The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-08-13

Uncle Sans pension rolls. Some OF
the cases are as old as they are inter.
es,ing. Here's fellow who wants q
pension for a "total wreck"
81 fust got to be a total wreck frun
liver and kidney trubblcs and then
was toally wrecked by consumption
which come on me suddenly like, and
now | am more totally wrecked by
army troubles, sprains and hard
marching.'
An ex-soldicr in Ohio wrote: 81
don't exactly know what disease ]
am suffering with, but do know that
| deserve a pension, as l am suffer-
ing the pains of death all over my
body and legs and feet. Make il a
good one for | fought hard for the
| flag -
y hcnpeckcd husband, who evident
" has no use for his wife, says in his
application: 81 got blood poison by
being hit with hen $ c"" which was
moi good. When you send my pension
| want it made SO as my wife won't
get any OF it, for she is the one who
throwcd the cgg'
a veteran in West Virginia thinks
he should receive a pension because
he fell off Il thirty-foot bridge during
the war, which resulted in Il "general
brcakin" up of my entire SYSTEM" A
veteran Of the 4th Wisconsin infantry
was Salivatcd by reason Of excessive
use Of salt pork during his army ca
r"rr, and applies for Il pension on the
ground that he ""ot salvation in the
army.'
The Following extract is an excel
lent example Of an injury which made
itself known after an interval Of more
than forty years: "Thc way I cot my
war injury was catchin" a hog. Our
captain wanted her for forage, am he
WAS chasin' The hog, an she crawlcd
through hole in ralc fence. II
WAS a big hole am thot | was about
the size of the hog, an | tried to
crawl thro', but ! stuk am trying to
wi"glc out / ihrode the rales off. an
one hit me on The he'd am knocked me
Scnsrlcss. | don't think the kctchin'
OF the no" had anythin" to do with
my line of duty, am I wants pen
sion. The ho" was never kctchcd."
y veteran in Howard county, Mary
land sent the testimony Of neigh
bor. VIII" no doubt meant well enough
but did not know how to express him
self. The latter Swnrc to the state
mrnt first he had known the claimant
Tor twelve years. and that "hc would
not work unlrSS compelled to.' The
witness really meant to say that the
claimant. while really unable to work
by reason of his physical infirmitics.
waS Frequent v compelled to attempt
labor IN order to sustain himself. As
Il companion piece this will do: 81
am Il native Of Missouri I want n
job in your office. then | won't ask
for no more raise in pension I clerk
O. H., but can't labor. rould boss
the other clerks and make them stand
around and raise duly entitled pen
Slons. keep them from loaGng and
whispering in Office hours, and see
that things worked right. I could show
them how.'
"A rather RI jmMrkal1lc declaration
was made by a Michigan veteran. lie
stated under oath that he picked up Il
shell on battlefield of the Wilder
ness and took il into his tent. While
h"ldin" the missile between his knees,
examining il. the shell exploded,
"haLly Shattcring my nervous syS-
trm,' bnt miraculnuSly causing no
other injury. An cX-cannonccr Of
one Of the regular batteries claims
that he stopped Il cannon ball with
his abdomen. and has since been badly
troubled with stomach disorders. The
ball, he says. WAS Il spent one, and
came bounding along. Stlikin" him
SquarcIy on the exterior of the inner
man.
From Tennessee il widow writes ::
My husband WAS terribly bloatcd in
his stomach. He couldn, $t"up over
on St'aitcn up without hclpin' him
self. To ham, beans. pork, eggs and
cabbage his stomach was rcpulsivc.
His rrumalicS WAS the kind called
plnmba9" His dropSy WAS terrible. -
y nrighbor Of one Orvillc Jameson,
who asked for pension because. of