Show NEWS TO IND AN WAR VETERANS from coalville Oo Co alville times I 1 A number of 0 I 1 inquiries have been made to 0 it R jones of late as to what congress wa was fling in thi th haway i way ot of reimbursing pursing the indian I 1 war veterans for their icess nd in order to learn tile exact ot of hills introduced trod in congress ii ft lottor wa waa direct PI to the following received b by y mr jones this week washington washington D C march 13 mr 0 11 jones Co coalville alvIlle utah dear mr jones jonea 1 desire to acknowledge tho the of your letter of march 7 1014 relative lva to the status of the bill introduced by me lot for the roller relief of the indian war veterans in utah and in answer I 1 enclose you a copy ot of the bill introduced by me ine meon on oil january 12 1914 pensioning dioning tho the surviving and enlisted men of the utah volunteers employed in hi the he deafen F of the frontier settlements of the territory ol 01 0 utah a depredations luring during thi years ye n rg broin to WS aliis lv I 1 have bekai able to secure the passage of a IIII bill I 1 to this thia through the semite sev eral aral limey during the last six or ora seven years betit but lr 1 has in failed of passage in house the congressmen from the lie states have prevented its piss and declare they intend to do boso doso oo 00 w state in littles who nerved fun od in the civil war I 1 ind assisted in the of tile government are placed on it a basis lasle congressman howell ailts lilts a all III similar to mine pending in tile sit nt this time I 1 also closed you it copy of th the e bill by joll johnsoni Johns ilson of if it 11 ap p tile stint i to tile the state of utah mail to reimburse said state stale for moneys paid to the territorial militia for service rendered rende rec in tile htiu suppression of indica in the territory Terr llory of utah prior to 1873 it congressman johnsons bit bill passes abid becomes beco inca at a law I 1 am of tile the opinion thatis that it would be the basis for future legli pensions to indian war veterans tile the service of the except loll of the walker war have nover never beet been recognized or paid for by tho national gov government erni nent it Is tor for tills this reason it Is impossible for them to 9 secure c cure a pen blon I 1 have thought it best at this session of to first endeavor to secure the passage of the bill ill ili the house and then I 1 will under undertake i take to neo bee that it Is pissed passed in the senate bonato I 1 thought it would bo be easier to pass a I louse house bill through gli tile the house than to pass a bill bili lit in the house blat had already passed the fi fenati enate fe nate every thing Is ia being done that call be possibly can be edone done to secure the enactment of this legli station but as above stated the represent representatives atRes of the great eastern states do not believe that tile the indian war veterans of utah uta h should be granted a pension w when hen the veterans of tile the state billit las are refused one they claim that thousands of the members of served sei ved from tile the begin log of the war to the end many of the represent atiles have told me that as soon as A a sex service viet collel pension oil bill la in which the state militias were included was waa passed they would willingly support i a bill granting it a pons pell loit stoll to nil all of 0 tile tho indian war veterans jv whether hether their gerv services fees had been recognized by the or nr not itis it is doubtful whether the bill above mentioned will pass at this session of congress with avith warm warin personal pei Bonal regards and alid best wi sties I 1 remain yours very truly ruly UK ED SMOOT it ir naw ad hy fly of A bill appropriating tile the sum of to the utah to reimburse said state slate for money anid to members of the territorial intuit lit for service rendered lit in tile the territory of if utah prior to eighteen hundred and seventy three lie ile it enacted by tile tho senate and house of representatives of the united states ofa merica in congress assembled that the oum bum of be and the same Is hereby appropriated out of the money in the treasury of united states wisa alse appropriated to reimburse the state of utah to persons who preformed actual military servie service in ili the militia of the then ilien territory prior to the year eighteen hundred and seventy I 1 ty thre elti the suppression ofin dlan hostilities in said territory S mr arnoot introduced A bill pensioning gl tho the surviving and enlisted men of the utah volunteers employed in the defense ot of ti e frontier settlements of the territory of utah against indian depredations during the years from eighteen hundred and sixty alve to olgh eighteen teen hundred and sixty eight i inclusive and for other purposes be ba it t enacted by the senate and house of representatives of the united states congress assembled that th tho thi i provisions limitations and benefits of till an act entitled an act granting pens pensions lonS to the survivors of tile the indian wars war of eighteen hundred aud and thirty two to eighteen hundred and forcy two inclusive known as the ack hawk war Chei cherilee Ch eroLee okee disturbances and alid the seminole war approved JV july 13 tw twenty enty seventh elliteen eighteen hundred and ninety two be and ill the e tame same are hereby extended front from tile tho date of 0 f the passage of this act to the sur stir biving officers and enlisted men of tile the utah steers volen I who served lit in defense of the frontier settlements in tho the territory of utah against indian depredations during th the years from eighteen hundred and sixty alve to the year elgh eighteen teen hundred and alicy eight inclusive anil also to include the surviving widows of such of said off leers and enlisted men provided that such widows have not le ie married provided further that the record of servie service e as evidence by the muster rolls and vau vouchers chers on le file in the state archives at salt lake city utah shall bo be accepted us its full and satisfactory proof of such enlisting tit and service ser Tico ant and I 1 where ills shown that any such rolls or are lost or destroyed secondary evidence evl dance of their existence conte contents and loss 1 wa tuii eniy ho be annilo and when e so mada mad shall be accepted its as full and satis fic tory proof of the and provided fu further chor that all contracts heretofore anade between the bone bene fi clarles under this act and pension attorneys und and claim are ake here her 1 by declared dou deu lared null and void makes a man or a WV women fit company for themselves as well an others if human progress means anything it means the enjoyment of tho the highest privileges |