The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-12
CIVIL var PENSIONS,
Z weanaed setersn's Defence Of IN
Liberal Apprspr iattons.

To IME EplIof OF ! NE srN Sp nays
read the editorial The Pension Rou' =
| TIE svS of November 10 and also '-a n
articles IN the October and No--r----
Worlds Work entitled The Pension cop
yh' I am convinced that the Auft
the articles is thoroughly preiud'est
will quote in proof OF u a few ssn'a- a.
from his productions In the OCtors- .. Re-
these words are applied to the penson--.
Bummer. camp followers and dr<rr',Ts
Likely q coos, hOstler or . pedler
Every man woman and child n 'a- A.
assessed q tar Of - . year each 10 pay = -,
pensions.
Thousands who fed or we're discharge - -
good OF the s~rl ice.
Tive high tarir Il sep; 10 principally ~ ..
purpose OF paying pensions
Unholy combinA lion with eorrup, privilege.
There IL no reason why any " no va AVA,
az the lime OF the civil var need 90 vino.
pension
The roll Is packed With unworthy and r.r' -
names and hone yeombec with fraud
In the November nstslment will be 'oua i
similar statements. as for instance.
Thousands OF unworthy names hon.ycor e-d
with fraud.
The banded eupldiiy Of q few veteran
The Moo soldier vote captured by tue - sai
selfish promoters OF the high tariff
In the October article Corpora. lane.
Tanner d. spoken OF ss proft>Sona
pensio agent. who when appointed Z orl-
missioner OF Pensions bv Preaidenr Hsr-.
son, said. God help the surplus n N.
United States Treasury when | get a. -
And in the November contribution Ne :
spoken of rs simple hearted corpora
James Tanner
-Honeycombed with fraud seems - -
a stock phrase with these gentlemen 40
are working 50 hard to di-credit the solder
OF the civli var because Rrhet"hs "ol"rn'
L.. .uk.. ..fA Ia
a, 20 and $40 a month a, Is year. OF axe
- noxhers in th..e art,c... "a,
Isao n" 'sn n',r, ~ -, 80 49, -,
enrolled IN the mon army from l>s' -
1876 1 read nowhere OF the number - ran
wbo were siI,rd ana wounded. nor do I -s,g
IN e"her "' 'nr-" aI.'ol-- ,uN 'nr'N '''.
be any possible reason why a man rnn
served IN the var for the pTe-erVatIun ~
IN. rnion .hould ,sce,y. a p.n.,on f,- srv
o,n., ,aa.on Ran "a ounds received IN ~.
prsrv o,h.r man ON m. pen.iop roll i.
suspect "A pension hummer. coOk
g.. hn.,l.,- n, q nsdIsr
r,n r,Ilion ,h,s. hupdrad rbouss,s ia,
TWO HiIhon 'hree n"n , i' non.snn men ne.
and BOYS we're enrolled from lNol IN 81
on the side Of the Union. over 80" IN.
80, -. na., ~. r. -, -,
hlhs" ahu "e ". us'L%
from the Potomac to the Rio Grsnde lies.
men we're shot dead ana mortaiiy wounded
ON tine Dat'lrn~iu. anu pp'Go H1off NSr"
wounded IN various ways Then again n
the "a amps OF the 'hickahominy IN Irslnis,
IN the bsyou- Of Louisiana and Mississippi
IN the everglades Of FLORIDA. IN the trenches
ia front OF Nick-burx, the ssge OF Peters
burg and elsewhere IN the south the fnen
Of the North died ike sheep and contracted
diseases from which they never recovered
Two hundred and nfty Thousand died 81
disease " the D;sS men comprising
the armies OF the North more than .gJn."N
Were under twenty years OF age. and over
%. US we're under eighteen years OF age
| myself volunteered on November y,
1872. and was not 10 years OF age un''l
February a.. 1913 ] was wounded at
NhancelloIsville NAV iS3-crippied '"t
life-snd for nav disability receive a pen.
slOn Of 81. month. In twelve OF the great
est battles OF the civil var 9? .t.s men we're
reported a. killed. wounded and missing a
the mon army. and n. sSs we're snot dead
There were III battles in which over "a
men we're killed and wounded IN me nion
army
The average pen sion paid each veteran -
about siS month. and this includes Inen
who get 500 a month Tor total dlsabt'
iIy, and 80, 80. $40 $40 and so on down,
In the article in the November Words
Work the humane critic speaks OF man
receiving 500 "a month as pension ior nc
loss Of both eyes. and then he adds 'ha'
one hundred month - more than IN.
average man earns. ! wonder u ne would
say, $1,000 a month.
There are now n round NUMBERS 800 Hs
veterans OF the civil war on the pension roll
and at an AVERAGE o. sle 4 month th~y &c
ssD.Sp.Up OF the si1S"U appropriaied
or about one-half the total sum paid -
pensioners.
What -s-ms 70 trouble The rish,eous .oul.
OF these pension c'itIcs is the fact thar az