, 1890-05-01

oalauiily and the Department fearing
that many old comradcs might suffer
ior tho nccessarics OF lllo, issued cir
csiiar Calling ior AIDS be sent to the 10.
lsoi committee nt Seattle. The amount
scnt was siio. 10 The new po.t at
Juneau, ALASKA, is IN most prospsrous
condition. Thirty -thrce posta were
visited duslng the year and wcro gen
orally IN ilourisbing condition.
IL Is recommended that tho sum OF
Sb'p be SET aside as a fund to pay travel
ing expenses of the department oliicials.
Tho report complains ofshc tardincss OF
tho post oilicislls In Forwarding re-
turns, ete.i recommends that hereafter
the assistant puartermastcr general
receive ~ per cont. ON thc
amounts OF tho supplies instead Of a
salary IL recommends the employ yment
OF a CLERK 10 transfer from tho flcs into
q lntgc book the entire history Of each
post, aud further recommends that a
complete roslor OF tho department bo
published and that tho Journal Of each
year be bound with Il, this to be ready
reference book Cor the comrades. IL
recommends that committan OF ilvo bo
appointed % lopk aiter tho Interests of
the old soliiora an connection with tho
roldiora' home.
The commanlor notes that Memorial
Gay ~ growing in popularity with tho
ccihrads1 whcroycr there " Grand
Army post.
Tho commander urges economy In tho
conduct OF the department affairs owing
10 tho large number of comrades who
aio lnboring innn. Eyory cent OF the in
dobtcdness contracted th II year up to
date has been paid. mud balance ofsil6
remains. Tho only debt of the depart
ment H. SlH727. This could bo rcpu-
dinted, hut seldom isa reputation found
among tho Grand~Army men.
During The year several corps OF
Momaifs Keller Corps have hoon visited,
AMI great enthusiasm has been found
existing. They should receive tho full
est sympathy and corporation. Pro-
vieiunnl departments of Sons OF Veterans
have been established, and Will probably
soon he made permanent.
Tho commander tnkcs u radical stand
against service pensions, aud saysi
Every conriidc should DO cnssed ns q
laborcr ana, ifphy ysioally unable to per
FORM fnunaal labor, should be pcnsioneC.
Tho only prnof that hc should bo 70
quired To mako Is that hc Is AN hon
orally discharged soldier and Is phys
icaliy unable to perform manual labor
Should we ask for such pension legisln-
F-st -. 't..nf Wv NVthA 49, - 'tI -
what call legitimate pension lcglsla,
ton. ASH for more, and we Will yet
nothing. 10 ask anything moro than
this, Is unwisc."
Tho report closcs with thanks TO all
fhe department officials, and expresses
pleasure AT thc laying down Of the bur
dens of the office.
HrnAiiKs ny oKHKnAl Afarn.
General Aiger rose at the conclusion OF
tho reading OF Commander Cosgroyo's
report. and said that he proposed to
criticise 80 much of tho report as referred
10 tho pension matter The general diff
iored with the department commander
US to the debt due by the government TO
those who rissod all that the nation
might live lie hBtud demagoguery as
much as he hatod tho devil, but tho fact
that sorno dopingogucs endonvorod 10
pose as advocates of pension legislation
WAS not conclusive ns to tie wrongful
ness of such icgielntion. Tho general
went on TO show why the service pcn-
sion was not practicabie because OF the
great expenditure OF money 10 give IL
effect. a service pension bill becoming
law would create an annual deficiency
of $40, ,0CO, coo and any party lAyoring
legislatlon creating such n deficiency
would be killed ns dead as u door nail.
4 disability pension bill, with service
clause amer tho applicant had reached
02 years Of age, and only req hiring proof
Of honorable strvicennd discharge, would
in all probability become law beioc
the close OF tho present congress-.