The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-05-15
Attention., Battalion
TO the Manned, Dasaoieu

| 10 the
aordino 10 resolutions Passe St.te
ASn;ie i~nstructing your ~
"rlsn oommittee TO advise !ou
eAeo"na in regard TO pensions ia
any hos arrived. In reply 'o'of
III. inquiries from an pa "a
tha State asking wig you " h vol,
aa;ve the full pension 10 VIZ nfor-
ore entitled. [ would sa! OIa+o OK
rao+;on received from YOU. ,no-
e~ontive committee n a !ui'ons;onS
her of persons are dra"in? wild
to which they are nol tho1- re-
o reterans so long as the! re-
r,;do11s are entitled to pehsion.
WIN they enter the marriage s'" .
nnnr are excluded. A large numoer VI
from time to time nave peeii
faaed On the pension roll by men
- of tho LEGISLATURE without Ildh-
mo any appropriation here"ltn oad
- +ham One hundred were pidce"
r. tho roll in this way by the laso
General Assembly. No person -
locally draw n pension Wl1hou, p.
- 10 nensiOn board. The ADVISOR!
hoard is composed OF veterans ~
in number in each county. ana 'P
no;n+ed bv the State Auditor~and rep
~resentine the State. 1t IS their d",H :
insist on medical eNamlnation' =
aannit1ee respectfully ask the pen
sion board in each county 70 lssne az
order for all persons who are draWlhg
tensions without passing the board
~ aDnear before them on a certain
dav and if not entitled to a pension
70 n1ease forward their names to Hon.
Hal w. Aver. State Auditor. Ralelgh.
Your committee respectfully ask 'io
commands Of camps in counties where
there is no advisory board 10 Ior""i"
the names of three veterans 70 TIC
State Auditor for appo!ntment -
represent the State. 1t affofds me
Measure to say that Gen. Carr. cen
Commanding United Confederate Vet
Grams of North Carolina. requests a re-
port from the advisory board OF every
county in the State. He reSpecI1uilH
asks that these reports be forwarded
TO him at Durham. on OF before Oc7
tobert 1st. giving the names OF the
pensioners and the amount received.
marking with a cross the names OF
those persons who are drawing pen
siOnS to which they are not emitted.
These reports will be read before the
veterans in reunion assembled at the
Fair Grounds on Wednesday Of Far
week. and at night in the Senate
Chamber for the transaction OF Dusl-
ness. If found necessary the leglsla-
tive committee will be instructed to
prepare a bill levying q special tax
and ask its passage by the General
Assembly,. which will give the full
pension to which YOU are entitled.
North Carolina has n less for her
Confederate veterans than any other
State. The State of Georgia gives her
totally disabled thirty dollars a year
mora th1n \0rth (arnEn1 nGpr he
general pension law the worst dis
abled were to receive one hundred
dollars. We have received scarce two
thirds Of this amount. other classes
pro rata. The verbal contract made
and entered into between the citizen
soldiery and Governor Ellis is as bind
ing on the State today as the hour
it was made. Here's the contract:
When the question was asked by the
soldiers of Governor Ellis in the event
of hostilitieS and u being disabled
for life. what then? Replied that no
ole patriot: The State will take care
of you: YOU shall never suffer: 90 for
ward. my fellow citizens" You ac-
cepted the terms: your being wound
ed IS proof vou complied with your
part OF the contract: the State has
moi complied with hers. Fellow com
radeS. remember the Democratic par
~ IS the only one that has ever aided
You IN any way. am instructed bV
No"r committee to call upon captains
and officers to use their utmost e\-
ertiOn to inform their fellow com
rades of the movement on hand BY
which they will receive their full pen
SION. (all upon Your fellow com.
rades. sons. relatives and ~acQuaint
ances: attend Your primaries in full
II 1n do nor m
seat IN the General Assembly who
does not recognize the contract herein
stated as binding on the par of the
State. General j. S. Carr is our true
II tried friend: he will do all in his
power TO aid YOU as will every veteran
VINO meets IN reunion in October next.
The mystic tie that spell which binds
rs each to the other. unfelt and mn
noWn TO any other class. is the guar
antee that the boys" will stand by
each other in distress so long as life
lasts' as they stood by each other on
ne oa''ieneld and hurled back
oiSet OF the native
born us we'll as the fOreion soldier
thousands of whom could not sneaL
a word OF English. In Zeiele's Corns
the commands We're given in German
80 ieiloW comrades. God forbid Won
shouid De compelled to become the
inmate OF the poor-house of yonr
county because YOU faithfully dis
charged your duty. and fought for
principles known TO be right. If a
speclal tax be levied it will not lonn
De needed. \ large number have
reached the age of three score and
zen Years. each one will soon receive
MS Iuriou@h signed by the Great Conn
ihander with order to report for duty
III the great reunion on the Other
shore. o'he
". H. HAMILTON.
E",o.' 18th \. C.. Ramseur's Brigade.
IN m. state EN. Com. Pension Asso