Salt Lake Telegram | 1924-10-19 | Page 4 | Claims Work of Civil War Discussed in Late Book

I Claims Work of Civil W War ar Discussed in Late Book 1 By ALBERT F. F PHIL PHILIPS I The Aftermath of ot the Civil CivilI I War is the title of ot a book bool written I b by Wiley Britton of ot Kansas City Kan ICan who was a special agent of ot I the war department in the inv investigation gation gatlon of claims growing out of the I Civil Ci war particularly In the vicinity vicinity vi- vi of Polk county Missouri The i writing of the book bool had its inception I tion I in a dream suggested d several I I years after f his I separation e r from rs the I I government o service says the author author au- au thor in his preface who adds that I prior llor to the dream he had never i given gl the subject of ot writing on the i aftermath of ot the Civil Ch war var and probably never ne w would uld have given I it a thought though t had ft t not been for t the e realistic nature of ot the complimentary tary remarks of f the speakers Inthe in inthe inthe I the dream reception given him himI complimentary of ot his conduct as asa a I representative of ot the tIle government in inthe inthe n the Investigation of ot war claims Then on the psychological side he continues mental operations were set up that continued d into the I waking state recalling I visions of ot the past in which Incidents Inci mci I IC were dents revived connected C and dd bound with d l together his work in i rapid sequence so that I am able to affairs as if It only a day day- old S 'S T The a author c cites the e ea fact a that he hein hein in InT the e course e of his e examinations I t o taU talked Id with more than witnesses witnesses wit wit- nesses and claimants covering a aI period perlo l of upwards of at twenty years year I so that he gives a kind l of ot I j S' S view Of or h his work with a brief discussion of almost every every I conceivable abe subject so far as they I had a a bearing on the tile Investigations of war claims In his hands On the general subject the au author author au- au I 1 il J th thor gives s In chronological o in brief space the office work worl of ot otI the bureau of the quartermaster I I general war department from fromI I I special a agent ent worl worked ed in order to fit him for field work in intIle I I the tIle investigation in of claims He be believes believes believes be- be that the volume contains in information information information in- in formation and suggestions of Interest Inter Inter- est eat to persons In the tile public service and to to those entering the service I and to the public b by pointing out outI I that Jt It Is good policy to deal fairly failly justly an and courteously and on terms I of ot equal rights with those whom they have business or official relations relations rela rela- and particularly to remember I never to abuse any power with which they ma may b be be- temporarily cl clothed i I Mr Britton had haG his hea headquarters I for tor quite awhile In In Independence lepen lence I Mo one of the oldest towns in inI western Missouri and which in the thelong thelong thelong I long ago was the center of ot the tIle early rise of ot the Mormon props props- ganda He cites this fact and re refers refers refers re- re fers to Independence as s the tile center and mecca ieca of ot the Mormon faith whose communicants own he says the Mormon temple lot upon which they were preparing to build a great temple where the faithful could worship when they returned to the Land of ot Promise Smith Smith Smith- Grieves Company Kansas City