The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-04-04


cially enlisted members of the Ma
tional Guard of Florida, who spent
nine months in Federal service at the
rate of SIS per moth. and now return
broke" and without employment, a
bill will be introduced in the State
Legislature, giving each man $40 per
month out of the State treasury for
the time served. as forecasted ex-
clusively in yesterdays issue OF The
Tribune. The bill has been drawn
locally and will be introduced by
DOYLE Carlton, Senator from Hills
borough County.
News reaching the city brings the
fact that guardsmen in other towns
of South Florida are in the same or
worse fix than the Tampans, employ
ers refusing to give them work for
fear that they will be called out
again very soon in case of war with
Germany. As an example of what
other States have done for their
guardsmen The Tribune is in receipt
of the following telegram from the
Adjutant- General of New York.
Albany. N. Y, March 21.-Troops
at border received difference State
and Federal pay from date of call to
date of muster, approximately $3.50.
600. Bill before Legislature provid-
ing for difference in pay entire period
of service carries appropriation OF
$4,000, 900"
From the acknowledgement of Okla
homa The Tribune received the fol
lowing message:
Oklahoma City. March 31.-Okla-
homa Legislature appropriated $4,000
for National Guard serving on Dor
DER.
Before leaving for Tallahassee Fri
day night Senator Doyle Carlton
said: THE State of Florida owes it
to her guardsmen to pay them for
their services so we'll given at time
when they were demanded for public
protection, and | think it is the least
the people can do to thus repay them
to some extent for their hardships
and present predicament. l see no
reason why the proposed bill should
not be passed by the Legislature"
The bill as drawn here for passage
is as follows:
Whereas. the enlisted personnel Of
the Second Florida Regiment have
served with honor and distinction in
the service of the United States on
the Mexican border, and
! Whereas, after nine months ar
duous service in the army of the Uni
/ ted States, the Second Florida Reg
! iment has returned and been mus
tered out, and
Whereas, approximately 1000 en-
listed men have been discharged from
the service of the United States and
with no source of income and no
! prospects of securing jobs or the
opportunity to make a living, and
Whereas. employers will not now
give work to men of this regiment
because of unsettled conditions
abroad and because this nation is on
the verge of war with Germany, thus
necessitating calling out the National
Guard of this State, and thus dis
rupting business, and
Whereas, many States of the I'M
ion, in recognition of the services of
their National Guard. have appropri-
ated large sums of money, varying
from fifty cents to seventy-five cents
TO one dollar per day to be paid their
soldiers for every day of their serv.
ice in the National Guard under the
call of the President of the United
States. June Is. 1916, and
whereas, the State of Florida de
sires to substantially show her appre
citation and recognition TO the Second
Florida Regiment of Infantry: there
fore:
BE it enacted by the Legislature Of
the State of Florida
Section /. That every enlisted
man of the Second Florida Regiment
of Infantry who, since the call O
the President of the United States
or June Is. A. d. 1916, has served
continuously with the regiment anC
who was mustered out of Fedora
Service on or after March II, A. D
1917. shall receive ten dollars 70
each and every month of such sery
ice, such pay TO be based upon
thirty-day month. and calculations I,
include each and every day of sery
ice.