The times., 1898-09-13
EMPLOYMENT FOR ALL
Citizens Committee Will Find
1t for Volunteers.
SUBSTANTIAL AID COMING
A Central Bureau VIII Be Establish
ed Today Where Soldiers Seeking
Work Mny Register Their Names
and lie frOv ded Il ror-Many Offers
From Merchants.

| arrangements which planned the recent
reception to the returned First Regiment
| of District Volunteers is that which con-
| templates the securing of employment
! for those members of the regiment who
are without work.
| There are about three hundred of the
members of the regiment who are in need
! of employment, and in the majority OF
| these cases large families are dependent
upon the men. Some families are in dis
| tress. and are being aided by the re.ief
! committee of which Mr.. b. II. Warner Is
/ chairman. The men are anxious to work
in order that they may support their
| wives and children themselves and 1t Is
! realized that If employment can be given
them the relief committee will b. enabled
to assist a great many more cases than
would otherwise be possible, and this is
very much O be desired, inasmuch as
some of the men whose families are in
| distress are in the hospital or too sick
to earn a living for them.
The committee having charge OF the
I securing of employment for these men
held its initial meeting under the chair
manship of Mr.. Simon Wolf at the Ebbirt
I House last evening. Among those pres
ent were Messrs ]. Nota McGill, Arthur
+. Randle. president of the Capital
Railway Company; Samuel II. Bowman.
/ of the United States Express Company;
William T. Galliher, A Lisner, j. P. Nc
Cormick, of the Central Labor Union:
Rabbi Stern. and Rev. S. Domer.
Central Bureau Secured.
Mr.. Mccormick was elected secretary of
the meeting, after which Chairman Wolf
explained the object OF the formation of
the employment committee. stating that
the purpose of the body would be to Sc
cure employment for District volunteers.
who are worthy of aid.
I'VE must establish a central headquar-
ters or bureau" explained Mr. Wolf.
with a clerk in constant attendance, who
, will keep a register upon which the un-
employed volunteers who fought for their
country may register. We must syste-
matize the matter and manage this work
of securing work in thoroughly business
like manner The men should not be
made objects of charity. They do not
want to be made so. The intention of
this community is that the subcommittee
should aid the men in every possible man
ner in getting work and just as quickly
as possible
The chairman then announced that he
had. through letters which, had been re-
ferred TO him by the Board of District
Commissioners and by voluntary offers
made directly by the business men of the
city, offers to employ forty members of
the regiment who are competent to MI
positions in their establishments. These
| offers are distributed as follows: George
A Myers. l volunteer; Capt. A. e. Ran
die, 4; w. 3. Moses g. Sons, A; S. Kahn,
Sons & Co, 10; Byron s. Adams, /; Little
field Alvord & Co., 6; A. GUIDE & Bro, 3;
Saks & Co., s, and A. Lisner, of the Pal
ais Royal 3
Mr.. McGill, on behalf of the Atlantic
Building Company announced that any
unoccupied room in the Atlantic Building,
on f Street, between Ninth and Tenth
Streets northwest, was at the disposal OF
| the employment committee for use as a
central employment bureau. The offer
was accepted with thanks and Messrs.
Wolf and McGill will visit the building
today and select an office in order that
the register may be opened at once. A
clerk will be in attendance at this bureau
at all hours of the day and any Distric,
ed by the committee to cali there at the
earliest possible date and an effort will
be made to secure employment for him.
Places to BE Filled
Upon the motion of Mr.. McGill select
subcommittee of five, consisting of
Messrs. Wolf, McGil. Mccormick, and
Randle and DR.. Domer was ap-
pointed to take charge of the work of i'm
mediate relief in the way of securing EN-
ployment upon the plans mapped out by
, | the committee. Each member of thi.
committee win make it his personal OBJ
| ject to obtain and forward to the centra
bureau in the Atlantic building tht
names of all District volunteers out O
work. Chairman Wolf will today draf
| an appeal asking all citizens to do tht
same thing. In this way it is expected
| that the men may be reached and assisted
| more quickly.
Mr.. Wolf announced. that he had visited
: the president and asked that the civil ser
| vice laws be construed literally in orde
| that competent and worthy members o.
| the regiment might secure positions in tn.
: | various executive departments. He alst
said that number of the men would be
given work az the navy yard, in the gov
ernment printing office and a few at thu
|
Smith stated that a great deal of worl
will be done at the navy yard during tn,
next three months which will require tht
labor of a very large number of brick
layers and he felt assured that many O
the volunteers of that trade could secur,
| employment for the asking as the con
/ tractor having charge will need many
, men 10 complete the work in the required
| time.
The committee adjourned to meet at the
call of the chairman.
, The work of relieving the families OF
the needy members of the regiment Is
progressing quietly, but effectually. under
the immediate charge of the sub-commit.
tee of seven, of which Mrs F. W. Dickins
is chairman.
Mrs. Dickins and Miss Clay, who are
respectively chairman and treasurer of
this subcommftte of seven called upon
Mr. John Joy Edison, at the Washington
: Loan and Trust Building yesterday anC
j reported upon the meeting held by thei,
committee last Saturday, the details o.
: which We're published in The Times yes
. terday morning.
8 The matter of relief was discussed in
: formally and arrangements were made
= for a conference. between Mrs. Dickins
|