CARD DIVISION PENSIONS AND OTHER BENEFITS FOR VETERANS AND THEIR DEPENDENTS OF SERVICE IN AND AFTER THE SPANISH WAR 4 MAY 5 Copy-1955 HEARINGS BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE SPANISH WAR OF THE COMMITTEE ON VETERANS' AFFAIRS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES EIGHTY-FOURTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION ON H. R. 707, 714, 754, 2407, 2867, 2998, 3708, 4069, 4210, MISCELLANEOUS BILLS RELATING TO BENEFITS FOR APRIL 21 AND 22, 1955 2.5. Congress. House Printed for the use of the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Pages of all hearings are numbered cumulatively to permit a INDEX Page Academies service is counted_ 660 Aspinall, Hon. Wayne N.. 642, 651, 656, 657 Boxer Rebellion, participation and casualties therein. 721 634-635 Boykin, Hon. Frank W. 610, 616-617, 619, 621-625, 630-632, 634-636, 638, 641-642, Casualties in five campaigns.. 720 Cost of outpatient medical and dental program of Spanish War. Cunningham, Hon. Paul, letter of Opposite 648 Dillinger, George A. (See Naval and Military Order of the Spanish-Ameri- can War.) Denton, Hon Winfield K. Dorn, Hon. Francis E.. 617-619 Hesselman, Leo W. (See Naval and Military Order of Spanish-American War.) Hyde, Hon. De Witt S 621-622 Indian wars since 1875, report by Legislative Reference Service, Library of 564-569 Johnson, James H. (See United Spanish War Veterans.) Kyle, Jack, national legislative representative of 1902-14 Philippine cam- Moore, George S. (See Naval and Military Order of the Spanish-American Moro Province service 634 610-619, 622-625, 630, 692-723 Osborn, A. W. (See Naval and Military Order of the Spanish-American War.) Otjen, William. (See United Spanish War Veterans.) Reports on service in Philippines and Moro Province_ Retired Officers Association, Capt. F. O. Willenbucher. Retired officers, medical benefits.. Revenue cutter service in Spanish War.. Rogers, W. D., Jr. (See United Spanish War Veterans.) 649 649 517-533 694-716 657-663 660-663 682-691 631-632 Downer, Adin M. (See Veterans of Foreign Wars.) Stevens, Charles V., letter from__. Page Total amount received veterans and widows of Spanish War and World War I receiving pensions 1918–54__ Trazenfeld, Hattie B. (See United Spanish War Veterans.) James H. Johnson, senior vice commander William Otjen, national legislative chairman_ Veterans of Foreign Wars, Adin M. Downer, assistant legislative repre- Wars, military expeditions, occupations, campaigns, and other disturbances 657 570-609 SPANISH WAR VETERANS' BENEFITS V THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 1955 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SUBCOMMITTEE ON SPANISH WAR OF THE Washington, D. C. The subcommittee met, pursuant to call, at 10 a. m., in room 356, Old House Office Building, Hon. Frank W. Boykin, chairman of the subcommittee, presiding. Mr. BOYKIN. Gentlemen, the committee will come to order. I just want to say that this is a subcommittee, but we are going to have our great chairman here with us to guide us. This meeting this morning is to consider some 25 bills which have been referred by the chairman to the Subcommittee on Spanish War. The author of each one of these bills or resolutions has been invited to appear before the subcommittee if he or she wishes to do so. In addition, the United Spanish War Veterans have asked to appear, and representatives of that organization are here. Also the national commander of the Naval and Military Order of the Spanish-American War has been advised of the hearings as have the Retired Officers Association and the Veterans of Foreign Wars. As usual, we have our friends from the Veterans' Administration to express the view of the executive branch. As is customary in most of such hearings, we will hear first from Members of Congress who have introduced legislation pending before the committee, and then that will be followed by representatives of the United Spanish-American War Veterans. Without objection, I will insert at this point in the record the text of the bills pending before the committee, as well as reports from the Veterans' Administration thereon, together with other material pertinent to this hearing. (The material referred to follows:) VETERANS' ADMINISTRATION, OFFICE OF THE ADMINISTRATOR OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS, Hon. OLIN E. TEAGUE, Washington 25, D. C., February 1, 1955. Chairman, Committee on Veterans' Affairs, House of Representatives, Washington 25, D. C. DEAR MR. TEAGUE: This has reference to your request for a report by the Veterans' Administration on H. R. 707, 84th Congress, a bill to extend pension benefits under the laws reenacted by Public Law 269, 74th Congress, August 13, 1935, as now or hereafter amended, to certain persons who served with the United States military or naval forces engaged in hostilities in the Moro Province, including Mindanao, |