Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-04-20
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has been retired en- full pay and allow
anCes. His eyes were totally destroyed ]
il oae Of the lAJer actions OF toe war.
General Sherman receives SIS 600 per .
year and General Paul $500. Tne peo-
pie DO not begrudge elmer of these |
veterans the bounty given them.
Blu. there are plenty Of names |
on the favored roll which sre |
calcu sged 10 msEe people wonder WHY
they saUuld have been chosen for sCch |
extraordinary favor, when Thousands |
upon thousands Of officers OF even higher !
rGGk and with more desperate wounds !
hsve to struggle on the mefe pension |
plttsuce allowed by general sts'u es
Take the case of Major General Sick!eS.
who hiss been on the retired list sirCe 1869
st $685. year. General SiGsles
lost leg, it is true; but now mshy
others lost legs snd arms? How mary
lost both legs or both arms? GtEersl
Sckles has never been incspaCt.alet for
work. Ga the contrary, ne served
term as Minister to Spain, snd row Hse :
law practice il New York wcTth 3O,GOO
a year. H. WAS not 50 dis.b!e' by taG
loss OF his leg mat he could nor raEs IN
that 100000 Zee, which the foreign E-ie
bondhal Iers paid him for Onstiog Jsy
Gould from the z lie management. Another
| favored civilian is Francis FsssencerI sop
| Of old S 3nator Fessenden Cf Maine, who
has been on the retired iist ~ s Brlgs
der General since 1866 - 81 l25 year.
! FessenieD was retired by reason OF
HVouqds," the nature f which is Dct set
forth in the army register. They could
not have been very serious, for the L.
eral mas fine law practice in Portland,
Me ard at lsst accounts was in perfect
heath. He gsiued mis- handsome yearly
ransion through his fathers political in
huenCe.
Among the list CT captsin6 on the IA
vored roll appears the name OF AdSm BE-
deau, whose recent controversy with tha.
other veteran, Colonel Fred Grant, Is
fresh in peoples minds. How suca 8
fellOw IS Badesu could be though worthy
ola life pension, end for what service 1t
was granted, will ever remain mystery
"W0unds il line of duty" is the cause set
down, but NOBODY ever heard o. 8adeaG's
wounds. They could not have been serious
for he has held many civil offices, and MS
! health is though to be pretty good. esp
tain Badesu receives $500 q ysSr-A
mere pittsnCe Of course, to any man Who
considers his services worth $1,000 pes
1
from the door while Re is engaged IN
building "lisersry" monuments TO great
2 ness. Fully tWO-thir65 OF those on the
t army retired list, VINO are set Gown as
retired because Of wounds, are in per
feet health, and many Of them ire en-
1 gagged in business.
While III favored class borne on The
: army rolls is 8 large one il does NOS COM
!. pare with that of the navy. The arm
i disability retired list is limited snd sp
I pointments cannot be made to it uati
T yscsnies exist. But there is no liml. Il
S the navy list. Officers are retired as rap
idlT as they come TO the required age o
3 s:xty-two, or il any other say allowed D,
Il law. The navy list Is very large hnd Con
gress st every session is besleged VIE
y bills to Increase it by special appolntmeA'
q Of officers who have been out
Z service for years. There sre twenty sue
IS bills before the naval committee OF IN
% House now. Here is specimen OF ID
- way certain civilians, who feel thHs
:, would be nice to have pension Tor lie
u go about getting it: "WheresF, -
!! =, late commander United S.sSes navy
IL was dropped from the ravy list Augu'
II 90, 1868; and whereas, il the sad =
- 0Au I6uAIlCN IL VIZ AS'J
6 would now have reached the a.
te Of retirement; therefore, be it e.
~ acted, etc., that the President be autho
l. lied to appoint the said - - cIn
a mander UPON the retired list Of the navy
10 For what2 In this case the gentlema
De named in the bill was dismissed
OF ,ropped from the navy for ipcompstenc
After twenty years in civil life he has Il
ne temeritY to ask to be put on the fsyore
&c pension roll with "salary" CT S2625 Il
u the rest Of his career.
-. The bulk of retired naval officers ha
- high rank, which is not the case with I
80 army. There are but five retired melc
70 generals, but of rear admirals there
=, now borne on the rolls fiity-one, each
ceiying $4,000. One, Rear Admiral Wo
o- cen, by special act, receives his full ps
bo $4,000. The following is the navy retlr
re list:
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