The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-08-03

stance.
"'Whse We are willing 10 do all we
lcan at Is incumbent upon you TO save
lyour money and remit st TO your family;
in other words. while we viii help your
family some times. you must pull the
laJboring oar. This you can do, since you
are in position TO save your money.
The government furnishes you with "a
tons and clothing, and your expenses
are light If you conf1ne yourself TO the
lnecessaries. AS an honorable man and SOL
der you must, of course, help your fam
lily to your utmost.
I'VE shall be pleased TO have you
write US and tell US what we can do for
you. Whatever we DO for the families of
the soldiers and sailors is done confiden-
TALLY and with as little publicity as pos
sible. What we want to do is to establish
friendly relations between the soldie,
!sailOr, and their families and ourselves,
Isot hat we may be able to help all around.
You can address us, therefore, in con-
fdence atany time, and your communica-
ton will be so regarded
I'm most cages we receive a reply; and
with few exceptions the letters are felled
with expressions of thanks and gratitude
written by a soldier who went with Hob
son TO sink the Merrimac:
g L received your very kind and well
come letter today, and 1 cannot express
the JOY it gave me TO know that some kind
soul had taken an interest in my wife and
child, for she Is a good and deserving
SOUL; and no one knows my feelings out
here.
e. We are IN the blockading squadron,
and until the army arrived here we had no
mail in five weeks. I cannot understand
why she has not received the allotment
I left her; it is SIS per month and when
we get any where where we win get
money. will draw the rest of my salary
and send it to her. It Is not the most
cheering feeding to have q wife and child
that you love, and think of their being in
ned while you are Gaming money, and
think it is going to them when it is not.
" Tt is too bad that this war came; but
when 1T did, every true Americans place
was to- stick to his noble country which
1 did. When I do not hear from nv wife
1t worries me; and this is no way 70 feel
when You do not know what minute you
may go into action. And know 1t is rot
a cowardly telling, for I was one of the
original volunteers to take the Merrimac
in the channel
"Of course there are some soldiers who
do not answer our letters; and We write
to them again, insisting upon an mediate
answer. Recently we sent to one man the
following letter:
We have been called upon to assist
your family, who are quite destitute cir
cumstances, owing to the fact that you
have not sent them anything since you
enlisted in the army in March last We
know you are paid regularly, as it is the
custom of the regular army And we
are surprised that you should neglect
your family in such manner. Our writ
ing to you now IS to urge you to in fu-
ture discharge your duty in this direction
You can easily send $12 to S14 per month,
and have enough left for little necessi-
to give you an opportunity TO turn over
a. new leaf and contribute to the support
of your people We sometimes write to
the commanding officer, acquainting him
with the actions of the soldier. when be
neglects his family; and unless you COM
ply with our request we shall feel obliged
to write to your officer in charge
I'VE also conduct an employment bu-
reau in connection WITH the society, and
have been successful m finding employ
ment for number of people. Today
I
aid. She was employed in a mill at IS a
week, working at might. However, re-
Gently the mill shut down, and as her
brother is at the front, She was left en-
urely without money or resources. We
aim to assist applicants for aid in various
ways. Very frequently we pay a land
lord his rent in advance, on induce him
to be more lenient with his tenants and
extend their time for payment A good
deal of the distress of those whom we
are now aiding is due to the fact that so
many of the soldiers at the front, espec-
tally those of the Seventy-first regiment,
have not received their pay"
Lieutenant Richmond Pearson Hobson
will preside at a meeting to be held in
the Metropolitan opera house next Thurs
day evening 10 raise money tor thu fami-
lies Of the soldiers and sailors The meet
ing has ben Arranged by the New York
soldiers and Sailors Families Protective
Association. The New York Bank Clerks
Glee Club OF 100 voices has been secured
to furnish part of the music. Robert C.
Ingerson has been invited TO deliver an
Grafton, and Postmaster General Charles
Emery Smith. ex-Assistant Secretary of
the Navy William McAdoo. Bishop Pot
ter and Archbishop Corrigan have been
invited TO make addresses Invitations
to attend the meteng have ben sent %
the president and his cabinet, Governor
Black. Governor Voorhees, of New Jer-
sey, Commodore George VAUDEVILLE. chief
engineer of the navy; Rear Admiral John
G. Walker, Rear Admiral Bunce. and off,
GERS Of the Brooklyn navy yard: Briga-
der General Gillespie. commanding he
Departs ent OF the East; Br!gadier Cen
eral Worth. and other army and navy
officers. The following scale OF prices
has been arranged: Orchestra circle and
dress circle. 81; balconey and family cir
Gle. 50 cents. Tyson has agreed 70 sell
the tickets at the hotel news stands A.
box Office prices Seats were put or sale
at the opera house this morning.
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