| Show heros 80 year oid mother 1 works as department clerk at the age of 80 mrs ann E grid leb in other of th famo is captain to admiral beey gale the order yoi may begin firing when gritney Gri tUey and grandmother of john P V Grf diey killed two deais ago by the explosion on the bat missouri is regularly af work a clerk in the jand office a sub division pf the ot the in tenor at washington mrs andley has w corked tor the gov eminent almost continuously for years her salary Is a bear mrs andley came to washington from M caigan after the war her husband vis frank andley ot hillsdale Hlll sdale midi he had been en in mercantile purs ants batore the war b t he became a confirmed enval inval d and mis gradley so ight em and supported both foi miny years it she has one son li ch s E bridley for years an employed 0 the speas iry department with whom she lives mrs agn lie 1 as a pens i ot 20 month granted her on acco int of her services as auise during tie civil war P es dent roosevelt has taken i personal interest in mrs andle ind has ic commended that congress pass a bill increase ng hei pension to a month which wo ild enable her to resign from offee anatal e a bev ears rest the prize money to which capt gridley was entitled as a result of the captures in manila bay amounting to nearly 10 went with the ansur ance and pension to his widow who resides in erie pa the hattei also received the insurance etc after the death of hen son the young 1 eu tenant who was 1 billed on the missouri capt bridle s remains were ere mated in manila and no monument has been erected ta commemorate him or his bravery in the national aeme ten at arlington though there is also a bill for this purpose pigeonholed somewhere in some capitol commit e room my work is very pleasant here said mrs giddley I 1 have little woj ing now to do and spend most of ri time arranging documents alphabel alph ahel cally and numerically long has given me q ute a bit of skill this line everybody Is very considerate at 1 iru aon I 1 think it aou d b restful if I 1 could afford to go and pa a few visits and see my relatives an friends that is where that increase in of pension would come in handy bu 1 am more anxious that they build suitable monument to my son in ai lington that is really a grief to me |
