The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1904-01-28
. SERVICE PENSION.

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Views 4 Pess md Indkldaals On This
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At S,regtilar meeting Of j. b. Purse
Post, ,4sSB, South Otselic, n, Y Dec! ~,
1903. it was unanimously: aResolyed, This
+ Post eItdorsss the $12 month service
pension Dill D. " Crunb, Commander;
At. fsgular meeting OF Yeager
Post, IS, Allentown. Pa: Resolved,
That We, the members Of this Post
are Of the opinion that the survivors
| Of the war Against rebellion should be
treated the $ame as. the soldiers of pre-
vious wqrs.is Resolved, further, That we
| The National Tribune" A. S., Meyer,
Commander: B. g. Roth, Adjutant.
Golpin Post, 10, Little Falls, N. Y, at
/ its regular meeting una nimously indersed
The National Tribune pension bill, giving
| to alt shonorably discharged Union. sol
diers an immediate rating OF $12 month,
| and to- the soldiers, widow, the same
amount without regard to date of her mar
riage to the soldier. e. j. Wentz, Acting
Fritz Harrer Post. AL, Utica. N. Y.
! has unanimously voted to, frequest.Yti1eir
Congressman and Senator's to vote for the
service pension bill adopted by the last
National Encampment Of the Ga II. But
! it is the sentiment of this Post that the
| bill. oughtato be so amended as to include
every comrade with an honorable dis
charge. Fred Buchler, Commander; A.
Fenner, Adjutant. su44.....4. ,5..s.e.t
At the regular meeting of Lyttle Post,
%, BroWnstown, Mo-, haldnDeca ~ 1883,
| resolutions were. unanimously adopted en-
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mended by the Grand Army of the Repub-
| lie at its National Encampment in Au-
j gust, 1908. A. C. BakeBp eAtfjatantys1 :
| AT a regular meeting of A. I'll. Day
I Pest, 1885, Kent, O., tire pension bill RECON-
! mended by. the San Francisco G. A, Il.
Encampment giving each soldier who
! served 90 days orsmoEe $d2 a month"; was
approved by unanimous vote of the Post
and tbs Adjutant aWaseinstructedHto I'M
form their Congressman, Hon. Charles
Dick, urging him to favor this bill when
baf0ser Congress and also inform The Ma
ti0nal Tribune Of the action Of the Post.
Geo: w. aMeachenEs Gormauder; John
Fitzpatrick. aAdjutant. i
/ At q regular. meeting OF Granville,
TburstoH Post, 23f, Lebanon, sOs3 when
was present the largest attendance i'm q
year, lit was unanimotIsl yresolved sttfrat we
approve the recommendation OF the Ma.
tional Pension Committee. and the action
of the. National Eneampmentlo of the, Grand
Army Of the Republic, held ut San Fran.
t'cise0 CAL, August, 1903 sand thatrwe ask
our Senators and Representatives in Con-
bill, land that we petition a Congress to
pass the bill proposed by the said Pension
Committed" Joseph W., O'Neall, Com
mander; G., G. kersey, Adjutant.
| AT a regular session of A. A. Dunn
Post. 4S6, Department OF Illinois. g., A.
r., Cambridge. ILL.,. held Nov. 81, 1908,
it was moved and carried THAT we recon-
mend The National Tribune service pen
sign bill, and that Adjutant notify pub
fishers 81, The National Tribune Of our
endOrsemept."r John Binble, Commander:
| +. 1Lagerye1 Acting Adjutant.,.. sIs-'e
AT q regular meeting OF A. n. Baldwin
Post, 2aa Dept n. Y, Hunter, N. T., re-
/ Gently held. if was unanimously voted to
indorse the seEyice pension bill as outlined
tant was Instructed to SO inform you. Adj
olson s. Hayes, Commander; a. s. .Gra-
ham,. Adjutant. ,.,,.4,.
| AT regular meeting OF Woodbury. Post,
40, DEPARTMENT of Michigan, G.. A., r.,
| Adrian. Niche the following was unani.
nously adopted; as alse q letter to be sent
e. Hon. has Y. Townsend, ~. G., for
"Whereas,. II is now. nearly 40 years
| SINCE the, Wag.in defense OF the Flag was
terminal and the time has arrived when
equal aud exact justice ,sbonld be extended
/ io PHI who, took up arms in sustaining tire
Government: alzttfa 4gaIfs sa0 ttf
Therefore resolved, That all officers
| and enlisted men who served 90 days or
more in the Army aud Navy of the United
States during the war OF the rebellion, and
who were honorably discharged should be
| placed on the pension roll, at the rate Of
Sl2 per month"; and that eall ,efficers and
enlisted men who are now drawing Den-
saons under the general law. on account OF
wounds received or disabilities contracted
| in the service should he placed on the PEN
sion roll at an Increased rate of SD per
month, in addition to the amount they are
now receiving. i.
Provided, however, That the. above
| shall not apply to such officers and en-
listed men as are now on the pension roll
| by special acts of Congress"
| McCrosky Post, 21O, Department of
Missouri, G.. A. r., Springfield, No., Dec
IL 1853, by unanimous vote, inaorsed the
E12 a month pension bill advocated, By
The National Tribune, and instructed the
AdjHtant to forward notice of such action
to proper Headquarters. John A., Davis,
| Adjutant.
At the last regular meeting in Decem-
! Der OF q. X. Warren Post; 2S6, Brooklyn,
N. Y. the Adjntant was Instructed to, no.
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gressmen Fitzgerald, Lindsay, Dunwell.
Wilson, .;Bassett, and, Baker. representing
I the several Congressional Districts of
| Kings Coanty. Of the Endorsement by this
Post OF the. Grand Army service pension
bill, and requesting them to give the bill
their active .s!h support ip, Congress ss,,e
IN the Foreground at Ricn Mountain. z
| A. B. Large, Go. =, 18th Ind, Mt Etna,
Ind, responds for his regiment in
| the following letter: IL have beenanc in
terestsd reader of the experiences Of
comrades, as related a in The National
| Tribune, but Chas. D.. Hannum, in his
account of the battle of Rich Mountain,
/ given Dec. "a. makes me, o little ,skepticsli
about the accuracy OF some of them, at
least, When.he claims about all the glory
for the 18th Ohio, WHICH regiment did
! not know was in it at oil; but. probably
It was; dom suppose Issaw it ali, though
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