The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-05-24
nossib,e Portland should help these men

possible Portland silouAA 'iioA-
out
nv Rounds-.sAs 1t has riz up now to
$500 T certainly shall insist on my
point .4
Mr.. sprague suggested that the commit
tee might report tonight pu0 ~ .ssor+
thought that this would be wv So ~
time, and Mr.. Rounds declareu INV m,
report should not be made peiore A-'"
day.
Mr.. Sprague-s.The only ln1oriia'ion
you can get is from the officers anu y,
Twenty-four hours is enough for thaI'
Mr.. Rounds-''We can look roun,' 80
the clothing stores somewhere any :,
what these clothes are going 10 oo'O,
AT this point in the discussion hi0up'
OhHord was asked for an opinlon. -
SAID II the city paid for the cioohins
could be procured from contractors pr
ably in the city,. This method would %
preferable to getting it from the govern
ment as it would probably be quiokei'
Mr.. Clifford said that in pay and allow
ances $4,000 month would be disburseo
in Portland from the Montauk. II tne
naval reserve was success the govern
ment would probably leave the monitor
here. 1t appeared to him only small
return to furnish the uniforms for these
Portland boys who had left comfortable
homes to go out and serve on the monitor
for the defence of the city.
Then Mr.. Cohen was called again. he
id tbot ba WAC disinforaStad in this
matter, being an officer of the New Jersey
naval reserve, but as the executive ofllcer
of the ship it was his desire to get the
crew in shape and uniforms were neces-
sary for that. Any delay in getting the
| uniforms meant SO much delay in getting
the crew in shape The ship was brought
here by the New Jersey naval reserve ana
the State of New Jersey paid the bills AZ
part of her contribution to the national
defence. In additional to the clothing
the men had to furnish their mess and
cooking utensils. Those now in use were
the property of the State of New Jersey
and might be sent for at any time. Else-
where it had been customary for the
naval reserve to be uniformed by the
states or the cities where the divisions
were located.
Mr.. Rounds-Why did the government
send here. anyway?
| Mr.. Cohen-Very little, sir, beside the
ship.
Mr.. Rounds-Got any powder and shot
on board2
Mr.. Cohen-About 100 rounds.
| Mr.. Rounds wanted to know because
so many people feel safer now that the
monitor is here.
| Then the order was referred to the COM
mittee to report on Thursday and sent to
the lower board The council promptly
concurred, but as promptly thought bet
ter of it, reconsidered the vote, passed the
order and asked for committee of con-
ference. Before this was done. Mr.. Cohen
repeated his explanation and DR.. Smith,
the ships surgeon, addressed the council.
He told how many of the boys on the
monitor had left comfortable homes to
join her crew and said that he believed
there was public spirit enough in Port
land to supply them with the things they
needed, and which many of the crew
could not pay for In cash, but it would
have to be charged against their wages
and stay on shipboard until the debt was
paid Tho officers furnished their uniforms
at their own expense.
Lieut.. Bigelow also spoke BRIEFLY. st
Councilman Milliken spoke in favor Of
passing the order. He said he was ready
to pass this order now and would concur
with the upper board IN deferring action
only as last resort. 81 am tired and
sick,'' said he, "of hearing that Portland
can't put crew on her monitor. I have
told people who have spoken to me about
it that the city would do it's part all right
when the time came and 1 believe that
she will Nobody thinks that Spanish
ship will come to this coast, but believe
that if such thing should happen, the
monitor would be better defence than q
disappearing gum"
Mr.. Cloudy also spoke in favor Of imme-
diate action. The order was then passed
and sent up. Mr. Rounds was member
of the conference committee and agreed to
the appropriation of $1,000 as stated. Both
boards passed the amended order.
| THE YARMOUTH ROAD.
A petition was presented by the Port.
land and Yarmouth Electric road asking
that the city define the terms on which it
may cross Turkey bridge. The road re.
cites at considerable length that it has
built its line in the manner agreed upon
and that it has paid it's share of the cost
of the bridge over the Portland and
Rochester tracks, and it recommends that
it's offer to pay 1851. AZ year for twenty.
five years be accepted. This sum is said
to equal $4,000 and interest and interest
on interest.
The presentation of the petition by Mr.
Sprague Immediately started the oratorica,
ball Il rolling. During the debate the
Mayor stated that the city government
had already fixed the terms on which the
bridge could be crossed by the two roads
and the Portland road had acce pied the
terms.