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during the Indian campaign when he took a very heavy cold, having to be in
all kinds of weather, snow and rain, while shoeing horses, I was doctored in
the field at Bonita Canon. My occupation at that time was blacksmith and I
have followed it to the present time but I have been sick and unable to follow
my occupation.
13 Nov. 1899 - Isaac Jackson replies to the Pension Bureau that he knows Boller to
be afflicted with catarrh of the stomach, during the campaign at Bonita Canon,
Ariz. Jackson states he has read and signed his name but was too nervous to
write so got a friend to write for me.
20 Nov. 1899 - The Pension Bureau writes the Post Office Dept. asking the address
of Joseph Cammel as letters sent to his address has been returned to this bu-
reau unclaimed.
5 Dec. 1899 - Attorneys Soule and Co. informed the Pension Bureau that they are
still compiling evidence to submit for Boiler's Pension and that this letter is
evidence that we have not abandoned the prosecution of this claim.
29 Dec. 1899 - Boller writes to his attorneys and states that he is sorry to say but
Joseph Cammel died on the 15th of Dec. at his home on Tijeras Road, Albu-
querque, New Mexico. He had been sick sometime, that's why you could not
hear from him. Please let me know something about my claim as I have not
heard from you for sometime. I am enclosing a clipping about the death of
Joseph Cammel.
4 Jan. 1900 - Dr. F.E. Hinch informs the Pension Bureau that he has no additional
information he can add to in the case of Boiler.
24 Jan. 1900 - Boiler files an inability Affidavit in which he states he is unable to re-
ply with the requirements of the Pension Bureau as to the testimony of a Com-
missioned Officer or Orderly Sergeant for the reason that Capt. Charles L.
Cooper is at present serving in the Philippine Islands and Boiler has no infor-
mation on the Orderly Sergeant.
2 Feb. 1900 - The Attorneys, Soule & Co., informs the Pension Bureau that Boller's
claim appears to be complete with the filing of the inability affidavit. The At-
torneys also give the claimant's present address as Gallup, New Mexico.
27 Feb. 1900 - Solomon Boiler writes the following letter to the Pension Bureau
and states he is writing a few lines concerning my health, being an old soldier
and a blacksmith in my regiment, Troop H, 10th Cavalry, would like to say
that I have put in for a pension some two years ago on account of disease, con-
tracted while in the service of the U.S. Army in the Indian War in Ariz. in the
year 1885 to 1886 and part of 1887. The most of all this time my company was
in the field after Chief Geronimo and Mangus, the other Chiefs and their War-
riors, and that is where I contracted a severe cold that turned into what the doc-
tors called the catarrh of the stomach. I was treated while in the field through
snow and rain I had to go. Sometimes snow would be up to our knees and I
had to shoe horses in snow and rain and there is where I lost my health in the
line of my duty trying to protect my country. Hoping, dear sir, that you will
consider this matter at your earliest date for I am in need of help and I have55
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