New-York tribune., 1905-02-13

In address to his comrades of the I'd Fire
zouaves. I'D Regiment New-York Volunteers Vet
eran Association. at meeting held at their rooms
No. 12S West 17th-st. yesterday. General II. E
Tremain said. in part:
deficiency @ Of a17ss7 80 is asked Of Congress to
It. 1t pass? Probably yes. Why? Because in prior
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was was that passed7 For no reason at ALL except TO
heep ths business going so as to pay, and 10
fomrags more ORE claims lain than were oTiginay CON
purpose was enacted the year before How much
tpa s snat =, Ihe answer is to read CHAPTER OF
discover the Congressional appropriation OF $4,000.
(see Hs,S 81 United States Statutes. page 4aD.
horses stolen from Confederate soldiers by Union
were given after the surrender. II any Su'N 0iU7''
beea aTS %sre 6 any such orders sgen7 If So when
voted nothing Else Without the Official report p% or
military of the Union forces eSaT
Woud an2 fa fr psd sS 0g think Hi sof Well 50
what Congress did Not only did the committees Of
of the Senate and of the House to which the bin
referred report upon it favorabIy, without the
scratch OF pen as TO the facts from any Union
Woa naGng gu Of SnsTvn non It 62 t a %
soldiers whether any state of facts probably existed
nous conduct on the part OF the high. minded
erm Te5s S to Grant and to the
Union soldiers to refute the offensive charge -''
aEsry cavalry ocers az and private sSiders
seaggage alleged to have been taken from them by
matox. acting under orders, in violation Of the
terms of surrender of the Confederate armies" and
Secretary of War: Provided, that the expendi 1e
lures under this act snail not exceed $50 (more
horses. number that surely could not have been
without the ability OF any one now living to prove
suGh orders. had they ever. in fact been given).
on such claims and 700 to 500 Claims Vet renain
under, f consideration. with many more in prospect
The possible theory OF the enactment itself is
Of an instance where so-caied federal HOODS
acting under orders given with more or less pro
surrended ana paroled enemy. Such instances instances IN
he & azure things must have been rare and II
even after the lapse OF thirty-eght years to dis
due proof OF the official character of the dsspoiI
II must be established. however 10 have been OF an
orders and not the seizure By an Tres5onsbe nasee
tramp oT pehap a aTGn ,b; either army
wayman clothed in blue.
More than one locality in the theatre OF war was
for many weeks after the surrender Of both lee
ana Johnston overrun with marauders recognizing
seged in ESTABLISHING public order ''
10 restore 10 civic order a region disordered bv
the devastation of a sanguinary war is not the
TASK or an hour; or of a day 1t was narvellousIy
accomplished But when it comes to paying for
upward or 2Sto horses the surviving Union soldier
horses! N' eVN '"OSo
Nevertheless. awards are yet being made and
further appropriat tions being sought FOR as if
was the constitutional duty OF the United States
20 pay Ior horSeS lost by Confederate soldiers on
their way home from the battle field.
II the horses seized. or paid for were ever In
fact received used by the United States tbero s
no proof furnishd OF the fact 1850 -
The money payments made by the United States
treasury are each and every one grounded on the
charge of wrongdoing by an officer OF the tinted
States Army, DO the surviving officers OF the
United States Army who served In the great war
relish the charge thus made against them with tne
appreciation of Congress? If so they had hattes
help pass further appropriation notwithstanding
the ract that stroke Of the pen by the Secretary
OF war would not only stop these absurd payn,ents
but do Justice TO honorable soldiers and oricers
living well dead S'