Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-08-30
SOLDIERS
PROUD OF
MR.. WEISSE
HIS PENSION WORK.

The Chiffon Times, publication
that is thoroughly acquainted with
the good work done by Mr.. Weisse
had this to say at the time Congress
man Weisse secured a pension for
Henry Erdman of that city:
The Times believes in giving credit
to whom credit is due and to that
end calls the attention of its readers
in general and veterans of the civil
war, in particular, to the excellent
work done during this session of
congress by Hon. Chas. H. Weisse,
of the sixth district of Wisconsin, in
the interest of the fast decreasing
remnant who endangered their lives
and who still suffer from the effects
of the war for the preservation of
the union. A case OF special interest
to those in this vicinity and one
which shows the sincere friendship
of Congressman Weisse for disabled
Henry Erdman, of this city, mem
Der of the 28th Wisconsin Volunteer
Infantry. Mr. Erdman enlisted at
Milwaukee in August 1862 and serv-
ed three years as corporal and SER
geant, being wounded in the battle
of Bentonville. Some twenty odd
years ago he suffered a stroke of
paralysis and since that time he has
been unable to do work of any kind.
For years he received a trifling pen
sion of twelve dollars a month.
He has lived here all these years
and has tried repeatedly to have this
small sum increased. Previous to
each election, regularly, he has
heard the republican congressman of
this, the eighth district spout elo-
quently about "old glory" and the
nations gratitude to the boys in
blue" who defended and preserved
it; but it remained for Congressman
Weisse of our neighboring district to
show this eloquently expressed gra-
titude in a material way and he did
so with dispatch and with a lack of
eclat that is commendable. When
his attention was called to Mr.. Erd-
mans condition in February last he
promptly replied: 1T is a just case.
IL ho
sary proof and l will take up the
matter at once" In March the
proofs were sent in and in April the
bill which Mr.. Weisse introduced
was passed, granting Mr.. Erdman
the well earned and long deferred
pension of $24.O0 per month dating
from May 9th 1908.
Congressman Weisse's friendship
for the "old soldier" is not merely
pose and inaction. The Times ven
lures to say that he has secured NOR
special pensions for deserving yeter-
ans, who were unable through the
red tape of the department to fur
nish the required evidence, than all
the other congressman in the state
combined: and this is not an unwar-
ranted statement. Since Mr.. Erd-
mans case has come to our notice
we took the trouble to look up some
of the bills passed at this congress
through the efforts of Mr.. Weisse
and found a goodly number, indeed,
a list of which we publish below.
While speaking of Mr.. Weisse's
friendship for the old soldiers we
might add that his record in congress
shows him to be equally as sound a
friend to the people in general. He
is a large manufacturer but this
does not prevent him from working
in the interest of the wage Garner.
The people of the eight district
would be indeed fortunate if they
had such a representative as Chas.
II. Weisse and the following yeter-
ans of the civil war for whom ne
secured pensions nave reason W NC
glad that he is there:
Edward T. Tucker $50, Samuel ii.
Chambers $40, Truman H. Baldwin
$50. Fri B. Sabin $50, Anna Flick $12,
Catherine Seiberlich SIC, James Bo-
we s24, Audreas Schmidt $50, Char
les Brown $24, Edward Williams S24,
Frederick Dicke s24. Frederick Sob
wieder $24, Michael Metzger $24
John d. owen $24, Martin Kohn $50,
William Nelson s24, Hugo Arndt S24,
John N. Braun $50, George B. Jones
s24 Joachim Schultz $50, Elon J.
Tyler $24, Henry Erdman s24, VIM
LANCE $50, Gustave Timble $780,
lanes p. Madison $24. James o.
Cummings s24, Silas NJ. Abers $50
VIM. Boldt $50. Joseph Crugum $50