The sun., 1894-03-04
LOCHREN At GEIIYSBUR0.
A F.moas Charge =: Cemetery Hin Recalled
In the House.

In the House.
WASHINGTON March 3.-The House devoted
| three hours to-day to a further discussion Of
the administration OF the Pension Bureau.
under cover Of the Pension Appropriation bill.
| Mr.. Picker rep. & d. spoke at length in
! eulogy OF the soldiers ot the Union army and
! submitted that they were entitled to generous
treatment. at least just treatment, from this
| whole nation. 1t was but Justice that the
| Union soldiers SHOULD te as well treated as the
! soldiers Of the Revolutionary. Mexican. and
Indian wars. Gold was not promise the bond
holder in payment OF bonds but q great people
JEALOUS Of their credit. made the bonds paya-
bic in gol.I. On the other hand. payment was
promised the soldiers in money as good as
gold at Anv bank or Government Office
throughout the United States" Not from en-
thusiastic recruiting officers. not from Cover
nors Of the States calling for troops. but from
the highest authority in the Government came
this solemn promise on Sept. 3. 1851 that
AL future payments OF the troops should be
In money as good as gold" Mr.. Pickler read
copy OF that order. now thirty-two years old q
copy grown yellow with age. which he pro-
cured II few days aRo ut the War Department.
Mr.. Pickler asserted that every soldier as .
matter OF justice. in recognition OF his SER
wees and not as a charity. was entitled to q
pension. For this great Government to treat
the soldier as pauper and his pension "a q
charity. was damnabe insult to every man
who followed the flag. The pension roll was a
roll OF the survivors Of all the wars in which
this great nation had engaged: IL was a roll OF
undying honor and so it would ever be. and
no class more than the soldiers themselves
would demand that IL be so kept.
Mr. Black Dem. M ex-P Pension Commits
sioner. who was the next speaker. said that he
Intended TO address himself to the three points
mnie IN tho speech of NJ. Grout yesterday.
OF the Pension Bureau was unfriendiy TO the |
soldier; ~ that the policy pursued in the |
dier; and 81 that the Dem mocratic party ty was
opposed to pensions. In lS3i-a2 there was |
upon s bussa Sr Feufss bear
tilica'es;; Under this pressure In that
ss41eas. ssn %s1s S9S iwS1s5ng 81 900
some examiners Tasssd as manyas 100 claims |
day. and one made record Of >. 400 month, |
for ciiciency. This was at the rate Of case
IN less than every four minutes The actual
was 10 read the face bIiei. sign the face slip
make face slip. sign his name. and mAEra
made n record Of 300 cases a day. IhdsrsueS
a prae,ice It woGld be miraeulous H. great err
Mr.. Black said that the records OF the Pension
bureau showed that n regiment recruited In a
serving 100 da2s eontTbutsd ia '' paa ahy war
The pension list with two companies not Rc-
-, IN conclusion Mr. Black said that Secretary
smith must surrender and does surrender TO
his tommiss oner OF Pensions the control of
pnwsr; and what the Commissioner rI"ft1,e Of Pene
sions does. MI. Smith records. approves. and
You know" he added. that Hoke Smith
does not cit In there to dlspense Justice In little
head OF a great department is practicaiiy TO
accept the work Of that bureau as performed
Vino IS that efOssn eS Is 3. Rol sas
FEDERAL soldier? want gentlemen TO go back
win me for lltls while 10 scene that will
,lde aud the other alike, 1t was the "a day OF
luly, lso3 aud this capital crouched
Zions Of Lee had already sounded the
'pening thundeTs ~ GETTYSBURG. on the sec-
world stood witness. the corps OF sicklss thai
galiant. crippled veteran who sits there point
ToRt OF CemstcrS Hill II was was charged nasf BY 81
Nileox v and Early The lines We're broken.
nperS NO s0SIq ara. stsad hs sd assault q that
'eteIans2 Our troops Uroks. Then came a
P'eSnsl' fS ETsst Tonotson a any in the history
be second line found IodGmspt and safety
4 the same blood aud faith and strength as
hose that assalled them. and In the yery cen-
ofSsrd the First MinSssota Rsgimsnt men stood
sith this man Lochren at its head tApplAuse.l
nd looked where sieEisss coumh s%ssasi weSe ra
reat; looked where the victorious faIces Of I
loment there came up that man whose Wide.
hservant eye. whose great deeds whose noble
cart. whose supOrb soldieTy have made him I
noEn ITO lhlstoTy as Hancock the Superb 1
ApplauseI Riding from the rear he cane to /
there this group stoni eTouchsd. What Z
Ommand Is thisP he asked. The First Min- q
ssota.' was the reply, Charge those col q
mns. was his command. lElye YOU the facts I
. history has record si them. And a. the word Z
his little array In which Lieut. " Niliam LOch- 5
On stood. as llle-clOser II you , ease steadied
lemstiNrs Tor an onset as hopelrss tho q
tand OF the Greeks ~ lhermopylP. Here tBs
EokrH fragments "f a glorious army; there .
be onrush Of q victorious foe. those 80 meR | 5
the Colonel with steady stsR with Z D
letr arms at right shoulder shin they / q
10 c0nnicf. Their purpose was seen the !
lstant thoy HeTs uncovered. and the leal3n