Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-09-20
Petition of the Colonels.
TO Col. |. r. Dmkelbergcr, U. s. Post
master, Los Angeles, CALIFORNIA;:

TO Col. I. r. Dunkeibergcr, U. s. Post
master, Los Angeles, CALIFORNIA;:
Our DEAR CoLoSEL:-With due re-
spect and full OF sincere sympathy for
the unfortunate position in which you
are placed by reason Of the failure Of the
last Congress to appropriate money for
your use for the purpose Of lighting the
Los Angeles Postoflicc, and sympathiz-
ing with you for the niggardly compen-
sation given to you by the U. s. Govern
ment for the arduous duties performed
by you in attending to your duties of
Postmaster, but feeling that the sum of
$4,000 a year received by you, while pos.
sibly enough for your immediate sup
port. is not enough to compensate you
for all you do for the public. we de-
sire. as frisnds Of yours and your equals
and peers, as military men without dis
tinction Of party TO proffer our assist
ance in aiding you to place lights in the
postoffice 30 that we may be able to find
our boxes when those Of us are obliged
to seek that doleful abode and residence
Of the officials of the great Republic af-
ter dark.
We are seldom away from our families
after sunset In fact, we remain at
home because we abhor dark ness. Even
the electric light has few attractions for
us so fond are we of domestic life and
the endearments and epjoyments Of
home. Bat occasionally we are obliged
to go to the Postoffice, and this
necessitates our carrying q lantern to
discover the number Of our boxes. We
pay for our boxes small sum per an
mum which our dear Colonel, we UNDER
stand, is a perquisite which goes to
you, and we bave felt at times
that tho cost of the lantern to discover
our boxes was an additional charge upon
US for your benefit, but we do not COM
plain. In the post offices of small coun.
try towns we find lights always burning
and paid for by the Postmaster, bur
they receive much larger pay than you.
We therefore have concluded to request
you to place at least seven kerosene
lamps in your Postofiice, we to pay the
sums set opposite our respective names
and you to pay the balance, and as full
Colonies we will ever pray: Col. Walter
y. Moore, one cent; Col. j. Kuhrts, one
cent; Col. y. Adam, one cent; Col. f.
Bleunchassett, one cent; Col. Chas. T..
Miles, one cent; Col. w. b. Pritchard,
one cent; Col. +. Sabichi, one cent; Col
s. M. White, one cent; Col. X. A. Ling
one cent; Col. II. w. 0'Melveny, one
cent; Col. John d. Bicknell, one cent;
Col. A. James, one cent; Col. II.
Leck. one cent; Col. l. N. Moore, one
cent; Col. III. X. s. O'Melveny, one
cent; Col. J. J. Warner, one cent; Col.
W. NJ. Graham, one cent; Col. George
s. Hupp, one cent; Col. Geo. H. Smith,
one cent; Col George s. Patton, one
cent; Col. NJ. Kremer, one cent; Col.
w. Schroeder, one cent; Col. w. Eller-
ford, ono cent; Col. g. 8. Long, one
cent; Col. 7. z. Kane, one cent; Col. J.
Downey Harvey, one cent; Col. J.
Joyce, one cent; Col. w. s. Maxwell,
one cent; Col. VIM. Thorpe, one cent;
Col. Chas. r. johnson, one cent; Coils.
Seymour and johnson, one cent; Col.
w. w. Parlin, one cent; Col. Ed. A.
Weed, one cent: Col. Frank 4. Day,
one cent; Col. Joe Bsyer, one cent; Col.
J. C. McMenomy. one cent; Col. j. G.
Bequette, one cent; Col. A. 7. Currier,
one cent; Col. Theo. Wollweber, one
cent; Col. Pho Pico, one cent; Col. d.
Desmond, one cent; Col. Ii. J. Woolla.
colt, one cent; Col. John L. Gaffsy. enc
cent; Col. J. C. Kirkpatrick, one cent;
Col. Il. II. Sanderson, one cent; Col. J.
w. Mckinley, one cent; Col. j. +.
Walker, one cent; Col. K. G. Glover,
one cent; Col. Thomas B. Brown, one
cent; Col +. A. Gardner. one cent;
Col. L. Bouton, one cent; Col. 8. Hut
ton, one cent; Col. A. N. Hamilton, one
cent; Col. 7. ). Cuddy. one cent;
Col. A. w. Potts. one cent; Col. H. H.
Boyce, one cent, Col. John f. Godfrey.
City cents.