The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-09-09

to twenty dollars from March 1858. 10 June 1870
lieu OF the above, for total aud permanent loss OF
both hands, or Of the sight Of both eyes, or perma
nent and nearly utter helplessness twenty-five DOL
lars.
For loss or total and permanent disability OF both
feet or Of one hand and one root or for other total
dollars; and for loss 81 one hAhd or one foot or
equivalent disability, fifteen dollars
The act OF july q, 1868, grants to those who,
having entered the service with but one eye, have
lost the same. the SUN OF twenty-five dollars per
month from June Q. 1885, provided they were en.i-
tied prior to the passage OF the act of said last named
date to pension less than that amount
From and after July Is, 1866, all persons who may
have been or shall be penslOned under acts passed
those OF same class occurring since the latter date
and pensloned under acts passed during and since
the rebellion.
A widowsp pension ends at her death or remar-
rage and Is not renewable should she again become
widow, provided. II the cause OF ner husbands
death originated In war prior 70 March 1851 she
she ls shown to have abandoned che custody OF the
children or to be unfit for the same, 1t ends at date
OF such abandonment or unfitness. TO the original
pension allowed or allowable to widow on &C
count OF the death OF her husband, unless he was
commissioned off1cer, there Is granted two dollars
under sixteen years OF age which may have been
born TO him BY HERSELF and also Tor every such child
ch as Sesn under u her care
and maintenance, provided that the widow has will
fully abandoned none OF The children and Is not un-
thereof.
The evidence to be furnished in support OF claim
Tor pension Is very comprehensive and iS frequently
exceedingly diffcult TO obtain IN consequence OF
delay during which time officers whose certincates
essential become scattered de- Full instruc-
lions are communicated by the Pension Once ia
printed circulars, which any applicant for pension
can procure upon asking for them, and wnicn VIII
enable any intelligent person competent TO read and
write to obtain . pension If entitled TO 1t with
out the expense OF employing an attorney. II the
for psnson but little time required to settle the
case; but IN every instance where the evidence Is
incomplete the application Is fled away and remains
untouched until the applicant has complied with the
requirements Of tue law.
RED TAPE.
The process through which claim FOR pension
the system OF red tape. The Pension ONCE occupies
large number OF apartments in the Patent once
by the government rom private parties The
Commissioner OF Pensions is the head OF distinct
bureau, and has his regular corps OF clerks, messen-
gers and other subOrdnates, precisely ike the head
OF one Of the great departments. All communicar
lions relating to pensions go from the Post once to
the mail room OF the Pension ONCE where six clerks
open the man. stamp the documents received with
the date and distribute them according to their ma.
ture. original applications going TO the 'laoketng"
bearing brief Of their contents, and additional ev
dence on previous applications going to the sew
sTs III s,.,s according to g. and sub
From the Jacketing room the original appllca
t0ns are taken to the recording division and placed
on record after an examination OF the books 70 see
that the case has not been previously presented and
from thence to the examiners. When the latter
have completed their investigations tue documents
in each case are collected together and II satisfac-
tory the application Is forwarded to the re-
viewers, who again 60 over the subject
who examines the proceedings Of the examiners and
reviewers aud forwards the documents to the GER
tfcate division, where the necessary certificate for
the pension Is made out and sent, with the appica-
ton and evidence, to another recording division,
where the completed case Is placed on record From
OF the examiner, reviewer, referee and certificate
chiefs and the Commissioner, after looking
over the several reports accompanying che
the Secretary Of the Interior for his sigma
The case is then completed and the applicant
and the agent IN ms Ssrc. are not r o.
poyed by applicants If the attorneys are on record
In the office having paid the necessary revenue to
sent to them but not thus recorded the depart
ment the Pension Once, although transactlng all
the applicants business with him, sends the notn-
cation the applicant direct terminating relations
in the with the attorney and leaving him to col
lect his fees Of the applicant as best he may.
rate and distinct divisions nom the mall room,
which, on the approval OF the cases, receives the
certificates and forwards them to the respective pen
sOners Correspondence Ia maintained between the
Pension once and the Adjutant General, Bureau OF
Navigation, Bureau Of Medicine and Surgery,
sSS Anatos q the
each case according to Its nature Naval pensions,
in consequence Of the dithcuty In reaching essential
oificers scattered in various parts of the
world, generally require about o year for their
Der month. The number OF applications Is now in
about the same rate and still includes cases dating
as far back as l79e Quite number come In for the
war Of 1912.
PENSIONS FOR MEXICO AND 1912.
The number OF applications for pensions for ser.
vices. In the Mexican and Florida wars and the war
ia olao1 oP md mr.
catlons will continue to be so for years TO come,
hundreds of the relatives OF those old soldiers not
yet having applied for pensions TO which they are
entitled, aud others whose applications are in not
having completed the evidence as required BY law.
The pension agencies are located at Baltimore,
Boston, Brooklyn, Chicago, Cincinnati, Detroit,
Hartford, Louisville, Milwaukee, New Orleans, New
York, Philadelphia. Plttsburg, Portland, Ports
cisco, St. Louis, St. Paul and trenton; and pay.
menrs OF pensions are made TO army pensioners on
the 4th OF March ana on the 4th Of september. and
to navy pensioners on the OF January ana lst OF
July. -
The last surviving soldier Of the Revolution pen.
stoned under the general laws died in 1857, and Of
the two soldiers pensioned by special acts OF Con-
gress David +. Brakeman, Of New York, survived at
the date OF last years pension report Nancy Sc
rena OF Pittsburg, Pa, is the only survivor Of revo
utionary widows married PRIOR to the close OF the
war. or those married to soldiers OF the Revolution
since January l. 1894, 1888 renamed upon the rolls
November l. 1865 but the decrease by death in the
year preceding that date amounted to 109, the num-
Der VIII now prODaDiy not Tcacn oUO Inc bOIai
amount Of pensions paid revolutionary soldiers IS
$4s0s2, IT'S, and TO their widows and orphans
49, 254.755. The revolutionary widows will disap-
pear from the rolls with increasing ratio each year,
and IN short time the revolutionary pension list
Will have ceased to exist.
SUBSEQUENT WARS.
On the 1st OF November Of last year there were on
the pension rolls 1885 widows and orphans Of the
war Of 1872 462 OF the Florida war and 1872 OF the
Mexican war, to which the act OF February, 1858,
added 3649 pensioners for services In Indian wars
The rebellion had placed upon the list OF WIDOWS
and orphans November l. 1868. lie, 499 pensioners,
whose annual pensions amounted to 81, s73, 1872
The rebellion had also placed on the rolls 81 427 In
valid pensioners who, with the same class Of pre-
vious wars, received last year &7,4s4 1913.
The total number Of navy invalid pensioners on
the rolls at the close Of the fiscal year was l75 at
an annual rate OF $94, 1888: and OF widows, minor
children and other relatives 43 at $235 258, max
ing total OF {, 61s, at 1891, 099.
The total number OF pensioners Of all classes,
whose names appeared upon the rolls June &c. 1858,
was e4S, paid atan aggregate rate OF sis224 1885,
The number oil pensioners added TO the rolls during
the year was 2S 921 and the number dropped by rea
son OF remarriages deaths and other causes was
I4752 The number of pensions increased during
the year was 32,029 The total amount actually paid
for pensions during the year. including arrears ane
expenses OF disbursement, was $24,0lo,9Sl, exceed