Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-04-16

50 hrst lieutenants........... SO 10000
Is second lleutenants. 800. Ia 0 1876 0
l6 chaplains Observation-Disclosures. 800 q eco
Total. ....................S 81 ,l0l $50
The above list does not include General
Sherman nor Brigsdier- General Gabriel
R. Peul, who for the past twenty years
has been retired on full pay and allow
snces. His eyes were totally destroyed
in one of the later actions Of the war.
General Sherman receives Sl9. 900 per
yesr snd General Paul $500 The peo-
PIE do not begrudge either Of these
veterans the bounty given them.
But there are plenty Of names
on the favored roll which are
calculated 30 make people wonder why
they should have been chosen for such
extraordinary favor, when thousands
upon Thousands CT Officers of even higher
rank and with more desperate wounds
have to struggle on the mere pension
pittance allowed by general statu es
Take the case Of Mi General SIckles,
who has been on the retired list since 1859
at S5625 year. General Sickles
lost O leg, it is true; but how maLy
others lost legs and arms? How many
lost both leg or both arms? General
S,ckles hiss never baen incapscits;ea for
worS. Ga Inc contrary, he served
term as Minister To Spain, and now has 4
law practice 10 n wv York worth 5000
year. II WAS not SO disabled by the
loss OF his leg that he could not rake in
thst 500 900 fee, which the foreign L lie
bondholders p,id him for ousting Jay
Gouldfrom the Z i4 management. Another
favored civilian Is Francis FessendeD, son
rf old LaGEan5an Memo Uhn
has been on the retired list as Briga-
dier General since 1866 at 81, l25 q year.
Ftssenien was retired by reason of
"wounds," the nature # which is not set
forth in the army register. They could
not have been very serious, for the gen.
eral mas fine law practice in Portland,
We and at last accounts was In perfect
heath. He gained his handsome yearly
pension through his fathers political in
duence.
Among the list Of captains on the fs-
vored roll kppeRrs the name Of Adam BIS
deau, whose recent controversy with that
other veteran, Colonel Fred Grant, is
fresh in peoples minds. How such g
fellow as Badeau could be thought worthy
Of life pension, and for what service it
was granted, Will ever remain mystery.
down, but NOBODY ever heard Of Bsdeau's
wounds. They could not have been serious
for he has held many civil fflces, and his
health Is thought to be pretty good. Cap
tain Badeeu raceives $500 year.
mere pittance of course, to any man who
considers his services worth $1,000 per
month-5ut it probably keeps the wolf
from the door while he is engaged in
building "litersry" monuments to great
ness. Fully two thirds OF those on the
army retired list, VINO are set down IS
retired because Of wounds, are In per-
feet health, and many Of them are en-
gagged In business.
While tn favored class borne on the
army rolls is q large one it does MOI COM
pare with that OF the navy. The srmY
disability retired list is limited and ep-
puintments cannot be made TO it until
ysc.nies exist. But there is no limit to
the navy list. Officers are retired as rap
idly as they come to the required age OF
sixty-tw0, or Ia any other way allowed by
law. The navy list Is very large and Con
gress at every session is besleged with
bills to increase 1t by special appointments
Of officers who have been out Of
service for years. There are twenty such
bills before the naval committee Of the
House now. Here Is specimen OF the
way certain civilians, who feel that il
would be nice to have pension for life
go about getting it: "Whereas, ----
=, late commander United States navy
was dropped from the ravy list August
%, 1868; and whereas, if the said -
- had remained in the navy ht
would now have reached the age
of retirement; therefore, be 1t en-
acted, ETC., that the President be suthor
lied to appoint the said - - COM
mknder upon the retired list Of the navy
For what5 In this case the gentleman
named in the bill was dismissed ol
dropped from the navy for incompetency
After twenty years in civil life he has the
temerity to ask to be put on the favored
pension roll with "salary" Of $2625 fol
the rest of his career.
The bulk Of retired naval officers have
high rank, which is not the case with thu
army. There are but five retired major
generals, but OF rear admirals there sr'
now borne on the rolls ffty-one, each re
ceiving S1500., One, Rear Admiral Wor.
den, by special act, receives his full pay
$4,000. The followiDgis the navy retired
list:
rear admiral. ................ w