The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-07-28
APPEAL TO THE PUBLIC
War Relief Committee Asks
for Funds to Garry on
the Good Work.
GENEROUS OFFERS FLOW IN
Officers Will Be Asked to In
huence Men to Send
Money to Their
Families.
GENEROUS OFFERS FLOW IN

The War Relief Committee of this city
met last night in the Mayors Office, City
Hall, and adopted the following appeal tt
the public, drafted by the special commit
tee appointed for tina purpose
war Relief Committee.
City Hall, Jersey City,
July 81. 1895.
For the Patriotic People of Jersey
City.
This committee, appointed by His
Honor the Mayor, has organized by
the election of f. @. Cole. Chairman;
j. H. Burnsted. Secretary. and L. J.
Gordon. Treasurer, and the appoint
ment of executive and investigating
subcommittee.
Already many applications have been
made to us for assistance on the part
of families whose breadwinner has en-
listed, leaving at home his wife and IN
some instances several infant children
who are entirely destitute.
1t would be not only not right or just
but cruel, heartless and most migrate
full on the part of the community
should 1t leave the mothers, wives or
children of those who are hazarding
their lives for our country to the help
of the p~oormaster to be treated as
paupers-
We in homes of comfort and security
should not forget that the least we can
Us IA VI IN
States. who are exposing themselves
to danger and death for us, IS to care
for the unfortunate women and chill
dren who are destitute because the
supporter of the family has become a
soldier at wages averaging less per
month than q good workman can earn
each week.
While unable at this time to state
exactly the amount of the calls that
will be made upon the committee. it is
probable that exercising the severest
economy and the most rigid investiga-
ton of the applications made to US,
we shall need at least $500 each month
to meet the demands of the practically
widowed and orphaned.
We appeal to the people of Jersey
City to contribute literally IN behalf
of this most holy cause. Contributions
MAJ be made to any member of the
committee and will be acknowledged
by the treasurer and published in the
city papers.
The appeal is signed by Joseph A. Dear,
Rev. E. A. Meury and Rev. Father w.
H. Dornin. all of whom were present. to-
gether with Chairman F. O. Cole, Secre-
tary Lieutenant-Colone J. Howard Bum
sted, Jr., Treasurer DIR. Leonard j. Cor
don. and Messrs. Henry Brautigam, An
drew J.. Corcoran, Postmaster P. F.
Wanser, Stephen L. Harvey, William T.
Sullivan, DR.. Benjamin Edge. DR.. H. H.
Brinkerhoff, Jr., Joseph E. Bernstein,
Major w. B. Simmons and Assemblyman
James p. Hall.
Tho report did not go through without
an objection from DR.. Gordon, who
thought that passage referring to the pay
of the soldier unnecessary. 1t criticized
by Inference. he said, the Government and
should be stricken out.
Mr.. j. A. Dear in defending the report
said that they did not wish to criticize
the Government and that the passage re-
ferred to was merely a statement of fact.
He had in mind. he continued, that during
the Civil War an allotment act was passed
which appointed allotment commissioners
to take a portion of the soldiers wages
and allot it to their families. The report
was adopted.
Chairman Frank o. Cole was informed
on the reports of the committeeman from
the several wards by Major Simmons that
the J. T.. Gibbons Grocery Company of
West Newark avenue a generously
offered to supply any family whose bread
inner had gone to the war with groceries
Immediately. The committee passed a
vote of thanks to the company.
Mr.. J.. Bernstein reported that Jersey
City Lodge. No. Is. K. Of P, had promised
to raise subscriptions for the committee.
These gentlemen were also thanked by
resolution.
In submitting reports on various APP
peals for relief, a form on which Mr.. A.
J. Corcoran presented his was SO concise
and complete that the committee paid him
the compliment of adopting the form. It
of applicant for relief, place of enlistment,
regiment and many other facts facilitate
ing the executive committees investiga-
ton. From many of the wards last night
there were no applications for relief. They
are taking every %precaution against that
periodic and chronic pest, the regulars"
Mr.. James p. Hall moved that the
Executive Committee should appropriate
no more than SIS per month to any appli-
cant for relief without the approval of
the committee. That was carried.
DR.. l.. ]. Gordon moved that the secre-
tary of the committee should address let
tiers to the Colonial, Prudential, Metro
politan and Hancock Insurance Com
PdiiitS, Which lar u SpCCldiky VI llluuS-
trial insurance, requesting that they shall
at once advise the committee as to the
action they, the companies, propose to
take relative to paying beneiciaries,
where persons insured having since en-
listed, may be killed while In the service
of the ountry during the present war.
That was also adopted.
A letter was received from Adjutant B.
Gerardin, of the Fourth, in reference to
married men in the regiment, and that
started a discussion as to using some kind
of suasion to make men send a portion
of their pay to their families.
Mr.. Dear again referred to the allotment
act and explained its operations, and DR..
Gordon. P. f. Wanser, a. j.. Corcoran and
others talked of ways and means to in
duce the men to send none to their
homes. FINALLY the committee decided to
forward to the Colonies of the regiments
In which applicants We're enlisted. lists
containing the names of those who had
families. The committee think that
probably the commanders influence may
bring the recalcetrant ones to a sense of
their duty.
The committee then adjourned
GREENVILLE REPUBLICANS MEET.
Arrangements Made for the Coming
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