Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1922-01-26 | Page 3 | Spanish War Vets Asking Preference

00 SPANISH WAR VETS ASKING PREFERENCE WASHINGTON, Jan. 2C Oscar E. ICarlstrom, commander-in-chief of the United siais Spanish War Veterans, mi. i :i committee of that organization, called at the While House Wednesda) to request Premdent Harding to extend to Spanish war veterans the executive order allowing a five point preference to veterans of the world war in civil service examinations for postmaster-hip. postmaster-hip. The committee also recpiested an increase in-crease in the pension allowance to dls-abjed dls-abjed Spanish war veterans and the widow s ami dependants who are now getting ii was said only 1 12 a month. nolUBion of disabled .Spanish u.n veterans, among tho&t eligible for hos-pltni hos-pltni treatmenl also was asked. Senator Hursum of N'ew Mexico, one of tho Republicans who came to the sen.ite in th,. i92 victory of that parly, par-ly, has ben made chairman of the senate comuiiitee on pensions.