Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1893-12-07

00arly 70 per cent Inc special delivery stamps
used upon these letters and packages amounted
10 s33:, $50 3d. and the MESSENGERS fees paid lor
their delivery amounted to $3.50 1921, leaving
TIE Railway Service.
The railway mail service not only ADDS to the
promptness OF mail delivery at all Off ces, but
II Is the especial fundamentally winch puts
the smaller and way places In the service on an
equality In that regard with the larger and
terminal Offices. This branch OF the postal
service has, therefore received much attention
from the postmaster General and. though it is
gratifying to know that it is in a condl ton of
high eh1ciepcy and great usefulness. am led
to agree with the postmaster general, tina,
there Is room for Its further Improvement
Value of Civil Service Reform.
There are now connected with the post office
establishment 29,34 employees who are in the
classified service The head aof this gre 1t de
partment gives conclusive evidence Of the
value OF civil service reform when, after an ex
perience that renders his judgment on the sub
ject absolutely reliable, he expresses the
opinion that without the benefit Of this system
ness 1ntruSted to him.
I desire toacommend as especially worthy
OF prompt atten, lion the suggestions OF the
ana buslness-llke orYan1zattOn and better dis.
tributfon Of responsibility in his department
The Navy.
The report OF the secretary Of the navy con.
ta1ns history OF the operate of his depart
ment during the past year, and exhibits a mos
gratifying condition Of the personnel of our
navy. He presents satisfactory account OF
the progresa which has been wade in tho cor
struction Of vessels and makes q number o,
recommendations to which attention IL espe
c1ally invited
Cruisers Kept Busy.
During the past six months the demands for
cruising vessels have been many and urgent
There have been revolutions calling for vessels
to protect American interests in Nicaragua
Guatemala, Costa Rica Honduras. Argentina
lulu has required the constant presence of one OF
more ships. With all these calls upon our
navy, 1t became necessary in cfder to make uI
SUFFICIENT feet to patrol the Behring sea un
der the modus vlvendi agreed upon with Great
Britain. to detail to that service one yesse
from the fish commission and three from the
revenue n Irine.
Progress IN the cons rructfon of new vessels
has not been as rapid as was anticipated
Ihere has been delay in the completion OF uu
armOred vessels, but for toe most part they
have been such as are constantly occurring
even In countries having the largest experience
IN naval ship building The most serious de-
lays, however, have been in the work upoI
armored ships The trouble has been the fail
ure of contractors t0deliver armor as agreed
The difficulties seem now. however. to have
been all overcome, and armOr is being delivered
with satisfactory promptness.
Our Reorganized Navy.
AS result of the experience acquired b,
ship builders and designers and material men
be completed can now be estimated with rea
sonable accuracy. Great gu Is. rapid fire guns
t9rpedoes ana powder are being promptly sup
piled. The folio wing vessels OF the new nav,
have been completed and are now ready fol
services:
The double-turreted coast-defense monte,
Miantonomoh, the double-turreted coast-de
tense monitor Monterey, the armored cruiser
New York, the protecte1 cruisers Baltimore
Chicago, Philadelphia, Newark, San Francisco
Charleston, Atlanta and Boston, the cruises
Detroit, the gunboats Yorktown, Concord
bennington, Machias, Castine and Petrol, tn,
dispatch vessel Do hin, the practice vesse
Bancroft and the dynamite gunboat Vesuvius
Castine have been placed in commission durinf
the current calendar year.
The following vessels are in progress of con
struction: The second class battleship Maine
and Texas. the cruisers Montgomery ani
Marblehead and the coastdefense monitors
Terror. Puritan. Amphitrite and Monadnock
all VI which Will be completed within one year;
the harbOr defense Ram Katahdin and the pro
tected cruisers Columbia, Minneapolis, Olympia
Cincinnati and Raleigh, all Of which viii pe
battieships Iowa Indiana, Massach usetls anc
Oregon which will be completed Dy February
!, 1895. and the armored cruiser Brooklyn
year. 1t is also expected thai the three gun
boats authorized by the last congress will III
completed III less than two years.
A Note of Warning.
Since 1885 congress has at each sessio,
authorized the building OF one or more vessels
earnest plea for the continuance c. O
z as pao a He ssss the phog
six torpedo boats While | am dis
timothy In favor OF consistently pursuing tn,
policy we have inaugurated Of building up
thorough and efficient navy I cannot refrain
from the suggestion that the congress SHOULD
carefully take into account the number Of un
finished vessels on our hands aud the depleted
condition Of our treasury in considering TIT
rropriety Of an appropriation ct this time t,
begin new work.
The method Of employing mechanical labol
wv un ri oh Nfd nf l,lhn mr.
making efficiency the sole lest by which labor
ers are employed and continued. is produc.
ing the best results, and the secretary is
earnestly devoting himself to its development
Attention is invited to The statements Of his
report in regard to the workings of the system
The Pension Rolls.
The secretary OF the interior has the super
Wis. on OF so many important subjects that hi
report is OF especial Value and interest On tn,
3Oth day of June. 1888. there were on the pen
sion rolls 965,Ol2 names an increase OF 1894
over the number on the rolls June 81, 1897 .
these there were l67 widows and daughters oil
revolutionary soldiers, ST survivors OF the Wal
Of 1872, AS widows of soldiers of that war, Il,
5l8 survivors and widows OF the Mexican war
army nurses and 47J, 6i5 survivors and widows
aud children of deceased soldiers and sailors O
| the War OF the rebellion. The latter number
represents those penSlOued on account of dlsa
bill ties or death resulting from army and navy
service. The number or persons remaining or
the rolls June 81. 1899. who We're pensioned un
oSs " pSAA
SONS on account OF oeatn ana dlsaDlllty no.
cnargeaDle 10 army service, Was 4o9, 100
Inc number added to the rolls during thu
year Was iz3 6S4 and the number dropped wa:
80, 69O: the hrst payments on pensions a.
lowed during the year amounted to $33. 7:d,
a499a This includes arrears or the accumu
,',ion between the time from which the al
lowance OF pension dates ana the time OF actual
~ granting the ceruhcate.
Pensions for Disabilities.
Although the law OF 1899 permits pensions TO,
disabilities not related " military service We
as requisite to its benefits q disability mus
exist lnoapacita ting applicants from the per
formance of manual LABOR to such degree a,
to render them unable to earn support III,
execution Of this law in its early Stages doe.
not seem to have been in ACCORD
with lts true iulention; but toward
the close of the last administration al
authoritative construction was gwen to III,
statue ard since that time this cons tructiol
mas been followed This mas had the effect O.
limiting the operation VI the law TO its intended
purpose. The discovery having been made tina
roll by means of wholesale and giganuc frauds
the commissioner suspended payments upol
number OF pensions which seemed to ot
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