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Show Ualllnclor (Iril.n Kansas City, April U Captiln .1. T tteldon ot Kansus City lint presented a. ( claim against the government for 8U, I 000 back pay, alleged to be duo htm I "I was captain of a gunboat on tho Mississippi river on the union side In i tho civil war,' said Captain Welelon, "nnd have never been mustered out of , tho nary. 1 was sent home al the close of the war in 1603 to wait for i ordcraand I am waltlogyct" Captain ) Weldun commanded tho gunboat Tua-cumbla Tua-cumbla llo entered the Mississippi marine service In lsoj and served until B tho war closed without losing a da). j, W hen ho was told to go homo and wol R for orders, lilt home was at LafayetU U Indiana u |