The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1875-03-11
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Equalization OF 30. niles.

Week before last the House of Re.
prcsentatives at Washington pass.
cd bill equaliziug bounties, withou,
much opposition, and that solely
from the Dem )crats. a number of
whom voted against the bill. II
gives u bounty to every soldier who
served between April 18th. 1861. and
May 9th, 1865, at the rate OF SO 33
per month. less all bounties receive 1
from the United States or State gov
crnmcnts During the debate in the
House, General Albright, one of the
members of Congress at. Large from
this state. olicite the fact that the
reason the soldier had not long since
received the bounty 20 which he was
Justly entitled. was merely a techni
cal ono. We copy below that portion
If the debate, viz:
Mr. Albright. Let me ask the gen
tlemen u question: Whether. nc
cordiug to thcicri.ions ofthe Treas
nry Department, a very large nun
bcr OF soldiers who were enlisted in
IN" service for nluc months. until the
expiration oi their services. were pre-
vented from receiving any bounty at
nil by technical ruling Of the De
partment and whether the Second
AUDITOR. Mr. French. does not state
that N" considers that class Of men the
most mcritorious that went into the
snrvi'e.
Mr. Gunrkcl The Second Auli>
tor commenced paying them, sup
posing they were volunteers fully
competent under the law. The War
Department found out they were not
volunteers, but militia. and under
some oil law the President had the
night tp call ont the militia and
Therefore the ninc months men anl
others who served for less than "A
year We're treated rs militia aud rul
ci ont.
Mr. Albright But is it not the
fact that they were actually muster
cd in by the United States muster.
ing officers, placed under command
of United States officers, taken into
the field in Virginia and other
states, and served Just in the same
way as other soldiers
Mr. Albright Yes. sir. But when
it came to this bounty question this
point WAS raised. that If they hal
not been IN the service for wear
thcy were not in tine United State,
service and therefore were not TO be
paid bounty
Mr. Albright Pennsylvania fur.
niShcl twcnty-scven thou and of
that class of men ut n timc when the
t"mlni for troops was very great {;
when tue Army had been defeated
on the peninsula. and at the time of
the second Bull Run aud they were
Immediately brought into tho Mary
lanl aal Virginia campaigns. Tnosc
w'u have h.cu deprive of tlis
bounty to tins day, aud have faile |
in any way to get any recognition of
their services to the county,
THIS bill proposes to reach n class
Of men, too, who were in the service
for less pciio,, of time Tho bill is
mcrltorious, Just and fair all the way
through ltproviles that there shall
he deducted from the bounties of
the men entitled to the same any
local or other bountics they may
have received, and in that way
realized anl that then it shal.
be as"ertaincl whether they come
under the general terms of the law.
which provides there shall be paid
#1oOfor one years service and makes
,hpt the basis of his celebrations
Nine months men will get seventy
five dollars.
Since the above was put in type
the bill has been defeated in the Sen.
ate. We think however that Con-
gross will soon pass law oqualizing