Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-12-08
WOULD PROVIDE
I FOR W0RKMtN
Senator Martin Asks That
Law Be Enacted For
Their Benefit
SEEKS SUM OF S5O0,OOC
SEEKS SUM OF s5O0,OOQ
Would Have Sum Administered b.
Commission of Three Persons
Bills For Monuments

! Washington, Dec. s. a fcdcta
! workmen's compensation bill, the
object of which is to provide compeh-
sation for all employees of the gov
ernment for injuries and for occupa'
tional diseases in the course OF then
employment. has been introduced III
the Senate, by Senator Martin, OF
Virginia. The measure would extend
the same compensation to government
employees that is now extended to
workmen employed by private cor
2orations under State compensation
laws. Senator Martin feels that gov
ernmcnt employees are entitled to the
same consideration extended the ntar
employed by private firms when they
are injured while at work.
The bill calls for an appropriation
of $500.OO0 to be known as the "erll
pioyces' compensation" This fund is
to he added to frs;n time to time BY
Congress. The fund is to be managed
and distributed by the United States
Employees Compensation Commls
sion" composed cf three persons, tt
be appointed by the President and te
no paid $1,000 each annually rs .
salary.
The bill provides for medical eX
animation of all person entering the
government service. ana 4 scale O.;
.>.:y,,,cats; to h" made: "a hen"tici"iles
. the proposed law.
Washington, Dec. S.--Senator Mar
tin. of Virginia, introduced yesterday
81 number Of bills in the Seante, cali
ing upon the Federal Government u
honor the memory of Virginia sol
! dicrs. scientists and juristS. He asker
: s25. 900 with which to erect a monu
mont. at Abingdon to Gen. William
! Campbell, the Revolutionary hero
! who won the battle of Kings Noun.
tain, The sum Of $4,000 was asked tt
crcct 4 memorial in the Federal couri
room at Richmond to Chief justice
John Marshall. He asks $4,000 witt
which to erect in Washington mem
orial to Admiral Matthew fontalnt
Murray, the pathfinder of the seas
The. Federal Government has refused
20 honor Commodore Maury's mem
ory because ne resigned from TIM
Union Navy to join thhc Confederate
! forces.
! Senator Martin also asks for Sloo'
900 with which to buy. the land II
! Spotsylvania county on which wa!
fought a series of battles in the ClVl
War. His idea is to convert this lant
into national military park. The sun
Of $50, 900 is asked to build a militar!
highway from the railroad station
at Fredericksburg to the Natlona
Cemetery. The sum of $4,000 is ask
ed to help defray the cost of crectin!
memorial to Pocahontas, the Indian
princess. on Jamestown Island.
The Virginia nominations sent t
the Senate yesterday include the fol
lowing: William H. Gale, to be con
general of Class >; Ernest Lestc
Jones. to be superintendent of til
Coast and Geodetic Survey; Georg
W. Harvey. of Norfolk, to be super
vising inspector in the Steamboa
Inspection Service; Robert Pag
Cooke, Reuben Lindsay Robertson an
Steuart Mcclure, to be first lieuter
ants in the Medical Reserve Corps
Forrest NJ. Harrison. Virgil Fl. Cal
son, Paul D. Richmond, jr., Leslie I
Wiggs, A. Marsteller and Arthur
Sinton, to be assistant surgeons i
Medical Reserve Corps.