Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-27
WAR BOARD ACTS
MAY GOTOCOURTS
Walter II. Gather Arranges
With Counsel 10 Take Up
Matter; Snyder Stands Pat

Walter II. Gather, eX-Public SerN-
ice Commissioner who served notlce
on Auditor General Charles A. ShE-
der that any direct payne ents from
the 50 600 900 state defense fund for
the writing of a history of the war
would be illegal, said to-day that ne
would consult with his lawyers about
future steps
Il have no more intention of al
lowing this matter to drop to-day
than / had yesterday. | have been
advised that payments would pe
illegal and propose to take the prop
er legal steps when the time comes
said Mr. Gather
Auditor General Charles A. Sny-
der, who was the engineer OF the
project to make the Governor MS
torian, said that he did not consider
Mr.. Gathers objections well found
ed and that as far as he was con-
cerned he was going ahead with the
matter.
Governor Brumbaugh, who re-
Trained from any comment on the
creation of the bureau other than
the remark that it was what the
newspapers had been talking about,
is getting ready to make visits to
various sections of the state to get
history from original sources when
his term ends and to go over the Ma
tional Guard and state draft records
in this city.
The resolution creating the bu-
reau was as follows:
WHEREAS. Pennsylvania has al
ready given more than a quarter Of
million of her finest citizens to
the Nation as soldiers, sailors and
civilian supporters of the govern
ment in the world war now happily
turned to a victory for decency and
for democracy; and
WHERE EAS, These men and wo-
men of Pennsylvania have won i'm
perishable glory for themselves and
for the Commonwealth that proud
ly sent them forth; and
"WHEREAS, This splendid Com
monwealth, grateful and proud OF
its citizens and holding in reverent
even jealous memory the military
and other momentous services of
her people in this war shall be duly
recorded and a careful and depend
able record of the part each one
in the service has rendered or may
render: and
"WHEREAS, This Board has, un-
der the mandate of the General As
sembly and with executive approval.
given unreserved support to the Ma
tion and has expended large sums
of money to enable Pennsylvania to
do her full duty to the Nation and
to civilization and is minded that it
can further serve the people under
the warrant given them by making
ample provision TO secure and pre-
serve at the Capitol a complete cate
gorical record of the services of her
citizens now or hereafter in this war
serving the Republic and its allies
in public or private station:
THEREFORE,, RESOLVED, that
the Commission of Public Safety and
Defense of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania hereby creates a War
Service Bureau in the Department
of the Adjutant General, said bureau
is hereby charged with the duty of
ascertaining the name, address and
record of service of every man and
woman of Pennsylvania engaged in
the National service. and aiding in
the winning of this world war, or
that may hereafter be so engaged, to
the end that Pennsylvania may have
complete and detailed information,
reliable and definite, of the part she
has had in this momentous national
service. To that end there shall be
appointed a Director, an Assistant
Director and such clerical assistants
as the Director may find, with the
approval of this Board, necessary
and adequate to the service herein
committed to said Bureau. All rec
ords of the Bureau shall be properly
preserved, accurately tabulated and
conveniently classified, and for the
O., rf I, nf thig gpt,tripn n
of thirty thousand dollars ($30,000)
or as much thereof as may be nee
essary, is hereby set aside and ap-
.propriated to said Bureau for sal
aries, supplies and necessary eXpen-
ses, warrant for payment, upon the
approval of the Secretary Treasurer
Of the Commission, to be drawn up
on the fund available for this pur-
pose in the Treasury of the Com
monwealth; and it is further re-
solved that this resolution shall be
full warrant and authority to tina
Auditor General and State Treas
urer for the settlement and approval
of all acquisitions and payments
which may from time to time be
made under its provisions.
"RESOLVED, That the salary of
the Director of the War Service Bur
eau be ten thousand dollars ($10,-
000) per annum, and that the sal
aries of the Assistant Director, ad-
ditional officers and employees, upon
the recommendation of the Director
be from time to time determined
and fixed by this Commission.
"RESOLNED, That Martin G..
Brumbaugh be and is hereby des-
ignated Director of the War Service