Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-08-15
TAPS ARE SOUNDING
THE ADJOURNMENT
Second Annual Encampment About Over.
Question of Travel Pay-Means Mill
IiOns-The Nations Side.

given 70 San Francisco instead. where
the soldiers were discharged ana given
travel pay TO their various bones The
government had a perfect right 10 take
them right home and give thcm no
travel pay nc all, but IL preferred 10
give them travel pay from San Franz
CISCO 90 their homes. The question IA
whether II viii be the right thing for
me society 10 place Itself In "A position
OF asking the government 10 make this
present for that Is what L s The law
calls Tor travel pay from the place OF
discharge 20 the place Of enlistment
TINS rs done ana always has been done,
rms would mean simply q years extra
pay TO every man who served In the
Philippines, Is there any legal ground
Tor as to ask this of Congress? Should
the society so put itself on record2. In
my opinion this needs Investigation.
ana no hasty action should be taken on
IT,"
MI Meyers stated that every man
discharged In the Philippines before the
order transporting them TO San Fran
cisco was issued received full travel
pay from Manila 10 his home. Gen.
Hale said that was right. but II was
such an expensive proposition that
Congress had TO order It discontinued.
Colonel Pope then explained that
Meyers great point was that
many Of the soldiers were detained IN
the islands after the time that they
should have been discharged. and that
had they been discharged AT the time
specified they would have come under
the old order The injustice of the
thing showed itself there, and II GER
tainly looked as though they had moral
grounds II not legal 10 ask for their
travel pay The government always
made the reservation the colonel ex-
plained, Of giving transportation instead
OF travel pay. lie was in favor of re.
terring II to a committee for investl-
cation.
Captain Spicer, Captain Critchlow,
Major Young, Captain Cosgrove and
Gen Metcalf expressed themselves In
favor OF letting committee handle
IT. General Hale then said that il 1t
were turned over TO the executive COM
mittee, he desired that 1t be their duty
ana not his To look toward It's intro
duction TO congress and work toward
It's enactment, as 1t would be "a delicate
position for him TO assume the respon-
slbillty. In accordance with this re-
quest the last paragraph Of the res0-
luton was changed to read as follows;
Resolved That the executive COM
mittee Of the society be Instructed, az
ter investigation TO take such steps
regarding the introduction of such
law into the Congress Of the United
States as such investigation may jus.
tlfy"
This settled the discussion Of the res
olutious, Mr. Myers had prepared and
handed 10 the secretary a draft OF the
hill which will DC introduced into Con-
Gress II tho investigations OF the COM
mittee so determine. II Is entitled
IAN act FOR the relief OF certain hon
orably discharged officers and private
soldiers of the Eighth Army Corps,
with appropriation therefor" and
reads as follows;
BE II enacted by the Senate and
House OF Representatives Of the United
States Of America in Congress ASSEM-
bed
That the secretary Of the treasury
be and Is hereby authorized and direct
led 20 pay out OF any money In the
treasury, not otherwise appropriated, TO
each and every commissioned officer,
non-commissioned officer and private
soldier who served as a member Of the
Eighth Army Corps in the Philippine
Islands, and who was honorably dis
charged from the service Of
the United States without hav-
ing received the amount
OF travel pay allowed by law TO such
persons when discharged from the SER
vice while az Manila I'm the Islands OF
Luzon, such an amount Of money as
shall equal the amount OF travel pay
now allowed by law 10 such persons as
are discharged from the service OF the
United States at Manila IN the islands
OF Luzon for travel from Manila TO the
city Of San Francisco In the state Of
California"
a telegram was read from Major J.
+ Adams AZ Great Falls. Montana.
stating his regret az his inability 20 be
present and extending greetings 10 his
old comrades The following resolu-
tons OF thanks were then passed unani-
mously and the meeting adjourned:
"Be II resolved that II be the sense az
this session OF convention assembled,
that we extend thanks to the local COM
mlttoe who had IA charge the matter OF
and RECEPTION 20 the
delegates who attended from the differ
ant parts 20 this convention. and that
special recognition b. given 20 the
chairman. Cant John +. Crltchow, for
his unuring efforts In bringing this
matter forward, and TO his colleagues
In making this such a grand success.
and further that we tender 20 the
citizens of the city of Salt Lake our
thanks Tor the kindness shown us. and
'or the great display ~ hospitality dur
ug our brief stay IN this city,