The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1903-04-16
SERVICE PENSION.
Views OF Comrades Interested in
the Proposed Legislation.

J. W. McConchce. Co. +. Goth Ohio.
Centerberg. Ohio. writes: Give to any
soldier who served 50 days and was hon
orably discharged, 81 per month. and to
those who are pens;oncd because of
wounds or injuries, or disease contracted
in service and line of duty, ST. in addi-
ton To disability pension; provided. how
ever, that The disability pension does not
now exceed $50. Pension all widows at
So"
Solomon W. Farold. Co. I. JSth Pa. and
4th L. :. Art, Sunbury. Pa, who is now
receiving 81 per month pension. says thY
the only bin that would benefit the sol
ders would lie per diem bill
Samuel Wolf. Co. /. 5SNl Pa. Sunbury,
Pa. is now receiving So per month, and
says: Give us the per diem service PEN
sion BILL
Hiram Wayne, Co. C. both Pa. and
9Th Pa. Cav. Fisher Ferry. Pa, favors a
per diem service pension bill.
De Lafayette $. Wynn. Co. I. 5Sth Pa,
and Co. G, 18th Vet. Res. Corps, Mile
Run, Pa. fayors per diem bill.
p. y. Locke, Co. d. 2Sth Iowa. Granite.
Okla, writes: Il like your idea of the
service pension. Push it for the sake Of
other old soldiers
: John Il. Meeks, Co, X, I'd: I'd Ky; Cav;
fA.
Tribune SD service pension bill is all
right. 1t ought 10 suit every one. L WAS
first pensioned at So, then cut down to
ST, and am now receiving SIS.
j. \. Lavance. Co. +. 18th, and Co. X,
Sth Mich. Cav. Glen Arbor, Mich, writes:
"A straight 81 pension in addition TO dis
ability pension. Let us hear from Gen.
Stonemans men and the Army of the
Cumberland
Jacob Reitzel. Co. C, Dist Pa. Cav,
Almena, Kan, writes: There is not a
ice pension of some kind. We all know
that bill cannot be drafted to suit every
one. Therefore. let us unite and say to
the Editor of The National Tribune if he 4
will get UP bill We will all support it."
W. w. Northup, Co. d, 10th n. Y,
Delhi, n. V. writes that the So service
pension would be good thing. To his
personal knowledge there are many COM
rades over GO years of age living in his
neighborhOod whose names do not appear
on the pension rolls.
Albert Anderson Post, 5I5. Winona.
Mo-, has unanimously Endorsed 4 service
pension bill of So. Alexander Teel, COM
mander: j. ]. Bowen. Adjutant.
w. NJ. Whtlock, New Haven. n Y,
writes: while l would not be benefited
one cent, l am strongly in favor OF the
service pension bill advocated by The Ma
tional Tribune. 1t will give something to
the vast multitude of deserving comrades
who are now getting less than So or
whose names are not on the pension rolls.1
Comrade WhitlOck enlisted Sept. u, 1861;
re-enlisted i'll 1863 and was finally mus
tered out in July, 1865.
/. II. Thomas. Utility Poultry Yards.
Orange Grove, Miss, indorses the So
service pension bill. Comrade Thomas is
"a years old. and has been married d;
years. He applied for pension under the
Act of June ~, 1890. Several appliea-
lions for increase We're rejected until final
ly in February, 1908, he was given the
SD rating.
Eli S. Carver. Co. D, 9Th Ky. Cav.
Tex, thinks that Congress
addition TO disability pension, and also ,
place upon the rolls all widows of honor
ably discharged soldiers. Comrade Carver
served from Oct. 4, 1861. TO May 4, 1865.
and was with his regiment in all it's hard
lighting.
J. Pierson, Co. G.. Tooth ILL.,. Muscatine,
Iowa, thinks that it is time for the sol
liers to unite and try to secure service
pension bill. Comrade Pierson was one of
five brothers who entered the army. He
was wounded at Chickamauga. and for
"A years was pensioned at 81 per month.
The rating was increased to IS under the
administration of Gen. Black.
Hiram Prussia. Il. +. D., Route No. I,
Pa. writes very interesting /.
letter on the subject of service pension.
stating that for the past 20 years he has
been a reader of The National Tribune, I
md that he prizes it above all othefAe
papers. He. however. does not agree that
he service pension bill would be of the
greatest benefit to the greatest number.
and hold that Congress should be asked to
grant Il service pension over and above
my disability pension not exceeding $50.
Comrade Prusias service was in Co. II.
l11th Pa. and he is Commander of Post
}46, SpringborO. Pa.
Miles Jain, Sergeant. ID Colo. Cav,
Boulder. Col. opposes the So service pen
sion. He thinks it would not benefit his
lass who enlisted in 1862, when there was
title bounty offered and served through J
I'll the campaigns of the war, or until dis-(
'harged because of wounds or disability! J
JOmrade Jain enlisted for three years, but
vas wounded after about two years serv-
&C. and because of such wounds was dis
.harged.
st N Y. =. A. Greenville, Mich. writes:
L think the service pension should be on
per diem basis, and should be added ~
disability pension.
Levi Guy. Mercer. O.. writes: '"The
~ service pension is just what we want.
There is only one way to secure it. Let
II veterans join the G. A. r., then set
ay for voting. and send copies of the
esOlutions passed to Representative and
senator's.
Frank belong. Co. c. Goth Y, st.
Petersburg. Fla. has canvassed his city
nd finds that the following comrades
avOr the 81 service pension bill: David
'erndon, Go. \. 18th n. j.: G. Dunn, CO...
!. I'd i. A. ILL.,: Joseph Bayles. Co. A,
Sth Mich: III. A. Thompson. 18th u s.;
'eter Bussey, Co. Il. Goth Mass; A. Hal
tead, Co. L, 10th n. Y.
n. G.. Eadus. Co. A, I'D Ind. and Co.
'. 18th Z. :. Inf. Total service three
ears and eight monthsl. 1000, Center St,
,acine, Wis. writes: by all means give
$ a service pension of So per month in
EDITION To disa bility pension under the
Id law. Make the widows pension So.
hi would be just measure"
ROllin Il. Walker, Woodward. Okla,
rites: Il am member of the 18th No.:
nrved four years and six months. made
pplicatiOn for pension in 1890, and was
elected five times, but finally, on the sixth
pplicatiOn, was given So per month. 1
ave been rejected twice for an increase
nd have third application pending. NV
lea of pension is to give all soldiers Of
lie rebellion So per month up to the age
(tsI Years and after tbaf no nor ,,,opth