New-York tribune., 1916-07-09

or enlisted afterward ! do not be
liCvc that any responsible firm Will fan
TO make good its pledge"
Major General Leonard Wood, Gov
crnor Whitman and the auxiliary nave
mapped cut comprehensive plan to
handle ;he situation. The auxiliary
will take charge Of all the relief WORK
arising from failure Of wages. captain
Lorillard Spencer, Of the Governor
stan. has turned over 20 X. n. FOR
syth. general director Of the auNihary'
a baskctful Cf relief applications. Inc
auxiliary has organized branches IN
Syracuse. Buffalo. Rochester and othcr
upstate places and the fund al mana
from private subscriptions is ne'ng
added TO-
The Relief Plan.
Those who appeal TO the Governor
for aid will be directed TO apply TO inc
depot unit ammander in their local,
itv. who will fiji out form provided
and send IL TO headquarters here,
whence the aid will be Forthcoming II
justified Those who apply direct to
d hcadouaYtcrs VIII be handled there.
Where it is impossible 20 rcadJust the
family bIdCct or provide work Tor the
dependent ones, the auxiliary mas ar
ranged 10 send to the guardsmen on the
border evidence 70 support an apphca.
tion for discharge under the ruling oi
/ the Secretary Of War Captain {. r.
Kilbournc. Of Major General WOOD 5
/ st9T. suggested the following form for
this application:
"ft is respcctfully requested that
- rood from the service
account of the dependency Of near
relatives. i'm accordance with the
instruction of the Secretary of War
under date of July 5. | inclose evl-
dcncc in substantiation of the sit
uation claimed above
IL is i'm this phase particularly that
the conflict between patriotism and
need is manifested. The auxiliary has
realized that women do not want their
husbands discharged if the discharge
will attach stigma 10 their names. II
IS hoped 10 create public sentiment IN
approval Of -
Mrs. Vanderbilt said Yesterday:
"Thc support Of the National Guard
In active duty legitimately belongs 10
our Federal Military Fund, by which
the expense ultimately must be borne.
Until il is. we feel that this matter OF
Guard relief should be brought within
the coCnizance Of the military system.
Capitalization of the relief system
will do two things. II will show eX-
actlv what the economic situation
caused by the sudden withdrawal of
the Guardsmen under our present sys-
tenn actually is. and will bring us one
step nearer to q national system OF
maintenance for our Guardsmen and
army reserves which will be dependent
upon private subscriptions
Humor with the Sad.
Pathos and humor intcrminglc in the
appeals that pour in upon the head
quarters Of the auxiliary. The woman
whose husband was superintendent OF
an apartment house before he donned
the olive drab. was provided for yes
terday by her husbands former en-
ployer when the present employer de
cidcd TO fiji the Guardsman's place.
The relief workers find that many
Of the militiamen went of on vague
promises that their dear ones would
be cared for in their absence. 4 young
bridegroom Of the eth, married only
three months. told his company can
tain he could not take the Federal
oath because his wife, q delicate, re-
fined girl. did not know how 10 work
and had no other means Of support
The captain said the regiment was rich
and would provide for her. Now the
auxiliary faces the problem Of getting
her a job that viii not be menlal.
One woman wrote a pitiful appeal to
the Governor. She had not a cent TO
fall back upon for herself and baby, ex
cept her husbands wages from the
Remington arms shop at Ilion. y. Y.
Her husband was not being paid while
in service.
Cant you get him a discharge?'
she pleaded. "Why can't my husband
come back? VIII you please see what
you can do about it?"
Another wrote to Mrs. Vanderbilt
for assistance in selling a Russian
wolfhound she said was worth from
$500 TO $1,000 to provide against press
ing needs while her son serves his
country.
This came 10 General Wood in
telegram:
Hear married men 70 be mustered
out. Please get me my husband. l
need him badly"
The Tribune obtained yesterday
list Of guardsmen Of the SiXty-ninth
who had not been paid according TO
promise. Several Of them are city en-
ployes, and il was said at the various
departments they would be paid at the
regular payroll periods. Assistant
General Managers Evans, of the New
York Central, said several railroad en-
ployes on the list would be paid as
usual; that the delay was due TO cler-
ical detail. Frederick W. Whitridge, of
the Third Avenue Railroad, said his
men on the list had failed to call for