Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1893-05-05
Locking After the Absent 0aCS


rat ons for the Naval Review; t,
say nothing of an attack from TIT
grip, that he has had 10 time to in
quire into several notorious abuse,
known to exist in his department
but he will do So now. PfOininent
in this list Of abuses is the rrac
tice of granting long leaves Of all.
sence to naval officers with two
thirds pay in order that they ma.
enter the employ Of private partie,
or corporations, thus drawing tive
salaries. The very nature Of tho
employment of these officers, as
will be seen by a list Of the mosi
prominent of them hereto append
ed, is in itself scandalods; anG
would not be tolerated jy any 9TH
er government, md probably vii.
not be much longer by the United
States: Commander Folger. whc
was for some years chief Of the Bu-
reau Of Ordnance of the Navy De-
bartment, was last January grant
ed leave OF absence for two years
ON the ground of iil-hta!th. lie
Immediately entered the employ OF
the company which controlled the
Harvey process for improving steel
armOr plates, and which has large
contracts with the government.
contracts, too, which he, as chief
Of the Ordnance Bureau, had been
instrumental in getting awarded
to that company. This transac i Ii
doesn't look altogether straight,
does it9 Lieut.. Swift has been Oh
leave since August /, 1890, and
during all this time he has been in
the employ of Sellers & Co., of Phil
adelphia, who have sold the Navy
Department big bills Of tools etc.
many of which were designed by
Lieutenant. who also negotiated
their sale to the department. Lieu
tenant Commander Symonds, and
Chief Engineer Robinson got enc
years leave Of absence each, in Or
der to accept positions with private
parties at the Worlds Fair. Lieut.. |
Conn ander Cornwell has been on
leave absence for two years and IN
der salary to the Thomas Houston
Copper and Nickel Co.. 10 look az
er its contracts wiih the Navy De-
partment. Lieut.. Stone has n |
three years leave dating from Mar.
16. 1891, and draws $G,OC0, a year
from Carnegie & Co., TO look after
their steel contracts with the Ma
w Department, Lieut.. briggs, !
20 1T inventor Of a rapid fling gun
used in the Navy, is on leave and
in the employ of the company th&t !
manufactures those guns. Lieut..
Seabury is on leave and in the en-
plOy of the company that manu-
features ordnance for the army.
Ca:cf Engineer Towne, after long
service i'll preparing, for the depart
ment, designs for machinery fol
nal vessels was granted leave for
two years in order that he might
draw $4,000 wear from CFamp &
Some for experimenting the con-
StructiOn of the machinery he had
designed in the segyse Of HIS regus
lar duty. Lieut.. Wood has been
on leave for nearly four years and
is vice president and manager Of
the American PrOjectile Co., which
disagreement contracts. Naval
Constructor ArmisteMl was on in ;
spectiOn duty at the ship yards of
Loring & Co., up to May I, 1892.
since which date he has haen on
leave and in the employ of that
firm, Chaplain Holt is on leaye. ;
engaged in literary work. Civil
Menocal, is Oh Leave, and
is chief engineer of the Nicaragua
Canal Go, This is only partial
list, but it shows a bad syst "a
These men should resign thsiE COM {
missions If they desire to enter rYi- 5
vate business, bH; if they hadn't !
the commissions their services t
would prcta1iv not be wanted by S
by their present employers.
The Town Election, l.