The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1897-02-11
ALBANIA.


views, and thinks that the Per Diem bill
will come nearer being satisfactory than any
other and ought to be passed.
Florida.
Henry Donahue, Killarney, Fla The De-
partment of Florida, GAR, has Endorsed
your Service Pension bill
Illinois.
Geo. r. Frymire, First Lieutenant, Co. G.,
18th H., $50 Rhine street, Chicago, ILL., l
am in favor of allowing every honorably-
discharged man So month, but l am in
favor Of something additional to those who
served long terms.
John Naser, Co. FL, 5sth Ohio, Graymont,
ILL.,, wants Service Pension-$12 q month
to all who served five years and over, S11 for
those who served four years, $40 for those
who served three years, SO for those who
served one year.
Indian Territory.
John w. Howell, Co. L, I'd Ark. Cav,
Wapanucka, /. T.: 1 heartily indorse the
stand you have taken in advocating a
Service Pension. The rate ought not to be
less than $12 month.
Henry Hoatz, Iconium, Iowa: I am in
favor of the Service Pension bill.
Kentucky.
John Conner Post, Maud, KY, L. W. Bean
Commander, has unanimously Endorsed the
Straight Service Pension.
J. Y. Niles, A. A. G., Department of
Kansas, G.. "A. R., Topeka, Kan, believes en-
tirely with Comrade Glassman, and that
Service Pension should be really Service
Pension-that is, proportioned to length of
service.
j. L. Klein, Kansas City, Kan: The men,
bers of Geo. l.. Ransom Post, of this city, are
heartily in favor of Service Pension law,
and hope that THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE
may be successful in advocating it to success.
Kentucky.
Alex. F. Barnes, Demossville, KY: l am
in favol of the Service Pension.
Michigan.
II. S. McNutt, Eaton Rapids Mich, wants
the Per Diem bill, with the Minimum fixed
at Sc month.
Missouri.
A. L. Galloway, Cos F and G, 2sth Ills.
Quitman Mo-, is very tired Of the quibbling
Congressman make over the cost of this or
that pension bill. Instead of trying to do
Justice to the men who risked and, in many
instances, lost everything, or nearly every
thing, in saving the country, they are bag
Cling over pension bills, while the veterans
are starving.
Lawrence A. HurIett, Co. 3, ADD Mo-,
Higbee, Mo-, thinks that the minimum pen
sion should not be lower than $12, with one
cent day for every additional day served
over three months.
w. H. Longwell, Co. D, 39th Mo-, favors
bill making Sc o month the minimum for
Service Pension, with an increase of 16s cents
a month for every month additional to three.
w. M. Lomax, Hospital Steward, LIST Ala
Cav, Foraker, Mo-: / am strongly in favor
of the Service Pension bill, so ably advocated
by THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE. The law of
the greatest good to the greatest number"
ought to prevail. was in the Medical De-
partment during the war, and know whereof
/ speak.
T. Champion, jr., Co. G, 23d Mo-; J. A.
Love, Co. F, 10Th Mo- Cav. and number of
others of Brookfeld, Mo-, believe most
firmly in the justice Of the Per Diem bill.
None ought to feel aggrieved by it.
VIM. II. Shull. Co. d, SD Ohio, California,
Mo-, favors the Per Diem bill.
B. F. Ogden, Co. H, 7th N. j., Cedarville,
N. j.: l am strongly in favor Of the Per
Diem bill.
New York.
Orion B. Stone, Riverside, n Y, wants to
drop the Service Pension, and unite on
the Per Diem bill.
C. V. Messler. Gosport, N. Y: Your adj
vocacy of the Service Pension bill seems to
me the correct thing. 1t would at once put
every hOn0rably- discharged man on the
rolls, without any further ifs or ands.
W. E. Damn, Battery I, Sd N. Y L. A..
Verona, N. Y: beg leave to tender you my
heartfelt thanks for what you have done
and are doing for the comrades. / prefer
the Straight Service Pension bill for begin
ming, but will take the Per Diem if that is
the best that can be done. There are those
who went through more hardship in one
year than others who served twice or thrice
us long. / was born in October, 1849, and
enlisted Aug. IL, 1864, and inside Of six
weeks / was driving wheel team Oh a
caisson, and remained there till the end of |
the war.
Henry Claas, Gallon, o.: am not in favor !
of the Service Pension, but of the Per Diem |
bill. Pay the men according to the work |
they did.
Fl. Shannon, Co. A, Goth Ohio, Duvall, O.:
have been reader and admirer Of the good
Did NATIONAL TRIBUNE almost ever since
it was started. But there are some things |
in which l do not agree with it, and one of
these is the Service Pension. am in favor
Of the Per Diem bill, with So month for
The 90-days men, and increase according to
ength of service.
Oregon.
Albert G. Elicit Post, Youcalla, Ore, A.. ]
W. Lamb Commander, unanimously in
lorses the Service Pension bill as advocated |
Oy THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE.
a Pennsylvania.
Thos NJ. Carnegie Post, Homestead, Pa,
L. c. Eakman Commander, unanimously
nd0rses the Per Diem bill.
w. II. Van Tassel, Sergeant, Co. c, 4th
Pa. Cav, Apollo Pa: think am more in
avor of the Per Diem bill than your Serv-
&c Pension.
South Dakota.
Joseph Elsom, Adjutant of Thos. Esom
Post, Worthwhile, S. D.. says that his Post has
come to the conclusion that the Per Diem
dill is what they want.
Tennessee.
VIM. Gilbreath, Dayton, Tenn: I will Just
lay that am in favor of Service Pension
Bill with one execution. that all men CORY |