The Coconino sun., 1919-03-21
SO[D|ERS WHO FOUGHT IN FRANCE
 CO FUR MONTHS WITHOUT PAY
(From Congressional Record, Febru
 ary 5, l919)

(From Congressional Record, Febru-
 ary 5, l919)
 Mir. Frelinghuysen.--Who is respon- sible for the delay in the payment of soldiers compensation If any off cial dare assert that there is no such delay, let him come to my office and I will place my files at his disposal There is such delay, prolonged delay in numerous cases, delay that is inex- cusable. In one of the letters from which I have just quoted is the state ment "he has received no pay since July, seven months ago.
 Let me briefly cite another case which not only illustrates the war de partment's slipshod methods in thls matter but in certain others to whlch I shall invite attention in these re. marks. Writing from Prospect Plains, N. J., January 20, 1919, M. " Landmann, speaking of certain case says: AL.
 Perhaps the records in thls department are something Ike those of the Casualty Division or the war department, where MISS Bagley (Mrs. Falconer's secreta- ry) was assured late in Decem- Der that as they had no record of Pvt. Willard Snedeker's be- ing wounded, his wound, If any, must have been slight one. AS a matter of fact, he was so se- verelv wounded in action October 3 that his leg was amputated aboye the knee October 4, but the parents have never received any notification. He arrived pen niless but cheerful-not having heen paid for many months-in New York January 3 and. through tbo kindness of the Salvation Army was able to send a postal to his mother to let her know ot his arrival" n, r,. A grateful country, indeed! IhiS soldier, minus a leg, unpaid for man! months for his services m France, re tnrned to his native land without nennv in his pocket with which tc purchase a postal card in order to no t;fv his mother of his arrival. How do we expect to develop patriotism IT tbe mind sof our young men Tn tnS years to come in view of these things Another constituent of mine-Mrs Robert Daly King, of East Urange ", N. J.-writes me, January H. l9l'' a' follows: actual
 Ut has come to my actual knowledge that our soldiers are not receiving their pay, ana | know of no way to remedy tnls disgraceful fact than to make known to those who represent us our displeasure at this conal tion, register our protest, ana ask that justice be done.
 The soldiers of France, to whom we give high praise, will not fight without pay. So with Eh- gland, and doubtless with other lands: but our men give ther lives with all bravery and never falter in their loyalty to thelr country, without a murmer ol complaint at the rank inJustice being done" Al fred V. c. Genung, Jr, Of Eas as Orange. N, J.-writes me, January 70 Ieie to the following effect:
 aMy son, Ralph c. Genung, nr;vaie of one hundred and twelfth field artillery, Battery e twenty-ninth division, has been out of funds since October narrowing right and left, we, m tbe meantime, endeavoring to get funds to him through the Guar antee Trust Co.,, of New York, oil this due to his not being maid by the war department. How long would civilians work ing for the government go wiln- out funds as our sons nave p1en forced to do? And army ruies force them to hold their tongues as to their properly due stipena, and that small, as you wen know"
 The Presiding Officer-Does .h Senator. from New Jersey yield to tn Senator from Kansas?
 MT. Frelinghuysen.-l do.
 MT. Curtis.-With the permission o inc Senator, I should like to read al eytract from a letter from a soldie of the third trench mortar battalion ninth division, third artillery:
 "Mother, I have been here Tor about seven month, and never have had any pay yet, and we sure have been having pretty touph time. It certainly looks like Uncle Sam has forgotten his bows in the trenches; but, oh, II ne viii carry me back to my dear mother he can have what ne owes me"
 I want to state in the same eonnec tion that the paper that prints. tnl letter also prints an account or tn death of this boy from pneumonia France. MT. Frelinghuysen.-Mr. President we Americans talk much of our fiber ality to our soldiers. Does it ever oc cur to us to get their viewpoint Visit their camps and this is the pes S;n,istic song YOU will hear, sung [