The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1898-04-21
rs THEY VIEW IT.
Veterans Opinions of the Pension
Question

Newton Adams. Co. X, 18th H., Isa Ca
Tex writes The stand that The National
Tribune has taken IN regard TO C0mfnlS-
sioneT EvanS'S tactics to avoid the allow
ance of pensions Should recommend ii to
every loyal friend OF the soldiers. ! see by
q recent issue that the comrades OF the
Georgia Department are entering Il protest.
] fear they are like the Texas comrades in
tiat they do not count FOR much. number
ing only one in q thousand OF the voting
| population of the State. | filed a claim
under the act Of JuLc y, 1890. In April, 1897,
my papers were put into The pigeon holes,
where they lay nine months and IL days,
until. through the efforts of my Congress
man clerks were detailed to look them up.
hly claim has not been allowed. | am
unable to work.
II. L. Burroughs, Union City, Pa,
writes Il take for my text Matthew u 90
"0ne shall be taken and The other left
| refer To the draft in the war. The poor
man was taken and the rich man, who
could hire q substitute, was left If those
who procured substitutes had been obliged
10 90 10 the front ard Tartake OF seine Of
tlle hardships Of q soldier life from 1851 10
1865 llee would haXe been less iowling
absut pensions. Many w,ud have teen
placed reeds end points aiCnCside of com
radCs who are ROW sleeping their last sleep
IA trcrCheS on the battlefield; The sur
tivors oj That class would h@ye returned to
their homes. thanking the glCrlCus GiVer
tsIat Congress- had passed laws providing
pensions for mccoy e. mr2Ges who served
faithfully and were honCr@biy DISCHARGED"
George II. Mckinney. Fourth Division ,,
Thirteenth Corps, Stanford. Ky. writes:
Please allow me To compliment and thank
you for your open letters addressed to the
Commissioner of Pensions. We trust that
you have not completed your remarks
touching pension cases yet unconSidercd
which he has made so far, there is no
possible chance for him To dispose Of them
during President McKinleys Adminstra-
ton; he has disappointed the expectations
OF thousands OF the old veterans, and hum
dreds Of them place him in the same cate
CORY of judge LochFen.
Michael Cox, Co. a. 5Jtl H., West Fork,
Ark. writes. i agree with Commander
Shaw OF the New York Department, that
the only dishonesty about the pension
business is not allowing the veterans their
Just dues and the delay in granting pen
sions. / wGs allowed q pension Of So last
Fall, after fighting over seven years to get
il. In 1886 ] was c3lied uron to sign a
supplement TO my original application, and
when my pension WAS granted ! was given
back pay only 70 the date OF that paper.
Six years pension which was due me was
withheld
A soldiers wife living at Hemloch Hol-
low, Pa, writes when my husband went
into the service we were very poor had
four children 10 care for and had to work
very hard TO keep the wolf from the door
My husband did not get any bounty. He
is now Is years old and unable to work
He gets only SIS per month pension.
think every veteran should be put on the
roll at S2l"
Edward T. Ryan, Co. A, 45th Pa, and Co.
/, 9th L. 5. Cav, Sloan, \. Y, writes:
The time has come for the old soldiers to
and. with the assistance OF their sons and
nejchbors, compel every candidate for
Office to sign pledge that be will do every
thing in his power To better the condition of
the veterans. II thoroughly organized we
could defeat any candidate, President and
Senator included"