. Information for employes and the public; being a series of leaflets issued ... by the Pennsylvania railroad system in the interest of improved service, increased efficiency, and a better understanding by employes and the public of railroad problems . 8 9 38 6 5 IS 6 7 9 43 4 5 11 45 7 5 2 44 8 6 3 37 11 3 42 5 5 1 37 5 6 1 31 7 11 40 1 1 3 33 4 10 Facts About the Roll of Honor Amount paid since Retire-ment plan was establishedon January 1, 1900 Total number of employesplaced on Roll of Honorto April 1, 1916 . . Roll of Honor employes whohave died Total number of employeson Roll of Honor Apri
. Information for employes and the public; being a series of leaflets issued ... by the Pennsylvania railroad system in the interest of improved service, increased efficiency, and a better understanding by employes and the public of railroad problems . 8 9 38 6 5 IS 6 7 9 43 4 5 11 45 7 5 2 44 8 6 3 37 11 3 42 5 5 1 37 5 6 1 31 7 11 40 1 1 3 33 4 10 Facts About the Roll of Honor Amount paid since Retire-ment plan was establishedon January 1, 1900 Total number of employesplaced on Roll of Honorto April 1, 1916 . . Roll of Honor employes whohave died Total number of employeson Roll of Honor April1, 1916 Lines East ofPittsburgh Lines West ofPittsburgh PennsylvaniaRailroad System $9,543, $3,057, $12,600, 7091 3635 3456 22681157 1111 93594792 4567 #^^ ^Honor Roll Man Who Fought with4m ^\ Sheridan, Burnside and Custer Cour^laiia Morris,who ^^ placed ont h .&^ Roll o f Honor of thePennsylvania Rail-road April 1, 1916,had a stirring careeras a young man,taking part in manyof t he greatest battlesof the Civil War andafterward hghtingthe Indians underCuster. His war experi-*ence began on July1, 1863, when heenlisted in CompanyG, Forty-fifth Penn-sylvania his honor-able discharge 60days later, he re-. COURTLAND MORRIS t h e massacre inwhich, a few yearslater, Custer andhis force were wipedout. This was thefight against thetribe of Chief BlackKettle, along theWashita River, inIndian Territory,now Oklahoma. Black Kettleswarriors got theworst of the firstencounter, but theChief obtainedheavy reinf orce-ments, so thatCusters 600 menwere greatly out-numbered. Noth-ing was possible buta retreat to Fort enlisted in Company A, Third New Jersey Cobb, nearly 100 miles away. So skill-Calvary, and served to the end of the war, fully did Custer manage the withdrawalparticipating in the battles of the Wilder- of his force that it was finally accomplishedness, Spottsylvania, Cold Harbor, Gaines without loss, though on a number of occa-Mill, Petersburg and
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