The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-03-04
sWlIAT OTHER PEOPLE THIN:
An Old Soldiers c Complaint.

To the Editor Of {The.Je urnsl 81
AS the legislator is considering the mat
ter Of pensions, Of Minnesota Soldiers
home inmates, and as I have been an in
mate Of that home l. is proper for me to
say that 7 know they agaepmpelled to sign
an agreement: to ytuIaF 10 Sr all papers to
the home such as pension eertif cates and
pension vouchers and discharge papers
from the army and to agree. TO letsthe Of
hcials2 keep all@over 81 a month. "a Is. i
NJ Now. Here Is the law printed on every
pension certificate: asSec 4745. Any.
transfer Of any right claim OF interest in
any pension which has beensor may here
after be granted shall be void and of no
erect, and any personaw shall pledge
or receive as a pledge, mortgage, sale, as
signment or transfer of any right, claim
or interest in any pension or pension certi-
Hcate which has been or may hereafter be
granted or issued, Or who shall hold the
same as collateral security for any: debt or
promise Or upon any psetext OF ,shch Sc
'curlty or promise s1lalE be- guilty of mis-
demeanor and upon SconViction thereof
shall be fined in a sum not exceeding 500
and the costsaof the prosecution, and any
person who shall retain the certificate of a
pens1oner and refuse to surrender the
same upon the demand of the commission
er- OF pensions or a United States pension
eSS'Ae " oily .OlucI2L p6ESOl& duiQOrlZSu 10y
the commissioner OF pensions or the PEN
sioner to receive the same shall be guilty
OF misdemeanora and upon: conviction
thereof shall: be fined IN a sum not exceed
Ing $l0O and the cost of the prosecution
Approved Feb. %, 1888"
| Now are not the managers of the home
and the state. of Minnesota and every ole
soldier who: $isgs drawing, a pension ant
signs that agreement Committing a mis-
I dennea nor?z - $780,. ! y
I. Now I will tell you1sllow Twas treated
by Thomas Mcmillan, commander of the
4 nome at that time and Mr.. fowler, presi
| dent of the board at that time. In March
1900, got a job at Akeley watching lurn
| Der camp for the summer. I.promised tt
be there the last day of March. AS We
could not sign our pension vouchers til
April and as 8 I wanted to- take my
papers With me SO tas to send them or
April to Milwaukee, Captain Nc.
| MILAN refused to let me have them with
out L: paid Sc, which was due the hom
from the SIS which was to draw from
the three months pension, and promise,
to send him the IS as soon as I receive,
my pension check in April. Then he re
fused me again, so I went up to the cit
and saw President fowler. and was re
fused the same by him. The excuse tn
board of managers have for retaining tina
pension money is the old soldiers at tn
home drink too, much. T. will not den
that some do take more than they ca
handle at times. but please: consider the
are old and feeble and cannot carry tn
load they. could when they We're carrying
their knapsacks. But, you can take 80
of your bushes men out of the twin cities
as that is about, the average number Q
l the inmates of the home, and put thes
three hundred bushes men by themselve
away. from society and their home com
forts, the same as the old soldiers at tn
home are, and give them, the aneasly 81
once in three months, and oou W. hav
five drunkards out of -the business me
to where you will getnone at. the home
AS far as raising. the taxes are concerned
It you. give the Old boys their pension
will not amount to ne7tenth of mi
= on a: dollar .faA:sE = -. y 3
+ 4 james E.. White,
/ 413 w Thirty second ST. City,