The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1903-03-05
SERVICE PENSION.
Views of Comrades Interested in the
Proposed Legislation.

believes mat II man VINO served HUI day!
was worth more to the Government tina:
one who served 100 days, and therefore
should he pcnsioned accordingly. Com
rade Albright further adds that be ha,
been Il reader of Tie National Iribun,
for 20 years, and expresses the hope tina
he may live TO read it 20 years longer.
John w. Reelhorn, Co. ID, 1st Obi,
Cav, Kirkcrsvillc, Ohio, would have Con
gress give Il pension OF So per month t,
those who served 80 days; $40 DER mJntl
to those who served two years; 81 rel
l"onta t. those who served three years;
this being i'll addition to disability reI.
sicr. While fayOring the foregoing, Com
rade ReehOrn expresses his approval OF
either a straight service pension or Il pei
diem bill, if either can be secured now
Comrade Reehorn was in the service from
Aug. >, 1861, TO Oct. q, 1864.
Comrade i. +. Atkinson. Co. II, 1925
y. y, Parsons, Kan, writes: II heartily
indorse Comrade John NJ. Bishops views
Let S12 per month be added to the pen
sion of every veteran who is not now re
ccivins more than $50 per month; increase
ST."
Comrade Ziegler. Co. d. 10Th ILL.,, OILS
burg, Kan, heartily indorses Comrade
-. -. NciHoI > SusScSilol, anu also ti1i
of Comrade &. ID. Tyler, Co. b. 18th "
Y. III. A. He says: Reward the long
term men: drop pension clerks and Exam.
ming Boards. and pay every veteran per
diem service pension
VIM. H. Robinson, Co. X. 5Sth Ind,
Ind, thinks S12 service pen.
sion all right. COmrade Robinson served
through the war and was with Sherman
on the march to the sea. He contract
ed disability in the service, but having no
hospital record. has been able to secure
only SS under the present laws.
w. b. Lloyd, Co. +, 122d H., Girard,
Ill, himself n three-years man, says:
Pass the ST.. service-pensiOn bill. Do
not let thoughts of the 90-days men block
the way of the seryice-pension bill"
David Edgerly. Co. /, 10th n. Y, and
6th n. y. 1nd'p't Battery, Stephenson,
Mich, favOrs a S12 service pension in
addition to disability pension.
Curtis Hoff. Co. X, 55th Ohio, Upper
Sandusky. Ohio, favors So service
pension bill. He enlisted in October.
1861; received four gun-shot wounds at
Second Bull Run, but has been able to
secure only SIS per month pension.
Peter W. Hafer, Co. C, Dist Pa. Cav.
Chambersburg, Pa, advocates n So SER
vice pension. Comrade Hafer at the age
Of IL. having secured the consent of his
mother. enlisted to serve three
years, and participated in all the battles
IF the famous 21st Pa. Cav.
Paul Fisher, 18th L. S. Inf. 1902 IL
). Main St, Los Angeles, Cal, writes that
he has talked with many comrades, and
they favor a per diem service
pension bill. Such bill Comrade Fisher
believes would cost the Government less
han straight service pension. While
advocating per diem bill, COmrade Fish
az states that he would receive greater
benefit from the Scott bill.
John c. Peters, Moravia, n. Y, opposes
he 81 service pension on the ground that
t would reward equally those men who
served 80 days and those men who served
orr years. COmrade Peters holds that
he long-term men are entitled to a great
r reward from the Government than
hose who served only a few months.
l.. ID. Hard, Commander of l.. NJ, Long
POST, 392, Taylorville, ILL.,, writes that Hi
l0isans with whom he has talked favor a
traight So per month service pension.
ID. Bartlett, Niangua, Mo-, writes favor
ne seryiee-pen bill. He thinks all
-eterans should be treated alike, whether
heir disabilities are OF service origin or
lot.
George w. Fellers, Co. D. S9th Ohio,
'tockdale, Ohio. writes: I'VE consider
III soldiers equal so far as patriotism is
OncerDed, but we do not admit that the
O-days man is entitled to so great Il pen
ion as the man who went out in 1861,
nd stayed until the last gun was fired.
Therefore, / think the per diem service
ension should be satisfactory to all vet
rams"
A. G. Phelps, Co. Z. 9Th Wis, TAI Min
esOta Ave-, Stevens Point, Wis, writes:
i believe that there is not n single veteran
rho does not favor service pension of
ONE kind. We all know that bill can
Ot be drafted to suit all. therefore let us
mite, and say to the editor of The Ma
iOnal Tribune that if he will get up
ervice pension, We will all put our shOul-
ers to the wheel in an effort to secure its
nactment by Congress"
Caleb II. Thomas, Belvidere, n. Y, who
erved three years, and who has now
igorous opposition to the $12 service pen
ion. He thinks that it would be unjust
0 those who served through the entire
'ar to place on equal fUoting with them
he O-days men. COmrade Thomas wants
per diem service-pensiOn bill.
Comrade G. J. Hastings, Co. G, ID Ky.
'av., White Mills, Ky, writes: II be-
eve that if the old boys would unite on
ne bill we would be more apt to get that
assed, as in Union there is strength
he So per month bill you are advocating
uits me exactly, and 1 will just say to the
Oys: Fall in line. eyes right, and dress up
n The National Tribune BILL"
Geo. Slower, Gamble, S. Oak, expresses
is hearty approval Of Senator ScOtt's bill
Omrade Slower was born in West Vir-
mia 62 years ago, and served three years
| Co. II, 18th w. Va. Cav. He is drawing
pension of Sc per month.
A. G. Phelps, TAI Minnesota Ave, Ste
ems Point, Wis, heartily indorses a ser
ice-pensiOn bill in addition to any dis
bility pension.
Icnicious Wanker, Co. B, 18th Iowa,
.inswOrth, Neb., protests against the
bill ON the ground that it |
'Ould place 9O-days men oil equal footing
18th those who served three or four years. |
Omrade Wanker was in the service three |
ears and two days.
D. l.. Morgan, Clarksburg. Ind, ex-
resses the belief that the 30-days men
lould be pensioned as well as the 9O-days |
len.
Lewis NJ. Burgess, Co. G, list Mich. En-
ineers and Mechanics, Nashville, Mich,
ants service pension Of $12.
Simon Kysar, Paris Crossing, Ind,
ants q service pension of $24 per month. |
lie says any cOmrade could live comfort |
bly, on that sum,