The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-29
HARRY MARoNnY's PENSION.
Help TO BE Given From savannah to
secure 1t.

The information given by the Morning
News in a recent article will be used in the
effort to obtain a pension for Harry Ma
roney, the last surviving Mexican war vet
eran of the Irish Jasper Greens, with the
exception of the commander, Gen. Henry
r. jackson.
Maroney. as stated in the previous ar
ticle, is now Old. feeble, partially demented
and destitute. living in a little cabin in the
mountains of oregon. He is badly in need
of the pension as a Mexican war veteran,
which he should have been enjoying for
years. There is not the slightest doubt in
the minds of those who have acquainted
themselves with the facts that he is the
Harry Maroney, whose name appears upon
the published muster roll of the Irish Jas
per Greens when the company left Georgia
for Mexico. The incidents related by
Maroney in his lucid moments to his friend
i'm Oregon and repeated by the latter in a
letter to the New York World by which
paper the letter was sent to the Morning
News. were corroborated by Gen. Jack
son as being such as could only have been
given by an eye witness.
"A copy of the Morning News containing
the article referred to was sent TO this
friend, Mr.. Lawrence Leonard. In reply
Mr.. Leonard has written the Morning
News a letter, which is of interest. MIR.
Leonard expresses his thanks to the
Morning News for the kindly manner in
which the information sought through
the New York World had been extended,
and requests that Capt. Flannery be re-
quested to aid in getting the data in prop
er shape for use in applying for pension
For. 40, IL 10 der pl
in the justice of Maroney's claim for a
pension and that this claim will be recog-
nized.
"T have been appointed guardian of Ma
roney by the probate court of this county
since $780," he states, for the purpose Of
trying to secure his pension for him, but
have never been able to find the proof re-
CURED trust now all will be satisfacto-
n.y. and he will soon receive the aid he
needs. l am glad to know the company
still preserves its organization, and hope
they may always merit in the future the
same esteem they have won in the past.
The letter was shown TO Capt. John
Flannery of the Irish Jasper Green's, who
made a note OF 1t, and said that he would
take pleasure in furnishing all evidence
he could obtain which might aid in Sc
curing pension for Maroney, being con-
WINGED that his claims are just Unfor-
tunately, the original company
muster roll of the Greens
who left Savannah for Mexico is
not in existence. There are two published
lists, however, taken from the Morning
News of that time, in both of which Ma
roney's name appears. His name also
appears among those discharged to take
service with the quartermaster's depart
ment. after the expiration of the term of
enlistment. This is an important fact.
Mr.. Leonard, writing from Oregon and
stating what had been told him by Ma
roney after the lapse of many years, says
in his first letter that Maroney had said
he was discharged to enter the service Of
the quartermaster's department naming
the same Mexican town as the point OF
discharge as stated in the published re-
port in the Morning News of that time.
Perhaps the best plan would be to in
troduce a special pension BIZ. in congress
for the relief of Maroney, as this IS often
done in such cases where the evidence
required by the pension office Is lacking.
If such a bill were introduced by the con-
gresham from the district in Oregon In
which Maroney now resides, and was sec
onded by Congressman Lester from this
district. there would probably be no trou-
bic about getting 1t through.