Show A rel ef you prize tl e fr end that prides himself on being frank and true who talks about your faults howe er it may hurt him and you you know tl at it s his so t on whom you re 1 to depend when troubles tie sky and bit ter tears descend but just the samp sometime that he could comprehend that no one finds perfection no not even in a r en 1 and u vow you va t the aruti and wa t it good and strong you kind uhe the fellow ho will jolly you alaf g you kind 1 ke tl e b rd sings a song of cameles i chee loit kind like the flowers that blossom idly tar and near you kind 1 ke tte me ry rhyme whose strains idly tall you kind liate lot of th that are no good at all but the e is j st one fact that tanas out palpable and clear the tho el im ie Is always better than the thourl ties sneer and so many to 1 e eady to remind you when you r w one that sou k d 1 ke the fellow who w 11 jolly you along major general osborn major general 0 osdorn of chicago hero of many battles in the civil war died from a stroke of apo alexy in wash agton to which city he had gone to select his bunal place in the national cementer Ce meter at arling ton gen was born in jensei licking county ohio august 11 esz and was graduated from ohio wes ie an university twenty two ears later after reading law for two vears with gen lew wallace at ville ind he went to chicago to tice when war between the north and the south seemed imminent the young la ayer began to recruit a volunteer regiment and within six weel auw the bombardment of fort sumter he had mustered 1 men into the ser vice under the title of the thirty ninth no s infantry which was ass ened by president lincoln to serve in the of potomac after desultory campa against stonewall jackson in the doah valley col osborn was made a general of brigade and placed in command of the thirty ninth illinois the thirteenth ind ana and the sixty second and sixty seventh ohio regi ments at winchester when jack son attempted to crush shield ad vance osborn s brigade saw the heaviest fighting and repulsed the enemy after a junction with me clellan had been effected gen osborn participated in the battle of mahern 1 and then struck south with s division to serve under gen allmore in the attempt to reduce charleston at the siege of fort wagner in the campaigning around charleston gen osborn was ordered to hold the front at all hazards as a forlorn hope under penalty of being fired upon by his own comrades it his fell back the division burrowed into the sand like rabbits and dug a line of ments that not only enabled them to withstand the confederate fire b it also assisted gilmore in his advance or the forts by parallels the plant ing of the famous swamp angel was another of the feats of osborn s men during the operations around charleston while serving under cen butler in virginia gen osborn was severely wounded la the attack upon fort darling he was struck in the right elbow with a bullet which shattered the joint and was sent back to fort ress monroe he never regained complete control over the member he remained in hospital until octo her and after his discharge being too disabled for active service he mccu pied his time by stumping michigan illinois and indiana for lincoln dur ing his second presidential campaign then with his arm still in a sling he went back to his troops for the final campaign in the battle of appomattox three horses were shot from under gen Os born his division blocked lees retreat tor which brilliant feat he was made a major general being chosen to parole the confider con feder ates who bought the cumberland there lave been some fine exploits in the naval engagements at che culpo and port arthur the officers and of the russian and japanese ships are living up to the best naval traditions they go into battle with spirit and go down with their ships when the fight goes against them however no gallant leed of the pros ent war stirs the blood as does the rhory of who fought the cumber land recently published the united states sloop of war cumberland carrying twenty tour auns men was the first vessel to loin isue with the confederate iron clad merrimac Merrl mac in hampton roads march 8 1862 in the battle one of the most notable in naval history the merrimac Merrl mac rammed the cumber land and as the latter drifted in ink ing cond alon fired broadside after broadside at close range until the decks of the union vessel were like a slaughter pen and yet the men fought on when the lower batteries were flooded the gunners ran to th upper batteries ind kept up the fight to the demand of fe to s ir render the officer in command ans vered never I 1 will sini alongside and with flag flying and guns firing the cumber land went down there was controversy as to who made th s ans ver as to who fought the cumberland and commander wil ham P V S N retired who was on the vessel at the time rote out his recollection of occur bences on condition that the paper should not be published until after his death commander randall died re antly and his version of who fought the cunia has just been pub lashed of tho fight commander ran dall says lieutenant george upham morris was in but all hards douht hei every man on board of 1 e the ship was s aking when the Merri irac 1 a led us to su nender and morris turn ng to me said she s a slaughter pen a slaughter pen but I 1 can t haul dov n the colors my reply was let her go down with her colors flying she s sinking no v stepp ng to the starboard gangway morris ans vered the mer s hail in these words damn you will neier surrender at th s jimr the cumberland quarter was a fearful sigl t tor it was red with blood and the dead out numbered the living all the guns fired to the last but abe last gun fired was the after pivot gun As the cumberland went down with aag flying and guns firing an officer of the merrimac uncovered and said IMO ship was ever more gal bantly of the crew of more than were killed or wounded and twenty drowned and the men who fought the cumberland were morris and randall and every man on board of her banquet by the secorro corps the son ivors of the second corps held one of the most enjoyable ban recently that ever has been given by that well known veteran organization the dinner was given in the banquet hall of the shoreham Shore ham at washington D just behind the toastmaster was a large picture of general hancock draped in flags and around the room hung the names of many of tte beloved leaders of the corps among them boich sedgwick howard and humphreys of thebe general howard alone Is living and he sent a letter his sincere regret at his inability to be present captain H chard W oyier acted as toastmaster the first speaker of the even ng was lieuten ant general nelson A miles the sub eject of his toast being the second corps second in number but ia military aab elements eve ments to none lieutenant general chaffee admiral bartlett representative bede and commander in chief general john black also responded to toasts each being greeted with ahrea shiloh ded cat on n may dedication of the illinois bonu I 1 ments on the battlefield of has ben postponed by the committee of arrangements until may 17 and 18 the exercises were to have taken place april ii and 13 but at the re quest of gov yates the committee made the change in the date capt israel rumsey capt slattery and sheldon myers the latter of galesburg compose the committee which has charge of the dedication exercises the committee of vet erans and their friends from different parts of the antry to visit the bat biefield tie field when the illinois monuments are dedicated 1 as n ade arrangements for better transportation facilities in four states the railroads will carry passengers gerb to st louis corinth miss cairo 11 and paducah ky vehicles will be used to transport vis igors from corinth to the battlefield hile steamers will convey gers from the other three places to shiloh Parra out naval veterans farragut veterans assoria tion of philadelphia aas established permanent headquarters in industrial hall at broad ind vine streets na val command no 1 spanish ameri can war veterans meets in the same room they have established there also a bureau of information where v shipmates will always be wel come letters of inquiry are prompt ly answered the farragut assoria tion was organized at the close of the civil war and has met uninterruptedly ever since it therefore claims that it is older than the G A R it has a large including ad george dewey J M forcythe charles E chark J H sands john 3 head and G W melville the pres ent secretary comrade william sim mons has held the position for more than thirty years and was at one time its commander the bullet and the bayonet to the editor of the sun sir it was news to me and I 1 venture to say it was to others that our generals had no faith in the bullet during our civil war and that the union sol diers were rushed upon the contender Con ates at antietam Antle tam and fredericksburg armed only with the bayonet be cause of that lack of faith in the bul let A division annihilated at antle tam 8 killed and wounded in front of marges hill and not a single union bayonet reaching the line of the enemy I 1 was in the battle of antietam well provided with bullets as were all the soldiers whom I 1 saw I 1 won der how it is that never heard of this deplorable want of bullets until mr mcdonald van wagoner told about it in his letter to the sun george A kent in ew york sun every man is his own universe the ideal is f illness of life constance naden |