tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1439587530787929381.post4871370669982368538..comments2023-12-13T04:30:39.311-08:00Comments on Civil War Medicine (and Writing): Civil War Pension Fraud is No Laughing Matter...OH YES IT IS!Jim Schmidthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03635615531025513644noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1439587530787929381.post-63638543803911171252010-02-05T05:33:16.561-08:002010-02-05T05:33:16.561-08:00Brad - Thanks for the GREAT story...you see: this ...Brad - Thanks for the GREAT story...you see: this is why I LOVE doing this blog! JimJim Schmidthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03635615531025513644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1439587530787929381.post-44817671920994797692010-02-04T16:03:27.275-08:002010-02-04T16:03:27.275-08:00An old shirker from the 13th Mass was eating more ...An old shirker from the 13th Mass was eating more than his fair share of the fare at an old soldier's home. In desperation the authorities examined his military records in hopes of finding a way to expel him. They were successful. His enlistment was credited to another town to which he was immediately exported.<br /><br />Soon the authorities in this town were at wits end over the voracious appetite of their new veteran tenant. But not wishing to be cruel to a veteran, a committee of town representatives sought out some of the soldier's old comrades from the 13th Mass, to see if a pension could not be got for him.<br /><br />An interview ensued. The candidate was asked by his comrades if he could not remember a time in all his service when he might have injured himself. Since the skulker spent the majority of his time with the wagon train, he had to think hard. <br /><br />"Once he said, when the wagons came to a sudden stop, I hurt my side."<br /><br />His comrades were shocked at the hard service he had seen during his 3 year enlistment; - He had hurt his side once when the wagon stopped short ! <br /><br />They told him, "The gov't. doesn't owe you a pension, you owe the gov't. a pension." Then they sent him away. <br /><br />The authorities at the 'soldier's home' chastised the veterans of the 13th for being so cruel to their former 'comrade in arms.' And, they kept paying the food bills.B. Forbushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17520880540467372937noreply@blogger.com