doi:10.7916/d8-njpc-3n54Typed Letter to David Homer Bates, signed with Ms. Note by CarnegieCarnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919correspondencetextPhilanthropistsCharitable uses, trusts, and foundationsNew York (N.Y.)Carnegie was a founder of the US Military Telegraph Corps of the Civil War. In 1907, upon request from David Homer Bates, the secretary of the Society of the United States Military Telegraph Corps, he established pensions for them; in a few years he extended pensions to their widows as well.