The Sentinel=record., 1913-12-20
HOT SPRINGS BOYS
 ID GET BACK PAY
SOLDIERS WHO WERE NOT PAID WHEN RETURNED FROM WAR
 WILL RECEIVE MONEY.
General Surridge Makes Arrangement Whereby all the troops of Arkan. sas Get Their Salaries.

General w. K Surrldge, who was
 lieutenant in the Second Arkansas
 Spanish-American War Veterans, has
 been busy for the past few days at
 the State House drawing off all names
 of Spanish-American war veterans
 who had not received the back pay
 which was allowed them by the gov. ernment
 All members of the First and Sec ond regiments of the Spanish-Amer-
 ioan war who have not received their | pack pay can obtain same by writing
 Major Eugene B. Jett, at Little Rock. should the soldier be dead his near | est relative can collect same About four years ago our governor
 was notified that the government was indebted to the Spansh-American
 war veterans back pay from the date | they reported for duty at their home | camp grounds, which was an act | passed by Congress March 3, 1899.
 As they only received pay from the l time they arrived at Little Rock, and 1 mustered into service by the United l States government. He at once vol Hnteered his services, without pay, Q | try and obtain back pay for the two 1 Arkansas regiments, but upon inves- l dgation he found the first order s. 1 sued by Governor Dan w. Jones. who vas governor at that time, had been | burned up with many other old pa | 1crs, which was considered to be of
 no value or importance.
 So he then had to find something of a different proof to get the date 1 his order was issued. ordering the | mobilization of the troops at their home stations, for from memory Gov l arnor James could not remember the 1ate of his order mobilizing the com | lanies at their home stations, and | Is they were mobilized at their homes several days before being ordered to 1 Little Rock.
 i Remembering that the Arkansas | iaZette had always published orders | issued by the war department and | rders issued by the governor, he t | once called upon Mir, Heisllell, the owner of the Gazette who very kind | " directed him to the county court l house where, in the garret of that | building, files of the Gazette were stored, and after about four days | searching in dust and smoke he found l he Gazette with the orders that were issued by the War Department ,oI | all governors to mobilize the state l troops at their home stations. Also was Governor Jones orders to | the various captains of the state 10 comply with the War Departments orders.
 After finding the Gazette, being not l allowed to take any of these papers, | Governor Jones very kindly went with him to the county clerks office and after reading his order he re- membered it and then assisted him
 in establishing the date the Arkan- sas troops were mobilized at their home stations. He then succeeded in getting back pay for all Spanish-American War Veterans from the U. s. government amounting to about $230OO and there still remains between five and six housand dollars of this fund uncall- l ed for.
 General Surridge has rendered d valuable service to the veterans in |
 this matter
 We give below the list of those in company "A" of the First Arkansas
 Regiment. under Captain Will F..
 Wooten, who will receive the sum
 of SAP, with the single exception of
 the last named, who gets slightly
 larger sum;
 Jos. K Morris Albert l.. Crouch,
 Ludivic E. Blakesley, William A. Ne
 vile. Forrest l.. Bingham, Jos Dixon,
 Willard French, James A. Gibson, Ed
 ward Green, Frank T. Jones, Wm. E,
 King Henry Landin, John w. Maffit,
 Harry Mcdonald Elmer Miller Rob-
 ert Montgomery. Harry s. Osburn
 Joseph A. Payton, Percy J. Powers George II. Price, Charles F. Rowe Elijah A. Sitton, Charles Smith, Geo D. Bristol and Blonder T. Snyder,