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That I subsequently assisted in raising the Cayuga Company of the 47th, in Haldimand, and was appointed senior sergeant. That at the time of the breaking out uf the late rebellion in the North-W est. I was in Wennipeg and tendered my services to my Queen and adopted country in the 90th Ilattalion, and marched to and fought at " Fish Creek," where I contracted disease which has permanently disal:)Ipd me and rendered me unfit for work of any kind, and quite unable to support myself or my wife. — (See Medical certificate.) That after ten days lying in hospital tent near the battle-field, I was removed to Saskatoon in company with Doctor Roddick, the Surgeon- Major of the Militia of the Dominion, where, after my partial recovery, I was appointed by him Hospital Sergeant and night nurse over the sick> the dying and the wounded- -(See Captain Clarke's letter attached) — and was invalided from Moosejaw hospital on my way home to Toronto on the T4th June, 1885. That I remained there till the 7th February, 1886, without receiv- ing one cent of compensation, when Col. Denison the D.A.G. at the old Fort advised nie to come on here. I at once called on General Middleton, who very kindly interested himself; hut neither the late Lt.Col. Lamontn; ne nor the Minister of Militia would even notice nie That 1 was without funds wherewith to purchase the common necessaries of life till the Deputy Minister (whose kindness to me fill along has been unbounded) advanced me a small amount in June, 1886 — four months afterwards. That I almost daily, though suffering intensely, endeavoured to get the Minister to appoint a Medical board, which he kept on depriving me of for months longer, when the Deputy Minister (Col. Panet) kindly authorized one to meet to examine me ; the result of which was, I was allowed, by order of Council on the following August, $r.oo per day, to date from ist July, 1885, to the 30th April, 1887, 660 days —$660. That after that latter date I grew worse in health and weaker n strength, and applied to the Minister for another examination by the Medical board, in view of asking for a permanent pension, which was for more than three months refused me; and when I asked the Minister one day for further compensation as I was half-starved and had no money nor any place of abode or shelter, he coolly told me he did uo^ cai;e whether I starved or not, it was none of his business. The De])uty Minister then, in my presence, told him that the law was that as long as I remained at my hon)e and not in hospital I was entitled to receive the daily net pay of my rank, with an extra allowance of 50 cents per day. To which the Minister replied he did not care about the law, he would not give me another cent, and told me not to dictate to him what the law was, and ordered me away from his presence. The Deputy Minister, knowing I was in the right, very kindly ad vanced me $to which (when the Minister becrnie aware of it) he deducted oui of my first permanent pension, granted me on the 13th November, 1888, together with $30 which Col. P.met had advanced me during the year 1888. The Department was at the same time and is still owing me for 272 days confinemeni at my own lodgings, as per paragraphs 907 and 910 of " Regulations and Orders" of the Militia of Canada, — which the Minister has been told by his subordinate offi- cers in the Department ; but, for a personal hatred against myself, which I can prove in his own hand-writing, he refuses to let his Deputy, Col. Panet, pay me. That ill June 1887, when he refused to speak to me or grant me an audience and stopped my allowance attogelher, 1 went to Earnscliffe to see the Premier, who treated me with ihv- kindest sym- pathy and consideration, and wrote me at once a letter to Sir Adolphe P. Caron, who took no notice of either me or the letter, but gave it to his i)rivate serretarv, and has never acted upon it — (See Sir John's letter attached). That in order to show his animosity to me personally he, for nine months after my return from the North-West, refused to pay me a cent for sitting u]) at night in charge of the hospitals of the North- West field force as nurse and Hospital Sergeant, although I held a re- qui'iition from the Deputy SurgeonOeneral Roddick, and a letter from Doctor Bell hacked by Dr. Bergin, M. P., the Surgeon General, that it was I who washed and carbolizod the killed and coftlned them prior to their transportation and final burial East. That on one occasion, after being three weeks in bed ill with inflaniatory rheumatism, I was able to call at the buildings to see him, with the assistance of two sticks, as I could hardly walk. I sent in my card at half-past 9 and waited outside till 2 o'clock — suffering severe pain. He would not see me then on business but insultingly told me— go home you can't walk you are drunk, which he well knew was not true. That the late Senator Plumb wrote him, as well as went to see him, about my case, but his promises to the Senator remain yet unfulfilled ; also letters of Senator McCallum and other M. P's. who interested themselves on my account.— (See letters attached). That prior to the campaign in the North-West I for fifty-five years enjoyed all the time most robust health. And besides having a first- class College education in the old c(;untry, 1 am a good accountant, a practical miller, brewer and malster by trade, neither of which occupa- tions have I been able to follow since. That the year 1884, before the rebellion, I commenced farming in Manitoba, four miles from Minnedosa, and prepared by summer fallow- ing, myself, over 30 acres of land — which time I iOSt, lor I was absent in the spring of 1885 on the Saskatchewan and could get no cro]) put in. I made a claim i)ut the Minister told the Claim > Board, of whom Col. Jackson was chairman, not to entertain it. I also lost all my kit and clothes on the night of the battle, valued at $30.00, for which I never got a cent. , That I claimed before the Military board tliat my case should go () before them as Hospital Sergeant of the Norlh-West Field Force, and not as late private of the 90th, to obtain a larger pension, as I knew mj tpedical certificates would entitle me to be placed on the second degree, viz., •' Men rendered incapable ol earning a livelihood but not re- quiring the care of another person." (See paragraph 922.) This the Minister refused, although the board expressed themselves to rae that they were sorry that I had to come before them for a full private's pension only ; but paragraph 934 could, if the Minister chose, remedy that, which he refused to do notwithstanding Sir John's letter. That the unkind, ungenerous, and inhuman treatment which I have received as a loyal Kritish volunteer, crippled for the rest of my life, having offered it up in the service of my adopted country on the field of battle, and gradually dying from disease contracted, is a great contrast to the liberality of the United States to her citizen soldiery ; and at my age (nearly 60) I think will not find a parallel in any other civilized country, not even in Russia. That before the rebellion, for years I was enabled to remit to my aged mother in England (now over 90 years of age) to assist in her support, a small sum which I am not since able to continue ; neither can I assist out of my pension of 55 cts. per day for the support of a wife. I'hat in August of 1S87, the Deputy Minister wrote to me that $100.00 was placed to my credit provided I went to the Protestant Hospital for three months for medical treatment, the Minister still refusing to carry out my just rights as per paragraphs 907 and 910. T , was then very ill indeed and after consultation with Sir James Grant, who expressed great surprise at the Minister's treatment of me, he being still under the impression that I was drawing my lawful allowance 0. $1.00 per day, Sir James advised me to go, as I had at the time lo t the use of bfjth legs fiom inflamatory rheumatism. Under kind and skilful treatment from all the attendants, doctors and nurses, matron and house-keeper, I partly recovered and was able to walk about when I lost the use of my right arm from the same ailment. All this time the Minister refused to send me a dollar, although the resident stfVgeon, Dr. Chipman, wrote several tinies for the payment of my account. At last $91.00 was sent to the Hospital Treasurer for gi days keep, the balance o( the $100.00 to my credit I have never received up to this day. Shortly afterwards Dr. Chipman wrote to the Minister that I was again very ill and without means. The Minister answered that the De- partment would not become responsible for anything more on my ac- count, and that there was nothing due me ; but about the same tini.- I received some papers to sign with check for $50.00, the words added, u, full of all claims against the Government, which papers I (acting on the advice of all the doctors ) returned as they told me that in my present state of health I might as well sign my death-warrant I held on to the check until I recovered the use of my arm and then endorsed it with my name adding 7.'ithout prejudice. That after the Medical and Military board had finally reported on my case very favorably on the ist or 2nd day of August, 1888 the M.msler withheld them from the Privy Council til. the .3th November ^.llowmg, although repeatedly askea by myself and friends to do so He still refused to give me a dollar all those months during which time . 1 suffered from pain, hunger and want of proper shelter. I was confined I* to my bed at the Royal l-lxchange for a month, (October) without care or nursing and during that m.nth repeated applications were made to the Minister and I gave written orders for a small amount but without any effect ; not a rent would he allow Col. Panet to send me, so 1 ■^.•^\n sent for Sir James (Jrant, who ordered me back to the Hospital where I -suffered the loss of both legs till December. I wrote in November to V^ Col. Panet that I did not think I could survive the winter. He replied to me in the most tender and kind manner, expressing deep regret tha^ my extreme loyalty and patriotic devotion to my country had given n.e such disappoinlnient, pain and suffering. It was then, and not till then that the Minister (thinking my days would soon be numbered) wo.ild consent to bring my case betore the Council for a private's pension 1 hat notwithstanding the refusal of the Minister to pay my hos- pital charges in the first place, he subsequently did so, under pressure from the Hospital authorities, to the amount of $108.00, which amount IS debited to me in the books of 'the Department making, with the $9 1- 00, a total ol $199.00. That I have asked for and have been refused either to read or obtam copies of any reports of the Medical board appointed to examine me, which I desired to have for my own guidance in regulating my future mode of living as to diet. .\:c. ^ h ) That the amount allowed mc, $,.00 per d.y prior to 30th April, 1887, and ,n the opinion of the Right Honorable the Pre,n.er totally insufficient for my injuries, having been (after receipt of his letter to tlie Minister) taken from me altogether shows the ill-feeling against nne in not bringing ii rase before the Council for any further consideration. That on two iifferent occasions the late Hon()ral)le Thomas White, Minister of the Interior, wrote me that if I could recover my health and could write as I used to, he would give mo employment in his Deparf ment as he had known me for nearly thirty years before, when I was private set retary. to the late I'hos. C Street, M. P. for Welland, a brother-in-law of the late Senator Plumh and the late Lord Bishop of Niagara, but I have not and never will be able to accept any perman- ent calling, being confined to the house either in bed or on a lounge nine days out of ten with my diseases. That in compliance with the law I handed the Ntinister four medical certificates in April, 1888, from Sir James Grant, Dr. H. V . Wright, Dr. McDougal and Dr. Chipman, House Surgeon on my dis- charge from Hospital, as incurable and unable to earn a living or support myself He (in the presence of Col. Panet) the Deputy Minister, denied ever having received them. That was in July, three months afterwards, and in the interval, he refused to advance me a dollar for the purchase of food or even bring my case before the Privy Council after the Medical and Military boards' report in August, till the r3th Novem- ber following, when he heard my end was approaching on a sick bed in the Hospital. That in conclusion I wish most gratefully to thank all the oflficials, of the Department for their kindness, sympathy and benevolence, especially to the Deputy Minister, Col. Panet, the Adjutant "General, Col. Powell, the Accountant, Mr. O'Meara, and also Cieneral Sir Fred Middleton, all of whom were aware of my sudferings and privations as above stated. That the many acts of kindness and sympathy extended to me by every other member of the Government whom I have had the honor to interview, but who told me they could do nothing for ine unless my case was brought before them in Council, (each Minister's Department being exclusively under his own control,) are strong evidences that they hold other feelings towards an old diseased and crippled volunteer than Sir A. P. Caron does, towards me, and are prepared to let justice pre- dominate over spite and bitter hatred. That there are a number of volunteers receiving much larger 9 pension, than I am (on= as high as a thousand dollars a yea,) who arc e s d^s r ; 1::',"""^ ""^t "■ '"^^ °"" ■"'"«• -" '" ' ---^ live upon on the very kmd recommendation, of the Minister. win K u I ';""" '"'""'•••'''I" "«="'ter on either side of the House ».n be k,nd enough, on my behalf, to ask for papers etc and oka n )ust,ce lor n,e and avail hi.nself of the power vested i hi.rthroulh l-agraph „4, Rules and Regulations of the Militia, to k fo7 me compensatton to meet the circumstances of my case a lei as » Z or me what ,s n,y legal right to receive under paragraph, ,1, and „,o s,e7;,,e"in'r:r '"" ' '™^ '- "'"^ '- ''"'' ">-= »'■<' ^-^ and 8«r '™"^""r '" P"''"" "'« "'"""8 <" want during ,s«7 and ,888 when no, ,n the Hospital hut poor and penniless. ^ ' C. T. HURRELL, Late Hospital Sei ■geant and Night Nurse of the North-VVest Field Force at Saskatoon, N.WT. N. B.-My pension is also further reduced by my having' to borroNy money in advance in order to supply mv d. W 7 ^ from money lenders at exhorbitant rates of in" e ^ L cIcTr^" every half year as yet paid to them through H^;',?"' "' I had to give them. The official state nentheTevih T"' roborate part of the above statement as far a alu u a d 7 """ concerned. The whole statement is the truth Te "l 1' ? ,>" partment wUl prove some, and I am prepared to prol^Tn d^o^n" the balance, if a committee be allowed ^me. C. T. H. ■avMi 10 Oi'iAWA, Feb. 20, 1890. Case A.— 3284, Chas. P. Hurrell. O. C. 3rd August, '86 — I St July, '85 to 30th April, '87 - $660.00 " 23rd " '87 granted 100.00 $91.00 also paid to the Treasurer County Carleton General Protes- tant Hospit.il for 3 months from 27th Sept. to 26lh J)ec., 1887 at $1 per day. C. 13th Nov., 1888. Protestant Hospital paid $108 for care and maintenance to 13th November, 1888. Pension at rate of 55 cents a day granted from t3th Nov., 1888. M. & D. 26-9-89. (Copy) Earnscliffe, June 17, 1887. My dear Sir Adolphe : 1 feel much interested in the bearer " Mr. C. T. Hurrell " who has suffered so seriously since " Fish Creek." The pension p,' ^en him is altogether insufficient fdr his injuries. May I request you to take a personal interest in his case and much oblige. Yours very sincerely, (Sgd)JOHNA. MAC[)ONAU). Note — This was written after, when by O.C. I was allowed $t 00 per day up to the 30th April. 1S87, from ist July, 1S85 — C. T. H. (Copy.) RiDK.vu Ci.uu, Otiawa, June iSth, 1886 My dear Sir Adolphe : The bearer, Mr. C. T. Hurrell, late of the 90th Battalion, who has been a severe sufferer from inflamatory iheumatism and hemorrhage of the body ever since the N. W. campaign, has a strong claim which yours of the 2nd inst. refers to. He was. for many years Secretary for my brother-in-law, the late Mr. Street, M. P. for Welland, and I know him to be in every way entitled to sympathy and consideration. He formerly took a very active part in our elections in Haldimand and Monk N Jl and has done yeoman service for our party in both thosa counties At present he is utterly crippled and helpless and quite dependent on what he may receive from the Government. May I request you to dve his case your kind and early consideration and obhge. Yours sincerely, (Sgd.) J. B. PLUMB. (Copy) House OF Commons, June ist, i888- Sir Adolphe Caron, Minister of Militia. Dear Sir : The bearer Mr. C. T. Hurrell I have known for over twenty-five vears and he has always been a strong and active friend of our party. He tells me he was in the last rebellion in 90th regimen^ and is suffering severely from disease and exposure in the service of his country. May I ask you to take his case into ycur favorable considera- tion and much oblige, Yours truly, ,,; ^ .,...■ (Sgd.) K. McCALLUM. We heartily join in the above request. Thos. Scott, M. P. Jas. Beaty, M. p. W. Wooi^, M. P. ])R. Ferguson, M. P. J. H. Bell, M. P. (Copy.) De.r Hurrell. Moosejaw ,4th June, 1885. In parting from you on our leaving Hospital I wish to express t^ you my very sincere thanks for the care and kmdness bestowed by you over the wounded since our engagement at " Fish Creek " In your position at "Saskatoon " in the night charge of the Hospital you were able to be of great service to tlie wounded, you unde ood the responsibility of your position and I am sure all will long . ember your great kindness during those weary weeks. 12 Personally I feel your efforts in the interest of all the men to be a kindness done to myself. Yours truly, WM. CLARK, Capi\ F. Co., goth, Battalio n To C. T.' HuRRELL C. Co., 90th, Battalion. COPY OF CERriFICA'rE:S Sir James Grant to Sir A. P. Caron. 150 Elgin St., Ottawa, April i6th, 188S. Dear Sir Adolphe : The bearer Mr. C. T. Hurrell of the 90th Regt, is still in a very poor state of health and quite unable to earn his livins:^, And as he is about; leaving the Hospital, I thought it right to give you the facts. Very sincerely yours, The Hon. ' (Sgd.) J. A. GRAN T. Sir Adolphe Caron, K. C. M. G. Dr. McDougalPs. Ottawa April 20th,. 1888. This is to certify that Mr. C. T. Hurrell has been confined in the County Hospital for the last seven months suffering from a disease con traded from exposure during the recent campaign in the North -West which has completely disabled him and rendered him unfit for wor;< of any kind. . (Sgd.) P. A. McDOUGALL, M.D. Dr. H. P. Wright. Mr. C. T. Hurrell has been in the Carleton Hospital for seven months during which time I have seen him often. He is suffering from a complication of ailments dating back, I understand, to the recent rebellion in the North-West while on active duties in the 90th Regi- ment. He is still quite unfit for work of any kind and I am not pre- pared to say how long this inability will continue. (Sgd.) H. P. WRIGHT, M. J). 13 Dr. ChipmatCs. This is to certify that Mr. Chas. T. Hurrell has been an inmate of this hospital since 27th September last. During that time he suffered continuously from bleeding piles and "with slight intervals of relief" from acute articular rheumatism which has left him more or less crip- pled. He will be unable I think to engage in any occupation requiring continued application as he will be liable to be laid up from time to time with either or both the above ailments. (Sgd.) C. J. H. CHIPMAN, B.A., M.D., House Surgeon. June 2nd 1886, (Copy) Dr. Orton, M. p. My dear sir : The matter of Sergeant Hurrell, late of the 90th, has been looked into and as soon as we have time will have it paid. Yours very truly, A. P. CARON. L. McCallum, Esq., M. P. My dear sir : The matter of Sergeant Hurrell, late of the 90th, has been looked into and as soon as we have time will have it settled. Yours very truly, A. P. CARON. V I PARAGRAPHS. 907. If any officer or man shall receive injury or contract illness on actua service, which although of a temporary nature, shall necessitate his release from such service, he shall be placed either in a military o^ avilhosp.tal, and on his discharge from hospital he shall be conveyed to h.s own home at the public expense. If placed in hospital he shall be entuled wh.le there to be pa.d only the net pay of his rank, but if he elects to be sent to his own home instead of to hospital, he wil' h-^ paid a sum equal to the daily net pay of his rank, with an alIowance,'if an officer, of one dollar per diem, if a non-commissioneu officer or man fifty cents per d,em for the period during which, according to the certificate of two qualified medical practitioners, he shall have been actually and necessarily mcapactitated from following his ordinary occ:upation ; and no allowance for medic.1 attendance shall m any such case be given. U. C, 8, 6, 87, " 910 Those suffering from disability, who are entitled to comoen- sat.on under the provisions of paragraph 906 or 907 can, if necessary during the continuance of the disability, apply for a payment on ac- count n such instances the nature and cause of the disability must be. established, and the date and amount of any previous, payment shown also the certificate of two medical practitioners must be append- ed o the claim as evidence of the continuance of the disability, and that the apphcant is still incapacitated from following his ordinar, occupation. O. C, 8, 6, 87. ^ 934- In instances where the regulations do not meet the circum- stances of individual cases, they may be specially considered by His Excellency the Governor General in Council.