The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-02-22
PENSION OFFICE FRAUDS.
rlCTS THATAN HONEST TNTESTTGA A.
IRON mas DISCLOSED.
What ~ Costs to Paw the $4,000 Pensions
crs Nearly 100000 -dunndercd Yearly
lIcrha Pnih for Dning PRrty WOrk.

What " Costs to Paw the $4,000 Pension
cra hearty 100000 -auRndcrcd Yearly
CLERKS Paid for Doing Party Work.
WAsu1SGroN, Feb. M.-Thc Chairman OF
the Committee on Invalid Pensions hr. jerks
.f penns ylvania, to- day submitted to the House
bia report on the Pension Burcau. II shows
that to disburse the annual appropriation OF
t302ls6GO to about two hutdrcd and thirtN-tour
thousand persons II costs the Government near
N four per cent. or more than tl07l7'VS' NJ
Inc annual rate there Is paid t. the peNs'"heiS
t2r .seq5la. Thus s3ojalu arc eaten up' u i
claimed, by the expenses of the service anu '"7
srrearagcs on pensions granted during the N''''
y.r,tis last item no separate account Is Kept
b,,, the Commissioner Of Pensions claims that
N amounts 10 s2.ssilsa, and that he arrives al
those figures 10y adding together the annual llst
md the expenses. and subtracting the sum mus
secured from the annual APPROPRIATION
The officers and employees Of the bureau
proper are paid sis15s). and the detective ser
rice consumes siOt01; contingencies S'S'sV'
Examining SURGEONS, fi,.a9l; while hftNeieht
disbursinc agencies eotble t4%'."f} The sta
Nonery and postage account amounts TO SZJ'I'S'
The postage alone being set at SloAs. This last
tcnis ontr,soously large in view Of the law,
which prescrihcs Zee Of twenty-five cents on
zach voucher a. fun compensation for all SER
noes. including postage. for mailing vouchers
md checks. Butno Notwithstanding this provision
Of the law tho agents charge postage and the
goycrnfurnf nays them In fees for these Vouch-
en- $2li.i!i ainually. The nfty-eight pension
agents arc hv law entitled To- an annual salary
not exceeding 5000 each. ana these ices on
vouchers make their salaries AVERAGE about
800 annually while many or Them dishlisc
les than the average soluy. The Income OF
many ~ the agents eA'.vD s l'.'"' '',u ''V
, Ii.pgr s'''" ''"'0'' S''''''
Nr jerks claims tho agents can he dsrensed
", .rs ,u r.. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. to PENSIONERS
can easily be made direct from tho bqre3uwith-
1ut any increase on inc lTrseut V'v,,va, ,,
the labor done dimini she'd by an inverse ratio IN
-, H.. INC ,,rnt,,rtion The triuItcatfnn Of
a'm"' t"V s,''tV ~, tti1 ia ac H.. snd tho
iT6fd Audittori: useless AMI result, IN no appre-
e. bic ad'ntnse 10 tne GoV.i4meu, pt 'nfs ny
10 about ylOty original cases were adludicatei (;
nn, w. 80 WIN WE it =" S'' ,st {"
a ., avs ,.'f i'm Is nry one ease tvery
working dav for each employee, while in 80
Sdiud,cnted ed About sixty.six original cases are
peniing and st the rae Of adJastmsn, sh,w wi!
nN thc Moth ol tuv , n,tvat i'S' a. se sied n
TINS time. The committee says:
worse state Of facts than this exists. Some cases
sr certain potent poiueians or iayorite sitorney
be, thery for mere nap ten wears sueh de9y IL i
tthnns n,,rsSs ana nsrhaps thonsaues are now
fi,nnsrs main ned II puhr chsrse- sianGa. mos.
,,cnt ~, disrace 10 me country when permits the
neeis ~ insflre Ia move go sloyy
~ =,
Inc report then proceeds 70 snow int tnls
DELAY arises largely from the bureau being sepa-
rated from the war Department. from which so
uurh ~ the evidence on " which the claims are
a.n,doa -, 10 ,,inad flor dtsnosing ~
~, 49, ~ 49,, r,,ods az ,,,IiS,,s -
thh polht' Tue IeP"i' li"Ne0us n 'O''"S'
In tae a o, lne @ s M
syises rom be yan ~ eSn.renc, IN the head ana III,
tmnloyees Of the ONCE CONSEQUENT upon the bureau
being administered US a political one. Each freshly
pledged politician OF the dominant party mu.t naNe
provision mad. for some OF MS po,l'lcs holaact'
hshGe 81 eacn lnvoh ,1 , srsv s, 81
,ircs Narct is7s there lave hen ias emnioyees al
MS otf &c removed and new men appointed The head.
Of bureaus are lee came principle. The late
Iommissuuer, Mr.. Atkinson, III his testimony before
me committee admitted win COMMUNICATIONS irankne,,
Nv p ti"r 70 H. ~ w, nu ~ 81 $3.50
W, NV he ~ eden IN MI own ea.e tbe otnmssi"ne
,nnoined x.t;ov Flrniss OF Nehraska special ceec
vr he having become poor and expressed desire u
travel The numper Of employees authorized by law ~
30 vac onb So NM Tue total hunner eulployeu =" y
W tNtss o. - 1e1 MI no. vs S I.,
std a. ~, ,-ss,r, tnr nleo was so gtsat Inn, n.
,nnit N regui ~. these ,natiers
soon after the appointment Of the late Commssioue
b. issued al ORDER 20 John stlcs Nu was e Tx .,
ne Pension burean draw ns m annual ssi.r' ~
n,'a.us ~ ~ 49, Wy Il, ,,i NIX