Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-11

looks such pension laws as are in
! force, and will continue to ars for such
relief as shall seem to be equitable
] and Just. And it does not stand in thS
way of other veteran organizations Sc
| curing such legislation from the GG-
| tional congress as they may by their
! influence obtain.
Il am informed thai several depart
ments have passed resolutions along
different lines and faVoring different
laws from those which have received
the sanction OF the Grand Army OF
the Republic These are ready to go
into the hands of the pension commit
tee and. after their report. will re-
ceive the consideration of this encanp-
ment. | invite your careful consider
alton of these resolutions.
THE number of survivors of the civil
war at the close of the last fiscal year
as shown by the report of the COM
missioner of pensions, was G209S5. The
number of survivors on the pension
rolls May 81, 1909, was 500 All. The
amount appropriated for pensions dur
ing the year was S162 OOO,OoO.
"The amount appropriated and spent
during the year ending Juno 90 l9OS,
In the national and state homes for
the support of old and needy soldiers
was S1,1SI361.
Charges Are WhlteWashed
WY attention has been called two or
/ three times TO letters from inmates OF the
/ soldiers homes, anonymous letters, COM
planning of i'll treatment and irregularities
! in the home All of these matters nave
been carefully investigated and the com
plants found to he without foundation
II received anonymous communications IT
regard to the home in California, and l
visited the home in company with the OF
| ficers of the department of California ana
/ closely. | found IN
this home that all the officials were Grand
Army men, and in addition TO their pen
siOns were receiving compensation tor such
labor as they could perform; thht Inc sur
Peons and some of the nurses were not
Grand Army men, for the reason thnt the
Grand Army men In the home would mol or
could not perform the duties required Oh
them"
The speaker told in detail Of the
difficulties he encountered in securing
a round trip rate of one fare to the
/ Salt Lake encampment and added:
The transcontinental lines operating
between the Pacific coast and salt
Lake promptly granted me rate OF
one fare for the round trip. All ROADS
west of Chicago have given us rate
of one fare for the round trip and all
east of Chicago have stubbornly re-
sisted and refused to do better than
give us a rate of one and one-halt
fare to Chicago and st. Louis. rms
/ is not as good a rate as these assocla-
! tibns are giving to summer tourists lor
/ the Yukon-S Seattle exposition, but We
cannot avail ourselves of the summer
tourist rate unless we purchase TICK
cts through to Seattle.
Railroads Are Roasted
! "You will observe, comrades that l
/ have labored earnestly and zealously
with the great railroad corporations IN
/ 4 A If
+ Republic for a reasonable rate to and
from our encampment, for the men
who from 81 to Go bore the brunt OF
battle and saved the uniOn-one ana
|indfvisible-and that the great railroad
corporations which girdle ii with thelr
tracks have no feeling OF PATRIOTISM
and make no concessions to the COM
rades of the Grand Army of the Re-
public"
There is a triple contest for the ma
tional presidency of the Woman's Ike
lief Corps, with Mrs. Jennie l. Berry OF
Iowa. Mrs Belle Harris of Kansas ana
Mrs. Melissa Caylor of Indiana as the
candidates. The greatest confidence IS
shown by the supporters OF Mrs. Berry'
The counsel of the Ladies of the
Grand Army of the Republic, the
Andersonvilie Prison Board, the Coun-
sci of the Daughters of Veterans, the
Council of the Relief Corps, the Ma
tional Press CORES spOndents and the
National Association of EX-unlon
Prisoners held business meetings today.
The members of the Association or
Army Nurses are being entertained at
Saltair, the lake resort.
Nature Greets Visitors
4 genuine mountain thunder storm
which prevailed last night introduced
some novel effects. Visitors by thou
sands thronged the main streets await
ing the spectacular parade of the
Wizard Of the WasatCh' and admir-
ing the sparkling ystas of incandescent
lamps when the storm broke. Ac-
COMMANDED by volleys of thunder and
tho white glare of lightning, torrents
of rain drenched the crowd and decora-
tiOns. There was dash for shelter
and the parade was abandoned. With
I'm thirty minutes 1t was all over. Stars
studded the sky and the street lamps
twinkled as merrily as before.
In the meantime. the lightning had
bccn playing havoc with the power
transmission lines and the grand army
camp fires at the assembly hail and
the armory were plunged into dark
ness. = few lanterns were secured and
created small oases Of light in the halls,
but for the most part, the speakers
and singers were invisible. Voices
from the shadows rendered the pro-
gram and the novelty was not unap-
pTeciattd.
The city's guests find no fault with
the temperaturc The maximum yes
torday was S6 degrees and the mini
mum 81. After the evenings shower,
the air was delightfully."- fresh and cool.
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