The National tribune., 1888-06-14
OUR PENSION BILL.
Opinions of Various Posts of the GAR. and Indi-
yidual Comrades Throughout the Country.

Opinions of Various Posts of the AR. and IBdi-
yidual Comrades Throughout the Country.
Comrade N. thinner, SD Ind Yorkville,
Ind, sends US, to be forwarded 20 Hon. w. S.
Holman. petition signed by himself and COM
rades, praying for the passage of the Disability
Pension Bill and The National Tribune" PEN
sion Bill.
Comrade VIM. Haggerty, Co. F, Goth Ohio,
Marion, Ind, sends US for transmission to Col.
Matson a petition signed by 20 soldiers and
sailors of Grant County, Ind, asking for the
passage of the Disability Bill as recommended
by the GAR. National Pension Committee and
The National Tribune" Pension Bill.
EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: The Ma
tional Tribune" Pension Bill is the right one.
No soldier who served 80 days or four years can
find any fault with it, My regiment (59th
Mass.) was in the service little more than one
year, and during that time we were reduced
from 1000 to $50, fighting all the time, most
of our officers killed. etc. a pension of only
$36 a month would be an insult to the surviv-
oTs. / trust the boys all over the country will
unite row and pull together and in due time
we shall be successful. / know the boys IN
this vicinity feel as l do. Please accept my
sincere thanks.-N. RICHARDSON, Chaplain,
Post No. 106, Rockport, Mass.
" The National Tribune" Pension Bill suits
me. Stick to it until it passes.--E. IL. SMITH,
37th ILL.,, Toledo o.
hdOllbS AIuiAiug VI i1obOAd L OSbt NJ CACs
Lenexa, Kan, says: "The National Tribune"
Pension Bill is the very best that have seen
yet, and cannot see how any one can say any
thing against it.
A. V. Orr, Co. D, Hath Ohio Dennison, Tex,
says: "'The National Tribune Pension Bill is
what we want now. 1t comes nearer covering
the whole case than anything | have seen in
print. 1t is especially due the widows and
children of all deceased soldiers to have Sl2
and $4 or $6, respectively, without regard to
what disease the soldier died FROM"
The National Tribune" Pension Bill is one
that should pass by all means. All the soldiers
in this neighborhood say so. / was three years
and three months in the service, and never lost
a day. / have been deaf since my discharge,
bat have been unable to get pension, on ac-
count of having an honorable discharge. Had
l been discharged for disability l would have
Jared bettcr.-GEo. MARKER, Farragut, Pa.
Your pension bill suits me exactly, but l
have no hopes of the bill passing. 1t is too
simple and just TO meet the wishes of certain
men. / served three years aud nine months in
the seth Ohio. Ii. OSBORN, Hopkins, Mo-
w. +. TAFT, NJ D.. Co. G, 89th H., Galesburg,
H., heartily indorses The National Tribune
Pension Bill and thinks it the most equitable
measure yet proposed for the relief of old SOL
dieTs who took their lives in their hands for
the defense of the country These veterans in
jured their health, and many sacrificed their
lives for the benefit of the country, aud they
ought to be taken care of, when too infirrn TO
do SO themselves, by the Government they
fought to sustain.
have read The National Tribune Pension
Bill, ;" and am very much pleased with it.-Geo.
w. Hall. Palatka, Fla.
2. Conway Richards, of Lincoln, Neb.,
heartily indorses The National Tribune" Pen
sion Bill.
Francis L. Knapp, Co. D, 9th Vt, Cabot,
Vt, thinks The National Tribune" Pension
Bill the best measure yet proposed. He thinks,
however, that there is class of soldiers who
will not be benefited-the drafted men, that
| these men deserve just treatment at the hands
Of the Government, aud ought to receive it.
p. III. Stuber, Co. ID, 36th Iowa, Eddyville,
Iowa, thinks "The National Tribune Pension
Bill" is about as good bill as could be made.
and should be passed by Congress without
delay.
R. P. Butrick, Co. A, 17sth N. Y, Tipton.
Mich, desires to place himself on the record as
fay0ring the q National Tribune Pension BILL
and thinks we entitled 10 4 vote OF thanks
from every soldier in the land for urging pen
sion legislation. The soldiers Of his section
indorse our bill, and demand will be made
upon Members of Congress to support this
measure.
VIM. Green, Gloversville, " Y. says: " I am
glad to see that The National Tribune PEN
I sion Dill Is OF tndG character Wnlcl every SOL
dier or journal having any disposition to repre-
sent the veterans cause can indorse. The bill
| is much more liberal than any other which has
come to my notice, and deserves to become a
| law.
| James A. Enay, Co. K, 1st Mich. Engineers
and Mechanics, Trufant, Mich, thinks 1.-THE
National Tribune" Pension Bill all right, with
! the exception that every man should have q
! penny day for actual time in the service
whether it was 500 or ], 400 days, as this simply
| equaizes service.
| ID. Z. Potter, Co. F, 1st u. S. Sharpshooters
| Troy, n. Y, considers The National Tribune
! Pension Bill an exceedingly good one and the
best ever offered, but thinks it is useless TO ask
this Congress to pass it, they will not do so
He thinks comrades everywhere should organ
ize, and keep out of Congress men who viii moi
| render justice to the old veterans. lie thinks
Col Matson the worst OF the lot, being a soldier
himself and hopes that the soldiers In his dis
| trict will send him to deserved obscurity.
G. Doller, Co. i, Goth n. Y. Put In Bay, O.
says {" The National Tribune" Pension Bill il
the best production of this nature ever before
introduced to Congress; that he served from
1861 TO 80; was always at the front and, al
| though wounded and lost his health, has no
been able to get a pension. He thinks Til
NATIONAL TRIBUNE the best soldiers pape
ever published, and hopes that comrades viii
come to the support of the only journal whict
esp0uses their cause in this country SO fear
lessly.
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