Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1919-02-28

Cdlkh AltSAtlUu 10 ONc puflWulHF puaSe
of the failure OF the Government ia
make payment to soldiers anu liscloses
the reason for such failure. read al
follows:
The mail proposition has been the
greatest curse to us all. A man can
60 without proper or sufficient food
march in wet clothing, or even fight
without proper ammunition and equip
ment IL necessary, but it is mighty
hard matter to keep up the morale of
the men il they don't hear from home.
Personally went without mail for two
months, during which time my wife
was very i'll. She sent me a cable
October % that reached me December
6. ! am in receipt Of two letters to-
| day
Ills letter is dated January 90
written August ii and September II.
respectively. Nor is this condition ex-
ceptional. The lad acting as my or
derby at this time has not had a letter
| from his home in North Carolina since
| September Is: and I am certain that a
good half Of my company has been
treated in like manner.
His reference to cablegram reminds
me of cablegram sent under my own
observation on the 18th day of January
to soldier boy belonging to the ma
rines in France. 1t was plainly adj
dressed as many letter had been adj
dressed, to that young man. He writes
week later, and he had not yet re-
ceived the cablegram announcing the
n =, cf1 ,fc, cic IN, I'm orr
Calling attention to that particular
portion of his letter which refers to
the pay and the reasons given for de-
ferred payments, I read:
When man is wounded the system
demands that his service record be
sent on to the hospital, and as over
half Of this company has been through
the hospitals nearly half of them are
here without service record, as they
have never reached here after being
returned from the hospitals by mail.
This means but one thing-every man
who was wounded has not been paid
since the last payment Of his wages
prior to receiving his wound. They do
not pay a man who has no service rec
ord. A great percentage of our men
have not been paid for over five
months.
1t is we'll known that there are temp
tations on all sides for the soldier, but
I say most emphatically that if the
morale Of the boys have been affected
no greater cause can be found than the
deficient mail service. IT the boy hears
regularly from his mother he is better
fitted to maintain his cleaner attitude
toward life. In fact, Senator, this
matter has grown to be passion to
me, because / have seen the effects
first hand.
All / have to say further is that it
will be bad, a grievOus thing indeed,
if the boys who have enlisted with such
fine spirit of enthusiasm and patriot
ism, and in a great cause should now
have their morale imperiled and their
ar1or and patriotism cooled by reason
of the fact that through this want Of
care, and one might almost say want
Of solicitude for their well-being, and
want of supervision on the part Of the
War Department they have been and
are yet denied the precious privilege Of
hearing from home
THINK IN INTEREST-sAvE---
State Of Wisconsin
In Circuit Court For Rusk County
r. B. Macdonald, Plaintiff,
VS..
Philetus Sawyer and Melvina M. Saw
yer, his wife, Edgar p. Sawyer and
Mary e. J. Sawyer, his wife; Ed
ward Rutledge; William H. Laird ;
James L. Norton: Matthew G. Nor
ton: Matthew G. Norton: Peter
Bever; Peter Bever and Mariana
Bever, his wife: Alexander Me
Laren; A. J. Hayward and Martha
e. Hayward, his wife; and the un-
known wife Of any of the above
named parties, if such be living, and
all unknown heirs, legatees, devisees,
and personal representatives of each
Of the above named defendants and
all unknown grantees, unknown own
ers and persons claiming any inter-
est through or under said defendants
or any Of them, or any estate, right,
title or interest in or incumbrance
upon any of the real estate described
herein, as well as other unknown
heirs, devisees and legal representa-
tives, whose names are unknown
and who are hereby designated as
unknown defendants and all persons
whom it may concern, Defendants.
The State of Wisconsin, to the said De-
/ PENDANTS:
You are hereby summoned to appear
within twenty days after service Of
this summons, exclusive of the day of
service, and defend the above entitled
action in the court aforesaid; and in
case of your failure SO to do Judgment
will be rendered against you according
to the demand of the complaint, of
which copy is herewith served upon
you.
J. A. MICHAELSON.
Plaintiffs Attorney.
Postoffice Address: Ladysmith, Rusk
County, Wisconsin.
Note The lands and premises af-
fected by this action are described as
| follows: The East One-half Of the