East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-01-24

Following is house bill 145, intro
duced by Representative Blakely of
this county, for the relief of the vet
Grams of the Indian war of lS55-56.
The bill provides for an appropriation
of $4,000 to pay the veterans.
A bill for an act to provide for
compensating volunteers for the serv-
ice of the territory of Oregon dur
ing the Indian wars of 1855 and 1856
who were not provided for by an act
of the Legislature of the state of Ore
gon which passed the house February
is, 1908, and which passed the senate
February 20. 1903. and filed i'm the
office of the secretary of state Feb
ruary "a. 1903. and appropriating
money therefor.
Whereas. The people of Oregon,
and of the whole Northwest, are
greatly indebted to the volunteers
who served i'm the Indian wars of 1855
and 1856; and,
Whereas, Those brave veterans
have not all been compensated for
said services by reason of the insult
ficiency Of the appropriation made by
the legislature of the state of Oregon
by an act of 1908; therefore,
BE it enacted by the legislative as
sembly of the state of Oregon; and,
also be it enacted by the people of
the state of Oregon:
Section /. That there be and
hereby is appropriated out of the
general funds in the treasury of the
state of oregon the sum of forty-five
thousand dollars ($45,000), or so
much thereof as shall be necessary
to pay the balance of the claims al
ready found due by the secretary of
state, and those that may yet be filed
for service in the Indian wars of
1855 and 1886, who served under and
by virtue of the directions of the Of
ficers of Oregon territory for their
said services under the conditions
and upon the terms hereinafter pro-
vided.
Sec. >. That each non-cemmission-
ed officer and private who have not
already been paid by reason of the
act of 1908, who served the territory
of Oregon in the Indian wars of 1855
and 1856, shall be entitled to receive
for such services the sum Of two dol
lars ($2) per day for himself and all
commissioned officers shall receive
such sum as was paid to officers of
the same rank of the army of the
United States at said time; provided,
that any amount paid ON account
thereof by the United States shall be
deducted therefrom.
Sec. 3. The claim for such serv-
ices, verified by the claimant. shall
be presented to the adjutant general,
who shall, without additional cost to
the state. examine and pass upon the
same, and may require additional and
cOrroborative evidence in support
thereof; and he shall prepare. certify
and file with the secretary of state
proper vouchers showing the amount
payable to the claimant under the
provisions of this act and the act of
1903. Thereupon, the secretary of
state shall issue his warrant for the
amount found due to the claimant.
Sec. 4. This act, so far as the
same relates to the pay of volunteers.
shall be so construed as to apply to
all who have been in the service of
the territory of Oregon during the
Indian wars of 1855 and 1856. and 1t
shall also extend to the services of
the ninth regiment of the oregon mi
litia, while the same was in actual
service during said war.
I,s. o.,
dered by said volunteers shall only be
made by the volunteers themselves
and in no event can the claim be filed
/ by his widow. heir. or estate; and in
no event shall the claim for said serv-
! ices of said volunteers be payable ol
due to any person except the volun.
tear who shall have actually served in
said Indian wars, except in the even
tia the volunteer in said Indian war.
has died since the filing and proving
% ais calm before the adjutant gen
e-al and secretary OF state, I'm which
event the amount found due shall b'
paid to the widow OF said deceased
volunteer, If any; but in no event shal
said amount be payable to the heirs
either direct or indirect, or the estat'
, of said volunteer, and should the de
ceased volunteer leave no widow, thel
the amount found due said voluntee
shall revert to the state of Oregon.
Sec. 6. Whereas the state of Ore
, gOn by an act of the legislature q
; 1908, appropriated the sum of on
. hundred thousand dollars (s100, 900
to pay the volunteers serving in sal
Indian wars, and said amount ha
been found insufficient to meet tn
claims filed and there are now claim
aggregating the sum of thirty-nin
thousand dollars ($39,00O) from vo
unteers who have never been paid fc
said services. and many Of said volur
teere are now in great need of sal