Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1882-11-22
Swinlling the Soldier.

SAln0hInK tue SOiultT.
There seems to be no end Of devices
which the fertile brains of claim agents
originate for the purpose OF swindliug
the soldiers. A copy of circular has
found it's way to the War Department,
which has caused many a veteran to
throw away q S. bill. 1t is directed
to old soldiers, promising to procure
an honorable discharge for them under
any circumstances.
The circular reads as follow-:
NEW AND HONORABLE DISCHARGE FOR
SOLDIERS OF THE LATE WAX
There are many thousand soldiers
who have by some means lost their
disct arges since the war. To all such
let us say, it is of great Importance to
get them renewed, as certificates of
honorable service for your country.
There are also many thousands who
were absent for various causes when
their company was mustered out, and
never received discharge. To all
such let US say, you should lose no
time in making application for final
discharge from the service. We can
| obtain one, no matter what was the
cause of your absence. To those who
have once received discharge aud
lost it we will procure new certificates
of the discharge for the small SUN of
S. cash For those who were never
discharged we will get discharge for
IS cash In every case the money
must be in advance to pay expenses.
Now, if you have no discharge, please
answer three questions in full and re-
turn this blank to Us, with the cash
above named, and we will at once
procure a discharge for you. So don't
delay in filling this out State the
company and regiment you Were in
and for which you want discharge
The blank to be filled is as follows:
Soldiers name in full, postofice ad-
dress in full, letter of company, num-
ber of regiment, what State did he 60
from, date of enlistment, how long did
you enlist for, date of discharge, place
where discharged; now state how you
lost your discharge, when, and give
dates. If you never were discharged
please state on the following lines why,
giving full and complete particulars.
Make plain and truthful statement.
If you do not use this blank please
hand 1t some soldier who wants q dis
charge. Address
N. W. FITZGERALD & Co.,
q. s. Claim Agents, Washington, D.
lie.
The offer to procure the discharge,
no matter what was the cause of alb.
sence, is understood in the circular.
!. Such proposition, which substantial
, ly promises an honorable discharge for
deserter, stamps the thing as swim.
, BILE, as the agent knows very well that
he can do nothing of the kind. Still
he directs that $5 be sent to him fol
this impossible service. There are
many soldiers who could now obtain a
, pension but for the fact that the records
show them to have been deserters.
, No doubt hundreds of such persons
think that by somo hook or crook the
, agent can straighten their record and
enable them to practice fraud on the
government Should the agent then
simply pocket their five dollar bills
they are not in position to grumble
On the other hand, there are many
honorably discharged soldiers who
, have lost their papers, and these sim.
ply lose their money by sending it to
claim agent, because General Drum
says that the application of soldier
made direct, receives exactly as prompt
attention as when sent through claim
agent.-Indiana, Pa, Messenger.
Call for w. G. II. U. Convention.
Never were the prospects for the
temperance cause brighter than they
are to-day. The fields are now white
for the harvest, only awaiting the
sickle of the reaper, and the call has
gone forth all over the land for the
laborers to gather to the great work.
and to this work the Ruths are called
as well as the Boazs, and grandly are
the women responding to the call, as
is seen by the report of the last National
and State Conventions of the W. G.
T. u. This association has now aux
iliaries In almost every State and
Territory in the Union. In every civil
lied country in the world and even in
heather countries, among the mission
aries and their converts, the w. q. l..
u, of the United States, number a
constituency of over fifty thousand
Christian women, and as an organiza-
tion, has received the sanction or en-
dorsement of every religious denoml-
nation in the United States. In order,
therefore, to unite the Christian women
of Butler county in systematic temper
ance work, we call upon each social
organization and church congregations
in Butler county to appoint two ladies
from their number to attend conven-
tion to be held in the town of Butler,
December 9th, 1882, at ten o'clock A.
NJ, for the purpose of organizing a
county w. C. T. U, auxiliary to the
State w. G. T. U.
MRS. FRANCIS SWIFT,
| Pres't of W. G. T. U.
ELLEN NJ. WATSON,
! Sec'y of W. G. T. U.
Miss Narcissa E. White will deliver
lecture in Butler, Tuesday, Dec. 5th,
1882, under the auspices of the W. G.
T. u, of Butler, Pa.
| Ry ORDER OF ExECUTIyE Com