The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-07-18

Haiti called the sentry, and the
driver checked the horses. Corporal
Sheehan stepped out and the President
said he wished to drive over the bridge
a short distance. "Well, sir, you'll
have to turn back" answered the cor
poral. DO you know me?" asked the
President. Yes, your excellency; the
President Of the United States; but
be cannot pass (which way shall /
go, then?" asked Mr.. Lincoln, and Cor
poral Sheehan directing the driver up
the hill remarked to the President by
Colonel Towers quarters" accompa-
MED the carriage. Colonel lowers
greeted the President, and, explaining
to him the danger to risking his person
in that section of Virginia. the Presi-
dent acknowledged the necessity of be-
ing cautious, and complimenting Colo
mel Towers on having SO efficient a
body of men. drove along other roads
than the Virginia highways that after
Washington Star.
About Pensions.
ITO whom is the pension payable
respondent, and he adds, 81 am told
that pension cannot be willed to
anyone
should think not. was my mental
comment to the last remark. Yet 1
have seen a will, drawn up in legal
phrase. disp0sing of pension as If Ii
We're a piece of personal property
1t is well known that pension can
not be pledged, or used as security.
and it can be paid only to the PEN
sioner or the legal guardian of pen
sioner when he or she Iabors under
legal disabilities.
A pension dies with the pensoner
1t is never transferable. 1t may be
that upon the death of a soldier his
widow becomes entitled to a widows
pension, but the soldiers pension ends
with his death. To get her pension
allowed the widow must make an en-
tirely new claim.
The pension due from the last pay
ment to the day of the pensioners
death Is payable, by law. to his widow,
or If there be no widow, to his chill
dren under the age Of 16 years,
through their legal guardian. If there
be no widow or no children under the
age Of 1G years, no payment can be
made. except in case the pensioner
died leaving not enough to defray the
expense of his or her last illness and
burial In that contingency the per-
son who paid these expenses can ap-
ply for and collect SO much Of said
expenses as was due the pensioner at
date of death. Application for this or
for any pension due deceased pension
ers at date of death should be made
by letter to the commissioner of pen
sions. Washington, ID. G.
When pensioner dies relatives
should report the date of his or her
death, giving the full name of she
pensioner, to the United States pension
agent who pays the quarterly pension.
At this time state whether the PEN
sloner left a widow or children under
the age or 10 years, and ask for in
structions for making application for
the final settlement II the pensioner
left no widow or minor children and
had sufficient property to defray the
expenses of last illness and burial, that
is the end of all transactions with
the pension bureau. Death has closed
the account.-Chieago Journal.
RexponsfbIe for the General.
That the battlefield was not the only
scene of PERSONAL danger TO General
Grant is shown by the following oc-
currence. taken from Rear-Admiral
Ammen's "Old Navy and New" As a
small boy the ADMIRAL was a near
neighbor of the little General. and the
two lads were comrades in the outdoor
world OF youthful adventure. Ammen
was about 10 years of age, and Grant
two years younger, when one day the
two went fishing.
The small stream was much swollen
with rain. swift and turbid. A large
poplar log offered tempting seat, as
it projected over the water. and Grant
scrambled out upon It. He lost his bal
ance and fell. head first, into the rapid
ly flowing muddy stream.
Ammen had but a second for
thought, but he grasped the situation
instantly. He ran down the stream
for few yards to where the banks
narrowed and a willow-tree dropped
low over the water. With the celebrity
of a boy he made his way out into the
overhanging tree, and when his COM
panion was borne In reach, grabbed
him and drew him out of the water
The young Ulyssse had on a gorge
ously striped red-and-white Marseilles
shirt-waist, and Ammen's first thought
as he rescued him was that that OBJ
ject of his admiration was ruined
Fifty years later General Grant
wrote to Admiral Ammen:
1--WE breakfasted the other day with
Admiral Leroy and saw all the Off
GERS. They seem a nice set of young
sters. 1t would be pleasant TO you TO
hear how they all spoke of you. OF
course l told them that 1 owed You an
old srudge as being responsible for all
the trials and difficulties l had passed
through in the last half-century, for
nearly that length of time has passed
since you rescued me from watery
grave. / am Of a forgiying nature,
however, and forgive you, but Is the
feeling universal?"
The Appomattox Apple Tree.
Perhaps three-fourths of the people
of this country believe that the final
surrender in the war OF the Rebellion,
! that of General Lee to General Grant,
took place under an apple-tree at Apo
mattox, Va. It did take place at Apo
mattox. but not under an apple-tree.
Here is what General Grant says about
| II I'm his Memoirs. "Wars nroduce