The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-01-31

The eighteenth annual meeting of the
Lackawanna county Union ex-Prison-
ers of War association was held in G..
A. r. hall yesterday afternoon, when
the friendships cemented in Anderson
vile and Libby prisons, and on the
battlefields of the South during the
War OF the Rebellion, were renewed and
incidents Of that great struggle called
to mind again.
Commander Halsey Lathrop called
the veterans together shortly before 3
o'clock, and Comrade Pearce led them
In singing the opening ode. The regu-
lar annual business session was then
entered into. The minutes of the last
session. read by Adjutant Ripple, were
approved. Those present were:
o. A. Parsons, Wilkes-Ba Carlos
Cole, Ashley; P. T.. Welteroth, Wilkes
Barre; T. NJ. Maynard, Hartford; j. Fl.
Cook, Clark's Green; S. A. Urquart,
West Pittston; Henry M. Gordon, Dor
ranceton Fl. d. Beebe, Binghamton:
p. III. Campbell, Wilkes Barre; George
Williams WilkesBarre; John McDon-
ough, George Graham, Perry Fuller,
Halsey Lathrop Captain DeLacey, Col
onel II. II. Ripple, E. w. Pearce, Rev.
S. c. Logan, Thomas Barrowman, A
e. Stevens, George Shelton and others
from Scranton.
Mrs. p. f. Welteroth, Willtes-Barre:
Mrs. w. II. Dodd, Scranton; Mrs. c. f.
Moore, and Mr.. and Mrs. c. Il. Mitchell
Wilkes Barre.
Another distinguished guest present
was Colonel II. Z. II. Staub of Balti-
more, who served in General Stonewall
Jackson's command in the Confederate
army.
The comrades who answered the final
summons since the last meeting were:
William Mahady, Minooka, private,
Company K, One Hundred and Fifty
third Pennsylvania Volunteers, died
September 10, 1901; Hyde Crocker Mont
rose, first lieutenant, First New Jersey
Cavalry, died March 2S, 1901 Constan-
tine McHugh, Miners Mills, private,
Company H, Ninety-fifth New York,
died June Q, 1901.
ADDRESS OF WELCOME.
Commander Lathrop made an i'm
promptu address of welcome, in which
he went on record as favoring the
proper recognition of the eX-prisoners
of war by the government especially as
regards their pay during the conflne-
ment in prisons.
Circular No. 1, issued December IS,
1901, by the National Association Of
Union ex-Prisoners of War, was then
read by Adjutant Ripple. referring to
the twenty-ninth national encampment
held in Cleveland, Ohio, last Septem-
ber, copies Of which We're furnished
each member. 1t was ordered placed
on record.
Letters of regret We're read from
Comrade N. w. Elmendorf, Honesdale,
and Miles Ross, of Alum, Luzerne
county. Comrade Thomas NJ. Maynard,
of Hartford, submitted the report of a
claim against the government, which
proved interesting. It was as follows;
In the ease OF yourself as private Company A,
Fifty-seventh Pennsylvania volunteers. a balance
has been found due by this office, and a GER
tIticate No. 3G9,73l has been forwarded for pay
ment as follows:
$23.2I to you as soldier.
For pay from Nov II TO Nov. %, 1864, $003;
for clothing, from Nov. II TO Nov %, 1861,
$l.52; for commutaton OF rations from Dec. 49,
1862, to Jan. 10, 1868, and from July >, 1863, to
Aug. 2, 1868 (thc periods during which he is
shown by the records of the war department as
having been held as a prisoner of war, Si5.2j);
total, S23.1O deduct pay ovcrpaid to Dec. 81,
1861, 43 cents; balance due, $2S,a7.
Comrade Pearce, who was a delegate
to the national convention at Cleveland
last year, was called upon to relate
something about its sessions. He sub
mitted a copy of the Cleveland Plain
Dealer of September II, 1901, which con-
tanned report Of the proceedings, and
this was read by Adjutant Ripple.
Comrade Parsons who was also a
delegate, said he visited Cleveland, took
part in the parade and was nominated
and elected a member of the national
executive committee. He also reported
on subsequent visit to Washington,
when conference was held with Sem
ator Penrose, who, on December 4, 1901,
introduced a bill in the senate grant
ing pensions to soldiers and sailors con-
fined in so-called Confederate prisons.
The bill is now pending, and is as fol-
lows:
NEW PENSION BILL.
Whereas Many officers, soldiers, sailors and
marines OF the Federal army and navy were con.
fined in so.called Confederate prisons for great
length OF time, suffering unusual hardships and
contracting diseases and disabilities difficult to
iuly prove under existing pension laws. There
fore, for the purpose of doing justice to a spe.
cially deserving class of surviving veterans OF
the war,
De it enacted by the senate and house OF rep
resentatives of the United States of America in
congress assembled, that the secretary of the in
terror be, and lie is hereby authorized and direct.
ed to place on the pension roll the names of each
and all officers, soldiers, sailors and marines now
surviving who remained loyal to the government
of the United States until the close Of the war
OF the rebellion and while in the service OF the
United States and in the line OF their duty
were at any time taken prisoners OF war and as
such confined in so.callcd Confederate prisons