Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1902-07-31

f0c9r&te's raw on 1he Hardship
/ or Heroes.
Why are they Making all this Fns,
about our Heroes?' Nav asst. II
seenns - Tho It's almost . Disgrace
% Be : Hero emmy more, che wa
Some people talk. "
Il no it," pay anserd. .'Neerl,
every time pick Up a paper the,
are q speech in 1t by Sumbuddy tina
makes me Glad I'm just a plain Ordi
nary plug of o Sitazum that work.
for . living and has no friends ia
Congress and no Sho to ever get I
penshun. As the poet says,
+. The age Of shiyviery Is ded,
It's gone. its dew the caop; e&
Once heroes stepped with Hotfy tired.
| But now they're In the SOUP
1T makes me Sad to think of the
poor heroes that Have give mp the
Best years of their Lives getting
Edyoucated ut Militerry and Naval
academies and running Bewroes al
Washington only to Be treated as
Tho they weren't Emmy better than
sum of the Restofus. afterall. Look
at poor Hobson. Here he wants to
get Retired at the ripe old Aige oI
twenty nine or Thurty and be paid
by the Government for the Few de-
clining years That may be Left for
him. But do they Lissen to the
Heroe S plea?
Deer Sur, he rites to the Sex
retairy OF the Navy, I have give up
the Best years of my fair yung Life
to my Beluvid country. / surved
an hour and Twenty minutes i'm the
War and neerly Got kissed TO Deth
struggling for my native land.
am not complaining. The hours are
Easy and the pay is fair TO Middling,
but the Hero bizness has Been over
Done. It's got so the people are
not Satisfied for o purson to Be a
Hero in the Strife. They want him
to be Hero every Day., no matter
whether they are emmy strife Going
on or Not. That's what wairs a
Hero out. So I would like to Get
retired, with as Large q salary as
possible, and Go into pollut Ticks or
Sumthing. | hope you will show
that Rippublics are not Ungraitful
and that I'll get enuff TO Live on in
pritty Good stile even if the people
Don't flock TO the Lectures. I'm
giving good show for the mummy,
and the Magic Lantern pickchers
are worth the price of admishen
alone. But it's hard TO keep the pee
pie worked up 10 a high pitch of
Enthuzie Azzum. So I'm all Wore
out from the Affects of il and must
have Rest and quiet. Please do Not
turn deaf Ears to the pleedings of a
Hero. Put me on the Retired list
with as Big Sallery as possible,
becoz have astigmatizzum in the
Left Eye so bad Can't hardly see
whether they are Ennybuddy i'm the
back seats or not. It's q Crate hard
ship and | hope the Land I love sc
well viii Do sumthimg for it.
my hart almost bleeds For thai
boy. OF corse the ship he Sunk
was Ded loss to the country and Il
Cost the people q Good deal 10 Ed
youcate him, But / behave in Giving
q Hero credit for his fine intenshens
It's not the same with Heroes that
mean well as with Bank cashiers
who are Going 70 pay it all Back az
soon as the Market goes their way
The cashiers don t ware younaforms
And then look at poor CROWN
shield. Theirs a Hero that's had
the Hardest kink of Luck. Fol-
years he Fot at the He'd of the Bewrt
of navigashen- as nobuddy be
fore Him ever Fot in that Danger
Gus and Dedly place. He would
Even stay at his desk after 2 p. m
sumtimes planning New Battles Il
be Fot against the Shaimfnll com
mudores that were Out at sea hunt
| ing For the Enemie and coal. Offer
when he was at his club playing
Billyerds from 10 to 12 waiting TO
offus hours to Begin he would b
Thinking so hard about new Cam
pain against Snmbuddy who was Of
sumwhair trying to Get glory enui
for All that he couldn't keep hi
| mind on the CAIN And what Doe
he Get for all that Heroick servus
| 20 his Country? IL almost seem
as Tho Providence had went bacl
on the heroes. for just when Glorey
ious Crowinshield was reddy 3
stand high on the Bridge for all th
| World TO see the Grandest hero tina
ever fot Behind o Inahogguny desl
the cOronoshen 5 postponed and tn
ffews~rle.d old tnr That hast In n,