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PACE TWO
AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER.
THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 6, Ul9 ; ]
The Light
in the
Clearing
A Tale of the North
Country iG the Time
ofSilasWright
By IRVING BACHELLOR
(Copyright, 1917. Irving Bocbelor.)
Owing to an acident in The Times-
Recorder press room it has been neces
sary to eliminate two chapters of "The
Light in the Clearing.’’ A summary
of these two missing chapters will bo
found in the synopsis at the beginning
of this installment, from which the
present installment may be continued.
CHAPTER V—When Barton Is twelve
years old he becomes aware of the ex
istence Of a wonderful and mysterious
fewer known as •'Money,'* and learns
hew, through h la possession of that won
derful thing Orlmshaw Is the most power
ful and greatly dreaded man In the com
munity, most of the settlers being In his
^•bt After a visit to the Baynos home
Mr. Wright leaves a note In a sealed en
velope, which Barton Is to read on the
|hat night when he leaves homo to at-
, . _ VI—Barton Is asked to
rive a load to mill, arrives safely, but
a snowstorm, unable to see the road.
-1« horses get Into the ditch and a
Jheel of the wagon Is broken. Uncle
«nough r to saUsfy^rlmshaw^n^obtafn
an extension.
CHAPTER Vn-Now in his sixteenth
— Barton accompanies "Mr. Purvis."
hired man. to the postofflee at Can
on the way they meet a rider, and
three journey together. They are
I UP by a man with a gun. who makes
highwayman's demand of "Your
ly or your life." Purvis runs away,
j the stranger draws a pistol, but bo
bs can use It the robber shoots and
> him. Barton’s horse throws him
runs away. As the murderer bends
over the stranger Barton throws a stone
which be observes wounds the thief, who
makes off at ones, but not until Barton
had noted that his gun stock was broken
S,\J >e v ull V. nul ^ n * r ' .Search of the
neighborhood for the robber Is unavailing
^0 ||ve 1 a>ee la kaielad ®
he must have made a dent b the floor.
Talk about elavery—what do you think
of that? Mother says that we most
wait—that It would make father
great deal of trouble If It were known
that I allowed you to write. I guess
the soul of old Qrlmsbaw Is still fol
lowing you. Well, we must stretch out
that lovely day as far as we can. Ou
the third of June, 1844, we shall both
be twenty-one—end I suppose that we
can do as we please then. Tbe day
is a long way off, bat I wlU agree to
meet you that day at eleven In the
morning under the old pine on the
river where I met you that day and
you told me that you loved me, If
either or both ehould dlo our sonls will
know where to find each other. If
you will solemnly promise, write these
wortfs -and only these to my mother—
Amour omula vinelt, but do not sign
your name.
"RALLY,
What a serious matter It seemed to
me then! I remember that it gave
Time a rather slow foot I wrote the
words very neatly and plainly on a
sheet of paper and mailed it to Mrs.
Dunkelberg. I wondered If Sally would
stand firm, and longed to know the
secrets of the future. More than ever
I was resolved to be the principal wit
ness Id some great matter, as my
friend In Ashery lane had put It
I was eight months with Wright A
Baldwin when I was offered a clerk
ship Id the office of Judge Westbrook,
nt Coblesklll, In Schoharie county, at
two hundred n year and my board. ]
knew not then Just how the offer had
come, but knew that the senator must
have recommended me. I know oow
i stranger la burled.
CHAPTER VIH—Barton leaves home to
|tte»d Michael Hacket'a eohooL Amos
Orlmehaw Is arraeted charged with the
murder of the stranger.
wounding the murderer of the map I
on the road. The offer la spurned.
CHAPTER XI—Uncle Peabody, Aunt
_
CHAPTER xn-Barton and 8aily Dun
kelberg formally pledge their troth.
CHAPTER XIII—Old Rate’s client 'but
points at him.
CHAPTER XIV—Bari
from "RovSg^Kate"*vrh?ch fumrtens'hlm
immensely, although at the than he
doesn’t understand It
CHAPTER XV.
I Use My Own Compass at a Pork In
the Road.
Swiftly now I move across the bor
der Into manhood—a serious, eager,
restless manhood. It was the fashion
of the young those days.
I Mr. Wright came up for a day’s Ash
ing In July. My uncle and I took him
'up the river.
While wo ate our luncheon he de-
0 scribed Jackson and spoke of the fa
mous cheese which he, had kept on a
'cable In the vestibule’ of the White
House for his callers. He described
his fellow senators—Webster, Clay,
Itlves, Calhoun and Benton. I remem
ber that Webster was, in hls view, tho
least of them, although at his best the
greatest orator. We had a delightful
day, and when I drove back to the vil
lage with him that night he told me
tlmt I could go Into the office of Wright
A Baldwin after harvesting.
"It will do for a start,” he said. "A
little later I shall try to And a better
place for you."
My life went on with little In It
worth recording until tho letter came.
I speak of It as “the letter,” because
of Its effect upon my career. It was
from Sally, and It said:
"Dear Bart: It’s all over for a tong
time, perhaps forever—that will de
pend on you. I shall be true to yon.
If you really love me, even If I have to
watt many, niutiy years. Mother and
father saw and read your letter. They
-ny we are too young to be thinking
about love and that we have got to
slop It How can 1 stop It? I guess I
would have to stop living. But we
shall have to depend upon our mem
ories now. I hope that yours Is as
good us mine. Father says no more
letters without his permission, and he
stnmpcd his foot so hard that I think
thnt he wanted a reliable witness of
the rent troubles which were growing
scute In Schoharie, Delaware and Co-
lumBla counties.
It was a trial to go so far from
home, as Aunt Deel put It, bat both my
aunt and uncle agreed that It was “for
the best.”
How it wrung my heart, when Mr.
Purvis and I got Into the stage at Can
ton, to seo my aunt and uncle standing
by the front wheel looking up at me.
How' old and lonely and forlorn they
looked I Aunt Deel had her parse In
her hund. I remember how she took a
dollar out of It—I suppose It was the
only dollar she had—and looked at It
a moment and then handed It np to
me.
“You better take It” she sold. *Tm
'frald you won't have enough.”
How her hnnd and lips trembled! I
hove always kept ilmt dollar.
I couldn't see them as we drove away.
The Judge received me kindly and
gnve Purvis a Job In his garden. I
was able to take his dictation In sound-
hand and spent most of my time In
taking down contracts and correspond
ence and drafting them Into proper
form, which I had the knflek of doing
rather neatly. I was Impressed by the
Immensity of certain towns In the
neighborhood, and there'were some
temptation* In my way. Many people,
and especially the prominent men, In
dulged In ardent spirits.
We had near na there a little section
of the old world which was trying. In a
half-hearted fashion, to maintain it-
aclf In the midst of a democracy. It
was the manorial life of the patroone
—a relic of ancient feudnllam which
hnd Its beginning In 1020, when the
West Indies company Issued Its char
ter of privileges and exemptions. That
charter offered to any member of the
company who should, within four
years, bring Afty adults to the Now
Netherlands and establish them along
the Hudson, a liberal grant of land, to
be called a manor, of which the owner
or putroon should be full proprietor
and chief magistrate. The settlers
were to be exempt from taxation for
ten years, hat under bond to stay In
one place and develop It. In the be
ginning the patroon built houses and
barns and furnished cattle, seed and
tools. The tenants for themselves and
their heirs agreed to pay him a Axed
rent forever In stock and produce and.
further, to grind at the owner's mill
anil neither to hunt nor Ash.
Judge Westbrook, In whoso office I
worked, was counsel and collector for
the pnlroons, notably for the manors
af I.lvlngston and Van Renssalaer—
t"'o little kingdoms In tbe heart of tho
great republic.
Mr. Louis I-atonr of Jefferson coun
ty whom I hnd met In the company of
Mr. Dunkelberg, eame during my last
year there to study law In tho office of
the Judge, a privilege for which he wns
Indebted to tbe InAuence of Senator
Wright, I understood. He was a gay
J.oihurlo, always boasting of his love
affulrs, and I hud little to do with him.
One day In May nenr the end of my
two yeurs In Coblesklll Judge Wcst-
tnook gave me two writs to servo on
frttlers In tho neighborhood of Bald
win Heights for nonpayment of rent
Jle told me what I knew, that there
and was going with me. ‘ j eplte of me. They were In his pocket.
“I wouldn’t miss It for a thousand « fool I had been not to call for
dollars,” he remarked. "By Jove I I them - My companion saw the look of
think we’ll have a bully time.” I ooneem In my face.
"I don't object to yoor going bat ** don't like that yonng feller," said
yon most remember that I am In com- Curtl *- “He’s In fer trouble."
mand.” I said, a little taken back, for He ran toward hit boose, which waa
I bad no good opinion either of his rn,y a few rods beyond us, while I
prudence or his company. started on In pursuit of the two men
"Tho Jndge told me that I coold go nt top B P eed - Before my horse had
bnt that I should be under your or- token “ dozen damps I heard a horn
dera,” he answered. “I'm not going to blowing behind me and Its echo In tho
be a foot I’m trying to establish a h,,ls ’ ^Bhln a half a moment a dozen
reputation for good sense myself.” horns were sounding In the valleys
We got our dinners and set out soon aroond me ' What a contraat *° the
after one o'clock. I had ro«* 8 *i! n inlet ln wh,ch we h#d been rid lng wa *
deeds of 6 the men we wera^ Zc ?"■ pa “ d *“onlum which had broken
wera braThera^nd n^‘ 0 o n ^ °°/ a !“ ^countryside. A little ahead
Joining farm, with leases which cSv- Lg?"‘uThorao hadTlTm lather
ered three hundred and fifty nm>a n* “7 “ orao had begun to lather*
fund. Their TJX
diant!ible.“nter wh^ght^kritag ‘"US" catch them and checked 0,6
cattle and four sheep In goSd ^ °4e hora^era sUU rounffin*
sixteen fat hens, nil to be delivered ln Som k ; ^ th^T - -2, mltea
the city of Albany on the drat day of
Ulre ®'rldere^n^tra^go'costnmra come
i was engaged in a just cause* I brave-
^defcrm'ned to serve the writs If
, . , „ ..... _ end Purvis. They had not discovered
I rode In silence, thinking of Sally me. I kept as calm os I could In tho
and of those beautiful days now recod- midst of this excitement
I 7 T‘ and 1 P° S3ed the bouse from which tho
pverv* wpph nnd nip or h ,hree riden > bad Just turned Into the
EELEt *“ d road. A number of women and an old
SIBERIALANDOF
OBSTACLES FOR
FIGHTING FORCEi
They Brought Latour on a Rail Amidst
Roars of Laughter.
tike, ponltrlAed, be-poodled object he
answered It Between the lines I had n-an'nnd three or four children stood ' wns —burred and sheathed In rnmpled
Spi.p*pH the note nt lonpiinp.. ^an and three or four children stood father, from hi. h.ie ,/m.
detected the note of loneliness. They on the norrtT Thev looked at mo In ! w ,eotbcr * from hls balr. to his
had told me the small news of the Xnre ^ I waJmLln^and thm b£ hecl9 ’ The * leht and smeI1 of h,m
countryside. How narrow and mo- mn to hl« w me t i * eared ,he boraes. There were tufta
STT J! “ii TSTiiLr. feeling I have uJer tao^ne. that I £?“'KL«S
Rodney Barnes had bought a new Jay l S eveTthe hvnwof ! eb,D - *b«T had found great Joy in
to mi; John Ax,el. had been hurt In a theV. .wMtofEmeSfffL ,^5?"“* “*** *
which be hnd arrived.
Then eame poor Purvis. They had
Just began to apply the tar and feath-
mff of long feathers around his neck.
They lifted tho runaway* Into their
saddles. Parris started off at a gallop,
shouting "Come on, Bart," bnt they
stopped him.
“Don’t be In a hurry, yonng feller”
said one of the Indiana, and then there
was another roar of langbter.
“Go baek to yer work now," Curtis
shouted, and turning to me added:
"Yon ride along with me and let oar
feathered friends follow us."
So we started up the road on oar
way hack to CobleskilL Our guide left
runaway; my white mare had got a !L“ W which all the
spavin! 6 men of tho countryside were coming.
"Hello, mister r 1 . H“ rd “f? 1 * I era to him when Curtis had stopped
I started out of my reveries with a , ° e ‘ , 1 l * t ° p * > * d ’ 1 a ° d the process. He had only a shaking
little Jump of surprise. A big, rough- ' “ m r»honlder saw a rider
approaching me In the costume of an
Indian chief. A red mask covered hls
face. A crest of eagle feathers circled
the edge of hla cap. Without a word
he rode on at my side. I knew not
then that he wns the man Joslab Cur
tis—nor could I at any time have
sworn thot It was he.
A crowd had assembled around the
house ahead. I could see a string of
horsemen coming toward It from the
.other side. I wondered what wns go
ing to happen to me. What s shouting
and Jeering In the crowded dooryardt
I could see the smoke of a Are. We
reached the gate. Men In Indian masks
and costumes gathered aroond ns.
"Order I Sb-ah-sh." was the loud com
mand of the man beside me In whom I
recognized—or thought that I did—the
voice of Joslnh Curtis. "What tut*
happened!"
“One o’ them tried to serve a writ
an’ we have tarred an' feathered him.”
I Just then I heard the voice of Pur
vis shouting hack In the crowd this
Impassioned pies:
“Bart, for God’s sake, come here.”
' I turned to Curtis and ssld:
' “It tho gentleman tried to servo tha
writ he acted without orders and de-1 clothes and had my sapper and foand
serves what he has got The other fel- (Judge Westbrook In bis home and re
low Is simply s hired mnn. who came ported the- talk with Curtis and onr
along to take care of the horses. He' adventure and my view of the sltea-
A Big, Rough Dressed, Bearded Man couldn’t tell tho.difference between a
Stood in the Middle of the Road writ and a hole In the ground.”
With a Gun on Hls Shoulder, | "Men. yon have gone far enough,”
. ' said Curtis. "This man Is all right,
dressed, bearded man stood la the mid- Bring the other men here and pot ’em
d ' e *b e r#Bd wltb * gnu on hls oa their horses an* Pll escort ’em ont
shoulder. o’ the town.”
Where ye goin’r They bronght I.atonr on n ran
amidst roars of laughter. What a bear-
been flrimsimwecl nnd~ were being
ns at the town line some three miles
beyond.
Latour wns busy picking hls arms
and shoulders. Presently he took off
hls feathered coat and threw It away,
saying:
"They’ll hove to pay for this. Every
.one o’ those Jackrabblts will have to
settle with me."
“Yon bronght It on yourself,” I said.
"You ran away from me and got us all
Into trouble by being too smart. Yon
tried to be a fool and succeeded' be
yond your expectation.”
It was dark when I left my com
panions Is CobleskilL I changed my
Don back In the hills. I observed that
be gave the latter a cold welcome.
“Up to the Van Heusen place.”
“Where do ye hall fromY’
“Coblesklll.”
"On business for Jndge Westbrook?” Grimshnwed out of the Just frnlts of
“Yes.” j their toll by the feudal chief whose
“Writs to serve?" 1 remoto ancestor had been a king’s fa-
“Yes," I answered with no thought vorite. For half a moment I watched
of my Imprudence , the wavering needle of my compass
“Say, young man, by hokey nettle I end then:
I advise you to tarn right around and "If what yon say Is trne I think yon
go back." are right," I said.
“Why?" I “I don't agree with you." said yonng
“ ’Cause If yo try to serve any writs I-atonr. “The putroons have a clear
ye'll git Into trouble.” ; title to this land. If ihe tenants don't
“That's Interesting," I answered. “I ' vant to P°y the rents they onglit to
um not seeking a qanrrcl, but I do Bet out nnd make way for others.”
want to see how the people feel about “Look here, young man, my name Is
the payment of their rents." | Joslah Cnrtis," said the stranger. "I
“Say mister, look down Into thnt vnl- ,lve ln th e first honso on the right-
ley there,” the stranger began. “See hnnd side o* the rood. You may tell
“I shall send the sheriff and
posse," he said with a troubled look.
“Pardon me, but I think It will make
a bad matter worse,” I answered.
“Wo mnst not forget that the pa-
troons ore our client*,” he remarked.
I yielded and went on with my work.
In the next week or ao I satisfied my
self of the rectitude of my opinions.
Then came the most critical point In
my history—a confilct wltb Thrift and
Fear on one side and Conscience on
the other.
The Judge raised my salary. 1 want
ed the money, bnt every day I wonld
have to lend my help, directly or Indi
rectly, to the prosecution of claims
which I could not believe to be Just.
My heart went out of my work. I be
gun to tear myself. For weeks I had
pot the courago to take tssne with the
learned Judge.
One evening I went to hls homo de
termined to put nn end to my unhap
piness. After a little talk I told him
frankly that I thought tho putroons
them bouses—they’ro tho little the Judge that I won't pay rent no should seek a friendly settlement with
scs o’ the poor. See how smooth more—not as long ns I live—and I their tenants.
houses o’ the poor.
the land Is? Who built them houses? won't git ont, either.” “Why?” ho asked.
Who elenned thot land? Wns It Mr. “Mr. Latour, you and Purvis may go “Becnuso their position is nnjnst,
Livingston? By hokey nettlot I guess on slowly—I’ll overtake yon soon,” I un-American and untenable,’’ was my
not. Tho men who live there built tho said. | answer.
bouses an' cleaned tbe land. We nln't' They went on and left me alone with H ® roso and gavo me hls hand and
got nothin’ else—not a dollar I It’s all Cnrtis. Ho was gelling excited and 11 8 smllo of forbearance In consldera-
EN ROUTE TO OMSK, SIBERIA..
(Correspondence of the Associated
Press.)—People hare talked lightly m
sending an army of half a million me,
or more to western Siberia to bato,
with Bolshevism or for any wu, tea _
son connected with this (ifopest
Russian problem. The Japs
learned by bitter experience In the
with Russia of the difficulties of a si.
berlan campaign and would ponder
long before dispatching a mighty araj
to the fay Ural mountains. The cor
respondent of the Associated Press, u
a passenger on a special British mill-
tary train bound for Omsk, the seat ol
the All-Russian government, Is harioi
a close opportunity to study the dlffl-
cutties of transporting a great army.
We have on board a company o|
splendid British troops recently arrir.
ed from India—men of the famom
Hampshire regiment—the territorial!
or militia of England who offered to
go to India to replace the regulars and
who served there for two years. Nov
the fortunes of war find them riding
across the barren lands of ManchurU
on their way tp the heart of the SibeJ
rian steppes, where the temperaturJ
Is forty degrees below zero. AmdotJ
as they are to return to their homei
la England they fulfill this new taaU
gladly and light-heartedly. They u
travelling in plain, rude box can
grouped about stoves with all the dli
comforts that a Journey of two or thre
weeks, and perhaps more, involves.
For the officers commanding t
contingent, there is a third class Rw
slan sleeping car with bare woode
shelves to hold their sleeping bags an
blankets. In another British mllittr
train which precedes us there Is
sleeping car and the officers
camping with their men in the bo
cars. We are fortunate In one n
spect. Lack of Russian equipment u
facilities for cooking oblige the oS
cers to eat the same rations as th
men which. If plain, Is wholesome i
nourishing.
Lack of railroad cars isjBt e m
striking feature of life In Siberia h
day. There Is deplorable dlsorganii
tlon. There is urgent need of
tral management and people who
the welfare of Siberia at heart
nestly hope that John F. SterendQ
American railroad expert, who la
here, will be given a chance to t
order from chaos.
It was a picturesque spectacle as
train was stopped at stations on
way from Vladlvoetock to Harl
Tall Russians, Chinese and Koreans
bulky, _ tattered, filthy
swarmed around the train/ offi
doubtful-looking eatables for
Hungry, long-haired dogs, wolfish
appearance, prowled about the
snapping and growling, gulping do<
anything that will stay death,
hand In a lonely area they would
formidable to any man. The weal
was keen and cold, the wind bill
Long delays occurred at almost e’
station. Many freight cars were
but few In movement. Disorganize!
reigned as master.
The two lessons taught early in
Journey were, first, the great matoi
obstacles to be encountered In
a big army Into Siberia and
peratlve need of central manage!
of the Siberian railroads. The
fort and perhaps the lives of the
pie of Russia depend upon a pr
central control of the railroads.
gone to tho landlord. I nm for the wished to allay bis fears,
men who made every rod o’ that land; "Don’t let him try to serve no writa
an who own not a single rod of It or there’ll be hell to pay in this val-
Years an years ago a king gave It to i ey " sa |fl Curtis.
n mnn who never cut ono tree or laid'
“In that case I shall not try to servo
ZVwT ° n0,h0r ’ r ^J ie deeds say. the wrlt8 . r don ' t wnnt t0
ar«ar iavass' arts s; ir.wss
nr- good for wheat, nn’ ain’t been for on(J report wha , u, cy gay . It may Iea “
ye I to n settlement.
fie tom me what I knew, that there |* r ’“ f IM J d m , any , ,hlnss bnve happened, Wp wcnt on t0RPther to th f .
wns hitter feeling against the patroons * h “? dred yeara V Tho 1 , and waa the hill near which we had been stand-
in that vicinity nnd that I might en-* n ia n» folks* rast.IBn’to'L^nvefBv >"*' ^ ahead I saw a clou7o? dL
counter opposition to the service of h . * ' i ?»» i slaves. By b t , f nn(1
CLASSIFIED ADS
FOR RENT—Two good mules to
some reliable farmer to make crop
with. Jno. W. Shiver. Phone 117.
run sale—Early Blue Stem
Wheat, $3.00 per bushel Lo-b. Leslie
George T. Derlso. Leslie, Ga. tf-d&w.
WANT TO DO YOUR fine watch,
clock and Jewelry repairing. Expert
-service and reasonable charges. R. S.
Broadhunt Jeweler, 110 Lamar St,
directly In front of postoffice.
manor, 'hut*''tockTd^^ £TZ
th,. 1 -—-—-
re.ir nnnn •• h, w hot 8 the matter—same as the soli
man of tnct to go nnd talk with theso
k -^np;reun°dtTnttr^ Lawyer O’Quinn
anothermnm” ‘° Undert “ k0 “ ^ livin’ back to old Ho.Undto^
“. think I would enjoy tho task.” I &£? £??- "V" *°° <1
,. , , . people that don’t bnve
said to Ignorance of that hornet’s nest to be slaves. They own their Innd an*
, k ,n Uie hills. they nln’t worked any harder than wo
“Tnke Purvis with yon,” ‘
“ne can tako care
Edits Golden Age
ATLANTA, Feb. 5. — James F.
^“^ooony more savin'. That's O'Quinn, a prominent lawyer. whJD
of the horses nnd why I Ba y we can't pay the rents no .... 7,
ns those back-country folk are a little more on’ ye mustn’t try to mnko us.
lawless It will be Just as well to have By hokey nettle I You’ll have tronble
o witness wltb yon. They tell me that If yc do.”
Purvis Is a man of nerve nnd vigor.” | The troth had flashed upon me ont
I hnd drafted my leltera for the day pf the words of this simple man. Un
end was about to dose my desk ond til then I had heard only ono sldo of
start on mf Journey when Louis La- tho case. It I were to bo the servant
tour camojfA and announced that he Of Justice, as Mr. Wright had advised.
had
formerly jffactlced at Miicon and Al
ma, and who for the past several
months has been engaged in Y. M. C.
A. war work at Camp Gordon, where
he distinguished himself by gaining a
strong hold upon the soldiers in
training, has become business inani
tion of my youth, as I took It
I left much Irritated and spent a
sleepless night to the courso of which
I decided to cling to the Ideals of Da
vid Hoffmaa and Silas Wright
In tho morning I resigned my place
ond asked to be relieved os soon ns
tho convenience of the Jndge wonld
allow It He tried to keep mo with
gentle persuasion and higher pay, bnt
I was firm. Then I wrote a long letter
to my friend the senator.
Again I had chosen my way and with
duo regard to the compass.
Senator Smith to
Soldiers Get Rek
(TO BE CONTINUED)
M’CtATCIIEY BACK ON JOB.
ATLANTA, Feb. 6.—After a prot
racteded and very critical Illness with
bronchial pneumonia, caused by influ
enza, Major D. F. McClatchey,
the able executive secretary of the
U. S. food administration for Geor
gia, has now returned to hls offices ln
the Chamber of Commerce building In
this city, and Is again to active charge
of hls important duties as the “first
lloutonant,” so to speak, of Dr. An
drew 11 Soule, the federal food ad
ministrator for Georgia.
that
........ of this city, of which Congressman-
the «rit* from the Jndge tvhat wns I to do? These tcoantihsd gar and field editor of th* Golden Age. Elect William D. Upshaw Is the editor, sttlon to handle.
ATLANTA. Feb. 3.—Now
work as democratic conferee
tho senate on the revenue bill
been completed, Senator
will devote hls principal attenttoi
several weeks to aiding Geori
secure their discharge from the
tary servtco. *
It Is the pollc yof the war
ment to give men their dtschargi
rapidly os possible. In todl
cases, however, the war departi
desires to release men at once
have positions awaiting them
life. That Is to say .the war d
ment wishes men to be released
of their units whenever thettari
position to go immediately <o w
tlons to civil life.
To expedite such discharges
a* possible is the desire of
Smith. Ho has already devoted
deal of attention to this work,
revenue bill made heavy
on the time of all the
prevented him from
many cases as he will now be
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