Show INDIAN WAR VETERANS e the duchesne post of the balck I 1 hawk indi indian an war veterans met hero here saturday at the home of capt whitlock and abid t transacted considerable business there t were nineteen veterans present and they discussed the way to proceed to get pensions due thorn them A committee of three were appointed to take the matter up with senators and representatives senta tives regarding the pensions the following were appointed john G davis wm win oneil and W P bowen A committee was appointed to draft a resolution thanking governor bamberger Eam berger for the active part he took in the pa of the measure while before the U S congress it was decided to hold a regu lar meeting on the first saturday of each month and the next meeting will vill be held at the home I 1 of mrs martha E smith on saturday may 5 after the meeting the officers were entertained to a fine dinner by mrs A H whitlock the herald republican of salt lake said the following concerning the black hawk war veterans As A s the result of an influx of blackhawk indian war veterans at the office of maj W G williams adjutant general of the national 0 guard of utah a c circular ir 1 was issued yesterday advising all applicants for a share in the money appropriated for the relief of blackhawk war veterans by the last legislature that the distribution of the fund is being exclusively handled by the pension bureau at washington D C the circular contains further information to enlighten the veterans as the proper method of procedure for obtaining the amounts to which they are entitled catain captain 1 F E barnum his has been visited by scores of blackhawk war veterans during the past two weeks with the opening of the conference he found himself completely swamped as dozens of old timers trailed in li to put themselves on record as desirous of parti participating cipa ting |