Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1906-06-14
.00vERN0R CRAWFORD IS
FOR LARGE PENSIONS
D Old Soldiers That Wasted Money
Should 90 20 Them.


ne following letter, from ex.gov-
or Crn wford, was read at the re-
encampment OF the G. A. r., a,
ina:
;ashington, d. c., May 30, 1909.
co. p. H. Coney, Commander Of
Department of Kansas. G. A. X.
" Dear Sir:-Your kind letter ia
ng me to be be present at the
nal encampment of the Grand
ny of the Republic onJ uue 9Th,
ie duly TO hand.
would afford me great satisfac'
i to be with you on the occasion
,tioned, and join hands with the
fold Comrades whose valor and
fIotien helped save save this re.
lie, bu, the distance is 80 great,
the time 80 short, fear il will
Impossible for me TO be there.
even though ! may be absent
far away, shall imagine l hear
drums beating and the bugle
D, the same az in days long gone
AZ time rolls on and other
hgs grow dim, the scenes OF war,
crash of battle and the shouts
ictory come closer and grow
Inter- to the soldiers of the
on. The alone. OF the American
pie now living. know OF The
aud tribula tons, of the heart
ling scenes and suffering of
e who participated in that aw.
var. The War of the Rebellion
IL war to the knife and the knife
Ihe hilt. II was Americans
INST Americana, aud when the
armies came together the crash
terrific, but who, except the
Iicipants, knows anything about
Ket Notwithstanding the dan
/, exp0sures. trials and tribula-
! through which we passed in
|great war, many of us are sill
'g and ready, il needs be. to de.
THAT saoie dear old flag we
ed % otten TO victory.
lce the close of that great war
government of the United
. has dealt fairly with the sur
70, but 1T has not done all that
ID have been done. The. pen.
|laws are not as they shoald be.
DO not bear with EVEN handed
ce upos all. Tb ~ require i'm
sbilitieA, aud as "a result a few
-cesving r. asonable pensions,
paltrv pensions and some
ing At all. That is not just.
y seasUis who participated it,
|arsnS aid be taken care OF BY
lover nment and placed in II
hon. ~xheye he would not have
lrng gle .ip his old age for the
|ssir. 60 of life. BY reason OF
4 the Be men and their comrades
the government has grown
its revenues are fabulous.
,dreds of millions of dollars are
= wasted on assassins in the
iippines and other hundreds OF
lone are being dumped into Il
5 down on the Isthmus for the
eft of our countries. while the
worn veterans who gallantly
.nded their flag and country are
Ia their declining years 10 exc
"a Existence ne best they may.
she government wac poor, that
.lit be an excuse for paltry pen.
ss, but having millions TO
nndor on diseased, stricken bar
Ians over on the other side of
rlobe, aud other millions TO
~ away on the vagsries OF
ahi, Il looks az though the sur
,rs OF the Civil war yuifRh be
|1cied. If not, il 10 their duty 10
BET themselves. They have the
they ought 10 use il. They
.|d make their wants known in
nbcertain way. The pension
f. are al wrong. The great army
.aminidg surgeons, inspectors,
cfires aud pension clerks
a|a be dismissed from the ser.
nd the money thus squander-
1clied 10 the payment of PEN
The muster rolls on file In
Var department should be evil
rn61cisnt in the making rolls.
living soldier whose name
rs Oh said rolls and who was
ably discharged should be
pelsion Of At least fifty
. Day, and from that on up
..dbabIe amount, according
nesbr the nature of bic
d. % dhabllity.
fhnf KHnsls win leadod
n1iisr Hilh resolutions that
o| ,, misundersiood. The