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Monumental Task in
Carrying Out Work
of Soldiers' Bonus
Washington.—Enactment of the war
veterans bonus bill into law has laid
upon the shoulders of the Government
departments an administrative task so
huge that the figures involved stagger
the imagination.
They must explore a veritable moun
tain of war records. From that mass
Of musty documents they must pick out
the individual war histories of more
than 6,893,000 men to provide the data
upon which alone bonus payments o!
any kind can be made.
The daily service of every soldier,
sailor or marine who served under the
flag ia the great war, at heme or
abroad, is subject now to minute exam
ination. Through hiadays of sickness
and health, of training at home or bat
tle abroad, the searchers must follow
each man through, the wilderness of
official records. And the bulk of the
task must be done, in the close-packed
filing cases of the War Department,
where the ..intimate official story of
America at war alone is bold.
Zn those records alone are. mors than
167,000,000separate documents, each of
which. it may be neeessary to handle
many times before the veterans can all
be assured of bonus pay ments. It will
require 2T checking operations to make
the examination of the files, and it will
take 2,800 clerks to do the work -in the
War Department alone. •
There are amazing stories by the
hundreds of thousands among these in
dividual war records. There are tales
of highest heroism, .of great adventure;
tales, too, rich in pathos and sacrifice.
They-are the war men gathered into
the vast volume of the files -that must
now be opened for perusal. Among
them are the brief records of the many
who were called tor service but to
whom death came in the: hospitals al
most before they had taken their sol
dier oaths.
And among them, also, never to be
recognized for what it is, lies the brief
3tory of America’s Unknown Soldier,
the record that would show, if it were
in the power of men to piqk it oub, who
he was and- where^htffoughtand how
he died.
By comparison, the army’s share in
the task of record searching over
shadows the work that must also be
done by the navy and marine corps to
carry out the will of Congress. Iu the
army files are the records of 5,250,000
men who may make claims. Each must
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be examined as to tbe soldier’s records
of 551,736 enlisted men, and of 11,880
women who servedin tharank of “yeo
man-F, ” In tbe marine- corps there
are some 80,000 records to be combed
out.
The War Department files- are lo
cated here ia Washington. They are
crowded into the three floors- of the*
historic old arsenal at Washington
Barracks, scene of many historic
events. It was there that the con
spirators were tried for the assassina
tion of President Lincoln,, aad close by
is the spot where some of them paid
the penalty with their lives.
Tbe documents, grouped in their en
veloped jackets, are now set in soldierly
ranks in 1,066 steel filing eases that
placed end to end would cover more
than five miles. They occupy 2.30
acres of floor space, weigh 1,080 cons,
and would fill 54 freight cars.
The very compactness of the file*
adds to the task of ascertaining the in
dividual stories they tell. It is physic
ally impossible-to employ more clerke
than the 2.860 who will be put to work
about them. During the war the draft
operations were far greater in scope
because they dealt with men by the
tens of millions. But that work was
decentralized over tbe entire country
and endless clerical help could be used.
Now, the product of tbe draft in fight
ing manhood alone is to be dealt with,,
but that record is all here in the
crowded filing cases.
Alfred Knopf, the well known New
York publisher, has a large collection
of typographical errors, the best of
which- concerns an Englishwoman of
title who recently visited American
shores.
A reporter, writing out an interview
with this lady, began with tbe state
ment that she was “noted for her
beauty aDd' charity.” The printer,,
however, made this read “noted for her
beauty and chastity.”
When the proof came I to the proof
reader be not unnaturally thought
there must be something wrong, and so
he put a query after the word “chas
tity,” expecting that the printer would
consult his copy again.
But the printer had sneaked out te
get a.glass of'near-beer, or, perchance*
he was sleeping aad could not be awak
ened . Anyhow, when the interview
with the great lady appeared it began
bv informing the paper’s startled read
ers that:
“Lady Dash is noted for her beauty
aDd chastity (?).”
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.
To Cnarles Rebhnn and Max Menard,
your heirs and assigns;
You, and each of you, are hereby
notified that I, your co-owner, have ex
pended in labor and improvements the
sum of one hundred- dollars per vear
for each of the years 1921, 1922 and
1923 upon the Eva Bench placer mining
claim, on the right limit below Discov
ery on Yankee creek, tributary of In
noko river, in- the Ophir recording pre
cinct, Territory of Alaska, in order to
hold* said claim under the provisions of
daw respecting annual labor on mining
claims.
And if, within-ninety days after* the
publication of itbia notice, yon-* fail* to
jTay your portion ofsucb expenditure,
your interest in said claim will be for
feited to the undersigned co-owner,
according to the provisions of Sect few
2324 Revised Statutes of the United
States.
El> Noulejt'De;
Go-Owner.
First publication, July 5) 192*.
Last publication, Oct. 4* 1624.
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Flirt Ci ty
Finds Twin Babies
in Traveling Bag
Detroit).—Three hours after Gather*
ine Hyland, 22 years old, had been
taken from her roomi Dp bouse at 231
Alfred- asreet to receiving hospital,
Tuesday morning at Id o’clock, the
landlady- heard cries, coming from a-,
traveling bag in the room*
She investigated, and found'a pair of
twins*.one of whicht a girl,, was-alive.
She called police* and the baby girt
was .taken to Harper hospital. Tbs
body of tho other- was removed to the
county morgue- At receiving hospital
a transfusion of Wood- was mads to save
the life of the mother, whose condition
is reported as precarious. She iebeing
held a prisoner-on-the charge of aban
doning ehildraa.
BLACKBURN & ELDRIDGE
McGrath, Alaska
New Stock Has Arrived
And the Prices Are Right
I am the principal owner of a block of ground
on Yankee creek, about seven mies long,! extend
ing from' No. 1 Below Discovery down’to the{noath
; of the creek.
Pay has been located all along for a distaaeerol
about three miles from the upper end, and pretty
well prospected and crew eut.} ,
The avenge depth oft the grand 11s fremtseven
to twenty feet. The top is all Mack'muck, that can
he moved freely. No reek bigger than ooe’c Am.
The width of ttoepa^ ferl a distance ef fabeut
three miles, is from ItO to 200> feet. Prosecuting
work indicates that the ground will go Irenl K
cents to 91 per square foot of bedtoth My belief
$• is;that|the peywill average 50oentSiper feot.
£ I haee a ditch onithe ground, three miles leag,
5j together with water rights. The ground is pretty
| well eleared. There la else a drs** three milee
:? leag, -with the water right. iJdsehaee a water
l; right ow Steady BalHen ereek) turn which water
! caw he hseeght te Yankee oreohwUk a ditch fees
J than a mile leag (4,900 foot)* which wlli glee fear
I sfeieeheeds’ef water, iwitb* a* pressure e» Cell at UP
f feet, being 1600 feet to tfcarwork from the ditoh.!
f After doing away- withthe-muck, there wil^he
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from fear to six feet of dirt to handle. The fay
runs mostly in the bedrock of porphyry and slate.
The ground is virgin* only about 911.000 having
been taken out by windlass in prospecting.
Prospecting work during the present winter has
resulted in finding values that run up to 91 per
igjBffro feet of bedrock.
The Flume Dredge Company has a dredge above
this ground* which has been in operatise for the
last three seasons.
.. The Government read ereeeee Yankee eroek. 1
alee have a road down the creek that eoaaeote with
the Government read.
.1 am: also the 'pent tor owners of ground 'ether
shea that heM bv myself. •
The gropad cap he worked either with dredge,
drag-line scraper, or byhydraulielar. 'n~
1 will either cell the greaad or giro a lease ea
-it*. If the prospect to satietoetery to the buyer, a
cash payment will be expected. A reed bargain
will bn given to the right party.
for further information, terms, ats., call
gfioanit or write or tStograph me.
ID KOLLBTTK,
Teketne, Atophe.
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