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Show flEFUniO COMES TO VETERANS OE 1898 Government Allows $3579.50 to Cover Expenses Paid by Utah olunteers. WARRANT II VS ARRIVED Governor John C. Cutler Placed Claim; Apportion ment on Fro Raft Basis. governor William Sfpry ye'sterday ro-,eie,j ro-,eie,j a warrant drawn on the treasury ot the United Btatea f.r tho sum of IS679.S0 to .over expenses Incurred by Spanish-American war eloigns r Utali uuiliiR- the Interim betweon Ihc dale pf then- enlistment In various pgrta of the .state ami the date when thOV were tnus- toro,j iii at Camp Dewey oil the Fort Douglas mlUUrry rcaervgtlpn. The warrant was received from lino tirm of Calhoun d Sixer, solicitors, at Washington, D. C. lo whom was executed exe-cuted a power of attorney to affect a .settlement with lh government. The total sum win be devfded on a pro rata, basis among those veterans of the volunteer vol-unteer organisations, affected, and on the aine hails cob organisation will contributt Its pro rata to rd twenty per cent commission that is due the Calhoun & i.or linn, for services rcu-dbred. rcu-dbred. Basis of Claim. At the tinio of the SpanlsU -American war. enlistments were made all over iii" state, in a. cr-v man Instances, considerable con-siderable lime claused botweeu 'he, dale or enlistment and the "mustering In" al Camp Dewey. However, each day nad ii expenses for those enlisted, and aui It sxpensas were paid by the volunteers affected oul of their own pockets To recover this expenditure from rhe governmenl for ih.N soldiers affected Governor John C. Cutler, during Ida executive ex-ecutive term, placed the claim In the hands of the Calhoun A- BiSSr firm, to bring about a Bcttlemenl with the war department On a pro ra'n basis, the sum received will he divided among the i'ia,i veteran organizations as follows Battery 1766: Batten' B. $760; Batter Bat-ter ' . $1689.60, an l Flrsl troop of cav- Many Veterans Gone John Hardy, secretary to Governor nr .. last nlKhi aald that the apoorrJon-meiil apoorrJon-meiil to each veteran affected would bo abOUl $6.60. bUl that file method LO be followed in maklnK the distribution Had not. yet been considered In tho recent awarding of medals to Utah Spanish-American Spanish-American war veterans, aboul One bun dred remain who have not ye! received their medals, due to various causi S, Tn the apportionment of the money received re-ceived yeaterday, it la expected that many of lh veterans may not be found, owing Lb death or removal from the state. In such cases, where the veteran .-an noi be found, the apportionment dm: htm will be Riven, U la understood, to i he iion i n aresl kin. |