National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-09-29
ASSISTANT SECRETARY UPTON.
ne Denies that Union Soldiers Have
Rcen UnrntrIy Treated.

Mr.. j. X. Upton, Assistant Secretary Of
the Treasury Department. writes to tbs REfuhii.
CAN as follows. :" In your issue Of Wednesday
morning under the heading Of Unfair Treat
ment'' you repeat certain charges made against
the Departments by certain persons styling thcm-
selves the executive committee OF tho Soldiers
and Sailors, Association. The burden OF the COM
plant appears to DO that eN.soders and sailors
and their widows and orphans cannot procure
places in the Executive Departments Of this city
A similar charge was received from this same
committee in August last through Governor Foster,
of Ohio, to which reply in behalf OF this Depart
mcnt was made as follows:
"TREAsuRY DEPARTMENT, Aug. 10, 1881.
Hon, CHARLES FosTER, Governor ofohio Column
"slR: have the honor TO acknowledge the receipt
ofyour letter ofthe 9th instant transmitting copy
OF a letter received by you from committee Of
ex-Union soldiers of this city, IN which the ALE
cation is made that the soldiers and sailors Of the
late war, their widows and orphans are being re.
moved from the several Departments Of the Gov.
So,s II This city and their d we
since the incoming Of the present admin.
istraton no person connected with this Depart
Temperatures, incapacity, incfIicicncy, neglect Of
duty failure without satisfactory reason 20 pay
rent, board, OF other ordinary and necessary eX-
service, insufficient appropriation, or for other
equally as good reasons or those thus removed
clHnt nave Dccn IN the army, OF were tnc WluoWh
or daughters of soldiers. Meanwhile Of the per.
sons appointed 10 I'll the vacancies caused by re-
movals and natural causes thirty-two have either
been I'm the Union army or are the widows or
daughters of Union soldiers and sailors IL would
seem, therefore, that far the allegations re.
ferred to relate to this Department they are with.
out any foundation. Very respectfully.
civilian WINDOW Secretary.
"A further specific charge is made In your article
that one Mrs. Ely, whose husband Is disabled
ex.soldier, applied to the Treasury Department
for employment, but without success and a letter
In her behalf written by Senator Miller, OF Cali
fornia, to the Secretary OF the Treasury, is pub
lished as showing the merits Of her claims; also
that subsequently man was appointed ana
charged 10 California, but who was, In fact, from
Ohio, had never seen California, and was not
Union soldier No such letter from Senator Miller
Is on file In this Department, or ever has
been; nor can any one in the Department having
anything to do with appointments recall the case
or remember having seen such letter 1t is true
that very competent man, born In Ohio, has been
appointed recently and charged to California, and
is presumcd to be the one to whom Teerencei made.
He was, however, a soldier In the war of the re-
bellon, was honorably discharged when his regi-
mont was mustered ont; has since resided In Cali
fornla, becoming voter in the First Congressional
District ofthat State and still retains his residence
there The memorial received through Governor
Foster, above referred to, was dated in this city
and signed as follows: Amos 7. Bisse!l, John w.
Hall, A. F. Randall, James /. Barrack J. II. Cas-
sidy, and L. X Leopold"