La Grande evening observer., February 29, 1916, Image 3

Tuesday, February 29, laic.
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PENSION BILL
SPANISH-AMERICAN VETERANS
LAUDED.
Union County Veterans Much Inter
ested in the Outcome.
Spanish-American war veterans in
Union county are much interested in
the bill now before congress concern
ing pensions for soldier widows.
"Pat" McArthur of Portland, recent
ly made a speech defending the
"measure. The Congressional Record
says in this connection:
The House in committee of the
whole house on the state of the Union
had under consideration H. R. No. 54,
authorizing pensions for widows and
minor children of officers and enlisted
men who served in the war with
Spain, the Phillippine insurrection, or
the Boxer uprising.
Mr. McArthur. Mir. Chairman
and gentlemen, this bill is designed to
pension the widows and minor children
of volunteer soldiers and sailors and of
I certain soldiers and sailors of the
regular establishment who served in
the war with Spain, the Philippine
insurrection, or the Boxer uprising. It
proves that such widows must h'avo
been married to the soldiers or sail
ors prior to the passage of this act
and it establishes automatically a
pension of $12 per month, upon satis
factory proof of the death of the
soldier or sailor, provided the widow
has a net annual income of less than
$250 a year. It also provides that
widows may draw $2 per month addi
tional for each minor child of the de
ceased under the age of 16 years.
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sions will automatically cease or will
be divided among the children of the
deceased until they attain the age of
16 years. There are" numerous oth
er provisions as to details, but they
have been pretty thoroughly explained
by the gentleman from Ohio (Mr.
Key), the author of this bill and the
chairman' of the committee on pen
sions, of which I have the honor of be
ing a member.
Resemble Existing law1:.
In a general way this bill resembles
the existing laws relative to pensions
for widows of men who fought in
other wars, although these other laws
do not contain the restrictive clause
prohibiting the payment of a pension
to a widow whose income is more
than $260 per year. This restrictive
clause, however, will confine the oper
ation of the proposed measure - to
cases where widows and orphans are
practically destitute, but will deny
benefits to those who are in 'reason
ably good circumstances. In this re
spect the pending measure is an im
provement over the existing laws, as
it can not be charged that pensions
will be paid to widows who are not
really in need of financial assistance.
There Wave been many criticisms to
our pension system, but these critic
isms have been directed at the abuses
of the system rather than at the great
mass of just and moritorious cases.
There have been some fraudulent
claims in the past, but these bave
been the exception rather than the
rulo, and I do not believe that there
exists in this country any person so
narrow or penurious who would with
hold pensions in meritorious cases.
Men Ask Nothing for Themselves.
Although nearly 18 years have
elapsed since the outbreak of the war
with Spain, this is the fi'rst legisla
tion that has ever been urged by the
United Spanish-American war veter
ans. These men, you will observe,
are asking nothing for themselves,
but only for provision and protection
for their widows and orphans. For
a 'number of years many of these
widows and orphans have been cared
for by the United Spanish-American
war veterans p.nd its . subordinate
branches, but is it fair to ask those
who risked their lives for our country
to make this financial sacrifice when
the burden should be borne by the
great body of tho people who are en
joying the blessings of life, liberty,
and property under our flag and by
virtue of ou'r constitution? All fair
minded people will agree that there
is but one answer to the question.
Victims of Tropical Disease.
I was very much interested in the
remarks of the gentleman from Min
nesota (Mr. Miller). I well remem
ber the outbreak of the Spanish-American
war and the splendid fashion in
which the young men from my state
volunteered and went to the front.
The reciments from Oreeon and
were ordered to t!io Philippine Is
lands, and were there for more than
a year. These young men were taken
from a mild, temperature into the
intense heat of the Tropics, and re
quired to( undergo strenuous) com
paigns in a country which was reek
ing with malaria and other, tropical
diseases disastrous to the health of
people who bto accustomed to the
climatic conditions' of tho temperate
zone. Many of them fell on the field
of battle, others died from disease,
and many more were so shattch-ed in
health that they died within a few
years or became permanently disabled.
They represented tho very best type
of our young manhood and the patrio
tic citizenship of our Republic, and
to refuse to pass this bill in the in
terest of their widows and orphans
would be a wanton disregard of our
public trust and our country's obliga
tions. The small amount of these
proposed pensions - will not seriously
embarrass the public treasury, but
even if it should prove a burden, it
will be borne ungrudgingly, for the
American people will not deny or
evade the payment of their just debts
ana oongations.
Must Define Our Pension Policy,
The passage of this bill will add
another chapter to our general nen
sion policy and will further establish
and define the attitude of the gov
ernment toward our soldiers and
sailors and their widows and orohans,
We must make this policy clear and
well defined, not onlv for those who
have already defended our country,
but for others who may fieht for us
Un the future. ,In this connection, how
Fever, I hape and prav that we will
never again be engaged in a war of
any cnaracter, although wq should pre
pare ourselves for any emegency
wnicn may arise and be ready to de
fend our country from invasion.
We Must "Care for his Widow and His
Orphans.
Our country has never maintained a
large standing army. I do not say
this with any reference to the pro
gam of prepaedness, which I intend
to support.'but only as a matter of
history. In time of war we have
summoned largo numbers of men to
the colors.. They have left their
homes, their , loved ones, their voca
tions, their all; in many instances,
never to return; and in others, to be
crippled and maimed for life. It is
the history of all wars in this and
every other country, that the brunt of
work falls upon the men in the ordin
ary walks of life on the great body
of the common people who are the
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bono and sinew of the nation. The
average man who enlists is not in
dependent financially, and in a posi
tion to leave bis loved ones a com
petence. He should be assured at the
time of his enlistment that when he
is gone the strong awn of the govern
ment will, in language of the immor
tal Lincoln, "care for his widow and
for his orphans." .
Spanish-American War - Developed
New Patriotism.
I honor and revere the brave mon,
living and dead, who (fought through
the great Civil War' and wrote an
epoch-making page in the world's
history. They belong to a distinctive
class and their deeds of valor and
braVery will never be erasod from the
memory or tho affections of the Amer
ican people. ' The . Spanish-American
war drew together and healed all ele
ments of discord that existed in this
country by reason of the Civil war,
and the courage and patriotism of the
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