow and orphans WCvmi Stftaui tlSTAEUUiED IS7TJ rTIlIIMIl WKHILT CKE DOLLAR PER YEAR INVARIAELY IN ACVANCE Foreign postage 5100 In addition to sui Mcrlnflnn nrln Canada postage 50c In addition to sub- ocrlptlon price iDVERTISHG BATES IXAT SOc Dcr scale line for display 20c per agate Ilns lor Classlncd Columns COc per count line for reading notices Advertising can Ire canceled atany time Bre days before date of Issue No discounts for time or space Columns 2 inches wide 21 Inches long seven columns to the page Sample copies mailed free on request Entered at Washington a econd cIass matter a Post Office juiiv au inov Editor Olllrrt CIS Thirteenth Street IV WASHINGTON AUG 13 190S NOTICE When you send In your subscription efway state whether renewal or new abcrlber When you renew from another post Office give former address as well When change of address Is desired ht turo to givo former address The Republicans are again listening to the sweet song of hope that they will carry North Carolina Jt is to Mr Bryans credit that he lias restrained himself from -issuing a new edition of Harveys Coin for this campaign After Tom Watson and John Temple Graves have been doing a Georgia town Jiow much the people must appreciate a deaf and dumb man Socialism in Its last analysis is a combination of men who dont want to either work hard or save to get just as inuch as other men who will work hard ind save The success of the Turkish revolution Is largely in the newsnnners Tannin fin not change mw rht fm icm still retain their original or hundreds of years to a democratic form of Government The Department of Justice can well point with pride to its work in Ne braska where 1250000 acres of land havo been recovered from the grabbers And placed subject to homestead entry The Parisians call theircriminal class Apaches It is not a badname The scoundrels have a regular tribal organization with regulations and laws and do not hesitate to punish with death any ofTender The Italian Government is as paternal as some folks are trying to make ours It sells qulnia to the people at a low jirlcc and uses the profits to fight malaria by draining pools and exterminating musketos May we eventually hope that young men who go to West Point to be educated at the peoples expense for the duty of upholdng the laws may begin their career by their own obedience to laws and regulations The magnificent flight of Wilbur Wright of Dayton at Lemans France puts America ahead In aero planes Wright flew three kilometers 18 miles in one minute and 46 seconds and had his machine under the anost perfect control all the time Thaw the nasty little murderer bobs tip again with a suit to be adjudged a This is a cunning trick to get himself declared sane There is a heavy responsibility upon the Jury- for not relieving the country of this nuis ance -by sending him to the electric chair It- is claimed that the men who Instigated the recent outbreak in Mexico went about the country disguised as Baptist missionaries Improbable on Its face A Baptist missionary could not do anything in Mexico People too opposed to water in personal application There is a soreness in Mr Bryan which may be assuaged or may grow into a chronic pain over the failure of the How York and New Jersey Democrats to ask him to speak in their States during the campaign These men have sn idea that they can make a much Letter fisht if Bryan stays away while Bryan with the self confidence that lias never failed him is eager to lift Ills voice in the enemys country Xfov Hughes goes straight forward in a way that is a sore trial to the politicians The New York managers tried to shoo him oft by circulating a story that lie would run independent but he Mopped this at once by the announcement that he would either run as the candidate for the Republican Party or not at all This puts it up squarely to fire voters of the party to compel their no called leaders to renominate him The Illinois Historical Society is arranging a chain of celebrations of the semi centennial of the historic debate between Stephen A Douglas and Abraham Lincoln The celebrations will be ield at the different places on the anniversary of the debates at those places Jis follows Ottawa Aug 21 Freeport VVtig 27 Jonesboro Sept 15 Charleston Sjit 18 Galesburg Oct 7 Qulncy Oct 13 Alton Oct 15 Russia Is presenting to Germany a problem like that which Cuba presented to us in tho yellow fever epidemics year many German lives are lost nnd there Is a vast disturbance of bus Jicss by the cholera coming from Rus Bia Cholera is one of tho distinctly filth diseases which can be prevented by ordinary sanitary measures Germans are angrily Inquiring how much longer they shall be expected to suffer from Russias misgovernment and fail ure to attend to- lifer proper duties 11111 TAKT There Is a disposition on the partNsf the Republican leadere to attempt to commonlzc the Presidential nominee by speaking -of him as Bill Taft which we do not approve The nominee himself has laughingly suggested to the reporters when they were puzzled as- to whether to call him Secretary or Judge to call him Eill as a compromise It is not at alt in good taste for a man who is a candidate for the highest office in the world to bo called by a hiame so curt as to savor of disrespect We have never alluded to the Democratic candidate as Bill Bryan nor would we allude to any man who stood so hish in the estimation of American citizens as to receive their suffrages for an office of the utmost dignity and importance Bill savors so much of the vulgarism of the streets andthe frqe and easy loafer to be out of plaec for any man who has serious work in life Mr Taft or plain Taft is the best way in which to speak of the nominee Mister is tho universal American usage for men In everj walk of life and it is just as littinir to the man who makps his living by shoving a plane or following a plow as it is to the highest man in the Nation It speaks of our common universal Americanism where one citizen is only elevated above another by being selected on account of his superior fit ness for a public servant in some particular and necessary function To speak of the nominee as Taft has a similar dignity and respect because it embodies the mans own personality what he is and what he has made of himself It goes back to our Keltic and English ancestry where the highest title that coud be given a man was hue or Canrjjbeli or Davis imply ing that he was the head of or at least a representative of the powerful and entirely respectable clan of whicli that was the name Let us therefore drop Bill Taft and Bill Bryan and have either Mr- Taft and Mr Bryan or better still simply Taft and Bryan In the English nobility to day there survive several instances of men of the highest rank who have no other title than The McNab The Chisholm The ODonohue AH of the old Irish Scotch and Welch clans called their head simply Davis or Campbell and while many of these heads of clans have become English nobles many of tion and are prouder of It than If they had been ennobled by the King The highest respect that can be given a man therefore Is to simply call him by his family name as if he was the head of the family WHISKY IX OKLAHOMA The report of the State Dispenser in Oklahoma Invites puncturing full of holes He says that In 65 days he sold 381188 worth of whlsky and alcohol which had cost the State 743796 The most astonishing thing in the report is that the State paid 392 a gallon for whisky which it afterward sold for 160 a gallon If the State Dis penser paid that price for whisky he was an easy mark Indeed Tho best advertised brands are selling at retail for 1 a quart bottle This is for liquor that is warranted to be the genuine old fashioned sour mash hand made goods As for the stuff that is almost universally consumed in Oklahoma that which 999 men put of every 1000 men in Oklahoma have been used to and expect tb get when they call for whisky it never cost over 150 a gallon This is so simple that anyone can S20 it The internal revenue tax la 110 per gallon of proof spirit or 220 per gallon of Peoria alcohol Therefore the market price of a gallon of Peoria alcohol is about 235 This is 9S per cent alcohol To make whisky of this all that Is necessary is to let It down with water until It contains only per cent or aiconoi color it wyu burnt sugar and flavor it with a few drops of an essential oil The actual cost therefore is only a trifle in excess of 40 per cent of the price of Peoria alcohol say 95 cents a gallon Anyone that wants can in a few minutes make nearly three gallons of precisely the same whisky that he buys in a saloon by purchasing a gallon of absolute alcohol at any drug store adding six parts of water to every four parts of alcohol and coloring it with a few spoonfuls of sugar burned on the kitchen stove If the whisky does not seem strong enough ho may add a little more alcohol or judiciously add red pepper which will give both color and fire This is a process by which the so called rectifiers and blenders have been making unnumbered millions out of the topers of the country every year The mate Dispenser of Oklahoma has shown himself either woefully Ignor ant of his business amazingly gullible by the liquor sharps or a grafter In making the State pay extravagant prices for concoctions of Peoria alcohol The Republican rainbow chasers who are talking about carrying some of the Southern States for Taft are chllllngly remlndcd how much gush there as over McKlnley In Atlanta and elsewhere with hobts of Southerners expressing their determination tovote for him The year before the Democratic majority In Georgia- was only 34000 and there seemed to be some promise of carrying the State for McKlnley In 1900 but when the votes were counted the Democrats had 46000 majority We would not like to say that a Southern Democrat has to be born again before he will vote the Republican ticket but It Is something like tliat There should be some sort of a regulation compelling people who publish recipes for the misleading of others to try tin in first on themselves For example here Is a recipe that is going the rounds for removing grass and weeds from walks Boil two pounds of arsenic and four- pounds of sal soda in six gallons of waters To every gallon of thi boiling mixture add three gallons of cold water and sprinkle it over the walks while it Is warm This would probably remove tho grass MRKIXG OK WHISKIES As we have apprehended all along thn manufacturers of imitation whiskies were not going to relinquish an immensely proiltablo business without a fight to the finish carried to the Su premo Court The allied distillers and blenders these men who are engaged in making whisky out of Peoria alcohol havo secured two injunctions against the internal revenue officers to prevent their marking whisky in accordance with the regulations of the Department as ordered by the President One of these injunctions was Issued by Judge Humphrey of the Southern District of Illinois and the other Judge Thompson of Ohio These injunctions arc only temporary and hold only until the case can be tried before the courts and a decision rendered As to their effect Attorney-General Bonaparte says In response to an Inquiry by Secretary of the Treasury Cortelyou The effect of tho courts action Is to prevent the marking of the cases of the complainants in those particular distilleries in accordance with the terms of thecircular above mentioned It does riot in anywise affect the application or tho said circular with respect to other distilleries in the same district and still less does it alter the duties and powers of the officers and employes of the Internal Revenue Buraau serving in other districts The situation therufora is that there being only tliosa regula tions properly In force and tho court at tho Instance of these complainants having prohibited the Collector of Internal Revenue from marking their casks or packages in accordance with these regulations the marking or branding of the casks or pack ages of these two particular distilleries cannot be done in accordance with said regulations but in all other cases the circular of May 5 remains unaffected by the action of the said two Circuit Courts and will so continue until superseded or suspended by the action of thc same or other courts or modified or rescinded by your Department In other words the cas must go to the higher court for an Interpretation of what the name whisky means The only doubt Is whether the Supreme Court may not as tho courts of this country usually do accept a word which has come into common use and decide that the name whisky can cover all these various compounds that Is the courts of England and America have usually accepted any word they found In common use lh the community and given it legal force For example they found a truss of hay among the English farmers to generally mean 56 pounds of old or 60 pounds of new hay while a truss of straw was 36 pounds and the courts gave these weights legal sanction The question then before the court will be whether the people have become so accustomed to calling whiskey a mixture of Peoria alcohol with water colored with burnt sugar as to give that a rightful place in the business transactions of the country Up until within a comparatively short tlmo whisky has meant the product of tho old fashioned stills ripened by age during which it wa3 stored in barrels Has the Imitation product of a colored mixture of alcohol and water which forms nine tenths of the whisky sold to day acquired a similar acceptance in business speech This will bo tho is3ue presented to the Supreme Court A YASKEC AniTiiMirricv The supersensitive Confederates of Texas have found a new Grievance An elementary arithmetic in use In the schools has such examples as these Gen Grant -was born April 27 1822 and was 11 years 2 months and 7 days old when Vlcksburg Miss was captured When did he capture Vlcks burg Gen William Sherman was born Feb 8 1820 and finished his great march thru Georgia Dec 13 1864 How old was he on that day Gen Sheridan was born March 6 1831 and made his famous ride from Winchester to the battlefield at Cedar Creek Oct 191864 What was his age then To the ordinary mind the use of such Illustrations as these is a laud able Improvement They quicken the young mind by giving a personal Interest which can not be had when such straw figures as John and Mary are used Then It ha3 the inestimable advantage of awakening the childs mind to the great facts In American history He or she will at once begin to think who and what Grant Sherman Sheridan Vlcks burg the March to the Sea and Cedar Creek were It would be excellent If schoeTTJook makers did much more of this The statements are absolutely free from any reflection upon the South or opinions on the war That there was such a man as Grant and that he captured Vlcksburg that there was such a man as Sherman and he made a notable march thru Georgia that there was such a man as Sheridan and he made a momentous ride from Winchester are all great facts in American history which a child should learn at an early age Certainly the Texa3 child should not be any more ignorant of them than children elsewhere But the Texas Confederates have pro tested with such vigor that the State Board of Education has ordered the Yankee Arithmetic out of the schools What makes the Kllkenney spirit which pervades the air in every State While It is slow hard work to stir the Republicans and Democrats up to the old bellicosity of Presidential years In the different Statesthe Republicans are seeking tho blood of Republicans with a viclousness only equaled by the venge ful disemboweling of Democrats by ft-low-Democrats No State Is exempt and every day brings news of a fresh outbreak of consanguineous riot Last week the Democrats of Missouri and Idaho pulled off State conventions with Identical results to those of the Republicans in Iowa and AVest Virginia and the Democrats in North Carolina Indiana Tennessee and Texas The de feated factions charge bribery Intimi dation and the steam roller on the successful faction and breathe schism sulfur and slaughter against the victors Wherever the Republicans are rent the and weeds and also all the chicken1 Democrats are in sore division and no cats dogs and Incidentally the small prophet nor yet the son of a prophet children jean tell the end theroof JKFKEHSTJSl DX VISS JOMPHCITY A large partQf tho case of the Daughtors dCtheSouthern Confederacy is based upcm trie ilctlon that he Wlrz as offeredhls jlife if he would give evidence implicating Jefferson Davis in knowledge of the condition of things In AndersonVIllfti and other Southern prisons We51 have1 repeatedly met this with tho sjfltemfcrit that tho evidence was suincicni xo -implicate jenerson ua vis wlthoutilWirzfsaying anything one way or the other There was no ne cessity whatever of trying to make Wlrz turn States evidence As an illustra tion of this is tho following letter cap tured with the other Confederate papers at Richmond It tolls of the conditions in the prison at Florence The letter was addressed to Jefferson Davis and inclosed in an article from the Sumter Watchman The letter reads Statesburg Oct 12 1S64 Dear Sir Inclosed you will find an account of the terrible sufferings of the lankee prisoners at Florence In the name of all that Is holy Is tliere nothing that can be done to relieve such dreadful suffering If such things are allowed to continue they will most surely draw down some awful judgment upon our country It Is a most horrible National sin that cannot go unpunished If we can not give them food and shelter for God sake parole them and send them back to Yankeeland but dont starve the miserable creatures to death Dont think that I havo any liking for the Yankee I have none Those near and dear to me have suffered too much from their tyranny for mo to have anything bu hatred to them but I have not yet quite brute enough to know of such suffering without trying to do something even for a Yankee Sabina Dismukes That this reached the one to whom it was directed is shown by the following indorsement Respectfully referred by direction of the President to tho honorable Secretary of War Burton Harrison Private Secretary The article from tho Sumter Watchman referred to read as follows Mr Editor It may not be uninteresting to your numerous readersNto hear something from the Yankee camp at Florence Your correspondent went over upon the summons of one of those ominous Bs which the times have made more familiar than agreeable to take a drove of cattle to the camp Our party has In charge animals of all sizes sex and conditions from the patriarch of tho herd whose seamed and wrinkled front bore the marks of many a bloody battle auld -crumple who had served her day at thp milk pall and whose constitution i was pvidently unable to stand the blasts of another March We lost three on the way two straggled and ono felljfrom jexhaustlon tho buzzards after all were not cheated of their long expected prey The country thru which we traveled is flat stale and unprofitable The crops are poor and every cotton Jleld destroyed by the army worm as Jf in imitation of its more intelligent nnmesakes No object of curiosity was encountcred on the way unlessjjwe tpok into account the long brldgejjoven what tho natives call Spawa Swamp Most of tho houses were uninhabited with fences and out buildings gong to uin No product nowfliie barren fields afford But men and steal a soldier and his sword Tho camp wo found full of what were once human beings but who would scarcely now bo recognized as such In an old field with no ure but the living wall of sentinels who guard them night and day are several thousand filthy diseased famished men with no hope of relief except by death A few dirty rags stretched on poles give them a yoor protection from tno not sun anu neuvy uews All were In rags and barefoot and crawling with vcrjnin As we passed around the line of guards I saw one of them brought out from his miserable booth by two of his companions and laid upon the ground to die He was nearly naked His companions pulled his cap over his face and stretched out his limbs Be fore they turned to leave him he was dead A slight movement of the limbs and all was over The captive was free The Commissarys tent was near one side of the square and near it the beef was laid upon boards preparatory to Its distribution This sight seemed to excite the prisoners as the smell of blood does the beasts of a menagerie They surged up as near the lines as they were allowed and seemed in their eagerness about to break over While we were on the ground a heavy rain came up and they seemed greatly to enjoy It coming out a purls naturalibus opening their mouths to catch the drops while one would wash off another with his hands and then receive from him the kind office Numbers get out at night and wander to the neighboring houses in quest of food From the camp of the living we passed to the camp of the dead the hospital a transition which reminded me of Satans soliloquy Which way I fly is hell myself ami hell And In tho lowest deeps a lower deep Still threatening to devour me opens wide A few tents covered with pine tops were crowded with tha dying and the dead in every stage of corruptlonome lay In prostrate helplessness some had crowded under the shelter of the bushes some were rubbing their skeleton limbs Twenty or thirty of tlfem die daily most ofthem as I was in formed of the scurvy The corpses lay by the roadside waiting for the dead- cart their glassy eyes turned to heaven the files swarming lri their mouths their big toes tiedr together with a cotton string and their skeleton arms folded on their breasts You would hardly know them toj be men so sadly do hun ger disease and wretchedness change tne Human race jrcscnuy came the carts Tjhey fere carried a little distance to trenches dug for the purpose and tumbled in like so many dogs a few pine tojis wore thrown upon the bodies a feV shoyelfuls of dirt and then hasto wjas ihade to open a new ditch for othrr ylptlms The burying party were yanknes detailed for the work an appointment which as tho Sergeant told nQn they consider as a favor for they get a little more to cat and enjoy frtJi aij Thus we saw oiiione glance me tnrcc great scourgfisjofimanklnd war famine and pestilence nnd we turn from the spectacle sick at heart as we remember that some of our loved ones maybe undergoing a similar misery Mans inhumanity to man countless millions mourn makes Soon 8000 more will be added to their number and where the provi sions are to come from to feed this mul titude is a difficult problem Five thou sand pounds of bacon or 2000 pounds of beef dally seems in addition to more urgent draughts upon her far beyond the ability of South Carolina The question is nrc we not doing serious Injury to our cause in keeping tneso prisoners to divide with us our scanty rations Would It not be better to release them on parole Howard Xi THE NATION TRIBUNE WASHINGON THURSDAY AUGUST IS 1908 be produced from the official records showing that Davis was trgm tlmo to time fully made acqualntedvwlth the condition of the prisoners In each of the prisons of the South Among the many damaged titles which are being offered American heiresses are thoso of two Servian Princes who will shortly visit this country in search of girls who want to marry into nobility In tho first place Scrvla is a little principality of tery recent birth and peopled by an ignorant turbulent lot of Slavs who are in about the same moral social anl industrial condition as thoso of lltlo interior South American States On the whole we should prefer as a place of residence say Paraguay or Ecuador and the Indian half breeds and Spaniards there would be more agreeable daily associates than tho pig raising Servians King Peter whose grandfather made a modest fortune out of the pig business came to tho throne in 1903 as a result of a brutal assassination of his predecessor and wife Almost any fine morning it may be known that tho other faction In Scrvla has risen and treated King Peter as his faction did King Alexander and bis Queen The result of the Cuban election was an astonishment Tho Liberals over threw President Palma In 1905 and brought on American intervention Sec retary Taft and Gov Magoon accepted tho Liberals and have been acting largely thru their leaders In the recent election tho Conservatives who arc mainly the old Moderate Party of President Palma carried everything and this It is believed will make Gen Nero Mcnocal President Menocal is a man of firmness resolution and ability and It is thought that he will be a Porfirlo Diaz for Cuba rule the country with a strong hand guarantee peace and protection of property and promptly shoot all would be revolutionists Tho Canadian Government has decided to assume all the assets and franchises of tho Quebec Railway and Bridge Company and it will begin the reconstruction of the great bridge with in a short time It will be remembered that this structure fell in ruin some month3 ago with the loss of life of nearly all the mechanics engaged in the building Tho oversight of tho construction will be in the hands of a board of prominent engineers ono from Canada one from tho United States and the third from Great Britain The Canadian Government assumed the bonds of the bridge company amounting to between 5000000 and 6000000 Eugene Wilder Chafln the Prohibi tion nominee for President has devotcd the last 11 years to Prohibition work lecturing conducting Prohibition meetings and managing a Washingtonlan Home In Chicago After seeing 13 children come Into the world his father died when Chafin was but 12 years old leaving him to manage tho farm and bring up tho family He gotalong successfully went to college was a classr mate of Senator La Follette and built up quite a law practice which he gave up to enter Prohibition work He Is a devoted student of the lives of Abraham Lincoln and George Washington who are his Ideals of the worlds great est men He has one daughter named Desdcmona Tho Chicago Burlington Quincy Railroad has given all kinds of concrete ties a fair trial and decided adversely to them The decision is that there Is nothing to replace the wood and that the best thing to do Is to treat the wood so as to get the longest life out of it Consequently the company will build a great plant to treat ties bridge tim bers etc with creosote Tho railroads arc not slow in taking advantage of the regulation laws for their own benefit Tho Baltimore Ohio has had three conductors arrested on the charge of carrying passengers free This Is an offense against the United States laws and the conductors have been placed under 1000 bail each The tallest chimney In the world is now being built for the smelter of the Amalgamated Copper Company at Great Falls Mont It ha3 a foundation 70 feet square and will be 506 feet high with a diameter of 54 feet at the top The next highest chimney Is at Frei burg In Germany 460 feet In hight Hamilton Lewiss much-talked-of pink whiskers seem to have captured tho Chicago voters He ran ahead of every one and all put together for the Democratic nomination for Governor We can well afford to stand the cal amity howls of Bryan Gompers Co when on the same page aro announce ments of factories resuming with work and wages for thousands of men Tho lt Va Car Editor National Tribune Please give a short sketch of the 1st Va Cav and of Co In particular Henry jjrunner fitzgerald Ga Tills regiment was organized at Wheeling Clarksburg and Morgantown from July to November 1861 and was finally mustered out July 8 1865 It was commanded by Col Henry isunsel who resigned Aug 6 1862 ceeueu Dy uoi a if Richmond who also resigned November 7 1863 At the time of muster out it was commanded by Col Henry Capehart bre vctted Brigadier General March 13 1865 It belonged to Avcrells Division Cavalry Corps and lost 81 killed and 126 from dLsease etc We cannot give company histories Editor National Tribune Colonel Killed at Gctty tburi Editor National Tribune Some time ago I asked you how many Colonels were killed at the battle of Gettysburg Pleae let mo know thru The National Tribune Lion Thomas East Liverpool Ohio There were 246 officers killed In the battle of Gettysburg of whom seven were Lieutenant Colonels 12 Colonels and seven Majors The names of the Colonels were John Wheeler 20th Ind George Ward 15th Mass Harrison Jeffords 4th Mich Edward Cross 5th A Van Home Ellis 12th Geo Wll lard 125th 1 lliklm Sherrill 126th Patrick ORorke 110th Charles Taylor 13th Pa Res Fran cis Mahler 75th Pa Robert Cum- mlns 14 2d Pa Editor National Many documentsslmilar to tlila mlglitiune tr -v tf IASTGEXEItAri OltDEIlS Knle Jose National IrIIrnt Woman Relief Corpa Gives Flul Word Convention Appolatmenti Headquarters Womans Relief Corps Auxiliary to the Grand Army of the Republic Ilion July 28 1908 General Orders No 9 As announced In General Orders No 8 National Headquarters of tho Wo mans Relief Corps during Convention will be established at the Sccor Room 17 parlor floor All will bo welcome At the last National Convention it was unanimously voted that tho National President in hor call for the 26th National Convention announce a Wednesday open session at which time the address of the National President shall bo read tho reports of officers placed in the hands of committees and Instructed to be ready to report at the Thursday session also that it be the occasion for the presentation of gifts exchange of courtesies and the transaction of such business as may lead to shorter sessions Accordingly such meeting will be held at the Ashland Avenuo Baptist Church at 4 Wednesday Sept 2 1908 Greetings from Army Nurses and Sons of Veterans memorial service arid other Informal services will take place at that time A full attendance Is requested Convention will bo called to order at 9 a Thursday Sept 3 at the Ashland Avenue Baptist Church cosily reached by tho Long Belt and Short Belt Lino of street cars and withio three blocks of Bancroft Belt Line Guards will be in attendance at the doors of the church and password taken The following committees are hereby appointed Headquarters Reception Commlttet Georglana Griffith Chairman Kate Gledhill New York Nettle Greenfield Ohio Adella Barnard Idaho Ella Craft New York Isadora Glad win Connecticut Roso Graham Maine Dora Rogers Kansas Emma Ewtng Grlnncll Wisconsin Minnie Fox South Dakota Dr Eva Osborne Washington Juliette Morris Wisconsin Mary McGrath Rhode Island Emma Nowton and LIda A Oldroyd Potomac Olive Dowllng Ohio Eliza Adams New Jersey Credential Committee Eliza Brown Daggett National Secretary Chairman Mary Knowlcs Massachusetts Lydia Mott Iowa Ida Heacock Kansas Mary I Hayes Connecticut Committee on Resolutions Abbie Lynch Chairman Pennsylvania Sarah Fuller Massachusetts Emma Stark Hampton Michigan Emma Wallace Illinois Agnes Hitt Indiana A reception will be tendered the Commander-in-Chief and his Staff Tuesday evening Sept 1 from 7 to 8 In the fover of the Valentine The following appointments for National Convention are hereby announced Assistant Secretary Sarah Phillips New York Stenographer Masle Green New York Platform Aids Bessie Allen New York Katharine Sherwood Ohio Zola Miller Illinois Postmistress Maria Mumford Pennsylvania Assistant Postmistress Ella Scott New York Press Committee Elizabeth Robblns Berry Washington Mary North Maryland Helen Middlckauff Illinois Color Bearers Susie Loomis Pennsylvania Margaret Irving Ohio JFIora Woolley New York MaySteadman Ohio Chief Con- dutor Ida Palmer Illinois Assistant Conductors Olive Dowllng Ohio Anna Lippleman Ohio Alice Schneider Tennessee Ella Kellogg New York Rowena Lowery Ohio Emma Tufts New York Alice Breit ensteln Kentucky Chief Guard Elizabeth Day Ohio Assistant Guards Elizabeth Day New York Harriet Taylor Ohio May Rhoades Ohio Melissa A Wheeler Michigan Gertrude Daly Illinois Adella Folsom New York The Womans Citizen Committee will keep open house in Memorial Hall second floor Rest room and lunches will be provided by the Corps of the city in attendance The Ex Prlsonere of War and Army Nurses will be given a noonday lunch eon Tuesday Sept 1 at Memorial Hall A reception will be given by the citi zens of Toledo at Memorial Hall Wednesday evening from 7 to 9 oclock In closing these my last General Or ders I would express gratitude and sincere thanks for the many kinds words that have encouraged and helped me all along the way to the Commander-in-Chief and Staff for courtesy and consideration rtnd to every member for faithful service By command of Kate Jones National President Eliza Brown Daggett National Secretary rrelile County Ohio Centennial Editor National Tribune In commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the organization of this County a celebration was held at Eaton July 2 3 and 4 Thursday the flrst day was Soldiers Day when quite a large number of old veterans turned out some from distant points who had not been back to their native County for many years One comrade who left the County in 1865 came from New York City to participate in this home coming Among th honored guests of the occa sion was Gov A Harris or whom we are especially proud He was a gallant soldier thruout the entire war and came out as -commander of the old fighting 75th Ohio Several companies of the 3d regiment participated In the exercises on Soldiers Day This County was named In honor of Commodore Ed ward Preble who was a naval officer in the War of the Revolution and In 1803 commanded the Constitution and the squadron sent against the Barbary pi rates There is probably not in the entire Union another County of the same name Eaton the county seat was also named for another Revolu tionary soldier and participant in tho war with Tripoli Gen William Eaton who was for several years United States Consul at Tunis Fort St Clair which was built in 1791 was located about one mile west of the present court house The first troops that passed thru this County were commanded by Gen Arthur St Clair His expedition against the Indians resulted in a complete failure he being badly defeated in a battle hear Fort Recovery Gen Anthony Wayne was afterwards placed In command and marched thru this County in 1793 He cut a road thru the dense forest all the way from Fort Washington Cincinnati to Fort Wayne which is still known as Waynes trace or the old trace The Indians under command of Little Turtle the celebrated chief suffered a crushing defeat at the hands of Gen Wayne and after that did not molest the white settlers of this county very much The military history of Preble County is quite notable as she has distinguished herself In all the wars since 1812 This County is also rich In his torical legends also in arcneoiogy in connection with the celebration there was an Interesting collection of old relics and archeologlcal specimens which are very numerous in this County Surface West Manchester The Mni neil Soldier Ienctie Headquarters Maimed Soldiers League 1112 Chestnut St Philadelphia Pa The above named Association will have a meeting at Toledo on the evening of Sept 2 at 730 oclock In the A Post Room Memorial Hall Adams and Ontario streets This Association is composed of thoso who lost arms or legs in the service of their country All such comrades are Invited to attend this meeting as It will be to their interest to do so George Brown President James McGee Secretary 1112 Chestnut St Philadelphia Ja gjlgj FOIt KATIOlTAXi FItESIDENT Mm Genevieve LgaajOeld Nlrce of Mo Mary linger Prominent Canal- dale i i The Illinois Ladles of tho A ro determined to hook tho National Presidency or know tho reason why The Department of Illinois has sent out a numerously signed circular indorsing Mrs Genevlevo Hager Longfleld The one objection to her candidacy ajt his tlmo seems to be that sho Is young1 and can wait and that sho Is pnly niece of a soldier and that there aro war wives who should be honored while yet living oa ago Is coming upon them and they will be passing away with their veteran husbands The Illinois circular Is as follows Dear Sisters Tho Department of Illinois held in Qulncy May 19 20 21 Indorsed tho candidacy oC MrsGenevicve Hager Longfleld for National President -The Department oC Illinois with prldo presents to you a sister who Is qualified to fill the position with honor to herself and credit to the Ladles of tho Grand Army of the Republic a sister who is possessed oC more than ordinary executive ability a young woman who is well versed In tho laws of our Order and is perfectly willing and able to give her entire tlmo to the work of the National Organization When Department President sho administered the duties of her office in strict conformity with the Rules and Regulations TwelvO new Circles wero organlzed during her term of o31ce As Chairman of National and Department Councils her accurate and painstaking methods have been of value and assistance and her work ha3 been pronounced by all to be well done Sher fc refined and unassuming but possesses ability and dignity Her loyalty and zeal and untiring unselfish devotion to the Interests of our Order have seldom been equalled and never excelled Gen George Thomas Circle 1 of Chicago has also unanimously indorsed Mrs Longfleld The 35th Masa Editor National Tribune I would like to see a short history of my regiment the 35th Mass Geo Good- win 75 Harvard St Everett Moss The 35th Mass one of Foxs Fight lng Regiments was organized at Worcester Mass In August 1162 and mustered out June 9 1865 It was commanded by Col Edward A Wild who was promoted to oral April 25 1863 succeeded by CoL Sumner Carruth In command at tho time of muster out After leaving the State Aug 22 the regiment remained for a short time on Arlington HlghtS and was then ordered to join McClel lans army It was engaged at South Mountain where Col Wild received a serious wound and where It won great praise At Antletam it lost 48 killed 160 wounded and sit missing Maj Sidney Wlllard who was in command was killed while cheering his men The 35th suffered heavy losses In tho trenches before Petersburg and shared in the triumphant termination of the siege It belonged to Sturglss Division Ninth Corps and out of a total enrollment of 1496 lost 14S killed and 101 from disease etc Thirty three of Its members died in Confederate prisons Editor National Tribune The 37th III Editor National Tribuner Would yoa kindly give a short history of the 37th 111 or Ketzle Reynolds 111 The 37th III was organized at Chicago Sept 18 1861 and finally mustered out May 15 1866 It was commanded by Col JutlU3 White who was promoted June 9 1862 to Brigadier General followed by Col Myron Barnes who was dismissed Nov 20 1362 CoL John Black then took command resigning Aug 13 1865 and was succeeded by Lieut Col Ransom Kennlcott who was discharged April 19 1866 At the time of final muster out Lieut Col Judson Huntley was in command The regiment belonged to Andrew3s Division Thirteenth Corp3 and lost 64 killed and 169 from disease etc Editor National Tribune The 43d HI Editor National Tribune Will you please give a short account of the 43d 111 Capt A Sandberg 106 First Ave Minneapolis Minn The 43d HI wa3 organized at Otter vllle Mo Dec 16 1861 and finally mustered out Nov 30 1865 It was commanded by CoL Jolius Raith who died April 11 1862 of wounds received in action followed by Col Adolpb En- gelman who was musterei out upon expiration of term of service Dec 31 1864 At the time of muster out thee 43d was under the command of Col Adolph Dengler It belonged to Kim balls Division Sixteenth Corps and lost 83 killed and 163 from disease etc Editor National Tribune The 7th Ind JEdltor National Tribune Oleosa give me a short sketch of the 7th Wheeler San Jose CaL The 7th Ind was organized at Indianapolis Sept 13 1861 and muster- ed out Sept 20 1864 It was commanded by Col Ebenezer Dumont who was promoted In September 1861 to Brigadier General succeeded by CoL James Gavin who was discharged April 22 1863 Col Ira Grover then took command retaining the same till muster out It belonged to Wads worths Division First Corps and lost 116 killed and 113 from disease etc Editor National Tribune The 49th Ind Editor National Tribune Will you give a short history of the 49th Ind Kendall Hardinsburg Ind The 49th Ind was organised at Jef fersonvllle Nov 21 1861 and upon tho expiration of Its term of service of three years the veterans and recruits were consolidated into a battalion of six companies which was mustered oat Sept 13 1S65 The regiment was commanded by Col John Ray who resigned Oct 17 1S62 succeeded by Col James Kelgwin who was mustered cut Nov 29 1864 upon the expiration of his term of service At the time final -muster-out Lieut CoL James Leeper was In command It belonged to Osterhauss Division Thirteenth Corps and lost 41 killed and 196 from disease etc Editor National Tribune The 47th Ohio Editor National Tribune Please give a short history of the 47th Ohio which did good service from start to finish James Clark Park Ave West Chatham Ontario Can The 47th Ohio was organized at Camp Denlson Aug 27 1861 and finally mustered out Aug 11 1865 It was first commanded by Col Frederick Poschner who resigned July 17 1862 succeeded by Col Lyman Elliott who also resigned Jan 13 1863 Col Augustus Parry then assumed command retaining the same till mustered out upon expiration of term of service June 19 1865 At the time of final muster out the regiment was commanded by Maj Thomas Taylon It belonged to Blairs Division Fifteenth Corps and lost 82 killed and 137 from disease etc Editor National Tribune Bntlery A lat AV Va I A Editor National Tribune Please give a short history of Battery A 1st Va A Henry Green Hill Va Buttery A 1st Va A was or- ganlzed at AVheeling June 28 1861 and the organization composed of veterans and recruits finally mustered out July 27 1865 It was commanded first by Capt John Jenks who was dis charged March 10 1S63 succeeded by CapU George Furst la command at th time of muster out Editor National Tribune ft Wt JB V-.