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May 23. 1864
Mustered ont Sept. 29, 1864.
Taggart, John A.
Private
I 10th Infantry __ 10th Infantry --- I
I
10th Infantry_
April 23, 1861
Mustered ont Ang. 6, 1861.
Tipton, James H.
A
10th Infantry_ -- September 5, 1861_
September 18, 1861
App'd sergeant. Mustered out Sept. 19, 1864.
Discharged March 30, 1863 ; disability.
Thompson, Samnel F.
I
10th Infantry.
September 18, 1861
Died at Somerset, Ky., 1862.
Talbert, Wilson_
Private
I
Tibbels, John H.
Private Corporal F
I
10th Infantry __ 40th Infantry_
Troutman, John W
Taggart, Albert M ._
Private -
F 40th Infantry _.
Tawlby, Emanuel M .__ Thayer, James A
Private Private
F 40th Infantry __-
November 18, 1861
Vet. Mustered out Dec. 21, 1865, as corporal.
Tipton, George W ..
Private
F . 40th Infantry ___
November 18, 1861
Mustered ont Dec. 6, 1864.
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Strel, James H .-
Private E
May
135th Infantry __
May
23,
1864_
Mustered out Sept. 29, 1864.
Stringer, James E.
Private Private
Shanklind, Benjamin.
Private E
135th Infantry __
Shankland. Oscar D.
Private E
135th Infantry _..
April 23, 1861
Mustered out Aug. 6, 1861.
Tandy, William G.
April 23, 1861
Mustered out Ang. 6, 1861.
Tuttle, Cleavland
Mustered out Sept. 19, 1864.
Tomas, James H.
F 10th Infantry.
September 18, 1861
September 18, 1861
App'ted sergeant. Discharged Aug. 22, 1863.
Talman, William.
Private I
10th Infantry_ 10th Infantry.
Discharged Oct, 25, 1862.
Transferred to 58th regiment.
Discharged April 1, 1863 ; disability.
Private F 40th Infantry __-
F 4ºth Infantry ___ November 18, 1861
Discharged April 17, 1862 : disability. Vet. Deserted July 15, 1865, Vet. Mustered out Dec. 21, 1865, as sergeant.
Thornburg, Levi_
September 18, 1861 April 20, 1863 November 18, 1861 November 18, 1861 November 18, 1861
September 18, 1861 Mustered out Sept. 19, 1864.
Tomas, George W ..
F 10th Infantry.
_I 10th Infantry.
Tagert, John A ...
Private Private Private Corporal Sergeant
F 40th Infantry __-
December 21, 1861 Died at Nashville April 9, 1862.
November 22, 1861
Died May 22, 1862 ; disability.
Swope, William P .. Private Private
Stutzman, David_
F 40th Infantry __-
November 18, 1861 November 18, 1861 October 21, 1862 __ February 17, 1864. February 25, 1864_
Vet. Mustered out Dec. 6, 1864, as corporal.
Stewart, Isaac F ..
Private
I 10th Infantry_
October 19, 1861 __
Mustered out Sept. 19, 1864.
Swoope, Joseph M.
10th Infantry_
October 14, 1861 __
Transferred to 58th regiment.
November 18, 1861
Vet ; promoted to 1st Lieutenant.
November 18, 1861
Discharged June 28, 1862 ; disability.
Stephens, Francis M
Private I 10th Infantry_
September 18, 1861
Mustered out Sept. 19, 1864.
Discharged Nov. 10, 1862.
Shanklin, Elzer C.
Private
I 10th Infantry_
September 18, 1861
Appointed corp. Discharged Jan. 6, 1863,
September 18, 1861
Appointed corp. Discharged Sept. 19, 1864,
Mustered ont Sept. 19, 1864.
Mustered ont Sept. 19, 1864.
F lot" In' antry __
F 40th Infantry __
Mustered out Dec. 6, 1864.
Smith, Benton_ Private Private
E 135th Infantry __
May
23, 1864_
Mustered out Sept. 29, 1864,
Mustered out Sept. 29, 1864.
Mustered out Sept. 29, 1864.
Private Private
F 40th Infantry_
LIST OF NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND PRIVATES-CONTINUED.
NAMES.
Rank.
Com- pany.
Regiment.
Date of Commission.
REMARKS.
Turner, James M ...
Private F
40th Infantry __
March 8, 1864.
Mustered out Nov. 20, 1865.
Todd, John E .-
Private
F 46th Infantry __
Mustered out July 20, 1865, as corporal.
Talman, John E ._
Private F 40th Infantry _.
Mustered out Feb. 20, 1864, as corporal.
Taggart, Charles L.
Private
72d Infantry_
July 21, 1862
Mustered out July 24, 1865.
Tucker, Albert R .-
Private
D
72d Infantry.
August 9, 1862 __ December 5, 1863_ December 22, 1863
Mustered out 1865 as Q. M. sergeant.
Tysor, Asher __
Private -
D
72d Infantry_
Transferred to V. R. C.
Thayer, Daniel.
Private_ Private_ Private -
F
86th Infantry_
August 11, 1862_
Mustered out June 6, 1865 Died Nov. 27, 1863, of wounds,
Tinton, E.
Private
F
86th Infantry_
A gust 11, 1942 __
Discharged Dec. 5, 1862,
Tipton, Winfield S.
Private
H
126th Infantry __
January 1, 1864 _- December 24, 1863 January 14, 1864_
Transferred to 51st regiment June 5, 1865. Mustered out May 29, 1865.
Tatew, William A ._
Private
H
126th Infantry --
Deserted June 16, 1865.
Tandy, William.
Private C
E
135th Infantry __
May 23, 1862
Mustered out Sept. 29, 1864.
Thomas, Daniel
Private
E
115th In antry __
May 23, 1862
Mustered out Sept. 29, 1864.
Taylor, Ayris_
Private
E
May 23, 1862.
Mustered out Sept. 29, 1864, as musician.
Unger, Isaac M ..
1st Sergt. F
135th Infantry _- 4 ti Iniantry __- 40th Infantry __- 126th Infantry __ 135th Infantry __
December 14, 1863 December 24. 1863 May 23, 1864
Mustered out Sept. 29, 1865.
Vancleve, John_
Private A F
Private
Private
G
40th Infantry ---
40th Infantry_
Van Sickle, George W ._ Veach, Horatio_ Vagan, James_
Sergeant
D
72d Infantry_
Vaneaton, Erastus_
Corporal Private Private
F F
86th Infantry_ 86th Infantry_
Vanvoris, Flavius I.
Private
H
86th Infantry_ 126th Infantry __ 150th Infantry __
Missing in action Franklin, Tenn., Dec. 1, '64. Mustered out Ang. 5, 1865.
Vanscoyk, Uriah V.
Mustered out Aug. 5, 1865.
Vent, John W.
Private
I
10th Infantry ___
April 23, 1861_
Mustered out Aug, 31, 1861.
Williamson, Robert A
Private
I 10th Infantry_
April 23, 1861
Mustered out Aug. 31, 1861.
Williams, Enoch M ._ Private
I 10th Infantry_
April 23, 1861
Mustered out Aug. 31, 1861.
Wilson, Theodore A .. Private
Private
I
10th Infantry_
April 23, 1861
April 23,
1861
Mustered out Aug. 31, 1861. Mustered out Aug. 31, 1861. Mustered out Aug. 31, 1861. Mustered out Aug. 31, 1861.
Weed, James A ._
Corporal A 10th Infantry ---
Died at Lebanon, Ky., March 12, 1862.
Watts, James M.
Corporal A 10th Infantry __.
Wiley, William H.
Corporal
A : 10th Infantry ---
April 23, 1861- September 18, 1861 September 18, 1861 September 18, 1861
Appointed serg't. Mustered out Sept. 19, '64. Mustered out Sept. 19, 1864.
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Mustered out Aug. 5, 1865.
Thurston, Fountain
Trout, Preston.
Private - F
Mustered out Dec. 21, 1865. Mustered out May 23, 1865.
Ullery, Allen.
Private
H
Utterback, David.
Private E
10th Infantry - 10th Infantry -- 11 th Infantry ___
Appointed serg't ; mustered out Sept. 19, '64.
Vernosdol, W. H.
Vest, Samuel W .-
F
Private Private F K 40th Infantry _.
September 5, 1861_ September 18, 1861 August 31, 1861_ November 18, 1861 Died at New Orleans, May 23, 1864. Discharged April 17, 1862 ; disability. December 14, 1863 December 30, 1861 Vet. Discharged ; wounds. Mustered out Dec. 21, 1865. Discharged Jan, 16, 1863, August 9, 1862_ August 11, 1862 __- August 11, 1862. Mustered out June 6, 1865, as corporal. Discharged Dec. 26, 1862. Transferred to engineer corps.
Vanscoyck, William H ... Vance, Ira.
Private A
Private C Private A A 150th Infantry __ 150th Infantry __ 150th Infantry __
Mustered out May 15, 1865.
Vice, Esom_
Mustered out Aug. 15, 1865.
Watts, George H.
Private
Private I 10th Infantry_
Witt, Silas M ...
Woods, James M.
Private I 10th Infantry ---
I 10th Infantry_
April 23, 1861
Wilson, William J ..
A
86th Infantry_
August 1, 1862_
Mustered out June 6, 1865.
Trout, Abraham J
A
86th Infantry.
August 1, 1862_
Transferred to V. R. C. May 30, 1864.
Thomas, John E.
F 86th Infantry-
August 11, 1862.
Tipton, John G.
Private
F
&6th Infantry_
Thompson, James T ..
Private Private A C
150th Infantry __
150th Infantry __
Mustered out Aug. 5, 1865.
Thompson, Daniel D.
Private
150th Infantry __
Mustered out Aug. 5, 1865.
february 3, 1865 __ February 8, 1865 _. February 13, 1865_
November 18, 1861
Discharged July 16, 1862 ; disability.
Upton, Thomas_
Ap'd corp; killed Chickamauga Sept. 19. '65.
Vance, William C.
Private
F
Vantuyle, Jerome B.
September 4, 1862_ December 24, 1863 January 25, 1865_ January 31, 1865- February 3, 1865 __ February 17, 1865_
Mustered ont July 24, 1865.
Thompson, Martin B.
Private
72d Infantry __
October 27, 1864 __ November 20, 1862
Private
LIST OF NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND PRIVATES-CONTINUED.
NAMES.
Rank.
Com- pany.
Regiment.
Date of Commission.
REMARKS.
Warren, Jeremiah
Private . A
10th Infantry ___
September 5, 1861.
Discharged July 6, 1864 ; disability. Mustered out Sept. 16, 1864.
Wills, Archibald __ --
Private _ A 10th Infantry __
September 5, 1861_ September 5, 1861_
Discharged May 6, 1863 ; disability.
Wright, Benjamin F.
Private A 10th Infantry ___
Winchate, William P ..
Corporal F 10th Infantry __-
September 18, 1861
Died Feb., 1862, of wounds. Discharged April 30, 1865 ; disability.
Washburn, Jeremiah_
Watts, John E ._
Watts, Ezra_
Private -
10th Infantry __
September 18, 1861 September 18, 1861
Deserted from hospital at Danville, Ky.
Weber, George L
Private
Private
Private
Private
Wilson, William H.
Private
Private
10th Infantry __ 10th Infantry __
September 18, 1861
Killed at Mill Springs, Jan. 19, 1862. Mustered out Sept. 19, 1864.
Watts, Aaron H.
Private
F
Wilson, George W
Private I
10th Infantry_
September 18, 1861
Deserted Louisville, Ky., Oct. 1, 1862.
Williamson, R F.
Private I
West, Robert R ...
Private I
Wilson, Robert ..
Private I
Wiliver, Henry S ..
Private
Whitzel, John R.
Private
I
10th Infantry_ -
Walton, Isaac_
Sergeant
I I
10th Infantry_
Waters, Isham L.
Private -
I
10th Infantry __
A
11th Infantry_
Wade, John.
Private
B
11th Infantry __.
Watts, William A.
Private
F
11th Infantry_
Wood, Bebbrier ...
Private Sergeant
G
11th Infantry __
Wilson, Theodore H.
White, Richard S.
Corporal F 40th Infantry __
Walker, Simon
Private F 40th Infantry _.
November
18, 1861
Walker, Louis_
Private
F
40th Infantry_
November 18, 1861
November 18, 1861
Wells, Greenbury.
Private
F
40th Infantry_
November 18, 1861
Wilson, Levi D.
Private
F
40th Infantry _.
November 18,
1861
Woods, David _.
Private Private Private
F
40th Infantry_
F 40th Infantry ---
Private
F 40th Infantry_
Wright, Ira G.
Private -
Sergeant G 40th Infantry __
December 10, 1861
Promoted to 2d Lieut : discharged ; wounds.
Wetherald. Henry L
Corporal K 40th Infantry __
December 30, 1861 Died June 18, 1864 ; wounds.
Waddle, Frank ___
Private -
K 40th Infantry __
Walton, Milton W. Private
K 40th Infantry __
December 30, 1861
Discharged Dec. 23, 1862 ; disability.
Ward, Oscar
Private -
K | 40th Infantry __.
December 30, 1861 1 Mustered out Jan. 11, 1865.
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Vet. Died June 30, 1864, of wounds. Vet. Deserted June 15, 1865. Corp. Vrt. Died at Nashville March 10, 1865. Discharged April 17, 1862 ; disability.
Mustered out Dec. 6, 1864.
Discharged to enlist in regular army.
Mustered out Dec. 6, 1864.
Wyant, Christopher C .. Wvancoop, David.
Vet. Deserted June 15, 1865. Killed at Peach Tree Creek, July 20, 1864.
Killed at Kennesaw, June 27, 1864.
Deserted July 15, 1865.
Mustered out Dec. 21, 1865.
Webster, John C ..
November 18, 1861 December 9, 1861. March 10, 1864 ___ December 28, 1863 December 16, 1863
Williams, George T ._ Wright, Robert F. Wright, William T.
Private Private
F 40th Infantry_
March 9, 1865_
Promoted to 1st Lieut.
Died at Mumfordsville, Ky., Feb. 27, 1863.
November 18, 1861
Appointed corp ; transferred to 58th regiment. Mustered out July 26, 1865.
Wetherington, Joseph
Private
March 30, 1864 ---
March 17, 1865_
Deserted at Fort McHenry May 21, 1865. Appointed serg't ; mustered out April 20, '65.
Mustered out July 26, 1865.
March 25, 1862 _=== March 24, 1865
F 40th Infantry_
November 18, 1861
Discharged Jan. 13, 1864. Deserted at Gallatin Dec. 28, 1863.
Woolkins, Constantine_ Private
10th Infantry ___
September 18, 1861 September 18, 1861 September 18, 1861 September 18, 1861 S nt mber 18, 1865 February 15, 1862 February 8, 1862.
Discharged April 6, 1863.
Discharged Nov. 4, 1862.
Weese, William H
Private
10th Infantry __ 10th Infantry ..
September 18, 1861
Vet. ; transferred to 58th regiment.
Wood, Albert
Wood, William H.
Private
10th In antry ___ 10th Infantry __ 10th Infantry_
September 18, 1861
Discharged March 29, 1862 ; disability.
Wicker, George W
September 18, 1861
Appointed corp ; transferred to 58th reg't.
Wilson, Samuel S.
10th Infantry __
September 18, 1861
Discharged April 4. 1862 ; disability.
Wicker, James F
Private
F 10th Infantry __
September 18, 1861 September 18, 1861 September 18, 1861
Mustered out Sept. 19, 1864. Mustered out Sept. 19, 1864.
Discharged Ang. 4, 1862 ; disability.
Watts, Aaron H.
Private F
10th Infantry ___
10th Infantry ___
September 18, 1861
September 18, 1861
Transferred to 58th regiment.
September 18, 1861
10th Infantry __ 10th Infantry_
10th Infantry __
I 10th Infantry _-
I 10th Infantry __
Captured Chickamauga ; must. out Sept. 1, '65. Appointed sergt. Mustered out Sept. 19, 1864.
Deserted from hospital Jan. 30, 1862.
Discharged March 18, 1863.
February 10, 1862_
Private
Private F 40th Infantry_
November 18, 1861
Woodruff, Joab_
F 40th Infantry _-
F 40th Infantry ...
F 40th Infantry_
December 30, 1861 Deserted March 5, 1862.
Mustered out Sept. 19, 1864.
Wood, James S ..
Wagoner F 10th Infantry ___
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LIST OF NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND PRIVATES-CONTINUED.
NAMES.
Rank.
Com- pany.
Regiment.
Date of Commission.
REMARKS.
Wilson, James W.
Private K
40th Infantry.
Wilson, John T.
Private
K 40th Infantry __
December 30, 1861
Wood, C. M .__
Private
K 40th Infantry __
December 30, 1861
Wilson, Isaac R.
Private
D
72d Infantry __
July 17, 1862
Mustered out June 7. 1865,
Welch, Alexander L.
Private
Private Private D - Private A
72d Infantry_
July 21, 1862.
Mustered out July 24, 1865,
White, Henry __.
Private
A 86th Infantry_
August 1, 1862_
Wiley, George W ..
Private
A
86th Infantry_
Wiley, William D.
Private -
A
86th Infantry_
August 1, 1862.
Mustered out June 6, 1865, as serg't.
Whittaker, A. M.
Private A
86th Infantry_
January 4, 1864_
Deserter.
Wilson, John M.
1st Sergt. Private _
86th Infantry_
August 11, 1862.
Deserted Aug. 31, 1864.
Warren, Marion M.
Private
86th Infantry_
Warren, Seth C .-
Private -
86th Infantry_
Worley,
Enoch R.
Private
86th Infantry_
August 11, 1862
Mustered ont June 6, 1865 ; 1st Lieut.
Worley,
John W ..
Private
86th Infantry_
86th Infantry_
86th Infantry __
August 11, 1862_
Died Dec. 26, 1863, of wounds.
Wood, Oliver __
Private - Private _ Ist Serg't H
126th Infantry.
December 24, 1863
Promoted to 2d Lieut.
Williams, Milford B
Private _
H 126th Infantry_
December 24, 1863
Discharged June 2, 1865.
Wills, James W ..
Private H 126th Infantry __ Private 126th Infantry _. H 126th Infantry __ 126th Infantry __
January 24, 1864_ January 4, 1864 __
Watts, Jacob_
Private
E
135th Infantry. May 23,
1864
Mustered out Sept. 29, 1865.
Watts, William
Private
E 135th Infantry __
May 23, 1864
May 23, 1864
Mustered out Sept. 29, 1865.
May 23, 1864.
Mustered out Sept. 29, 1865. Mustered out Sept. 29, 1865.
White,
Asa __
White, James D
A 150th Infantry _.
January 31, 1865_
Mustered out Aug. 5, 1865.
Warren, George __.
Private
Williams, Stephen P
Private Private Private
I
10th Infantry_
September 18. 1861
Young, Henry V ..
Private G 11th Infantry _--
Private G
F
40th Infantry.
Yeatley, Samuel W
Yonkey, Joseph W ..
Zweyers, Thomas -.
Private A ' 10th Infantry --
Zimmerel, Amos B ._
Private F 10th Infantry ___
Zuyers, Thomas
Private
-
A : 11th Infantry __
Zion, Theodore L.
Sergeant
H 126th Infantry __
August 31, 1861 __ August 31, 1861 __ August 31, 1861_ November 18, 1861 August 15, 1862 _. December 30, 1861 September 5, 1861_ September 18, 1861 February 17, 1865_ January 14, 1864 __
Dropped as deserter Ang. 1, 1862.
Young. John.
Private Private F 40th Infantry. Sergeant K 40th Infantry __-
11th Infantry_
Yorng, Cla bourn.
Private Private Private A Private Private A 150th Infantry .. C 150th Infantry _. C 150th Infantry __ 86th Infantry.
January 25, 1865_
Mustered out Ang. 5, 1865.
Watts, John E ..
A
150th Infantry. 150th Infantry_
January 20, 1865_
Mustered out Ang. 5, 1865.
Mustered out Aug. 5, 1865.
Williams, Isaac_
February 3, 1865 _. February 8, 1865 _. February 13, 1865_ August 1, 1862 __
Mustered out Ang. 5, 1865. Mustered out Aug. 5, 1865. Died at Murfreesboro, Tenn., April 14, 1863.
Wilharm, Augustus_
A
York, Semer A ...
Corporal G
11th Infantry.
Young, Solomon.
Mustered out Sept. 19, 1864. Discharged July 16, 1862 ; disability. Died Jan. 2, 1864, at Meadsville, Ala. Discharged Jan. 2, 1864.
Transferred to V. R. C. Nov. 1, 1863.
Promoted to 2d Lieut.
Transferred to V. R. C. April 6, 1864.
Appointed corp ; transferred to 58th regiment. Mustered out July 26, 1865. Mustered out Sept. 19, 1865.
Wright, Charles_
Private
D 72d Infantry_
July 17, 1862
July 21, 1862
Died at Gallatin, Tenn., Jan. 7, 1863.
Warbritton, William M. Warbritton, John R.
Wells, William B.
86th Infantry __
August 1, 1862_
August 11, 1862_ Killed at Stone River, Dec. 31, 1862.
Walter, Horace __
August 11, 1862_
Died at Columbia, Ky., Nov. 11, 1864.
August 11, 1862.
Transferred to Mississippi Marine Brigade.
August 11, 1862_ Mustered out June 6, 1865. Transferred to V. R. C. Jan. 15, 1865. August 11, 1862.
December 24, 1863 December 24, 1863
Mustered out Sept. 19, 1865, as bugler.
Williams, Alonzo.
Williams, John P · Private Private -
Mustered out Sept. 19, 1865. Mustered out Sept. 19, 1865.
Mustered out Sept. 29, 1865.
Witt, Silas M.
Watts, Scott.
Walters, Hugh
Private H 135th Infantry _. Private H 135th Infantry __ Private H A 135th Infantry __ 150th Infantry __
May 23, 1864.
Ward, Joseph
January 25. 1865_
Mustered out Aug. 5, 1865.
Ware, George W.
Mustered out Sept. 19, 1865.
Waldron, Samuel.
D 72d Infantry.
November 20, 1862
K 40th Infantry.
December 30, 1861
Vet. Mustered out Dec. 21, 1865.
Discharged ; disability.
Vet. Mustered out Dec. 21, 1865 ; 1st sergt.
Dropped as deserter July 16, 1865.
Mustered out July 24, 1865.
Died at Nashville, Tenn., Jan. 22, 1863.
Discharged Oct. 23, 1862.
August 1, 1862_ Discharged March 1, 1864, of wounds.
Wilson, Joshua F
86th Infantry_
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THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR.
In March, 1898, Commodore Dewey was ordered to assemble the Asiatic squadron at Hong Kong. The order was promptly executed. He soon sailed for Manila. At early dawn, May I, he entered the bay with his fleet, where Admiral Montejo lay with a much larger fleet, supported by shore batteries, torpedoes and mines sufficient to destroy our squadron in a few moments; yet Dewey sailed in and destroyed every vessel of the Spanish fleet without the loss of a man or injury to a ship. A higher power than Uncle Sam fought the battle of Manila Bay in 1898, was the statement re- cently made by Admiral George Dewey. He also said :
"And so it was a remarkable battle, for the Spaniards fired twice the number of shots that we did, and we killed and wounded hundreds of the enemy's men, but they did us no damage, except on the cruiser Baltimore, where six men were injured by the explosion of one of that ship's shells. And even at that, all six of those men were right back on duty almost im- mediately."
We have only to hark back to the spring of 1898 to recall the masterful influence of the Press in arousing a peaceful nation to war against Spain. Without the sanction, or more correctly speaking, without the active partisan efforts of the newspapers of that period, the war against Spain would never have been declared. There was probably no issue at stake, no demand America might have made upon Spain, even unto indemnity for the loss of the Maine, that could not have been settled by arbitration. Granted that the destruction of the Maine and the consequent loss of human life were directly traceable to the machinations of the Spanish government, in the light of common sense and human reason, what kind of vengeance or satisfaction was there in entering upon a war, which in all of its ramifications has cost more than $1,000,000,000 and the loss of 20,000 lives? And yet we call ourselves a highly civilized, sagacious and Christian people.
At the Nineteenth Universal Peace Congress, Dr. Edoardo Giretti gave utterance to the statement that the Turko-Italian war was first and foremost the fatal result of the system of journalism which prevailed throughout the world, a system whose only object was the excitement of the passions of the crowd. "Our particular duty," he said "is more and more to make war
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upon war by organizing a great agency which would be honest and truth- loving, an agency of truth for the furtherance of peace and justice."
An agency, a world-wide instrumentality as the press is, which is able to provoke an unnecessary war certainly is potent enough to prevent one. Acting in unison, with high and patriotic purpose, the newspapers and magazines, by systematic and persistent effort, can place the United States in the vanguard of nations ready, anxious and willing to discard the barbar- isms of war. They can create a sentiment within twelve months which will force Congress to invite every civilized nation on the globe to become an irrevocable party to an international court that will settle every difference which can possibly arise between nations, including all questions of honor, thereby reduce the armaments of the world to a mere police footing.
The following is a list of those that enlisted :
William Christy, private, Company K, 27th Infantry U. S. A. Charles Sortor, private, Company A, 12th Infantry U. S. A.
Omer Tomilson, private, Company K, 12th Infantry U. S. A. John Beaman, private, Battery L, 3rd Heavy Artillery U. S. A. Lannis Goliday, private, Battery L, 3rd Heavy Artillery U. S. A. Richard Sauters, private, Battery L, 3rd Heavy Artillery U. S. A. Arthur Sauters, private, Company A, 12th Infantry U. S. A. Arthur Brown, private, Battery L, 3rd Heavy Artillery U. S. A. Ollie Miller*, private, Battery L, 3rd Heavy Artillery U. S. A. LeRoy Smith, private, Battery L, 3rd Heavy Artillery U. S. A. Roy Thomas, private, Battery L, 3rd Heavy Artillery U. S. A. Charles Brooks, private, Battery L, 3rd Heavy Artillery U. S. A. Roy Legan, private, Battery L, 3rd Heavy Artillery U. S. A.
B. Frank Barker, private, Battery G, 3rd Heavy Artillery U. S. A. Larkin Sandlin, private, Battery G, 3rd Heavy Artillery U. S. A. C. W. Rosencrance, private. Battery G, 3rd Heavy Artillery U. S. A.
Eli Clampitt* (died from wounds), private, Battery G, 3rd Heavy Artillery U. S. A.
Edgar Richeyt. private, Battery G, 3rd Heavy Artillery U. S. A.
Alonzo Laughlint, private, Battery K, 3rd Heavy Artillery U. S. A. George Schulemire, private, Battery K, 3rd Heavy Artillery U. S. A. O. Wynnt, private, Battery L, 160th Indiana Volunteer Infantry U. S. A.
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Homer Dale, corporal, Battery C, 16Ist Indiana Volunteer Infantry U. S. A.
Omer Dale, private, Battery G, 158th Indiana Volunteer Infantry U. S. A.
Charles Shaw, private, Battery B, 12th Infantry U. S. A.
Harry Reese, gunner, U. S. N.
Harry Belles, private, Battery H, Ist Artillery U. S. A.
Fred Dickst, private, Battery H, Ist Artillery U. S. A.
Ora Hollingsworth, private, Battery G, 3rd Heavy Artillery U. S. A. Bert Christy, private, Company B, 12th Infantry U. S. A.
Clarence Shaw, private, Company A, 12th Infantry U. S. A.
Turney Burkhart, private, Company F, 12th Infantry U. S. A.
Horatio Van Dusan Lucus, private, Company D, 12th Infantry U. S. A.
Robert Hime, private, Battery, 144th Coast Artillery U. S. A.
Earnest Sortor, private, Battery, 144th Coast Artillery U. S. A.
James Shaw, private, Company E, 12th Infantry U. S. A.
Roy Shaw, private, Company I, 3rd Infantry U. S. A.
William Brown, private, Company I, 19th Infantry U. S. A.
Charles Slusser, sergeant, Company K, 158th Infantry Indiana Volun- teers U. S. A.
Dr. Binford Roark, surgeon, Battery F., 3rd Artillery U. S. A. Tarbie Lumford, private, Company B, 27th Infantry U. S. A.
G. W. Petty, private. Company F, 159th Indiana Volunteers U. S. A. John Sunderland, private, Company F, Signal Corps U. S. A. Charles Powell, private, Company G, 43rd Infantry U. S. A.
Edward Harvey, musician, Company F, 31st Indiana Volunteers U. S. A.
Ralph Reese, private, 34th Infantry U. S. A.
Fred Spray, private, Company I, 38th Infantry U. S. A.
Isaac A. Smith, sergeant, Company G, 30th Infantry U. S. A. Clyde Neese, gunner mate, Second Class, Battleship Wisconsin. Harold McMillen, private, Company H, 43rd Infantry U. S. A. Grant Burlewt, private, Battery L, 3rd Heavy Artillery U. S. A. Dr. Burford Roarkt, surgeon, U. S. N.
Roy Smith, Arthur Rogers, Homer Patterson.
Oscar Pauley, private, Company B, 20th Infantry U. S. A.
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Clayton Hilligoss, private, Company L, 16Ist Indiana Infantry U. S. A. Arlie Lumford.
J. C. Logan, private, Battery H, Ist Artillery U. S. A.
Franklin McVey, private.
William M. Smith, private, Battery C, Ist Artillery U. S. A.
Fred Kersey, private, Battery C, Ist Artillery U. S. A.
William Dossett, private, Battery H, Ist Artillery U. S. A.
John Kelley, private, Battery H, Ist Artillery U. S. A.
Poney Groves, private, Battery, Artillery U. S. A.
Roy Crawford, corporal, Battery, U. S. A.
John Bates, private, Company L, 38th Infantry U. S. A.
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