The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1862-08-02
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STATE OF IOWA.
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CLINTON, July 10, 1862.
Complaints and statements have been made
10 me Of extravagant charges made BY some
Clam Agents in this and other SsWes,; fors
service in prosecuting claims for arrears OF
paw, pensions. bount,es, DC: due soldiers Of
this State, or to their heirs.
These statements and cnmplhints Call Tor
q remedy. They are usually made IN cases
beyond the con,ro! and u duence o. tbs pe5
p.rtment. which posse sses no power OF re-
dress. The honor Of the State 10 concerned
in protecting from pecuniary loss, as far as
noss,ble. the brave soldiers who haye become
disabled in the sssvice, add lit becomes 4
religious duty on the part Of all officers OF
she State to prevent the poor pittance which
is pfevjaea fSs fbosewhoha faitsdin sheir
country service from being dissipased 70
extravagant collection fees.
This matter has had the attention OF the
Governor, who has referred The same TO me
for action. To prevent the evils compIsined
Of, it is proposed to appoint one clerk in
my Office, whose whole attention will be
devsted TO the at te6tien Of sOldisrs &a1zts.
1t is believed il will save to the soldiers and
the citizens Of this State many thousand
dollars. -
Proposals will be received It this DEPART
ment until the 10Th day of August, from
competent and responsible parties for at
tending to such claims. The parties who
propose 10 d4yfAis Ans,ness must be febpn.
sible and active men. who have knowledge of
the business and can satisfy this Depart
ment that they have sufficient facilities to
transact business at Washington, and at
points where paymasters are located for
special objects. This Departments reserves
the right TO dpcidsln every csse. The Offer
must be for so much percens.. ohamoans
collected. In order that all may fully un-
derstand my. objects aid intent.oos, the
following Latter u the Adjntany General Of
New Jer- ey is published. This applies as
we'll TO .his Staies - any gother.' olsfully-ex-
plains the matter:
STATE OF NEW JERsIy, D.
ADJuTANT GENERALS OFFICE
- ~ 4 Trenton, june IS. 1891 J /
W. Barrows. Esq. DaveDport lossa. ct.,lj
SIR:-Yours of the llth inst., ad.
dressed to Gov. Olden has -bneu handed ny
his Excelency to this Office for al answer.
10 reply 4 beg lraye so1say thsts the only
bas ) upon which the arrangement has been
made to aid the volunteers and their hers
IN procuring the amount of their claims
against the United States, is formed Oh the
general authority given to the Governor oy
the Legislature to .'iOOk after" the interest
of the volunr GERS from this State, and that
other general authority vested IN him, to
further, by al proper means, she, Interest Of
the State and her citizens.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS prevailing among
the people as 70 the proper course 10 be
pursued in the collection of these claims,
led to multltud4 OF applications to this
department. To give this lnfOrinasion re
quifed an amount 1T time and labor in many
Instances greater than would have been re-
qulred'%o prepare the application, and at
ter 1t was gwen, the people, (n u majority
Of cases vesy poo') were lett to the tender
merc,es OF the lawyers and local agents,
who were charging sheM vexhorb'tant fees
for preparing their claims. q Ii was evident
that much could be saved to the heirs by
having some systematic IN ode Of collecting
their claims, and as this Department was
the point TO which nearly al their inquiries
were directed, and ~ the AdiuIunt General
was willing to answer these, 10 addition to
his other duties, the matter was placed 10
his charge. s,,.,y,r.,s,
As these claims could not be collected in
any event without some expense to IN
claimant. arrangements were m ,de with r.
sponsible parties AT Washington, VINO
agreed to attend (In that city, to the prose
cutlOn OF the claims. furnishing all neces.
sary blanks and INSTRUCTIONS, and re- aiming
tiue per cent. Of the amount collected rs
Nv", vine" parties apply 20 this ofioo for
Information, blank form IL tlled up and
sent them with letter of instructiOHs as
to how to proceed 10 executing them. When
the papers are received here duly executed,
they are mailed to our agents in Washing
ton, and it is found that the trouble, annoy
ance and expense to the State are net ualy
less than when merely giving them infor-
nation, while it cannot be doubted That
much expense is saved to 4 class of people
generally unable to bear IL. Much OF the
information a. to the enlistment as well as
death of the soldier being only procurable
in this Office, it can as well be given in an
application as 10 letter to some other
party. 49, ,, ..' p So ,- - y,.. -.
Thus the facilities that the Adjutant Gen.
erals Department of ary State must pos
sess, point to it as the proper depar men'
to take charge Of sdck a matter, while the
interest Of the citizens, and the dulies that
every State owes to those who fight and fall
10 her defense, would seem sufficient reason
for rendering every facility to their heirs IN
procuring their just dues. g - z, sl,ss1E
If l have not misunderstood your ques-
tons, they are answered. s4ssas..s s-. ed
II there are any points and details upon
which can give you information, it will
afford me pleasure to do 80. 1
Very respectfully your obi servant, sar-
R. I. STOCKTON. JR.,
Assistant Adj't Gen'l, Neu Jersey.
IF this arrangement is perfected, 1t will
not prevent other claim agentsfrom epga-
g,ng in the business, but will give % our
soldiers and their families an opportunity OF
knowing that they have an agent who will
do the business at certain rate, and, to a
great extent, prevent Impressions. ssstS
Upon conclusion of this arrangement
another circulartwille be published With full
directions.