The National tribune., 1897-03-11
PENSIONS.
Arkansas.

taken Tor soldiers and the Service Pension
Bill. / am for J. A. Picker for Commits
sloner of Pensions. Allen, Co. +, 12tl
Kan, Cedarville, Ark.
Canada
AS / served two enlistments. which LASTED
through the war, | think / have right t,
some say on the pension question. indorst
your Service Pension, with the Per Diem
added to it. / think some difference should
be made between those who went out in 1861
and stayed through, and those who were only
| out for short time.-Stephen Flynn, 2Stf
N. T., and Corporal, 23d n. Y. Ind'p'i
battery, Hanover, Ont.
/ re-enlist with you to fight for the Pei
Diem Bin, and not for that political bait, the
Service Pension.-M. Jain, Sergeant, ID Colo.
Cav, Ward, Colo.
Put me down as one who would like to see
| the Per Diem Bill passed-Chas W. Reed,
18th N. Y. and 10th N. Y. Cav, Rock City,
Ills.
believe Service Pension should be paid
the Union soldier, but it should have no re-
iation to the pension paid him for wounds or
NC-
ID. Ladd Co. B, 9th KY, Ayers, ILL.,
I saw three full years of hard service; am
on the shady side of 60; badly disabled but
the Pension Office says not in a questionable
degree" In the name of high heaven what
does questionable degree" consist of?
| am in favor of the Per Diem Pension. i
think us old three-years men are entitled to
something. [ am also in favor of Maj
Picker for Commissioner of Pensions.-A.
Steed, Bugler 1st Mo. Cav, Medora, Ill.
think that now plain Service Pension
would be best, though it would not help me
any. In February, 1864, / was in a rebel
hospital in Richmond They paroled every
two weeks. One Sunday got my name on
the list, but had to draw with three others
for my chance. One of those was six
months boy from Ohio. / think that he
should be entitled to pension, for prison
service was the worst kind of service. Since
we cannot have Maj. Picker in the Senate,
let US have him for Commissioner of Pen
sions.-Geo. Brooke, Co. Fl, 18th Ill Cav,
Morris, Ill
| desire to add my name with the rest of
the comrades who advocate Straight Ser
vice Pension of So month to every old
comrade who has an honorable discharge. /
served four years and two months. | enlisted
May II, 1861, in Co. ], 25th n Y, and then
l re-cnlisted in the I'd Pa. Cav, and served
until the close of the war. Give us Ser
vice Pension and John A. Picker for Com
missioner of Pensions.-Eugene Flaherty,
Manlius, Ill.
Give US the Per Diem Bill first, because it
will Il To ho Tor A
Fulk 59th Ind, Worthington, Ind.
When Per Diem Bill is passed, and not
until then, will the pension roll be roll of
honor. d. Clark, 18th Ind, Seymour,
Ind.
There seems to be no end to the agitation
of the pension question, and every one has
different ideas. / am for the Per Diem Bill
rather than THE NATIONAL TRIBgNE's Ser
vice Pension BIl.-H M. Lamb, LIST Ind.
Cav, Princeton, Ind.
l will say, replying to Comrade Cook, that |
too was boy when l enlisted, being only |
Is years of age May q, 1861, and enlisted |
Sept II, 1861 discharged Nov. 81. 1866; re-
,eived 500 bounty came home before was
Il years old, and spent all of my big bounty
III oiiO s,iiio, dIi S5OOu Ufiut dul LOU
sorry that | went at my country's call. I
served so months, and IL months of that
line in rebel prisons, and / do not receive
81 pension, either. l say shoot the So pen
ion bill. Give US Per Diem Service Bill,
hat pays man according to the time he
erved-C. L. Smith, Co. H. AID ILL.,; Co. K,
lth U. S. Cav, Onawa, Iowa.
Kansas.
There is one wrong of much importance
hat should be corrected as soon as possible
some widows are pensiOned at 50 month
nd some Mt S12. / want to enter my protest
gainst this. Widows pensions should be
Uniform, and they should all get $12.-S. L.
wilson, I'd Ohio Cav, Beattie, Kan.
was in the same old regiment continuous
y-the dist Ohio (Gen. Hazen's regiment)-
our years and two months and never got
ospital record, except when | was back with
wound in my foot, which 1 received at the
attic of Chickamauga. When it got we'll it
id not disable me- so you see l am very
luch interested in Per Diem Service PEN
ion. 1t would give me little over SIS
month, and l am not able to work to earn
nything hardly 1.-TWO and three dollars a
lonth for taking care of our church), and |
eed 1T. V. Richmond First Corporal.
o. D., 4lst Ohio. Toronto, Kan.
I enlisted under the first call, April 90,
S61, in Co. Fl, 18th Ohio; was discharged
Jug. %, 1861; re-enlisted Aug. 90, 1861, for q
hree years or during the war; was captured
une "a, 1868, and served term in Libby
rison; was paroled and sent to Camp
base until exchanged. l vast called one of
he most rugged men in my company; never p
as in a hospital but about 10 days while in =
,e service, and never had furlough was =
onorably discharged from the service, Nov.
3, 1864. Now, had the short-term men
one out at the call for three years, or during :.
le war, it would have shortened materially -
le life of the rebellion, and undoubtedly =
we'd hundred of lives, and at the same time \
rolonged the lives of Others. Their patriot r
m cannot be doubted, for they showed it by a
ming out and serving their country for o h
rm, if it was short. They no doubt did o
eir part. The most of my disabilities were +
Cured during the years 1863 and 1864. ?
n now in my cd year, and ordinarily should o.
able to perform one-fourth of an ordinary N
ly's labor, but am unable to do more than
Q little chores about the house. / have not
en- we'll day, free from aches and pains, for
any years, and am compelled to use medicine p
the time, more or less.-H. p. Lee, Co. I, ~ =.
w. Va. Cav, Cimarron, Kan. .
/ think l like the Per Diem Bill best. I :.
we no preference as to Commissioner of ~