The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1897-01-14
SERVICE PENSION.
Alabama.


know how the Union soldiers settled here |
are scattered from 115 miles north OF here |
to this place, to lis miles south, and east
and west about the same distance. know |
this, because / am In correspondence with |
them. They all heartily ind0rse Maj. Pick |
Ter and the Service Pension.
Arkansas.
Phil Sheridan Post, Aurora, Ark, has
unanimously adopted resolutions strongly
indorsing the Service Pension.
illinois.
M. E. Loos, Second Lieutenant, Co. Fl, 34th
ILL.,, La Sale, ILL.,: favor the Graded Service
Pension Bill. which I think would be the
most correct bill for Congress to act on, for
feel that the soldiers who served the long
est should have the most pension-anyho
more than the 9O-days men. think it would
do the soldiers Justice who served Uncle
Sam from 1861 to '65. / can well remem-
Der when the rebels told Us at Chatta-
nooga, Tenn, to wait until the old soldiers
from 1851 went home, then they would
slaughter our new recruits but when they
found out the biggest part of them were vet
Grams they began to draw in their horns
Kansas.
Thos. W. WILDLY, Waterville. Kan: / am in
favor of the Service Pension Bill. All the OLD
soldiers around here are. May God give you
wisdom and strength to push 1t through 10
success. applied for pension in 1890 but
have so far failed to get it. came North from
North Carolina in 1852. leaving mother ana
sister, wife and child, and enlisted in the 1880
Y. / was wounded at Fredericksburg.
would like to hear from any Of the boys OF the
old 1884, or any who served on board the VIM.
g. Anderson, in Pensacola Bay.
Kentucky.
J. 81. Chron Post, Berry's Lick, Ky,-A. ].
Hullet, Commander; w. J. Anderson, AdJu-
tant,-has voted unanimously for the Services
Pension Bill
Otto Kuhn, 18th Iowa, Versailles, Mo-: 1t
would seem that the time has come for
Service Pension Bill with Per Diem at
tachment. There are many old volunteer
soldiers and sailors throughout this glorious
land Of ours who draw no pension at all
men whe stood in the front rank from the
beginning to the end of the war of the re-
bellion, and who have stood by the cid flag
for some 80 years since they stacked arms
and marched to their homes to become civil
ians, looking on at the wrangle going on over
the pension business, and standing alo0f
from the crowd who clamored for recognition
by the Pension Bureau. Now, many OF
these same mon were first in line, first to ald
sick or fallen c0mrade, and first to stand
in the hardest places during that war for the
preservation Of the Union, and it does seem
that they have waited long enough for eight
recognition at the hands OF the Government,
the life of which they spent their best efforts
to save.
Nebraska.
John Ort, Co. F, 9th Iowa, Valparaiso. Neb.:
think your Service Pension Bill the best ever
gotten up. 1t is short and to the point
New Hampshire.
W. A. Percival, Sergeant, Co. A, LIST Mass.
H. A., Nashua, N. H.: Your Service Pension
Bill, l think, is as near justice as any one
can be. Push it for all that it is worth, and
support of all the veterans.
New York.
w. n. Webster, Co. A, 30th N. Y: The
righteousness of pension legislation does not
depend upon the condition of the Treasury.
The men who in the late war saved our
country from dissolution and maintained
the work of the forefathers, are equally
worthy Of recognition by our Government In
the shape of Service Pension.
Thee. Hollenback, Co. E, 9th n. Y, West
Brook willie, N. Y: Let every old soldier re-
mind the Senators and Representatives that
now is the time to realize the promise of favor
ing lust pension claims" due to the veterans,
by enacting the Service Pension Bill proposed
by our guide, THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE. HUI
manity and loyalty's duty toward Us is made
so clear that our Senators and Representatives
can hardly deny us this act Of Justice.
W. E. Webster, LIST N. Y. Battery, Auburn.
N. Y: Personally, am in favor of the Per
Diem Bill, but if we cannot get that, then the
Service Pension should be given, and to those
who were wounded or disabled be made addi-
tional to what they now receive.
Ohio. -, aa
w, A. Skillen, Goth Ohio, Sidney, O.:
Press the Service Pension Bill with your
usual vim and vig0r until it is q victory,
and make it, with all others, vested
right: and. further, advocate the justice of
the local Medical Boards examination
making the rating, or the Boards be dis
charged-one or the other. 1t they are
not to be relied upon after due and thor
ouph examination in person of each indi-
vidual examined, but the cases must 60 be-
fore Board which has never seen the apph-
can't it is an outrage on patriotism, and q
farce.
VIM. W. Atwell, Co. !, 56th Ohio, and LIST
Mo. L. A., Morgantown, o.: ALI the COM
rades whom know are heartily in favor Of
the Graded Pension Bill, for the reason that
it will favor the men who fought three and
four years This law cannot work injustice
to the short-term soldier, because he can
still show service origin of his disabilities.
John McLain, Co. D, 111th Ohio. Grand
Rapids, O.: Surely the time has come for a
proper recognition of the services rendered
by the men who left home and everything to
save the country. My idea is the same as
YOURS: Get Service Pension Bill through
first. with . minimum Of 50 month, and
then put the Per Diem attachment on after
ward.
C.. O. Lauterer, Soldiers Home, Ohio, is
strongly in favor of Service Pension.
Oklahoma.
J. P. Cummins, Kingfsher, Okla: At the
last meeting of King6sher Post it was unani-
mously resolved that the Service Pension Bill
| be Endorsed, and Congress E1emorialized to pass
| it at once.
Pennsylvania.
James McElhaney, Honey Brook, Pa: l
| am in favor of the Service Pension, but THINK
that we ought to have $12 month instead
| of So.
| H. N. Carls, Co. B, 125th and 2O8th Pa, and
| Adi't Fred C. Ward Post, Allatoona, Pa: am
| in favor Of = Service Pension, as advocated
| bv THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE. i served two
enlistments, and was one of the boys under the
noble and gallant Hartranft. wish some of
| the kickers against pensions had been with US
| that fateful morning in front OF Petersburg,
| ,vhor ua broke the rebel lines