The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1903-05-14
SERVICE PENSION.
Views of Comrades Interested in
the Proposed Legislation.

diem pension OF one cent per monlh LUZ
each day of service.
John Bugh. Co. B, 9th Iowa Cav.
Baker, Okla, indorses the So service pen
sion Comrade Bugh lost left leg above
the knee, and is already drawing pen
sion in excess of anything that swoud be
granted by service pension bill.
C. W. Colby. Co. G, 97th ILL.,. Peoria,
Ill. writes: 1T seems to me that we
should center on one point. favor n 81
per month service pension bill, without
regard to length of service. l have IN
mind three men who enlisted In a resl,
ment already in the field. They reached
the regiment after dark; next morning,
without minutes drill. they went into
battle One was killed. and another Grip
pied for life. Is there any comrade that
envies the widow of the first. or the lat.
ter, if still living. the mere pittance that
the Government allows for such sacrl-
fces?'
Ben. T. Corwin. Co. II. 32d Ohio, Had
dam. Kan. has discussed the service pen
sion bill with a number of comrades, and
finds that they all favor So per month
to every man who served 90 days or more.
Albert Gibbs. Sergeant Major, 35th H.,
Waldron, Mich, writes: Served three
years, and favor SD per month to all sol
diers and their Widows
G. D. Callahan, Sergeant. Co. c, 1921
N Y, ,121 Wells St, Peekskill, n. y,
who served three years and 90 days, ana
wa s-once wounded, favors the per diem
bill. Comrade Callahan is now receiving
small pension for injuries received while
saving Connecticut officer from capture
at Kinston. n. G.
Milton c. Guest. Corporal. Co. B, 36tn
Wis, Rock Elm, Wis, writes: Although
am pensioned at $24 per month on ac-
count of wounds received at Cold Harbor,
am much interested in the Scott bill. l
wish to say to my old comrades that If
they expect to get any help through legis-
1ation we must unite on one bill ut time.
Let lis all work for the success of the So
service pension. Let the subject of long
and short service be dropped, also the
question of service pension in addition to
disability pension"
Edward Jordan. Co. E. 10Th Ind, Bris-
toll. Mich, says: Let us all stand shoulder
to shoulder for So service pension"
J. H. Meeks, Co. c. I'd Ky. Cav, thinks
the service pension bill advocated by The
National Tribune is the very best. Com
rade Meeks was once on the rolls at Sl2,
but under the Cleveland Administration
was cut down to S., which sum he is now
receiving.
C. L. Chapel, Co. D, 10th n. Y. Jen-
nings, Okla, writes: Il fully indorse the
stand The National Tribune has taken on
I'VE old comrades should line up on the ST.
service pension, as there are about 2G0O0O
of US and widows of deceased comrades
who are not getting any pension
G. W. Chiles, Co. c, 57th Ohio. Wapa-
koneta, O., writes: Il was born Nov. 90
1S4T; enlisted Feb. %, 1864; discharged
Aug. %, 1868, when three years and three
months under 81. Was captured July %.
1854, at Atlanta; was GO days in Ander-
sonville Draw Sc for disability con-
tracted in service. Life is too short to
debate the kind of pension; let US unite
on So. I know 20 soldiers or more in
this neighborhood who served from 100
days to four years, who are Go years DID,
and who draw only Sc or IS. l have dis
cussed the subject with some 40 or 80,
and nearly all favor the So service pen
eion.''
Blinn Post, 394, Prairieton, Ind, with
a membership in good standing of %, has
unanimously Endorsed the So service pen
Sion bill. r. l.. Smith, Commander; G.
A. Jones, Adjutant
A. w. Zickefoose, Sergeant, Co. X, 10th
W. Va, Commander of Kuykendall Post.
36, Harrisville, w. Va, opposes the So
straight pension. He thinks that service
pension should be in addition to any dis
ability pension now drawn by the soldier,
o. if this can not be secured, he would
have the veterans demand q per diem SER
vice pension. Comrade Zickefoose indorses
the suggestion of Robt Moore, that the
veterans in each Congressional District
mite and give their support only to that
- candidate who will pledge his word to
work for the interests of the soldiers.
C0mrade Zickefoose served from Febru-
airy, 1862, until May. 1865, and was in
NIL the battles of the Valley and was also
with Grant at Petersburg and before Rich
mond.
Geo. W. Sparks, Co. G. 1G3d Ohio,
Hennessey, Okla, congraiulates The Ma
tional Tribune on the popular stand it has
taken in the matter of service pension.
Comrade Sparks was one of five brothers
in the Union army. Two served in the
9th Ohio, one in the 18th Ohio Ind pit
Battery; another brother and the writer
in the 1G3d Ohio.
G. W. Droddy, Co. B, 9th w. Va three
years and eight months, Walton, w. Va.
says: Give a service pension of S12 in
addition to disability pension
James L. Estlow, Burlington, n. J., is
drawing a pension of So per month for
injury received in battle. Comrade Est
low served three years and one month,
and participated in nearly all the opera
tons of the Army of the Potomac. In a
recent letter he says: Il have been a
reader of The National Tribune for a good
many years, and am always anxious for
Thursday to arrive, as on that day ali
other reading matter is laid aside until
have finished reading The National Tri-
hume; but / must take exception TO the
SD service pension bill. If pension is
10 be granted, let it be for service render
ed. Let the man who served 80 days,
and under one year, be pensioned at IS;
the one who served from one year to two
years. at So; two to three years, Mt SIS;
three to four years, pension in addition
TO disability pension.
S. NJ. Swearingen, Battery d. LIST w
Va. l.. a, Chester, w. Va: Give us
Sl2 per month service pension. G. A. r
Posts should vote on the question and
place themselves unanimously on record
in favor of the BILL Comrade Swear
ingen at the age of - years and six
months, on Aug. II, 1862 enlisted, anG
served with his battery until June 81
1865.
T. NJ Owings, Co. T, 21st Mo-, Eagle
City, Okla, says: Pass the service pen
sion Lili.
Albert Moore, Co B, 31st Iowa, Lin
coin, Cal: Give SO service pension"
Nat Dean, Co. e, Sd Ark, Wingate
Tex, enlisted in 1862, at the age of Is
He was captured during Steele's raid t.
Camden, and was a prisoner at Tyler
Tex, II months. Comrade Dean says
Pass the SD service pension"