Show MAN WITHOUT ARMS i He Draws a Pension of SIOO a Month Was Before a Cannon No T cant give > ou n story of J heroism nnd daring said Mr Mark to a St Louis alobfIJemocrat 10 porter n I cant even give you n story I of war Uacusu I Ivan disabled before tho war on I Dm of Oernn descent Wla and came to St Louis In 1SSI I In April 1SG1 1ort Surntcr was llrcd on and on May 10 1 enlisted In the 1st Missouri light artillery There Mere but two companies und we had oM from raUy dlrerent tahlone gu W wero undr On Lyon our nlllment ad aCer wr ient t Camp Jackson 1 ilont re l n member the eact location of the camp now that the city hn changed R much but It wn from the vlclnliv of Twentyfirst and Market streets Pt XlenlpOt 10 Ornd veluo Ineh Inrd lut drilled rtojrthe newlyrecrult1 IIUr lrll1 0 10 hocome IroOclont In Ihe hand ling n our guns and the boom of our sixiraunders became familiar to the cars of the tltzen > A short time after e Were orlerNI to n Iolnt about where the old waterworks plant was erected later It wan our duty tn stop the Missouri liver boats a Ihoy 101 tlod 10 0 10 the ollhwnrd Our pr ctlci wlrk wn cntnle1 Iher an1 II WM ourllg raI 01 tho morning of May 20 Ifccl sixteen danCer ntter I had enlisted that 1 met with Ih n < ldent hleh cot me my anl I was the gunner and had worked herllht momilg Wo Ite nearl through with our mornings drill and Mills the iigulatlon lod I was pound II home the Ijtt iharge That wai before the day eif the breechloading gunsand l > ovMl r wads and balls went down the muzzle and weie tamped b the rod Our lacushot was about ta be fired I V tl iah I bared and the rod In my hands Suddenly Sud-denly one of rot men touched uff the gun Just what followed my companions compan-ions told me later Working with my arms directly In front of th muzzle both my hinds wire blown off b the cinntni discharge They picked me up and enl mo to the Uood bamarltan I hosiinl Jly left arm won cut off at tho elbow Out und later vnn unjolnted i nt the shoulder and token away My II rlsht arm wai taken off Just bloW tho elbow Jolrt Tho doctor said I wouel not tho olerntou hut 1 wa only 5 3 ears old then and strong nnd hourlY I had uhlny laken gont rare of selr nd I rought Mr1 for le 1 did Ih nnl tlsnllollled ni f Ihem Tlml Ir I Ihe tory of hoW 1 101 my arm I did not partldinto In a bath bat-h and had no harrowing experiences hd The first iwnslon the government paid me wa 8 n 10nthnn1 I wn In dnnAr started tn sell papers at of starvlnB I llrld to el this tlt very He t In 1105 anJ have been In found t Ih bulne er Ince At Irt Irad fnlrl goodIcno i thre wa ni nrmy pot over acro Iho Iret ler where Ihe in > enal stands now Then Increased to J25 per mr pension was Ier month und flnallj about 1530 tu SIOO per month I built this house and own lor the ground It stands on I have raised a family It la true tint the maximum pension Is eonsldered S total a month bllndn and j m rdcd Ii casesut my pension ento n nit df Howeve special ernctment Tho act prov Ided for every pensioner Mho hat lost both arms or both legs close tu the hips In the country There were hut 22 of them wet time nnd I suppose I am that at try lht tmo ulloe Lots one nut of but few remaining now that I should not of men say to me tht 10t I n complain of anything becnuso get comllnln 1 tell them how hor liberal pension Ihral Inlon tol and that be without arms llble It Is I to wihout 111 back to me arms If God would give my Irm I would gladly repay tho government hn ne ul II ow Iald know how I Iruggled leoll lenBlon wds when my for n lving cnnnot A mnn wlh nrm mnl dprlvd ImnAlne Illght now of this moment I of them nowIhl feel the fingers ot my right hand tingle fee would give as If they were asleep I woul world If I could reach over with my take hoM of my right I left hand and lake10ld rlh feel them b6th all i the time nnd jet have been gone for over SO years They they cramp lon go tn Bleep 1 They Itch bum and ache but 1 can do nothing noth-ing but wiggle the stumps at my shoulders Sometimes at night I am awakened by the awful anguish those aching arms glvo me and yt 01 Ihey tel a m 1 nm fnor1 Iecaue Ibrl pension The changes In the weather such as the one we are experiencing now Mr hrlng Mark me I Inln uPII1 wllh nrllel doe nolhlng hul arms but the left one coat sleeve as he has no nil out his Irv n control of ItThe right arm Is n unique piece of mechanism I has n wooden hand with wooden fingers encased In a black leather glove A spring holds the thumb tlnht against the fingers When Mr Mnrlc wishes to grasp nothing no-thing he shrugs his shoulders In an odd and gruesome vny and by so loIn lo-In tightens n strap and opens the Ightn thumb The hand Is I pushed towards the object and a ehrug of the shoulders loosens the strap and allows the spring Iml to catch the object between the thumb nnd flneeM He can lift nothln of any w eight Hi wrltn n ery clear plain ind ol ilars er W might be i Tho nr lnr Imnglnrl It al nn nn1 ich after the verlnl Myle of mteh Ifer 1 w The pnh0110r 101iar Is I seized by the mechanical hnnd The paper or writing pad Ison I level with hli elbow The arm Is crooked Into nn1 Ihen Ih man begin t Mlton holy Corwar1 on backward nnl to nnd fro The result Is I truly re mnrkahe n he wrltei clearly ad qulle rphlly |