Show UNITED I STATES PAYS I FOR FOR MANY PASSAGES A 1 1 f S r Quartermaster General Ordered Ordered to Make a Report t Which Will Air Free Transportation Graft I WASHINGTON l Dee Dec At the next g of or the House Military Affairs committee Gen Ludington Quartermaster-General Quartermaster ot of the army army will be he asked to t to give c names of ot all private citizens who have been furnished tr free fre transportation I acrO across 8 the Pacific The reason for this inquiry Is Js the report in an Informal way to the committee that some fome me fifty persons who are fire in n no nJ noway wa way c connected with the military service have been furnished free Cree accommodations on the transports Gen Miles applied for free r c transportation for sonic romo guests guest whom he desired d to accompany him on the trip around the worl world orld There was a 0 disposition to n turn him down but as this action would of oC necessity cau cause c an airing of or the thc whole business s of ot free row transportation It was decided to favor or him rather than have a I Some of aC the tho abuses reported 1 are of or a 0 most amazing kind One lad lady a relative or of an army officer and not a particularly n neat neal r the hV Pacific one ant took eight Journeys across In a little OVer a year ear Inasmuch as as each ach trip requires a little t thi more titan than nn thirty days on shipboard she he spent most of f her time aboard ship This was cheaper than living In either cither Manila or San Francisco Apparently most of or these free passes were ee Issued for Cor social rca reasons ons Many pleasure Jaunts around the world were talen at the thy expense c of or the Government Go |