New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1899-09-06
NATION is GENEROUS.
Twelfth, Thirteenth and Fourteenth Regiments
will Receive Double pay.

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the time spent at Camp Ramsey be-
tween enrolment and actual muster in
to the volunteer service, irrespective of
any pay they may have received from
the state for this service. Every mem
Der of these two regiments who has not
received pay for this time from the
government can send his claim to the
war department and it will be honored,'
said Adjt. Gen. Lambert yesterday.
This statement was made by the adju-
tant general yesterday in explanation of
the question which has been the subject
of more or less unintelligent discussion.
There has been great deal of doubt
as to whether the Twelfth, Fourteenth
and Thirteenth, for that matter, would
be paid by both the state and govern
ment," continued the adjutant general,
"and think we have at last straight
ened the matter out. When 60 to San
Francisco I will pay the Thirteenth
boys their share of the 100000 fund, for
the time they were IN camp here, and
also call the attention of the paymasters
to the amount due from the government.
Under the present construction put on
the law by the comptroller OF the treas
ury, the government will pay all volun-
teers from the time of their enrolment
and the state will also pay the boys up
to the time of their muster in the vol
unteer service, which virtually gives
them double pay for the time. In the
case Of the Twelfth and Fourteenth, why
every man will have to make separate
claim to Washington, but [ think with
the Thirteenth it can be fixed up when
the men are paid off on the coast. In
fact, this is quite certain.
'Under an act Of congress July Z.
1898, volunteers were to be paid from
the date of enrolment and not date of
muster. Under state national guard
law the men also received pay until they
were actually mustered into the service.
Two months later, the war department,
in circular, said there should be no
double payment, and instructed officers
to deduct any amounts paid by the
state from the compensation due from
the government. The order also re-
quired that a certificate be issued by the
proper officers, saying that the soldier
had not been paid twice.
"Last January the comptroller of the
treasury reversed his decision apd an
order was issued ordering the payment
of all volunteers for the period between
the date of enrolment and muster. In
the meantime, the Twelfth and Four
teenth regiments both we're mustered
out. This, of course, makes it hard to
get all the boys claim together here,
but If the men will correspond with
Washington I think they will get their
money with very little red tape.
"This, you understand, is without
prejudice to the states claim. The
state presents its claim to the war de.
partment for reimbursement under ar
entirely different law. It is this way
The government asks the state to pay
the volunteers for them until the
machinery of the war department. get'
to work. Then, if the state wants tx
pay its men out of its own treasury, VIII,
all we'll and good, and it does not in an,
way prejudice the states claim agains
the federal government.
"The action of the comptroller in re
versing his OWL decision makes every
thing clear, but if the matter had beel
properly adjusted to begin with ther
would have been less confusion-St
Paul Globe.
As the boys of the Thirteenth will re
ceive their double pay from the fedora
government, we hope that the boys Q
the Twelfth will also take steps to re
: ceive their share. We cannot pay on
heroes too much; they deserve it all.
!: At the celebration in honor oe til
;. 150th anniversary Of the birth Of th
e poet Goethe, held by the German socit
J ties, of Springfield, Mass, DR.. Kun
f Francke, professor of German literatul
G in Harvard University, delivered an e,
! ceedingly interesting address. He sal
Y in part:
j. Goethg is at all times and inteusel
J. an American. This is shown in b
d poems, in his written words to friend
y and in his life. He is an out-and-o,
l. indivldualist, believing in the absolu