The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-07-26


A WASHINGTON lply Money 10
.Ibprn that old slang phrase which
lso appropriately dlScribes the position
10 fthe chronic spendthrilt may nov
be applied With unusnli aptness 70
lUncle sam not dat the Stternll
gentleman has d streak Of spending
money, for has recently become part
dcnlarly eeonomic but bee 9nss3 lie Il
tnoW engaged IN burning more than
$4,000, 900 worth 81 money.
Al large number o. queer materials
,thave been used for coal IL times
gone past but this is the first time
THAT there Is any record of Two mil
Hons In real money being fed to the
flames in order that q building may ID
heated and the elevator machinery
may be run properly. q
The $2;o0o,0O0,oOO now being burn
ed represent nearly the entire war.
ltime issue Of government bonds, the
1907 variety. including those issued
IfCr the national bonded debt mp u
| the year 1898, when several new waf
tissues we're made. 4 a large portion. oi
1.-THE bonds now being used for heating
purposes In the Bureau OF Engraving
| land Printing, were originally used Id
Lieu Of actual currency, the Onion
soldiers being paid Oh IN these sbondS
after the war. They were dubbed
.seyen-thirty'sh because they paid 7,S
per cent. interest, the highest rate
lever paid by the United States Gov
eminent. F,s "a rs. @
When IL was decided that this I'm,
mense issue Of bonds should be de.
stroyed, the committee in charge Of
the work at first ordered that they be
Imacerated. The bonds were o4large
however, that the macerator refused
Itowork and an effort was therefore
made to cut them upito small pieces,
But the paper on which they are
printed is too fought to allow of this
operation and therefore bdrhlhe vas
the only smeth6d Of destruetln left
Accordingly, orders were given that
they we're to be mixed with the coal
aud burned in the furnaces of the
same building where they were first
printed. It Is estimated that the en-.
tire issue OF bonds will save the
government the price Of only two tons
Of tcal-and soft coal at that.
Wanted Release to4sPlay Ban.
THE recent case Of George Cdrry,the
United States soldier who sought his
release from "a $1S; d month Job In
the army IN order that ne might &C.
eept an offer of 5000 month to play
ball with the st. Louis American team
has turned attention upon the pro.
teduI'e necessary for a soldier to
throw of the burden Of military dis.
cipllne.
IT'S not generally known that the
War Department permits hundreds OF
soldiers annually TO purchase. their
release from the army before their
enlistment terms have expired. So
numerous are the applications for this
relief that "a regular scale OF prices,
depending upon the length of service,
has ben drawn up. This Is allowed
only in time OF peace, however In
case Of war, all applications foE' ais
charge would be refused.
No applications for discharge by,
purchase are entertained unless the
applicant has servedGat least one year
in the army. The price of discharge
after one years service is 1920.
The figure then decreases with each
year Of service, as follows; two years
800; three years, SsO% four years
$s5; i've years $50; six years 7$65;
seven years $50; eight years $50;
nine years $40: ten years $S5; and
after II years $3o Thirty dollars is |
the minimum.
Soldiers buying their discharged
from the army must also sacrifice any
and all travel allowances due on dis
charge. In cases where 1t Is shown
that the solder has relatives OF 9th,
ers dependent upon him, that he has
made contributions tohtheIr support
from his pay, and that these are I'M
sufficient for their maintenance, the
purchase price may be RENTED.
Many cases of this sort are encount
cred, especially where soldier has
entered the army without any one
dependent upon him ana subsequently
through deaths or otherwise, he be-
comes the only source Of support Of
relatives.
1t Is not the policy Of the depart.
ment to grant discharges by purchase
when there Is any speslal reason, orl
no reason at ell, in support Of. hist
hnnlinhfton Ge-r ~