The morning call., 1893-07-16

into the office of the United States Pension
Agent. He made an awkw ard attempt 70
stTaightpn himssif up as he drew from an
inside pocket Batch Of laIers, erumpled
and greasy. whcn, with trembling hand,
he laid on the counter.
81 want to"
His want whatever & wai, failed of IN
mediate expression. be- 4use checked by
starcalo Of coughs.
whats your name Y ina Tired the cierA
IN a kindly voice.
The visitor, before q coaid reply. was
seized by another sDasn an1 pressed h'5
hand with his walking ST ck against his
breast as though seeking relief that way
from his troublesome cough.
The clerk picked up the papers. They
were three in number. One wa 3 peDsiau
certificate; the other was certificate uQ-
der the great seal OF Wisconsin. and tie
third was a slip informing iehaei Heelay
of Albany, Or. that his pens len nad been
stopped by MI Clereland's G0mmlssloner
Of Pensions.
.s'Fm Mlchae, Eseley," sal. the man,
MY pension money. TIE coughs p'ad u
ased his sentences without regard q tie
laws of punctuation.
1t was only with t eatest difficulty
that the clerk made aderslaud aat
some pension examps ID tie Nl1s IF
oregon nau reported 4 lh t1 E..- QeraF ulelk
at Washington as a solo ao had f0r-
feited his pension by re=lu " vicious
habits.
That's a lie. sir" exc. tee vet
eran. That has been dl8e or spite. |
voted The Republican tie aud that's ali
they've got against me- hlyen'E get a
dollar IN the world and ] dal't SNOW"
Here Michael Heeey's of Voc was
again suddenly cut short cough.
ho NJ ba Eon
come by his new bruises In Journey
ing from Oregon 20 i0T1ia in
a caboose he met wtn Is railway
accident. He ESCAPED from t1s de-
bTs with a crushed fG0t Rua broken
lead. He had receive notice hR, bad
been suspended as pensiOner agC. -eins
without means. tn Supervisors - his
county had SUPPLE hin wit sal -ent
money TO pay his wa &c this CitH.
e An examination O. isnley's DaUers ia-
indicated that he has been very cgGeI
wronged by the Government whose nni-
form he had worn .G the hour Of It's
supreme need.
The certificate of Il 1iutal General Of
Wisconsin was to the stI that 90 August
10, 1862, at the age II - years, Michael
Heeey, being then l1aIIisd man. enlisted
at Madison, Wis, as lrlYate IN Company
| of the Twenty-thi Wisconsin Volu,-
teer Infantry Regimen thag On March 30,
1868, he was honora0ly discharged at ST
Louis, Mo-. by reason of disability.
His pension ceTtificas Was No. 345. Sill
and its date was January 6 S87. The pen
sor was for disease of tie anss. The
1 rating was S4 a MOI 0r March 81
1 1868; $40 per month = l6, 1885
and $50 per month from = yember ], 1885
Heeley stated, betweeB his distressins &
gasps for breath, that wais acting g
orderly for General a =. tn In Louis
Ho . Frnr
animal kicked him in the oreast lie was
picked UP unconscious and 5eDt tO 3 gen
era hospital. After hi c0nTa lesceucs be
received his discharge f. stability Yel
since his injury. susta me lia Ct
duty, lie has been affiic n boe Dg
from the lungs.
The stricken veteran certainly Or ssA e 6
very pitiable sight. b. S not only s suf-
ferer from lung troubles, cut lis wo 'n-oui
body was badly hurt In TIE raj road
His suspension from iee pensi0n
does not seem to have an w'rraDt IL l4V.
The only reason assigned by the % Afa So
sioner is vicious habits" However A0ch
vicious habits may affect the penslu
rghts of men pensloned, Hudsr tha s. q
1890 providing pensions f9r ey-sa dlers
whose disability cannot b. raced 20 uses
originating i'll the service. lGeY a. 1Oi
figure against those soldier eh. like
Hepley, sustained permanen iiip ies ia
fhe line OF duty.
The soldier, for instance wio draw-
inR a pension for leg shot ie tys-
bulrg Is entitled to $50 mon ie die
abtity. He, it is claimed, Lay n7 'Re In
tae vicious habit of very. seldom over
md his sobriety, but that Is 20 aHaiT 4 the
United States Government lae disl eD sa-
ton of its pensions. This Is Heeiesy's CT So
except that his disability is his lugs
1t ts equally incurabie. anc was alSoe pseo
By The incidents of war.
On the other hand. the soldier whC
draws a pension on account or disabi 5tiet
accruing since his discharge from ths rmJ
is under legal as well as nora ooliea ioni
to refrain from vicious habits. 1his tlt
broad distinction between t1e Two cia3se'
Of pensioners.
Captain Currier, the pension agent eev'
Heeley the necessary paper 20 sfchIt 81
omission to the State SoQleFs behle
YountvlIle, pending the actieR OF tie n
missioner of Pensions uDou tae az "a
which Heeley's attorney WI. ioEwaIe &