The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-12-01

posed Of over i've thousand OF these claims.
varying IN amount from a few dollars to tens Of
thousands. Tho labor In each case was con-
siderable; in some very great II involved tho
overhaulng Of officers accounts. returns. and
letters. to verify or disprove the allegations OF
claimants and extensive correspondence with
commanding officers, and officers Of the Sub
sstcnce Department while in the field with
Provost Marshals Adiutant- Generals and dis
Interested persons living In the vicinity OF tho
claimants residences. In humorous cases
after those sources Of Information we're ex-
hausted. Gen. Eaton had to sond agents to in
vestigate tho facts on the spot. This military
iudicaturo paid the Government well. Many Of
these claims were found to be utterly hollow
and false; moro Of them excessively exagger-
ated in amounts. values and numbers. Most Of
the claimants were thoroughly disloyal. A
small percentage only Of the claims WIS found
to be just and reported 30. with loyalty in the
claimants. to the Treasury for settlement. OF
all the claims examined and recommended by
Cen Eaton. not one was subsequently found to
be fraudulent in itself. or improperly certified
for settlement. when tho Third Auditor and
Second Comptroller reexamned them before
final payment What known iudcatory has
such n record IA this2
On tho Let of March 1874 in the 6sth year of
his age. and the prime OF his usefulness $50
we'll was he organia eJ. aud no temporarily had
he lived). Gen. Eaton was retired by order Of
Pres dent Grant from active service and placed
on the, retired list having served faithfully
put rather than furlough. Relieved from the
bracing OF duties 70 be peri9rmed, 4nd the
To- the soldier. and he began to show wearines -.
With dignity. sweetness. and sympathy he gave
himself 10 society. TO- NATURAL science. To rolig
H." 10 pleasure travel Hc went to Europe in
November. 1873. and spent two years IN quiet
snjoyment Of Scotland, England. France. aud
Switzerland. He periodically came home to
participate In the celebration Of his country's
Centennial birthday. and then went TO New
Haven. white haired. boarded. conspicuous
for his military mir. his henuty. and his veneer
able appearance, and cliHrming To those who
knew him for his cultivation and gentleness.
der whore he would have chosen to hear the
call. next to receiving u fighting Tor his country
81. 1877 n little before 3 o'clock. He had taken
his sent To listen To u lecture In the Yale Uni
vcrsity Art school. suddenly he was stricken
with synrope OF the heart In n few moments
be- had passed out Of life IA quietly and beauti-
fully as child goes into sleep.
Drums. the drums Of drum corps. should have
rolled ut this mans funeral hut his children
respected his mod"siy. Muhl1d drums. giving
time 10 representative sold ere from all the or
guniz itiOna that survived the war, should have
planned the departure Of tho Rrent Com issnry
who had fed the troops Of the Union always full
NlWNNH lhnflutllyt hlWstlN WIN inc NtNt. Drums
should have rolled military requiem TO the
head Of tho Subsistence Department. who went
into the war poor and came out OF II poor. un-
touched 10y the temptation and unsoduced by
the opportunity to make himself rich. such IA
no other war ever ofrcrod 10 human nnture. An
army should have buried this admirable OH ,er
But those were worshipful hands that lowered
him into bis grave I'm the New Haven burial
ground. The h II men ia Yale College and the
hest men In the city stood ia a snow storm in
tn" cemetery. and uncovered their heads as he
was given TO his mother earth, and the tnik Of
all with each other was, that rs good and honest
a gentleman ever lived VIVA he they were
burying SAMUEL MILkKsON.