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H.R.
805 – JAMES SURRIDGE, Harpster,
Idaho, alleges that in 1878 he served in the campaign against the
Bannock Indians in Capt. C.W. Case’s company Idaho Volunteers, when
honorable discharged. (I.W.S.O. 18566)
This
soldier’s claim was finally rejected November 3, 1923, for the reason
that neither the official records of the U.S. or of the State of Idaho
afforded any evidence of alleged service, there being no muster roll of
the company for the year 1878 on file and the evidence filed failed to
establish a pensionable service.
There
is a muster roll of the service of the company of Captain Case in 1877,
but claimant’s name is not borne thereon, but there is no roll of the
company for the year 1878 on file.
Frank
A. Fenn Testified as follows:
Frank
A. Fenn, of Kooskia, Idaho, being first duly sworn on oath, says” I am
68 years of age and a pensioner under the act of March 4, 1917, for
services rendered in the Nez Perce Indian war; I was a lieutenant in
Capt C.W. Case’s company (B), of the Second Idaho Militia, and
adjutant of the regiment; the company was a volunteer organization in
the beginning; the company has been variously designated sometimes,
though erroneously, as (D). I
am and since 1877 have been personally well acquainted with James
Surridge, the claimant above mentioned.
I know that in 1878, I was regimental adjutant, assigned said
James Surridge to guard duty in the vicinity of Mount Idaho, Idaho
County, Idaho, during the Bannock war; that when so member of said
company (B), commanded by Capt. C.W. Case at that time; That I do not
know, and therefore can not say, whether the name of said James Surridge
was ever entered on the muster roll of said company (B), but I do know
that he performed service as a member of said company under my orders
for over 30 days.
Frank A. Fenn
July 8, 1922
J.B.
Morris testified as follows:
That
I am a duly and regularly licensed and practicing physician and surgeon,
practicing at the present time in Lewiston, Nez Perce County, Idaho;
that I was such physician and surgeon practicing in Idaho in the years
1877 and 1878; that as such physician I was the duly and regularly
appointed regimental surgeon by Governor Brayman, then Governor of the
Territory of Idaho, and cared for all the volunteers during the Nez
Perce Indian War in the year 1877 and the Bannock War of 1878; that I
know of my own knowledge that James Surridge did active service in the
Bannock War of 1878 for a period of more than 30 days; that I have been
personally acquainted with the said James Surridge since the year 1876.
J.B. Morris
July 19, 1922
Several
other persons also testified in a general way to soldier’s service in
Captain Case’s company
Claimant
is 76 years of age, and states he owns no property, but that his wife
owns four acres of land. Two
witnesses again testify in a general way to service of claimant. The witnesses Fenn and Morris are both pensioned on account
of service in the Idaho Volunteers, Morris as surgeon of the Second
Idaho Volunteers. While
there is no record or documentary evidence of service, the testimony
submitted is of such a character as to lead to the conclusion that this
claimant did render 30 days’ service in connection with the Indian
troubles in Idaho in 1878, and therefore allowance of pension at the
rate of $20 per month is recommended |