New Britain herald., 1916-09-01
LOVES LABOR LOST,


 As yesterday was rather a quiet day M Congress and there was not much
 led for Congressman Hill of Connec-
 Ut to remain in the vicinity of the #p1to1 he set out on a journey to
 War Department more than a
 le away in order to perform a
 odly service for his constituency.
 Is quest was successful. He found &t why the Connecticut troops on the
 rder have not yet been paid by the
 ieral authorities The venerable
 ngregsnan from this state. in an
 erview puoisshed this nornins,
 Fes an anxieass populaoe the result
 his personal inyesh gatdon. The
 hscn the boys have not been paid is < cal1se Congress was rather slow in
 acting feg1s1ation setting aside the
 bney. MT. Fill being member of #ngress did not know this. He had
 make the long and tedious journey \ Pennsylvania avenue to the War
 partment to find it out. For this.
 entire state sends him Its profound anacs.
 Batter sspoh & long service in tho eSoAa1 Congress tt would seem that
 . Hfn would be oonversant enough Eh tho prDoedar~ there to know that b War Department cannot pay kcae Sarnss soldiers until the legtsla- e branch of the government first bvt6es the necessary wherewtthal
 he puts it himself: 'sT went to tho hr Department this morning and IRnd that owing to the failure of enactment of the army appropria- Sn bin for the year of 1916, there #s no money in that bf1l for tho #diers." Why go to the War De- #rtment to find out thtsq Was MT. Nil absent from Congress during all & debates on the army appropria- Xn bill? Is he not familiar enough d h the tactics there to know that N army appropriation bill Is usually 8d up longer than any other2 If memory serves him we'll he will 8 d-ly acknowledge that in years Be by, as we'll as this, the army ap- 15prlation biu has nearly always overdue. Army officers for ITS held this complaint. Tn some #tances these men have gone three Nd four months without their aries because Congress failed to eovide the money on time. It Is an a story and every office boy around $ashington knows it to be 50. Every stchman in the House Office build 2k who has been on the job long Sough could tell the story of Con- gessional failure on this score. And N Hill is 8 member of this august ssem blaze.
 when the United States army avia- Bn school was first established at buege Park, Md, in the summer 1911. the army officers there were sre pressed for money because Con- less failed ta make provision for Ietr salaries on time. The money at lat time was long overdue. There In be no partisan politics in the cry kcause that particular instance was hder the Taft administration All Ee congresses have been somewhat |latory on taafs score. Just why, no be knows There is. no good reason |hy proper care should not be taken the men in the United States army, why they should not receive their loney on time. If MT. Hill, instead walking up to the War Department, IaA spent some time q month or SO go in helping to jostle Congress long, his work would have been ap- teoiated both by the men on the order and his constituents at home. Tor 8 Congressman to go to the War department to find out what Congress shs or has not done is like an officer of he United States army going to Con sress to find out where his regiment stationed.
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