Sunday Washington globe., 1902-01-26

the veteran. In the issuance OF the follow
ing order the President shows that his
heart is in the right place;
The attention of the department is
hereby called to the provisions of the laws
giving preference to veterans in appoint
meut and retention
The President desires that wherever the
needs of the service will justify, and the
law will permit, preference shall be given
alike in appointment and retention 70 hon
orably discharged veterans Of the Civil War
who are fit and we'll qualified to perform
the duties of the places which they seek and
are filling.
| White House, Jan. II, 1907.
A correspondent commenting on this or
! der in Mondays Post among other things
says:
"Tle veteran Of the war of the rebellion
though now we'll along toward the three
score mark, has not reached his dotage, but
may still be found mentally and intellec-
ually strong. He may be found to be the
| equal of those whom political social or
some accidental pull has temporarily foisted
| into position
| There is one influence though, with
/ which the old soldier will find himself uu-
able to cope, and that is in pandering to
/ the taste Of the appointive power of the de-
!
smiles that lure.
The old soldier today looks around him
| in every department of the government,
and sees young women drawing higher
salaries. He finds himself under a ban,
the outgrowth of the war waged against
/ pensioners, even though he be not a PEN
sioner. 1t is a we'll known fact that in one
| department. when the promotion or the
salary Of an old soldier was under consid-
Grafton the question of how large a pension
| he was drawing was first considered. Ex-
cept where the veteran has a strong politi-
cal hacker, his reduction is far more likely
than his promotion There was a notable
instance not long since where a veteran
with a record as a soldier, and also stands
high as an arduous and paustaking clerk,
was slated for reduction to make place for
a man who had no such record. The order,
however, was cancelled by the reviewing
| authority in time to save the veteran"
The order, " however, in the case Of Capt.
! Franklin c. Jones was put through and he
| is to this day under the ban of that order"
/ issued against him by Commissioner Evans
despite Civil Service laws and the order"
/ of the President quoted above
II is true that Captain Jones was dis
| charged under what was at the time legiti-
/ mate reduction OF the pension Office force,
but it is equally true that others were re-
tain I'd who we're not veterans of the Civil
War Except on the other side) and who
should have been discharged (vfds pre-
ferred veterans orderl before Captain
Jones.
But we now desire to direct the Presi-
dents attention to the fact that though
many clerks have beer -e-instated and
many new ones appointed since Mr.. Jones
was dropped under the reduction of the
force order, he is still trampiug the streets
and is in fact blackballed by Commissioner
Evans because of personal spite and malice
If this statement is not true the GLOBE
puts it to the President through this query
to Mr.. Evans, Why have you not re-
appointed or restored Captain Franklin c.
Joues, Mr.. Commissioner"
Now. Mr. President, let Mr. Evans answer
this query and thus save your order, dated
Executive Mansion January Il, 1909. from
the charge of hypocrisy, or at least ridicu-
lous bombast.
To assist you. Mr.. President. in arriving
at the status Of Capt Franklin C. Jones
case the GLOBE submits the following cor
respondeuce
"WAsHrNGroN, D. c., Iaunary7 I2o2.
Hon DUDLEY FoULEE,
"Ctrii Service ConRigion
Washington, ID C.
DEAR SIR hope you you will bear with
me and give my prayer tlat consideration
to which it is entitled, that a great wrong
may be righted I am a veteran Of the War
Of the Rebelliou, having served my country
in time of war during the dark days Of the
Rebellion. I do not ask for charity but
simply justice in my appeal. I enlisted
April I6. 1861; served three months; again
enlisted for three years; served my three
years and nine months ard was discharged
at the close Of the war in the year 1865,
having served from private to captain Of my
company with honor; having been wounded
by shot through the LEFT lung with a mimic
ball at Spottsylvana Courthouse, Va, April
-, 1904 and after an absence Of three
months and eight days rejoined my com
mand, and was present at the head Of my
command at the surrender Of Lees army,
April 9, 1865. Was honorably discharged
May 49, 1865, on account Of my gunshot
wound and the war being over claim to
be a preferred eligible for a position under
the statute for Government position. I took
the Civil Service examination in May, 1880,
and passed a creditable average and was
{ appointed in the War Department at ST 900,
D
months. was transferred to the Depart.
ment Of the Interior, Pension Bureau in
. 1900 under General Raum and held my
average efficiency up to good fair average
} for ten years, never having had a complaint
"On June 80, 1897, was discharged from
! the Pension Bureau by H Clay Evans foi
f.; lack Of appropriation in direct violation
= Of laws and orders then existing. I have
{ frequently asked for hearing that the ieal
facts may be known, without accomplish
E ing any results now Iapply to your hon
orable body tor relief believing / am en-
] titled to some rights that the powers have
no right to ignore / am thoroughly dis
S abled veteran, but not to prevent my doing
= creditable clerical labor having a good
e average efficiency for the last six months
p while in the Pension Ofhce-upwards Of 90
7 Ny record will show If they will produces
! it, a general average Of over %, but nc
- cause only lack Of appropriation, as have
. said, IN violation Of Senate tameudmcnt 4
. the said appropriation bin. ask a fai
trial by my peers and by an unbiased jurl