The National tribune., 1888-11-15
OUR PENSION BILL.
Opinions Of Various Posts Of the GAR. and Iadi
TiduaI Comrades Throughout the Country.

Opinions Of Various Posts Of the GAR. and Indf
TiduaI Comrades Throughout the Country.
The comrades of Charles Gabriel Post, No.
GAR, Jacksonville, Fla, heartily indorse
The National Tribune" Pension Bill, and
hope that il viii pass during the next session
Of Congress. This Post is composed almost
entirely of veterans Of the $50 and 34th Q. s.
Colored Troops, and IS one Of the largest and
best Posts IN Florida.
]. L. Rice, Appleton City, No, thinks The
NATIONAL TRIBUNE has fully explained why
pension legislation fails in the House, but
thinks the Senate should take up The Ma
tional Tribune Pension Bill and show the
country that they are willing to do all they
can, whether the House acts or not He WOE-
ders if Col MatsOn is not expecting some fat
office in recOmpense for his dIlatOry move
ments but hopes ne viii be rewarded very diff
ferently By the old veterans.
THE National Tribune Pension Bill is the
best that has been presented yet, and copy OF
the bill should be sent TO every Congressional
candidate, with the request that they support
the bill, if it is not passed upon this session.
The old boys are worried and disheartened sc
the way Congress has been acting, and ali hope
The National Tribune" Pension Bill viii be
acted ou.-George ". Richards, Co. A, 136th,
and Co. <, 156Jh H., Anna, III.
w. J. Nichols, Co. G., I'd Vt, Honda, Repub-
lie of Colombia, Central America writes: " n
The National Tribune Pension Bill, about
which SO much is being said just now, is it the
intention that one cent per day shall be allowed
for time actually spent IN the United States
service from date of mastering To date Of dis
eharge2 Or IS it intended shat where men
were discharged for wounds received IN line of
duty, and through no fault of their own, they
shall be allowed the full time of their enlist
ment, as IS the case IN entries of public lands
under the homestead laW2 If the latter was
not the original intent Of the bill or if IL IS in
any way obscure upon this point, It seems TO me
eminently fitting that the bill be amended so
as to include this; otherwise many deserving
comrades would receive much less than they
should. am not in favor Of service pension in
the strict sense OF the term. think that eYentu-
ally and that as soon Is possible, all who served
at any time during the war should receive
reward for such service, but If q man ought to
receive anything for injuries received or dlsa-
bilities incurred IN the service, he should re-
ceiye whatever that sum may be in addition 20
the service pension which his able~bOdled COM
rade receives, else there remains the same in
equality which there was before any pension
was allowed to either. 1 am aware, By long
experience that pension allowances are very
unequal that certain classes have been Eber-
ally dealt with for long time, while other
classes equally or even worse disabled have
been allowed very little and in some cases
nothing. Why there has been this difference
/ fail to see. There can certainly be no good
reason why all classes who are equally dis
abled should not receive equivalent recon-
peuse. As an example can anyone tell me
why man who has lost a foot or leg, which
can be replaced by an artificial one, &C this
time so we'll made and fitted as to be almost as
good, or serve nearly AS well, as the natural,
and which are furnished by the Government,
in addition to the pension, should receive $50
per mouth while another man who had lost an
eye, which cannot be replaced By anything
which would be Of any assistance 70 him, should
have been allowed but 81 until recently, and
now only =, or a little more than One-four5h
of that allowed the other? ] make this COM
parisOn as showing the difference, and presume
| one reason for it is, that more OF our legisla-
tors have lost legs than have lost eyes. i hope
in time to see ali arranged IS IL should be-"