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Show INDIAN WAR VETERAN, AGED AND CRIPPLED, IS PENNILESS HERE Place Awaits Him in Soldiers' Sol-diers' Home If He Can Reach Coast John C Brown volunteered for Indian war service forty-throe years ago. . Now he Is on ths verge of starvation. Then be wss s gallsnt young soldier with the country's welfars in his heart. Now, hs la sn old, rheumatic cripple for whom the country hss no pension. Howsver. he la struggling gamely to reach a haven of real In the old soldier s home at Sawtelle. Cel. Two weeks ago, he was In Dayton, O. He hsd worked there for three years, savlni; .very cent from tasks such aa waahitiK clothes, windows, mending chairs and sewing of different kinds. With the money, he hoped to buy a ticket to Los Angeles However he found the money could carry him only to thle city. He came here s the floods and cold weather of en Ohio winter were driving Mm Into misery He thought, too. that he could earn sustenance sus-tenance here snd eventually savs something some-thing but his hopes bsve been blasted. The crippled veteran Is 71 yesrs of sge He Is one of the unfortunates who did not gain recognition under government pension laws. He still hss hopes, though, of ths provision for old Indian fighters becoming avsllabls. but the probabilities are that relief will come too late for his use. Howevef, he has hopes of reaching tha soldiers' home In California where he will not havs to worry about pensions. Two days ago. Ma). Percy Morton of the local Salvation Army thought tha veteran would be safely tskan to tlie coast. The soldier csms to him rejoicing snd showed him a ticket to the coast. The j major, too, rejoiced and thought all wss M well. Howsver. the "ticket'' wss only s request from Sawtelle, asking the officials to 1st hlm travsl half fare, and the man ' wss sgsln disappointed. Any one wishing to help the unfortunate man will be welcomed by the local Salvation Salva-tion Army office, which le at preeent car-Ing car-Ing for Mm. |