The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1865-08-29
IMPoRTA NTINSrRJ CTIoNsT TO PEN
SION CLAIMANTS

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our columns, as VIC believe Instructions
couiaino therein II be of great benefit
i to pension claimants IN cnal lug them To
collect their pension due on the ith Of Sep.
tcmber next, with but little d,hy and cx.
/ pcuse;
U. s. rrNsroN AGENoY, CiNctNNATr, ONO.
SiRi ! respectfully call your attention 10 the
following directions fr the preparation Of Pension
| Vouchers
lst Tho PosiofIicc address of the Pensonor must
be written under hisor her signature.
! 81. The Christian name must b. written in fall.
sd' II Tue Pensiunrr makes mark II must be
Witnessed by two witnesses.
ib The Power of Attorney must have two wit
| ncsscs.
9TH The acknnw lcdgmcnt should be taken be-
fore a Notary Public where II IL practicable MS
the certificate nf the County Clerk is required to
The signature and official character of magistrate
or Justice of the Peace.
9Th. BE careful Ms to date, and do not erase or
inicrlnc, if possible, but IL DOME the officer must
certify that II was done belurc signing.
1th lIriftcn Vouchers will not be- received
'th. All hrdiW Pensioners must add To their de-
position after the words in printed orm nor since
the date OF his last Pension certificate" the fol-
lowing sentence "nor in am ciriI branch nj he
GorcrHB,cHi sincc hc hirri dag Sf Har,b, 1865"
vtli. The oath OF Allegiance only M first pay.
mcnt
SrHuicAL OPERATIONS
10th, All invalid Pensioners, not spcciaHg e.
ompt by their Pcnsiun Certificates, must be
examined by an Examining Surgeon before they
can collect their pensions due September A. 1905
This is the regular biennial examination. The
necessity Of the annual aud scmi-annual examina-
tim can always be determined by reference to
the Pension Certificate.
Fees Of appointed Surgeons fpr required exam
nations will be paid by the Pension Agent, aud
not by the Pcnsiolrr, ns under the act Of 1862.
llth. The examining surgeon must fully explain
the present physical condition Of the pensi1ncr,
how he is affected by his disability, where aud
when he received his wound or contracted disease
and that tits the same for which he was originally
pcnsioncd, as informed by himself, aud the degree
ol the disability, whether total, Il, "a, II, u, "A,
or otherwise, aud the present capability OF the Pen
siuncr for performing manual labor.
II is requested that Vouchers be prepared with
the name in the Power Of Attorney left blank mud
sent by mail 10 the agency The practice of send- |
ing Vouchers by cgprcss or for collection through
banks, merchants aud Claim Agents in this city |
should be discontinued; this causes delay and in
ours additional expense. Vouchers received by |
mail will receive my first and immediate attention. |
and draft sent by return Of mill whenever il is |
possible. Respectfully,
ROBERT $. SMITH, Pension Agent.
n. B.-As Claim Agents and Attorneys cannot !
now be lnrnis he'd with blanks by the Department, |
have caused to be prepared the three forms most
frequently used, viz lnvalids Widows and Moth |
crs' Act of July II, 1892 ani published by Robert
ClarHc 4 Co., booksellers aud statoncrs, in this |
city. These blanks confirm Ia all the recent
changes, aud the use of them will prevent the de-
lays caused by the errors in the preparation of
Vouchers ur improper blanks, and not containing
necessary instructions for filling them up.
For the reason above stated, aud for tho pur.
pose Of yo,miiy, which will aid mo in the prompt
settlement OF claims, | request the use of these
blanks. II. s. =.
Accompanying the above, Mr. s. writes
,u -, A. ,I, l. 4
lowing directions covering the most fire.
quent errors, aud causing either tho rejection
of vouchers or much delay:
lst All vouchers should ho directed 10
" RonEUr S, SMITH. U. S, Pension Agent,
Cincinnati, Ohio the name OF II. G. BoRDEx,
late agent, being on many OF the certIi.
Gates. Tho error is1rcqueutly committed
of sending him the vouchers.
ID. The date OF the execution of vouch.
ors must be on Sr afto,' the ith of Septcm-
Der, 1860
3D. The last date in the Power Of Attor.
ney must be to 4th September, 1868. Pen.
siuus are only payable every six months,
viz 4th March and 1th September of each
year, aud the date in the Power of Attorney
must always he made to include either tho
Que or the other of these dates, according
~ the payment is for March OF September.
lth. Every erasuro must he certified to
by The Notary or Justice of tho Peace,
" that it specifying the erasure, &C., was
made in the presence of the pcusiouer aud
before signing"
9th, Tue certificate of the County Clerk
Is always required to attest the Official
character OF u magistrate.
9th. The following classes nre the only
Ilvald Pensioners exempt from the bien.
NAL examination 4th Sept, 1863:
/. BY special act of Congress.
.. For the loss of uu arm, leg, hand or foot.
3. For nn other disability than the loss or u
finger, toe, or an eye (no eye sight) or than the
prvalou "f some like essential part of the pcnsion
er's body.
7Ih. The degree of disability shnul be
distinctly stated aud ander the head OF par.
ticular description there should always he
"a concise statement ol the Pensioners phys
icat atcordiiion aud of the manner in which he
is disabled by tho injury or disease which
causes the pcusouablc disability. The
standard tor estimating the degree of diSa.
hllliy is always the party's capacity (or sub
siStcnco 10y manual labor. In all cases of
disease the characteristic symptoms should
be given. Rheumatism must always bc
definitely lrcatcd and its effects carefully no.
ted. II the pcnsioucr has only periodical
attacks from this or any other disease, il
should be stated as Ear as possible, how of,
ten aud under what circnm stances. II he
disability is the loss of sight iu one or both
eyes, it should he distinctly certified whcth
or or not there is an absolute aud mcurable
blindness of either or hOth or what essen
tial part is destroyed preventing u future
recovery OF sight.
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DEBT ENGLAND AND AMERICA.
A writer in tho AHmtic Moaihiy makes
n comparison OF the resources aud means
yf payment respectively OF Enghnd on
the assumption that the rebellion had con.
tinucd uulil 1869, and that tho United
States should then owe national debt as
large AS Eugaud's at the close Of the
Napoleon War in 1878, viz; SI,30l, 000, 900. I
Let it be remembered that Epsland has net
only sustained this debt (evon reducing il .
somewhaO, but has prospcred aud grown
rich during the succeeding fifty years. Al
the respective periods Of comparison sug. .
gcsted, To wits 1918 and 1869, the popuE,. \
tion OF tho Uuited Kmgdom Of Great
Britain was less than onc-halt of what the .
population of the Uuited States VIII be I
aud in amount OF foreign trade was less .
than one-,higd. InlSl5 the factory sys.