The Washington times., 1906-03-13

age and under seventy years Of age al
Il rate Of annual compensation exceeding
one thousand two hundred dollars. or
wEo is over seventy years Of age at
rat. IF annual compensation exceeding
eight hundred ana forty dollars; and
after June Ihirteth, nineteen hundred
and thirteen, no person IL the CLASSIFIED
service shall be continued IL the employ
ment Of any such executive department
or other Government establishments -
who has attained seventy years Of age
"CThe words In the District OF Colum-
bfI." omitted here. and not. to judge
fro mthc context, because OF any scare
lily Of ink
From Full Committee.
so far as indicated By anything in
the report. this recommendation came
from the full committee; yet, were the
same rule To be applied 10 those in high
as low prices. three members o. your
committee would have been debarred
from signing il. The distinguished
Speaker of the House so active that
many people fear he must be reckoned
with in 1895. would have To withhold his
approval unless You hurry the blA
through before May :, while OF the thlr-
teen members OF the Senate COMMITTEE
on Appropriations, VINO have The last
guess at this bill, east Of the White
House. who's average age IS sIXly-seEtn-
all but four. two Democrats and two
Republicans. and they by light
suue eye. would be- excused from con-
sideratiou of your automatic time reg
lsteT.' upon It's arrival at lhe nor --tIil
wing OF the Capitol
a whole lot of people have been nav
ing trouble concerning JlIne register
and the like lately. II has been handed
read that he who Is faithful In Il few
things shah be ruler over many. but
YOU reverse all this and enact that the
aged man may do great things but shall
not bee q newer OF wood nor OraWe- OF
water. I think you'd better take water
8H this proposition. respecting which /
have a few earnest words Ia say TO YOU
The operation Of the proposed pen
fall so heavily upon those Who bore the
burden Of the battle III the Union army
that J must treat II is Il they We're the
sole beuvnCiaTIeS. Ii Is for them. my
comrades, I speak. I am indiSposrd 10
Shirk this duty ! owe 10 them. and
could not If ] would. They stood with
ne when TO stand meant victory then.
that the Congress OF the tulJeC states
should meet ever since and now in
Washington instead Of Richmond. that
the Stars and stripes should float for
ever and day over all. elnoiemauc OF
q united. prosperous happy country !
venture TO say that You Won ind 4
Confederate soldier behind your bin
Only this moment, ] lGd0TStf an
earnest request to our soldier President
TO honor Confederate briCadier whom
Your proposed limitation would re-
move from the waiting list. because,
when having the power to denote or
discharge q large number of my COM
rades. he placed his resignation in the
hands OF his superior II single one of
them was to be disturbed They are
holding down the same desks today,
delegation OF them have just left me
filled with the gratitude common 10 all
but Republics.
Has No Objection.
To a proposition that shall provide
for fair reduction when, in individual
cases, b. the deterioration of his mental
or physical faculties man is incapaci-
tated from measuring up TO the full re
quirements of the service. 1 have 10
objection to present: but that condition
as you can make X. The departments
now have power TO denote OF discharge
Tor InCapaClty or any other cause. or for
no cause. a power renewable 10y no tri-
bun1l, tnat- Tor 4 century and ii quarter
mas been absolute Under IL OLD men
and young are daily being assigned, both
Dy promotion and reduction, 70 the
duties TOT which best fitted. You pro
pose that the almsuouse alone snail be
the veterans refuge in life, and per
maps, after you We kicked him out 10
rattle his bones over the stones, Will
deny him burial IN consecrated ground.
close against him the gates at Airing
ton.
When you make i rule, arbitrary as
this one would be. taking no account
% the preservation of faculties and
the ability TO do full service, service
more valuable TO the Government DN
reason OF long years Of experience, /
have serious objection TO it. and when
/ consider this legislation with refer
ence 10 my comrades OF the Gaion
army, / have most positive pro est TO
register II advance of the cons NINA
ton of the wrong.
According to the best estimate we can
make, 10000 OF the Union army are now
living. Providence has blessed these
men with a vast aggregation OF sons
and sonS-iH-la~, and can not be far
out of the way when assert that the
survivors of the vanishing army and
their allied domestic relations aggregate
nearly or quite five million adults of
this land. Few OF this number but,
directly or indirectly. would be affected
by the proposed legislation. Many, il IS
tue only remotely, but as to the vet
cram and his wife and dependents the
reduction and dismissal from wage
earning WOrK. not because OF any
leSSeenlng OF ~dSe-e'tt ming capacity, but
because the old man of today was burr
long enough ago TO have helped save
his country in his Country's hour of
need comes directly home so the
humiliation will De felt by his child zen
and his childrenS children so long as
history endurcs-
Nv dear Mr.. Chairman. there is a
dead line in legislation respecting the
Saviours of the Nation as perfectly
marked as at Andersonville beyond.
which so many NAV go LET me basr
YOU to pause before you attempt to
cross it under the belief that the sentry
is asleep. and to have only words OF
praise for the bridge that many times
and oft has carried you to safety, and.
like the belfry in the market place of
..-Clnrice burned Anx-rl a