The National tribune., 1910-08-25
The Dollar-Per-Day Movement in In
fIinua

Editor National Tribune: I desire to
Icall attention to the dollar per day
movement in the State of lU'iiana. Last
June Mai Robert Anderson Post, 369,
at Indianapolis, adopted resolutions in
| favor of the dollar-per-d day pension
These resolutions We're indorsed by
Imany G. A. r. Posts of the State, and
petitions for such pension were signed
! by thousands of soldiers living in In
diana. These resolutions and petitions
were placed in the hands of Senator
| Beveridge in January of this year. and
he promised to do all in his power to
procure the passage of a dollar-per-day
| pension law by Congress.
| In April of this year there was or
ganized in Indianapolis the Indiana Ma
tfonal Soldiers and Sailors One-Dollar-
| Per- Day Pension Association. This as
sociation adopted the following resolu-
tions:
Whereas under the present rate of
| pensions a large majority of the eX-
Union soldiers and sailors of the civil
war, who fought so gallantly and made
so many sacrifices to save the Union.
Iare only receiving pensions of from S6
to $15 per month. which is not suffi-
cient for their comfortable support; and
Whereas said insufficient pensions
and the increasing age (aVeraging 90
Iyears) and infirmities of pensioners are
| forcing them in large numbers away
| from their families and friends and into
ISoldiers' Homes. where they not only
continue to draw their pensions in full,
| but they are at great public expense
furnished all the necessities of life. in
lcluding clothing, and thus giving them
double pensions; and
| Whereas il is to the best interest of
| all persons concerned that said eX-
Union soldiers and sailors should re
ceive pensions sufficient to support
| them at their own homes, so they can
spend their last days with their fami-
| lies and friends; and
''Nhercas the payment of fixed
amount to all eX-Union soldiers and
| sailors without medical or legal exam
nations will save much expense to the
Government; therefore, be it
Resolved. That we most respectfully
! petition the Congress of the United
States to increase the pensions of all
IhonOrably discharged soldiers of the
civil war to one dollar per day. Provid-
| ed however, that no change shall be
made in the present pension laws allow
ling more than that amount for special
disa hilties: and provided, further, that
| if pensiOner is in a Soldiers Home a
reasonable deduction should be made
| from his pension while being supported
in such Home, The motive for one-dol-
lar per-day pension being to afford q
support for pensioners at their own
| homes, where they may spend their de-
clining days with their families and
| friends
These resolutions have been adopted
| by nearly 400 G. A. r. Posts in Indiana
and also by the Department Encamp-
ment recently held at Terre Haute, and
they have also been adopted by the
! State Encampments of Illinois and
Iowa. Both Senators and every Repre-
sentative from Indiana in Congress
| day pensions for the surviving soldiers
of the Union army. If every State in
| the Union were as favorable to dollar
per-day pensions as is Indiana we
would soon have such a law enacted
Let the comrades of other States get
busy.-Newton NJ. Taylor. indianapolis,
| Ind