The daily union., 1854-12-15

Warrants covering OF land have already
been issued under the of September 28 1880 and
March 22 1852 The total Of land warrants issued
TO the soldiers OF all the wars since 1870 contain 4z
6l2 acres.
from different States for different periods OF service
from the State by the person. has been detected
this division Instances have been discovered where the
same individual has obtained two and three warrants In
this To guard against this abuse and for other pur-
poses il has been deemed advisable to make complete
alphabetical index Of all applications presented to hs
office with analysis of the service and the action of Tue
Office in each This work has been commenced ahd
though it is of great labor yet it has been found 80
far as Of greater assistance IN
and Of sufficient importance to warrant its complexion
The subject of the frauds upon this bureau attracted the
attention of Congress during its last session. and call
was upon the Secretary Of the Interior for inorma-
on concerning hcm In to this CALL detailed
report from this office on the 18th day OF May last
admitted to you giving statement OF the operation OF
this bureau from the LIST of April l853 to that date ihe
following extracts from that report give summary OF the
number and extent Of the frauds In revolutionary cases.
aud the number OF persons deieceo III rauuue' PraeS
then discovered:
aFrom the preceding statements il will be seen that
frauds in revolutionary have been detected IN ten
States that your have been found to be fraudu-
lent Of which twenynne have been admitted and twenty
five rejected The amount of money abstracted from the
treasury these $68232 and the amount claimed
in ses that have been rejected because OF their being
fraudulent ia 444O42r "The whole num-
ber persons connected with the frauds upon this bureau
that have detected under such circumstances as to
this number have been convicted and sentenced to
hard labor in the penitentiary has died. one has
committed suicides six have forfeited their bonds and He'd
their country; nine waiting their final trial and
two against whom bills of indictment have been found
have not yet been arrested"
Since the date of this report six fraudulent revoutona-
nv cases have detected and traced to person. who
has been arrested held BAIL and has forfeited his bond
amounting to the sum Of $4,000 Three persons have
been detected in presenting fraudulent papers in appca-
tons bounty land and have been arrested and held to
bail One of them has forfeited his bond The number
of persons against whom bills of indictment have been
found up September 3O 1854 is thirty Nine Of these
have been convicted eight have forfeited hsr bonds and
fed; one has died; has committed suicde two have
not vet been arrested and nine await their final trial
Several cases have been discovered which are clearly
fraudulent which have not been prosecuted because
the fraudulent acts were committed than two years
before the discovery made The importance of changing
the statute of limitations ia regard to these offences
noced in my last annual report can only repeat the
The current business Of this bureau brought up to
about the first of December last and has been kept
up that time The attainment Of this desirable OBJ
ject mainly attributable to the energy and industry OF
the clerical force which is fully adequate for all the
required OF this bureau The general fidelity of the
gentlemen composing this force deserves and receives
cOmmendation
have the honor be- very respectfully your obedient
servant l.. z. WALDO,
Commissioner of Pensions
Hon. r. McCLELLAND,
Secretary of the Interior.