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It is not so much the salary of the clerks that I object to but the amount they steal & the annoyance & discomfort they inflict on others. Very few citizens can be found here who are content with an honestly gained hundred dollars per month. | It is not so much the salary of the clerks that I object to but the amount they steal & the annoyance & discomfort they inflict on others. Very few citizens can be found here who are content with an honestly gained hundred dollars per month. | ||
I would discharge every civilian clerk here at once did I feel entirely confident it would meet your approval & not interfere with any of the rights [underline] of the Staff Dept. | I would discharge every civilian clerk here at once did I feel entirely confident it would meet your approval & not interfere with any of the rights [underline] of the Staff Dept. | ||
Another point a rather delicate one & which I do not like to touch. The A. A. Surgeon tho really an army officer pro tempore chooses to consider himself a civilian when anything is to be hard [[?]]. He has teams (oxen) & wagons & had made considerable money by partnerships in contracts, in my opinion | Another point a rather delicate one & which I do not like to touch. The A. A. Surgeon tho really an army officer pro tempore chooses to consider himself a civilian when anything is to be hard [[?]]. He has teams (oxen) & wagons & had made considerable money by partnerships in contracts, in my opinion in violation of the spirit of the Act of Congress. | ||
Latest revision as of 21:41, 11 August 2019
men as clerks the whole work can be done well & economically.
It is not so much the salary of the clerks that I object to but the amount they steal & the annoyance & discomfort they inflict on others. Very few citizens can be found here who are content with an honestly gained hundred dollars per month.
I would discharge every civilian clerk here at once did I feel entirely confident it would meet your approval & not interfere with any of the rights [underline] of the Staff Dept.
Another point a rather delicate one & which I do not like to touch. The A. A. Surgeon tho really an army officer pro tempore chooses to consider himself a civilian when anything is to be hard ?. He has teams (oxen) & wagons & had made considerable money by partnerships in contracts, in my opinion in violation of the spirit of the Act of Congress.