The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1897-03-18
PENSIONS.
kentucky.

Dear comrades, let0S not WHangie among
ourselves; let's takea,he best we can get,
and work for more 1oWhen we wrangle
among ourselves thatsfs just what our ene-
mics want. Let's be Content to take the
Service Bill, if we can get it, and let's be
sure and take the true soldiers friend, the
old NATIONAL TRIBTNE. 1t has always
stood by us solid through thick and thin
H. L. Whitehouse, Captain, Co. B, 18th KY,
Perryville, Ky. 6eils
Massachusetts.
1 am very heartilx,in favor of the Per
Diem Bill as proposed by the committee i'll
Congress. It is the most just bill ever pro-
posed.-C. J. Tyler, Co. F, I'd Mass, George
town, Mass.
Michigan.
/ am of the opinion that the S3-Service-
one-cent-per-day Pension Bill will become
bonafide law, and will please the old vet
Grams more than any other law that has
been made for their benefit. l served in
Co. K, 18th Ind, over four years, and was
never absent When my regiment went
West, into a skirmish or battle land we
were in many, was there for all / was
worth. was not the only one that did so.
-Lunsford II. Stanley, Negaunee, Mich.
l think the comrades will have to come
to some conclusion about this Service Pen
sion. We have got to be solid on one or the
other,-either the Service Pension or the
Per Diem Bill,-and not say so much about
the 11th-hour regiments. and big bounties.
Your humble writer is for the Service Pen
sion first, and when we get that THE Ma
TIoNAL TRIBUNE will help us to get the
Per Diem Bill. L fully indorse Comrade
Charles Gains sentiment-let us have some
crumbs now, and when prosperity shall
have returned we veterans of long terms can
hope for a full loaf l think the G. r.
Post had better 90 for the Service Pension
first. Michael Shay Post, 142, Rapid River,
Mich, are solid for Service Pension. Com
rades, you may think that I am one of the
11thhour boys because am in favor of the
Service Pension. You will be mistaken,
for 1 went ont in Co. d, Sd Wis. Cav, in
1861, and was discharged in 1865. AS
don't get pension, would like crumb
before | am mustered out of this world
Myron o. Whaples, First Sergeant, 18th Regt,
Veteran Reserve Corps; Adjutant, Michael
Shay Post, Rapid River, Mich.
Minnesota.
/ don't believe in putting the three
months men on an equality in pensions with
the men who stood the brunt Of the struggle.
&C. S. Lee, Co. l., I'd Mich. Cav, Echo,
MINI.
Missouri.
/ want to say that the Service Pension
Bill-the Picker Bill No 92O9--is the best
bill that was ever gotten up all through,
though / think it ought to be So tn
instead of So, and then cent day for
every days service. That would be better
for the 90-days men. Pass the Picker Bill,
and then pass one giving every widow Sl2 q
month then do away 18th the detectives,
or pensiOn-hunters, and the Examining
Boards. l am in favor of J. A. Picker for
Commissioner Of Pensions.-A. j. Pitts, Co.
G, Goth Ohio, Moberly, No.
Give us S12-a-month Service Pension
for every honorably-discharged soldier, and
do away with Pension Boards; and let us
have it before the old comrades have all an
swered the last roll-call.IT5M. o. Bedell, Co.
D, Sth Mo. Cav, Hickory Barrens, Mo.
NcwsYork.
What time there was at the call for
$1,000 militia! How the volunteers from
this great Empire Staierushed to arms! No
bounties; only $l1 per month. 1 remem-
Der, two years, unless sooner discharged
that was the call. Thirty-eight good regi-
ments were musteredt in during the montl,
of May, held at rendezvous by the good
j judgment Of Gov. ED. Morgan, and were
on hand for the battiesef Bull Rum Now
if there is to be any Service Bill passed, why
not give the 90-days men Il certain sum
and the others per diem amount? There
are only II of my old company living, out
of 81 two-years men, and If they will only
keep the bill in the committee room little
while longer there will be none left. I
would not be afraid to bet that before our
soldier-boy President retires from office
there will not be, of the $685. pensioners,
more than 100000 left; a"d that is allowing
u big margin. | enlisted for two years;
worked myself up to Second Lieutenant;
at expiration Of the two years was retained
i'll the service along with the thrce-years
men; but, unfortunately, there was no
bounty for me. Didn't serve two years;
served II months of the "a as enlisted
man. That was my reward for getting pro-
NOTED. There is no use asking Congress at
present-we number too many. Wait about
five years longer, when there will not be so
many. Probably those who linger here will
get something by-and-by. But say for me,
and publish it, if you please: The best thing
to do is to grade the bil-so much for the
90-days men, and so much per diem for the
rest-and if my pension does not reach over
that, will keep what get and be thank
ful.-A. d. Limberger, Commander, Alfred
M. Wood Post, 366, Jamaica, Creedmore,
N.Y.
My idea is to pay every man according to
the time that he was under fire. That is,
man who enlisted for three years, and was
for 100 days exposed to the rebel fire, say, to
get $40 month, and more in proportion as
ne was longer under fire. Such an act would
be the fairest of all. 1t seems to me that
men who were stationed in forts far away
from the front, no matter how long they
served there, should not get as much us men
who, in few months marched 1000 miles,
and were in score of battles. Coughlin,
63d N. Y Irish Brigade, Kellogsville, N. Y.
New Hampshire.
Let us have Service Pension first. Tt
will help thousands of comrades who will
never see Per Diem Bill passed. This talk
about eleventh hour" men is worse than
useless. The amount that will be required
for Service Pension can be computed;
that for Per Diem cannot be, and do not
believe that such a bill will ever be passed.
Exact equality and justice in pensions can
never be obtained. THE NATIONAL TRIB-
UNE's position in this matter is the only one
that gives any chance OF success. Let every
veteran come up on the line " for Service
Pension.-Chas II. Eastman. Co. +, I'd N. H.,
North Conway, N. H.s
Ohio.
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