National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-02-09
MEXICAN SURVIVORS.

Meeting Of the Associated Veterans of 1916.
The Associated Veterans of 1915" met at Ills
Pennsylvania avenue on Saturday evening; Gen.
J. W. Denver presiding, and A. NJ. Kenaday Sec
rotary. At roll-call 20 members responded, and
during the evening others presented themselves.
NEW MEMBERS.
Three new members were enrolled, viz: Captain
Maryland volunteers: Edward Byrne, company
b, Sd Louisiana volunteers; Howard NJ. Cole,
company T, LIST Pennsylvania volunteers.
ARRANGEMENTS FOR NATIONAL CONVENTION.
The committee Of arrangements Colonel p. H.
AllRbach, General R. b. Mitchell, Messrs. n. ID.
Months, A. r. French and S. N. Hoyt) reported
that subcommittee had been appointed to at
tend to details for the approaching convention Of
On reception-General Albert Pike, General ].
W. Denver, General X. b Mitchell, Colonel S.
P. Moses, Captain S. N. Hoyt, NJ. d. Months and
On transportation-Hon. J. ]. Martin, Messrs.
J. II. Thompson, T. Z. Clifton and Edward
Byrne.
bach, General @. W. McLane and ]. W. Davis.
ou fpance-P. H. Allabach, S. n. GouVerneur
and A. NJ. Kensday.
proprietor Of Wizards hotel, had generously ten
dered the use Of the opera house attached 10 the
hotel, known as willard hall, for the I'D and sd
inst. for the purposes Of the convention.
Judge Martin, Sixth Auditor, from the trans
portatiOn committee, reported that II would be
lmpractcaDle 10 communicate with all the rail-
road companies leading to Washington within
the time allowed to complete arrangements and
advised that delegations make such terms as
they could with local agents and in the mean
time efforts would be made by the Committed To
induce the presidents Of the leading lines to per-
NIT delegates to return to their homes on the GER
tihcate of the officers Of the convention, which
would be, virtually, halffare rates. Such ar
rangements had been made by other conventions
and he thought 1t not improbable that the CON-
panies would be quite as generous with the old
soldiers visiting the capital for patriotic and
humanitarian purpose. At least no efforts would
be spared by the committee to that end.
BALL AND BANQUET.
The following committee was appointed to
make arrangements for q ball or banquet, as may
be deemed by them most advisable, to come of
at the close of the convention: NJ. d. Months, ].
J. Martin, A. r. French, Ed. Byrne and d. H.
Cooper.
THE CASE OF THE VETERANS BEFORE CONGRESS.
General Denver, chairman OF the committee
appointed TO 20 before the Committee on Invalid
Pensions, in response to their invitation and pre-.
sent data to cOntrovert the assumption Of the
Pension Bureau as TO the number Of survivors,
lecting information had been submitted in the
form Of q report BY the FIRST secretary Of the
National Association, Mr.. A. NJ. Kenaday, and
arguments had been made to sustain the cOnelu-
Sions arrived at in the report. The Pension Com
mittee referred the matter to q subcommittee,
consisting q Messrs small; Of New hampshire;
who would probably report back to the commit
tee on Tuesday (tO-day) favorable to the ENROLL
ment OF the surviving soldiers and widows, who
will number, according to the estimate Of the
committee, based on official reports Of the War
Department and other facts in their possession,
not exceeding % 900, including about 900 already
on the pension roll-involVing an increased ex-
penditure of bout q, 500 900 per annum. But the
committee we're Of opinion that after the first year
the aggregate appropriation for pensions would
not be greater than St present, as the natural
mortality of the pensioners, who are rapidly
passing away, will In like ratio reduce the ex-
ID. said he was not authorized to state the senti-
ments Of the Committee Of Pensions, but he
would take the liberty TO say that the interests
Of the soldiers Of the Mexican war were conhded
TO q committee of gentlemen in the House who
were In hearty .Syupathy with the true merits Of
the case.
A comrade here interrupted General d. by
reference 70 the Senate committee on the LIST
instant Recommending indefinite postpOnemeut Of
the subject, based on q report Of the Acting Com
missioner OF Pensions, dated January 0, In reply
to information called for by Senator Pratt Of In
diana, which nxed the number eligible TO PEN
random fre Of sharp criticism on this report
followed which was only allayed BY reading the
concluding portion Of the Acting CommlssiOnerB
letter, as follows:
"It Is proper in this connection to repeat that
these estimates, although made from the best at
tanable data and after careful consideration, yet
they cannot be relied upon as correct. The re-
suits are attained principally through comparison
with the experience Of the office in acts relating
70 other wars, but the conditions are not suf1-
IDENTITY analogous to Justify entire reliance In
them. A variance Of q considerable
amount would not occasion surprise"
The secretary stated that Senator Patterson,
OF south carolina, who made the report referred