Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-01-25
RETIRED LIST
FOR VOLUNTEER
OFFICERS URGED
VVNf Ill
Jersey Association Active in
Agitati0n--Other Congress
sional Matters.
Igpselal % the Newark star.l

Especial 10 the Newark start
WASHINGTON, Jan. 25.--Members of
the New Jersey state Association Of
Union Volunteer Officers Of the Civil
War arc interested in the movement in
flavor Of a volunteer officers retired list.
Bills to establish such q list have been
introduced in the Senate and House,
and A. S. Appclget, of Trenton, sccre-
tary of the New Jersey association, has
communicated with the New Jersey
aCongressmeD, soliciting their aid for the
passage of the bills.
Representative r. Wayne Parker, of
Newark, has made a number of changes
In the manner In which the work of tho
Judiciary committee Is handled, since he
has been chairman OF that committee.
szJnetead of having a large number Of
sssub-comnittees, MIR. Parker has divided
gfhe committee into three general conn
inittees. The first subcommittee con-
siderH bills that relate to the jurisdic-
ton of the courts; the second takes
charge or all bills creating new dlvi-
slons in the districts, additional judges,
foes and salaries; while the third and
last subcommittee takes UP all changes
a%in existing law, whether criminal or
fscivil.
Just what viii be done in tho matter
OF the inauguration of the President Is
in doubt at present. Representative
of Mr.. Parker's committee, in
Introduced a new resolution Il few days
zago, and instead OF 1t being referred to
committee on Judiciary it has been
sent to tho committee on the election of
the president and vice-president. This
would seem az though the speaker did
not intend to have any action on the
sxmatter at the present session of Con-
gress.
rho war department has forwarded a
comnlunication to Congress recommend
ling that the account of First Lieutenant
l.. Briggs, of the Twenty-ninth
~fdnfantry, who was appointed from New
s-Iersey, be credited with $4,000, which
twas stolen by Ross w. Douglass, his
Eformer chief clerk. Briggs was In the
s&Philippines in 1907 and while there was
chief signal officer Of the islands. and In
charge of the telephone and telegraph
sservice. Douglass was his chief clerk.
Hppointed through the operation of the
r1civfl service, and supposedly q man to
Ebe trusted. Douglass raised a check for
1875 to 32,275, and absconded. The two
thousand dollars which he got was
\ promptly charged against Briggs, as
being the officer in charge. General
DANES Allen, the chief signal officer, has
ssrecpmmended that the allowance be
made, but 1t will require an act of Con-
Y dTess before Lieutenant Briggs will get
%tlle relief he seeks.
NIX 1t may be of interest to some of the
1 %ack shots in the New Jersey National
NAard that Robert Shaw Oliver. assist
Al 5~ecretary OF war, has recommended
An aditional thousand dollars. making
Ten Dueand in all, for prizes, medals
ana Ger expenses, incident to the ma
tionai afches, which will be shot at
lamp Fry, Ohio, next August.
w. II. Annard, postmaster at Asbury
siark' naeeturned home, after spend
ms q ieW US in this city. Mr.. Ban
naIo IL once the most active officials
IN oheie paas postal service in New
Jersey. iie ikes frequent trips to
= Wasninslon - is in close touch with
& xtne oiic.a's othe p~ostofflce depart
= flnent. MT Ia'ih'd is also deeply In
teresteo IN .'ls =. postoflce building.
stne erection u "na will be begun in
tie i'eai AaeuV ~ .Sbury Park. lie
has had n number of,ns,ftstions with
tho supervising archiIt relative to the
needs of the postal slice at Aspury
b. Park, and when the Seizure ia com,
spleted, it is believed it II be a model
building in every respect MANY sur-
srestions that Barnard h, made have
been adopted and utilized the MANS.
Anthony It. Woolley habeen con-
snrmed as postmaster at L. Branch
which gives him another tie, of four
years.