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Show i U In accordance to the opinion above given. I- Tbe federal government baa been rf very liberal with pensions for tbe e survivors of the civil war. No one a- wlU deny that the work of the mlllUa if- of Utah In those early daya waa Just if as important, and that they auffered o- Juitt an great hardships. They made y- possible the settlement of this great ie commonwealth. Tbe territory waa unci' un-ci' able to pay them, although they were it- regularly called out by the constituted is authority. Over half of these old to veterans have answered tbe final roll g call. With all the facta before them g e do not believe the legislature will i refuse to make the modest allowance y asked for tbe remaining veterans that their services were appreciated and , compensated for In some slight lt-, lt-, gree. When It Is also considered that this appropriation la in tbe nature of a loan tbat will almost certainly be repaid re-paid by the federal government there . should b no hesitation in passing the f bill. i A committee of veterans consisting ' of Commander J. M. Weatwood, tt. M. n Dennett, Virgil Kelly and M. L, Pratt o have been In Salt Lake the past week t working for the bill. For nineteen years they have been Indefatigable In trying to get a me recognition for the old veterans and we hope tbelr efforts . Will at last be crowned with success. it o THE INDIAN WAR VETERANS. For nineteen years the Indian Wi Veterans of Utah have been trying t get some remuneration for the service they rendered the state in the vaiiou Indian outbreaks from the time of th Walker war In 1853, the Black Haw war of 18CS and tbe border wars dow to 1872. Attempts have been made I secure compensation through the fe eral government but all such effort have failed. Some of the veteran of the Walker war were enrolled a pensioners of tbe government, bu owing to the loss of the records man of these old veterans did not get the! names on tbe roll. Tbe federal go ernemnt has told tbe veterans to go t the state for recognition. According! at this aesslon of tbe legislature bill was Introduced making tbem a allowance of $40 per month for servlc In expeditions, $20 per month for ve eraus engaged as home guards, an $13 for horses supplied. Probably a few of our readers kno the circumstances under which thes veterank were engaged. The wer called out as regular militia b th governors of tbe territory. They wet from their homes to various paris the state, protecting the settlers i the varioua settlements, guarding em grant trains and protecting tbe ma! service. Tbey provided their ow horses, arms, ammunition and sui plies, and have never received a dolla for their time or expenses. The bom guards also paid for all of their equip ment and spent their time In protect Ing the settlements, repelling Indlai ralda and recovering stock and othei property stolen by tbe Indians. This was as clearly a public servlci as was tbe work of the soldiers In tb rebellion and as much entitled to com pensatlon. Florida, California, Oregon and othei states paid tbelr mllltla for slmllai services. Why should not tbe rullltli of Utah also be paid? There were something like 4,.'00 vet-erals vet-erals originally on the rolls, but the number has .gradually dwindled until there are only about 2,000 who will cotue under tbe operation of tbls bill. Not more than aix months service will be paid for, although many served longer than this, nor will there be any beneficiaries who have served less than one month. In the case of veterans who have dieS their widows will re reive the payments. The total appropriation called tsr by the bill Is $.i:i.000. It Is expected lhat the federal government will repay this aa they have done in the case of Florida and other states. Florida bonded Itself for $225,000 to pay the leterans of tbe Seminole wars from 1855 to 1860, and the federal government govern-ment repaid thla expenditure In 1882. The opinion of Attorney General kVIrk which Justified this payment, and vhicb served as a precedent for similar payments to other states, and gives rounds for th belief that Utah will e repaid the appropriation to be made it this time Is as follows: "The expenditures Incurred form s lebt against the United States which hey are bound to reimburse. If the xpenditures made for such purposes ire supplied from the treasury of the tate. Tbe United States reimbursed he state without Interest. But if be ng unable Itself from the condition of ts own finances to meet tbe emergency urn state baa been obliged to borrow noney for the purpose, and thus to nrur a debt on which she herself has ieea obliged to pay interent, such debt s essentially a debt due by the 'nfted States and tbe principal and In erest be paid by the United States." Oregon bonded the state to meet uch an obligation to Its mllltla and ecerding to Congressman Howell, the )eral government proposes to repay |