The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-08-26
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rooa-Pensaou and Postal Matters

roea-Res.aep s,a Postal Matters
| Special Dispatch TO the Poet-InseE.Sencef.
| WASHINGTON, Aug gs-One % the
| most remarkable things In connection with
! the annexation u the Hawaiian lslan1s to
| this country d the fact that there already
exists Ia tina, land. where by far Tie great
Or proportion OF the po11iatson Is com
| posed OF AAvsgss. q postal savings bank.
| which has been In operation ia the neIoa-
! borhooa Of ten years and which annually
! pays aepos.sors about per cent. Very
| small sums are taken. bus no large ones in
! excess OF sz,p. Tie bank buys t!ls war
| rants and evidences Of Indebtedness .saied
/. By the departments Of TIE Hawaiian re-
| pubic, which bear nigh rate Of interest,
| and therefore the bank Is ean4S.eu not only
| TO pay depos!iors a fair rate OF interest,
| bat also to declare good dividends 10 It's
| stockholders TIE arguments Of postal
savings banks advocates in ms country
INSIST that bank OF that sort. which
would loan It's money 70 the government
taking Up the bonds OF the government
while il might not De able 10 pay a large
interest, would, nevertheless, furnish an
absolutely safe place OF deposi, for the
small savers throughout the country. and,
NJ tne same time. give the government the
benefit OF the money saved Up by the frugal
WORKERS OF the land, 10 whom would return
direct the itterss, now paid upon
the bonsA II has already been
stated that the postal department
OF this country would not at
tempt 10 continue the postal savings bank
row in operation In the islands. This de-
cklon might have been exactly the reverse
IN casa Postmaster General Gary had re-
NAMED In office, for he was known as one
OF The most ardent advocates of such
banks
BY direction OF the president the mortar
battery established on sullivan island, 5.
e. has been designated ard will hereafter
BE known as Fort Capron. In honor OF
capt. Allyn K. Capron. one OF the brave
Rough Riders who was killed at the bat
ZIG OF La Quasina, Cuba. June r.
Although the Washington volunteers
were not sent TO Cuba. as many of them
desired al first. It may be interesting to
know just what tho soldiers who served in
tae Cuban campaign got to eat Following
! IS TIE ofhciai list OF rations which have
/ been and are now being issued 10 the SOL
aien' IN Cuba. OF course. they do not ge.
AL uess at one time. bu. the list serves to
| show the variety of menu which camp lifs
aiofos; Pork, bacon, fresh beef canned
| corned beef. fish. -four hard bread corn
meal, dried beans. canned baked beans
| psas, rice, hoEniny. potatoes. onions, cot
Zee, Tea. sugar. vinegar. salt and peper
| ihey We're also supplied with soap and
| caIdiee<
! Some criticism has been passed upon the
III fyik
and dsstltu'es. While the food given "a
f these unforiunatea was not as varied in
! quaity as that which our own soldiers had
II VIII De seen tina; II WAS such IS no starry
ing man could turn UP his nose at. The
amount distributed to every 100 men was
"a follows: Six pounds OF coffee, 10 pounds
OF sugar quarts Of vinegar. pounds OF
sa!i anu ounces Oh pepper, In addition 20
TINS. each man received for each meal
ounces OF bacon and 12 ounces OF -four or
! IN hen OF he hour, a pound OF bacon and
! pound Of oat meal with only a sso,Inco,,
! or coffee. sugar. vinegar salt and pepper
- accompany il, but the starving recon
centradoes entered no complaint.
massachusetts, Is one state that doe,s not
believe that the volunteer soldier - suf
/ hceHtly paid for HIS services by the Federal
/ government. The legislature Of that com,
/ monwealh. therefore has enacted a law
! providing for the payment Of s. 4 month
! 70 eFerF enlisted mar from that state SOL
( oier' sailor or marine. In the military or
: naval service If the United States 6, long
! rs ne shall serve. II is believed that other
! states wii' follow the example OF Nass,
dusetts when this action has becor,,. ,nora
generally known
An original pension has been granted 20
/ Joan Keenan,. of Snokane At s. month
An Increase II pension has been granted
% Atn1roS. Rarnes. Of New Whatcom,
: from s;2 10 81
The pension az Alher. Gortg, Of HALEY
Idaho. which was cut or some tine ago
has beer restored. and an additional mem
son allowed amounting 20 sf2 month
THIS may serve 70 pay the soldiers funeral
expenses for lie t'el before he had learned,
o. his good fortune
PENSION has been granted % Henry q
/ Mcfarland, of Moscow Idaho
The claim OF Samuel J Watkins Of
blalne. Wash. has been reiecta(, on the
ground 81 no rstsble disability
John L@athers, Of Vancouver. pension
eis'mant has been called upon fov addi-
/ iionel evidence
The claim - James VI G NAyton. a,
NARROWER. has been listed TO- early SET.
Tenant.
C.yion Williams Of Seattle. nav lie re-
stored 70 his former rating by sling an
/ rlieatson and furnishing the bnSt ahtafn
( apte testimony "a % whether his Inability
/ % earn MS support hy iuanus. labor hv
! F@aSo1 OF disease 81 digestive organs ara
! heaFf ana diseases - the mouth existed AZ
me date Of reduction June l. fsl5 ar1 ha.
continued Untl ne present time sufficient
| - eAttle him 70 the psnslo, ~ s17 a
| month which h@ formerly received
Ransom l~aBiHg o. Whitm2n must fnr-
r}SS testimony 81 TAO prisoners OF war
! "ao acre centred NTH him AZ Anderson
| Vai3e. or ~ test 'rno0y os two members Of
his company. showing that NJ contracted
ths scurvy Vhile {n sad prison. or that he
as suffering TitA The same on r,t:r, -
| his command II th;s testimony cannot Ia
| f&vns>hed. says the department tire Ease
Cannot Is cons serei
Tho general claim % Trn{9tas reYy,sv,~,,