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statute age, has no wounds Or d1;so
acquired in the line of service. an, ,o's' oss
not be retired under any Of thr s,str,a ,'''
~ provisions. ''"'''
4. The act Of July l., 1870. still w.
force, prescribcs that officers on tho n Ill
tired list ''shall receive Seyenry.fya w. m
ccntum of the pay of the rank rrns rrs
which they are RETIRED" The ,,onnn
bill declares that Grant sha', i,ay. :,' Gu
full pay OF General, in VIC a',or ,f ,h;, js
statute, thereby also drawing Al, uuimIs M
discrimination in Grants favor over nv
cry other person On the liz. auI ov.r
officers who have been far iooo.,r r,n
nected with the army than hcv..>. Gan.
eral Sherman. who has risen n<h,gh
rank as Grant, will only be Retired m on
three-fourths pay.
). The retired list was created for
the purpose of withdrawing ol!cv~s wbo
shall be disabled or supcranu,,,.nI
from active command The 10 AN hNi
overriding the whole theory ot the ra'
tired list, declares "That Il; any ,imo
when the President shall consider ,',,
an emergency has arisen requiring >he
services of General Ulysses S. Gran. On
active duty, he is hereby authorized 10
! assign him to any command rommen.
surate with the rank OF General" This
extraordinary misuse of the retired list
is not made subject to the desire or do
mand OF Congress, but to the mere
opinion or will Of the President.
6. Congress, considering ,ha, the two
highest grades in our standing army
were totally disproportioned to the
number of troops, declared by a law
still in force that "wheA a vacancy
occurs in the Office of General Or Lien.
tenant General, such Office shall cease
and all cnactments creating or recua.
TING such offices shall, respectively he
held to be repealed" The Logan bill,
overthrowing this law, creates another
General, and does not permit the Office
to necessarily lapse when yacateiby its
present incumbent, General W. r
Sherman.
I. 4 system of organization and set
Of military laws have been framed,
based on Title NV. of the Revised
Statutes, whose first words declare that
"Thc army of the United States shall
consist of one General etc. The Lo.
gan bill brings two Generals into >he
army; and, with no attempt at first re.
vising military customs and the regula.
tions prescribing the duties. the rights
and the privileges of 1.-The General"
as the wording OF the laws now runs,
simply opens way for suddenly, and
in a moment of emergency. making the
grade of General doube-headcd.
8. Should it be said that there is no
intent to call Grant into active service,
but that the provision looking to that
end is merely designed to Justify the
award of full pay instead Of three.
fourths pay, the precedent becomes in
the highest degree dangcrous-the crc-
alton of sinecure by resort to sub.
tcrfugc.
9. Grant quilted the army in order to
get larger pay, a higher office and more
extended fame as President. Having
served eight years in that office, he has
no claims to return to the army for the
purpose not of rendering service but ol
drawing salary.
10. There is nothing in Grants pc
cuniary condition justifying this appea
for his relief. If there were, the prop
\ er method of procuring him pension
, would not be one that violates all mill
= tary laws and customs of service tha
:, stand in the waY.-M 7. Sum-