The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-09-09
TO SECURE DISCHARGES
Movement of Relief Association in
Interest of Soldiers.

At the meeting of the Soldier Relief
| association, yesterday afternoon,
| movement was set afoot TO secure the
discharge from Pennsylvania regiments
| retained in the service such soldiers as
| have families or relatives depending on
| their wages for support.
Colonel Boies. just returned from a
visit to Camp Meade, suggested the
| idea. There are about seventy-five
soldiers families receiving aid from the
| association. Possibly fifty-five of these
| soldiers are in the Thirteenth regiment,
| the rest being in other Pennsylvania
regiments or the regular army. About
| fifty of them are to be retained in the
| service. These fifty, Colonel Boies be-
| lieves, could be spared from their COM
mands, or, if they couldn't, recruits
could be furnished to fill their places,
| there being no question in the colonels
| mind but that when the inviting ma
ture of the winter campaign is fully
realized there will be no end of young
men willing and anxious to enlist.
A letter embodying the idea, drafted
| by Colonel Boies, was presented for the
associations consideration. Captain w.
a. May, Luther Keller, Conrad Schroe-
| der and Secretary d. B. Atherton, the
members present, all heartily concurred
| in the idea and adopted a resolution to
| forward the letter to the governor as
| a petition from the association, signed
| by it's president and attested by the
| secretary.
| The following statement of the asso-
ciation's financial standing was read
by Secretary Atherton:
| Total subscriptions to date ........$l,56S "a
Vouchers drawn for relief. ,02O IS
| Vouchers drawn for post
| age. Observation-Disclosures. 40
| Vouchers drawn for print
| ing Observation-Disclosures. II W
| Vouchers drawn for gem
| eral expense ........,....... l25 81
1165 S.
| Balance in treasury minimizing 4O2 50
| Orders drawn and not presented
| for payment Observation-Disclosures. 262 90
| l4O SO
| Unpaid subscriptions, including
| monthly subscriptions for Sep
tember ........................... oSo %
| Total available assets ............$ S27 50
| Total subscriptions to date, in
| Guiding monthly subscriptions
for month Of September. 1855 CA
| The small amount of funds on hand
and the increasing expenses consequent
| upon the care for the convalescent SOL
diers returning from the hospitals.
| prompted the association to issue a
| call for the five per cent. of the sub
scriptions remaining unpaid and for
additional subscriptions
Secretary Atherton was instructed to
| arrange with the railroad officials to
have the policemen at the various sta
tions look after the comfort of sick
| soldiers arriving there or passing
through the city, the association TO
reimburse them for any expenditures
| they may make.
Secretary Atherton reports that the
county commissioners could not pay
the funeral expenses of "indigent SOL
diers" of this war as the law express
ly read "the late rebellion" The law
is to be amended at the next session of
the legislature, the secretary was in
formed
A $25 subscription was received yes
terday from the employees of Robertson
and Law, of Moosic.