Mr. MCKENZIE. Why use that term?

Col. TIMBERLAKE. That was in the old law; that part of the law was not amended at all. That was in the law and has been in existence the last 11 years, so we just modified the number of men and the rate of pay for those men. That is only an amendment to the

act.

Mr. MCKENZIE. If this said "musicians in the Regular Army," it would be a correct statement?

Col. TIMBERLAKE. Yes, sir. We did not see any necessity of changing any other words than those necessary in the act.

The CHAIRMAN. The point that Mr. McKenzie is making is, Why refer to allowances to the Cavalry rather than to the regular pay of the Army in all branches?

Col. TIMBERLAKE. I really do not know. The pay is the same and the allowances are the same.

Mr. MCKENZIE. It puts a man on inquiry. It put me on inquiry to ask why it was.

Col. TILLMAN. I think your proposition would cover the whole case, and everybody would understand it.

The CHAIRMAN. There is no distinction as to the clothing and fuel allowances?

Col. TIMBERLAKE. They all get the same allowances. You might say "Cavalry, Infantry, or Artillery." Cavalry was the word used in the original act. When we modified it, we did not change that wording, because we thought it would have to be explained.

Mr. MCKENZIE. I assumed that they all got the same pay.

Col. TIMBERLAKE. Officers of the Cavalry and Field Artillery get no more pay than officers of the Infantry, but they get some additional allowances. A mounted officer gets $150 a year for the first horse and $50 additional for the second. Allowances for enlisted men are the same for all branches.

Mr. MCKENZIE. There is this to be said, anyone not familiar with the Army regulations might think that those allowances included the saddles?

Col. TIMBERLAKE. No; the Government furnishes all the saddles. You could say "other musicians in the Regular Army."

The CHAIRMAN. That would be satisfactory?

Col. TIMBERLAKE. Yes, sir.

The CHAIRMAN. The next item is "For pay of seven clerks in the office of the quartermaster.'

Col. TIMBERLAKE. There are some new items, one chief clerk, at $1,800 (submitted), and two clerks at $1,200 each (submitted), $2,400. I should like to explain those items. Those three positions are now filled by civil-service men from the Quartermaster's Department-that is, from the Regular Army appropriation. When the war broke out they took all of those men away and left me kind of helpless for a little while. I would like to get those positions made Military Academy positions so that the War Department could not yank them here and there and send me new ones. When you get a chief clerk in the office it is not easy for him to get acquainted with all the details, and as the officers are always changing, certainly there should be one man permanently in the office. I would like to get the positions now filled by the Quartermaster's Department filled by Military Academy appointees and let the others go back to

the Regular Army. There will be three positions which sooner or later the Quartermaster's Department will not need to ask for, and while it is increasing the Military Academy appropriation it will naturally decrease the Army appropriation so that the Government is not out any additional expense.

The CHAIRMAN. That is your purpose?

Col. TIMBERLAKE. Yes, sir. If I get these, I will turn back to the Quartermaster General his three clerks.

The CHAIRMAN. What about the proviso?

Col. TIMBERLAKE. "That the clerk now holding the position of 'order and purchasing clerk' in the quartermaster's office shall, on his own application, after 50 years in the military and civil service of the United States, be entitled to be placed on the retired list of the Army with the pay of a retired pay clerk, Quartermaster Corps, of the same period of service."

That proviso refers to Mr. John T. Godfrey, order and purchasing clerk in the quartermaster's office. He served 23 years, 10 months, and 25 days in the Infantry, Cavalry, Artillery, and Army Service Detachment, United States Army, and has since served 26 years as clerk in this office. He had 11 months' service as clerk prior to his military service. The legislation sought is no more than a just reward for a most faithful and efficient clerk. Mr. Godfrey is over 70 years of age.

Somebody advised him wrongfully at one time. He had 26 years of service and only about 4 years to serve when he would have retired. He then became appointed to a civil-service position. This would not have been necessary. He is one of the most valuable clerks I have ever seen. He handles all the purchasing orders there, under my direction. In the last three and one-half years I do not know of his making more than one mistake, and I do not know whether that was his fault or mine. He is perfectly reliable, perfectly honest, and I would like to see him given this if possible. The CHAIRMAN. How long has he been there?

Col. TIMBERLAKE. He has been there over 26 years.

Col. TILLMAN. He has been in the military service over 50 years. Col. TIMBERLAKE. Part of his service was as an enlisted man. He has since served 26 years as clerk in the quartermaster's office. The CHAIRMAN. This reads "after 50 years in the military and civil service of the United States." What is his total service now? Col. TIMBERLAKE. About 51 years.

The CHAIRMAN. He would be entitled to this now?

Col. TIMBERLAKE. Yes, sir. He is over 70 years of age. not intend to retire right away.

He does

Mr. ANTHONY. If he had remained in the military service as an enlisted man a few years more he would have retired?

Col. TIMBERLAKE. Retired as a sergeant and he could have taken the civil service position he now holds. He is now paid $125 a month. He could have gotten the $125 a month plus his retired sergeant's pay and he would have been lots better off than he is now. Mr. SHALLENBERGER. What do you want to do, put him on the retired list?

Col. TIMBERLAKE. Yes, sir; as you did in the case of the chief clerk of the cadets' store about two years ago. The CHAIRMAN. Last year?

Col. TILLMAN. Last year.

Col. TIMBERLAKE. He retired recently, but the bill passed two years ago. I was not down here at the last hearing.

Col. Biddle came. It was the year before that. I have his record, which I should like to leave with the committee.

The CHAIRMAN. Place it in the record.

Col. TIMBERLAKE. Yes, sir.

(The record referred to follows:)

[Sixty-fourth Congress, second session.}

AMENDMENT Intended to be proposed by Mr. Wadsworth to the bill making appropriations for the support of the Military Academy for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eighteen, and for other purposes, viz: On page 1, as a proviso after the appropriation for the pay of seven professors, insert the following:

Provided further, That the present purchasing clerk in the office of the quartermaster and disbursing officer shall, upon his own application, after more than fifty years' service in the civil and Military Establishments of the United States, be entitled to be placed on the retired list of the Army with the pay of a retired pay clerk, Quartermaster Corps, of the same period of service.

ESTIMATES OF FUNDS.

Required for support of the United States Military Academy during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1919.

EXTRACT-PAY OF CIVILIANS.

For pay of four clerks in the office of the quartermaster, as follows: One clerk, at $1,500; two, at $1,400 each; and one clerk and stenographer, at $1,200; $5,500. Provided, That the clerk now holding the position of "order and purchasing clerk" in the quartermaster's office, shall, on his own application, after 50 years in the military and civil service of the United States, be entitled to be placed on the retired list of the Army with the pay of a retired pay clerk, Quartermaster Corps, of the same period of service.

NOTE. This pertains to Mr. John T. Godfrey, order and purchasing clerk in the quartermaster's office. He served 23 years 10 months and 25 days in the Infantry, Cavalry, Artillery, and Army Service Detachment, United States Army, and has since served 26 years as clerk in this office. He had 11 months' service as clerk prior to his military service. The legislation sought is no more than a just reward for a most faithful and efficient clerk. Mr. Godfrey is over 70 years of age.-S. E. Tillman, Colonel, U. S. A., Superintendent.

Memoranda of services of John T. Godfrey in the Civil and Military Establishments of the United States from the year 1862 to date.

Civil service:

Employed in the Frankford Arsenal, Philadelphia, Pa., in 1862-63, in the manufa ture of friction primers for troops in the field--I ength of ser ice.. Employed at present in the office of the quartermaster and disbursing officer, United States Mi itary Academy since July 1, 1891. Length of service to date, Nov. 5, 1917...

Military service:

Company D, Si th Mas achusetts Infantry Volunteers

Length of ser ice...

Honorably discharged Oct. 27, 1864.

Discharge paper lost: character given, if any, not known.

Company G, Fourth United States Infantry

Discharged June 19, 1868, at Fort I aramic, Dak.

Length of ser i e..

Character on discharge, "excellent."

Memoranda of services of John T. Godfrey in the Civil and Military Establishments of the United States from the year 1862 to date-Continued.

Years. Months. Days.

Military service-Continued.

United States Military Academy, detachment of Cavalry

Length of service.

5

Discharged Sept. 3, 1873, at West Point, N. Y.

Chara ter on discharge, "a good soldier, an intelligent, worthy man." Troop C, First United States Ca a ry

Length of ser, ice.

5

Discharged Oct. 31, 1880, at Fort Bidwell, Cal.

Chara ter on di charge, "An excellent first sergeant, reliable and sober."

Indian ampaigns: Nez Perce, 1887, in Idaho, Wyoming, and Mcntana;
Bannock, 1878, in Idaho and Oregon.

Troop C, First United States Ca, a.ry

Length of service..

Discharged Oct. 21, 1885, at Fort Maginnis, Mcnt.

Chara ter on discharge, "During a 10 years' service in my troop proved
himself a most efficient, honest, faithful, and meritoricus noncommis-
sion d officer."

Length of service.

Discharged July 31, 1830, at West Point, N. Y.

Cha a ter on di charge, "A most va uabie soldier." Detached Army-ser ice men, Quarterm.a. ter's DepartmentLength of service.

Discharged Nov. 24, 18 0, at West Point, N. Y.

Chara ter cn discharge, "Excellent in every respect." Detached Army-3er.ice Men, Quarterma ter's DepartmentLength of service..

Discharged June 0, 1831, at West Point, N. Y.

Character on discharge, "Excellent in every respect."

Total length of service, both civil and military.

I hereby certify that to the best of my knowledge and belief the foregoing statements are true in every particular.

JOHN T. GODFREY.

Sworn and subscribed to before me this 19th day of November, 1917. [L. S.]

ISAAC H. BOYLE, Notary Public.

GENESEE HOTEL, Wauhegan, Ill., January 12, 1917.

This is to certify that I have known Mr. John T. Godfrey since October, 1880, at about which time I joined Troop C, First United States Cavalry, as a second lieutenant, and Mr. Godfrey was the frst sergeant of the troop.

Mr. Godfrey was then a most efficient first sergeant, an excellent soldier, and a man of high character.

I have been in touch with Mr. Godfrey, more or less, since that time and it gives me great pleasure to testify to his excellent character and to the efficient and valuable services he has rendered to the Government during his honorable and faithful service of more than 50 years as a soldier and civilian.

I earnestly recommend that the legislation which he seeks will be favorably considered.

J. B. ALESHIRE, Major General United States Army (retired).

WEST CHESTER, PA., January 9, 1917.

I was on duty at the United States Military Academy from August 31, 1889, until September 17, 1910, date of my retirement from active service; from October 1, 1892, until September 17, 1910, I was professor of modern languages. I have known Mr. Godfrey during the period and have always found him most capable, painstaking, faithful, and conscientious in the performance of his duties, and his character most excellent.

The services he rendered the Government were valuable and deserving of recognition. The long period of over 50 years in the Government service, both as civilian and as a soldier, fully entitles him to consideration for retirement on a similar basis to that given the former manager of the cadet store.

E. E. WOOD, Brigadier General, U. A. Army (retired).

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.

This is to certify that the records of this office show that John T. Godfrey has been on duty in this office as purchasing or order clerk since March, 1886 (practically 31 years). He has filled that position to the complete satisfaction of the several quartermasters and disbursing officers in charge of the office during that time. He has been exceptionally able, faithful, loval, and energetic in his duties. During his occupancy of his position millions of dollars have been spent by the Government in the rebuilding and upkeep of the Military Academy, and the orders for all material have been prepared by him. That his work has been efficient and valued is shown by his being retained in this responsible position. He has been under my personal supervision for the past two years and seven months. His work during that time has been all that could be desired. His record, both military and civil, shows he has served the Government over 50 years, always in a most excellent manner. His military service alone was over 23 years, within a few years of retirement.

He has reached that age that soon will force his giving up his work, and the Government ought by all means permit him to be retired with the pay and emoluments of a retired pay clerk. To do this an act of Congress is necessary. There is a precedent for such action by Congress in the case of the manager of the cadet store. (See Military Academy appropriation bill for fiscal year 1917.)

E. J. TIMBERLAKE, Lieutenant Colonel, Quartermaster Corps.

To whom it may concern:

WAR DEPARTMENT,

OFFICE OF THE DEPOT QUARTERMASTER,
New York City, January 18, 1917.

This is to certify that I have known Mr. John T. Godfrey, now employed as clerk in the quartermaster's department at the United States Military Academy, West Point, N. Y., since 1890.

During five years of this period-from 1890 to 1895-I was on duty at the Military Academy as adjutant, and Mr. Godfrey, who was then a clerk in the quartermaster's office, came under my observation to a considerable extent.

Between 1903 and 1911 I was on duty at the Military Academy as quartermaster, disbursing officer, and officer in charge of construction, when Mr. Godfrey came directly under my personal observation.

I found him to be one of the most efficient, industrious, and reliable clerks in the quartermaster's office at the Military Academy, always attending to his duties and always to be depended upon. He is a mar of unblemished character and reputation, and deserving in every way of the recognition he seeks for his long, faithful, and honest service.

The records in his case show that he has been practically continuously in the Government service as a soldier and civil employee since 1863. Almost 24 years of this period were spent in the service as an enlisted man, much of it in the West, where he participated in several Indian campaigns. All of his discharges are of the highest character.

It gives me great pleasure to add my recommendation to those of other officers that the legislation he seeks be granted, namely, to authorize his retirement in a grade similar to that of pay clerk, for long, faithful, and efficient service.

J. M. CARSON, Jr., Colonel, Quartermaster Corps, U. S. Army

HEADQUARTERS EASTERN DEPARTMENT, OFFICE OF QUARTERMASTER,
Governors Island, N. Y., January 9, 1917.

To whom it may concern:

1. This is to certify that I have known Mr. John T. Godfrev, clerk in the office of the quartermaster and disbursing officer, United States Military Academy, West Point, N. Y., for over 26 years.

2. During some seven years of this time I was the quartermaster and disbursing officer of the United States Military Academy and Mr. Godfrey worked under my directions.

3. During the entire time of my personal acquaintance with Mr. Godfrey he has proven himself to be an efficient, reliable, and trustworthy Government employee.