The National tribune., 1897-05-13
rs THEY VIEW IT.
Veterans Opinions On the Pen
sion Question.

Many COMMUNICATIVE to THE NATIONAL
TRIBUNE whatsthey think about pensions
Below we give some of the views expressed:
do not likeTtpsee the comrades wrang-
ling over Seryic4s Pensions. / enlisted in
August 1862, aaa served three years, but
should be the Fast man to say. "Give the
other man So a month and me $12, because
l served longer" If the Government pass
q Service Pension Bill it should be for So q
month for all; yet a soldier should not ask
the Government to support him if he has
means to support himsef.-O. G. Olson,
| Hatton, Mich.
Comrades, stop bOthering about long and
short time, but urge that we get the maxi
mum rate OF service pension.-Garrison
Bowen.
am in favor Of Per Diem Bill, for do
not think it would be treating the long
service veterans just right to put them on
| footing in this respect with 90-days' men,
G. w. Sanders, Florida, N. Y.
Reno Post, "a, Williamsport, Pa, recently
indorsed the GAR. Service Pension Bill
now before Congress-. F. j. Burrows, Adj
juant
most emphatically recommend Service
feDSlOn. Leu us Throw ali selHSuUcSS 10 one
side and pull for each others interests. We
| have done so before SO let the brotherly feel
| ing with which we fought so hard sustain
us in mutual interest now.-Charles Schon-
berg, New York City.
/ say pension all honorably discharged
soldiers first, then equaize according to
merit OF dement, of case. Thousands of
old soldiers are dying in poverty for want Of
help justly due them from the Government.
| Next, give bountes to those who were
promised bounties.-W. S. Keller, West
Mansfield, o.
I think trying to get everyone an So
Service Pension will take great deal more
money than Per Diem Bill.-John Valen-
tine.
My choice is the Per Diem Bill. Short
term enlisted men have had enough favor;
give the lOng-term men a chahce.-B. f.
Culbertson, Cleveland, Tenn.
am much interested in the various COM
ments of our comrades in relation to the
pension question, while l am fortunate
in having escaped all serious disabilities
through two years and six months with my
| regiment, and never ran away from it one
day. l believe every comrade is entitled to
recognition by this Government for his
services from 1861 to 49, While the Per
Diem Idea would net me more money per-
sonally, believe that realization of the
Service Pension Of So secured first would
ultimately result in better satisfaction to
all concerned than .any other 1 trust this
matter will be adjusted, though, in good
shape when Congress gets fairly settled
down to work after the Tariff Bill is dis
posed of. C@Blackwood, Camden, N. ].
l cannot bus feel that there is great
deal of selfshness in this struggle between
the long and short term men, and if it con-
tinues We shall get no bill at all. / served
continuously from 1861 to 1865, and have
the right to consider myself a long-service
man. / appeal to all comrades to stop and
think if they considered the length of SER
vice of the mes who stood beside them in
line-of-battle. The main thing was that
they were there / know, personally, men,
bers of the 31st and 32d Me. who were
boys who could not come any sooner
than they did, and yet they rendered splen-
did seryice.-John L. Rushton, 9th Me-,
Layton, Utah.
I SAY give ME the Per Diem Bill or none
at all. Consistency, thou art jewel" but
she is not considered in pension laws.-J.
w. Baldock, Lieutenant, 18th Wis, Com
mander for the 9Th term Of Post 40, GA. R.,
Chiffon Wis