The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-01-13
Great Big Screw Loose
In Uncle Sans System
Of Paying Off the Boys

WASHINGTON. D. @. Jan. 12.--He
Is back from the Nerdun sector. where
he los, his right arm. An explosive hus-
let HIT him and tn" stump IS hrhhhE
slowly. He was gone from IN" InitrI
that tin" lie has received "Auc'sy -"
pay from tho government. IN two ~
stallments Of $40 esch; The second ,rnni
aboard ship in France bound for home.
Here is the case OF a West virginia
father. a dependent. an aged man nus
son made the supreme sacrifice III
for the full amount allowed, his father
named as the beneficiary. Ills father
should b. receiving under that policy
the sum Of $3.50 per month. but nc
isn't lie has never received cent.
Thousands upon thousands tn whom
soldier boys allotted money for their
keep haven't received penny from
the government since last July; ana
upon millions Of dollars have ben
taken from the pay. Of the soldiers FOR
the loved ones left behind. but the gov
ernmcnt has withheld 1t.
Parents who have heard nothing OF
theis sons since they went abroad
months ago are trying 10 !oHat" 'h"ln
10 get word to them, ot they are sui
is nothing doing. Senator's and repre-
senta tives are cautioned not TO bur
den the cables"
we can get 1ult accounts OF w
dresses women wore at receptions. but
little else" said Senator Kenyon N the
senate.
Il am unable to turn a wheel 10 get
Information from or 10 IN" h"ES rom
cables. we arc admoniSh"d. It sr"rns I"
tho house. We must not burden thH
cables. we AT" diminished. IT seems I"
me if they would cut, out the society
news and the hoEwash coming across
We might b. able To do something for
our boys over thcr" and thor loved
ones over here. The hulk "f that ca-
blcd stuff no weli-intorm"d person VIII
believe anyhow. unless il is ihr lun
and ornate descriptions OF the royal
BOYS arriving homo dcnd-hrnke. III"
pay that they cannot get, hay" soid
their receipts for paid up Liberty bonds
To the sharks 1T points Of dcrnarkatinn.
Bonds worth 500 have been sold Tor
bonds. for thcy have never ben de-
livarrd but the receipts. In New York
city the sharks have done n l,is husl-
ness III" boys %"rs GGspHrh H. f innd
I'd in the big city. which was nnturai
enough They were certainty omitted
20 rot hold Of dollar or two TO cole
brat" their return.
olution ordering tho soldiers aii"t-
mrr1ts paid,
From everywhere como requests from
soldiers Ia BE- helped out Of IN" army
And sailors out OF tho navy, and de-
mands from their parents. t'ut soma
tors and representatives "an 4" iiiii" I"
help them. Th" members "f congress
arc swamp"d with letters Of that knn
S"vcnry Camn from West NlrStntlhS
70 Senator Howard Sutherland 8 "!ii"'
IN one day this wnck. Thai ~ ahou,
,hn uv"raE" rate Of their receipt. ne
mall or cnrh Of IN" members ~ the
buIcc from West Virginia IS. on a par
With that. Th" sam" ~ tru" Of every
member Of congress. both branches.
'rh" foregoing hrr"tS arc founded
o,, Most Virginia eases Th"$" ara hui
several but cynical az thousands i"iI
Of in tho letters received Icy ia" NOM
hers nr n" state delegations
Tho story IS not "HhE$" rN'H. IL
could rot nc Th" members @! IN"
,I,Iosaiiun viii i"siif! - that. ais"
that Il would T." irnr"$slhi" - cNaS-
unrntn IL Many Il ia" cases ih"y h"''
before thnm ar" tragedies ~ nn acute
cnr,h They arc ~trucGi.H.: with ih'$"
problems a h"st th''y can.