The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-12-12

II will require IL 500 acres Of land TO satisfy the
warrants already issued under the act of March IL 1877
and IL 63l to satisfy those that have already
Issued under the acts of September g. $780, and March
~, 1852, making an aggregate Of 2s a97 500 acres.
large number Of claims filed BY individuals b.oneso to
various Indian tribes, who still retain tn sir tribal charc
ter but ho claim to have been soldiers in the various
detcribed in ad act and entitled to its benefits Some OF
thefe claims have been admitted and warrants issued
Others have been suspended the claimants could
not comply with the rules established for all claimants
under this act The chiefs Of of the tribes from
which claims have been eeented, have remonstr
against any action upon them because the auth orty of
the agents presenting the had been Improperly
tanned.
aso found great embarrassment attsndi az the exam
nation and final cispciton of these claims, in conss
qrence OF the difficulty in communicating with the claim
ants, their inability TO state the facts connected with
their service explicitly is desirable and the
Of muster rolls known te be authe ntc to verify their
SITS temeDts These endorsements greatly increas
ed Wien the claims are presented by the widow and mi
children Of jecea soldier Evidence OF marriage
and heirshp and the proper appointment OF guardans
is l. most next 70 impossible to be obtained
coIdipg TO any well estabished rules; AMI the of
these regulations lead TO the practice Of Frauds
greatly increase the presentation OF fraudulent claims
When warrant Issues can hardly b. supposed It
be located by the antee indeed it be doubted
whether he has the power to do and 1t will besome
article Of purchase of little value to it, Waving
therefore, all doubts which entertain of the inten
ton Of Congress to extend the benefits OF this
to this class Of claimants, have thought it advis.
able, under all circumstances, to suspend action upon
them unit Congress could express its opinion upon the
gratitude to Il ese persons equal to tina. due our own
citizens who served in these various wars may be more
for the interest Of all parties TO discharge such debt in
zone other than the donation land which the
benefcaries personally emily trust the at
tenton of Congress will be directed to this subject
to se regretted that the munHcen. govern
nent annually distributes to its citizens should be made
retext for obtaining money from the treasury through
fraud and fasehood And IL Ii found that nu erous
IND vduas under gue Of friendship fer the objects Of
this bounty have, with pretended claims sustained by
the fouet perjury, obtained liberal aowaaces Some OF
these PER- have already detected prosecuted
Five convictions have been had since April last and the
guilty parties are expatipg their crimes In the Pen
tentary Several others have been arrested and the
CO Of thr guilt too apparent to leave any doubt
Of their conviction Oths whose guilt no les pal
Pabe than those in prison. escaped
In consequence Of the spse Of time since the guilty acts
were committed The act Of Congress limiting prosscu
tons for this class Of onoes bars proceedings in two
Years from the time Of commit ng the offence Owing to
the secrecy with which frauds upon this oice NAV be
rerperaec and the great difficulty obtaining evidence
q the facts speedily, would earnestly rssomn end that
Congress- make such change In this act as TO Allow pros
scufions to b. commenced within ave years after the
commission Of the offence.
is made the duty Of this Fureau to mako the esti
macs and acquisitions for money 10 pay the psndons
up or the different ac In favor Of the several agents
r. ing pensions To dc ths ntelesnty, It necessary