25 TEAR RETIREMENT .BILL.
’ Sergeant Major Ross has just received a copy of the proposed
twenty-five year retirement bill, which is tb be presented to
the 67th. Congress, 2nd. Session, by Sergeant E. A. Perry, U.S.,
Army Recuiting Service.. •
This bill provides for a deduction of l/° of the pay of all
enlisted men, and a retirement after twenty-five years service
at ilOO.OO a month regardless of grade; Sergeant Perry has
secured the permission cf the Adjutant General's Office to
circulate a petition throughout the Amy, and Sergeant Major
Ross has been appointed as representative in charge of this
work at this post.
The Petition sheet ready for signatures will be ready for dis
tribution within the next few days, and it is hoped that the
p®st turns out as large a percentage as the Panama Canal Depart
ment# The total for the Canal done and the Eirst Corps Area is
to date 6,580 signers.
It is easily seen that this bill will need the loyal support
of all enlisted men, as well as Officers and civilians. Sergeant
Major Ross has been authorized to accept any voluntary contribu
tions that may be made, retaining 20^ for publicity throughout
Alaska, remitting the remainder for current expenses in the
States.
This bill has no connection with the petition that was cir
culated in this post some time ago, as this bill is for the
enlisted men and by the enlisted menjgmd it is up to us to
support it.
Sergeant Major Ross is ready to answer any question in regards
to this bill and will have a copy of same in the Post Library
and in company day rooms for the information of all interefctdd.
NO ONE PUT A VETO ON THIS.
I remember the dawn of that cold, rainy day,
Our first time over the top.
How we crouched in the mud in the trenches,
With our hearts going flippety flop.
And at last the word came and .over we went,
Where the bullets whistled and spat#
And shrapnel screamed ’round like demons from hell,
But no one put a veto on that.
I remember one night in a thick marshy wood
'Vhen the boche gave a chlorine gas ball;
We couldn’t fight back; we were held in reserve,
Had to stay there and take it, that's all,
And thicker and thicker the stinking fumes grew
While we lay there, sprawling out flat;
Choking and cursing, but holding our ground,
And no one put a veto on t*.at.
I remember the night.when,with a pick and a spade»
We scooped shallow graves for our dead;
No songs could be sung; there were snipers around,
We had to work fast for with coming of day
The guns would start in to chat.
Without coffins or blankets we laid them.".away,
But no one put a veto on that.
But when it comes to rewarding our actions,
(Our bonu“s is surely Knocked flat.)
Political parties,profiteers, and factions,
They all put a veto on that.
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