Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1921-10-13

who remained at home and the
economic losses to those who served
from Ohio during the World War. 1t
is, therefore, Adjusted Compensation
and not bonus.
Are Honor and Glory Compensa-
ton? No man can give or take from
the ex-service men the honor and
glory that are theirs. Honor and
glory are not paid by state to it's
war veterans; they are included in
the very nature of the service itself.
Honor and glory are fine and are ap-
preciated by the eX-service men, but
they will not buy food and raiment.
Therefore, they cannot be compen-
sation. Moreover, honor and glory
are the results of the patriotic offer
ing of life and limb For this
patriotism the ex-service men of
Ohio do not ask and would not ac-
cept compensation. They would not
barter their patriotism for the en-
tire resources of Ohio. They do not
ask that the dangers risked, and the
trials OF the military or naval SER
vice be considered, but only that the
people of Ohio consider giving them
a compensation comparable to that
paid the lowest paid laborers in
Ohio by the poorest employers dur
ing the war. They merely ask that
| the people aid them to be restored
to their pre-war conditions by paying
to them a very small portion of the
profits enjoyed at home which were
denied to them. If honor and glory
are ton. why we're they
paid any wage, small though it was,
for their service? Because man
must live, and honor and glory can
not furnish a living Therefore,
honor and glory cannot in any sense
of the word be compensation.
Did they contract with the Ma
tional Government for their compen-
sation? No. Many were conscripted
by the Government. Others volun-
teered The wage was fixed bv the
Government. The men had nothing
to say about it. 1t would have been
the same if the wage had been five
cents per day or nothing at all. Ser
vice people from Ohio willingly Of
Tered their services to the country
without any consideration for the
compensation which they would re-
ceive, because the heart and soul
of the people were with them at that
time and they had confidence that
the people of Ohio would see that
they would receive a square deal.
1t is noteworthy that there were alb
solutely no draft riots or objections
on the part of men of this class.
Whether drafted or enlisted they
went willingly. There was no con-
tract for compensation with the Ma
tional Government
Other states have provided State
Adjusted COMPENSATION as follows:
Maine. 500: Massachusetts, 500;
Michigan, SIS per service month;
Minnesota, $40 per service month;
New Hampshire, 800; Missouri,
SO per service month; New Jersey
$40 per service month: New York,
$40 per service month; North Dako-
ia, $25 per service month; Oregon,
SIS per service month; Rhode Is
land, 800; South Dakota, SIS per
service month; Vermont, $40 per
service month; Washington, SIS per
service month; Wisconsin, SIS per
service month.
France has paid to her ex-private
soldier up to $685.; Great Britain
to hers up to $140.94; Canada to
hers up to 100000. The ex-service
man from Ohio has only received $50
from the United States and nothing
from the State of Ohio.
In the Civil War the bounties
paid by the State of Ohio to Ohio
soldiers amounted to $4,000, O,00O.-
90, more than twice the total amount
covered by this State Adjusted Com
pensation for Ohio soldiers of the
World War
How did the service mans pay
compare with the pay at home? Any
man who could saw a rough board
or drive nail could and did quail
fly as a carpenter on the government
cantonment work and he received
his $1,000 per day whether he was
so per cent efficient or per cent