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been passed upon oy tne coui.s aA'
s~-sss had been requested to ap
.ar,ate - money to pay them. but 1t Il
- thing to ask the legislators to az
ssan,ethine and another to get them tt
!. There are thousands of claims
,NIed against the government every
,.ar Many of them are Unstable ano
s.,,. n them are far from it, but
.,.rtually each claimant gets a hear
Ing. ,
s,o,. woman of the Philippines. laid
claim before the United States gov
,rnment and eventually as memory
II. Il she received $50. in full dis.
charge Of the obligation as congress
looked at It.
The case of Sonora Mendoza went
IA the house committee on war claims
Nth I mass of papers containing In
sormation concerning 1t together with
~ finding Of board Of army officers
specially convened to consider the
ladys case against the government.
On the papers in this case In which
the claimant received $50 as compen-
,ation. there were the endorsements
II thirty-five army officers. major gen.
erals, brigadier generals. colonels.
lieutenant colonels and so on down
10 the end of the list which ends with
the name Of corporal.
Sonora Feliciana Nendiola's case
win pass into history as having been
tangled up with moro red tape than
Il hitherto was thought possible for
even a government of official factory
10 turn out. Sonora Feliciana lived at
Angeles. Pampanga, Philippine ISL
ands, and she rented a house to Uncle
Sam for the use of some of his team
sters. The mule driving contingent
nyed In II for a short time, and when
TIE senora moved into 1t again she
found. SO she declared under oath.
that some Of the siding boards were
missing from the wall of the kitchen.
She ssked for 5000 in gold to repay
her for the damage to her property.
II A hoard Of officers were convened
70 pas on the validity of Feliciana's
claim. The board was in session for
'tays. Teamsten Picgle was a witness.
He swore that when he and his COM
ndes took possession of Feliciana's
house for quarters the kitchen siding
boards were rotten. and that when
~ men put their feet on the wall, as
= Transfers wont after dinner when
- wisAes to smoke, their boots went
usough the wall to the open air with
= force behind them except the
light Of the man who was tipping
seck IN his chair. AS Pickle express
assly put It. Them boards was
INK"
After Captain Valentine and Lieu
enAnt Barnard Of the cavalry had tes-
. st great length. Teams.er Will
- Lscgwcrthy swore that Fell
sanat boards were chewed up and
alen BY red ants. Teamster Sum-
.N1eld made affidavit that the boards |
epeo out Of place of their own
yslsAt
10 board thought It was very
eual, II, In strict Justice. anv
y should be allowed, but consid.
= sxpedient to grant $50 in gold.
s o1csfs doubtless were led to this
'lable finding by receipt of the
While in session that Feliciana
4 ack IN Z Manila hospital because
90 Of her kitchen sidings.
- case OF Sonora Feliciana Men,
nkes uns fourteen pages Of a
socament 1t contains a long
nom the secretary Of war on
ession Of kitchen sidings, an
eter from the quartermaster
q ne United States and fifty
nmunications from army off,
a civilians Of various rank and
attee on war claims IL
go Of members noted for their
z. 4 In due course of time
~ -Senora Feliciana received ,
= soid and It might have been
Y y .iaction to her oriental mind
~ !. nat Uncle Sam had spent ,
N.eee to get authority to nav !
selnss which went to destruc- ,
= e hy way Of 4 teamster's feet :
! aat's stomach.
. peliciana Mendoza. trou. :
sssting $50 from the United !,
san.se done to her kitchen Z
ne feet of Uncle Sans 3
- msters have been record. a
=. trioulations bring to mind 3
ptain G. H. Conrad, Third r
latss Cavalryman. who for :
.. sake" insisted that the /
.ss government pay him t
ca the captain knew was
q Captain Conrad's hung b
e. but he finally secured |,
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