Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-01-07
LIFE
SAVING
Congress Becoming interest
ed in the Matter.
error, the VIEWS Correspondent

- tHTOVt tRt ~ IN
Washington, d. c., Jan. Wide
spread interest is being manlfested IN
the bin to improve the life service by
providing for the retirement OF Inc
men after a long term of service. he
peated efforts have been made TO get
a bill Of this sort through Congress
and still the friends of the brave LIE
savers are elamoring for the reeogni-
ton they believe they are justly en-
titled to-
According to a recent report OF W..
/. KiR,ball, superintendent of the SER
vice, great credit is due to the men
who patrol the coast of New Jersey,
and It is but natural that the people
of the shore counties should display
their interest in the men who live
among them and who repeatedly risk.
their lives to save those OF lmperllled
crews or passengers or wrecked craft.
Petitions favoring the passage of the
bill in which there is so much interest,"
have been received from residents at
Tuekerton, Manahawkin, Long Beach,,
Spring Lake, Toms River and Beach
Haven by Representative Howell. All
of these petitions were numerously
signed by residents along the jersey
coast in Ocean and Monmouth
ties. Joseph Grover, of Toms River,
one of the county officials telegraPhed
Mr.. Howell urging his interest in the
bill.
Pay for Militia Officers.
Members of the New Jersey dele
have been requested by the
State Military Board, through, a com
- .-,oa4.nn fr1,., Ala A Iiat4an4 (ranar-
of New Jersey, Hen. W. f.. Sadler,
ill which is designed to increase the
Efficiency of the organized militia. 1T
8 provided in this bill that under reg !
~Ilations of the Secretary of War, com
nissioned officers of the national guard
f the different states shall receive in
compensation for their service, other
han the encampmentN certain sums
$ specified.
sksie bin provfaedfoE The paymealaf4
fifteen per eentum or the pay Of ofS
erH in the army where they siEyf nave
reformed seventy-fse~per cen O fdaty1
t rs also provided that no officer shall
lie entitled to such compensation an
il he shall have passed such examina
ion as may be prescribed by the Sec
etary Of War and the National Militia
,oard.
Provision is also made for the pay
ment of the enlisted men of the ma
tional guard at the rate of twenty
FIVE per eentum of the amount paid
to men of like grade in the regular
army. 1t is provided, however, that
the men shall have attended at least
forty-eight drills in a year and that he
shall be proficient in rife shooting.
Monmouth Farmers Petition
The Monmouth County Farmers Elk
change, with headquarters at Freehold
irave Adopted resolutions opposing the
passage of the Tou VeIle bin which.
prohibits the printing of the return
stamp ON envelopes. The copies of
the resolutions adopted have been for
warded to the United States Senators
and Representative Howell. All have
been filed with the Senate and the
House of Representatives for reference
to the proper committee of each body.
Pensions Through Mr.. Howell.
Representative Howell has been adj
vised that pensions have been granted
to Mrs. Lydia Garrabrandt, of Asbury
Park, at $1,000 a month from October
%, 1909. To Mrs. Louise L. Sylves-
ter, widow of Charles Sylvester, of
Seaman street. New Brunswick, at
$1,000 a month, from October rs, 1910.
Frederick Miller, of Holmdel, at $l5
a month from December Is, 1910 and
to Mrs. Annie Bishop, of ManaAaw-
kin, at $1,000 "A month from September
10, 1910. =.
Mr.. Howell has introduced a bill to
increase the pension of Howard Fers-
ter of Asbury Park, q veteran of the
Wal of the Rebellion who served in
Co. E, 127th Pennsylvania Volunteers.
Forster is unable to perform manual
labor and his services in the Civil
War was exceptionally c~reditable. The
bill introduced by Mr.. Howell has been
referred to the committee ON Invalid
Pensions. On account of this being
the short session it is difficult to say
what may be done with the bin, as
the committee has several thousand
bills TO consider.
1t was reported yesterday that VII
Ham Damn, of the Capitol police force,
formerly a resident of New Brunswick
could hardly live another day, his con
dition being critical