Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-02-21
FOR D. A. R. PENSIONS.
"REAL DAUGHTERS" OFTEN HAVE
HARD TIME GETTING MONEY
FROM GOVERNMENT.
Discussion Among the Members Of the
Daughters of the American RevoIu-
tion Concerning the Matter-To
Urge Fairer Treatment.

The members Of Elizabeth Ross
chapter of the Daughters OF the Amer
lean Revolution, are doubtless inter-
ested in the discussion that is going
on among the members of the D. A. R.
all over the country, relative to pen
sions for "real Daughters" Of the Rev
olution, as they are called in the soci-
ETY.. There are members of the
Daughters of the American Revolu-
ton whose grandfathers, or even
REORGANIZATION fought In the revo-
lutionary war But there are few
whose fathers or husbands fought in
it. However, when such Is the case,
the D. A. R. thinks of demanding that
they receive a pension from the gov
eminent. which their fathers saved in
times of oppression.
Thus the question will afford great
discussion, and may lead up to some
thing definite after while. The
point brought out recently, namely
that the pensions were not to be paid
to children of soldiers, 1t is thought.
should not apply to the daughters OF
Revolutionary heroes, since they are
so few. And the country should be
glad to honor them, for the sake of
the heroic dead. The indignity of
compelling these old people to explain
and prove their ancestry to the salts
faction of the government officials in
charge of this work. and waiting an
interminable time, is another point
brought up in the discussion, 1t is
said.
Burlington Has a "Real Daughter"
Burlington has a real daughter, Mrs
Jane Englis Smith, who lives with her
daughter. Mrs. Caroline G. Turner, at
number 305 South Central avenue
Mrs. Englis is the widow Of Captain
! Andrew Englis, of the Revolutionary
army, who was severely wounded a,
the battle of Monmouth. And there
are over a hundred "real daughters
in the country today AS DR.. William
Salter of Burlington once said on this
subject:
"These are the first ladies of the
\ land. not even excepting the presl
dents wife. 1t is an honor to pay
them the pension, much less should
Pthey be compelled to ask for one.
But things are otherwise. Captain
Englis, born at Palmer, Mass, was
teacher. He had saved up $500 up tt
| the time of the winter of Valley Forge
out of his earnings as teacher AM
freely lent this money to the Cont
mental army. And although due bill
was made out for. that sum, Mrs. En-
glis Smith has never received a cen
}, of 1t in return. There are now tire
pensioners of the Daughters of tn
Il Revolution: Mrs. Sara G. Hurlbut1
Little Marsh, Pa, aged 86 years; Mrs
Esther c. Damon. Plymouth Union
VT, aged 90; and Mrs. Rhoda August
, Thompson, Woodbury., Conn, aged 8
years.
J, Only recently Senator Dillinghar
) has introduced bill providing for
pension of $24 for Mrs. Damon, sta
| ing at the time that Mrs. Damon wa
the last surviving widow OF the Rev
olution and was in need of pension
Two Revolutionary widows died las
year The chapter Of the D. A. R.
which Mrs. Sophronia Watson Yorl
| of Dover, Conn, real daughter" {
the Revolution, is seeking to obtain
: pension for her, as she is in need
!. it and is "a years old and in feebl
, health.