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

| Uncle sam pension rolls. SOme OF
the cases are as old as they are inter-
e>tin%. Here's fellow who wants a
pension for a "total wreck"
Il fuSt got to be a total wreck frum
liver and kidney trubbles 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-soldier in Ohio wrote: 81
don't exactly know what disease I
am suffering with, but I do know that
I deserve pension, as I am suffer-
ing the pains Of death all over my
body and legs and feet. Make it a
good one for I fought hard for the
flag
4 henpecked husband, who evident
" has no use for his wife, says in his
application: II got blood poison by
being hit with hens egg which was
not good. When you send my pension
I want it made so as my wife won't
get any Of it, for she is the one who
throwed the egg'
A veteran in West Virginia thinks
he should receive a pension because
he fell off thirty-foot bridge during
the war, which resulted in Fgeneral
breaking up Of my entire SYSTEM" A
veteran Of the 4th Wisconsin infantry
was salivated by reason Of excessive
use Of salt pork during his army ca
reer, and applies for pension on the
ground that he Hgot 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: "The way I got my
war injury was catching hog. Our
captain wanted her for forage, an he
was chasin' the hog, an she crawled
through hole in a rale fence It
was big hole an I thot I was about
the size of the hog, an I tried to
crawl thro', but I stuk an trying to
wiggle out T throde the rales off, an
one hit me on the he'd an knocked me
senseless. I don't think the ketchin'
Of the hog had anything to 10 with
my Line of duty, an I wants pen
sion. The hog was never ketched. "
A veteran in Howard county, Mary
land sent the testimony Of neigh
Dor, who no doubt meant we'll enough
but did not know how to express him
self. The latter swore to the state
ment first he had known the claimant
for twelve years, and that "he would
not work unless compelled to- The
witness really meant to say that the
claimant, while really unable to work
by reason Of his physical infrmities.
was frequently compelled to attempt
labor in order to sustain himself. AS
companion piece this will do: II
am native of Missouri. [ want a
job in your Office, then I won't ask
for no more raise in pension. | clerk
O. K, but I can't labor. I could boss
the other clerks and make them stand
around and raise duly entitled pen
sions, keep them from loafng and
whispering in office hours, and see
that things worked right. I could show
them how.''
"A rather RI jmarkaa1le declaration
was made by a Michigan veteran. He
stated under oath that he picked up a
shell on a battlefield of the Wilder
ness and took it into his tent. While
holding the missile between his knees,
examining it, the shell exploded,
"badly shattering my nervous sys-
tem," but miraculously causing no
other injury. An ex-cannoneer Of
one Of the regular batteries claims
that he stopped a cannon ball with
his abdomen, and has since been badly
troubled with stomach disorders. The
ball, he says, was a spent one, and
came bounding along, striking him
squarely on the exterior of the inner
man.
From Tennessee widow writes:
"My husband was terribly bloated in
his stomach. He couldn't stoop over
or straiten up without helpin' him
self. To ham, beans, pork, eggs and
cahhao.e his stomach was repulsiEe.