Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-07-02

\ Veterans view of the subject.
Portland Orcqouianl

the soldier, the various pension acts are
frequently prOstituted to the relief Of par
asites and invoked to sustain an army Of
lying suckers, for whose benefit the Wash
lngton claim agent has reduced the plot
ting and performance Of perjury TO a fine
ART The Migrant case of Lieut. East
wood, OF the Twenty second Kentucky
volunteers, was recitcd in our DIES patches
OF the llth inst Eastwood was mustered
in for 30 days service. Twenty DAYS later
claimant was allowed to 20 home on ac-
count of Illness where ne remained until
out. He was never in action
never in the presence of the enemy, and
never slept out doors but one night. The
records of the adlutaut. general and sur
geon general offices show no records of
disability. The claim was not h.cd until
lNNo. Evidence returned in SUBSEQUENT
showed that the man had
rheumatism before be entered the SER
vice that in lN5G he cut himself severely
with an edze and that later he fell from a
house and injured himself permanently.
The case was allowed by Commissioner
Clark, and the man received 20. arrear, Of
pension so, 1jj.
If this was an exceptional cl.e it would
not furnish occasion for serious alarm
served i'm the ranks Of m" f-ri"1 "lIteI
and he kuovs Of hi. avn L,,,,,i.,i,'ii.. IN,
since the passage OF the arre.,r. "f ,,, .i,'tv
act about every shlrk and utterly WORTH
less veteran OF his brigade has been Il sue
ce-sful applicant for pension In one
case A wil,Ouer VINO last MS leo i, tI,,,'i
linz off hi, team while balnIor.i,. drn,'l,
was a successful apulirauf an tLa ,iina
that he had lost il In urtio,, ,,itl H.. t t,'.,
my. In another case "A man -yynrn f., l-'t.-
i1.r received iuiuiI,s i,,. J,tti. .,t ,,.TfL
ne was NOT nrr.put dasrrinn. H. r
mrut ms .uuportinl, a Lattai.' ,,.bt,. 4, -.
i'm "a thic(, wood distant Lsif MI. ,.'.,,,
any rtillery In .eva,.,l i,-f.,l, ~ ,'t-i
his knnwIriga men ,vLn o..,,,.d c ,,',,i
service by shootiu., of thcir Nntnr. NV
rAreivnd a,.r..r. ~ ,,a,,-,,,,, = - -, U'.c
nrallr yvnunds IvitLi,, ,,,.,,,..,, l'i Ho,i
ENGLAND merchant vlnrtl, ~ foo 49, = ,nN
v.hn never was in .cti,r 49, =. tt,i
after less than tbran ,noi,t ,,,.;.. = ~
mort fled nix decent r",nr.'J., I",
to yet "A pension ON the r,l,.a thui he cG1iii5
trar,. bis f,r,sant ro,,,ifi ,,,''' ~, lWu.t
haaIth to - c.,t,,r,t i, ,I,i ,,!,PrtiFTl
i'm service There +. urnh4EI,,ot a., hon
est niou veteran vbn dnnt' tot l,,,,t,.1 -
at leust half 81 Inl..,, .,. ~ ,,.'ft,,.i -
nj towards sbir.Es cre.trrl. ,L.t or'',
into hospit1Is and slink Initial Ind 49,
whom thriI conr,J.s r',o,,.,iaJ It5
o.
vhn h1va rrocrrad u,,,.in,,5 Co.. ,tn,il
by nariurad moot II Hcti,i,,,. ',,'ii''llS
inynly'n,, ,voind. mat ,ya,,. ,,-.., ~, ,.
irrIuJiu7r un ,ii.,IiIit, NM III ,o 80,
bark tn d,.nravit,. and Gis.i,,,tin, ; ;ro
hmm, -,,r,,,f a. Ia. 'ro.,, ,.t lor ~ ~ g. ~ -
a.. c,,ffrI,ted In t t,.,,,l'' 80 ~, li
doin,, ,iri.et ANN. H., tho ,.o,., va +" lItIg
s\... 1i an -,,.,,.,i .iri,, r,,, "iI.t
.Girl- in tb, tr Ln,.., ,,,i,.I 49, ~ -
i,,r Han, lam, ii,' Nh 80 ~ !"lu-
a, daI 49, ~ ,.'r az
,,.m cOr,, ~ i, ,, 7"'',,,. 49,
,',.'f H. -, .',l.. '-,, ir w.,
fa,. ~. ,,,,i, 'iV ~ ~ ~
WITHIN is,.,'.iI ,,x a., 'H'
ti,1 ~ we ~
',T o"Nvu ~ 'V'g!iH vi n.s
,,,., l'e mn " o. ncH 4" mon Nel
,Ii'iii, ~, ,'9H iot d" i,oIiH'1u cNCeP'
Wt'li liz * tce
" ii''''I ". " u.s. t'NVI3 80 ilI'He III vi
IT, ,t[t , ',, -, MI ~ pii'D
I',f1,. ,o,.,,, .a..l,"r IN. isity,iT-
.,ti,,,r mn, - ., ..,,, l,, -. ,,.,..,,.
fully to obtain pension is no more re-