New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-09-04
Horatius kept the bridge in the brave days OF
old" So through the ages shall the children of
the republic sing of how well you maintained
the constitution


Old. e So through the ages shall the children OF
the republic sing of how well you maintained
the constitutions
PRESERVED THE UNION
OF the states established by the fathers, kept
the flag unsulied giving to the nation a new
birth Of freedom. !" Your deeds shallgo down in
grateful people to the glad coming time
When the war drum throbs no longer.
And the battle flags are furled,
In the parliament OF man,
The federation Of the world. /"
About two hundred regimental reunions
We're held this afternoon. About twenty-five
thousand people gathered at the national
soldiers home for disabled veterans, where
the men passed in review before Gen. Sher-
man and party. Gen. Sherman was received
with immense enthusiasm, and made brief
speech. which, as he says, is the last he will
ever make. Gen. Sherman said;
Boys: My speaking days are over. am not
going to make any more speeches. II you want
a speech take Senator Henderson I think he
can make good speech. am always glad to
see so manv soldiers looking hearty and healthy.
think we can stand on our legs yet. like to
see that our old Uncle Sam takes pretty good
care of these old soldiers. Uncle Sam cannot
make old men young, but he can make young
men M Just as good as you or ! ever were. see
that Milwaukee is full of them and they are
coming out of the bushes everywhere II you
think you are the only old soldiers you are mis-
taken. There were
OLD SOLDIERS BEFORE YOU
and there will be again. Such is the providence
OF the world, just as good men were born a thou
SAND years ago and will be born thousand
years j, he tG All we have to do is 70 do our
tribunal and say: We have tried to do i1e our
BEST, and the sentence will be We'll done. :"
We have passed through one crisis of
country's history. I don't see any chance of
another, but nobody knows the future. Bring
up your children to love and venerate the old
w nphf in and oy1dr aYa
them uncover their heads when they see that
little banner that you followed in the days
which tried us to the utmost. Let us ven
crate that flag and love our country and
love each other and stand by each other
as long az we have heads on our shoulders and
legs on our bodies Those old soldiers who
a grateful country tries its best to assist and
will, think, in fact, I sure, give to you
when you get old all that is necessary But
keep young as long as you can, and do not go
into soldiers home it you can help it.
BOSTON CHOSEN FOR 1890
This afternoon Boston was chosen as the.
next place of Meeting. Saratoga, Indianap-
oils and Washington were also nominated ,
but Boston received an overwhelming vote.
Speeches in favor of Topeka, Kan, and Los
Angeles, Cal, were made with view to- fut-
ure results.
PENSIONS
The pension committee, composed OF
George E. Merrill, John S. Kountz, j. T.. Ell.
Burst, r. W. Blue and Lucius Fairchild, sub
mitted the following report-
The committee regrets that owing to the short
session OF congress and the crowded condition of
business following the last encampment very
little in the line of practical results has been,
ACCOMPLISHED in the work for which the COM
mittee was appointed. Immediately after the
holiday session of congress the pension COM
mittee held meeting in Chicago, and from
thence by appointment, called upon the presi-
dent-elect at his home in Indianapolis, having
very pleasant interview and receiving from him
the most cordial assurance of his warm interest
in the great question OF pensions, and his earn
est desire for generous legislation in behalf of
the defenders of the Union. Immediately after
another meeting of the committee was held in.
Washington, but from the circumstances above
mentioned, and from the facts narrated in the
last report Of this committee it was found i'm
possible to bring about any additional legisla-
tior during tine remaining days of the session.
Following the practically unanimous expression
Of opinion by the last national encampnent,.
your committee prepared two pension bills
The disability bill was broadened in it's pnovi-
sions as to include your endorsement for
PENSION TO THE WIDOWS
Of all hOnOraby discharged veterans. This bill,
as thus enlarged, provides pension of $40 per.
month to all honorably discharged soldiers aud
sailors who are now, or may hereafter become
disabled, without requiring proof that such dis
ability arose from causes actually Within the.
line OF their service, and, as In all other
similar bills prepared by this commit.
dependence in relation to such disabled vet
Grams, thus relieving the bill entirely from the.
objectionable faint Of pauperism: pension for
all dependent parents from the actual time of
dependence, whether occurring at OF subsequent
to the sons enlistment: increase of penslo MS,
to minor children from So to IS per
whether the deceased husband was or was
not in receipt of a pension. The committee also,
prepared a bill granting pension to- each hon
orabIy discharged veteran at the monthly rate.
of Ono wit min
mum limitation of So per month. Bills contain
ing all OF these provisions We're then in various,
but it was found, on consultation with
members, entirely impossible in the.
then state of public affairs to secure
any favorable action thereon. Should the en-
campment reaffirm it's opinions of one year ago.
these bills are ready for early presentation to
both branches of congress at the opening of the
bers of both houses, and the cordially friendly
attitude of the administration and the liberal
views OF the secretary OF the interior and the
commissioner of pensions. the latter being APP
pointed after
EIGHT YEARS FAITHFUL SERVICE
on this committee OF the next session of COLI
toward the completion of the full measure Of
the nations indebtedness to the men who de
Tended her flag Down to the time OF the ap-
pointment of this committee in 1881, little or
nothing had been done by the veterans as class
toward systematic work in relation to the
liberalization Of pension laws. Immediately
aIUerWaTU IL was IOuuu GuaU Gue WOrk OF GQe
pension department was seriously hindered. and
the adjudication Of hundreds of thousands of
cases delayed, from the lack of sufficient cler-
ical force il thar department, as well in the
offices of the adjutant general and Of the sur
0eon general, from which latter much
necessary information in regard to
pension cases must be secured
Upon consultation with the then commissioner
Of pensions the committee asked of congress an
increase in the force attached to these various
offices for the purpose of expediting the BUSH
ness. By the then session of congress the cler-
ical force in the pension office was increased
from 742 to 1859. To the adjutant generals
office was added 167 clerks, to the surgeons I66
and hfty-two to other departments connected
with this works. total OF 1910 additional
clerks. at an expense Of nearly $4,000. 900 an
nually. Following this the committee asked of
congress and secured law giving the commits
sioner of pensions the power to appoint boards
of examining surgeons throughout the
country, wherever in his Judgment.
necessary to expedite the work Of pension
examination. The next recommendation OF this
committee that became law was for the appoint
ment OF special pension examiners in the field.
and $50 were appointed to hasten the exaInina-
tion into pension cases about which questions
arise. Another recommendation that became
law was for the employment of experts as to
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