Sunday morning globe., 1901-11-24
KICKING FUR PAY.
The Patriotic YeOmen Who Didn't
Whip the Beers
RAISE A LONG, LOUD HOWL
For tho Money Due Them by tho Government
How Tho Patriotism Of HIrsIIng SodoI
Mantosts Itself and Is ReWardsd-An Object
Lesson Of Which tho English Papers Are
Daily Full,


The absolute failure of the authori-
ties to induce discharged yeomen to re-
enlist has now become apparent It
as scarcely to be wondered that men
cannot be induced to undertake a fresh
period of service without first having
been paid for that which they have
already put in. As one who enjoys
,ue unique distinction Of having re-
celved his remuneration as soldier
without having waited for the arrival
Of pay sheets from the front / would
like to have the opportunity of giving
my less fortunate comrades the modus
Operandi by which ! was successful.
When ! arrived from the front / had,
in common with many others, COnsid-
erabe arrears of pay due me Having
received the stereotyped replies to the
effect that my pay would be forthcom-
ing when the official papers arrived
from the front, / resorted to cam.
paign Of intimidation in the form of
daily letters to the officials in the war
Office, which l invariably posted o.
II. NJ S. Cminus stamps) In these
l expressed solicitudt
as to the adruous lahors by the very
competent stan in Pail Mall.
After sending seven letters l re.
celved communication to the effect
that | should apply to the commanding
officer at Shoncliffe. Thereupon l
sent him an espistle setting forth my
claims In full. and received an am
frs Vrh H4h n LD ]
ready knew-namely that my official
paymaster was IN south Africa. His
whereabouts ] discovered with some
difficulty, This gentleman was at the
line beseiged by the Beers and was
likely to- be In that condition for some
time to come. In my next communi-
cation ! pointed out the adv sab lty of
either sending an expedition to re-
ueye MIN and recover my pay sheets
or to pay me the amount due. No
notice was taken of this excellent sug-
gestion. Learning later that the Off
Ger had been rescued, l again brought
my application under the notice Of the
authorities at ShOrnCliffe, who prom
ised to write to me on the subject.
After waiting a sufficient time for
letter to reach him and a reply TO be
sent home, again renewed my appeal
This time I got a reply which was dis
tinctly uncivil 1t notified me that the
writer did not care where the pay
master was, but that he would take
his instructions from the war Office
only / now sent him a dignfied com
muuication, pointing out that / had
been apparently travelling i'm a circle,
and suggesting that any business e5-
adjustment conducted on similar lines
would be i'm the bankruptcy court in
q week The reply was short and
sharp: Consider yourself O prisoner
and report here at once
On my arrival I was conducted with
much solemnity to an assembly which
mad reasons to believe was court
martial Without being given an op-
portunity to explain my position. l
was informed that l had been guilty Of
most henOus offense-namely
breach Of discipline, and that my let
ters were most disrespeCtfuL
In a moment saw my defense.
asked permission to see the letters
and remarked: "I don't think, gentle.
men, you can consider my letters dis
respectful. Just notice how they end,
Yours respectfully, ! could notice the
suppressed smile stealing over the
features Of the assembled court, and
I was dismissed on the condition that
| wrote no more letters during the re.
mainder Of my furlough.
These terms 1 agreed to, bnt / did
not inform them that l had sent a full
statement Of my case that very morn
ing to no less a person than the Secre-
tary OF State for War In order to make
sure that my communication would
reach him / sent it to his private ad'
dress, marked Personal"
After relating my experience in full
asked him IL he would recommend
me to write to twenty members OF
Parliament with whom | was personal
ly acquainted and invite them to ask
questions on the subject in the House
Of Commons. The next day I got a
check for the amount OF my pay In full.
Now, I do not suppose that others
might be desirous Of boarding these
bigwigs I'm this fashion, but / certainly
suggest that they should follow a sim.
liar course of action II the subsequent
method does not attain the desired re.
suit.
The applicant should point out that
the non-arrival Of his pay sheets is
no obstacle to the settlement Of his ar
rears; he should set forth exactly the
amount due to him and OFFER to pro
vide two trustworthy sureties such as
would be accepted as securities for bail
by a police magistrate. These persons
would guarantee the state for the re-
turn Of any excess payments, should
such be made
! There is no earthly reason why bail
should not be accepted for an uncon
| victed theft and a surety refused to
! yeoman from the front.-H. Goldsmith
! WhittOn.
"Anglo-Australian" tells in the
| Times the story Of an Australian bush
mans unsuccessful attempt TO obtain
from the yeomanry authorities in Lon
don q sum Of about e70 owing to him
The Australian threw mp a position Of
81 a week TO go to South Africa. Ht
was severely wounded at the from
and was sent to London to have
niece of shell removed from HIS skull
On leaving the Ear and Throat hospi
tal i'm Gray's Inn road, where the oper
alton was successfully performed, hi
tried his best to get his money, bu
was always met with the same an
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