Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-05-27

members Of the House in that section
good many Maine people are in
| town this Week-most of them in at
tendance upon the International Con.
vention OF Sunday school workers.
prominent among them are Mr.. and
| Mrs. w. E. Overlook, of Razoryille.
Maine. All these visitors have been
doing some sightseeing along with
| their attendance upon the meetings OF
the convention and have been enioyine
thoroughly. good time. They have
| found number of interesting Maine
people, identified with the success of
the International Convention, among
them Rev. S. Fl. Woodrow, pastor of
the First Congregational church. He
comes from Lewiston, Maine. and is one
of the leading pastors of Washington.
| Quite colony of New England peo-
pie worship at the First Congrega.
tional church. AS soon as the Con-
ventiOn adjourns DR.. Woodrow will be-
gin arrangements for a visit to Eu-
rope where he will devote several
several weeks to travel and recreation.
Senator Frye has just gotten out OF
his committee on Commerce with a ia
vOrable report, measure which IN
terests every life-saving official and
surfman, and to some extent the own
erS and operators OF vessels along the
Maine coast. 1t is bill he has been
advocating for years ito promote the
efficiency Of the life-saving service"
by creating a retired list. Congress
after Congress the Maine Senator has
introduced the bill and urged it. but
x,,;x hot
the Government now supports a great
roster Of retired officers in the army
and navy, marine corps and revenue
cutter service, that this retired list
costs the government annually tens
of millions of dollars and therefore it
was not wise to add to it further.
But Senator Frye has contended that
the surfmcn and the officers of the
Life Saving Service generally perform
service as hazardous and as valuable
to mankind as those of men who fight
in the army and navy. He has stood
up for the men of the Life Saving Ser
vice in season and out of season and
now asks that they be given privileges
of retirement, practically the same as
the army and navy officers. His bill
provides that superintendent of life
saving districts, keepers of life saving
stations and members Of life saving
crews" shall be eligible for this re-
tired list on conditions to receive ''sev
enty-five per centum of the cOmpen-
sation of the grade held by them at
date of retirement" Eligibility to go
on the retired list is made TO date
from expiration of thirty years of
service or from the arrival of the life
saving employee at the age of Ga years.
Provision is also made for retiring on
three fourths pay men who become
incaracitated in the line of duty.
Board, appointed under the authority
of the Secretary of the Treasury, is
to pass upon such cases.
Senator Frye will now try to get
this bill through the Senate. He does
not expect it will become a law at this
session of Congress and. perhaps, not
at the next session but some advance
has been made so that ultimately he
believes the bill, or some measure very
like it. will apply to the Life Saving
Service. The Maine Senator belives
such legislation will increase the etf1-
cheney of the Service and contribute
materially to the welfare of its worthy
employees. He made a similar fight.
covering a period of years, for the
Revenue Cutter Service, whose officers
now have the same privileges as to
retirement on three fourths pay that
the officers of the army and navy en-
inv