Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-01-09
A ROLL OF HONOR.
Worcester County Veterans Who Oeser'
Their Pensions.

WORCESTER county veterans VINO OeSSIFS
Their Pensions,
The New York Sun has begun the pub
LEGATION Of those pensioners of the Unit
ed States who draw pensions ranging
from s45 month to $416 month. there
being 1868 in ALL All but 40 of these are
! covered by the following three classes
OF pensioners:
The rate of 800 per month is granted
by the general law for the loss of both
hands. the result of causes due to the
military or naval service Of the United
States.
The rate of $72 per month is granted
by the general law for the loss of both
feet, the loss Of both eyes, and also for
total and permanent disability requiring
the regular aid and attendance of an
| other person, the result of causes due to
the military or naval service of the
United States
The rate of $50 per month is granted
by the general law for total disability
for the performance of manual labor re-
quiring frequent and periodical (but not
regular aid and attendance, as the re-
suit of causes due to the military or
naval service Of the United States.
In speaking of this list the Sun says
editorially:
1.-THE fact must be kept in mind that
in the list printed today there is proba-
bly, the minimum percentage of fraud.
The specially grated pensions are here,
such as the $4,000 year pensions of Mrs.
Grant and Mrs. Garfield; but the great
bulk of the names included are those of
the veteran privates whose injuries in
actual military service were so severe,
and whose resulting disability was so
nearly absolute that under the general
pension laws they were clearly entitled
to their 500 a month, their $72 month,
or their $50 a month. In the nature OF
things, this particular installment of the
whole pension list represents the mini
mum of deception of imposition, of ma
lingering of pension agents jugglery.
That is why it ought to be put forth
first of all If any part of the list will
Withstand the severest scrutiny this part
will. Here are the surviving patriots
and heroes who suffered most for their
flag and country"
In the list are the following pension
ers of Worcester county;
| Simon Carson of Worcester S72 a
month; William r. Dean OF Worcester
$50 month; Charles Eaton of Worces-
ter $50 month; David w. Eames OF
! Worcester, $72 a month; Henry Flani.
I gan Of Grafton, $72 a month; Waldo A.
Foster of Fitchburg $40 month; Edwin
G. Hastings of Athol, $50 month
! George H. Howard of West BrookfieId
s72 a month; Frederick G. Kinsman Of
Fitchburg, $50 a month"; Edwin B. Love
joy of Fitchburg, $72 month; James
A. Moore of Athol $72 month; Still
man A. Meads of Leominster, S72 a
month; Joseph Potwin of Worcester. S7e
a month; Alonzo wilmington of Fitch
burg, s72 a month; Charles E. Isaacs OF
Worcester $40 month
The Sun says it will not print the en-
tire list Of 976,014 pensioners, because if
1t printed a full page every
day all the names would not be printed
before October 1899 1t further says:
The JOB is beyond the power of any
one newspaper 1t must be done by the
government itself, by means of lists pre-
pared in sections and posted or other
wise published according to geographic
cal distribution"