Middletown transcript., 1901-08-10

ing Demoeiay
the Schley Court
Schley happens to be "a
ginning to see that their calcIs
not be realized. The Navy DepalS
would have been glad to have ordered !
Court of Inquiry at any time within the
last three years had Admiral Schley asked
for it, and now that the Court is to be
held, it will render every official aid pos
sible to Admiral Schley, in order that
light may be thrown upon the dark
places in the Naval Campaign which re-
| suited in the destruction of Ceryera' s
fleet, and if it be shown that the Depart
ment was wrong in its assumption that
Schley disobeyed orders without properly
explaining his reasons and that he dis
played lack of judgment at a critical
period, no where would there be more
satisfactlonthan in the Navy Department.
Every record of the Department has
been thrown open to Captain Parker,
who is one of Schley's Counsel in order
that he may have access to every. scrap
OF official evidence that will be laid be-
fore the Court. Judge Advocate General
Lemly of the Navy, who will be Judge
Advocate of the Schley Court of Inquiry,
has gone away on vacation and will
not return until September, 1st. His
subordinates will arrange all the details,
such as making list of witnesses who
will appear before the Court, etc.
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Secretary Gage is now the only men,
Der of the Cabinet in Washington, the
rest OF the members, excepting Secretary
Wilson, who is making personal inspec-
ton OF the corn and wheat crop of the
West, being on vacation
~
The United States Civil Service Retire
ment Association, an organization formed
a year or so ago, to secure Congressional
legislation, for the retirement on half
pay, of aged infirm and incapacitated
civil employees of the government, with
out expense to the government, has re-
Gently been reorganized and now seems
in fair way to accomplish something.
While the Association doesn't figure on
asking Congress to provide the money to
pay the pensioned employees, the bill it
will have introduced will provide for
Government control, collection and ex-
penditure of the Pension fund, which is
to be obtained by deducting small per-
centage-it is estimated that three per
cent will be sufficent-from the salary of
each civil employe of the government.
This plan seems to be free from the OBJ
lection which have killed all previous
attempts to secure civil pension legisla-
ton, and no good reason for Congress
sional opposition, has yet been brought
forward. 1t only proposes authority for
government employees to do what the
employees of several big corporations in
this and other countries have been doing
for soRe time. A communication declar-
ing war against the United States has
been received at the War Department,
but no call for troops has been issued and
no excitement is visible in Washington.
The letter, which was mailed in Chicago,
and which might have been written by
Dowie, reads as follows:
10 the Government Of the United States:
"In the year 1898, the God of this Earth
fought battle against Spain with the use
OF the United'States Army and Navy un-
der the command of the Almighty God
Of Heaven. The government officials of
although well aware of that,
undertook to rob the Almighty God of
The honor of the Battle and induced their
servants to turn down the holy person of
he God of this Earth and brand him a
lar and lunatic and deprive him of every
means OF making living in this country,
which, in all is conspiracy against the
of the Almighty God of
heaven. Therefore, the Government of
Almighty God is compelled to Declare
Var against the United States of Amer
ca and punish that Gang of Conspiratora
S they deserve. As Supreme Ruler of.
ne twenty-four oldest races, have raised
ny Cody Government flag over the In
ernational Flags of The twenty-four oldest
lations. Yours,
ca af IL: