New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-05-20

EMPLOYMENT FOR THE SOLDIERS.
1t will not be many days before the soldiers
of the armies of the Union will be coming home.
Next week is the great review in Washington,
speedily after which it is understood the armies
of the Potomac, Of the Tennessee, of Georgia,
and the rest, will be mustered out Of service
their long toll honorably over their new life at
home to begin What shall that life be-
We press that question upon the public.
What shall the future of our soldiers be They
come back to us after three or four years OF
military life, their old occupations long since
forsaken their prospects sacrificed to the patrl-
otto zeal that called them into the field. The
question for US is whether we will allow the
men who have saved the country to suffer be-
cause they saved it, 1t is practical question:
and appeals to practical men for its answer. To
considerable extent it is question not OF
intent or of good will-for we should oil
say instantly that the soldiers ought to be
cared for-but of method, Of means, Of
good sense, and of organization. 1t is a question
how we will endeavOr to recognize the claim OF
the soldiers on the country-how we shall re-
ceiye them on their return, how we shall take
them back into civil and peaceful society, what
employment we shall provide for them, and
what effort we shall make to reinstate them
into positions not less advantageous than those
they occupied before the war.
The Sanitary Commission is trying to answer
these questions. II has established Bureau OF
Employment for Disabled and honorably Dis
charged Soldiers. The purpose of this Bureau
is to bring employers and those seeking employ
ment together, and without charge to either.
Its Office, at No. 80 Chambers-st in this city,
is meant to be rendezvous for returning SOL
diers, who may there register their names with
a memorandum Of the kind Of employment
they desire, and with such other information
as employers will naturally expect. Those
wishing workmen Of any kind are invited to
register their applications, stating wages local
ity, prospect Of permanent employment, and
especially whether their work can be done by
disabled men, and what sort of physical dis
ability does not disqualfy soldier for the
specified occupation. Those who are inter-
ested will find more precise information at the
Bureau itself and from the circulars which 1t
distributes.
We heartily commend this and all kindred ef-
forts as likely to be useful, and as indispensa-
bic, but we by no means stop there While
urging due attention to these facilties-these
means of help which make il easy for those de-
string t. help the soldier to direct their efforts
in some safe channel-we are far from thinkingl
that all our duty is done in calling attention tol
them We urge still more strenuousy that
each individual ought to feel himself bound
to contribute his personal efforts toward
the same end which the Bureau con-
templates and works for. We want
every man and woman TO feel that
they cure something TO the armies that have
saved the country. Asking for nothing on the
ground Of charity, we ask for everything on the
ground Of duty and of obligation. Let no one
appeal for charity to the returning soldiers.
No man who has shouldered musket in this
war ought to be insulted with the proiIer of
aims. If he needs money or anything else, let
him have it-but not as charity. Let him
have it as a right, as something due to him and
from us, but never as q charity. And so
with the furnishing Of employment. II ought
to be given TO the soldier by those who want
work done-given with generous pay, and given
to the soldier in preference to any other, and as
his right 1t will be found also that the armies
contain great numbers of men who left excel
lent positions to enter it and who are no worse
but better qualified by their long service in the
field for the duties Of civil life. They have the
frst claim both OH private employers and on the
Government.
One other point This Bureau of Employ
ment which the Sanitary Commission has
opened in Chambers-st. is a sample Of those
which are to be OF have been established all
over the country. AS they make NO charge for
services to either Of the parties whom they
benefit, their existence involves an expense,
and we beg those who cannot in any other way
help the soldiers to send a few dollars to these
Bureaus. 1t is not possible at this moment to
invest money TO better advantage.
Forrest Killed Again.