The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-05-29
Is Provided For in Bill In
PRODUCED in the National
House by Mr.. Plumley
INCREASE INTENDED
TO MEET LIVING COST
Senator Page Has a Vacan-
cy at the Naval Acad-
envy to Fill

sentative FRANK Plumley OF tue Hrst Yer
mont district introduced in the Hous
of Representatives on Tuesday of th
week a bill TO increase the pensions o
widows of Civil war veterans, now en-
! titled to Sl2 u month, to SIS month
Mr.. Phmley's idea in this bill is /
sufficient increase to meet the increased
cost of living since the passage Of thu
bill granting a pension of $l2 monti
| to all widows of soldiers who served
at least 80 days in the war and whC
| We're honorably discharged, provided
/ their marriage occurred previous to 1890
He figures that 25 per cent. increase
will operate to make it possible foi
widow to-day to purchase for Sli
what she could for Sl2 when that
amount was granted by the passage Of
the act of April 10, 1908. Mr.. Plum
ley's bill does not contemplate any
change in the present law with respect
to the conditions under which widow
may be entitled to a pension but simply
changes the amount of pension to those
widows now on the rolls at $l2 a month
DR.. Fred Metcalf, prominent dentist
and business man of Sacramento, Cal.
called on Representative Plumley this
week. DIR. Metcalf is n former North.
field boy, being a graduate of the North
field high school and having attended
Norwich university for a time. DIR. Met
calf came to Washington from New Or
leans and after short stops in New York
and Boston, will arrive IN Mortified the
latter part OF the week to visit his
sister, Mrs. Eliza Holland, of that town.
Miss Agnes NJ. Carpenter of Milwau.
kee, Wis, a grand niece of Senator w. 7.
Dillingham;, was one of class OF 20
Young ladies who received their diplomas
from Mount Vernon seminary, a well
known Washington institution. on May
p. Miss Carpenter is the daughter of
Judge Paul ID. Carpenter and grand
daughter OF the late Hon. Matt Carpen-
ter, who was born in Moretown, VT,
and served as United States senator
from the state of Wisconsin for some
years.
Mrs. c. D. Birtel of Montpelier is
the guest Of her aunt, Mrs. J.. Henley
Higbee who ia superintendent of the
nurse corps OF the navy department
Rev. A. Fl. Webb of Mortified is visit
ing at the home OF Mr.. and Mrs. G. A.
Webb.
Representative Frank L. Greene has
been invited by the commander of the
District of Columbia post, United Span
ish War veterans, to be one of the speak
ers at the Memorial day services to be
held at the National cemetery at Ar
lngton on Friday. Representative Plum.
ley left Washington on Wednesday for
his home in Mortified end will be the
Memorial day orator at Barre, Vt.
There appears to be dearth of young
men in Vermont with aspirations to
become officers in the navy despite the
fact that the education is furnished free
BY the government at the naval acad
envy at Annapolis. Senator Page recent
" advertised preliminary examination
TO select candidate for the academy, to
be held at Norwich university last week,
but no one of those who expressed them
selves as interested in the appointment
put in an appearance. The result is
that Senator Page still has vacancy
to which he can make appointment be-
fore June g.
The abstract of the census together
with the Vermont supplement, which was
issued from the government press Il
few weeks ago, was recalled by the d.
rector of the census on account of omis-
sions The new edition in corrected and
complete form has just put in an APP
pearanee This census abstract is much
more complete than those of past years
and the edition is especially valuable, az
the figures for the whole country and
the special Vermont statistics can be
found in one volume.
Senator Dillingham; has recently in |
reduced in the Senate bill to secure
payment of certain claims of individuai !
army officers for longevity pay. The |
ill in question is for the relief of three |
Vermont claimants, Col Herbert s. Eos
.er, U. S. A., retired. of North Calais, I
IT.. and the heirs of Brig. Gen. Ben
amin Alvord and Maj. Gen. Ethan AL /
en- Hitchcock. While both of the last |
were born in Vermont and /
appointed to West Point from that state. /
heir heirs now live in the District OF |
Columbia. These claims were incorporat
"A in the omnibus claims bill which /
allied in conference at the last session 1
4 Congress and that is the reason for
he separate bill which has been now in
reduced All three OF these officers have
lad enviable war records. Major Cen
raj Hitchcock was veteran of both
he Mexican and Civil wars. He was
Omitted to West Point in 1914. grad
iated in 1917 as Sd II. arty., L. S. A.,
nd subsequently rose through all grades
o colonel Of the 2d infantry. On Sept.
/. Is4T, he was made Bvt. brigadier gen
raj for gallant and meritoriOus service
n the Mexican war. He resigned from
he army in 1855 but at the outbreak
( the Civil war he was made major
eneral. L. s. volunteers. on Feb. 10,
s62. and served in that capacity until
e was mustered out Oct. I, 1867. He