Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-06-04 | Page 20 | Will Reopen Cases of Indian Pensions

WILL REOPEN CASES OF INDIAN PENSIONS Rcconsidoration of Whole Question la Coming Up Soon, According to Senator W. H. King. Ite, on side rat ton of the whole queMion of Indian war pensions Is. being given by the federal bureau of pensions at Washington. Wash-ington. It is slated In a loiter received from Senator Wlllhim H. King yesterday by Mr, llribetti M. Cohen, Ftah pensions pen-sions commissioner. Claims of niemNM-s of the William M-Pinder M-Pinder expeditionary company of Salt I -t l;e, whoe muster roll as made out at Cunnlson, Sanpete county, have heretofore here-tofore been disregarded because Die men were t h ought by Washington of fici.-vlp to havo born members of the Gunnison home guard. The fact la, according to the Ftah records, that the Hinder company marched from Salt Ijtkr to Sanpotc county coun-ty during the piack I In wk Indhui wa r. and was. therefore, nn expeditionary force nnd entitled to pension. Senator King expresses the opinion that after the question has hen given reenn-sldei reenn-sldei a t ion "a more lthcTR.1 Interpretation uf the act nvay reMiH." Mrs. Colien also received let tor from I'Hvtd 11. 'iinnon of st. George, w ho Is u veternn of the lllack Ibnvk war. In which be gives reasons why bis claim for pension pen-sion should bo favorably constdcrod.