Show smoot amendment will help veterans hundreds of black hawk indgin war veterans who otherwise might have failed to gel pensions will be reward pi for their services if an amendment to the pension act which senator reed smoot will introduce soon is passed this amendment provides that alie veteran may establish the fact of their ice through the evidence of pay bolh as well as muster rolls heretofore only the evidence of the muster rolls was admitted and this meant the elimination of many of the aged fighters senator smoot ans advised yes gerdav that a special examiner of the bureau of pensions had recommended that the companies com pinies of cap bains daniels george tucker day livingston seeley miles be admitted as in addition to the companies of captains james andrus and lewis larson which have already been classified the board of revient id expected to pass upon them during the next few days herald republican |