The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-04-01
VETERANS PASSING AWAY.
Only Two Responding to the can OF their
Commander, and why Only Two.

Only two Of the veterans OF the war OF 1912
responded to the call Of their commander. Col.
Abram Daily yesterday. to meet in their an
cient headquarters at City Hall place.
Col. Daily said This ia the twenty second
year that we have occupied these headquarters.
Our muster roll was then full. but every year
we have dwinded away and passed to the grave.
until now there is but remnant left. Our good
friends. George and Lewis Leland. have invited
us to dine with them on next Fourth OF July.
and have been thinking at this early date OF
how many we can turn out. and after a careful
computation think can safely say that there
will not be more than fifteen able to turn out ON
that day. Seven were buried last year and three
have already died this year. There were 2G
who dined in the Sturtevant House last Fourth
Of July. SO you see my calculation is pretty
nearly correct. | have left n margin Of only
on" to die between now and the next Fourth.
hut there are about 200 on my roll not me-
counted for and some of tho truanis may turn
W. And now. since | come to think OF it, IN.
tend To- muster rs lar,ie n force rs possible ON
the next Fourth OF July, for our frenis. the
rrnphrd in Il group there. W. must all bee in
I the old Continental uniform. The most sur
ny SRS n4E hy GS VI youn
/ widuws of 80 to 40 years Oi age who are
/ drawing their husbands pensions Of s5Q to
! S7j per month, whose husbands were either
/ Eiil"l in the war OF tho rebeilion or have died
I since. And we get only So There's ne disunc-
! ton made in rank. II W" were Major Generals
! W. should yet only the ~. Tho state of New
1 York now owes ia $500 600. claims for arms.
| clothing and other equipments furnished 10y Us
/ IN the war OF 1912. We all hold the ccrtiil'ata S.
I ranging In amount from $50 10 t65 bearing in
| t"rc~t az six per cent since 1898, AT when time
/ md twice since the Legislature has acknowl-
/ edged the claims 10y making small apprOptin-
| tons Tor their payment The bill Tor the Inst
| appropriation IN 1871 wns. however. vetoed 10y
| Gov. Hoffman. Since then AN effort has been
! mnde. and Congress has been pet toned to do
something for us: and am in receipt Of "a lcttor
| from the Hon. Fernando Wood, in answer e.
| mine. urging our claims. in which he says that
| the matter can hardly b. brought up ut this ses-
sion. And So fear the matter will ever stnni.,
what Is the object Of this meeting. Colonel
| the reporter inquired.
" viii tell you. ! was only waiting 20 sec II
! more % tho veterans would drop in. But you
| see they can't stand those March winds as
| brayely MS they could ility or more years ngo
/ and So | guess well not have quorum. Well
| you see the tim" for renewing tho Tense OF the
! headquarters that We have occupied Tor twenty
| two years has arrived. and the object OF tht
meeting t. to make arrangements for paying q
part Of the rent In advance. II ~ only IS q
/ mouth. That looks ike n small sum. but We
are all very poor. and II looks very much rs
though We would have To give IN our Old land
mark. I'll adjourn the meeting 10 another
early day. and maybe something Will turn up &
| help US out ~ that time"