The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1897-03-04
PENSIONS.
Arkansas.

Arkansas.
We are in favor of the Per Diem Bill
andsMsj. Pickler.-J. c. Richardson, Com
mander, Post No. So, Vincent. Ark.
California.
am in favor of the Per Diem Bill, in ad-
ditiOn to other reasons, because it will en-
courage future loDg-term soldiers, aad be-
cause the long-term soldier lost more fiuan-
cialIy.-L. F. Gould, 73d ILL.,, Siege, Cal.
Illinois.
To give a 90-days man the same pension as
fOur-years man is wrong. T. TIlliDg-
ham, 7th Ill. Cav, Canton, Ill.
am in favor of graded Service Pension.
Peter Strong, 37th ILL.,, Millburn, ILL.,
Indiana.
am in favor of THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE
Per Diem Service Pension Bill, as first pro-
posed. I want it in addition to the Disa-
bility ratings.-C. Z. Durland, 18th ILL.,,
Elizabethtown, Ind.
I am in favor of the Per Diem Bill-A. A.
Jones, 65th ILL.,, Toledo, Iowa.
Kentucky.
A. G.. Wildman Post, Falmouth, KY
T. Simpson, Commander; A. Waggaman,
ADMINISTRATIONS indorses The Ma
TIoNAL TRIBUNE Service Pension Bill.
Maine.
As do not believe that a 90-days man
earned as much as a four-years man, am
in favor of the Per Diem Biil.-M. c.
Hetherston, 7th Mass, Tegus, Me.
Minnesota.
IF we are to have q new bill, for Gods
sake let us have one that is just to all, one
that no Cleveland spies or copperhead
neighbors can beat US out of; one that will
put the long-service, hard-fghting, small Or
no-b0unty men on an equality, at least, with
the 90-days men.-E. NJ. Stork, 7th Mimi,
Harmony, MINI.
Missouri.
I am heartily in favor of the Per Diem
Pension Bill, believing that it will come
nearer doing justice to all the old soldiers
than any measure that can be DEVISED.
w. Brannon, Co. D, 9th Iowa, Princeton,
Mo.
am opposed to Straight Service Pension,
but favor the Per Diem.-Peter n. Schlott,
EIdon, Mo.
/ am heart and soul in favor of pensions.
I think that widow should receive the
same pension that her husband did.-M. B.
johnson, 49th Ind, Schooner Point, Ind.
I am in favor of the Per Diem Bill
Josiah Luke, Sergeant, 14th Iowa. Lincoln,
Neb
am strongly in favor of the Per Diem
Service Bill, as reported by the committee.
John Ort, 9th Iowa, Valparaiso, Neb.
New York.
prefer the Per Diem BILL. G.. Crouch
Cowan's 1st N. Y. Ind'p't Battery.
I am in favor of the Per Diem Bill
Laban Raynor, 102d N. Y, East Moriches,
N. Y.
Pennsylvania.
I am in favor of Per Diem Service Pen
sion of So per month to all who served over
80 days, and Sc to those who served over
one year; SO to those who served over two
years: $12 to those who served three years,
with 1 cent per day added for all service
over three years.-John B. CrownOyer, Co.
G, 2Sth Pa, Williamsport, Pa.
am in favor of the greatest good to the
greatest number. think that the Service
Pension will do the most good to the greatest
number of deserving comrades.-W. ID.
Curtis, Pennsylvania Reserves, Hawley, Pa.
James Harvey Post, 514, at its last meet
ing unanimously Endorsed the Service Pen
sion Bill.-Joseph Jones, Commander, Bid
dies Crossroads, Pa.
Sedgwick Post, AZ, Lebanon, Pa, indorses
the Per Diem Bill.
am heartily in favor Of THE NATIONAL
TRIBUNE Service Pension, and Maj. Picker
for Commissioner of Pensions.-C. w. Beidel
I'd Pa. H. A., Hays Grove, Pa.
Texas.
In reply to those who advocate the Per
Diem Bill would say: Comrades, it is i'm
possible to make any general law that will
exactly fit all cases. Some men served four
years and saw comparatively little active
service at the front. Some served only few
months, but almost every day of it was
spent in the most arduous service. A Per
Diem Bill would not do justice in these
cases any more than Service Pension. In
my Judgment, Service Pension of So or
$l2 per month will come nearer than any
other; and, besides, we are much more
likely to get it through Congress, as it
would be in line with presidents long estab-
lished.-E. j. Kilmer, Corpus Christi. Tex.
wisconsin.
OF all the bills proposed, there is none
that comes so near helping every comrade as
THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE Service Pension
Bill. l am not looking for my own interest,
only for the interest Of those who are get
ting no pension, and if they don't get it
soon it will be too !aie-J. III. KELLY, Co. F,
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