Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1907-05-16
K ~ &c "A CITIZEN

For H.. inip nation Il the
aOoYe a. wall say ina. The part
,ls-n ~ ] I'm sharp Wi.lisu.
n i1'is- o. Tire Miles incident - =
matt. : of record. The sane -
60 b" found on tie I9uraa. II the
prurvs--.rgs 20 The 18Th Congress
tl iau. as rob. l-+G. \ f-Ii
history g this >a1 natter =
also IA possession ~ o-e 81 OK
lords most highly h5r7r-d e u
zeus and = vel Known bv ma
iari,y ~ the i-.'F,- Il shIs town.
and NAV - seen frr tss asking.
4 tu-I ami r-Up.r,e history %
: .ll,-s matter - shown "
s.'id c1ugres-iold r,-cor-i - -
follows
l.-.IG. General Mo- WIS IN
officer an the RETIRED list. and. -
SUCH rec@is,t n salary 500. 80
1er year: which IN regular s--r,-i-
&C. hc r-cSiNNl double shls
amount with allowances. TIE
at Shlch R.'9%el the army Ut
fcers - -eIirs. At n rprsain are
IN l.lt nay hsi b en IN force Tor
'.uTc~F ~ years IN iSs;. Sa-
t'..rwI1g a., Nss nss-si, The
Secretary II War nay assign re-
tiy,4 officers ~ tho army. With
their - 1seut- - active duty III
-s--uIgin-- ;c- services IN con-
r.ctlpU = { i the organized u.il-
TIA N IL. - crat states zai ter
ritJrie~ upon the request Vi the
governor thereof. and such OH
CO while 80 assigned shall re
c-'v-. the full pay and allowances
"a their respective GRADS
In 1896, ". L. Douglass. gov
eruor Of Massachusetts,. under
the above act procured the ser
vices II Gen. Miles which emit
tied this Officer to full conpensa-
tEpn namely: $3.50 and alloy
ances per anuIm "a long as he
should stay N this service. Cen
Mile va th-. only officer receiv-
ING 80 high a salary. and 1t was
tn uchtCniirciy too much for any
othcer IL receive; especially did
all the Mississippi congressman
except MIR Williams believe that
shs pay ~hsn retired was suffi-
rient. and 80 when the Army Ap-
preparation bill came up in ist5.
IN order t. remedy this evil. a
pTOvl>o ~as made o. this bin. a
follows: thereafter no retired
officer II the Army. shall, when
assigned, receive from the Uni
ted States any pay or allowance
additional to his pay as retired
officer 20 a. to make his total pay
anu allowances exceed the pay
aud allowances II I Na5o- 1T t1e
active Est (TEe lay - = M
I"r IN thu active lis- n4sns S{.:ra
PER year, Thi>s PROVED vas
vcte't upon by the f-ilov-lnc CON-
eress,1en from Mississippi: iSu ~
crS- caud.er. Hill. SpicHt. Hum
PIreys, Mcl-ain vptin.- for the
prJvIsF- .anSresS-lan Bv-,I be-
Ing ctsseue; while John SLa-r
William voted against the n-u-
vl>". AMI thi- IN the fac. nj he
sell known fact that Gen. Mill
vas tie only ofI-cr receIvin-- ~
large = salary.
Hence tn cFec; Of Ills prUvi-
- NdS l. cut OH Gen Mics fr,rl
tins salary and T. lrrslIt him tn the
AilrEa1ee r II officer on the 70
;1rsi itst- nu. Williams op1lS,, 7
Ia AM lie force Of rs v1,. and
influence s.aS l. CIV silIeS foll
pay alt 1..1Wlre
Further -se IS > matter II IN
4S-rTs- IN. ! might IId that an
Ili-sr hi71iy esteemed cIsize7 u
the town II OF tr1 hsar-i Gen.
Niles n i Puo.i. = t.lress II Ha--
EaEi University beast Of the fact
that n had tn. honor % do thu
country = grand sesvsC.. When he
Was able 10 place the sha e
upon tn t4Est limbs Of the Con-
e is-Ite eIis:taia. jefferson
DAVIS. Niles regarded ,his a.
ms Creates I'll ial act. the crovsp
laS SOY u MS career. This &C.
= infamous n the sight OF evarv
SouIaron anu justly So; twas an
act ot uleaIled for ami uuS1eaS-
aOle intsrly and viii ever n, -
regarded by all fair Tnin1ei men.
jefferson Davis WIS the soul Of
honor the accepted leader IT a
brave and noble people. Miles
knew IT. and this a. vas but the
out-cropping Of MS savage de-
based nature.
No one kneS .hesa facts better
than John Sharp Williams. II
there was any one question that
ne should have paid attention o.
Il ~as tlis, We, he preferred 70
maze tat this barbaric hIrelinr
and thus insult the intelligence
and hoEor OF the entire South.
Viii the people hold Hon. John
Sharp Williams guIIlless Cor this
acts