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2032 CONGRESSIONAL -RECORD-HOUSE. JANUARY 25,

AI ·o, memorial auopted by the City Council of Malden, Mass., S. J. Res: 214. Joint resolution authorizing and directing the urging Congre s to enact legislation requiring draft boards and accounting officers of the Treasury to allow credit to the dis­ legal auvisory boards to assist honorably discharged soldiers, bursing clerk of the Bureau of Risk in certain sailors, -anu ·marines to secure employment; to the Committee cases; to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. on Military Affairs. Also, · petition of Percy F. Bicknell, of Malden, Mass., for SP_E.A.KER PRO TEMPORE TO PRESIDE ON SUNDAY, JANUABY 26. repeal of postal amendment increasing postage on periodicals; The SPEAKER. The Chair designates Judge W ATKI~s, of to the Committee on Ways and Means. Louisiana, to preside to-morrow. By 1\Ir. KELLY of Pennsylvania: Petition of Rotary Club of ThTDIAN APPROPRIATIONS. McKeesport, Pa., favoring continuance of Government control of The SPEAKER. When the House adjourned yesteruay there wire systems until Congress shall provide proper procedure ; to was an agreement that a yea-and-nay vote be had upon the the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. Hastings amendment to the Indian appropriation bill. The · By Mr. KENNEDY of Rhode Island: Memorial of General Clerk will report the bill by title. Assembly of the State of Rhode Island,' urging upon Congress The Clerk read as follows : the passage of legislation giving financial aid to soldiers, sail­ A bill (H. R. 14746) making appropriations for the current and con­ ors, and marines; to the Committee on Military Affairs. tingent expenses of the Bureau of Indian AJfairs. for fulfilling treaty By Mr. KETTNER: Memorial of League for Ireland for the stipulations with various Indian tribes, and for other purposes, for the eleventh congres.-:;ional district of tlie State of California, signed fiscal year ending June 30, 1920. by .its officers and passed at a meeting in San Diego, Cal.; to I\fr. STAFFORD. M1·. Speaker, so as to give the privilege to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. · the entire membership to vote, I wish at the proper time to · By- Mr. LONERGAN: Petition of Connecticut Grand Army of make a point of no quorum. the Republic, against transfer of Mountain · Soldiers' The SPEAKER. The question is on agreeing to tile Hastings Home to War Department; to the Committee on Military Af­ amendment. fflirs. Mr. HASTINGS. 1\fr. Speaker, that is a committee amend­ Also, memorial of Ancient Order of Hibernian Society of ment. 'Vallingford, Conn., relating to self-determination for Ireland; The SPEAKER The Chair understands. to _the Committee on Foreign Affairs. The question was taken, anu the Speaker announce(] that Also, resolutions adopted by Hartford Lodge, No. 29, American the ayes seemed to have it. Federation of Railroad Workers, favoring Government owner­ Mr. STAFFORD. Mr. Speaker, on that vote I make 1he s}lip ·of railroads; to the Committee on Interstate and ·Foreign point of order that there is no quorum present. Commerce. The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Wisconsin makeR the - By l\Ir. NEELY: Petition of Huntington Association of Credit point of order that there is no quorum present. Evidently there Men, }.lrging support of measure providing for "·ar contracts; is no~. The Doorkeeper will close tile doors, the Sergeant at to tlie Committee on Military Affairs. Arms will notify the absentees, and the Clerk will call the roll. By l\!1\ POLK: Memorial· of· Kent County (Del.) Farm Bu­ Those in favor of the amendment will, when their names are reau, favoring Senate bill 4987; to the Committee on Educa­ called, answer " yea " ; those opposed will answer " nay." tion. The question was taken ; and there were-yeas 198, nays GO, By Mr. STINESS: Memorial of General Assembly of the answered " present " 2, not voting 161. as follows : State of Rhode Island, urging upon Congress the passage of YEAS-198. Alexander Dyer Larsen Rouse legislation giving financial aid to soldiers, sailors, and marines; Almon Elliott Lazaro Rubey to the Committee on Military Affairs. Aswell Ellsworth Lee, Ga. Rucker Austin Essen Lesher Sanders, La. Ayres Evans Leve~ Saunders, Va. Baer Farr Little Schall HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Bankhead Ferris Littlepage Scott, Iowa Barkley Flood Lobeck Sherwood SATURDAY, ~5, Barnhart Foster London Shouse January 1919. Bell Gallagher Lonergan Siegel Bcsblin Gandy McAndrews Sims The House met at 11 o'clock a. m. Black Ganl McFadden Sisson The Chaplain, Rev. Henry N. Couden, D. D., offered the fol- Bland, Va. Garner McKeown Slayden . lowing prayer : Blanton Garrett, Tenn. McLemore ,'Iemp _ 0 Thou Infinite and Eternal Spirit, before whom angels and Brand Glynn Magee Smitl..t, Itlaho Browning Godwin, N. C. Mansfield ~nydel' archangels bow in adoration, we,. Thine earthly children, hum­ Buchanan Goodwin, Ark. Martin Steagall bly and reverently bow before Thee, that we may worship Thee Burnett Gray, Ala. Mays Stedman Butler Green, Iowa Merritt Steele in spirit and in truth, and by the uplift of the moment receive Byrnes, S. C. Griffin Miller, Minn. tephens, Miss. that str('ngth which shall enable us faithfully and efficiently to Byrns, Tenn. Hadley Miller, Wash. tevenson fulfill the obligations of the hour. In the name and spil'it of the Campbell, Kans. Hamlin Mondell Sumners Campbell, Pa. Hardy Moores, Ind. Switzer Lord Jesus Chl'ist. Amen. Cantril! Harrison, Miss. Morgan Taylor, Colo. The Journal of the proceedfugs of yesterday was read and ap­ Caraway Harrison, Va. Mott Thompson proved. Carter, Okla. Hastings Nicholls, S. C. Tillman Cary Hawley Oldfield Timberlake MESSAGE :FRO~! THE SENATE. Chandler, Okla. Heflin Ollver, N.Y. - A message from the Senate, by 1\Ir. Waldorf, its enrolling Clark, Fla. Hensley Olney ~!~£Ieke Classon Hilliard Osborne Vinson clerk, announced that the Senate had passed the bill (S. 5354) Claypool Hollingsworth Ove1·myer Walton extending the time for the completion of a bridge across the Collier Houston Overstreet Wason Delaware River,- authorized by an act approved the 24th day Connally, Tex. Howard Pai~e Watkins Connelly, Kans. Hull, Tenn. Parker, N.J. Watson, Va. of August, 1912, in which the concurr~nce of the House of Repre­ Crisp Humphreys Peters Weaver sentatives was requested. Crosser Husted Phelan Webb The message also announced that the Senate had passed with Dale Igoe Polk Welling Dempsey Ja.coway Pou Welty amendments the bill (H. R. 13708) providing for the relief of Dentson Johnson, S.Dak. Purnell Whaley such populations in Europe and countries contiguous thereto, Denton Johnson, Wash. Quin Wheeler outside of Germany, as may be determined upon by the President Dickinson Jones Ra~sdalc Wilson, Ln. Dies Kearns Ramey, J. W. Wilson, 'l'ex. as necessary, had requested a conference with the House of Dill Keating Raker Wingo Representatives·on the bill and amendments, and had appointed Dillon Kehoe Randal~ Wood; Ind. 1\Ir. 1\IABTIN of Virginia, Mr. OVERMAN, and Mr. W ABREN as Dominick Key, Ohio Rankin Woodyard Donovan Kincheloe Rayburn Wright conferees on the part of the Senate. Doolittle King · Reed Young, N. Dak. The message also announced that the Senate had passed joint Doremus Knutson Rodenberg Young, Tex. Dough ton La Follette Rogers resolution of the following title, in which the concurrence of the Dupre Langley Romjue House of Repi·esentatives was requested: NAYS-G9. S. J. Res. 214. Joint resolution authorizing and directing the Bowe1·s Dowell Good Juul accounting officers of the Treasury to allow credit to the dis­ Browne Elston Graham, Ill Kelley. Mich. bursing- clerk of the Bureau of War Risk Insurance in certain Cannon Esch Greene, Mass. Kelly, Pa. Cooper, W. Va. Frear Hamilt()n, M.ich. Kennedy, Iowa cases. Cooper, Wis. French Haugen Lampert SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION REFERRED. Cramton Fuller, Ill. Hersey Leblbach Unuer clause 2 of Rule XXIV, Senate joint resolution of the Currie, Mich. Galllvan Huddleston Lundeen Dallinger Garland Hull, Iowa McCormick following title was taken from the Speaker's table and referred Darrow Garrett, Tex. Ireland McKinley to its appropriate committee, as indicated below: · · · Decker Gillett James McLaughlin, Mich. 1919. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. 2Q33 l\lann Rose Steenerson White,. Me. 1\Ir.· O'SHAUNESSY with Mr. McKENziE. Map ·s Rowe Sweet Williams Moore, Pa. Scott, l\Iich. TempJe Wilson, Ill. Mr. PAiK with ·Mr. MADDEN. Nelson, .A. P. Sells Tilson Winslow l\1r. BLACKMON With 1\Ir. MASON. Nel ·on, J. M. Sherley Towner Zihlman Mr. ASHBROOK with Mr. MUDD. Powers Sinnott Vare Ramseyer Smith, 1\lich. Volstead · 1\fr. RIORDAN with 1\Ir. NICHOLS of Michigan. Reavis Stafford · Walsh Mr. PRICE with Mr. RAMSEY. ANSWERED "PRESENT "-2. Mr. HENRY T. RAINEY with Mr. RoBBINS. llurroughs Kinkaid Mr. RoBINSON with Mr. SANDERS of Indiana. NOT VOTING-161. Mr. SABATH with 1\fr. SANFORD. .Anderson Ea~le _ Kettner Robinson Mr. SEARS with Mr. STINESS . Anthony Edmonds Kiess, Pa. Rowland 1\Ir. SMALL with Mr. VESTAL. Ashllrook Emerson Kitchin Russell Bacharach Estopinal Kraus Sa bath Mr. CHARLES B. SMITH with Mr. WARD. Beakes Fairchild,.ll. L. Kreider Sanders, Ind. Mr. TAGUE with Mr. WATSON of Pennsylvania. Ben "on Fairchild, G. W. LaGuardia Sanders, N: Y. 1\Ir. TAYLOR of Arkansas with Mr. H.u..i:ILTON of New York. Birch Fairfield Lea, Cal. Sanford Blackmon Fess Linthicum Scully Mr. THOMAS with· Mr. MORIN. Bland, Ind. Fields Longworth Sears Mr. WISE with Mr. HAYES. Booher Fisher Lufkin Shackleford l\Ir. SNOOK with Mr. COSTELLO. Borland Flynn Lunn Shallenberger Britten Focht McArthur Sloan The result of the \ote w~s announced as above recorded. Brodbeck Fordney McClintic Small 'l'he SPEAKER. The question is on the engrossment and Brumbau~h Foss McCulloch Smith, C. B. third reading of the bill. CaJdwell Francis McKenzie Smith, T. F. Candlei', Miss. Freeman McLaughlin, Pa. Snell . The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, Carew Fuller, Mass. Madden Snook and was accorilingly read the third time and passed. Carlin Goodall Maher Stephens, Nebr. Carter l\lass. Gordon l\lason Sterling .On motion of M;r. CARTER of Oklahoma, a )nOtion to reconsider Chandler, N.Y.· Gould Montague Stiness the \ote by which the bill was 'Passed was laid on the table. Church Graham, Pa. Moon Strong Clark, Pa. Gray, N.J. Morin Sullivan AMBASSADOR FRANCIS. Cleary Greene, Vt. Mudd Swift Mr. FLOOD. 1\Ir. Speaker, in the debate on the Diplomatie Coady Gregg Neely Tague Cooper, Ohio Griest Nichols, Mich. Taylor, Ark. and Consular appropriation bill last \Vednesday the gentleman · Copley Hamill Nolan Templeton from New York [l\lr. LAGUARDIA] made this. statement: Costello Hamilton, N.Y. Norton Thomas I have wond~red if the distinguished gentleman from Virginia is Cox Haskell Oliver, Ala. Tinkham aware of the fact that our allies l..tad to call the attention of the Depart­ Crago Hayden O'Shaunessy Treadway ment of State to the personal conduct and associations of our amhassador Curry, Cal. Hayes Padgett Vestal with certain of his frie.fHls of Teutonic tendencies. Davey Heaton Park Voigt Davis Heintz Parker, N.Y. Waldow This statement was made in reference to Ambassador Francis, Delaney Helm - Platt Walker our ambassador to . As an evidence of the accuracy of the Dent _ Helvering Porter Ward Watson. Pa. statements of the gentleman from New York, I desire to have Br~~t ~~1r:nd · ~~~~ White, Ohio read a l.etter I have received from the Acting Secretary of State, Dooling Hood Rainey, H. T. Wise . Hon. Frank L. ·Polk. Drane llutchirison Ramsey Woods, Iowa Drukker Johnson, Ky. Riordan The SPEAKER. The gentleman asks unanimous consent to Dunn Ka,hn Robbins have read a letter from the State Department. 'Is there objec­ Eagan Kennedy, R.I. tion? So the amendment was agreed to. There was no objection. The Clerk announced the follo,nng pairs : 'l'he Clerk read as follows: Until further notice: THE COUNSELOR FOR THE DEPARTl\llllNT OF STATE, l\ir. DEWALT with l\Ir. DUNN. Washitrgton, Jamtary J, 1919. Mr. :MooN with 1\Ir. KINKAID. Hon. HENRY D. FLOOD, • Chaifman Committee on Foreign .A.ffait·s, l\fr. BOOHER with l\fr. TREADWAY. House of Representatir;es. 1\!r. l\IAHER with 1\!r. TINKIIAM. DEAR MR. FLOOD: My attention has been called to a statement by : Mr. CAREW . with l\1r. GOODALL. Mr. LAGUARDIA, in the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD of yesterday's date, in 1\Ir. DooLING with Mr. STRONG. criticism of Ambassador Francis, to the effect that- " Our allies had to call the attention of the Department of State to ' 1\fr. CALDWELL 'vith Mr. GouLD. the personal conduct and associations of our ambassador with c<'rtain 1\fr. SULLIVAN with Mr. SNELL. of his friends of Teutonic tendencies." ' l\fr. THOMAs F. SMITH with 1\Ir. PARKER of New York. In justice to Mr. Francis, I desire to inform you that no representa­ , tions have been received from any foreign government regarding im­ · 1\lr. 'VHITE of Ohio with Mr. NoRTON. proper conduct on the part of Ambassador Francis. · 1\fr. ESTOPINAL with Mr. EMERSON. . . . Sincerely, yours, Fn.A.XK L. PoLK. 1\Ir. PADGETT with Mr. BROWI'IiLNG. [Applause.] 1\lr. BEAKES with 1\!r. ANTHONY. . EXTENSIO~ OF RE.."\IARKS. 1\Ir. BENSON with Mr. BACHARACH. Mr. BRODBECK 'vith Mr. Bmcrr. l\Ir. CRAMTON. l\Ir. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to 1\Ir. BRUMBAUGH with l\1r. BLAND of Indiana. extend my remarks in the REcoRD on the Indian appropri"ation 1\Ir. CANDLER of Mississippi with Mr. BRITTEN. bill just passed. 1\Ir. CARLIN with Mr. CooPER of Ohio. Mr. CARTER ofJOklahoma. Reserving the right to object, I Mr.· CHURCH with Mr. CoPLEY. want to ask unanimous consent that all those who spoke on the ·1\Ir. CLEARY with .Mr. CRAGO. bill may have· an opportunity to extend their remarks. SeYeral · Mr. CoADY with Mr. CURBY of California. have asked n:ie. Mr. DAVEY with Mr. DAVIS. ·Mr. FOSTER. Ob, let us not do that. Mr. DENT with 1\Ir. KAHN. Mr. CARTER of Oklahoma. I mean only those who spoke on .l\Ir. DRA "E with l\fr. EDMONDS. the bill. · 1\Ir. EAGAK with Mr. FAIRFIELD. The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the request of the gen­ Mr. EAGLE with Mr. FULLER of Massachusetts. tleman from Oklahoma? 1\!r. FIELDS with 1\Ir. GRAHAM of Pennsylvania. Mr. MANN. I object. Individual Members may present their 1\fr. FISHER with Mr. GRIEST. requests. l\1r. HAMILL with Mr. GREENE of Vermont. The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the request of the l\Ir. ScuLLY with Mr. HASKELL. · gentleman froin 'Michigan [Mr. CRAMTON] 'to extend his remarks Mr. HAYDEN with Mr. HEATON. in the RECORD? 1\Ir. HELM with . Mr. HICKS. There was no objection. 1\lr. HOLLAND with 1\lr. HUTCHINSON. Mr. HASTii~GS. · Mr. Speaker, I ask permission to extend my Mr. KETTNER with Mr. KENNEDY of Rhode Island. remarks upon that bill. Mr. LEA of California with 1\fr. KIEss of·Pennsylvania. Mr. CARTER of Oklahoma. 1\Ir. Speaker, I ask unanimous ·Mr. LINTHICUM with Mr. KRAus. consent to extend my remarks on the Indian bill. Mr. LUNN . with 1\Ir. KREIDER. The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Oklahoma [l\lr. HAs­ 1\Ir. McCLINTIC with Mr. LAGUARDIA.. TINGS] and the gentleman from Oklahoma [Mr. CARTER] ask Mr. MONTAGUE with 1\Ir. LUFKIN. unanimous consent to extend remarks on the Indian bill. Is . Mr. NEELY with Mr. l\fcARTHUB. there objection? Mr. OLIVER of Alabama with Mr. McCULLOCH. There was no objection.

L "VII--12!} CONGRESSIONAL· RE.COR.D-HOUSE. JANUARY 25,

_l\Ir. GOOPER of Wlscerrsirr. J.\.:fr. Speaker, I ask unanimous pay him a pension at the rate of $40 per month in lieu of that be is cons.ent to extend my remarks in the RECORD. now receiviiig.. -.The SPEAKER. On that, hill.?- , C The name of Mellissa W. Coulson, widow of Charles .A. Coulson, late ot , ompany ff, ~we~ty-first Regiment Missouri Volunteer , and llr. COOPER of Wisconsin: Yes. : pay her a pensiOn at the rate of ~25 per month. The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Wisconsin asks unani­ . The name of Ellen Pierce, .former widow of William Pierce, late ot Company B, Seventeenth Regrment West Virginia. Volunteer Infantry, mous· consent to extend his remarks in the RECORD on the Indian . and pay her a pension. at the rate of. $25 per month. bilL Is there objection? ' The na!De of Rufus C. Wllliams, helpless and dependent child ot There was no objection. Joseph Williams, late of Company G, Twenty-fourtli Regiment Missouri !~~~~~eer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $12 per I~Y.A. .Lin PE~ Sl.O. ~ S. I The name-o~Ma:rgaret Steele, wJdbw of Edward T. Steele, late of Com- Mr. SHERWOOD. Mr. Speaker, f move that we proceed to pany I, Twelfth Regiment Connecticut Volunteer Infantry, and Com­ · the consideration of the Private Calendar. , pany G, First Regiment Connecticut Volunteer Heavy , and The. SPEAKER. 'IDle. gentleman from Ohio calls up a bill on pay her a pension at the rate ot $25. per month. . The- name· of. J'"erel Carver, late of Compa11y CJ Seventh Regiment Iowa the Private giment I.Iidiana Volunteer , and p.aJl He has no friends, no. home, nobody on earth· te take- car.e her a pension at the rate of $25 per month. m. The name. o'f E'arriet J. Roughtaling, widow of' .Aaron Houghtaling; of him, but he is in a soldiers' heme, and therefore can receive · late of Compan;v- D, Fourth Res:iJ?1ent Wisco:n:silL Volunteer Infantry,, and ~Q favors at the hands: of this· committee. 1\fr. Speaker, I with­ . pay her a pens1on at the rate of $.25 per month. draw the reservation of objection. The name of Walter L. Todd, late of Company I; Fourth Regiment Tennessee Volunteer Mounted I!lfantry, and pay him a pension at the The SPEAKER. Is there objection? [After. a pause.] The · rate of $40 pe!.' month in lieu ot ttat lie is now reaeiving; Chair hears none. The Clerk will repm.:t the bill~ The name of John Fl. Dewil'e, helple.ss andrdependent child of Thomas 1\lr. SHOUSE.. Mr. Speaker,_ I ask unan.imous consent that Dewire, late of Company C, One hundred and. first. Regimcn.t PenW!IIl­ vania Volunteer Infantry, and pay him_a v.~nslon at the rate of $12. per the first reading of the bill be dispensed' with. mJDtb. 'the SPEAKER. The gentleman from Kansas asks unani­ The name of Perry Harrell, late of Company C, Fortieth Regiment In­ diana Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $50 mous consent to dispense -with the fil·st reading of the bilL Is per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. there objection? The name of William H. Simmons, late of Company D, Forty-eighth There was no objection, Regiment Missouri Volunteer Infantr ,. and pay him a pension · at the The bil1 is as follows : rate of $40 per month in lleu. of th!.'t. he. is now• receiving. The name of Wilhelmine Waterstradt former widow ot Charles L. Ji. bill (H. R. 14894) granting- pensions and. increase of pensions ta cer­ Keller, late of Company G, Thirty-fittfi Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer tain soldiers and sailors of the Civll War and· certain widows and Infantry, and pay her a pension at. the J:ate of· $2.5· per month, dependent children of soldiers and' sailors of said wa:r. The name of Rosalie Noel. former widow of Charles E. Caufman late 'Be. it enacted, etc., That the Secretary ot· the. Interior be, and h.e is­ of Company K, First Regiment Pennsrlvania Reserve Infantry,' and ll'ereby, authorized and. nsion at the rate of $25. per munth. the pro.visions and limitations of the pension laws- The name of Sarah E. Ilathaway, widow. of John F. Hathaway, late The name of Rebecca. Schofield, widow of James Schofield, late of acting assistant surg~on, Unit<'d StateB Army, and pay her a. pension at Company C, First Battalion Mississippi Marine Brigade Missouri. Volun­ the rate of $25 per month in lieu of that she is now receiving. teer Cavalry, and pay her a pension at the. rate of $25 per month. The name of William Ducy, late ot. Company A, Fifty-fourth Regi­ The name of Benjamin Foust, late of Company C, Forty-four_th Regi­ ment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pe.nsi..on at the· t·atc of ment Iowa.. .Volunteer Lnfantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $50 pe.r month in lieu of that he is now receiving. $40- I>er. month in lieu o! that he is now receLving. The name o! .Toel Bryant, 1_ate of Company B First Regiment East The name· of Wllllam T. Slocum,· late of Company r, Eleventh Regf­ Tennessee National .Guards; and pay. him a pens1on1 at the rate of $40 ment Illinois Volunteer Cavalry, and pay him a pension: at. the- rate oC per month in lieu o~ that he is now· recl!i.ving, $40 pel! month in lieu of that he- is: now receiving; . . The name of E'mrf Sites, late Q!' Company C, Forty-fourth Regjment The name of Elijah C. Duff, late. of Comnany L, ll'ounteentli· Regjm.cnt Indiana Volunteer Infanti·y, and' pay h.bn a pension at the rate of $50 J~entucky Volunteer Cavalry, and pay h.im a pension at the rate of $.40 per month in lieu of that be is now receiving. pt>r month in lieu· of that he is now receiving. The name of Seth J . Hurln, jr., late of' Company C, Twenty-ninth The name of Luella Kirtland, helpless and dependent' child of George­ Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infa.nu·y: and· pay. him a pension at the H. Kirtland, late of Galbraith's Alabama Scouts and Guides, and I>aY her rate of $50 per month fn lieu of that ne is now receiving. . n pension at the rate of $12 per- month. The name of Frances L. Lucas, widow of William H. Lucas, late of The name of Hiland H. Harlocker,_late of Company H, Sixth Regiment Company K, Second Regiment Indiana Volunteer c-avalry, and pay her Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate ot a pension at the rate of $25 per month. ~50 per month in lieu of that hE> is now receivJng~ . . The name of Sarah Morrlll, former- widow of Oel 1\forrlll. Ia tc of The name of. Mary F. Sheerer, former widow of Frank J. Sheer (or Company B, 'l.'welfth Regiment WL<>consin Volunteer Infantry, and pay Sheerer), late of Company E, Twenty-second Regiment. Illinois Volunteer her a pension at :the rate of $25 per. month. ' Infantry, and pay her a pension at the rate of $25- per month. The name of JaJDeS. Mc..."'leai. late of Company A, One hundred and 'The name of Jane Snider, widow of Henry E. Sllider, late of Company thirty-sixth Regiment Ohio Voluntee1· Infantry, and pay him a pension A, One hundred and twenty-ninth Regiment lllinois Volunteer Infantry, at the rate of $40 per month in· liea of that he is now receiving. and pay her a pension at the rate' ot· :S25 p-er month. The name of Sophen;:t S, Bohley, helJ?less and dependent child of The name of Jonathan D. Butler, late of Company H, First. Regiment William Robley, late of Company FIT TW.r.ty-fl.rst Regiment Indiana Vol­ Michigan Engineers and Mechanlrs, and· pay him a pension at the rate unteer Infantry, and pay her a pension at the· rate of $12 per month. of $50 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The name of William Wolf, late-o1! Company El, Eighty-sixth Regiment The name of Emma L. Pugh, widow of Samnel Pugh. late of Com­ Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and pay l;linL a pension at the rate of $50 pany D, First Michigan Volunteer Light Artillery, and> pay her a pen- per month in lieu of that be is now recei>in~. sion at the rate of $25 per month. . The name of Charles Mountain, late of the First Independent B tte1·y, The name of George N. Thurlow~,. late of Company F. S'eventh Regi­ Ohio Volunteer• Ligbt .&rtlllel'y, and pay him a pension at the rate of ment Maine Volunteer Infantry, ana Company F, First Regimen-t Ma.tne $50 pex: month- itt lieu ot· that he is: now receiving. Veteran Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a. pension at. the rate of. $50 The name of' Frank B. Weed, late ot. Company E, Ninth. Regiment per month in lieu of. that he is nuw recei:viil~. Iowa Volunteer Cavalry, and pay him a pension :it the- ra:tc of $50 per T.he name of Lydla J". Stryker, former w1dow of Josiah W. De Sll.va, month in lieu of that be is now receiving. late of· Company F, One h1l.Ddred and• second Regiment. Pennsylvania. The name of Jonathan ?.L. Valentine, late of Compa;ny I, Eighteenth V.olunteer Infantry, a:hd pay· her a pension at the rate of $25 per month. Regiment Missouri Volunteer Infantry, and Eigh:tl:atll Company, Sec­ The name of Shuon Z. Wbiteleather, late of Company H, One: huncfr.ed ond Battalion, Veteran Reserve Corps, and pay; him.. a. pension at the and ninety-eighth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, ;·· a-nd· pa-y, him• a• rate of $50 per month in lieu of that' he is. now receiving. pension at the rate of $30 per month in lieu. of that be is· now receiving. The name of BenjllJDi.n, M.., Dona.ca, late of Company; C, F'rrst R&gi­ The name of Wi1liam Row, late of Company B Forty-third Regiment ment Oregon Volunteer Infantry, and pay him n pension at the rat-s of and Company H, Fiftieth Regiment, Missouri Volunteer Infantry, and $40 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. 1919·. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. -2035

-'l'he name of David B. Stockton, late of Company D, Seventy-seventh and dependent clilld of said Henry Hallman, the additional pension llegiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the herein granted shall cease and determine : Prot:ided ftwtller, That in the rate of ~GO per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. event of the death of Martha Hallman the name of said Stanley Hall­ The name of John L. Wheeler, late of Company I, Seventeenth Red· man shall be placed on the pension roll, subject to tlre provisions and ment West Vit·ginia Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the lim1tatlons of the pension lawst at the rate of $12 per month from and rate of $40 per month in lieu of that be is now receiving. • after the date of death of said .1\lartba Hallman. 'fhe name of John Clark, late of Company D, Twenty-eighth Regi­ The name of William A. McGinety, late of Company El Seventh Regi­ ment New York Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate ment Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry, and pay him a pens on at the rate of $-!0 per month in lieu of that be is now receiving. of $50 per month 1n lieu of that he is now receiving. The name of Joseph Butler, late of Company H, Sixtieth Regiment The name of William H. Gooliman, late of Company C, Ninety-first Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $50 Regiment Indiana Volunteer J:nfantry, and pay him a pension at the per month in lieu of that be is now receiving. rate of $50 per month in lieu of that be is now receiving. '!'he name of Mary Calkins widow of James Calkins, late of Company The name of Sarah E. Jackman, widow of C. Jackman, late of A, Fifty-fourth Regiment Obto1 Volunteer Infantry, and pay her a pen­ Company G, Eighty-second Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and sion at the rate of $25 per month. pay her a pension at the rate of $25 per month. The name of Miranda Q. Moore, widow of Theodore R. Moore, late The name of William B. Talbott, late of Company L, Eleventh Regi­ of 'ompany C, One hundred and sixty-fourth Regiment Ohio Volunteer ment Missouri Volunteer Cavalry, and pay Wm a pension at the rate Infantry, aud pay her a pension at the rate of $25 per month. of $50 per month in lieu of that be is now receiving. 'l'be name of James Forsyth Harrison, late clerk, Quartermaster De­ The nam~ of Ambrose Whlte, 1ate of Company I, Third Regiment partment, Volunteers, and pay him a pension at the rate North Carolina Volunteer Mounted Infantry, and pay Wm a pension at of $35 per mpnth in lieu of tbn t hf Is now receiving. the rate of $40 per month in Heu of that he is now receiving. The name of Danford Wyllys, late of Company K, Second Regiment The nall?e.of John S. Brannan, late of Company G, Tenth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Cavalry, and pay Wm a pension at the rate of West Virgtma Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate $50 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. of $50 per month in lieu of that he is now re·ceiving. The name of Martha E. Richards, widow of Robert 0. Richards, late The name of ·_f.aron Lewis, late of ·Company K, Thirty-ninth Regi­ of Company F, Eighth Regiment Indiana Volunteer ·Cavalry, and pay ment Iowa V.olunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of her a nension at the rate of $25 per month. $50 per month 1n lieu of that he is now receiving. "The name of Mariah Hensley, former widow of John Hensley, late of The name of John E. Hutzler, late of Company I, First Regiment Company I, One hundred and forty-fifth Regiment Indlana Volunteer Maryland Volunteer Cavalry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $50 Infantry, and pay her a pension at the rate of $25 per month. per month in lieu of that be is now receiving. The name of Catharine Ellis, former widow of Thomas Ellis, late of The name ~f wpua!D c. Clendening, late of Company c. Third REgi­ Company F, Eighty-first Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and ps.y ment West Vrrginm Volunteer Cavalry, and pay him a pension at the h er a pension at the rate of $25 per month. rate of $40 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. '.fhe name of John Mlttlestedter, late of Company F, Sixth Regiment The name of Isaac E. Pearce, late of Company K, Seventh Regiment United States Cavalry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $50 per Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $50 month in lieu of that he is now receiving. per month in lieu Of that be is now receiving. The name of Charles H. Johnson, late unassigned recruit; Sixteenth The name of .Amanda ~mmond widow of Wyatt A. Hammond, late R ~gime nt Maine Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of Company B, Tenth Regunent New York Volunteer Heavy Artillery, of '30 per month. and pay her a pension at.the rate of $25 per month. . 'l'he name of Franklin Kirby, late of Company D, Sixty-sixth Regiment The name of Richard L. Chaney, late of Company D, Eighty-ninth Imliana Volunteer Infantry, and Company L; First. Regiment Indiana Regiment Indlan.'l. Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the Volunteer Heavy Artillery, and pay him a pension at the rate of $30 rate of $50 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. per month. · The name of Beverly W. Lemert, late of Company A Seventy-sixth 'l'hc name of Christine Heldt, former widow of William Washer, late Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and pay hlm a J)enston1 at the ra.te of 'ompany E, Tenth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and pay of $50 per month in lleo of that he is now receiving. hPr a pension at tile rate oi' $25 per month. The name of Catherine Varner, helpless and dependent cbil

'The name of Mary mHh, widow of l\lichael Smith, late of Company - Volunteer Infantry, and pay him n. pension at tbe rate of GO per month K, Twenty-eighth Regiment · nited tates Colored Volunteer Infantry. in lieu ot. thn.t he is now receiving. and pay her n. pension at the rate of $25 per month. The name of. Osmer A. Ros{', late of Company I, Twenty-fifth Regi- The name of Nancy A. Lawther, widow of James T. Lawthet, late ·. ment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, n.nd pay him a pension at the rate of Company B, Ninth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and of $50 per mODth in lieu of that be is now receiving. pay her a pension at the rate of $25 per month. . The 1:1ame of Elizabeth Sides, former widow of Ale:~ander Rutl'aner, The name of Elihu Simpson, late of the Twenu-sixth Independent late of Company C, Forty-seventh Regiment Penn ylvania Volunteer JJattery, Ohio Yolunteer Light .Artillery, and pay him a pension at the Infantry, and pa~ her a pension at the rate of $25 per month. rate of $40 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The name of ~lmon Reeder, late of Company II, One hundred and The name of Peter Wagener. late of Company I, Two hundred and eighty-ninth Regiment Ohio Volunteec Infantry, and pay him a pension ninth Rrglment Pennsylvania. Volunteer Infantry1 and pay him a pen- at the rate of $40 pe11 month in lieu of that be is now receiving. ~>ion at the rate of $40 per month in lieu of that ne is now receiving. The name of .Anderson Adams, late of Company A, Fourteenth Regi- The name of Caroline Knierim, widow of Philipp Knierim, late of ment Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry, and pay him a pension at the rate Company D, Second Regiment Kansas Volunteer Infantry, and paY. her of $40 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. a pension at tbe rate of $215 per month. ~ The name of Flemon M. Smith, late of Companies K and A, Fifth The name of Patience Burton, widow of William .A. Burton, late of Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry, and pay him a pension at Company C-t Ninety-eight!l Regiment, and Company G, Seventy-fomth the rate CYf $50 per month in lieu of that be is now receiving. .Regiment, uhio Volunteer Infantry, and pay her a pension at the rate The name of :fohn 8peaks late of Company G, One hundred and of $!:!5 per month. . · seventeenth Regiment United' States Colored Volunteer Infantry, and The n:l.llle of Mamie Ru:.sell, helpless and dependent chtld of Albert pay him a pension at the rate of $50 per month in lieu of that he is ;Russell, late of Company G, Thirty-fourth Regiment Illinois Volunteer now receiving. . Infantry, and pay her a pen ion at the rate of $12 per month. The name- of Cllarlotte Perry, former widow of Hiram S. Barber, late The name or George Ilarshman, helpless and dependent child of of Company I, Fifty-fifth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and pay Ezekiel Harshman, late of Company G One hundred and first Regiment her a. pension at the rate of $25 per month. . · Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $12 The name of Mary E. Finch, widow of Lyman S. Finch,. Jatc of Com- P<'r month. · pany G, Tenth Regiment Connecticut Volunteer Infantry, and pay her a. The name of l\largle Combs, wido~ of Willis T. Combs, late of Com- pension at the rate of $25 per month. pany B, Ninth Regiment Kentucky Volunteer Infantry, and pay her a The name of Rhoda Button, widow of James Button, late of Company pension ut the rate of $25 per month. a. Ninety-third Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and pay her a. 'The name of Leonora Andrews, widow of Oscar Andrews, late of pension at the rate of $25 per month. • Company E, Ninety-fifth Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and pay The name of David Kimball, late of Company E, First Regiment Mls- ber a pension at the rate of $25 peT month. sonrl En~ineers of the West, and pay him a pension at the rate of $30 The name of Delphina P. Leslie, former widow of Noble F. Leslie, late per montn in lieu of that he is now rece-iving. of Company. C, Tenth Regiment Pennsylvania Reserve Infantry and The name of James H. Crosser, late of Company D, One hundred and <.:ompany D, One hundred and ninetieth Regiment Pennsylvania Volun- seventy-sixth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, anj pay him a pension t <'<'r Infantry, and pay her a pension at the rate of $2ti pel' month. at the rata of $40 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The name of David .A. Conner. late of Company 1i', Seventh Regiment The name of Bennett R. Campbell, late of Company G, Thirtieth Delaware Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $30 Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of p!'r month in lieu of that he is now receiving. $50 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. · The name of Nelon .Aumick, late of Company K, One hundred ancl The name of Thomas C. Yates, late of Fourth Inde-pendent Company, forty-third Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $50 per pcnf'ion at the rate of $50 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. month in Ueu o:t that he is now receiving. The name of George W. 'Tilman, late of Company G, One hundred and The name of Nancy Granger, widow of Sidney Granger, late of Com- tc>nth Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at pany E, Ninth Regiment Michigan Volunteer Infantry, and pay her the rate of $50 per month in lieu of that he' is now receiving. a pension at the rate of $25 per month. The name ef Nancy Robertson, widow of Mitchell E. Robertson, late The name of Benjamin •.r. Pool, late of Company K, One hundred and of Company B, Second Regiment North Carolina Volunteer Mounted forty-eighth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Inf.antry, and pay him a pen- Infnntry, and pay her a pension at the rate of $25 per month. sion at the rate of $35 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving: The name of ·George A. P. Cumming, late of Company B, One hundred The nam~ of Josephine A. Davison, former widow of James M. Davi- anll thirtieth Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a son, late of Company C, Fifty-first Regiment, and unassigned, Fifty­ lWnsion at the rate of $50 per month in lieu. of that he is now receiving. sixth Regiment, Missouri Volunteer Infantry, and pay her a pension at Tbe name of Orceneth F. Smith, late of Company Ft Fourth Regiment the rate of $25 per month. · Iowa Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension a~ the rate of $40 The name of Myra S. Stephen, former widow of John M. Stephen, late per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. of Com-pany H, Fiftieth Regiment Missouri Volunteer Infantry, anti The name of Gilman P. Huff, late or Company G, Twentieth Regiment pay her a pension at tbe xate of $25- per month. Maine Volunteer Infantry, and master at arms United States Navyhand The name of Edw:tn llallowell, late of the Tenth Independent Battery, pay him a pension at the rate of $50 per month in lieu of that e is Ohio Volunteer Light Artillery, and pay him a pension at the rate of now receiving. · $50 per month in lieu of that be is now receiving. Tbe name of Reason Walker, late of Company C, Seventieth Regiment The name of Clark Sturdevant, late of Company E, Twenty-s<'nnth IJJlnois Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate o:t $30 Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry1 and pay him a· pension at the per month in lieu of that be is now receiving. · rate of $50 per month in lieu of that he IS now receiving. The name of John A. Netl', late of Company G, One hundred and The name of James- Myers, late of Company M, Second Regiment f'~>venty-eighth Reg1ment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pen-· Nebraska Volunteer Cavalry, and Company .A, First Battalion Nebru ka swn at the rate ot $50 per month in lieu of that he Is now receiving. Veteran Cavalry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $40 per month in The name ot George A. Hitchcock, late of Company A, Second Regi- lien of that he is now receiving. nwnt New York Volunteei· Infantryi and pay him a . pension at the rate The name of Frank B. Gillespie, late of Company F, Eightieth R<'gi- . May Sloan, helpless and de-pendent child of William 1-olunteer Infantry, and pay her a pension- n.t the rate of $12 per month. H. Sloan, late of Company E, Thirty-eighth Regiment Indiana Volunteer The name of Francis M. Humphrey, late of Company D, Second Regi- Infantry, and pay her a pension at the rate of $12 per month. mf·nt .Arkansas Volunteer Cavalry, and pay him a pension at the rate o! The name of Major Buley, helpless a.nd dependent child of William $5U per mont!\ in lieu of that he is n&w receiving. J. Buley, late of Company C, Twenty-third Regiment Indiana Volun- The name of George A. Spofford late of Company D, Thlrty-fit.t.h teer Infantry; and pay him a pension at the rate of $12 per month. R<'giment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, and· pay him a penston at The name- of l\fary Jedowin, widow of Theophilus Jedow~J?;. jr., late thP rate of $50 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. of Battery C, First Regiment Vermont Volunteer Heavy Artillery, and The name of William C. Oakley, late of Company H, Sixth Regiment pay he:: a pension at the rate of $25 per month. Illinois Voluntee1· Cavalry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $50 The name of Thomas F. Dutl'y, late of Company B, One hundred and per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. forty-sixth Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and pay b1m a pen- 'J'he name of l\lary Marley~ helpless and dependent child of John sion at the rate ·of $50 per month in lien of tha.t be is now receiving. Marley, late of Company D, Eleventh. Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer The name of Orin H. Mathews late of Company H, One hundred and Infantry, and pay her a pension at the rate- of $12 per month. · second Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pen- The name of Osear Jones, late of Company K, Second Regiment Oh1o sion at the rate of $50 per month in. lieu of that he is now receiving. Volunteex· Heavy Artillery, and pay him a pension at the rate of $40 per The name, of Nancy C. Sloan, widow of Daniel B. Sloan, late of Com- month in lieu of that he Is now receiving. pany B, Sixteenth Regiment Missouri Volunteer Ca>alry, and pay her a Tbe name of Ella. Williamson, helpless and dependent child of James pension at the rate of $25 per month. H. Williamson, late of Company I, One hundred and thirtieth Regiment The name o! Robert R. C. Grantham, late of the Signal Corps, united Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and pay her a pension at the rate of $1.2 States Army, and pay him a pension at the rate ot. $50 per month in pN month. lieu of that he is now re.:elving. The name of Jane H. Zimmerman, widow of Harvey A. Zimmerman, The name of Edward M. Hayhurst, late of Company E, One hundred late of Company K, Sixty-ninth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and twenty-fourth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a nn(l pay her a pension at the rate of $25 per month. pension at the rate of $50 per month in lieu of that he is now receiv­ 'The name of Flora Middleton, widow of John W. Middleton, late of ing c rupany E, Thirtieth Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry, and pay her The name of Seth Brooks, late of Company D, Fifty-second Regiment n pension at the rate of $25 per month.· Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, and pay hlm a pension at the rate of $30 The name of Hamor H. Hanson, late of Company B, Eighty-first Reg!- per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. ment, and Company A, Fifty-eighth Regiment, Illinois Volunteer In- The name of Daniel H. Woodruff, late of Company D, Twenty-first fantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $50 per month in lieu of Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate that be is now receiving. · of $50 pe1· month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The name of Manly R. Yardley, late of Company K, First Regiment The name of George P. Clayton, late of Company E, Fifty-third Regi- New Ilampshire Volunteer Cavalry, and pay him a p.ension at the rate ment Kentncky Volunteer Infantry, and pay Wm a pension at the rate flf $40 per month in lieu of that he is now l'eceiving. of $40 per month in lien of that he is now receiving. - 'l'he name of Jobn Daily, late of Company B, Fourteenth Regiment The name of Eliza H. East, widow of l\lartin East, late of Company Ohio Voluntt!er Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $50 per I, First Regimt!nt .Arkansas Volunteer Infantry, and pay her a pension month in lieu of that he is now receiving. . at the rate of $37 per month in lieu of that she is now receiving: Pro­ The name of William H. Ramey, late of Company. C, One hundred rrnu t.'itled, That in the event of the death of Daisy East helpless and de­ :t-wenty-thlrd Regiment, and Company I,. Fourteenth Regiment,' Ohlo pendent child of said .Martin East, the additional pension herein granted 1919. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE.

H. R. 11056. Jame F{)rsrth Har- H. R. 12914. Orceneth "F. Smith. shall cPaRe nnd determin :· P1·o r ided f1trtllcr1 That Jn the event .of the death of Eliza H . Ea t the name of aid Dru!!!y East shall be placed on rison. H. R. 12944. Gilman P. Huft'. the pension roll, subjec.t to the p.roYisi.ons and limitations of the pension IT. R. 11074. Danford Wyllys. H. R. 129G9. Reason Walker. i.aw , at the xat-e of $12 per month from and after the date of death o! H. R.11112. l\Iartha E. Richards. II. R. 12965. John A. Neff. said Eliza H. East. . H. R. IlllUt Mariah Hen ley. H. R. 12974. George A. Hitchcock. The name of Emella Branner, ·widow of John S. Branner late of the H. R. 11193. Catharine Ellis. H. R. 12975. .Ann E. McGrew. · Tope.k:t Battery, SCCer. H. R. 13091. Oscar Jones. f:DSIOn at the rate of $50 per month JU lieu of that he is now receiv- H. R. 11644. Mary E. Kline. H. R. 13105. Ella Williamson. II. R. 11699. Jame-s Norris. II. R. 13123. Jane H. Zimmerman. ~he name of E. Cooke, widow of James W. Cooke, 1at!' of Com­ H. R. 11731. William H. Steel. IT. R. 13130. Flora Middleton. pany H. One 'hundred and eleventh Regiment Ohio Volunt eer Infantry H. R. 11734. Rose Volkommer. H. R. 13134. Hamor H. Hanson, and pay iller .a pension at the rate of $25 per month. ' H. R.1182 . William Schooley. H. R. 13150. Manly R. Yardle.}:. The name of .Tn:ne Shumalrer, widow of Henry Shumaker late of Com­ H. R. 11869. William .A. Fox: H. R. 13151. John Daily. pany D., One hnndred and tenth Re!dment Ohio Volunteer Infantry -and H. R. 11879. Margaret L. Clsncy. H. R. 13152. William H. Ramey. pay her a pension at the rate of $'37 p~r month in lleu of that she is H. R.11961. Mary A. M:cBride. H. R. 13167. Osmer A. Rose. now t·eceivmg: Prot-ideO., That in the event of the death of Gladys M. H. R. 11975. Nancy E. Matlock. H. R. 13170. Elizabeth Sides. Shnmaker, bPipless and dependent child of said Henry Shumaker the H. R. 11988. Mary Hodges. H. R. 13210. Simon Reeder. additional pension herein granted slul.ll .cease and determine · Pt·oViaed H. R. 11996. Virginia Blood. H. R. 13211. Anderson Adams. fm"tl!-e.r, 'l'hat in the event of the death {)f Jane ·Shumaker, the name of II. R. 12106. Peter M. Smith. H. R. 13216. Flemon M. Smith. said Gla~J:S M. Shumaker shall be placed on the pension roll, subject to H. R.12054. Mary M. Watson. U. R.13222. John Speaks. the proVl.Slons and llmltations -of the pension laws, 11t the rate of .$12 H. R.12062. Nancy Ellis. H. R. 13224. Charlotte Pecry. per month from and niter the date of deat.h of said Jnne Shumaker. H. R. 12071. Mary· E. Heywood. H. 11. 132!i1. Mary E. Finch. H . R. 12107. William Stewart. H. R. 13263. Rhoda Button. The name of GPorge Walton, late of C~mpany A, Sixth Regiment H. R. 12114. Vic.toria Wheeler. H. R. 13337. David l\lmball. N~ ew .Jersey Volunteer Infantry, and pay h1m a pension at tht! .rate of H. R. 12165. John S. Miller. H. R. 13848. James H. Crosser. '¥1)0 per month in lieu of that be is now receiving. H. R. 12176. Martha Dallman. H. R.13349. BPnnett R. Campbell. Tbe n~e of -r; m ent Michigan Vo~unt~er Infantry, and p:ay hlm .a pension at the rate H. R. 12433. James F. Scott. H. R. 1363.3. William 0. Fra ·er. of JO per mnnth 'lD heu of that he is now receiving. H. R. 12466. Abraham Benner. H. R. 13638. Matthew M. Eshel- ~be name of J_olm E. Beattv, late ()f Company D, Sixty-ninth Regi­ H. R. 12474. Ca.roline B. Sti"rk. man. ment Pennsylvam.a Vo~un~er infantry, and pa_y bim a .pension at the H. R. 12486. Upton Sutherland. H. R. 126&9. Anna El. CookP. rate of $50 per mont.b m lieu of th.at he is now receivlng. H. R.1~506. Malinda J. Wilson. H. R. 13644. Jane Shumnker . .rrhe name . of Henry 0. Pixley, late of Company E. Seventh Regiment H. R. 12557·. Lewis II. Van Ant· H. R. 13GG5. GPorge Walton. Ohio Volunteer Infantry, :and pay him a pension at the .rate of $50 werp. H. R. 13606. Gilbert Smith. per month in lif'n of that he ls now receiving. H. R. 12569. Martin McDermott. H. R. 13"03. Catharine McQuade. The n:tmf' of Wilson B. George. late of Company L, Fourth Re.,..imcnt H. R. 12577. Albert Ullman. H. R. 13810. Jo-seph R. Wi:lson. 1owa ¥olunte.er Cavalry, .and pa¥ him a pension at the rate of .$SO per H. R. 12594. Mary Smith al.ias Joseph R month in lieu of that he is .now .receiving. H . R. 12626. Nancy A. Lawther. Speed. 'The name of Elisha Hurley. alias Elisha Durley late of Company F H. R. 12629. Elihu .Simvson. H. R.1S811. Walter R. D. Vaughn.· One h!J.lldrecl an? forty-ftfth Regiment Indiana Vol'untcer Infantry, and H. R. 12639. Peter WagPner. H. R. 13813. Sarah Jane Vanpelt. pay hm1 ? _Pens1on at the rate of 50 per month in lieu of that he is H. R. 12710. Caroline Knierim. H. R. 13931. .John Van Etten. now recetvmg. H. R. 12713. Patience Burton. H. R. 14210. John E. B~atty. T_he name of John M. Dixon, late of. Company K, 'Twelfth Regiment H. R.12715. Mamie Russell. H. R~ 14448. Henry 0. Pixley. Inclmn.a Volunteer Infantry, .and pay him a pension at .the rate of $50 H. R. 12754. Geor~e Harshman. H. R. 14454.. Wilson B. George. . per month in lieu of that he 1s now receiving. . H . R 12760. 1\Ia.rde Combs. H. R. 14.522. Ellc;ha BurlPy. ullas The name of .To eph Davidson, lat e of Company ~ Forty-fifth Regi­ H. R. 12779. Ll'Onora Andrews. Elisha DurleJ·. ment Kentucky Volunt~er Mounted Infantry,. and pay him a pension at H. R. 12780. Delphina P. Leslie. H. R. 14524. John M. Dixon . .th e rate of ·$50 pe.r month in Uen of that he is Dow receiving H. R. 12791. Da>id A. Conner. H. R.l4807 .•Toseph Davidwn. The name of Frnneis M. Risner, iBte of 'Company I, Fourtewth Regi­ H. R. 12795. Nelson Aumlek. H. R. 14809. Francis M. Risner.. m en t Kentucky Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate IH. R. 12796. Qporge W. Tilman. H . R. 14817. Robert Damron. of $50 per month in lieu of that he is now receil"ing. H. R. 128(;2. Nancy Robertson. T il e name of Robert Damr-on, late of Company B., Thirty-ninth Regj. H. R. 12894. George A. P. Cum­ ment Kentucky Volunteer Infantry, and pay hlm a pension at the rate ming. of $50 per month in lien of that he is now receiving. · This bill is n substitute for the following House bills referred The Clerk read as follows : T.be name of Wfiliam Wolf, late of Company E, Eighty-sixth Ri?E~nt to said committee: lndrana Vo~un~eer Infantry, snd pay him a pension -at the rate of "$dO H .. R. 420. Rebecca .SclwfieW. H. R. 7884. Walter Todd. per month m lieu of that he Is now receiving. · H. R. 833. Benjamin li'oust. H. R . 804.3. John F. Dewi re. H. R. 840. William T. Slocum. H. R. SlOG. Perry Harrell. 1\lr. SHERWOOD. Mt·. Speaker, I offer the following com- H. R. 1166. Elijah C. Duff. H. R. 8254. . William H. Simmon mittee amendment. H. R. 1783. Luelln Kirtland. H. R. 8928. Wilhelmine Wa.terstradt H. R. 3237. Hlla.nd H. H.'l.l"locker. H. R.9:038: Rosalie Noel • The Clerk read as follows: ll. R. 3444.. Mary F. Sheerer. H. R. 9333. Sarah lil. Hathaway. Page 9, strike out llnes 1 to 4, inclusiTe. H. R 3903. Jane Snider. H. R. 9477. William Ducy. H. R. 3961. .Jon~than D. Dutler. H. R. 9599. Joel Bryant. . The amendment was agreed to. H. R. 4004. Emma L. Pngh. H. R. 9:808. Em:rJ 'Sites. The Clerk read as follows : H. R. 4533. George N., Thurlow. .H. R. 9809. Seth J. Hurin, jr. ' T~ e name. of Jt?natban M. Valentine, late of Company I, Eighteenth H. R. 4658. Lydia J. Stryker. H. R. 9:810~ Frances L Lucas Regunent M1ssour1 Volunteer Infantry, .and Illlghtieth Comp'!Uly Second H. R. 4799. Simon z. Whlteleatber. H. R. .98.38. Sarah MorrilL · Battalion, Veteran Re>serve C'orps, and -pay him n pension at the rate of H. R. 4841. William Row. H. R. 9840. .James M~'NeaL $50 per month in lieu of that be is now receiving. H. R. 4867. Melllssa W. Coulson. H. R.l0033. Soph-ena S Dobley H. R. 5276. Ell~n Pierce. . H. R. 10098. William Wolf. . ~!r. SHERWOOD. Mr. Speaker,. I offer the followin.Q' com· B. R. 5738. Rufus C. Williams. H. R.10013. Charles Monnta.ili mittee amendment. t> B. n.. 5846. Margaret Steele. H. R. 10150. Frank B. Weed. . H. n.. 6016. Jerel Carver. ll. R. 105614 .Jonath~m M. Valen- The Clerk read as follows: H. R . 6463. Rebecca Roszell. tine. Page 9, strike out lin~s 13 to 17, inclusive. H. R. 7063. J. WaJJaee Elli . H. R.l0703. Benjamin M. Donaca H. R. 7102. Jasper W. Shot:Ill ak~ r. H. R. 10803. Dav1d B Stockton · The nmendment was agreed ro. H. n. 7366. .James McCoy.. H. R. "10817. John L ·wheeler · The Clerk read ns follows: B. R. 744L WilHam S. Nail. H. R. ~0879. John Ciark: . . H. R. 7594. Mary E. Lap •.. . H. R. 10905_ ~Joseph :Butler The na.me of Peter Wagener, late of Company I, Two ·hund.red .anA H. R. 7748. Mary .J. Titus. H. R. 1093~. fury Calkins . ninth Regiment Pennsylvania Vol!lllteer Infantry, and pay him a pen:. H. lL "7865. Harriet J". Houghtal ing. H. R. 11009. Miranda Q. Aioore. sion at the rate of $40 per month m lieu of tbat he is now reet:iving. 2036· . CONGRESSIO .N_._~L.- RECOR. D-HOUSE~ JANUARy 25,

Mr. l\1Al\~. l\lr. Speaker, I move to strcike out the last word. "T~e instructions contalneq herein apply only to individual and e.xcep~onal cases and are not mtended to release men in large. groups There has been more or less talk in the House and elsewhere or blocks for any general employment -or occ11pation." · about uisclmrges from the .Army. I have made myself some Both soldiers and civilians, •m learning of these instntctions seem to c1.-iticism of the War Department in reference to discharges. have assum~d that a soldier bad merely to submit a request for his dis· I .l;laYe a letter from Gen. l\Iarch, Chief of , giving the most , · statmg that he ·had definite employment waiting for him and that he sh~uld immediately be discharged. This was clearly a mistaken complete statement in reference to the policy of the 'Var Depa~·t· mterpretabon. Only such soldiers as could show themselves to be ID4?nt about discharges from the Army which I 'have· seen and within the terms of the order were entitled to be discharged. Favorable action could be taken on only those applications "·hich disclosed cases which, I think, will be of interest to Members of .the House. 'I of exceptional merit. ' - · ask unanimous consent that the letter may be read by the Clerk. The War Department is convinced that the best interests of the 1.'he SPEAKER. Without objection, the Clerk will read. country as a whole have been safeguarded and fairness and equal treat­ ment ~o. th~ individuals in the Army have been secured by its system ot The Clerk reau as follows: · demoblliZa bon. . · . · W.AR DEPARTMENT, . lt_is recogn•zed that a certain amount: of complaint and discontent is OFFICE OF THE CHI.EF OF S '.rA.FF,. 1919. mev1table. The soldier \vho se~s his neJ.ghbor leaye while he is held is non, .TA:UES R. :\l.ANX, Washington, Janum·y zs, sometimes inclined to overlook the relative reasons therefor and declare . Rouse -o; Rept·escntatij;CS. himself a Tictlm of negligence and incompetence. Criticism was to be DEAr: Sm : I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter of the 8th in­ ~xpected because of the conflicting interests of hundreds of thousands ·or stant, addressed to The Adjutant General of the Army. mdividuals, each naturally intent. on his own case alone. The accom­ You inclosed therewith a telegram and letter addressed to you rcla· plishment of this enormous number of discharges is a task of technical th·e to discharges from the Army, with reference to which you say : complexit.r, I'equlring patience and broad vision. - ·• The D('partment of Labor is incurring great expense in obtaining The War Department is .keenly interested not only in the formula­ forces to secure employment for discharged soldiers, and meanwhile the tion of gener!ll policies for demobillzati~n but in following up the de­ w ·a r Department is refusing to discharge soldiers who have employment tailed operation of the machinery of discharge. While, as explained ''aiUng for .them, and also such employment as is very much to the in­ above, it was not at first to the best interest of efficient demobilization t('J'('St of the public to have filled." to atte.mpt to disc~r~e a comparatively small number of individuals In order that it may be clearly understood why the War Department on tlle1r pleas for m~Ividual di~charges, the W~ Department was on has r('fused to discharge certain soldiers·who have employment waiting the alert to modt:l'y 1ts instructwns whe-n changmg conditions shoulil ju~tify modifications ~f policy. Now that most of the large units in for them, it will be necessary to consider the, War Department's de- thts country, whose discharge en bloc had been ordered have been dis­ mobilization policy as a whole. . . char~ed, the time is arriving when the War Depa1·tment is able to em­ The War Department studied the question of demobilization very <'are­ phasize' the increased application of Circular 77 to individuals. It baR fully before adopting any poli~y. Two needs of the country were kept now an adequate machme for dis-charging men, in which the personnel constantly in mind : First, the resumption as rapidly as possible of the has acquired experience a.nd expertness. It is therefore .now able to normal industrial life of the country, and, second, replacement therein issue instructions, the effect of which wlll be to release men to a larger o f- indh·iduals in the military forces and in occupations which ended extent than formerly on their individual applications for discharge in upon cessation of hostilities. 'l'he War Department gave. serious con­ cases where definite employment awaits them a.nd it is to the general sideration to the plan of making the order of disc.harge depend on the interests of the country that th~y should be I'cleased. Accordingly tho availability of industrial positions to which the individual soldier might following instructions were published to the Army on January 4 : 1·eturn as opposed to plan of disbanding complete organizations in the ".Applications for immediate discharge under the provisions of Cir­ order of their availability for discharge. . cular 77, War Department, 1918, will i.Je acted upon as expeditiously as The. former pl.an was deemed impracticable. It would have inl"olyed, and endeavoring to compare his individual lights to discharge with the where the applicants have not correctly or tully stated their. reasons rights of all others, and marshaling the priorities accordingly. Even if for asking immediate discharge ofllcers should render such assistance as the likelihood of obtaining employment had been considered by classes, may be necessary to correct them, so that applications may be properly such as fa'rmers, metal workers, municipal employees, etc., it would han! pl."('sented and acted upon." · . been necessary to consider further the relative demand for each class in Anti on .Tanuary 6 the commanding generals, Ei.,hth to Twentieth ·each separate section. The preliminary investigatio~ necessary to an Divisions, inclusive, were authorized to dischm·ge en1isted IJersonnel of equitable determination of such a schedule, if praeticable at all under their divisions eligible for discharge under pi"Ovisions of Cil·cuJar 77, present conditions in this country, would ha\"e delayed all uemobiliza- War Department,.. 1918, up to 50 per cent of the sh·en~th thereof. tion beyond reason. · Demobilization is diTided into two parts-the denwbilization of men •. On the other hand, disbandment of complete military units could be from camps in this country and the demobilization of men being sent nnd was immediately begun. In this way the military situation was back from overseas. Gen. Pershing has de ignated units to return safeguarded and at the .same time demobilization was accelerate<]. If a from over ea service, and when these units return all men .in the unit cross section of industrial or agricultural class discharges hall been at are promptly discharged. It would be most unfair discrimination to Qnce cut across all military organizations, the integrity and efllciency delay the discharge of any men arriving from overseas in these units of every unit would have been destroyed at the outset, to the confusion while individual request of certain men in the unit for discharge is of .orderly procedm·c and the retardation of the whole demobilization being considered. It is not practicable to cull out and send back from program. · ove:-!'eas individuals who desire their discharge on industrial grounds The detei·mining principle is that all of ow· ~oldiers whose services from yarious units ·overseas. If there e:\.ists a necessity for the unit are no loriger .needed are entitled to discharge. The method adopted, it to r emain o-verseas, it should be maintained in a state of efilcleney. U Js belie-ved, will accomplish that result with least delay, and without a unit is not needed to be kept up in a state of efficiency overseas, it favor to those who might have influential friends to intercede for them should be sent hom~ for discharge as p1·omptly as transportation can or to take up their cases individually with the War Department. be secured. To send · back ind.ividua:Is from oversc:'as on industrial The military situa1;ion and the .actual mechanism of ·demobilization grounds woulu effect such a levy from units existing overseas as would necessitate the rt>tention in the service for the present of a considerable disrupt , would honeycomb the units and reduce number of men trained or fitted to do the work required. It is doubt­ their efficiency to so low a. state that they could not be relied upon to less difficult for th('Se individuals to reconcile themselves to being held pN·form the services for which they are maintained overseas. . w~en their p('l·sonal interests lie in their being discharged. llut from The War Department, howeyer, recognized that there must be some this there is no escape. For them the emergency is not ended, although · e~a:;ticity and way of securing discharges in exceptional cases e>en for the stimulation and excitement of active warfare are over. the · units overseas, and the ·war Department has authorized Gen. - As a result of the unit demobilization scheme of the War Depart­ Pershing 1o send to the United States for the purpose of immediate ment, during the past six weeks upward of 800,000 men and approxi­ di ·charge individual drafted or enlisted men upon presentation of con­ mately 50,000 officers ha-ve been discharged from our temporary forces. vincing testimony to the effect that there exists sickness or other dis­ This constitutes an average for the whole period._ since •demobilization. tress in the l"oldier's family. Further, Gen. Pershing is authorized to got fairly under way, of over 20,000 a day for six nays a week. · Certain discharge in Euro-pe any officer or enlisted or drafted man who entered large units organized for oversea. service were promptly demobilized the service since April 1, 1917, and who submits good and sufficient en bloc, and during that process the daily ·discharges ran .well over reasons for rc:'questlng such discharge in Europe. 30,000. ·. In this connection, attention is invited to the discontent caused In this connection attention is respectfuUy invited to the fact that in England by the fact that the demobilization of the United States we llaye practically no troops to relieve the soldiers who are in the troops had proceeded so much more expeditiously than the demobiliza- Sei'vice for the emergency only in performing the necessary military tion of the British. : - duty at home and abroad. T!te Secretary of War has brought to the S:uch results would have been sin1ply impossible had it been attempted attention of Congress the importance of securing at once the legislation to discharge immediately every soldier who made individual application requested, authorizing the resumption of voluntary enlistments and re­ on industrial grounds. There are hundreds of thousands of men now enlistments in the Army. As you know, it is now impossible to enlist returned to their families, home communities, and industrial employ­ men for the regular service, all definite period enlistments having been ment who might not have been released for months if . the ·war Depart­ ~uspended by the act of May 18, 1918, and only emergency enlistments ment had attempted to inaugurate a scheme of demobilization based authorized . . We find a !lumber cf men at all camps who would like to largely upon individual requests for indiviuual discharge. The absorp­ stay in the regular ser\"ice if they coulu enlist at once, but the uncer­ tion of these men into the genPra1 life of the country-their return to tainty of legislation is likely to induce them to look for employment in . productive employment-has assisted in the permanent revitalization. of ci•il life, and, therefore, to take the first chance to secure discharges• industrial life and has expedited the return of the country to its normal A considerable force will for some time be necessary at ports of de­ peace-time conditions. bal·kation, supply depots, demobilization, ancl convalescent centers, as While the War Department 1·ealized the impracticability-of.discha'rg­ well as to garrison posts along- the :\Iex.ican border and in our insulru: ing an army of between three and four million men under a scheme based possessions. The Navy and Maril}e Corps are now accepting enlist· primal'ily upon individual applications for discharge, yet the need of ments. If it were possible to accept Regular Army enlistments at some elasticity in the scheme of demobilization was always recognized. once some of t'le men desiring immediate dischar"'e and now held on On November 21, 1918, War Department Circular No. 77 was issued, administrative or other duty could be released. 7.rws would help to containing the following instructions : 'lilevtate dlscom:ent and restlessness manifesting itself among drafted "Department commanders .within the United States, commanders. ot men who at present ha-ve to be held for necessary in ports of embarkation, and commanders of camps not under the jurisdic­ this country. tion of department commanuers or of chiefs of bureaus of the War DC: The statement bas just been made on the floor of the House of R('pre­ partment are authorized to discha.rge enlisted men upon their own sentatives that the orders for demobilization of the-Army were not IJeing application when there is sickness or other distress in the soldier's carried out in good faith, !lnd that officcl'S failed to grant applications family, or when he ts needed to resume employment in an industry or for discharge, because, by reducing the force under them, they would occupation in which there is urgent need of his services, provided that lo e their commissions and that some of these officers wish to keep a. such discharge will not disrupt or cripple an existing organzation and large number of wen in the service in order to make their jobs more that tht> soldier's services can be spared. Consideration will be ginn important and more .permanent. It is the purpose of the War Depart­ to the fact that the machinery of camps must be utilize<] in the demobili­ ment to release all members of our temporary forces in this country zation of the Army. and due l't>gard must be taken that it is not retarded except those whose services are essential to the administration of oul" by the discharge of personnel connected therewith. · demobilization and convalescent centers, ports of dcbaxkation, supply 1919. CONGRESSIO:N AL RECORD-HOD SE. 2039

depots, garrisoned posts, and stations along tbe Mc;uc.a.n border, and. in nof needed for hospital and demobilization purposes will be our insular posses.swns. The only question · is bow this demobilizatron can be done in tht.'! discbarged. There is no reason why this should not have been promptest, fairest, and most efficient manner. Where indhidu!l.l requests done before: We are now assured that urgent cases will be .tor dlscbarges havUncle Sam at $30 per month,. why 1s being made to that end. Informatto.n is welco:lJled in all c~. and concrete examples of faDure to follow out War Department instructions was not this done in the shipyards instead of paying men from and of abuse of authority to hold men whose services are necessary will $15 to $40 per day? · Yet the administration refused to draft lie investigated and corrected. . . men for this purpose. All of us know of hundreds of men that . It is believed that under the present instructions all appllca,tions for immediate individual discharge which possess merit will be approvea. are pounding a typewriter, acting as chauffeurs for some officer, and that from now o·n the men in this country still remaining in units or doing manual labor around some camp. Meantime. thoSe not yet order9d discharged by units will be discharged largely as intlf­ who not only made no saCI·ifice, but were drawing high wages vlduals to enable them to resume employment where positlons are wait- Ing for them. · Q-11 through the warr are nailing down the former. jobs ·of the · Just as an illustration of the injustice that may be done to others an.i soldiers, so that when at length they are discharged they are the hardships and Injury that may oo worked to the t>t"rvice as a whole liable to find themselves down and out. by premature discharge of individuals in the Army, the following extracts are quoted for your Information from a letter from the camp The SPEAKER. The time of the gentleman from Iowa has supply officer at one of the demobilization centers with reference to the expired. The pro forma amendment is withdrawn, and the discharge of an enUstro man in the Quartermaster Corps for whom a Clerk will read. great deal of pressure has been brought to bear and whose discharge was 1ipally ordered upon a paper showing that seemed to- warrant it. The 'I·he Clerk read as follows : camp supplj officer stated: The name of George Harshman, helpless and dependent child of . .. • • You are addsed that Sergt. ---was discharged from Ezekiel Harshman, late of Company G, One hundred nnd first Regiment the service on December 26, 1918. Indiana Volunteer Infantry-, and pay him a pension at the rate of $12 " It has always been the policy of this office to obey orders promptly per month. . ·· · ·and cheerfully. However, in th1s case. after havtng obeyed the order. attention is Invited to the fact that the issue of orders directing the Mr. KEARNS. 1\Ir. Speaker, I move to strike out the last discharge of a certatn tndiv1dua1, without consulting the needs of the word for the purpose of asking the chairman of the committee Offi<'e to wbtch the soldler has been assigned for duty, works a great hardship upon the offic.e, as well as a seeming injustice to the other mCD a question. In· 1916 there was carried an item in one of the -wha are retained in the serrtce in order to carry on the work of demob· pension bills granting a dependent child of a soldier a pensio-n llizing the Army. · of $12 a month. By the time it had passed the Senate n sister .. Numerous fns tructions bave been issued by The Adjutant General of the Army and the commanding general of the camp to use every etrort of this dependent child~ in whose home she lived, died, and the to discharge as many men as possible tn order to expedite the de­ dependent ebild was then sent to and was in the county infirm­ mobilization of the Army. This office has built up an organization in ary at the time the blll finally passed the Senate. - The Commis­ the Finance Division whereby it can handle from 1,000 to 2,000 men per day, but in order to mairitain this organization it is necessary that sioner of Pensions has refused to pay that pension· because this. all the men now on duty be held until such time as the demobilization girl is now in the infirma.rY. The question I would-like-to ask is has progressed sufficient t o warrant the discharge of some of the office whether the Commissioner of Pensions has any power to neglect torce. . . " Tbe commanding general has informed this office that he has no to carry out or even to set aside a law that has been duly passed eoldiers available for transfer to this office who are qualified to- do by this Congress a.nrt signed by the Presid.ent? clerical work, and that in· eases where discharge is recommended it must Mr. SHOUSE. No; he has not. be understood that such men. will not be replaced by the transfer from other or-ganizations. Mr. KEARNS. On what authority does be withhold p.a.y­ " • • • The case of Sergt. ---has no valid cla1m for discharge. ffi-ent of this pension? Why does he refuse to put her name ori As far as t.bls office can ascertain, his only reason is that he doP.s not the roll? care to serve longer. He i'S a well-to-do planter, without any dependents, and is in good health. His discharge will have a serious e1Ie<'t on the 1.\!r. SHOUSE. I can not answer the gentleman's question:,. morale of the office, as undoubtedly all the men who have more valid because I do not know anything about the case~ claim for discharge will feel that an Injustice has been done them, Mr. KEARNS. He does refuse to do it, because she is in the which sentiment it is believed is fully justified under the circumstances. , Practically every -enlisted man nnder the direction of the camp supply poorhou~ · oOfficer desires to be discharged at the earliest possible date, but most of Mr. SHOUSE. All t:Pat I can say is. that, speaking for the them are trufficiently patriotic to serve during the present emergency chairm..'lll of the commJttee, he has no such authority. · and while thl" Army is being demobiliz<>d, and in many cases this means a JH"eat financial loss, as well as loss of business opportunities. 1\ir. KEARNS. I would like further to ask the chairman of ' Sergt. --- was in !!barge of requisitions, and after he was dis­ the committee if tllls girl is entitled to that pension, granted her charged a ru>w man bad to be placed on bis dl"sk. without giving this some time in 1916, whether she would be entitled to back office a moment's notice to teach the new man the duties be was to assume. During the past month numerous telephone as well ns personal pension? calls have been received from the governor of this State with the view Mr. SHOUSE. She would be entitled to pay fl·om the day the to obtaining the discharge ()f <'ertain fav()red men. Similarly. telegrams bill became a law through the signature of the President. have been receivt-d from Washington, sent by Senators from this State." I have written at this length because I wish to make it clear that Mr. KEARNS. In case the commissioner further refuses and demobilization is not proceeding haphazardly, but in accordance with neglects to put her name on the roll, could the gentleman advise a very definite and consider.:>d policy, and the War Department feels me how I could proceed to compel the coiD.IL1ssioner to pay certain that as time passes and the matter is more ·thoroughly understood and the facts become completely known the country will become con­ the pension? ,.tnced that the demobilization was condueted in an efficient and well­ Mr. SHOUSE. The gentleman could mandar&'US him. planned manner. Mr. KEARNS. In what court would I proceed in ma.ndamu Very sincerely, yours, PBYTON C, MARCil, . General, Ollie( of Staff. proceedings? , :Mr. LANGLEY. 1\:lr. Speaker, a parliamentary inquiry. Mr. SHOUSE. In the Federal court. ; The SPEAKER. The gentleman will state it. Mr. KEARNS. In the District of Columbia? MI-. LANGLEY. Is it in order now to ask that thls letter be Mr. SHOUSE. I should think so; that is his residence. printed as a Hous(' documeut? Mr. KEARNS. What has been the custom of . the Commis­ The SPEAKER. It is. sioner of Pensions heretofore? Has that been his practice? Mr. LANGLEY. Then I ask unanimous consent that it be Mr. SHOUSE. That is the only case that I have ever heard printed as a House doeument. of where be has refused to obey an order of Congress. The SPEAKER. The gentleman ft·om Kentucky asks unani­ Mr. KEARNS. Well, he has neglected to do this. mous consent that the letter ju tread be printed as a House docu­ 1\I.r. SHOUSE. Or neglected. That is the only special pen­ ment. Is there objection? sion case that has ever been brought to.my attention where there Mr. FOSTER. I object. have been any snell results. Mr. GREEN of Jow-a. .Mr. Sveaker, the letter just read from The SPEAKER. . Without objection, the pro forma amend­ the Chief of Staff shows n complete change of policy with· refel'­ ment will be witl1drawn, and the Clerk will read. ence to the

~lr. SHEllWOOD. 1\11·. Speaker, I offer the following com­ Mr. CRAMTON. I insist that the committee has turned clown mittee amelltlm nr, 'Y1lich I send to the desk and ask to haYe many. cases because of the rule of the committee, and- that there read. should be consistency. The Clet·k rend as fo1Io"rs: . · Mr. SHOUSE. May I inquire of the gentleman-! know the Page 24, strike out lines l5 to 18, inclushe. policy of the committee is to try to equalize those thirig. be­ llr. SHERWOOD. In this case ·the soldier· is dea.cl. tween Members. It may be that the gentleman ha had other Tbc SPHAKEn. 'l'he question is on agreeing to the amend­ bills. ment. .Mr. CRAMTON. I have had one. The amenument \.Vas agreed to. 1\Ir. SHOUSE. In this omnibus bill? . !\Ir. HOLLIXGSWORTH. Mr. Speaker, I move to :trike ouf l\Ir. CRAMTON. I had one. the la t word. I listened attentively to the remarks of the gen­ Mr. SHOUSE. I dare say it is the only bill the gentlernan-­ tleman froiu Illinois [Mr. Kr::\'G] relative to a ru1e of the com­ l\Ir. CRAMTON. The number I haYe had is not material-- _mittee. I headily approve his remarks. I have one or two bills 1\lr. SHOUSE. It is Yery material in the compilation-- barreu in the c:ommittee in the same -way. There are inany 1\Ir. CRAMTON. At the time I took it up with the committe~ irregularities and tliscdminatory e:riforcements of the pension I had no other case to press for consideration, aud I wa · ad­ Jaw. ·r ask unanimous consent· to extend my remarks in the vised that there was no use ·of pre sing the. e eases of rematTied R-f:coRD upon that subject. widows because of the rule. Now. if tllat rule has been reYoked, The SPEAKER. · Is there objection? I simply desire to know that in order that I may call up my There was no objection. cases which have been pending with complete proof for a yeat·. ; The Clerk read as follows: l\fr. SHOUSE. I think that as many of those ca. c: a · pos­ sible ought to be passed upon. The name of Xar:cy C. Sloan, wiuow of Daniel n. Sloan, late of Com­ rmn y B. Sixteenth Regiment llissouri Volunteer Cavalry, and pay ber a -l\Ir. CllAl\ITON. I am Yery glad to know Uw conunitt ~ will pen:o ion act tbe rate of $25 per montb. consider such cases. . £r. l\1r. LAl~GLEY. I think tbe gcHtlernan will ~et 111 · c a ~·c in OllA:\ITON. 1\lr. Speaker, I mo\e to strike out the last the next bill, if we have another. woru in order to a ·k the committee a question with reference to ··an item that we have passed in the early part of tlw bill. It Mr. CRAl\lTON. I thank the gentleman from Kentucky. is the case of l\!ary F. Sheerer. I would understand from the :1\Ir. 1\lASO:N. Mr. Speaker, I in .~ ert in the TIEcor..D n soldier's question, dated January 22, Chicago, and :igned by Simon 1·ead~ng of tbe report that this widow found it necessary to get relief by a . pccial bill, because of the fact that she has remar­ Lanan, father, 1735 'Vest Fourteenth Street, Chicago, Ill., It rietl twice ince the death of the soldier and hence did not, is the usual letter in regard to the ser-vice of a ·on, and it ·nys: I have a son, P>t. Harry A. Lanan, who was sent from Cmnp l•'rc­ under the construction of the Pension Office, get the benefit of mont. CaL, to Siberia, Russia. IIe was then in Company E, Thir­ the remarried-widows act. teenth Infantry. We have not heard from him in fiyc months· uo not . l\ir. FRENCH. That is correct. know it he is living, sick, wounded, or dead. ' ::Ur. CRMITON. Then do I understand that ·it is the policy Will you kindly try to senrl us information of what has become or him, as we arc much worri~d. as be used to write 1·egular while in of the committee to gi\e favorable consideration to cases of camp, :md we hear regular from our other son Arthut·, who wns in that ki~d, pending action upon the Ashbrook bill, which passed the same regiment but in another company. We are informed the regiment was divided into others. My wife is nearly prostrated from this House a year ago and which is now pending in the Senate? worry. . 2\Ir. FRENCH. I would not presume to speak for the com~ Why are our boys kept in Russia when tbc war is over anu we.• mittee; I am not a member of the committee; but I would like have no war with Russia, and others· arc being sent home from "o>el' there" ? · to . ay-- Any information you can send us will be much appreciated. Mr. CRAMTON. The gentleman will pardon me, but it is the Respectfully, . committee from whom I . would IJke to hear, because I had been Smo~ L.!.XAN. advised that the committee would not consider cases of that I tlesire to say, 1\Ir. Speaker, an

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war you have t4e right to know and demand of the President good is accomplished-the good of the man who' may leave the . why our boys are there. · in. titntion anti resume the liberties of the citizen who lives Mr. SHERWOOD. :l\Ir. Speaker, in reply to the gentleman in Ws own home. There are many men in the different from Illinois [1\lr. KING], I desire to say a word concerning the branches of the soldiers' homes who can, with a little financial soldiers in the soldiers' homes. They are as well taken care assistance, such as may be gh·en by a pension allowance, become of as any private citizen boarding at a first-class hotel in the useful Qiembers of society, and that, I think, should be done.· City of Washington. It formerly cost the Government $240 And as we face the future and realize that the national soldiers' a year for every soldier in a home, in addition to a pension, homes have n new task, and that is t11e care not only of the old but it has increased to $400 a year owing to the hlgh cost of soldiers-and I refer to the soldiers of the Civil 'Var-not living. 'Vhen these soldiers are sick they have the very best only the soldiers of the Spanish War, but the soldiers of the of hospital facilities. They are as well taken care of as any present war, a scheme should be evolved by Congress which will person who goes to a first-class ho~pital in the city of Wash­ permit all these homes to be availed ·of in the gr·~at-est degree. ington. There may be cases, as referred to· by my good friend Places for rehabilitation of the injured and the sick, where from Illinois [Mr. KING], where it would be necessary; but as tlley may be cared for and given opportunity to help themselves a general rule the Invalid Pension Committee thought it was as well, should be made o:t these homes. better to take care of . the soldiers first who were depending I speak of this now at this time because it llas been brought upon themselves for support or on charity. The reason why, as up here that this committee has an arbitrary hard-and-fast ru1e I understand, the committee--and they were unanimous on that which prohibits men who arc in the soldiers' homes from receiv· proposition-decided not to take up private pension bills for ing pensions. I do not think such a rule is a good one. I do ;~oldiers who ai·e inmates of soldiers' homes was that there not think the committee should adhere to it, because I think are so many desperate case.· outside. _This bill contains the every case should be considered on its own evidence and on its . names of 116 old soldiers, and that is all . .They are despet·ate own individual merits. case., and it is the intention, as I understand the Committee l\.Ir. SHERWOOD. Mr. Speaker, I desire to agree heartily on Invalid Pensions, to take care of desperate cases, and no with my colleague [Mr. GARD], who has in his district a soldiers' de.'perate cases have occurred in soldiers' homes. home in Dayton, in the proposition that goes to the question of I have taken dinner occasionally at several national soldiers' '-vhether it was the true policy of the Government to establish ·homes, the one at Marion, Ind., and many others. I undertake soldiers' homes anywhere. l\Iy position is that the soldiers to say their noonday meals are a · wholesome and plentiful ought to have been pensioned instead of sending them to sol­ as I am allowed to enjoy in what is called a first-class hotel diers'. homes. If that policy had been adopted it would have in 'Vnshington, and the orchestra, which inspires the appetite, s..·wed the Government of the United States-millions and millions much better. It may be possible there are some cases in some of dollars. · of these homes that ought to be taken care of. All these It is true that these soldiers' homes, as my friend has sai

l\11·. GARNER. I ask for one .. minute more, in .onler that the 1\Ir. l\IA....YX. I think I haYc had .the same difficulty, but I gentleman may suggest what legislatiYe relief may be gtyen. . 'nmtecl to see whether the department had changed its Yiews ~Ir. MADDEX. I ask unaniruous consent that he may haYe or whether it was making the inYestigation. fiY.e minutes. l\Ir. MOOH.E of Pennsylnmia. I hope it will make the in­ 1\Ir. GARNER. If the gentleman can suggest any legislatiYe vestigation so that we may know what to do. "·e ought to have l'E'lief, I think he ought to do so. a reasonable uniformity of procedure. :\Ir. 1\IADDEN. He can not do it in one minute. · The SPEAKER. The time of the gentleman from Penm:yl­ l\Ir. GARNER He can not do it in 00 minutes. Yauia lias expired. The SPEAKER. 'l'l1e gentleman f-rom Illinois asks unani­ Mr. HOLLINGSWORTH. Mr. Speakert I ask unanimous mous consent that the time of the gentleman from Pennsyh~ania consent that the gentleman may haye one minute more for me be extended fiye minutes. Is there objection? to usk l1im a question. There was no objection. The SPE.AK~R. The gentleman from Ohio asks unanimous - 1\fr. 1\IOORE of PennsylYania.· I thank tl1e gentleman from cousent that the time of the gentleman from Penusylnmia be Texas [Mr. GAn _- ~::n] and the gentleman from Illinois prr: extended one minute. Is there objection? MADDE~]. There was no objection. What relief would I offer in a case like this? I would pass a Mr. HOLLDIGSWORTH. The gentleman from l'ennsyhnllia bill or a re ·olution proYiding that where S\!Ch a· state of facts stated in his remarks that this letter that he has read fTom as that I haYe de criiJed existed there should be an immediate the second lieutenant was wortby of Abraham Lincoln or Wood­ discharge of the soldier. That the young lieutenant 'Yho is hold­ row Wilson. Did the gentleman believe that? ing in leash this soldier less than GO miles U\Yay from the home :Ur. ~100RE of Pennsylvania. I • aiLl the language was where the mother is in need of hi. assistance should release worthy of Abraham Lincoln or 'Vooisions and limitation of the pension laws- . The name of James Rupe, late of Company D, Fourth Uegiwent ~Iis­ l\Ir. :MA...~N. I had a letter read this morning from Gen. March, souri ·Volunteer Infanb·y, War with Spain, and pay him a pension at the Chief of Staff. As I understood the letter, it lH'OYidecl that the rate of $17 per month. . where the officers in commantl in camp dill not obey the circulat: The name of John W. McKissick, late of Company B, Second Regiment Missouri volllllteer Infantry, War with Spain, and pay him a pension letters of the department for the discharge of the men on ac­ at the rate of $17 per month_ count of dependency or illness at home or in nell a case as the The name of Robert E. Griffith, late of Company C, Tenth Uegimcnt gentleman from Penn, ylvania .has illustrated the i>lng. · March tated that W"here an officer in commancl tlillnot obey the The name of Willard L . .Anthonr, late of Company M, Fourth Regi­ ment United States Infantry, War with Spain, and pay him a pension uirections of the circular letters the de11artment here would· at the rate of $24 per month · in lieu at that he is now receiving. welcome information that wouhl giYe them a chance to make an The name of Axel 0. Olson, late of Company .A , Fourteenth Regiment inYestigation: United States Infantry, War with Spain, and pay him a pension at the rate of $17 per month. Mr. MOORE of Pcnnsyhania. I am glad to lmO\Y it. I lmYc The n:une of Allen M. Co-rille, late of '.rroop K, First Regiment United one case now-I

The name of .Joseph W. Mitcham, late of Company G, Twenty-third him a. pension at the rate of . 24 per month in lieu of that he is now Regiment United States Infantry, War with Spain, and pay him a reccivmg. . pension at the rate of $17 per month. The name of Critington Bond, late of Company G, Sixth Regiment; The name of Robert G. Medlin, alias Gray Medlin, late of Company I, and Company F, Thirteenth Regiment, United States Infantry, Regular First Regiment Arkansas Yolunteer Infantry, War with Spain, and pay Establishment, and pay him a pension at the rate of $12 per month. him a pen"Sion at the rate of 12 per month. The name of Mary D. Jenne s, dependent mother of Herbert '1'. Jen~ The name of William A. Martin. late of the lJnited States Navy, War ness, late of Company B, Fifth Regiment Mas achusetts Volunteer In­ with Spain, and pay him a pension at the rate of $17 per month. ~g~n;: War with Spain, and pay her a pension at the rate of $12 pet' · The nam"C of Eliza J. Gay, dependent mother of Charles E. Gay, late of Company L, First Regiment West Virginia Volunteer Infantry, War The name of John F. McCarthy, late of Company D, First Regiment .with Spain, and pay her a pension at the rate of $12 per month. Connecticut Volunteer Infantry, War with Spain, and pay him a pension The name of Lewis J. Moore, late of Company H, Sixth Regiment Mis­ at the rate of $12 per month. souri Volunteer Infantry, War with Spain, and pay him a pension at th~ Th~ name of John Cantwell, late of Company I, Third Regiment rate of 17 per month. United States Infantry, Regular E tablishment, and pay him a pension The name of Lewis J. Crider, late of Battery B, Fifth Regiment United at the rate of .$12 per month. States Field Artillery, Regular Establishment, and pay him a pension at The name of Frank W. Godsey, late of Company L, Third Regiment the rate of $30 per month: Provided, That no part of this pension shall Texas Volunteer Infantry, War with Spain, a.nd pay him a pension at be withheld or retained to reimburse the Government on account of any the rate of 17 per month. . alleged erroneous payme.nts in connection with any former pension The name of Edward V. Andrews, late of Company K, Sixth Regiment allowed this soldier. Ohio Volunteer Infantry, War with Spain, and pay him a pen ion at th~ The name of George Bostater, jr., late of Company F, Second Regi­ rate of $12 per month. ment Nebraska Volunteer Infantry, War with Spain, and pay him a The name of John W. McDonald, late of Company H, Thirtieth Regi­ pension at the rate of $12 per month. ment United States Volunteer Infantry, War with Spain, and pay him a. The name of Abner L. Tuttle, late of Company L, First Regiment pension at the rate of $17 per month. Illinois VoluntE'er Infantry, War with Spain, and pay him a pension at The name of Ward HoucWn. late of Company B, Thlrd Regiment the rate of $12 per month. Kentucky Volunteer Infantry, War with Spain, and pay him a pension The name of William J. FO..!z late of Company G, Twenty-third Regi­ at the rate of $24 per month. ment United States Infantry, war with Spain, and pay Wm a pension at The name of IYiartha F. James, widow of Henry J. James, late ot the rate of $12 per month. Capt. IL H. Buckle's Company C, California Volunteers, Indian wars1 The name of Anna Courtney, dependent mother of Maurice H. and pay her a pension at the rate of $20 per month in lieu of tha"t Courtney, late of Company El, Thirty-second Regimt>nt Michlgan Vol­ she is now receiving. unteer Infantry, War with Spain, and pay her a pension at the rate of The name of Julius Scheuer, late of Company F, Third Regiment ~12 per month. Georgia Volunteer Infantry, War with Spain, and pay hlm a pension at The name of Walter V. Haskell, late ()f Company A, Second Regiment the rate of $12 per month. New York Volunteer Infantry, War with Spain, and pay him a pension The name of Albert M. Kinsey, late of Troop L, Fifth Regiment United at the rate of $30 per month. States Cavalry, War with Spain, and pay him a pension at the rate of The name of Charles W- Sasser, late of Hospital Corps, United States $12 per month. "Army, War with Spain, and pay him a pension at the rate of $12 per The name of Stanley M: Riggs, late of Company H, Third Regiment month in lieu of that he is now receiving. Tennessee Volunteer Infantry, War with Spain, and pay him a pen ·ion The name of Jewel H. Walker, late of Company G, Fourth Regiment at the rate of $12 per month. United State. Infantry, Regular Establishment, and pay him a pension The name of 1\fontio Johnson, late of Company D, Twenty-second :tt the rate of $17 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. RegJment United States Infantry, War with "Spain, and pay him a pen­ The name of George A. Loughery, late of Company D, First Regiment sion at·the rate of $30 per month. West Virginia Volunteer Infantry, War with Spain, and pay him a pen­ The name of Richard D. Cleaver, late of Company E, Forty-second sion at the rate of $12 per month. Regiment United States Volunteer Infantry, War with Spain, and pay The name of Admire M. Wood, late of Company C, First Regiment him a pension at the rate of $24 per month in lieu of that he is now North Carolina Volunteer Infantry. War with Spain, and pay him a receiving. pension at the rate of $12 per month. The name of Arthur Chappell, late of Company G, Twt>nty-thircl Rt>gi­ The name of Andrew J. Williams, late of Company D, Sixth Regiment ment United States Infantry, War with Spain, and pay him a pension United States Volunteer Infa~try, War with Spain, and pay him a at the rate of $12 per month. pension at the rate of $17 per ibonth. The name of John S. LaFleur, late of Company F, Eighth Regiment The name of Joseph D. Beaubit'll, late of Company L, First Regiment Mas achusetts Volunteer Infantry, War with Spain, and pay him a United States Infantry, Regular Establishment, and pay Wm a pension penl'lion at the rate of $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. at the rate of $12 per month. The name of Israel J. Wells, late of Capt. W. H. Kendrick's company The name ot Fred Siegel, late of Company F, Twenty-ninth Regiment and Capt. I. J. Carter's independent company, Florida Mounted Volun• Unitl:'d States Infantry, Wa.r with Spain, and pay him a pension at the teers, Indian , and pay him a pension at the rate of $30 per montli in lieu of that he is now rect>iving. rate of $17 per month. Tile name of Francis M. Wallcer, late of Company G, First Regiment '.fhe name of George A. Hewlett. late of Company K. Thirty-eighth Nebraska Volunteer Infantry, War with Spain, and pay blm a pension Regiment United States Volunteer Infantry, War with Spain, and pay at the rate of $12 per month. him a pension at the rate of 12 per month. The name of Thomas J. Kelly, late of Company K, Two hundred and The name of Dell J. Ilarrington, late of Company M, Thirty-fifth second Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry, War with 'pain, and Regiment Uichigan VoluntE'er Infantry, War with Spain, and pay him pay him a pension at the rate of $12 per month. a pension nt the rate of $12 per month. The name of William E. Kirkpatrick, late of the Unlted States Navy, '.rhe name of Ilerman W. Thurnau, late of C9mpany F. Fourteenth Regular Establishment, and pay him a pension at the rate of $12 per RegimPnt Minnesota Volunteer Infantry, War with Spain, and pay him month in lien of that he is now receiving. . a pension at the rate of $12 per month. The name of John J. McGinley, late of Company M. One hundred and The name of Theodore Link, late of Company B. First Regiment Idaho sixtieth Regiment Indiana Voluntl:'er Infantry, War with Spain, and pay VoluntE'er Infantry. Wat· with Spain. and PflY him a pension at the him a pension at the rate of S12 per month. rate of '12 per month in lieu of that he is now r~ceiving. The name of James McHale, late of Company H, Forty-seventh The name of Walter A. Stanley, late of Company A, Second Regiment Regiment United Statt>s Volunteer Infantry, War with Spain, and pay w~st Virginia Volunteer Infantry, War with Spain, anll pay him a pen­ him a pension at the rate of $24 per month. sion at the rate of $12 per month. - The name of Martin 0 . Larsen, late of the United States Marine Corps, The name of Wray R. Price. late of Company D, Ninth Regiment United States Navy, Regular Establishment, and pay him a pension at United • tates Infantry, War with Spain, and pay him a pension at the the rate of $12 per mon1h. rate of $12 per month. . The name of William Stewart, late of Detachml:'nt of Ordnance The name of William D. Cole, late of Battery 0, Third Regiment United States Army, Regular Establishment. and pay him a pension at United States Artillery, War with Spain, and pay him a pension at the the rate of $17. per month. rate of $12 per month. The name of Jesse Holt, late of Company C. Fiftieth Regiment Iowa .'.rhe name of Joseph E. Shane, late of Company G, One hundred and Volunteer Infantry, War with Spain, and pay him a pension at the rate fifty-seventh Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, War with Spain, of $12 per month. . and pay him a pension at the rate of $12 per month. The name of Benjamin E. Knelbler, late of Company B, Eleventh The name of William T. Ralston, late of Company C. Second Reg:l­ Regiment United States Infantry, Regular Establishment, and pay him me.nt Ohio Volunteer Infantry, War with Spain, and pay him a pension a pPnsion at the rate of $12 per month. at the rate of $12 per month. ThE' name of HarJie Calvin, late of Company H, Ninth Regiment The name of Henry Franz, late of the United States Nav-y, Regular Illinois Volunteer Infantry, War with Spain, and pay him a pensJon Establishment, and pay him a peLSion ut the rate of $17 per month. at the rate of $12 per month in lieu of that he is now recejving. The name of Edward Lay, !ate of Company K, Sixth United States The name of Jesse 0. Ray, late of Battery L, First Regiment United Infantry, Regular Establishment, and pay him a pension at the rate of States Artillery, Wn,r with Spain, and pay him a pension at the rato of $12 per month. S12 per month. ~'he name of Louis H. Blake, late of Company H, Sixteenth Regiment The name (Jf Cha,.les Wheeldon, late of Company M. Sixth Regiment United States Infantry, Regular Establishment, and pay him a pension illinois Volunteer Infantry, War with Spain, and pay bim a pension at the rate of $12 per month in lieu of that he is ·now receiving. at the rate of $12 per month. The name of Henry llraunagel, late of the United States Navy War The name ot John U. Shroyer, alias John W. Shroyer, late of Com­ with Spatn, and pay him a pension at the rate of $17 _per month. · pany B, Twenty-first Regiment United States Infantry, W:tr with Spain, The name of Leonard Ripple~, late of Troop L, Thii·d Regiment United and pay him a pension at the rate of $12 per month. States Cavalry, Regular Estautishment, and pay him a pension at the · The name of William Patterson, late of Company E, Eighteenth Regi­ rate of $17 per mouth. ment United States Infantry, Regular Establishment, and pay him a pen­ · The name of Frederick Robinson, late of Company E, Third Regiment sion at the rate of $12 per month. United States Infantry, War with Spain, and pay him a pension at the The name of Burton Erwin. late of Companies 0 and K, E'onrth­ rate of $12 p2r month. Regiment Tennessee Volunteer Infantry, War with Spain, and pay him The name of Nicholas Krey, late of Battery F, Fourth Regiment United a penl)ion nt the rate of $17 per month. States Artillery, Regular Establishment, and pay him a pension at the Tbe name of John J. Coughlin, late of Company B, First Regiment rate of $12 per mouth. Rhode Island Volunteer Infantry, War with Spain, and pay him a The name of Lewis S. Duckworth, late of band, Fiftieth ReJrlment pension at the rate of $17 per month. Iowa Volunteer Infantry, "'ar with Spain, and pay him a pension at The name of Van Buren B. Howard~ late of Battery E, Fourth RPgi­ the rate of $12 Pf:'l' month. ment United States Artillery, and Troop L, Eighth Regiment UnitC(L ThP. name of Elizabeth Hogan, who served ~ a nurse during the War States Cavalry, War with Spain, and pay him a pension at the rate of with Spain with the Medical Corps, United States Army, and pay her a . $17 pf'r month. pension at the' rate of $12 _per month·. The name of Guido Geiser, late of Company 0, Thirty-ninth Regiment The name of Owen H. O'Neil, late of Company E, Fourteenth Regi­ United Stntes Voluntee-r Infantry, W:u with Spain, and pay him .._- mP..nt Minnesota Volunteer: Infantry, War with· Spain, an£1 pay llim a , pension at the rate of $12 per month. pension at the rate of $12 per month. . The name of William Wilson, late of Troop n, Seventh Regiment. The name of Lewis R. Montague; late of Company D, Twenty-eighth United States Cavalry, War with Spain; anti pay him a -pension at the _Regiment United States Volunteer Infantry, War with Spain, and pay rate of $17 per month. 1919. CON -GRESSIONAL · RECOR-D-HOUSE. . 204.5

The name of .Jobn Zanger, late of Company K, Thirty-ftftb Regiment The. name of Annie E. Arnold. dependent mother of RobPrt E.· Ar­ Mlcllig::m Volunteer Infantry, \Var with ::>pain, and pay him a pension_ nold, late of the United States N vy, Regular .Establishment, and pny 11.t the rate of $12 per month. her a pension at the rate of $12 per month. · The name of Joseph 11. Waters, late of Company F~ Thi1·d Regiment The name of Tony K. Wilson, late hospital steward, Twelfth Regi­ U'nitecl States Volunteer Infantry, War with B13ain, and pay biro a pen-_ ment Minnesota Volunteer Infantry, War with Spain, and pay him a slon at the rate of $24 per month. · pension at the. rate of $12 per month in lieu of that be is now receiving. Tlle name of Oscar ·wnlker, late of Company D, Twentieth Regiment T_h~ name of Eleasy J". Graham, late of Unassigned Regiment Coast (Jnitetl States Infantry, War ,,-ith 8pain, and pay .him a pension .at the Artillery Corps. Regular Establishment, and pay him a pen •ion at the rate of $12 per month. rate of $24 per month. The name of William F. Conklin, late of Company A, Twenty-second .Thi! name of -Thomas Gentry1_late of the Fifth Battery, United States Regiment Xan....<:.as Volunte..:-r Infantry, War with Spain, and pay him a; Field Artillery,_ Regular Establishment, and p~y him a pension at the pen. ion at the rate of $24 per month. rate of $12 per month. The name of Emma R. 'Steen, dependent mother of Dell A. Steen, late The .DUflle of Carl P. Biehler. lab of Company K, Twenty-third Regi­ of 'ompany D, First Regiment Missouri Volunteer Infa.ntry, War -with ment Un1ted States Infantry, War with Spain, and pay him a pension Spain, and pay her a pe11sion at the rate of $12 per mont.h. at the rate of $17 per mont!l. The narne of Thomas W. Trent, late of Company G, Second Regim~t The name of John l'IIcGuire, late of Troop C, Seventh Regiment United Virginia Volunteer Infantry, War with Spain, and pay him a pension States Cavalry, Regular Establishment, and pay him a pension at the at the rate of $.30 per month. rate of $30 per month in lieu of that be is now receiving. The name of Loui A. Rowe, late ()f 'J.'roo:p F, First Regiment Ohlo . Tbe name of Jennie K. ·Burke, widow of Patrick Burke, late or Yolnnteer Cavalry, War with Spain, and pay nim a pension at t.he rate Company M, Twenty-ninth Regiment United States Infanu·y, Regular of $12 per month. · Establishment, and pay her a pension at the rate of $12 per month The name of Frank B-.acl:meye:r, late of Company B, Forty-fifth .Reld­ and $2 per month additional -on .acconnt of each of the two minor chil­ ment United States Volunteer Infantry, Wu.r with Spain, anu pay hfm dren of the said Patrick Burke until they reach the age of 1G years. n pension at the rate of $12 per month. The name of Roscoe CHy, late of Troop A, Fifth Regiment United The name of Nancy C. Olis, wid-ow -of George W. Olis, late of Company States Cavalry, Regular Establishment, and pay him a pension at the D First Regiment North Carolina Volunteers, War with 1\ie:rico, and rate of $36 per mont.h in lien or t.hat he ls now receiving. · pay her ~ pension at the rate of $25 per month in lieu of that she is · The n~e of Jay II. Lautzenheiser, late of Company A, Sixt.h Regi­ 11ow receiVlDg. m ent Ohio Volunteer Infantry, War with Spain, and pay him a pension The nnme of Frank JankowFki, late of Company A, Second Regiment at the rate of $.12 per month. lllinois Volunteer Infantry, War with Spain, ancl pay him a pensi-on The name of Frank E. Ilill, late of Company H, Thirty-eighth Regi­ at the rate of $12 per month. ment ~nited States Volunteer Infnntry, War with Spain, and pay him The name of George F. Taylor, late of Company n, First Regiment a P~ll'_Slon at the rate of $24 per mont.h in lieu of that he is now Colorado Volunteer Infantry. and Troop B, Elevent.h Ree,ay him a p.ension at the rn te ol $12 per month. Regiment United States InfiLntry, Regnlar EstabliShnl€nt, and pay him The name of Henry Borghardt, late of Compan_y H, Second Regiment a pension at the rate of $12 per mo.ntb. :Missouri Volunteer Infantry, War with Spain, and pay him a pension The name of Isaac Nichols, late of Troop E, Second Regiment Unite(l at the rate of $12 per month. States Cavalry, Regular Establishment, and pay him a pension at tho The name of Edward F. Stewart. late of Company K, Thirty-first rate of $30 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. - ' nea-iment United States Infantrv, Regular Establishment, and pay him The name of Felix Beske, late of Company E, Twelfth Regiment a pension at the rate of $17 per month in lieu of that 'he is now United States Infantry, War with Spain, and pay him a p.ension at the receiving. rate of $36 per month in lieu .of that he is now -receiving. The name of James P. Cill'tis, late of Company I, Thirty-foill'th Regi­ The name of Orelia P. Smythe, widow .of Peyt'()n Smythe. late of ment Michlgnn Volunteer Infantry, War with Spain, and pay hlm a Capt. J"ohnson's company, Tex:n.s Mounted Rangers, Indian war , and pensi6n at the rnte of $17 per month. pay her a pension at the rate of $20 per month in lieu of that she is The name of Sarah E. Jackson, widow of J"a:mes Jacks.on, late of ~~~ . Company E Third Regiment Indiana Volunteers. War w~th :lle:rioo, The name of Roba't M. Trask, late of Company M, Sixth R~iment and pay her a pC!lsion at the rate of $25 per month in lien of that she Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, War with Spain, -and pay- him a ls. now receivinl;;., pension at the rate ot ~12 per month in lieu of that 'he i£ now Th~ name of !'Ted HutsJex, late of the Twenty-first Company United receiving. States Coast Artillery Corps, R.egnlar Establishment, and pay him a Tbe nallle o:f J"ohn Ream, l.ate ot -company L, Second Regiment 'Cnited pension at the rde of 30 per month. States Volnnteer Infantry, War with Spain, and pay him a pensi-on at The name of Ambrose C. Waulsmlth, late of Com,Pany L, Nineteenth the r:1te of $17 per month. Regiment United States Infantry, War with Spam, and pay him a The name of Louis Sherard, late of Company G, Third Regiment Ala­ pension at t.he rate of $12 per month. bama Volunteer Infantry, War with Spain, and pay him a pension nt The name of Lonis T. Lntzio, late of Company B_, Sev~nth Re.,oiment the rate of $36 per mont.h in lieu of that he is now receiving. United States Infantry, War with Spain, anu pay him o. pensi-on at the The mime o:f Hanna.h J. Clark widow of William H: Clark, late of rate of $12 per month. . Troop E, Fl.fth Regiment U'nited States Cavalry, Indian wars, and pay The name 4>f Hess Elliott, late of Company I. l!"irst Reg.tment 'l'e.nnes­ her a pensi~.n at the rate of $20 per month in lieu of that she is now see Volunteer Infanu·y, War with Spain, anu pay him a pension at the reeeiving. :rate of $12 per month. . The name of George F. Holladayinlate of Company L, Thirty-fourth The name of Th01Das W. Atchley, late of Company D, Srs:teenth Regi­ Regiment United States Volunteer fantry, War wit.h Spain, and pay ment United States Infautry, War with Spain, and pay h1m a pension him a pen-sion at th~ rate of $17 per month. at tbe rate of $17 per m.onth. . . The name of Miley Fitzgerald, widow of John Fitzgerald, late or The name of Edward A. Brewer, late of 'Company M. .Fll'st Regrment Colllpany E, Tent.h Regim~t United States Infantry, Regular Estab­ :Alabama Volunteer Infa.ntry. War with Pain. and pay .him a pension lishment, and pay her a pension at the rate of $12 per month and $2 at the rate of $17 per month. per month additional on account of each of the two minor children of 'l'he' name of Rufus C. Davidson, late of the Seventy-first C-ompany, the Sa.id John Fitzgerald until they reach the age -of 16 years. United Stntes Coast .Artillery, Regnlg.r ~stablishment,, and pay ~ a "The name of George S. Taylor, late of Company M, Seventh Regi­ pcnsie·n at the rate of $12 per mont.h m lieu of that he u n?w rece!VIng. ment United States Volunteer Infantry, War with Spain, and pay him Tbe name of George W. Houston. late of Company Ii'. Third Re-giment a pension at the rat~ -ot $36 per month in lieu of that be is now United States "VolOllteer Ini.antq1 War with Spain, an-d pay him a pen­ receiving. · sion at the rate of 17 per mon t.n. The name of Han-ey Fleagle, late of Company F, First Regi.ment.Tili­ The name of Earl W. Ne Ion. late of Company H, Twenty-first Regi­ nois Volunteer Infantry. War with Spain, and pay him -a pension at the ment United States Infantry, Regular Establishment, and pay him a rate of $24 pel" month in lieu of that he is now receiving. pension at the rate of $24 per month: Provided: That .no part of this The name of Charles Peterson, late of Company A, Third Regiment pension shall be withheld for the purpose of re1mbur~ the Govern­ Wisconsin Volnnteer Infantry, War with Spain, and pay him a pension ment on account of any alleged erroneous payments w.hich mav have at the rate of $17 per month. been made in connecti-on with any former pension allowed the said Ear-l The nam~ of William S. Huntington, late of Company L, Ele>enth ,W. Newlon. f th b d R' t n • Regime.nt United States Infantry, Regular Establishment, and pay him Tbe name of Wffiiam H. Shonk, late o e an , .rrs ~egunent a pension at the rate of $17 per month in lieu of that be is now United States Cavalry, War with Spain, and pay him a pension at the receiving. · ' . . rate of $12 per month in lieu of that ':le is now re.c.etving. The name of Wtlliam. F. Epps, late of Company K, Third Reg1ment The name of Elizabeth ::U. Steele, Wlclow of Ralel'rh D. Ste-ele, late of United States Voluntee-r Infantry, War with Spain, and pay him a pen­ the United States ~ ·avy, Regular Establi~hment, and pay .her a. pension sion at the rate of $12 'Per month. a t the rate of $12 per month. The name of VIrgil .Mahan. late of Company L, Twentietb Regimf'nt 'l'he name of Robert Shipley, late of the Forty-first Company, United United States Infantry, War with Spain, and pay him a pension at the States Coast Artillery, Regular Estnblishment, and pay him a pension rate of $30 per month in lieu of that he is now receivi..ru.{. at the rate of $12 per month. The name of Peter Urban, late of Company F, Fifth Regiment United Tbe name of John J. Burke, late of Troop D, First Regiment United States Infantry, Regular Establishment, and pay him a pension at the States avalry, War with Spain, and pay him a pension at the rn.te of rate of $30 per month. $17 per month. Tbe name of Andrew Wra:r, late of Company H, Second Regiment The name of Irvin 0. Cru·son, late of Troop I, Fifth Regiment United United States Infantry, War with Spain, :llld pay him a pension at tbe States .ca·mlry, Regulat· Establishment, and pay him a pension at the rate of $12 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. rate of 12 pe.r month. . · The name of Charles T. Armstrong, late of Company D, Twenty-thiru The name of John Felz:e-n. late of Company F, Thirty-s:e>enth Regi­ Regiment United States Infantry, War with Spain, and pay him a pen­ ment United States Infantry, Indian wars, and pay him a pension u.t sion at tbe t•ate of $17 per month in lieu of that lle is now receiving. the rate of $30 per month in lieu o! that ·be is now receiving. . Tb.c name of Nathan Mii.gram, late of Company D, Thircl Reltimcnt 'rbe name of J"ean N. Roach, widow of Ernest S. Roacb, late "first Pennsylvania Infantry National Guard, war of 1917, and pay him a llenten:Jnt, Company A, First Regiment Oklahoma Militia Infantry, Na­ pension .at the rate of $30 p.er month. tional Guar·d, Me:ricnn border service, and pay he.r a pension at the rate '.rhe name of Hezekiah McAllister Madden, late of .Battery B, First ()f $17 per month, and $2 per month additional on account of each of United States Artlllery, Regular Establishment, anu pay bim a pen.-ion the two minor children of the said Ernest S. Roach until they reach at the rate of $17 per month in lieu of that be ls now receiving. the agP of 1G years. The nam of Sar.ah A. Salter, wlclow of Ilora.cc Salter. late of :.\!or­ The name of Louis Brockman, alias Louis Wimmer. late of -company gan's IndependeDt Company, Iowa Mounted Volunteers. 'Tm.· with :.\Iex­ F, !first Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, War v.-i.th Spain, and pay ico, and pay her a pension at tbe rate of $25 per month in lieu of that him a pension at the rate of $17 per month. she 1s now receivi.n&. 2046 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. JANUARY 25,

Tlie name of Charles Ha1·tsough, late of Company A, Forty-fourth Regiment United States Infantry, War with Spain, and pay him a Regiment United States Volunteer Infantry, War with Spain, and pay pension at the rate of $36 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. him-a pension at the rate of $12 per month. The name of Charles Ingle, late of Company C, Tenth Regiment United The name of John T. Ferrie. late of Company A, First Regiment Ala­ States Infantry, Regular Establishment, and pay him a pension at the bama Volunteer Infantry, War with Spain, and pay him a pension at the rate of $12 per month. rate of $30 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The name of Mattie P. Jackson, widow of Cyrus W. Jackson, late ot The name of Robert Rodgers, late of Company B, First Regiment Company C, Santa Fe Battalion Missouri Mounted Volunteers, War with Indiana Colored Volunteer Infantry, War with Spain, and pay him a Mexico, and pay her a pension at the rate of $25 per month in Hen of pension at the rate of $12 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. that she is now receiving. · The name of Peter Beebe, late of Company F, Forty-first Regiment The name of Leon.ard A. Asquith. late of Company G, First Regiment United States Volunteer Infantry, War with Spain, and pay him a pen­ Rhode Island Volunteer Infantry, War with Spain, and pay hlm a pt'n- sion at the rate of $12 per month. sion at the rate of $12 per month. . 'rhe name of Angeline McVetie, widow of Peter McVetie, late of Com­ The name of William .Anderson, late of casualty detachment and Troop pany K, Second Regiment New York Volunteer Al1;illery, War· with F, Eleventh RE!giment United States Cavalry, Regular Establishment, Mexico, and pay her a pension at the rate of $25 per month in lieu of and pay him a pension at the rate of $24 per month. that she is now receiving. The name of Thomas S. Garen, late of the United States Navy, War The name of Gambo C. Villines, late of Company B, Fifteenth Regi­ with Spain, and pay him a pension at the rate of $12 per month. ment United States Infantry, Regular Establishment, and pay him a The name of Herbert C. Purdy, late of Company H, Two hundred and pension at the rate of $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. second Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry, War with Spain anrl The namE of Helen R. Cantwell, widow of Edward Cantwell, late of pay him a. pension at the rate of $24 per month in lieu of that he is now Company G, Twelfth Regiment United States Infantry, War with Mexico, receiving. and pay her a pension at the rate of $25 per month in lien of that she The name of Stephen Harder late of Company D, Two hundred and is now receiving. second Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry, War with Spain, and The name of Carl F. Gatterdam, late of Company B, Fourth Regiment pay him a pension at the rate of $12 per month. Ohio National Guard, Mexican border service, and pay him a pension at T~e name of Henry A. McGuire, late of Company II, Seventy-first the rate of $36 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. Reg1ment New York Volunteer Infantry, War with Spain, and pay him · The name of John W. Merriman, late of Company A, First Regiment a pension at the rate of $17 per month. United States Volunteer Engineers, War with Spain, and pay him a pen­ The name of Bridget Finan, dependent mother of Michael J. Finan, sion at the rate of $30 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. late of Company K, Third Regiment Connecticut Volunteer Infnntry, The name of Maria J. Gorman, widow of John G. Gorman, late of War with Spain, and pay her a pension at the rate of $12 per month. Company B, Third Regiment United States Dragoons, War with Mexico, The name of Phillip Lockwood, late of Company F, Third Regiment and pay her a pension at the rate of $25 per month in lieu of that she Connecticut Volunteer Infantry, War with Spain, and pay him a pension is now receiving. . · . . at thE' rate of $12 per month. The name of Robert Perl, alias Robert Pearl, late of Company K and The name of Robert H. Neyla.nd, late of Company B, First Regiment band, Thirty-fourth Regiment United · States Volunteer Infantry, War Mississip_.Ql Volunteers, War with Mexico, and pay him a pension at tbe with Spain, and pay him a pension at the rate of $1.7 per month. . rate of ~50 per month In lieu of that he ls now rect'iving. · The name of Frank N. Hunt, late of Company G, Second Regiment The name of Elizabeth A. Deuel, widow of John C. Deuel, late of Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, War with Spain, and pay him n Company G, First Regiment Michigan Volunteers War with Mexico pension at the rate of $12 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. and pay her a pension at the rate of $25 per month In lien of that she The name of Magdalina Klein, widow of Adolph Klein; late of Com­ is now receiving. pany n, Second Regiment United States Dragoons, Indian wars, and The name of Belle Harbert, dependent mother of Pearly Rex Harbert pay her a pension at the rate of $12 per month. late of the Un.ited States Navy, Regular Establishment, and pay her a · Tht' name of ·Thomas Newman, late of Company B, Twenty-seventh pension at tbe rate of $12 per month. Regiment United States Infantry, Regular Establishment, and. pay him a pension at the rate of $14 per month in lieu of that he is now The foregoing bill is a substitute for the following Hou e bills receiving. referred to said committee: The name of Eliza· Warren, widow of Andrew J. Warren, late of Company D (Capt. James Blakely's Company), Second Regiment Oregon H. R. 410. James Rupe. H. R. 7779. William E. Kirkpat- Mounted Volunteers, Indian wars, and pay her a pension at the rate H. R. 586. John W. M{!Kisslck. rick. of $20 per month in lieu of that she is now receiving. H. R. 666. Robert E. Griffith; H.R. 7790. John J .. McGinley. The name of Thomas B. Thompson, late of Eighth Battery United H. R. 680. George W. Bellaw. H.R. 7831. James McHale. Statt's Field Artillery and Battery D, Fifth Regiment United States H. R. 752. Clifford Jones. H.R. 8067. Martin 0. Larsen. Field Artillery, Regular Establishment, and pay him u pension at the H. R. 861. Willard Anthony. H.R. 8185. William Stewart. rate of $12 per month. H. R. 955. Axel 0. Olson. · H.R. 8214. Jesse Holt. The name of Mary A. Laughlin, widow of James H. Laughlin, late of H. R. 989. Allen M. Coville. H.R. 8237. Benjamin E. Kneibler. Company C, First Regiment Oregon Riflemen, Indian wars, and pay her H. R. 1181. Alfred G. J. Peter'Sen. H.R. 8272. Harlie Calvin. a pension at the rate of $20 per month in lieu of that she is now H. R. 1267. Richard Glover. H.R. 8273. Jesse 0. Ray. receiving. H. R.1577. Joseph W. Mitcham. H.R. 8297. Charles Wheeldon. Tht' name of Baxter Hogan, late of Company F, Twenty-first Regiment H. R. 1645. Robert G. Medin. H.R. 8371. John U. Schroyer. United States Infantry, Regular Establishment, and pay him a pension H. R. 1959. WiiUam A. Martin. alias John · W. nt the rate of $17 Pt'r month. H. R. 1980. Eliza J. Gay. Schroyer. The name of Jacob Johnson, late of the United States Navy, Regular H. R. 2060. Lewis J. Moore. H. R. 8552. William Patterson. Establishment, and pay him a pension at the rate of $12 per month. H. R. 2190. Lewis J. Crider. H. R. 8677. Burton Erwin. The name of Adeline Julia Tyler, widow of John L. Tyler, late of H. R. 2242. George Bostater, jr. H. R. 8971. John· .T. Coughlin. Battery B, Third Regiment United States Artillery, Wru.· with Mexico, H. R. 2284. Abner L. Tuttle. H. R. 8973. Van Buren B. How- and pay her a pension at the rate of $25 per month in lien of that she H. R. 2474. William J. Jl'ox .. ard. is now receiving. · H. R. 2493. Anna Courtney. H.R. 9068. Guido Geiser. The name of Augustus W. Connor, late of the United States Navy, H. R. 2508. Walter V. Ha3kell. H.R. 9083. William Wilson. Regular Establishment, and pay him a pension at the rate of $12 per H. R. 2619. Charles W. Sasser. H.R. 9188. John Zanger. month. H. R. 2713. Jewel H. Walker. H.R. 9241. Joseph H. Waters. The name of Fred E. Savage, late of Company G, Nineteenth Regi­ H. R. 2807. George A. Loughery. H.R. 9288. Oscar Walker. ment United States Infantry, Regular Establishment, and pay him a H. R. 2966. Admire M. Wood. H.R. 9319. William Conklin. pension at the rate of $17 per month.· · H. R. 3013. Andrew J. Williams. H.R. 9322. Emma R. Steen. The name of Tlllle Wester, late of Battery B, Second Regiment H. R. 3050. Joseph D. Beaubien. H.R. 9324. Thomas W. Trent. United States Field Artillery, Regular Establishment, and pay him a H. R. 3189. Fred Siegel. H.R. 9327. Louis A. Rowe. pension at the rnte of $30 per month in lieu of that be is oow receiving. H. R. 3209. George A. Hewlett. H.R. 9483. Frank Bachmeyer. The name of Herman Lazarus, late of Company G, Tenth Regiment H. R. 3244. Dell J. Harrington. H;R. 9544. Nancy C. Olis. United States Infantry, Regular Establishment, and pay him a pension H. R. 8402. Herman W. Thurnau. H.R. 9462. Frank Jankowsld. at the rate of $12 per month. . · . H. R. 3442. Theodore Link. H.R. 9584. George V. Taylor. Tlie name of Edward Kneibe, late of Company H, Eighth Regiment H . .R. 3473. Walter A. Stanley. H.R. 9591. Harry C. l\liller. New York Volunteer Infantry, War with Spain, and pay him a pen­ H. R. 3692. Wray R. Price. H.R. 9609. Robert J. Henderson. sion at the rate of $2-± ner month. H. R. 3813. William D. Cole. H.R. 9663. Henry Borghardt. The name of George W. Taylor, late of Company F, Thirty-fourth H. R. 3815. Joseph E. Shane. H.R. 9703. Edward F. Stewart. Regiment Michigan Volunteer Infantry, War with Spain, and pay him H. R. 3879. William T. Ralston. H.R. 9727.. James P. Curtis. a. pension at the rate of $30 per month. H. R. 3987. Henry Franz. H.R. 9728. Sarah El. Jackson. The name of Joseph F. Mangold, late of Troop K, Third Regiment H. R. 4167. Edward Lay. H.R. 97G5. Fre

H. R. 1119G. Tllomns U. Lillis. II. R. 12718. Magdalina Klein. Mr. KEY of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, in view of what the ge-ntle· JL R. 11214. James F. Mcintosh. H. R. 12727. Thomas Newman~ II. R. 11251. Joseph J. Johnson. H. R. 12148. Eliza Warren. man has stated. I move to strike out, on page 22, lines 11';· 12, H. R. 11374. !mac Nichols. · H. R. 12'161. Thomas B. Thom,Pson 13, and 14, .the soldier being dead. H. R. 11412. Felix Beske. H. R. 12784. Mary A. Laugilhn~ l:L R. 11421. Otella P. Smythe. H. R. 12805. Baxter Hogan. The SPEJAKER. The gentleman from Ohio offers the amend­ 11. R.l1515. Robert M. Trask. H. R. 12885. Jacob Johnson. ment which the Clerk will report. IT. R. 11569. John Ream. H. R. 12943. Adeline Julia Tyler. The Clerk read as follows: II. R.11604. Louis :::lb('rard. H. R.12985. Augustus W. Connor. H. R. 11668. Hannah J. Clark. H. R. 13005. Fred E. Savage. Page 22, mike out lines 11 to 14, inclusive. H. R. 11676. George F. llollftday. H. R. 13006. Tillie Wester. - The SPEAKER. The question is on agreeing to the amend• H. R. 11702. Miley Fltz~erateth A.· Deuel. . Robert Pfflr1. H. R. 14084. Belle Harbert. case that belonged in wl~at was known as the Key pension bilr, II. R. 12690. Frank. N~ llunt. . and that cases of that kind should not be included in special The SPEAKER. The Clerk will re-ad the bill for amendment acts, but should wait uptil the Key bill, pensioning certain: unuer the five-minute rule. widows- in. the Spanish War, became a. law. It was rejected nt to mony is that he was not n shirker;_that he suffered from pneu­ date of discharge, or any officer or enlisted' man of the Regular Estab­ monia in the senice, from malatial poisoning and dysentery, lis.hment who rendered 90 days or more actual military or naval service and from the date of his discharge-in fact, he was discharged in the united States Army, Navy, or Mar-ine Corps in the War with in the ho pital-he has been suffering. Twelve dollars a month Spain or the Philippine insurrection. between April 21, 1898, and July 4, 1902, inclusive, or as a participant in. the Chinese Boxer rebellion these days does not go very far, especially when a man has gone <:ampaign between June 16, 1900, and October 1; 1900, and who has been to the hospital for the last time. honorably discharged therefrom, has died or shall hereafter die leav­ ing a widow without means of support otber than bel' daily labor, and 1\fr. Speaker, ~move that the figures" $12," in line 20, page 14, an actual net income not exceeding $250 per year, or leaving a minor be stricken out and the figures" $17" be inserted in lieu thereof. child or child1·en under the age of 16 years, such widow shall upon duo The SPEAKER. Th~ gentleman from Minnesota offers an proof of her husband's death, without proving his deafu to be the result of his Army or Navy service, be placed on the pension roll from the amendment, which the Cler~ will report. date of the filing of her :lpplication therefor under this act, at the rate . The Clerk read as follows : oi $12 per month during her widowhood, and shall also be paid $2 per month for each child of Sllcll officer or enlisted man under 16 years of Page 14, line 24, strike out "$12" and insert "$17." age, aml in case of the death or remarriage of the widow, leaving a The SPEAKER. Tile question is on agreeing to tlle amend­ child or children of such officer or enlisted man under the age of lG years, such pension shall be paid s-ueb child or- children until the age ment. of 16: Provide

be- deemed gui!ty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall, , Mr. KEARNS. Mr. Speaker, if it i shown that the ueath or· for each an

The SPEAKER. The question is on the engrossment and Fuller, Mass. Johnson, Wash. O'Shaunessy Steagall Gillett Kahn Overmyer Stevenson thi ru reau·ing of the bilL Glynn Kelley, Mich. Park Stiness : Tile bill was oruered to be engrossed and read a third time, Goodall Kelly, Pa. Parker, N.Y. Strong Graham, Pa. Kennedy, R. I. Platt Sullivan · anu was read the third time. Gray, N.J. · Kettner Powers Swift 1\fr. :MANN. Mr. Speaker, a roll call on this bill at this time Greene, Mass. Kiess, Pa. Pratt Tague I think would add to the tribute that we pay; and I will make Gregg Kreider P.rice Taylor, Ark. Griest LaGuardia Rayburn Templeton ·the point of no quorum as a matter of convenience to the Me~­ Hamill Lehlbach- Riordan Thoma::; bers. However, I '"ill not do it until the vote is about to be Hamilton, N .. Y. Linthicum Robbins Tillman ... taken. · Harrison, Miss. Littlepage Roberts Tinkham Harrison, Va. Lobeck Robinson Treadway The SPF..AKER. The question is, Shall the bill pass? Haskell Lunn Rodenberg Vare 1\.lr. :MANN. Mr. Speaker, I make a point of order there is Hayes McArthur Rowland no quorum present. Heaton McClintic Russell ~~fJow · Heintz McCormick Sa bath Walker The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Illinois raises the point Helm McLaughlin, Pa. Sanders, Ind. Watson, Pa. ·of no quorum. The Doorkeeper will close the doors, the Ser­ Helvering Maher Sanders, La. Watson, Va. geant at Arms will notify the absentees, and the Clerk will call Hicks Mason Saunders, Va. Webb Holland M11rrltt Scully Whaley the roll. The >ote is on the passage of the bill. Houston 1\:londell Sears White, Ohio The question was taken, and there . were-yeas 250, nays 9, Howard Moon ShackleforJ Wingo -nnswered " present " 5, not voting 166, as follows: Humphreys Morin Sherley Wise Hutchinson Mudd Sisson Woods, Iowa Yli.lAS-250. J'acoway Neely Small Young, 'l'ex. Alexand<>r Focht · Les:,Cal. Rowe James Nolan Smith, T. F. .A. swell Foruney Lee, Ga. Rubey Johnson, Ky. · Norton Snell ·Austin Foss Lesher Rucker So the bill was passed . .Ayt·es Foster Lever Sanders, N. Y. Bacr !<'rear Little Sanford The Clerk announced the following additional pairs: l!ankhead Freeman London Schall Until further notice: llnrkley French Lonergan Scott, Iowa 1\i.r. JAMES. nat·nban Fuller, IlL Lufkin Scott, Mich. WHALEY with Mr. llt'akcs Gallagher Lundeen Sells Mr. YouNG of Texas with Mr. VoiGT. I;cshlin Gallivan- McAndrew!> Shallenberger Mr. SISSON with 1.\fr. JOHNSON of Washington. llii'Ch Gandy McCulloch Sherwood .Bland, Ind. Garell, Kans. Gordon Magee Smith, Mich. Calllpl>ell, I'a. Gould Mann · Smith, C. B. Mr. BYRNS of Tennessee with Mr. BuTLEB. Canti1ll .Graham, Ill. Mansfield Snook 1\fr. BELL with 1\fr. WATSON of Pennsylvania. · Carter, Okla. Gray, Ala. Mapes Snyder, l\1r. ALMON with Mr . . SWIF'l'. Chandler, Okla. Green, Iowa Martin Stedman Clark, Fla. Greene, Vt. Mays Steele 1\fr. llAnRISON of Mississippi with :Mr. REAVIS. Clark, Pa. Griffin Miller, Minn. Steenerson l\1r. LITTLEPAGE with Mr. GRIEST. Clnypool Hadley Miller, Wash. Stephens, Miss. Mr. HARRISON of Virginia with Mr. KAHN, Connelly, Kans. Hamilton, Mich. Montague Stephens, Nebr. Cooper, W.Va. Hamlin Moore, Pa. Sterling l\Ir. RUSSELL with l\Ir. LEHLBACH. Cooper, Wis. Hardy Moores, Ind. Sweet 1\fr. WALKER with Mr.· STIJ\TESS. Cramton Hastings Morgan Switzer l\1r. HoWARD with Mr. S "ELL. Crisp Haugen Mott Taylor, Co~o. Currie, Mich. Hawley Nelson, .A. P. Temple Mr. REAVIS. l\Ir. Speaker, I would like to inquire if the 'ul'l'y, Cal. Hayden Nelson, ;r, M. Thompson gentleman from Missis ippi, l\Ir. . IlA.RnisoN, is recorued? Dale Heflin Nicholls, S. C. Tilson The SPEAKER. He is not recordeu. Dallinger Hensley Nichols, Mich. Timberlake Darrow Hersey Oldfield · Towner Mr. ;REA VIS. I would like to withdraw my >ote of "aye" Davis Hilliard Oliver, Ala. Van Dyke and be recorded as "present," inasmuch as I am paireu with Ded•er Hollingsworth Oliver, N. Y. Venable him. Demp ey Hood Olney · Vestal Dent Huddleston Osborne Vinson The SPEAKER The Clerk will call the gentleman's name. Denton Hull, Iowa Overstreet Volstead The Clerk called the name of Mr. REAVIS, and he ans,Yereu 1Jicl\inson Hull, Tenn. Padgett Walsh "Present." Dillon Husted Paige Walton Dixon lgoe Parker, N. ;r. Ward Mr. STAFFORD. Mr. Speaker, I change my vote f1·om "aye" Domini<:k Ireland Peters Wason to "present." Doolittle .Johnson, S.Dak. Phelan Watkins The result of the vote was announced as above recorded. Doremus Juul Polk · Weaver Dowell Kearns Porter Welling The SPEAKER. A quorum is present. The Doorkeeper will Dupre Keating Pou Welty open the doors. Dyer Kehoe Purnell Wheeler On motion of lr. KEY of Ohio, a motion to reconsider the Eagan • Kennedy, Iowa Ragsdale White, Me. Key, Ohio Rainey, H. T. Williams vote "'hereby the bill was passed was laid on the table. ~M~~t Kincheloe Rainey, J. W. Wilson, lll. Ellsworth Raker Wilson, La. FOOD SUPPLIES FOR EUROPE. Elston il~~aid Ramsey Wilson, Tex. Mr. SHERLEY. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to ~sch Kitchin Ramseyer Winslow ssen Knutson Randall Wood, Ind. take from the Speaker's table the food-relief bill, disag:.:ee to Evans Kraus Rankin Woodyard the Senate amendments, and agree to the conference askeu f~n·. Fairchild, G. W. La Follette Reed· Wright The SPEAKE~. The gentleman from K~ntucky asks unani­ li'arr Lampert Rogers Young, N.Dak. Ferris Langley Romjue Ziblman mous consent to take from the Speaker's table the food-relief Fields Larsen Rose bill, disagree to the Senate amendments, and agree to the con­ Fisher Lazaro Rouse ference asked for. NAYS-9. The SPEAKER. The Clerk will report it by title. Black Connally, Tex. Garrett, .Tex. Quin The Clerk read as follows : Blanton Dough ton Jones Slayden .A. bill (H. R. 13708) providing for the relief of such populations in Buchanan Europe ana countries contiguous thereto, outside of Germany, as may ANSWERED "PRESENT ''-5. be determined upon by the President as necessary. Byrn , Tenn. Reavis Stafford Sumners Longworth The SPEAKER. Is· there objection. .. NOT VOTING-166. There was no objection ; and the Speaker announced as the Almon Butler Coady Donovan conferees on the part of the House _fr. SHERLEY, Mr. EAGAN, .Anderson Byrnes, S. C . Collier Dooling and :Mr. CANNON. Anthony Caldwell Cooper, Ohio Drane Ashbrook Candler, Miss. Copley Drukkcr HOSPITAL AXD SANATORIUM FOR DISCHARGED SOLDIERS AND SAlLORS. Bacharach Cannon Costello Dunn Mr. C.ANTRILL. Mr. Speaker, I .desire to present a unani­ Bell · Caraway Cox Edmonds Benson Carew Crago Emerson mous report from the Committee on Rules. Blackmon Carlin Crosser Estopinal The SPEAKER. The Clerk will reporUt. Booher carter, Mass. Davey Fairchild, B. L. The Clerk read as follows: Borland Cary Delaney Fairfield Britten Chandler, N.Y. Denison Fess House resolution 511. . Brodbeck Church Dewalt Flood Re~10l1:ea, That immediately upon the adoption of this resolution the Browning Classon Dies Flynn House shall resolve itself into Committee of tbe Whole House on the Brumbaugh Cleary Dill Francis atate of the Union for the considerapon of H. R. 13026, entitled,- " .A. LVII--1''0 2.050 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. JANUARY 25,,·

bill to authorize the Secretary Of the Treasury to provide lrospita] a:nd: sanatorium facHities for discharged sick and disabled soldierS' and And I call your particular attention to the next proviso-­ .sailors" ; thttt there shall be not to exceed two hours' general debate, Provided, That nothing in this act shall be construed to atrect the which debate hall be co-nfined to the subject matter of the bill. At the nec'essary military control over any member ot the Military or Naval conclusion of such general debate the bill shall be considered for am:encd­ Establishments before be shall have been discharged from the military or ment under the five-minute L"Ule:. .After the bill shall have been> P6~ naval service. · fected in Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, the: Now,. why do I try yom· patience by reading these provisions1 ~.;arne shall be reported to the Honse with such recommendations as- the <'ommittee may. make, whereupon. the previous qti.estion shall be consid­ ' First, because I want to get them into the RECOBD; second, be­ ered as ordered upon the bili and all amendments thereto to final passage cause I want:' to emphasize. the proposition that although the without. interverung motion except one motto_n to, recommit. Army has vast facilities for the care of its wounded and for the The SPEJAKER. The question is on agreeing to the- resolution. care of disabled soldiers,. it has no authority under th-e section The question was taken, and the resolution was agreed to. of the law whieb I have just read to permit it to care for a dis­ The .SPEAKER. The House automatically resolves itself inta charged soldier. Now, you created the burden upon the United Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, with States Government in October, 1917, when by law you promised the gentleman from Texas [Mr. HARDY] in the Chair. to give. every soldier and every sailor who was wounded in bat­ Thereupon the House resolved itself into Committee of the tle, who was disabled in camp~ '\'\:hose body was racked with pain 'Yhole House on the state of the Union, with Mr. HARDY in the and disease while serving· under the flag~ certain hospital facili· chair; ties and certain advantages. What have we done up to date to The CHAIRMAJ.'\1'. The Hou.se is in Committee of the Whole · crystallize that promise into action? Nothing; positively nothing!· House on the state of the Union for the consideration of the l\fr. KNUTSON. Will the gentleman yield? bill H. R. 13026, which the Clerk will report. Mr. GRIFFIN. Yes. The Clerk read the title of the bill, as follows: Mr. KNUTSON. On page 2 of the minority report it says that according to the testimony of Col. Smith, the Medical Depart­ A bill (H. R. 13026) to authorize the Secretary of the. Treasury to pro­ vide hospital and sanatorium facilities for discharged sick :rnd disabled ment .of the Army is willing to turn over immediately at least soi diers. and sailors. two hospitals' of a thousands beds to the Bureau of Wai· Risk Insurance. Was the gentleman present when that testimonY. The CHAIRMAN. The Clerk will read the bill. was given? 1\lr. GRIFFIN. J\Ir. Chairman, I ask unanimous consent to 1\lr. GRIFFIN. I surely was. dispense with t1le first reading of the bill. l\11~. KNUTSON. Will the gentleman kindly amplify on it? The CHAIR~B.N. The gentleman from New York. asks unani­ mous consent to dispense with the first reading of the bill. Is 1\Ir. GRIFFIN. I am going to touch on that very proposition. l\Ir. JOH.t~SON of South Dakota. Will the gentleman yield? there objection? Mr. GRIFFIN. I yield'... 1\lr. CANNON. Just a moment. It is said to be a short bill. 1\Ir. JOHNSON of South Dakota. Can the gentleman tell me I ha\e not had time to read it, and do. not know what is in it. if the passage of this law will make it necessary to form If it should be explained very fully in general debate, that another complete organization to take charge of the hospitals would be better, perhaps, than the reading of it. that will be- erected under its· provisions? 1\fr. GRIFFIN. It will be explained fully in general debate. Mr. GRIFFIN. No; we are not confronted with that diffi­ The CHAIRMAN. Is there objection 1 culty. The United States Public Health Service has been tn There was no objection. existence for over a hundred years. It has now under its Mr. GRIFFIN. 1\fr. Chairman, under the rule two hours' control upward of 22 hospitals, with a bed capacity of 1,548; debate is permitted. I would like to enter into some arrange­ but the o:fficials: of the Public Health Service testified before our ment as to the division of the time. There is a committee ma­ committee that- these hospitals are filled to overflowing,. and at jority report and a minority report. The minority report is the present time they have 1,556 patients. headed by the gentleman from Pennsylvania [1\fr. KnEIDER], Mr. JOHNSON of South Dakota. Will the gentleman yield wi1om I do not see here, and by the gentlemen from Indiana for one more question? [Mr. ELLioTT and Mr. B.AR ... ~HART]. I would like to ascer­ Mr. GRIFFIN. Certainly. tain who is here to take charge of the minority sille of the 1\Ir. JOHNSON of South Dakota. How many different organ­ measure. izations wo11ld we have in the United'States, each conducting a The CHAIRMAN. The Chair will ask who represents the line of hospitals, if this bill we1·e to become a law? minority? l\Ir. GRIFFIN. Not any more than we have at the present l\.Ir. AUSTL.'\l'. Mr. Chairman, I would suggest that in the time. This makes no change whatever in the hospital situation absence of the ·gentleman from Pennsylvania [Mr. KREIDER], in the United States. It adds no bureau. It adds no machine1·y whose name appears on the minority :r:eport, the gentleman from beyond that which already exists. Indiana [Mr. ELLIOTT] be permitted to control the time in op­ l\fr. JOHNSON of South Dakota. Would not that then leave .POsition to the measure. three different classes of boards or organizations conducting The CHAIRl\lAN. Is any request desired to be made in the hospitals? Would there not be the National Board, which takes House? care of the veterans of the Civil War, the hospitals which are Mr. GRIFFIN. That is entirely satisfactory. . being conducted by the War Department, and then a new series The CHAIRMAN. It is requested that in the absence of the conducted by this board? W o.uld there not be a duplication ot gentleman from Pennsylvania [Mr. KREIDER] the gentleman facilities and an increase in overhead expense over what there named, Mr. ELLIOTT, be allowed to control in behalf of the would be if we had but one board taking care of these men? minority one-half of the time. Is there objection to that re-· 1\fr. GRIFFIN. No. There is no question of introducing a new. quest? organization. The Public Health Service has: been in existence. as I said, for many years. There was no objection. · Mr. GRAHAM of Illinois. Will the gentleman yield? The CHAIRMAN. The gentleman from New York [~lr. 1\lr. GRIFFIN. Yes. GBIFFIN] is recognized for one hour. Mr. GRAHAM of Illinois. You do not mean to say, do you,. M1·. GRIFFIN. Mr. Chairman and gentlemen, I am not the that t11e Public Health Service will not have to be \astly in­ author of this bill. It is a bill which has been suggested by the creased to take care of this work? Treasury Department. While I share the prejudice of· a great Mr. ·GRIFFIN. It will have to be vastly increased, but not many of the 1\!embers of this House against taking the cue for due to any initiati-ve on the part of the Public Health Service, re:gishitive work from any department, nevertheless I admit­ but only because of the burden which Congress has imposed and I think you will all be found to admit-that wheTe special upon the Department of the Treasury. lmowledge and information are called for we are bound to rely 1\Ir. GRAHAM of Illinois. Now, I understand that all these .upon other branches of our Government. projects that are intended by the Public Health Service are addi· On October 61 1917, we amended the war-risk insurance. ac!, tions to existing naval or marine hospitals, except two, and that nnd we provided in that act that all sick and disabled discharged it is the intention to build additions or additional bed facilities soldiers ::tnd sailors from the Army and Navy of the United for these hospitals. And in that case am I right in supposing States shall be entitled to hospital treatment and hospital facili­ that part of the administration of a particular J}ost would be ties for their rehabilitation. But the1·e is a proviso in the meas­ under the military authorities and another- part of it under the ure which, in view of the minority repor~ I would like to call Public Health Service? to your attention now. Under section 300, paragraph 3, I find Mr. GBIFFIN. The gentleman is going too far into the rami• this provision : · fications before we have :finished with the generalities. In addition to th~ compensation above provided, the injured person Mr GRAHAM of Illinois. Is not that the testimony before . llhalll be furnished by th~ United States sueh reasona-ble ~overnmenta.l ; your 'committee? medical.. surgical, and hospital' services and with sueh Sllflplies,. including artificial limbs, trusses, and simllar appliances, as the director may ! Mr. GRIFFIN. No; it is not. If the gentleman will bear determine to be useful nnd reasonably neces~ry~ :with me and ha\e patience I will come to that point in a fe'v, 1919. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. 2051

moments. There was a minority report filed here. You prob­ Furthermore, the statement that the War Department is ready ably have it before you. 'Vhen that report came in I was in a to turn over certain inadequate, in ufficient, ancl unsatisfactory positi.on which reminded me -very much of the predicament of hospitals which they do not want to use is not a -very encour­ Dr. Samuel Johnson. Old Dr. Johnson was caught by his wife aging prospect for wounded and disabled soldiers who are stand- . kissing the maid in the hallway, and she said, "Doctor, Doc­ ing at the door of the United States War Risk Insurance Bureau tor, I am surprised.." He said "Tut, tut, madam, you are asking that their appeals for medical attention shall be beard. amazed; it is I who am surprised." Now, I was both surprised Furthermore, the turning over of these leased hospitals would and amazed., because while the rr.:atter was under consideration not be possible until the passage of this bill provides the means. in the committee no suggestion was made that any minority To refuse to pass this bill and leave the Public Health Service report would be submitted. I am amazed. when I read the as an humble supplicant at the door of the War Department report and find that it contains so :rrutny deductions that can asking for cast-off hospital facilities would not be creditable to not be strictly drawn from the hearings. this Congress. In order to place the S e~retary of the Treasury As to hospitals which the War Department might turn over, in a position to negotiate with the War Department, or any let us turn to the extract from the report of Cols. Darnall and other department having hospital facilities at its disposal, it is Smith, of the Medical Corps, United States Army, quoted on page absolutely necessary that congressional authority shall be gi"ven 5 of the minotity report. It is extracted from page 22 of the by the enactment of this bill into law. hearings before the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds The matters as brought up and emphasized by the minority on December 9, 1918 (No. 16). Col. Smith was asked by me members of the committee in their report are stale and without at the bearing (p. 19) to recapitulate his testimony showing significance. They have taken up questions which were raised the number of hospitals in the United States,-the number of in our hearings, and, apparently oblivious of the fact that the hospitals on leased ground, the number of cantonments, whether committee which reported this bill had gone deeper into the the sites at cantonments are on leased ground, the location and questions, they assume that where their examination ended the ·the bed capacity of all the hospitals, and also giving the present researches of the committee had ended. On the contrary, the use of the beds at all the hospitals and the number that are committee pursued. all of these questions in all their ramifica­ vacant; in short, a summary and recapitulation of all his testi- tions to the end, and being aware of the embarrassing situation, ffi'Ony. , amended the bill, making it practically mandatory upon the I u doing !:lO, in his report signed by himself and Col. C. R. Public Health Service to secure hospital facilities wqerever Darnall, he divides his report into six subdivisions. On page available in every department of the Government. 22, in answer to the question- On page 3, lines 1 to 1G, will be found the committee amend- What hospitals, if any, can be turned over by the Army to the Public ments which authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to re­ Health Service, and when? Which of the camp base hospitals would be _quest the President, the Secretary of War, the Secretary of the suitable for the treatment of such cases as those for which the War Risk Bureau may need to make provision? Navy, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of the Inte­ ·He replies : rior, or the Secretary of Labor to transfer unto the Treasury It is impossible to state at this time when any of the hospitals now Department such lands or parts of land, buildings, fixtures, ap­ operated by the Army could be released for use by the Public Health pliances, and furniture under their control not t'equired for their Service. While it is believed that we have provision for a sufficient uses as may be found suitable for this use, and so forth, and number of beds In Army hospitals il is also our belief that we require all that we now have in order to provide a reasonable margin of safety limit the authority by the further proviso that nothing shall be for the care of sick and wounded returning from overseas, anll the expended out of the amounts authorized by this act until all sickness problem which may develop among the troops in this country available buildings, grounds, and so forth, have been turned .over and returning for demobilization. to tbe Secretary of the Treasury. Although this is the opening part of Cols. Darnall and Smith's So that, granting every argument ad-vanced by the minority in report, it is absolutely omitted by the minority report, and no their report, the necessity for the passage of this bill is empha­ reference made to it. sized and rendered stronger. On page 5 of the minority report they quote the balance of the If you do not pass it, you leave the United States Public paragraph, taking particular pains, it would appear, to omit Health Se,rvice and the War Risk Insurance Bureau at the the c-k>sing sentence, us follows: mercy of every department chief who may have a worn-out hos­ These are two of the least-desirable properties which we now occupy. pital to get riel of. Instead of ve ting the Secretary of the There was very good reason for this running to cover. Both Treasury with authority, as tbis bill does, to demand. :-.nd take of these hospitals are on leased ground. Neither of them were over hospital facilities not in use, you put him in the position built for hospital purposes. They are General Hospital No. of a supplicant obliged to negotiate and haggle over terms. 23, at Hot Springs, N.C., and General Hospital No. 15, at Corpus This touches only the departmental end of it, but what have Christi, Tex. General Hospital No. 23, at Hot Springs, N. c., you to say of the situation in which you put the soldiers of our was converted into a hospital, but General Hospital No. 15, at country ·who have jeopardized their lives and limbs in behalf of Corpus Christi, Tex., bas not been adapted in nny sense what- their country? Is this an adequate return to make to them? ever for hospital uses. . While department chiefs are haggling over the turning over In regard to the Hot Springs hospital, it may be said that it of hospitals that they do not want which are on leased. ground, had to be temporarily abandoned on account of the outbreak of and when the Public Health Service finishes haggling O\er the typhoid fever. It is so situated as to be flooded at certain times continuation of leases, the crippled aml disabled soldiers will of the year, and the drinking water is said to be polluted. It walk the streets without care and attention. was, I may say, for this reason that the German prisoners l\1r. CLl'llNON. Will the gentleman yield? interned there were taken away. Mr. GRIFFIN. I yield to the gentleman from Illinois. It may be well in passing to point here to the contradiction Mr. CANNON. I ha-ve not yet completed the reading of the between the report of Drs. Darnall and Smit11 and. the exhibit bill, but I have gone far. enough to find tbis language: Thnt the which they annex to their report. On page 22 in the paragraph Secretary of the Treasury is to utilize the Public Health Serv­ above IL:entioned, which is quoted in the minority report on pa..,e ice, and so on, and I read in line 7- 5, the _cap~city of,.,. General Hospital No. 23, at Hot Springs, Soldiers and sailors, patients of the War Risk Bureau, and for others N. C., Is g1ven as tOO beds. On page 24 of tlle hearings (No. entitled to treatment by the Public Health Service. 16) the total bed capacity of this hospital is given as 250. Now, the law has been amended so that people that nevt'l" Tlli.s is contained in Exhibit A, annexed. to the report of Drs. dreamed of being in the Army can be treated by the Public Darnall and Smith. In other words, the narrative contained Health Service. If the gentleman is not aware of it, I want to in the .report and the figures contained in the exhibit do not both surprise nnd amaze him. agree. Mr. GRIFFIN. I am not at all amazed or surprised l>y that, HospitaLs which the Wa1· Department claims to ve able; sooner o1· Zater to turn over (o1· the use of t1£e Public Health Sen:ice. ' because the functions of the Public Health Service are clearly [Seep. 22, IIearings No. 16.] defined by Jaw. They are obliged to take care of the sick of the Geodetic Survey; they are obliged to take care of the merchant Bed seamen. The gentleman will find on page 3 of our report a capacity. Remarks. summary of tl1eir responsibilities : At the present time the United States Public Health Service stands obliged by law to treat the following casef! : General Hospital No. 23, Hot Springs, N.C. (Ex­ . 700 Leased. . hi bit A, p. 24, states bed capacity as 250). (1) Merchant l'eamen . GencralHospitai ro. 9, Lake\vood, N.J...... (2) The Mississippi River Commission. 904 Do. (3) The United States Coast Guard Service. General Hospital No.l3, Danville, N.Y...... 268 Do. General Hospital No. 15, ·corpus Christi, Tex .. ___ _ ( 4) The United States Liahthouse Service. 257 Do. (5) The Engineer Corps of the United States Army. General Hospital No. IS, Waynesville, N.C._. ___ _ 600 Do. General Hospital No. 19, Long Beach, Long Island. (G) The United States Coast and Geodetic Survey. 1,000 Do. (7) Civilian employees injured under the workman's compensation act. (8J Ch·ilian employees ivjured on Army transports. 2052 CONGRESSIONAL RECOR.D-HOUSE. J ANUARY 25,

Then was passed the war-risk insuTance act of October 0, Mr. GRIFFIN: ·.ru t a moment; the gentleman bas stated 1917, which imposed the additional burden of caring for dis­ that I was. lacking in candor. charged soldiers and sailors. It is a matter of pure conjecture 1\lr. CANNON. Oh, I said I had failed to make myself unt1er· .wllat limits that burden will extend to. stood or the gentleman was lacking in candor. Mr. C.A.i~"'NON. Does that end the list? ~r. GRIFF!N. I do not think that the gentleman has nny­ :Ur. GRIFFIN. That ends the list. thmg as a baSis for the statement; the bill reads " and for otters 1\lr. CANNON. If the gentleman will allow me right there, entitled to treatment by the Public Health Service." the Public Health Service was authorized under the law-I 1\fr. CANNON. Yes. called attention to it, and I -..Till hunt it up again-- Mr. GRIFFIN. Others entitled to treatment by the .Public l\Ir. GH.IFFIN. The gentleman can tell me what it is, and I Health Service. ''Vho are entitled to treatment by the Public may admit it. Health Service? :.\Ir. C.A....."'\'"KO:N. It is the right of the people of the United l\Ir. CANNON. Any indindual-- States that never dreamed of being in the service, male a.nd 1\Ir. GRIFFIN. No; not any individual; only tho e who are female, to be treated for Yarious classes of diseases. enum~rated on page 3 of the majority report. • l\Ir. GRilJ'FIN. That is true; I have the chart here. l\Ir. OANNON. But we are not going to enact the report are Mr. CANNON. Then the gentleman, when he read from ·the we? We are going to enact the bill. ' report, ball forgotten that. l\Ir. GRIFFIN. They are not entitled to treatment by virtue Mr. GRIFFIN. No; the gentleman had not forgotten it. I of the report or of this proposed law; but they are entitl~d ~>aid in the report that the burden put on the Public Health to treatment by virtue of laws heretofore pas ed by Con­ Service '"as Yery much enlarged. They haye been enlarged gress. right along year after year since the Public Health Service was l\Ir. C.AJ.~XOX Preci ely, and that includes people who lla\e organized in 1798. Last year the Public Health Service treated the measles, the smallpox, the influenza, or any other disease. 22,419 patients. But whether or not the Public Health Service lUr. GRIFFIN. That does not happen to be so; and even if has other burdens upon it placed there by Congress--the care of it were, would the gentleman seek to lessen the benevolence of the ick and disabled in other departments-there is no gainsay­ any go\ernmental function? · ing the fact, no getting away from the fact, that Congress on 1\!r. A.L'rnON. If I should vote for that, ...... ith that provision October 6, 1917, passed tile war-risk insurance amendment which in 1t, then I would vote to put all of the doctors in the United puts the burden of caring for all of the war-risk insurance cases States on the Public Health Service, and I would treat every- on the Public Health Serrice. Now, let me get at the meat of body alike. · this matter. :!Ur. GRIFFIN. The proposed bill simply provides that the :llr. CANNON. This is the meat; would the gentleman favor Secretary of the Treasury be, and is hereby, authorized and an amendment striking out, in lines 7 and 8, the words " and directed to provide immediate additional hospital and sanato­ for others entitled to treatment by the Public Health Service "? rium facilities for the care and treatment of discharO"ed "nd Ur. GRIFFIN. No; that would be preposterous; that is disabled soldiers and sailors, patients of the ·war Risk In;ur­ equivalent to voting to repeal eTe1·y law that has been passed unce Bureau, and for others entitled to treatment by the Public enlarging the scope of the Public Health Service. Health Service. l\1e. CANNON. That enables the Public Health Service to l\Ir. C~'"NON. It is the last statement to which I object. treat any man, woman, or child in civil life. Mr. GRIFFIN. W11o is entitled to treatment by the Public l\Ir. GRIFFIN. Surely it does, if entitled by existing laws. Health Service? Not everybody. The law has already pro­ No,Y,. I decline to yield further. vide~ as to who may be beneficiaries of the Public Health Mr. LAZARO. ·will the gentleman yield? SerVIce. ~fr. GRIFFIN. I will yield to the gentleman from Loui i.ana. l\fr. C~"'NON. Th"erybouy who is sick: Mr. LAZARO. Did the committee ascertain· how many tuber- 1\Ir. GRIFFIN. Not everybody who is sick; only those who cular soldiers and sailors we have·? · come within certain provisions. Mr. GRIFFIN. I am coming to that. l\fr. C.AJ.""[NON. Everybody who is sick or helpless from scar­ l\Ir. LONDON. ·wm the gentleman yield for a suggestion? let fever, mumps, or anything else. l\lr. GRIFFIN. Yes. Mr. JOHNSON of South Dakota. Mr. Chairman wm the 1\Ir. LONDON. The language in lines 7 and 8, on page 1, mean gentleman yield? ' these others entitled by existing law to treatment. Mr. GRIFFIN. I n.m very much interested in having the co­ 1\J.r. GRIFFIN. Yes. operation of the gentleman from Illinois [Mr. CANNON], who l\lr. LONDON. That is all there is of it. has taken up so much of my time, because I know his fairness Mr. GRIFFll~. Yes; that is all. You can n.ot undertake to and his wisdom and judgment. But if he does not understand a k Congress to consent to an amendment suggested by the now that there is nothing in this bill which adds to the func­ gentleman from Illinois which will repeal all former provisions tions of the Public Health Service except the care of wounded of law and take away the functions of the Public Heath Service. soldiers and sailors, then I must give up. I yield to the gentle­ Gentlen:i·en are evading the real issue here. The only point at man. issue in the consideration of this bill is-a.nd I say it with all 1\Ir. .TO~SON of South Dakota. If this bill was enacted deference, and I would like the attention of the gentleman from will the hospitals be utilized for the treatment of soldiers wh~ Illinois particularly, because he raised the point-we have noth­ were injured fighting in France or in ? · ing to do here 't\-ith the existing law. The motion to strike out Mr. GRIFFIN. They surely will. from among the beneficiaries " all other persons in other de~ l\lr. GRAHAM of Illinois. - l\fr. Chairman, will the gentleman partments" would not be germane to this bill, because it would yield? be equivalent to the repeal of all existing laws which have added 1\Ir. GRIFFIN. Yes. those department beneiiciaries to the burdens of the Public .Mr. GRA..HAl\I of illinois. Is the gentleman entirely within Health Service in years past. All we ha\e to do to-day is to the facts about that? Is it not true that in the hearings on consider whether we are going to keep our promise to the sol­ this bill it was stated by the officials of the Surgeon General's diers and the sailors who enlisted under our flag for the defense office that they did not intend to discharge soldiers who needed of our Nation in this war. If you do not provide some place medical or hospital treatment until they were cured and until for the men to go in this bill you will ha\e to provide for it in further necessity for hospital treatment was done away with? another bill. Mr. GRIFFIN. Yes; they said that. . Mr. C.AJ\TNON. Will the gentleman yield? Mr. GRAHAM of Illinois. And that, consequently, the men l\fr. GlUFFIN. Yes. who will be treated in these hospitals under the Public Health Mr. CANNON. I think I have failed to make myself under­ Service will be those who passed the draft board but who did stood, or the gentleman is not candid. I say that under the law not pass the examining physicians at the camps, and the other as it now is, passed without the knowledge of Congress,. prac­ recipients of the bounty in the Public Health Service who are tically sandwiched in, the Public Health Service can treat any named in the report. civilian in the United States-man, woman, or child-without lUr. GRIFFIN. No; that is too hasty a conclusion to draw. regard to whether they ever had any office, civil or military, in Mr. GRA.H.Al\1 of illinois. I am asking if the testimony does the service of the United States, and that would enable them to not show that? fill the hospitals and use this $10,000,000 by the simple words , l\Ir. GRIFFIN. I am going to answer the gentleman, though •• disabled soldiers and sailors, patients of the War Risk Insur­ I do not want to take up too much time, because this is con­ ance Bureau, and for others entitled to treatment by the Public suming time, and it inten·upts the train of my remarks, which Health Service." That covers every man, woman, and cllild in I had hoped to have been able to present to the House in a log· the United States. ical sequence. Answering the gentleman's question, the propf 1919. COKGRESSIOK \L RECORD-HO"CSE. 2053

of U1C pmliling i: the eating of it. There was something sahl A f~uiher showing the need fo1· increa ed ho..;pita1 facUlties you may be interested to know that there were o>e.r 71,000 beneficiaries of the 'by a reprcsentatiYe of the .Surgeon General's office that it is service treated in the 22 marine ho ,p.itals and 1Hl relief stations O'P­ theie practice not to .dischurge men until they llaye been sub­ erated during the year Ull . '1_·,-venty thousand six hundr-ed and nin~ 11f je<:tcu to a certain course of treatment, but here are the figures thc"'e wer~ treatt>(l in hospitals, but ()nly 12,797 could be accommO!lated in hospitals mvnell 'by this senice, the remaining 7,812 baying t:leen contained in a letter addre' ed to me, dated n.:s ·short a '\\"hile placed in civilian hospitals under contract. The number of benefici-aries ago as January 17, signed by Rupert Blue, the Surgeon General. -of the service treated during lDl exceeded by more than 7,000 the num­ ~lr . DYER. Surgeon General of what? ber treated during 1!l17. Serti~. It has been stated that the -policy of the Army is to ke.ep its tnber­ Mr. GRIFFIN. Of the Public Health culo is ca s until they are incapable or further impro;ement. As n l\Ir. ELLIOTT. 'That letter has been written to you ince ihe matte;,- of fact, of the 1,724 war-risk Cllses now actually under treat­ time the committee had its hearings on this bill. ment, 930 are cases of tuberculosis which have been discharged from "th~ ~ rr. GRIFFIN. Ye...,. I will say to the gentleman thnt I hn-ve Army. The Army has 8 tuberculosis hospitals, and at the pre ent time has o>er .5,000 tul.lerculo 1s patients undill' treatment. En-n though the the latest information and statistics on thls measure, right down po1icy may be to keep ca ·e-s in the Army until they are. arrested {)1' to dnte. '..rhat letter .states that 24,500 tubercular patients have incapable of further irnpro>ement by treatment, it is neTertheless a. fact been discharged. Twenty-four thousand five lumdred tubercu­ that an arrested ease i · not necessarily a ClU'ed ca , nnd is liable to suffer .a J.'ccurrenee of the disease under unfavorable conditions. There­ losis patients nctua1Jy discharged, men with their lungr. sloughed fore, e>en eases of tuberculosis which are di charged as arrested or not R'\Yay fr.om the gases in Franee, men with lungs impaired, dis­ needing further treatment by the Army become potential bcn.eiiciat;~s -of clutrgeil; and they can no longer be admitted into the .Army the War Risk Insurance Bureau, and an incre.a. ing number of these wi11 undoubtedly continue to become actual beneficiaries of that bureau antl 1w:pital . There is no :place for them to go except to the Public require h'Ospital treatment in the future as they ha;e during the past. Health Service. Respectfully, :Mr. DYER. D.o they not go to New Mexico? RUPERT BL'CE, Stn·geon General. l\!r. GRIFFIN. There is no accommodation for them. The You wm notice tbat of the ~,220 ca cs of epilep~y 2,200 had .Army itself tell.s u.s that it ha nQ accommodation; that it ca.n been discharged from the Army up to December 1. Is the gen· not treat men 1tfter they are discharged from the service. tleman from lilinoi listening to that? The 2,200 epileptics were Please l~t u get this mto our heads-that the Army hospita'Ls discharged from the Army up to December 1. and 250 approxi­ can not and will not, lmder the law. treat a lllil1l .after he has mately were discharged during December. The precise number been once discharged and re umes .his civilian .status. There is reported during December is not yet a\aUalJle, but the Army is the contingency :that has been created, created by the 1\Iembers discharging epileptics at the rate of 250 per month. Then there of this Congress. is another dhision Qf men who will be subject to treatment by 1\lr. JUUL. 1\:lr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield? this Public Health Service, possible potential beneficiaries under Mr. GRIFFIN. Yes. this act. Mental cases, including p ychoneuTosis of nil types rc~ ::\Ir. JUUL. I think I want to agree with the gentleman, and ported up to January 1, 1919, approximate 50,000. This include I want to help llim {)ut, if I may. not only cnses already reported to the 'Var Uisk Bureau, but · 1\lr. GRIF~It'IN. I thank the gentleman -very much. .also those known to exist in the Army and not yet· di charged. ~Ir. JUUL. · If I understand this bill correctly, arul I think I All of tho e., -except the incurably insane, a -comparatively small do a far us we haYe gone, it directs the Secretary of the Treas­ percentage of the total, will be ultimately recommended for dis~ nry to provide immediate additional hospital .and .sanatorium 'Charge. facilities for the care and treatment of diJ charged soldiers .and Mr. AUSTIN. What is the totnlnmnber, may I n k? rSailors. patients of the War Risk InsuTance Bureau. T)lat is 1\!r. GRIFFIN. The total number as figured by the Surgeon the meat of it. General of the Public Health Service is 81,444. Now, my distinguished friend from illinois is apparently wor­ 1\lr. 1\IcKENZIE. Will the gentleman yield for n question? .ri.eu over thi line, "and for others entitled to trentmenl by the 1\lr. GRIFFIN. I would rather not, :if the gctl.tleman will per­ Public Health SerY:ice." You are not adding a line of law. mit me to go aheM!, as my time is sho.rt. l\ir. GRIFFIN. Not a bit. Mr. McKENZIE. I will make it very brief, and the gentle­ 1\11·. JUUL. The existing conditions-- man Cilll p11t it in his speech if he .ert-ends it. I would like to Mr. GlliFFIN. And we arc not repealing any law that ex­ know whether he has the fact showing the number of epileptic ists. colonies in the \arious States and also the number of tubercu­ air. JUUL. All these people who might be covered by lines 7 losis sanitarium in the various States that might be utilized nnd 8 in this bill n.re ilieady covered"! for this purpo e? Mr. GRIFFIN. By ·statute which have ah·eady been pas ed. "1\lr. GRIFFIN. No; I have not; but I have other figures here 1\lr. JUUL. Absolutely. more closely related to this bill. I calle(] up the War Risk :Mr. GIUFFIN. Y~ Bureau on January 22, and I got CoL Banks, Chief of the Medi­ l\lr. .JUUL. And if you were to strike out-- ,cal Division of the War Risk Bureau, on the phone. He to1tl Mr. GRIFFIN. Paruon me, but my time is slwrt anu I me that the number of applications filed .at the Wnr Risk Bureau ·promise(] to yield time to otber gentlemen. Mr. Chairman, how up to date was 14,200. All of those men are clamoring for much time have I remaining? treatment-all soldiers or sailors-and the Public Health Serv­ The CIIAil'l\1AN. Twenty-five minutes remain to the gentle­ ice has just 22 ho pitals, having a bed capacity of 1,548, to num. accommodate them. Now, how in God's name are they going :Mr_ JUUL. \\by, clearly, if 've ;trike this <>ut instead of to be accommodated? pa. sing ihe act, 'Yc "Will be .triking out the meat of the other 1\lr. BARI\THART. How many? act . 1\ir. GRIFFil~. Fourteen thou and two l.mndred. That these 1\ir. GRIFFIN. Yes. :figures containeu a mode t estimate of tl1e probable number of lr. AUSTIN. I suggest ihat the gentleman finish the rending patient. of the War Risk Insurance Bmeau is shown by the of Gen. Blue's letter. following estimate of discharges from the United States Army _Jr. GRIFFIX. I am obliged to the gentleman for bis sug- , for the year 1918 as gi"ven to me by Col. Love, of the United ge.:tion. States Medical Corps. On January 23 the statement was tlmt TREASURY DEPARTiUENT, the .discharge up to December 31, 1918, were for tuberculosis, PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, Washindton, January 11, 1919. 17,000; for epilepsy, 3,000; for mental diseases, 1o:ooo; and for llou. ATn.o.·y ;r, GuUJFI:K, miscellaneous disabilities, 70,000, making a total of 100,000 en­ Jfou e of Rcpresentatit:es, Wasltington, D. a. ·feebled and disabled soldiers of the United State~ Army who are ~ Ml: DEAR MR. GRIFFIN: The following memorandum is submilteu, as reqn ·tealla.ble, but Army is discharging epi­ Mr. GRIFFI1 T. The law specifically provides that the Treas­ leptics at rate of about 2:i0 :per month.) ury Department, .or tlle United States rather, should look after Mental cases, inclncll.Dg psychoneurosis of all types, reported to them.. The Trta.Sury Department specifically has the burden. Jan. 1, 1919, appro.:s.lma.tely ------;:;o, 000 The Public Health Seniee i. merely :1. burcnu of the Treasury (Thts includes not only cases ~ady reporteil to War Risk Department. nm· au, but also tho e known to ex.i tin the Army, but not -u>t disch:ll.<;ell. All of these, except the inetn·abl insane, .a compara· Mr. GOOD. I nnder"'tillld lliat. Kow, what is intended to be tiYely small percentage of the total, will be ultimately I'ecom- embraced in lhe language in line 7, .. and others entitlel1 to mcntle

Mr. GRIFFIN. I think I co•ered that in my answer before. forces of the> l.nited States who are beneficiaries of the Bureau of War Risk Insurance, and are in immediate neell of sanatorium facilities. If the gentleman will look at the majority report, he wiJl notice 2. Under the provi. ions of the amenlletl act of October 6, 1917, de­ that on page 3 be "ill find the various departments of the Go\­ fining the duties of this bureau it is provided in a1·ticle 3, section 300, ernment that are entitled to treatment lmder the laws. paragraph 3, that the sick or injured beneficiaries "shall be furnished by the United States such rea ·onable governmental medical, surgical, Mr. GOOD. I want to ask if, in drawing that report, the com­ and hospital services and with such supplie"', incJuding artificial limbs, mittee had before it thi13 express prortsion of law and if the mem­ trusses, and similar appliances as the director may determine to be bers of the committee have personally gone into that matter? useful and reasonably nece. ary." 3. Section 303 provided that "as frequently and at such times anll Mr. GRIFFIN. They did very thoroughly. Now, gentlemen, places as may be reasonably required, submit himself to examination I want to lay a few figures before you, so that they mll appeal by a medical officer of the United States or by a duly qualified physician to your imagination, to your vision. designated or approved by the director!' 4. At present the only ·• goyernmental" hospital services aTallable for I know that figures and statistics are tiresome. However, this work are the ho pitals and relief stations of the United States do you know what the entire sh·ength of the Reg-nlar Army Public Health Service, as the hospitals of the Army and Navy can not was on KoYember 11, 1918? It was 515,728; the National be used for the treatment of discharged soldiers and sailors under the law, because these men haTe resumed their civilian status, and for the Guard, 461,048; drafted men, 2,815,000; making a total of further reason that these ho. pltals are entirely occupied with the sick 3,791,776. Now, the strength of the Army at the highest point, and disabled who are now in actiTe military and naval service. The before deductions were made for casualties, was as follows: chief medical advisor of this bureau is now making use of every hospital and relief station of the Public Health Service in all parts of the Volunteers, 1,167,G47; drafted, 2,818,000. country, and as this hospitalization of discharged soldiers and sailors is And yet in the presence of those figures the minority report Increasing, the neces ity of making increased provisions in the hospitals dares say that it is for the care and treatment of the drafted of this senfce will be more acute when the Army is numerically in­ creased. men who ncYer went over on the other side that these additional 5. The great problem connected with this work is the caring for dis­ facilities are required. Where, in the name of Heann, can they charged soldiers and sailors sutl'ering from tuberculosis, and as 10,000 ueduce that assumption from anything that was produce(!. be­ haTe already been d!scharged and are eligible for compensation and sanatorium treatment, the chief medical advisor informs me that he bas fore our bearings? We have 2,000,000 boys .o\er on the other already filled the Government sanatorium at Fort Stanton, N. Mex., to side, or we had at the conclusion of hostilities, Jess the number its capacity, and that he is finding difficulty in procuring suitable bed who offered up their lives or were wounded. space in local ho. pita! , where the cost of maintaining them is greater than in the Government institutions. Mr. STAFFORD. Will the gentleman yield? 6. The experience of the allied nations should be om· guide in making ::\Ir. GRIFFIN. The time is very short. I would prefer that preparation for the cases which will inevitably become a charge upon the gentleman hold his question until some of the other l\Jembers thiR bureau in the near future, as both England and France ha>e re­ turned tens of thousands of cases from the front broken down by this are speaking. disease. Mr. STAFFORD. The gentleman has maue a report that 7. It is therefore the de&iJ:e of this bureau that this condition be repre­ sented to the •'urgeon General of the United States Public Health Serv­ directly relates to the bill, but, if the gentleman wishes, I will ice, directing his attention to the department's needs in this respect. not embarrass him. and urging Ws cooperation in providin~ sufficient bed space, either by the l\Ir. GRIFFIN. A.ccortling to Gen. Pershing, up to :NoYember enlargement of hospitals now existmg or the construction of new buildings. 18, 1918, there were killed in action in the American Expedi­ He pectfully, WILLIAM C.' DlilLANOY, tionary Forces 36,145. The totals carried up to January 24-that Dit·ector. is, ye"terday-are: Killed in action, 31,019; uied of wounds, A. n re. ult of thi. initiati\e, a conference was arranged be­ 13,u72; died of disease, 18,865; died unclassifi tl, 2,705; wounded, tween· the t_hree mo t interested departments of the Govern­ 1 9,935; prisoners, 3,367; missing in action, 14,829. ment-the A.rmr, the XayJ·, nntl the Public Health Service-and But I want to emphasize that nearly 190,000 boys were the res1,1lt of their labors was embraced in the following report : wounded oYer there on the other side. Have we no \ision to see SEPTEMBER 11, 1918. what i going to happen in the future? Can we not see those Report of the committee appointed by the chairman of the conference !Joys coming !Jack here to this country, bobbling along our of officers of the Army, Navy, and Public Health Service to obtain streets on crutches, with their pale, wan face , and clad in their data r('garding the number of men discharged from the mll1ta1·y force , a ml the percentage ot those engaged who will become bene­ faded coats of khaki, with arms missing, with their lungs pol­ ficiaries of the War Risk Iusurance Bureau; also to present conclu­ luted by disease which they contracted in the trenches? And sions. if any could be reached, regarding the accommodations which is any man going to say that these men should not llUYe proYision shoulu ue furnished to those patients. made for them? This committee has the hono~: to make the following report: The largest number of discharged soldiers requiring treatment will No"·· I take it from the questions that haYe been asked that be ca. e of tuberculosis. Fourteen thousand men have already been the principal embarrassment is that which struck the committee discharged from the Army on account of this disease. During the remainder of the calendar year 1918 and during the year 1919 it is in our hearings, namely, Are there not accomn:;-odations enough? estimated that 20,000 men will lJe rejected on their primary examina­ Ye15; there are accommodation , but those accommodation are tion at the camps after induction into the service. for the Army, not for the discharged oldiers. The Army had 'Ihe War Risk Insurance Bureau of the Treasury Department would haTe to care for these patients. From its experience, thl'ee-fourths, or up to yesterday 42,000 \acant beds, but there are 120,000 abnut 26,000, will aTall themselns of sanatormm treatment. wounded boys on the other side -who haYe not yet come oyer, It is estimated that the aTerage length of time the patients will :mel they ha Ye got to be taken care of. remain in a tuberculosis sanatorium is six months. Therefore 13,000 beils will be required for these patients. Now, it was quite evident to our committee that the Army The number of soldJers that will be uischarged from the Army here­ llas no facilities to turn o\er to the Public Health Service. after during the war will be small, as !t is the policy of the War De- . l\lr. DYER. The Army has plenty of funds with which to partment ince May 21, 1918, not to discharge tub€.'t:culous soldiers as long as they need sanatorium treatment. Practically the same policy provide additional boNpitnls. is followed in the Xavy Department. Mr. GRIFFIN. They haYe the funds; but they are not con­ The War and Navy Departments haTe made no provision for the fronted ~ith the burden of respon ibility of caring for the dis­ treatment of patients other than those of the active forces. and therefore no beds are nxai!able for patients of the War Risk Insurance Bureau. charged soldiers. The numb r of soldiers di. charged for diseases other than tuber- l\lr. DYER. They are not discharging them. I ha\e receiYed ~~~f{~n~h~~n 'G~llta~~~u~~~·cboofsp}.t:~isad~~n1~~~~~1~~s will probably be many denials of discharge of those alreauy wounded and crip­ EARL H. Bnu:xrs, pled. Lieutena.nt Oolonel, l\Ir. GRIFFIN. I haYe read figures sbO\Ying the nurn!Jer of Medical Om·ps, United States Army. W. E. EATON, _men that have been disclla1·ge<1. Lieutenant Oommandc1-. 1\lr. DYER. They will not discharge them until they are well. Medica~ Corps, United States Anny. W. G. STIMPSON, l\Ir. GRIFFIN. They haYe discharged 24,500 patients suffer­ Assistant Sut·geon General, ing from tuberculosis and who are not cured. Their condition United States Public Healtl~ Ser.,;ice. might have been alleviated; but tuberculosis is not a disease that can be permanently cured. As early as last July, l\Ir. DeLanoy, After n. careful ex..'lmination of this report former Secretary the Director of the Bureau of ·war Risk Insurance, called the of the Treasury ~IcAdoo forwarued the following letter to the attention of the Secretary of the Treasury to the pressing need Speaker, 1918. TnEASGRY DEPARTMEXT, The SPEAKER Ho-csE OF RErnESEXTATI\ES, BcnEAU OF WAn RISK I~scnAXCE. Washington, D. 0. Waslliugtou, July ao; 1918. Sm: I haTe the honor to submit herewith a tentative draft of legis­ Subject : Need of enlarged hospital facilities. lation, with the request that the same be referred to the Committee on The SECRETARY OF THE TnEASt:'RY. Public Buildings and Grounds for immediate consideration : SIR: 1. I haTe the honor to invite your attention to the care and u Be- it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he treatment of men who haTe been discharged from the military and naval is hereby, authorized and directed to provide immediate additional 1919. COKGRE 'SIOKAL PLEOORD-HOUSB. 2055

hospital and snnntorium facilities for the care anu treatment of dis­ r~sponsibility of supplying ac ~ orumodatious for the sick and disal.Jlect ('harA'rcl, sick-, and disabled · oldiers and sailor.:, patients of the War iliseharged sole matle immediately a'l'ailable for the by purcha. or otbNwi '1.' at Rllch 11laccs a: be may elect, including the pur]io ~ e abo\'e . tatcll. remodeling of such of the eA"i ting or autborizetl buildings and their R spectfully, equipment, owned b-y the UnltPd Stutes, as may be neceR ·ary to economi­ W. G. :llcll)oo, Scaetaru. cally adapt such facilitie to tho: herein provid d, at th~ ·ana torium at Fort Stanton, N.Mex., and at uch of the ma.rille ho pital where increased Upon tllC receivt of tllis 1 >tter tile ommittee on I'nblic facllilie · can be placed, at a limit of cost for ites antl buililings, llnildlng;:; uml Ground · began a wry painstaking inn~stigution etc., as afor aid, complete, of 9,700,000, ot· as much thereof n may of the hospital sitnation in the -nitetl States. be f nnu -ne e.sary; for mi>wf'lL'ln om:: furniture anu equipment for the above. 00,000; in nll, 10.300.000, antl the above amountH arc I "ant to ~ay here that in the beginning I think llie ma­ hereby authorized, and when appropriatetl to be immediately a•ai1ablt:! jority of the committee were again t this measure. 'Vben "e and remain available until cxpen!l tl. learned t.hat the .Army ho~pitals \\ere not available to clis­ "Tho Secretary of the Treasury, in securing n.uuitlonal ites hert>in pro-rided fur, may roque t the I'; ereta.ry of War, the '-lecretary of the cha.rgeretary of Agriculture, -or the Secretary of the lllterior The minority report contain • a table howing the 1.10. pitals to tran fer to tbo Trca ury Department such -land& or part of lanl1 undet· the control of th~ War Department. Pennit me to say under their contro-l, not r quired for other purpose ·, as may be found suitable for this use, antl they arc hereby authorized to make snell that thi. \ery table, nse l by the minority, was compiled ex­ transfer as maF be in the intere t of the <"'rovcrnmcnt. plicitly at my inStance and request. On page 19 of the hearing · "In carrying the fort>goin~ authorization into effect, tl1e Secretary ~ ~o . lG, D c. D, 191 ) you will fint1 the follo\Ting in our ex­ of the TrcaSUl'y mny ente-r into contract for the leusc or purcha c of cxiRtin"' builclings. grounu , aml equipmt.'llt, or purcha. e materjals amination of Col. Winfred H. ~mith, "Gnit-cd States ::\1edicnl and labor in the open market, or otherwi!;e, and eruploy laborer. and Corps: mechanics for the construction of Rnch buildings nnd thcir equipment Mr. t;n1 ETL-. I think it woultl lx• well to hun~ Col. Smilh have a as in his judgment shall be t meet the pnl>llc e:xrgencies, within the copy of hi. t~timony which he has gi>en ~re to-day. The figures limits of this authorization. :md fncts which he has gi'I'Cll in hi.· t • timony are somewhat discon­ ., nd the Secretary of th Tt·ea ·ury i he1·eby aulborized, ~n his aca.nt. In thereto, at a total limit of co t for such udllitional technica.l and ~llort, a summary and recapitulation of all his te tlmony. clerical services and tra•eling expense-·, etc., or not exceeding ~33(},000 The C'HAI'C.llAN". Yes; nnd _partlcularly, I would like the information ()f the above-mentioned limit of co t." - to come from the War Departmf'nt propel' as to when we can expect, Attached hereto arc photostatic copies of cerlain reports and reeom~ ·if eyer, to get them; beeau e, no matter bow well they are suite(l fo-r mendations, whicil arc . lf-explnnatocy and Rhow the nece~ ity for the the purpose. if we can not get them they arc not worth anything to us. above legislation. Mr. B.1nXIIART. Well, we can get them by legislation, even if the Respectfully, W. G. Mc..ll>oo, 'ccrcf011J. W3r Departml'nt says they can not give them up ; we haTe authority Secretary 1\IcAdoo felt that the mattel' wn · so urgent that he to do that. followed this letter up with another on To,ember 1 , 1918, in '\Then Col. Smith·. recapiLlla.tion and tables came in we which 110 set out the rca. ·ons requiring, in llis judgment, it im­ fo-und that e-ven if we had double the facilitie and all were medlate passage. capable of surrender to the Pablic Health Service; we could not I call your attention sr cifi ally to tllC claru next to the la t use. a single ho pital without some specific authority. in \Thlch he states that" the War Department i desirous of dis­ We then amended the bill us you ·will find on page 3, lines char ing these en~ . into the care of the 'Var lli k In. urance 1 to 16, so us to authorize th Public Health ~er-vice to negotiate 'nnr nu:" with and procure from t.he other branches of the Go-vernm~nt TnE.\SultY DEP.l.llTMENT, e-ver;r hospital facility attainable--and~ mark this: 'Ve enjoin 0FPICE OF THE RECUET.\.r.T. them not to use a cent of 1.hi appropriation until they ha-ve ac­ Washin[!ton, N(n:cmber 1 , JM . quired e•ery aYailuble hospital from the other departments. The , ·1·E~KE1l IIo ·sE OF llJ:t•I::hlSE~T.ITIVEs, . llaS11illgton., D. 0. The interest of the ucw SecTetary of the Treasury, the Hon. Sm: Pressing neces ity of the utmost gravity impels me to invite Carter Glass, not so long ago one of our most highly esteemed yo~r attention to two bills penerr urgent and at this writing I understand that the bill is only waiting for a need of providing additional hospital facilities for the care and treat­ quorum in the House to complete UHl legi lation in that branch of ment of patients- of the Public Health Service and for discharged sol­ {!ongress. diers nncl sailors who are beneficiaries of the War Risk Insurance, for In my letter of September 20, tmnsmitting a tentati>e draft of legisla­ which the •.rreasury Department is charged by law with tho responsi­ tion, which has since been given H. R. 1302o1• there was also transmitted bility of providing hospital accommodations and treatment. B report from a committee appointed by the >::lecretnry of' War, the Secre­ The present total normal bell capacity of hospitals under the control tary of the Navy, and myself, in which the statement was made . that of this department is but 1,54 , while on November 20 there were ac­ 1.8,000 beds would be required fol' these _patients, and that the War tually 1,5G6 patients in its bospaals. Indeed it bas been necessary for and Navy Departments had made no proVJ ion for patients other tlmn many months to crowd our hospitals to the limit of their capacity by those of active forces, and therefore the War and Navy Departments placing additional beds in undesirable places and to refuse admission had no· beds a>a.ilable !or patients of t'he War Risk In uranee Burean, t() many who are entitled to b·eatment in our bospital9. This depart­ 0 ment also bas the names and addre ses of upwards of 50,000 other cases ~~~ n~~Jl~n ~g· ;fmWs r~d~~~t~~~Y~EC<>theG~it~~tth~ entitled tmder law to receive treatment for which there arc absolute·ly made t1J:1t these beds would not be for temporary purposes, but will be no hospital accommodations. needed for years to come, and that the estimated cost of SU1Jplying the A comprehensiTc and carefully worked out scheme of adUitional llo~­ ':number of beds r equired wouW b6' 26,000,000 for hospital accommoda­ pitnl accommodations, much of wblch will be of 3 more J?erm3nent ,tions for soldiers and sailors sutrerlng from tuberculosis. nature anu affording a permanent groundwork for the hospitalization In addition to these patients, I am advised in a letter dated October of persons ~ntitleu to treatment by this department, is provided for in a from the· chief medical advisor of the War Risk Insurance Bureau, bill which has been given No. II. I!. 1:::020, now n.waiti.rrg action by the t the Surgeon General of the United States A1·my had asked for some House of Represcntat1Tes. ctlcal solution for supplying sanatorln. fo1· restorative or institutional It is reasonable to presume from the location of thi9 blll on the . eatment of persons di1 charged from the military and naval · forces Ilousc ca1endar that consic1cration of it will not be reached f.or a very :suffering~ from epilepsy, due to shell shock and other causes. The War considerable time, pos..c:fbly not this session, and as the most urgent Department is desirous of di charging these cases into tile care of the need of these additional accommodations is for the benefit of discharged War llisk In urance Bureau. In connection with these case ~ it is solcllers and sailo1·s who require and arc entitled to hospital treatment, ll!stimated that accommodations for not less than 2.000 should be im­ it is of Yital interest to every section of the Nation that the Govern­ ineailn.ble at the earlie t possiiJle moment. Since th~sc estimates l'llay I not . ngae-. t antl nrge thn t a ~-pcc:ial' rule bP. bt·ought by your were transmitted to Congres · an arnlist1ce has been decl.!lred and hos­ committee fo-t· the immediate con itlernhon of t his hill ns reporte(.l by tilities c a seu, but while the, nrc happy condition , it has, as a matter the Committee on I'ublic lluiltHng. anu Groumls fin December 21, a . of fact, fore~uortened tllc <1a5· nnll lwur wb~n ho::.-pital accommodations . copy of which is herl!lo altncheu ? must be made availal.Jle and bas pres ·eu borne to ·me the tremf'ndons I:.eRpcctrully, C.u:n:u GL.l.Ss, ScCI'e lary. 2056 COXGRESSIOX~-tL RECORD-HOUSE. J ..A.NUARY 25,

ExHIDIT A. EXHIBIT D. Total strengt11 of ["11ited States jo1·ccs-An11y, Nar:y, an(Z Marine 001ps. 1\'An DEP.\UTMENT, OFFICE OF THE l:lCUGEO. GENEllAL, Enlist­ January 1,, 1919. Total Enlist­ ments lion. AXTHOXY J. GUIIlFIX, strength ments to June30, Totals, !louse of Rep1·esentati~; es, Washington, D. C. . Apr.2, June30, 1917, Nov.ll, DEAR )fR. GRIFEI~: Complying with your request contained in your 1917. 1917. to Sept. 20, 1918. letter of January 15, 1 am directed by the Surgeon General to supply 1918. the following information: In United States : Total number of beds now available ______109, 059 Regular Army...... 121, 797 117,9741 275,957 1 ~~f;b~~ Total number of beds now occupied______66, 529 Total number of beds· now vacant______42, 530 £~!i~~tn?e~~~~----- ~:: ::::::::::::: ---- ~~·- ~~- ---- ~~: ~~: .,.. --~~~-~:- 2, 815,000 ------:------Totalseas numberto date ______of sick and wounded returned from over- 51,332 286,0 9 I 301,693 I 388,994 I 3, 791,776 Total number returned since Dec. 27, 1018______Ul, 749 In Europe: Strength or Army at highest point ~ Total number of men recei-dng treatment in American before deductions made by hospitals in France, including the English and French casna!ties: hospitals as reported from American Expeditionary Forces Jan. 120, 391 ~~;~r~~-~~---.-~::: :::::::::::: :!:::::::::::: :::::::::::: :::::::::::: ~: ~~~:~ Trusting this gi>es2------you the desired information, I remain, Total...... :.. _____ ... __ ...... _,:------_------t\:,---3,-9-82_,-_54_7 \ery truly, yours, 1\~IXFOUD H. SMITII, Colonel, Medical Co1·1JS, U. S. A. MarineCorps ...... , 13,585 ------~ 67,8291 72,440 l"aited States !\a>y...... 62,667 ...... 216,644 l"nitecl State Naval Resen-e ..... ------32,379 ...... 290,963 ExnrnrTE. "Cnited tate Ka\al Militia ...... !...... 10,088 ...... 14,842 Present and potential bcnejicim·ics of tllc Wat· Risk Insurance Burcat' under act oj Oct. G, 1911. Wnt•-risk insm·nuce cases now actually under treatment, up to T~~~- i~~~~§i~-~f- :-~~~-~ -~~- j_:------_-_------I~J Jan. 1u, 1D19, inclusive------1, 724 Soldiers, sailors. and marines discharged up to Jan. 1, 1919, - , because of tuberculosis------2-l, 500 T~\a;e~~~~~~- ~1- ~-r~-~:~~~ - ~ ------I------.-.-- -f-==1 4,386, 66.3 Cases of epilepsy reported to the United States Army up to charged)Dec. 1, 1918 ______(up______to Jan._____ 1, 191!),______2,500 cases ba\·e been _dis-___ 5,220 EXTilBlT B. Mental cases, including p!';ychoneurosis of all types, reported in Casualties ia A.mn·ican E_:rpcditiouary Forces to Jan. 2~, 1919. the Army up to Dec. 1, 1918, approximately ______tiO, 000 Total------81,444 Pershing's I Total to Applications fileu at War Risk Insurance Bureau up to Jnmlat·y 22, report to J 1919, inclusiYe (statement of CoL Banks. chief medical addser of the XoY.18,191 . an. 24,1919. War IUsk Insurance Bureau), 14,200; and coming in at the rate of 200 I per day. -K-~-U-ed--in--ac-1-io_n__ -__ -__- _-_ ------__-_- __- _-__-_- __-_-_ -__-_ -__-_- __-_- __- _-__-_- _-- -!} , /{ 31,019 That these figures contain a modest estimate of the probable or poten­ tial beneficiaries of the War Risk Insurance llureau is shown by the D1ed of wounds ...... _...... ___ ----...... 36 145 13,572 following estimate of discharges from the United States Army for tbe Died of clLea~e-- _____ ...... ------14,811 ·1 , ~~ year 191 . as giYen by Col. Lon:-, United States Medical Corp , on 2 January 23, Hl19 : ~!~~de~~~~~~~·_-_-::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 17~:~ 1 9;95-5 Prisoners ...... _...... __ .... _.. _...... 2, 163 3, 367 Total disclw1·ges to date Dec. 81, 1918 (estimated tor 1918). Missing in action ...... ----.. 1, 160 14, 2;} 27 Death;~al-rmy ij;1fliii6ci- · i:iies,' ioi~i i()j;~;:io: i9i9:: _·_ .... ~~·-~~~- I ~;~~ For miscellaneous disabll1tles------70, 000 Casualties in Marine Corps: ~~~ ~~~~~d~~~~~~~======:&:88& Total ______100, 000

EXHiniT F. ~~e:: ::.::: .• ::.•••:::•:•:::·::-::.•• r:~ Total paticuts treated in united States by· Public Health Scn;ice. --- i------1 11,574 Cnsualties in Xn1y: (Fiscal years ending June 30, 1917, and June 30, 1!)18.) Killed __ . _... _... _. ______..... _. ____ .. __ . . 1, 520 ·wound eel ...... __ ~ __ . __ .• __ • ____ . . • . . . • . • . . 711 Died of disease (approxilll!llely) _...... 14,000 f8i' ======~======~1: gg~ --~--11 ------1 16,231 Increase------7, 773 Casualties in all branches of seryice ...... --. 33.3,610 Total 1Jaticnts treated ill United States marine hospitals. 1917 ------11, 32~ 191 ------12,797 ExiiiBIT C. J AXCAU'l , 20, 1919. Increase------1,472 Memorandum in re II. R. 13026. Total patients t1·eated ia contract Twspitals. When the CommitteP on Public Building aml Grounds reported this 1917------n,GGG hill on December 21. 191 , we only had acce. ible the figures of the War 191 ------~------7, 812 Department up to Xovember 30, 191 , as to the hospital facilities ln Increase------1, 14G general ho.-pitals, camp base ho~pitals, port of embarkation hospitals, an«l department base ho·pitaL'!. I re e1Te the balance of my· time. , The following table ; bows the change in conuitions: l\fr. ELLIOTT. 1\1r. Chairman, I yield five minutes to the [From figures of Col. Winforu H. Smith, ~Iedi ca l Corp , "Gniteu States Army.] gentleman from South Dakota [l\1r. JoH:L\SO ... ]. :\Ir. CLARK of Florida. Mr. Chairman, how much time ailable ____ _,_------112, 226 1\Ir. JOHNSON of South Dakota. Mr. Chairman, it is a matter Beds occupied ------59, 628 of regret to me that I shall be compelled to oppose this bill iu Beds YacanL------52,598 its present form, because I think I realize full well that there Jan. 17, 1019 : );'umber of bells :n·ailable------·109, 059 must be some additional hospital facilities in the United States. Beds occupied------66,529 If it is not possible to secure a better bill, I shal1, of course-, Beds vacant------42,530 support this one. Sick a1~d •icounded o c:erseas. I can see no reason for dividing the hospital organizations of Total number of men receidng treatment in American hos- the United States into four or fi\e different sections, so that pitals KoY. 28, 1918------1 2, G69 we will have Army hospitals, Navy hospitals, ho pitals under Total number of men receiving treatment in French and Brit- the Board of1Uanagers, hospitals under the War Risk Insurance ish hospitals 1\ov. 28, 1918------8, 000 Bureau, and hospitals under the Public Health Service. Total recei\·ing treatment Kov. 28, 1!)18 ______190, 569 Many men who have discussed these hospital projects bring in Total r ecciying treatment Jan. 2, 1919------120, 391 statements about the boys coming back in faded khaki, and Sicl; and toounded retm·ned to tllc Utzited States. many other statements that have no bearing on a hospital bill, Knmber of sick and wounded overseas returned to the United and I can not but feel that the time has come when sense and State to Dec. 27, 1918------37, 583 not sentiment should govern us, and when either the Cabinet S~ck , anu woundeu returned since Dec. 27, 1918------13, 749 of the United States or its different members, or the 'Var or Total sick and wounde!} returned to Jan. 17, 1919______51, 332 Navy Department, or some committee, should bring in one dcfi- 1919 .. CO:XGRESSIO:N 1\_L RECORD-HOUSE. 2057

nite, concise bill which will take care of all of the veterans of perhaps, on the age of the men, the kind of diseases they have, all of the wars of the United States. and taking into consideration all tile different things that a This bill, so far as I am able to determine, does not attempt doctor could inform you about better than I could. to take care of soldiers or sailors except in its title. The title Now, another reason why I shall feel constrained to oppose of the bill says : this bill is that the Surgeon General will take care of all these To authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to pro>ide hospitals and patients, if we ask him to do so or give him the opportunity to sanatorium facilities for discharged sick and disabled soldiers antl do so, as you can find by referring to page D in No. 16 of the sailors. hearings of the committee, where Col. Smith was asked these But the report of the committee refers to merchant seamen, questions: the Mississippi RiYer Commission, the United States Coast IL.'l •e you any beds that ('an be turneu over? Guard Senice, the United States Lighthouse Service,' the ­ Col. S~ITH. Ko, sir; not for another department to operat('. But i! neer Corps of the United States Army, the United States Coast given the necessary authority we could treat in Army hospitals patients and Geodetic Survey, civilian employees injured under the '\\"ork­ sent to those hospitaLs by the War Risk Bureau, and arc willing to uo it. men's compensation act, civilian employees injured on Army hlr. JUUL. 1Ur. Chairman, will the gentleman yield for a transports, and cases of discharged soldiers and sailors under brief question? the war-risk insurance act. 1\Ir. JOHNSON of South Dakota. Certainly. 1\fr. JUUL. Will the gentleman yield? Illr. JUUL. Could the War Department under any law treat Mr. JOHNSON of South Dakota. Certainly. discharged sick and di':mblecl soldiers and sailors? 1\lr. JUUL. I want to ask the gentleman if it is not a fact 1\lr. JOHNSON of South Dakota. Not under existing law; that all the matters mentioned now by the gentleman are in but instead of building a great big organization out of the Pub­ existing law, in another law, and that they are merely in this lic Health SerTice, that is going to spend from $26,000,000 to report to show the kind or classes of men that are now being $125,000,000 to put up -n·ooden barracks,-it "-ould !J~ better to cal'ed for by this organization; that it is not proposed to enact pa. s a lay; giving the Surgeon General the power to treat those this into law, but this is merely calling attention to the fact patient.. that these classes are being cared for under existing law1 1\Ir. GRIFFIN. hlr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield? Mr. JOHNSON of South Dakota. I think that the statement 1\lr. JOffi..'\SON of South Dakota. Certainly. of the gentleman is entirely correct, but the Public Health l\Ir. GIUFFIN. Does the geutlpman know bow many general Service can treat anybody in the United States that they want to hospitals the A_rmy has? treat, and that great class was not mentioned. The statement l\Ir. JOin\SON of South Dakota. I am not familiar with that. of the gentJeman being true is no reason that we should !Jring :lUr. GHIFFIX It has only four general hospitals, and the n law !Jefore this Congress masquerading as the soldiers' and bulk of its hospitals arc on leased ground and in leased build· sailors' law when there is no attempt going to be made to give ings, hotels all owr the country that they are very anxious to soldiers and sailors a law, but an attempt is made to take care get rid of, and barracks in camps soon to be deserted. ()f another great class of citizens 'Yhose cases we can reach later. 1\lr. DYER. ~Ir. Chairman, will the gentleman yield? Now, I do not think it has been fully brought to the attention l\.Ir. JOin\SON of South Dakota. Certainly. of this Hou. e that in this bill the plan is to spend $26,000,000, ::\Ir. DYER That condition is due largely to the fact that as can be found in the hearings had before the Committee on the Surgeon General's office and the War Department have not Public Buildings and Grounds, No. 14, on page 43, where l\Ir. taken adYantage of the . ituation, as Congress bas given to them Perry, the constructing engineer, states: the means of providing hospitals. If they would do that and If you go into a fireproof construction, instead of costing $26,000,000, not be so ·leepy on the jo!J, that condition would not prevail. as this entire 13,000-bed !Jl'Oject is estimated, on an economic basis, it would cost something like $12G,OOO,OOO. 1\Ir. GRIFFIN. I can not understand what the gentleman means. I wish he would !Je more specific. In other words, gentlemen, they expect to expend $26,000,000, 1\lr. DYER. I say that the War Department has tile authoritY. through the Public Health Service, to build one-story temporary to provide for all tile hospitals necessary, and the money has wooden buildings, as you will find by referring to page 42 of been appropriated. · the hearings, where Mr. Perry says- :\Ir. GRIFFI.t~. Only for the care of men in the service. We are only attempting to put up one-story builuings out .of this oppropriation, and those will not be necessarily fireproof. ~Ir. JOHNSO:X of South Dakota. :Kow, l\Ir. Chairman, if the In astonishment and alarm the chairman asked- gentlemen haYe concluded, I want to say that there is no differ­ One-story buildings? · · ence of opinion !Jetween the gentleman from New York [Ur. Mr. BuRXETT. Out of the proposed appropriation in this bill? GmFFIX] and my elf, so far as we both want hospital facilities Mr. PERRY. Yes· all bui!dings. to !Je afforded. to the soldiers and sailors, but 've disagree onlY. The CHAIRM-1:!'1. What is the idea of that, Mr. Perry? on the broall general scheme. In other '\\"Ords, he evidently de­ Mr. PERRY. A matter of economy. If we had to ha>e a great ueal of space for buildings, the economics of going into two-story buildings sires to have five or six different organizations and I desire sim· would seem justified. ply mo, the Army and the Navy. My contention is that we should not support this bill, which 1\lr. GRIFFIN. 1\Ir. Chairman, will the gentleman permit me will involve an expenditure of $26,000,000 for temporary build­ a question there? ings-- 1\lr. JOHNSON of South Dakota. Certainly. The CH.A.IR1U.Al~. The time of the gentleman from South 1\Ir. GRIFFIN. I disclaim any personal interest in desiring Dakota has expired. any set of organizations. The Treasury Department has re Mr. JOHNSON of South Dakota. ::\Ir. Chairman, I ask for quested this legislation and they have stated the predicament five minutes more. tlrey are in. They find that they can not appeal to tile 'Var. Mr. ELLIOTT. 1\Ir. Chairman, I yield the gentleman five Department, !Jecause the War Department is in no position to minutes more. care for discharged soldiers and sailors, and the only other. The CHAffi1UAN. The gentleman from South Dakota is organization that is in existence that can take the !Jurden is recognized for five minutes additional. the Public Health Service. Mr. JOHNSON of South Dakota. w· e should ask the Secre­ l\Ir. JOHNSON of South Dakota. I can say to the gentl~ . tary of the Treasury or the Surgeon General or the Cabinet man that we hale a Secretary of War and a Secretary of the ,officer whose duty it may be to submit a comprehensive plan for Treasury that ought to know the facts with reference to the taking care of the soldiers and sailors of all wars. treatment of these patients. If those two men (!ould not confer. Mr. TILSON. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield? together and request this Congress to enact one comprehensiv~ 1\Ir. JOHNSON of South Dakota. Certainly, sir. statute, I do not know how it is going to be done. 1\fr. TILSON. ·what does the gentleman say of the method 1\Ir. GRIFFIN. WHl the gentleman yield? · of taking care of discharged soldiers and sailors in this war, The CHAIRM..t\.N. The time of the gentleman has expireLl. in a hospital mixed up with people of all sorts of occupations, 1\Ir. ELLIOTT. I yield to the gentleman from South Dakota mentioned in this report? As is well known, in the case of five additional minutes. · previous wars-the Civil War and the Spanish-American War­ 1\lr. JOHNSON of South Dakota. I will yield for one mldi· separate homes and hospitals ha\e been erected for discharged tional question. My time is very short. soldiers and sailors. What does the gentleman say of this as_a 1\Ir. GRIFFIN. Does the gentleman know that during July ot satisfactory method of taking care of discharged soldiers and last year there was a conference between Earl H. Bruns, lieu· sailors? tenant colonel, Medical Corps, United States Army ; William E.· Mr. JOHNSON of South Dakota. It is a pertinent question, Eaton, lieutenant commander, Medical Corps, United States but it would be difficult for anyone to answer it without more Navy; and ,V. D. Stimpson, Assistant Surgeon General United knowledge of the facts than I claim to have. But I will say States Public Health Service, aml that after conferring as to that my theory has been that it is necessary to segregate the what should be done to accommodate the patients of the war­ patients in hospitals in different classes, basing yQur division, risk insurance they made a report September 11, 1918, recom- 2058 CONGRES 10 AL RECORD---HOUSE.

mcniling adillUonal hospital fadliUe. and recernment took O\er the great W t Bauen HoteJ, with .a capa ity row, let me call the attention of 'the gentleman to page 4 of of ome 050 beds. hi JJill, where it enys: 1 :SIJeal< only f compen- ation, such :uluitlonal technical and clerical services n.s may be neecs- all the faciliti of a lu~alth re·;ort, and I know the owner :arc l'lar:r, exclu i>ely to aid in the preparation of the drawing .and specifi- willing to lca"e it to the Go\ernment_ I ha'fe no doubt that cation for the above-mentioned 'Objects :ana the StlJ)ervision of the l!XC· there arc places in CYery State in the nion similar to tlmt tbat cution thcr of. for tra;eling .expenses, -and :Printing incident thereto, at a total nmit of co t ror such additional ·teclmical and clerical services could be utilized. There · · another, at Interlarken, Ind., where nnd trawlin::r ~:xpc...nlW!. tc., of not exceeding $330,000 of the .above- thm·e ar facWties fOl' 500 . choolboy ·• but tbe war interfered mcnl:ioned limit f the GOTernment got together, recognizing tim emer- .:as tile "'ar Department an(l i..h War llisk .Bureau can a ·certnin ~eney that "·e have to me t and submitting to this House .one what H needs. omprchensi \e permanent building program and not simply sub- 1\lr. IFF .,._ WHl the g ntlemau yield? mitting of a program which calls for the expenditure of ~.- :Mr. BA.ruffi...illT. Not ju&t now. Thi · 10, ,{) i · to go 000,000 for bnt·rs:ck , uelt a.· we had in the cantonments nml .allead with an nndertnklng that we know nothing aiJ ut. It temporary building : may take n. hundr-ed million dollar to roTide enoum lwsi it l ·, l\It·. FOSTER. 'W'ill th gentleman yield '1 ru:ld if lt do I tJlink the ongre .ought to gr.ant it; but until Mr . .JOHNSO.r.,. of outh Dakota. I -yield to the :; nUeman the Wm artl:nent and the War Risk :Bm-eau -c.an gi to non- for a. l(JOOsti()n. gr.e me idea of what it will actually need :and ome reason Mr. FOSTER. Til gentleD;lftll ha jrr tread lhe tit 't Jll'Ovision for the beli€f wily w.e neoo :n. hundred :mlllion ilollars for hoUBing of the bilL Does Ule ('l'entleman know whether or not the Public , facilities for discha.rged soldiers, I think Congre · · 1>ugbt to go Health "Se1.Y:1ce has these plan :and specill ntions, wlUmut going · Slow. It i.' a bnsine proposition. :r tbink ~ oug11t to take to this additional 'eXJ)en e? caTe ·Of all di abled .soldier , and we al'e willing to , ;t every :Mr. JOIINSON ~f South Dakota. I uo not '1."n,ow ; JJnt I dollar n c sary for that purpo . imagine that th<;>S M\C not, because they -cull for the .$330,000. Mr. lliFFIN. Will the gentleman 'Jield? 1r. FOSTER. 'That i the reason I ash-ed the question, be- .Mr. 'B..A.R1\THART. I will ;rield to the gentleman. .cause my und.erst..w&ng i different from that. Mr. GRIF]j IN. I :un anxion to correct the stat ment th 1\Ir. J'OHJ\TSO.r -of .. outh Dakota.. If they ha\c the plnn , gentleman ha · made bef.oruild lwsplttll for th~·m. "' Juw iulK'r ·olosl. · ho_·piiul · in ; malDn~ n iotal f !l . f> Y::Jc:ult beds. For :tl1C montll from \.cry tate iu til l.;nion ~ · iiieh cnu JJc temporarily u :e<1 for December 1.o Jnnnary then~ was a shrinkage in the number of Qischarged soluiers. 1919 .. CONGRESSIO~_A_ L RECORD-HOUSE. -- 2059

Mr. CLARK of Florida. Will the gentleman yield? means for looking after and ~reating and caring for these :\Jr. BAR~'H...'\..RT. Yes. soldiers it was the duty of Congress to enact the necessary legis­ 1\lr. CLARK of Florida. 'Ve ha\e two amendments that we lation. Now, that solemn obligation rests upon the Government. ha\e agreed upon in committee, one referred to by my colleague When was it made? It passed this House and was approved f rom New York, directing that the Public Health Service shall by the President in October, 1917. Eyery man who went either take over any building or hospital fit for use for this purpose, as a drafted soldier or a "Volunteer had that pledge, promise, or and that they shall not expend a single dollar of this appropria­ agreement before him. Are we at this time, in this hour, going tion until thi is done. Another amendment is that they shall to begin the repudiation of the pledges made to our men who cooperate with any State, municipal, or county institution so as helped sa\e this country in the great ? I put it to the to get immediate relief, and these amendments will be offered conscience of eyery Member in this House. It is no answer to at the proper time. . say, as the gentleman from South Dakota [Mr. JoHNSON] says, -:\lr. B.ARNH.ART. I understand that. But that has nothing that there ougl1t to be a consolidation of governmental health to do with the proposition that they will be authorized to go activities. We have passed that period. That is not the ques­ ahead and spend ten or twenty million dollars, or whate\er it tion at issue here. The gentleman from Indiana [Mr. BARN­ .may be. That amendment is in compliance with the views of HART] speaks about economy. l\lr. Chairman, we will rent the the membership of the committee, who believe that the thing abandoned and unprofitable hotels and summer resorts in In­ to do is to permit them to go ahead and lease facilities and diana, under the provisions of this bill, if they are up to the a k for permanent buildings when they learn what is needed. requirements of the Department of Public Health. Economy! Mr. CLARK of Florida. Under the present law the Public 'Vhen the House voted $100,000,000 out of the Treasury to feed Health Ser\ice is not authorized to take over buildings. the people of Europe, with more than 25,000 of our braYe sol­ ::\Ir. BAR~HART. They can lease the buildings. diers without hospital facilities, wandering about the country ::\.lr. CLARK of Florida. The \Var Department can do it, but to-day, seeking medical attention. They are entitled to it under the Public Health Service is not authorized to do it. the law I have mentioned. There are over 25,000 afllicted with l\lr. SHER\VOOD. Did I understand that the War Depart­ tuberculosis, and the responsible officers of this Government ment has taken possession of French Lick Springs? before the committee said they are without hospital facilities, :i\Ir. BAR~HA.RT. N ; they have taken over West Baden and that Congress must provide the money with which buildings Hotel, Ind., and they haYe also taken o\er for hospital pm·­ are to be constructed or leased. It is no time for delay or pro­ I o. es Fort Benjamin Harrison, at Indianapolis, an Army post. crastination. There is absolutely no excuse for it. If the pend­ I am informed by my friend from South Dakota [Mr. GANDY] ing bill is not perfect, then amend it. This side of the House­ that there are 40 to 60 abandoned Army posts i.n the United the Republican side-has always in the past been the loyal and States that ha\e splendid buildings already constructed which steadfast friend of the soldiers. It has written its history in the could be occupied at a \ery slight expense for hospital purposes. statute books of· our Nation for more than a half century in :llr. SHERWOOD. And they are not occupied now? their fayor and interest, and it is a glorious record for us to be :llr. BARNHART. They are not occupied now. When we proud of and to continue. n ked these officials 'Tho came before us if they had made sur­ Mr. CANNON. Mr. Chail·man, will the gentleman yield? Yeys of this situation to see what the facts are as to what we l\lr. AUSTIN. Certainly. nlready han•, and what we shall probably need, they said," No." 1\fr. CANNON. I think we all want to keep all of our pleuges, Therefore, I think it would be wise and prudent and businesslike bu't if we now have 100,000 beds-and a bed with all it means to delay the consideration of this· bill until the probable needs costs $3,00o-that belong to the Goyernment, will we not, utiliz­ and facilities a\ailnble can be ascertained. ing those beds, properly care for the people that the gentleman The CH.A.. ffi)L'\..N. The time of the gentleman from Indiana and I \oted to care for? has ex:pired.- l\lr. AUSTIN. Col. Smith, an able and conscientious· official :llr. ELLIOTT. l\lr. Chail·man, I yield the gentleman a half of the Surgeon General's office- minute more. 1\lr. CANNON. Which Surgeon General's office? :Mr. JOfu,SO~ of South Dakota. Mr. Chairman, is the gen­ Mr. AUSTIN. I mean of the Public Health Service. tleman familiar with the work of the War Risk Insurance The CHAIRMAN. The time of the gentleman from Tennessee Bureau? has expired. Mr. BARNHART. No; and I do not think anybody is Mr. AUSTIN. 1\fr. Chairman, may I ha\e two minutes more? familiar with the work of the War Risk Bureau. [Laughter.] 1\Ir. GRIFFIN. 1\Ir. Chairman, we have very little time, and Jir. JOIP-\SON of South Dakota. Does the gentleman feel I will ask my friend from Indiana to yield the gentleman two that by reason of their competency and efficiency they should be minutes. the people in the United States who should reorganize aud take 1\Ir. ELLIOTT. I yield two minutes to him. o\er and handle the hospital facilities of the United States as Mr. AUSTIN. The testimony before our committee was that provided for in this bill? of the 100,000 beds more than 50,000 were occupied, and that :llr. GRIFFIN. 1\lr. Chairman, I want to protest against that the vacant beds were awaiting men from the other side. There question, which contains an implication that there is anything are absolutely no vacant beds for these soldiers. These galleries in this bill that is going to give the War Risk Insurance Bu­ are full of soldiers and they will be in every city and village reau anything to do with the hospitals. It is the Public Health and hamlet of this land, and their eyes are not only on this Sernce. Congress to-day, but they will be on Congress in the days to Mr. JOH~SO~ of South Dakota. Is it not the program come. They will justly hold us to a strict compliance with our adopted by the War Risk Insurance Bureau at a time when it promises. We will not be excused if we neglect them or forget might ha\e been taking care of allotments and some other their interest. things? l\1r. JOHNSON of South Dakota. 1\Ir. Chairman, will the . Mr. GRIFFIN. No; it ''"as adopted by all of the departments gentleman yield? cooperating together. · l\lr. AUSTIN. Yes. l\ir. LONDON. l\Ir. Chairman, will the gentleman yield? l\lr. JOHNSON of South Dakota. Does the gentleman imagine The CHAIRMAN. The time of the gentleman from Indi-ana that those soldiers to whom he refers sitting in the galleries lias again expired. desire to be placed in wooden barracks, constructed by the W_!lr :llr. GRIFFIN. Mr. Chairman, I yield fiye minutes to the Risk Insurance Bureau, or in good hospitals? gentleman from Tenne see [Mr. AUSTIN]. Mr. AUSTIN. I think these matters Congress can well afford )lr. AUSTIN. l\lr. Chairman, I stand with the majority of to leave to the trained and experienced men who have been the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds in urging favor­ intrusted under the law with handling great problems ever since able action on the pending measure. I am in accord with the the creation of this Government. If time is to be saved, and medical head of the Public Health Service, Gen. Blue, charged time is absolutely essential in preparing hospitals for returning with the responsibility of caring for the injured and diseased soldiers ·who need medical attention, and so forth, we should soldiers. l\luch has been said nere and in the public press about not delay for the construction of expensive marble, granite, the failure of the insurance and allotment division of the War steel, and brick buildings. Risk Bureau of the Government, but the very act creating that 'Ve will do the best we can to meet the present emergency, bureau carries a contract which Congress or the Government and I belie\e the officials of this Goyernment, whose hearts, made with e\ery soldier who is tQ be discharged from our Army, souls, and consciences are in tiJ.:s great work, will meet it to and it is binding upon eYery Member of this House w.ho sup­ the satisfaction of the ...~merican Congress and for the benefit ported that measure. It passed this body without opposition and with the a,pproyal of the soldiers and sailors. [Applause.] and, as I remember, by a unanimous vote. There in cold, plain 1\Ir. CLARK of Florida. 11r. Ch~irman, I move that the com­ t;rpe is the written promise this great Republic made that when· mittee do now rise. e\er the director of this bureau found it necessary to provide the The motion was agreeu to. 2060 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. g-ANUARY 25,

Accordingly the c<>mm1ttee rose; and the Speaker having re- HOUR oF MEETING oN MO:r·nl.AY. sumed the chalr, l\Ir. liAliDY, Chairman of the Committee of the · Mr. GARRETT of Tennessee. 1\Ir. Speaker, I want to see if Whole House on the state of the Union, reported that that com- we could not meet at 11 o'clock on Monday, and I a k u.nn.nimous mittee had bad under consideration the bill H. R. 130~13 and consent that when the House adjourns to-morrow it adjourn to had come to no resolution thereon. meet at 11 a.. m. on Monday. EXTE~SI.ON oF m:::~r.~r.K.S. The SPEAKER; The gentleman from Tennes ee ask unani- mous consent that when the House adjourns to-morrow-Sun­ l\1r. GREEN of Iowa. 1\lr. Speaker, I a ~ k :unanilllou · consent day-it adjourn to meet .at 11 o'clock on Monday. I there objec- to revi e and e tend my remarks on the pension bill. tion? [After a pause.] The Chair hears none. The SPEAKER. I there objection to the reque t of t11e gen- tleman:. [After a pause.] The Chair hears none. DEATH OF I:EPRESE::":TATIVE r.oum~ . 1\lr. MOORE of Pennsylvania. 1\Ir. Speaker, for the Penn- EDITH c.A.I:ow ROOSEVELT. sylvania delegation it become my sad duty to announce the Mr. 1\fANN. Mr. Speaker, the House to-day passed a bill death of our colleague, Bon. EnwARn E. Rounrns, and in thnt granting a pen ·Ion to Mrs. Roosevelt. There were on the calen- connection I send up to the Clerk's de k to be read the follow­ dar two bill • a House bill and a Senate blll~ in identical Ian- ing resolutions. gua.ge. The Hou e pus ed the Hou e bill. I ask unanimous con- The SPEA.KER.. The Clerk will report the re lution • sent for the present con ideration of the Senate bill, which is The Clerk read as follows: No. lBl on the Private Calendar. House resolution U19. '1\Ir, BARNHART. Mr. Speaker, reserving the right to object, llesolt"ed, That the llouse has heard with profound S{)rrow of the I woulcl like to ask the gentleman if that is the Roosevelt pen- death of the Hon. EnwABn Er£RETT RoBnr.~ s, a. Repre entaUvo from the State of PennsylTitnift. sion bill on which we just \oted 1 Resolved, 'That a. committee of 34 l\Iember of the House, with such Mr. MANN. Ye . Members of the Senate as may be joined, be appointed to attend the 1 1\Ir. BARNHART. Would the gentleman be disposed, on Sat- f~e::o ived, That the Sergeant at Arms of the Hou c te authorized and urday afternoon at balf past 3 o'clock, to Irnl.ke a point of no dh·ected to take such step, tts may be neee ry for carrying out the quorum in order to pa the bill, because I really believe it provisions -of these resolutions, and thai the neces ar:v expenses In "'· it connection therewith be paid -out of the contingent fund of the House. would b e u nfa 1r t o many 1\I embe rs W h 0 wonld vote LOl' • R-esolved. Tlmt the Clerk communicate tbt>se re olutions to the Sennte 1\lr. :MANN. I certainly would not make the point of no .a.nd transmit .a copy thereof to th1) frunlly or the deceased. quorum. The question wa taken, and the re olntions ''ere ununi- 1\Ir. LONDON. Mr. Speaker, what is the parliamentary effect mou Jy agreed to. ()r object if the request of the gentleman from Illinois be · The SPEAKER. Tile Cler-k will annotmce the committee~ granted? The Clerk read as follows : The SPEAKER. The parliamentary effect of it is to finish · WILLIAM s. VABE, GEonoE s. GRAH.ur, J. H MPTo - Moomc, Gxono» Up the JJiJl and get rid Of it. lV. EDMO:-.Ds, PETER E. COSTET.LO, GEORGE P. DARnOW, THOMAS ~. 1\Ir. LONDON. To facilitate its passage. ·BuTLER, HEl\-nY w. WATSON, WILLIAM w. GmEs-:r, .TonN R. ll'An.n, Spuo A Truon Oth · 't uld b :h-.~ THOMA W. TEMl!LETo.N_ ROBERT D. HEATON, Aruruun G. DEWALT, The .rlu.J. ..ll.LJ.U., erWJSe 1 wo e uu.ug U].) between the Lours T. 1\IcFADDE-'. EDGAll n. Kuss, JOHN v. LESIIEil, BENJAMIN K. two Houses. FOCHT, AARON S. K.n.Emoo, .JOHN l\1. ROSE ANDREW R. BRODBECK. Mr. 1\fANN. n is a com·tesy-- CnAnLES H. RowL..1.ND, .BntrcE F. :STERLING, llENnY w. TEMPLe, BllNRY A. CLAnK~ HENRY J. STEELlll, NA.'THAN L. STRONG ElABL H. BESHLI , 1\Ir. KEY of Ohio. Mr. :Speaker, I would like to .state to the STEPHE:-. G. PoRTER, AL CLYI>Ill KELLY, .JoaN M. ~'ioniN, -Gmr E. CAMP· House that the HOUSe bill granting a pension to Mrs. Roosevelt BELL, THOMAS S. CllAGO, MARLON M.. GARLAND, JOSlilPH 'McLAUGHLIN. was introduced bef.ore the Senate bill was introduced nnd w.as ' The SPEAKER. The Olerk will read tl1e additional re olu­ I·eferred to the Committee on Pensions, and that committee of tion.. the House reported that bill out and it was placed .on the calen- The Clerk read as follows: dar. In the meantime the Senate bill ca.me to the Committee Resolt:cd, Tilll.t a a further mark of re pect thls IIouse do now on Pension of the House and that committee immediately re- adjourn. ported that bill to the House. Both bills are identical :in form ADJoun~"'MENT. and both are on the calendar. Of cow-se, it would expedite mat- The r solution wa.s agreed to; accordinO'ly (at 3 o'clock and ters materially if the Senate hill had been taken up instead of 41 minutes p. m.} ihe House adjoru·nee to Mining, to which was J·ef.erred the resoluti.on (S. J. Res. WS) to ren e and extend his remarks on this bill. SlL.'•pend the l~cra.l requirements of a se sment work on mining The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Florida .asks .. unani- claims in Alaska for the yea1·s 1917, 1918. and 1919, nnd extend­ mons consent that the gentreman from New York be permitted to ing to thn.t Territory the provisions of public t' olution No. 10 extend and revise his remarks. Is there objection? [After a (65th Cong.), appro¥ed .J"uly 17, 1917, nnd public re olution No. pause.] The Ohair hears none! 12 (G5tll Cong.), approYed October 5, 1{)17, as amended, and for 1919. CONGR.ESSION---~L RECOR.D-HOUSE. 2061 other purposes, reported the same without amendment, accom~ Also, a bill (H. ll-. 15090) to authorize the erection of a panied by a report (No. 987), which saW bill and report "\\ere Federal buildillg at Olewein, Iowa; to the Committee on Public referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of Buildings and Grounds. the Union. By Mr. KEARNS: A bJ.ll (H. R. 15091) to proylde for the purchase of a site and the erection of a Federal building at Hills­ REPORTS OF COMMITTEES ON PRIVATE BILLS .Al\'D boro, Ohio ; to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds. RESOLUTIONS. Also, a bill (H. R. 15092) to provlde for the erection of a Federal building and the purchase of a site therefor at Green­ Under clause 2 of Rule XIII, private bills and resolutions were field, Ohio; to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds. severally reported from committees, delivered to the Clerk, and By Mr. 'VILSON of Louisiana: A. bill (H. R. 15093) provid­ 1·eferred to the Committee of the Whole House, as follo"\\S: ing for the extension and enlargement of the post office and 1Ur. TILLl\.IAN, from the Committee on the Public Lands, court building at Monroe, La.; to the Committee on Public to which was referred the bill (H. R. 60~2) for the relief of Buildings and Grounds. I. N. Ellis, reported the same with amendment, accompanied by By Mr. 'VALTON: A bill (H. R. 15094) to provide for the a report (No. 982), which said bill and report "\\ere referred purchase of a site and for the erection of' a public building to the Pri-rate Calendar. thereon at Clayton, N. 1\ie:x:.; to the Committee on Public Build­ Mr. STEPHENS of Mississippi, from the Committee on ings and Grounds. Claims, to which was referred the bill ( S. 4787) for the relief By Mr. MANSFIELD: A. bill (H. n. 15095) for the erection of Amherst W. Barber, reported the same without amendment, of a public post-office building at Alvin, Tex., and for other accompanied by a report (No. 983}, which said bill and report purposes; to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds. were referred to the Private Calendar. By 1\lr. McLEMORE: A bill (H. R. 15096) for the erection He also, from the same committee, to which was referred the of a public post-office building at Kingsville, Tex., and for other bill (H. R. 9357) for the relief 9f John A. Gauley, reported the purposes; to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds. same without amendment, accompanied by a report (No. 984), By Mr. SLAYDEN: A bill (H. R. 15097) to authorize the en­ which said bill and report were referred to the Private Calendar. largement of the post office, customhouse, and United States ~Ir. KEHOE, from the Oommittee on War Claims, to which court building at San Antonio, Tex. ; to the Committee on Public was referred the bill (H. R. 11682) for the relief of the estate Buildings and Grounds. of Henry Ware, deceased, reported the same "\\ithout amendment, By Mr. BURNETT: A bill (H. R. 15098) to expel and exclude accompanied by a report (No. 986), which said bill and report from the United States certain undesirable aliens; to the Com­ "·ere referred to the Private Calendar. mittee on Immigration and Naturalization. By Mr. ESCH: A bill (H. R. 15099) to amend section 10 of an act entitled "An act to provide for the operation of trans­ PUBLIC BILLS, RESOLUTIONS, Al\"D l\IE~IORIALS. portation systems while under Federal control, for the just Under clause 3 of Rule XXII, bills, resolutions, and memorials compensation of their owners, and for other purposes," ap­ were introduced and severally referred as follows: proved March 21, 1918; to the Committee on Interstate and By Mr. ROUSE: A bill (H. R. 15076) authorizing the Secre­ Foreign Commerce. tary of \Yar to donate to the city of Independence, Ky., two By Mr. DOOLITTLE: A bill (H. R. 15100) authorizing the German cannons or fieldpieces ; to the Committee on Military Secretary of 'Var to donate to the city of Emporia, Kans., two Affairs. German cannons or fieldpieces; to the Committee on Military Also, a bill '(H. R. 15077) authorizing the Secretary of War. to Affairs. donate to the city of Alexandria, Ky., two German cannons or Also, a bill (H. R. 15101) authorizing the Secretary of War fieldpieces; to the Committee on Military Affairs. to donate to the city of Burlington, Kans., one German cannon By l\lr. BACHARACH: A. bill (H. R. 15078) making October or fieldpiece; to the Committee on Military Affairs. 27 a national holiday, to be known as Rooseyelt's Birthday; to By Mr. BLAND of Virginia: A. bill (H. R. 15102) authorizing the Committee on the Judiciary. the Secretary of War to donate to the village of Kilmarnock, By Mr. FULLER of Illinois: A bill (H. R. 15079) pronding county of Lancaster, Va., one German cannon or fieldpiece; to for the erection of a public building at Mendota, Ill., on a site the Committee on Military Affairs. heretofore p:t;ovided for the same; to the Committee on Public By Mr. TINKHAM: A. bill (H. R. 15103) for the relief of the Buildings and Grounds. owner of the schooner Horatio G. Foss; to the Committee on By l\fr. LESHER: A bill (H. R. 15080) to authorize the pro­ Claims. vision of accommodations for the United States courts in the Also, a bill (H. R. 15104) for the relief of the owners of the Federal building at Sunbury, Pa., and to increase the limit of steam lighter Cornelia~· to the Committee on Claims. cost for said building accordingly; to the Committee on Public By Mr. CONNELLY of Kansas: A. bill (H. R. 15105) to pro­ B-p.ildings and Grounds. vide for the erection of a Federal building at Hays, Kans. ; to By l\fr. YOUNG of Texas: A bill (H. R. 15081) for purchase the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds. ()f site and erection of a building to be used as a post office at Also, a bill (H. R. 15106) to provide for the erection of a Fed­ the to"\\n of Henderson, Rusk County, Tex. ; to the Committee on eral building at Norton, Kans.; to the Committee on Public Public Buildings and Grounds. Buildings and Grounds. By Mr. BUTLER: A. bill (H. R. 15082) to increase the limit By Mr. REAVIS: A bill (H. R. 15107) authorizing the Secre­ of cost of site and public building at Phoenixville,_ Pa. ; to the tary of War to donate two captured cannon to the town of Hum­ Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds. boldt, Nebr.; to the Committee on l\Iilitary Affairs. By l\lr. PAIGE: A blll (H. n.. 15083) to increase the limit of Also, a bill (H. R. 15108) authorizing the Secretary of War cost of a public building at Leominster, Mass.; to the Committee to donate two captured cannon to the town of Tecumseh, Nebr.; (In Public Buildings and Grounds. to the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 15084) to increase the limit of cost of pub­ Also, a bill (H. R. 15109) authorizing the Secretary of War lic building at Southbridge, Mass.; to the Committee on Public to donate two captured cannon to the town of Auburn, Nebr.;. · Buildings and Grounds. to the Committee on Military Affairs. By Mr. POWERS: A. bill (H. R. 15085) to provide for the Also, a bill (H. R. 15ll0) authorizing the Secretary of War erection of a public building at Pineville, in the State of Ken­ to donate two captured cannon to the town of Plattsmouth, .tucky; to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds. Nebr. ; to the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 15086) to provide for the erection of a Also, a bill (H. R. 15111) authorizing the Secretary of War public building at Barbourville, in the State of Kentucky; to to donate two captured cannon to t11e town of Burr, Nebr.; to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds. the Committee on Military Affairs. By Mr. PAIGE : A bill (H. R. 15087) providing for the pur­ Also, a bill (H. R. 15112) authorizing the Secretary of War chase of a site and the erection thereon of a public building to donate two captured cannon to the town of Pawnee City, at Clinton, State of Massachusetts; to the Committee on Public Nebr.; to the Committee on Military Affairs. Buildings and Grounds. Also, a bill (H. R. 15113) authorizing the Secretary of War · Also, a bill (H. R. 15088) providing for the purchase of a to donate two captured cannon to the city of Lincoln, Nebr.; site and the erection thereon of a public building at Gardner, to the Committee on Military Affairs. State O'f Massachusetts ; to the Committee on Public Buildings Also, a bill (H. R. 15114) authorizing the Secretary of War and Grounds. to donate two C'aptured cannon to the town of Syracuse, Nebr.; By 1\Ir. HAUGEN: A bill (H. R. 15089) to authorize the to the Committee on Military Affairs. acquisition of a site and the erection thereon of a Federal build­ Also, a bill (H. R. 15115) authorizing the Secretary of War ing at Osage, Iowa; to the Committee on Public Buildings and to donate two captured cannon to the town of Falls City, Nebr.; Grounds. to the Committee on Military Affairs. 2062 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. J NUARY 25,

· Al o, a bill (H. n. 1-116) nuthorizing the Secretary of War PRIVATE BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS. to donate two captureu cannon to the town of Nebraska City, Nebr.; to the Committee on l\:lilitary Affairs. Under clause 1 of Rule XXII, private bills and resolutions · By l\ir. DALLINGER: A bill (H. R. 15117) for the purchase were introduced and severally referred as follows: of a site and the erection of u public building at Medford, Mass. ; By l\Ir. HAl\fLIN: A bill CH. R. 15136) granting a pension to to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds. Leonard Walker; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 15118) for the pm·chase of a site and the By Mr. HASTINGS: A bill (H. R. 15137) granting an increase of pension to David Dixon; to the Committee on Invalid Pen­ erection of a public building at Wakefield, Mass.; to the Com­ sions. mittee on Public Buildings and Grounds. By Mr. FOSTER: A bill (H. R. 1511.9) increasing the limit By l\fr. SHOUSE: A bill (H. R. 15138) granting an increase of cost for a Federal building at Mount Carmel, Ill.; to the of pension to John Weiss; to the Committee on Pensions. Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds. · Also, a bill (H. R. 15120) to provide for the erection of a public building at Lawrenceville, Ill.; to the Committee on Pub­ PETITIONS, ETC. lic Buildings and Grounds. Under clause 1 of Rule XXII, petitions and papers were laid By 1\Ir. LONERGAN: A bill (H. R. 15121) for the purchase on the Clerk's desk and referretl as follows: of a post-office site at Windsor Locks, Conn. ; to the Committee By the SPEAKER: .Memorial of Council of City of Portland, on Public Buildings and Grounds. Oreg., favvl'ing expenses for discharged soldiers, at least $50 By Mr. SELLS: A bill (H. R. 15122) to provide for the erec­ as clothing allowance, one month's additional pay upon dis­ tion of n public building at Elizabethton, Tenn.~ to the Com- charge, and five months' additional pay to be paid monthly to all mittee on Public Buildings and Grounds. · discharged men; to the Committee on .Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 15123) to provide for the erection of a By Mr. CARY: Petition of furriers of .Milwaukee, Wis., pro­ public building at Rogersville, Tenn.; to the Committee on Pub­ testing against tax on furs; to the Committee on Ways and lic Buildings and Grounds. Means. By l\Ir. COPLEY: A bill (H. R. 15124) authorizing the Secre­ .Also, petition of Commercial Telegraphers' Union of America, tary of War to deliver to the cities of Aurora, Joliet, Woodstock, protesting against their treatment by United States telegraph · West Chicago, Elgin, Harvard, Wilmington, Geneva, Plainfield, and telephone administration, and asking that American Federa­ Hinsdale, Marengo, and Downers Grove, Ill., one cannon or tion of Labor reconstructive program be adopted ; to the Com­ fieldpiece, with carriage, captured from the German Army in the mittee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. recent war, together with a suitable number of shells; to the Also, petition of Milwaukee Patent Leather Co., recommend­ Committee on Military Affairs. ing passage of House bill 13274; to the Committee on .Military By Mr. GANDY: A bill (H. R. 15125) authorizing the Secre­ Affairs. tary of War to donate to the county of Perkins, S. Dak., one Also, petition of ·web Pressmen's Union, No. 23, of Milwaukee, German cannon or fieldpiece; to the Committee on Military Wis., asking for repeal of the postal zone law; to the Committee Affairs. on Ways and Means. Also, a bill (H. R. 15126) authorizing the Secretary of War · By Mr. COOPER of Wisconsin: Petition of Indu trial Com­ to donate to the town of Wasta, S. Dak., one German cannon mission of Wisconsin, urging passage of legislation providing or fieldpiece; to the Committee on Military Affairs. for Go·vernment aid to the States in rehabilitating industrial Also, a bill (H. R. 15127) authorizing the Secretary of 'Var cripples; to the Committee on Education. to donate to the town of Faith, S. Dak., one German cannon or Also, petition of Lithuanians of Kenosha, Wis., appealing to fieldpiece; to the Committee on Military Affairs. United States Government to put an end to Polish territorial By Mr. HARDY: A bill (H. R. 15128) to provide for the erec­ aggrandizement; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. tion of a post-office building at .Mexia, Tex. ; to the Committee By l\fr. DOOLITTLE: Petition of citizens of Emporia, Kans., on Public Buildings and Gr{)unds. asking repeal of the postal zone rate bill; to the Committee on Also, a bill (H. R. 15129) to provide for the erection of a 'Vays and Means. post-office building at Teague, Tex.; to the Committee on Public By Mr. 'GALLIVAN: Petition of Boston Typographical Union, Buildings and Grounds. requesting repeal of postal zone law; to the Committee on Ways By Mr. DOREMUS (by request) : A bill (H. R. 15130) for and Means. the regulation of salaries in the custodian service of the Treas­ Also, petition of National Association of Credit Men, of Bos­ ury Department; to the Committee on Public Buildings and ton, Mass., supporting measure providing for validating in­ Grounds. formal war contracts; to the Committee on Military Affairs. By l\lr. CLAYPOOL: A bill (H. R. 15131) to authorize the ac­ By Mr. GRAHAM of Illinois: Petition of Will M. Kellogg quisition of a site and the erection of a Federal building on Cir­ and divers other citizens of New Boston, Ill., demanding the cleville, Plckaway -County, Ohio; to the Coiiliiiittee on Public repeal of the zone system for second-class mail ; to the Com­ BuilcUn~ and Grounds. mittee on Ways and Means. Bv .Mr. l\1cKI1\TLEY: A bill (H. R. 15132) authorizing· the By Mr. HUTCHINSON: Resolution adopted by the Chamber Sec1:etary of Wnr to donate to the city of Oaklaud, Ill., one Ger­ of Commerce of Lambertville, N. J., fa\oring the enactment of man cannon or fieldpiece ; to the Committee on Military Affairs. legislation which will continue the control and 011cration of the By l\lr. BLA1\TD of Virginia: A bill (H. R. 15133) to provide wire systems by the Government until Congress shall have for tlle erection of a post-office and customhouse building at studied the question and determined upon a prope1· and safe ·cape Charles, Va.; to the Committee on Public Buildings and procedure to be followed when they are returne(l to private Grounds. ownership; to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Com­ .Also, a bill (H. R. 15134) to provide for the erection of a merce. post-office building at Phoebus, Va.; to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds. By Mr. LUNDEEN: Petition of .Minnesota Live Stock BJ·eed­ B y l\1r. KEHOE: A blll (H. R. 15135) for the purchase of a ers' Association, of St. Paul, l\Iinn., requesting increa e in al­ site for and the erection of a post-office building at Quincy, Fla.; aries of the Federal -veterinarians employed in Minnesota, uffi­ to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds. ciently to maintain ·efficient force for this important work; to By Mr. W'ILSO~ of 'l'exas: A bill (H. R. 15139) to provide for the Committee on Agriculture. the acquisition of a site and the erection· of a public building Also, petition of St. Paul Produce Exchange, comprised of thereon at Fort 'Vorth, Tex., and for the sale of the present 31 firms of St. Paul, Minn., protesting against any legisla­ post-office site and building thereon; to the Committee on Public tion tending to deprive the States of their rights to regulate Building and Grounds. telephone and telegraph charges within the State ; to the Com­ By Mr. STEENERSQN: Resolution (H. Res. 518) to inquire mittee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. into tlle failure or delay in transmitting mail to and from officers By l\fr. MAGEE: Petition of Mrs. Harry Nutt anll other ana men in the military service of the United States in this residents of the city of Syracuse, N. Y., favoring repeal of the country or abroad; to the Committee on the Post Office and postar zone rate provision; to the Committee on 'Vays and Post Roads. Means. By Mr. LAGUARDIA: Joint resolution (H. J. Res. 399) ad­ By Mr. NEELY: Petition of Clarence D. Robinson, Fairmont, mitting into the United States 560 barrels of Spanish wine or­ W.Va., requesting that taxation be kept down to $4,000,000,000; dered IJy Luigi Bick, of Ne'v York City, N. Y., before the passage to the Committee on Ways and Means. of t11 e food-control act prohibiting the importation of tlistilled Also, petition, of H. W~ Chadduck, vice president Merchants' spirits, the delivery of which was delayed on account of war National Bank, Richmond, Va., protesting against pa · age of conditions until after that act went into effect; to the Committee tax bill of over $4,000,000,000; to the Committee on 'Vays and on 'Vays and .Means. .Means. 1919. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SEN... ~TE. 2063

Also, petition of A. A. Grant, of Bluefield~ W. Vn., protesting ; RoBERT· F. B:aoussARn was born- on the Marie Louise planta­ against the postal zone rate; to the Comm±ttee on Wa:rs: and :