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Wheeling Register
Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia
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Private Dalzell, a Civil War veteran injured during the Gettysburg campaign, seeks pension arrears after a delayed application. A congressional bill for relief was not acted upon last winter, but friends in Congress are advocating for him amid worsening hearing and speech impairments.
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WASHINGTON, December 9.-Private Dalzell is borne on the pension rolls, but having failed to apply until last winter he received no arrears of pension. Last winter a bill was offered in Congress for his relief, granting him arrears back to the date of his discharge, but it was not acted upon.
From injuries received during the Gettysburg campaign the Private claims that his hearing and vocal organs were badly impaired, and that as time runs on his infirmities threaten the total loss of both hearing and speech. As he is an attorney and a poor man, this would be calamitous. Some of his friends in Congress have taken the matter in hand, and express confidence that the needed relief will eventually be accorded.
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Private Dalzell, injured in the Gettysburg campaign leading to impaired hearing and speech, applied for pension last winter but received no arrears. A congressional bill for back pay to discharge date was not acted on. As a poor attorney, further loss would be calamitous; congressional friends are pushing for relief.