Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1893-09-13


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trst session 81 the enc. s..r.....f
begun "Wednesday ulofrInr q.
well a. the arsi Session - thf
Relief Corps consrntisa art l..t.ra
of the Regiment
One 81 The most lfurFtsrI refsss.
made % the uatinraI ef.naa.
"Wednesday was that of ths sa..s r.e
mittee on lerisiaiiou ~ Caaifiaaa hst
The purpose - the srf,nintu.srf e.a.
mittee. was 10 40 suu,etbinF H. s..ss
the enforcement ~ two fe.iefal lass ~.
most totally disrcrar.ica for lnanr f.ars
the frat providing tist ihasr 60
charged from military or naval ssrt 80
by reason ~ wounds ~ sirkuess las.
Cured In the line 81 duty .hoald have
preference In appointment a. rufllf
office and the other one rroomurudi1e
those honorably discharged 10 rsasau
of expiration OF their terms ~ service
or the close of the war o. the suslnsss
men and firms Of the country for iurfa.
tive employment ON this subject the
report says:
Al The time Of making oar report to uho -.
uonai cncampmrnt az Washington. - 80.
cccded In gcttlns before courrcss y nlrasar-
which. n enacted into a law. would have e.
fected a SURE cure This VAS reported - me
senate with an amendment that dcstraY~d its
value Tor the purpose Nc had in view AraInat
this We entered an earnest protest Itwa ~.
ported 10 thc house. however. with a. amend.
mont making u stronger in iho wAV - pro-
lection 60 The veteran than the bil prepared hy
your committee And this We accepted A.
d .MU
branches when congress rcassrmbicd tn Do
ccmbcr last. your committee hoped 10 see tho
house hln a. amended enacted into law or
otherwise, that the hill on tho senate calendar
might be taken up In that body, the report OF
their committee disagreed with aud the
measure originally asked for by ne or tho
amended house bill substituted nut thfs
could not be accomplished In the senate
our Efforts were Of no avail Our claim
that tho honor OF the nation was at
stake IN their failure TO act was disrc-
garded- The subject was treated with IN.
difference and the bill quietly suned. as had
been others % similar nature which had pre-
ccded it Tho enc mics 81 the veteran are not
an outside OF our organization Letters and
ieleFrams TO the gentleman who introduced the
senate hill, ana 70 the chairman Of thu commit
tee OF that body, which had reported IL back
with an amendment showing how not 10 do
H. received no attention, perhaps they were
deemed unworthy % reply In the house
every possible onort was oxcrted 10 secure a
favorable result
Three separate attempts we're made 10 OBJ
tain eonsidera tion but each one was thwarted
Hon John =. Andrew, OF Massachusetts chair.
man OF the committee on reform In the civil
service, was an earnest friend OF the veteran az
All times When all else had failed he al n a
own request and with tho aid 81 your commit.
tee was recognized by tho speaker shortly be-
Tore the session ended and asked unanimous
sonsent 10 put the bill on its passage: but the
great American obiector-two OF thom-was
there, aud that settled H. This effort was the
last one made "
The report after discussing in detail
the efforts 10 effect this legislation
concludes: "The Grand Army of the
Republic-united as one in n common
cause assisted 10y the Sons OF Veter-
ans and all patriotic people-must
attack the citadel where the later-day
enemies OF the veterans are in
trenched, charging IL again and again.
and never cease advancing, charging
and firing until they have won the
victory. Your committee is pleased 20
announce that, with view To secur-
ing early consideration OF II. X. BOSS,
as amended In committee, but which
failed In the hfty-sccond congress, IL
has already been re-introduced In both
branches OF the ffty-third congress
now in special session
III eternal vigilance be now exercised by
the mcmbs rahip 90 our organization 10 should
soon become a law. We desire TO emphasiKc
ana renew all the recommendation made In
our drsi report They arc such as experience
has taught are necessary 20 the prosecution OF
The war for veterans rights n they are urged
on the line that fraternity means something'
and this Is supplemented by "a fraternity that
does something along the whole line, an IN
conditional surrender Of tho enemies OF the vet.
eran IS not far distant"
Junior Vice Commander Peter Il.
Ayres read brief report, giving an ac-
count of his visits 30 the cncampments
OF the departments Of the Potomac,
Maryland. Delaware, Pennsylvania,
New Jersey and New York. all Of
which he found wide-awake and -four
ishing.