Show MEMBER Of LIGHT BRIGADE OBJECT Of AMERICAN CHARITY Would Return to England to Claim P Pension for Military Service OAKLAND Cat Calf Dec 10 George Geor George e Smith ITU Ui one of Ue W e immortal six ix hundred hundred hundred hun hun- dred dred that rode in inthe the char charge e of the light brigade at the battle of Balak- Balak laa is now now at the ago of 84 seeking charity from the Oakland board su- su He is asking for sufficient funds to carry him and his daughter to British soil foil in order that he may re revive ve his claim to a pension from the British h government Till recently Smith had earned his living as a woodcutter hut but age and an anold anold anold old bullet wound which grew more troublesome with the lapse lapso of f years compelled him m to abandon work ork That Tha wound he had received ed during the war waro o of or f the Indian mutiny while ho he was rescuing rescuing rescuing res res- cuing his liis commanding officer Captain Hyman from a field where bullets were p pouring like lie a hailstorm Hymans Hyman's leg had be been n carried away by a ball and he was lying helpless when Smith ran to him and carried him to the breastworks For his his' bravery he be was awarded the Victoria cross and received a personal gift of 20 sovereigns from Queen Vie Vie- toria Another scar Smith bears is where a gunshot grazed his head in the charge at Balaklava This injury k kept pt him in m inthe inthe the hospital until the close of the German German German Ger Ger- man war but he had already fought through the brunt of the campaign having baying been in action at Sebastopol and After the Indian mutiny Smith came cameto came cameto to America At Warrentown N. N Y he trained recruits for the union army in the civil civi war Later he became an American Americ n citizen |