The National tribune., 1905-10-05

as bar to our emOrtS. On the 0ther
hand. we were assured by many Sena-
resentatives that the seth Congress. to
assemble December next. would
promptly enact q Service Pension Law
on the lines demanded by the Grand
Army Of the Republic at the National
Encampment OF 1903 and 1904.
In this connection your Committee
submit that 1t has been greatly en-
barrassed and retarded in its efforts
bv the Introduction into Congress Of
many pension bills of a general charac-
ter differing from the one you have de-
clared for. and each Of which having
some support from Grand Army Posts
and comrades. initiates against con-
centrated action.
The late Encampment OF the Depart
ment Of Kansas took affirmative action
upon this matter. and we herewith sub
NIT resolution adopted by that En-
campment and incorporate Ii as a part
Of this report: to wit:
Whereas the Introduction into Con-
gress Of so many separate bills differing
each from all others, no one OF which
has commanded the support OF q major
fty OF the friends Of the ex-soldfers in
Congress. has logically resulted In no
efficient general pension legislation for
many years; and whereas 'In unity
there is strength" we hereby earnestly
request the Senators and Representa-
tives in Congress from this State TO
give their undivided support to, and TO
use their utmost endeavors to have
passed, such pension measures of a
general nature as may be introduced,
which shall meet with the approval and
Endorsement of the Pension Committee
of the National Encampment Of the
Grand Army of the Republic:
Resolved, That a copy of this reso-
luton be sent to each United States
md snv,e
Kansas and to Senator William War
ner, attested by the signatures of the
Department of Kansas, Grand Army OF
the Republic.
Resolved, That the delegates from
Kansas to the National Encampment at
Denver be instruced to use their best
efforts to have the National Encamp-
ment pass a resolution urging every
Department Encampment in the Union
to pass resolutions similar to the
above"
We return our thanks to Comrades
Vespasian Warner. Commissioner of
Pensions. and Capt. T. D. Yeager, Of
ceived and Information furnished
In conclusion your Committee submit
the following:
Be it resolved That the Grand Army
of the Republic in National Encamp-
ment assembled at Denver, Colo. Sept.
Z, 1905, affirms its action, unanimously
had in National Encampment at San
Francisco, Cal, in 1903, and Boston.
Mass, in 1904, in this that it urges upon
Congress the speedy enactment of a
General Pension law, which shall give
to every soldier, sailor or marine who
served for 80 days or more in the mill
itary or naval service of the United
States In the war of the rebellion, and
who was honorably discharged there
from, and who shall have reached the
age Of 81 years. a pension at the rate
OF $12 per month and a pension of the
same amount to the widow Of every
such soldier, sailor or marine, provided
she was married to him on or before
June q, 1890; and that the Committee
on Pensions to be appointed for the en-
suing year make prompt effort to Sc
cure the Introduction and passage of
such a law.
In F., G. and L.,
Charles @. Burton, Chairman; L. B.
Raymond, Bernard Kelly. A. A. Tay-
lor.