New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-06-17
ANOLD VETERAN NEGLECTED
GENERAL ABRAHAM DALLY's STORY.
HE AND ONE OTHER THE ONLY SURVIVORS OF THE
WAR OF 1912 IN BROOKLYN.

WAR OF lSl2 IN NRoOkLtN.
One OF the numerous bills passed by the Legislature
which Governor Hill neglected 10 act upon was ono
designated For the relief of Abraham Daily Tho
canton of this bill would attract little attention, but
II Is only ono OF the many evidences mat Governor
Hill bears no love for old and crippled soldiers. u
is also another evidence that Governor mn "esncu
his action On bills by tho number OF votes mat "erc
possibly in the balance ,
Abraham Daily is best known as General Daily ana
Il, ono NJ the only two veterans of the war OF 1ol2
u,,nc in Rrooklyn He has been unfortunate In
recent Years and has obliged TO depend upon inc
charity of friends for livelihood III was upon uo
recommendation Of officers of Grand Army posts i'll
BROOKLYN that the Legislature authorized he brooh!h
BOARD Of Aldermen TO provide for General DAILY during
a. n.n,.inder ~ his DAYS General Daily was born
T., ,b civ in 1896 and the history OF his life Is an
,n,orce,trg one Tie attended school I'm Roosevetst.
until he was fifteen years Of age and then went 10
work for HIS father the ship chandlcry business al
George and Cherry SIS ,
ue enlisted in the 18th Regiment Heavy Artillery
IN 1914 and was discharged on January =, 1910
Durinc this time he served several months at Fort
capscvoort and one month I'm Harlem. Soon aferward
bo went into the grocery business at tho Bowery ana
Old Pumpst now Canalst. In the panic OF lol' ne
failed I'm business and then shipped on the revenue
cutter Alert, where he remained eighteen moh'hs'
His father was then Inspector Of Distilled Liquors
and The son acted as deputy for two years when nc
-, into be city paucing business and remained until
tbe LEGISLATURE crowded him out by making the provers
caucers General Daily says
In those days got for gau9ng an empty barrel
and 10 cents for hogshead Often before 10 o'clock In
tho morning gagged $50 barrels, netting mo about So
then went into the rectifyng business with capital Of
about s3 o00 but about two years was ruined oy
firm NJ croccrs in South St. near Broadst then went
into the dlstling business with Joseph ana Charles D
strong but two years later We failed then went into
,be LIQUOR and cordial business with man named wright
nd afer losing about 81 900 withdrew and went Into
business with my nephew at New Albany Ind Eight
r,ontbs arerward came back to NewYork with only $40
my pocket , -,
in 1850 went the bounty land ana pension busi
ness with Colonel Raymond at No City lial place.
where we remained twcntyOur years ana maze n idr
living The passage the Pension bill OF 1871 cost Us
81 ZOO Since then have been depending largely upon
friends and have had support Of an invalid daughter
was married at the age twenty and we had thirteen
children In 1850 under command OF Colonel Haight
nv old comrades mustered $50 veterans OF ISL was
also made Of the State organization IN
that wear through the death Of Colonel Raymond III
Is56 owing TO the Know Nothing party TO which many
NJ us belonged 100 members resigned ana TINS b'Ae up
tho corps We afterwar1 reorganlzcd with $40 members
and Of that number only two are lyinS-Hehiy MOTIFS
age eighty nine, and myself