Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-12-08

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ore alO of,cers and II. sl7 men and in Hawaii, IL
of,cers and 4Aa enlisted men.
The operations of the army are fully present.
ed IN the report of the secretary OF war. can
not withhold from officers and men the highest
commentator for their solderly conduct in
trying situations, their willing sacrifices for
their country and the interest end ability with
which they performed unusual and difficult du-
ties in our island possessions
In the organization of the volunteer regiments
authorized by the act OF March 2, 1922 1t was
found that no provision had been made FOR
chaplains. This omission was doubtless from
inadvertence. recommended the early au-
thorization Tor the appointment OF one chap
lain 'for each OF soia regiments lhese 'eei.
menus are III .he rninppihes anu IL Is ihipo''
tnat immedlate actioh DC TAKEN.
Postal AFFAIRS In the Coiohies.
In restoring peaceful conditions orderly RUE
and civic progress In Cuba. Porto kico' ana so
far as practicable In the Phiiippines' inc re-
habilitation OF postal service mas peeh al I'M
portant part OF the work. III became necessary
to provide mail facilities both for our forces OF
occupation and Tor the natiVe popula,ioh 10
meet THIS requirement. mas lhVoiVeo u SUI
stahtlal reconstructloh. Inc eNistihs systems
were SO iragueheary, ueieoo "tiu
that new ana comprehensive ORGANIZATION ii''o
10 De created American truiheu oii'oiais haN .
oeeh assigned 10 1he oirectits anu cNo.ue,,o
POSSESSIONS WINE hn'ircs ha,e oseu '" s
employed III masking up tne pouy Vi 'ne ~, w.
In working out TINS plan the merl. ruie nus
peeh vigorously ana iai'hiuiiy appi'eu'
Domestic Postal Service.
The domestic postal service continues toeroW
| with extraordinary rapidly. Inc expenditures
and the revenues VIII eacn exceeo sio'''VVvoV
during the current year. Fortunately shce .ne
revival Of prosperous times the revenues nave E
grown much faster than the expenditures, ana
there Is every indication that snort perlou VIII
witness opi'teratloh ol ths anhuai uencl' III
this connection the report Of the postmaster
general embod'es staleintat OF some evils
which have grown up outside OF the contempla-
| tion OF law In the treatment OF some classes OF
mail mater which wrongly exercises the privl-
lege OF pound rate, and shows that II TINS mat
| ter had been properly classified and had pald
the rate which IL should have paid instead OF a
postal deficit the last fiscal year OF 1901 wv
| there would have been on one basis surplus OF
Sl7, 6S7 $40. and on another OF SS,733S3o Inc re-
form thus suggested in the opinion OF the
postmaster general, would not only put the
postal service at once on self-sustainihg
| basis, but would permit great and valu-
able improvements, and l commend the sub
ject to the consideration OF congress.
The Question of Pensions.
On the 30th OF June, 1892 the pension roll OF
the United States numbered 95l,5l9 These In
clude the pensioners Of the army and navy in
all our wars The number added to the rolls
during the year was 1891 The number dropped
by reason OF death, remarriage, minors by legal
limitations failure to claim within three years
and other causes was 43 1855. and the number of
claims disallowed was lO7, 9l7 During the year
50 D54 pension certificates were issued OF which
37,077 were for new original pensions The
amount disbursed for army and navy pensions
during the year was Sl3S, $50, p52 81, which was
81 65i 45i 81 less than the sum of the appropria-
tons
The Grand Army of the Republic at its re-
cent national encampment held at Philadelphia
has brought to my attention and to that of COW
gress the wisdom and Justice OF n modification
of the third section of the act of June q, 1899,
which nrovidcs pensions for the widows of
ot,icers md enIisted men who served % DAYS or
more during the var OF the rebellion and were
honornblv discharged, provided that such
uidows are without other means of support
fban their daily labor and were remarked to
tho soldier sailor OF marine on account of
,yhoso service thew .l,i,n pension l,1.ior to the
dat. a, the not
The. nrespnt holding Of the department is that
+, ~ ,s,, oo,,e osid from her daily labor
49,, Nv. o,e,ood An onnnnt what her pension
,o,,,d IN. 10 Wit. s,a ner .nnurn. she wnuld be
doo,,,oS 40 NJ. ,ritbout other means of support
- ~, A. -, o,,d -oId no entitled 10 n
.iiai' ne' u'i,S ,r,sI. ~ the ,yido,c in
pension a,'uu. .,r,S ~ ,,o .,,,nt received nv
,oii' -, ~ io 40 H. ,,l,or o1ceeds sos