The Red Cloud chief., 1879-02-13

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Yesterday afternoon . rcpo(ss SSssA
himself tapping. gently tapu6f-vith
the object developed below Dor -.
i6s Lake street. the private M al NE
United State. Pension ACCT Dos tkis
district. comprising the sta,>of lllIsols.
Come In" said . pleasant vScs. ed
the visitor stood before . Lad sfeised ID
black and vigorously wielAoG psn -
. desk covered With pspGg. y W.
Miss Ada Sweet. Who f1DuQDed tbs
scribe 10 the hes, 81 her obl9sy - ",
the developments Ani chsoGhD In shs'
conduct II thi. pension o9cNS etc. re-
sulting from the back pertls9 bin Just
passed by Congress.
What IL the numberE al pensions
that you have been paying ~ your dis
t%ric,p' began the in,erviewq3
The roll for the STAT ulin0is."
Miss STect answered. alSerf consulting
some memoranda. was, 81 the JOth Ut
June last yea Is, 272. kOtf course the
number IL constantly varyJhg slightly.
think We have rather mqse than that
now IN
And the p~ay.rollP'
''for last year II was Al,25s. 800. ~ y
ibid much Of this % u Chicago rss-
idontsT'
Yes. over ten per cert There are
some 1900 pcnsioncm this city. VI
whom about I 800 nrsipt4slids, md the
rest widows and childrcS"
Nv hat proportion % Pie pensioners
in the State are entnlfd to pay under
this arrearagr- psnsien bili with which
congress has Just soIstiped mp the sol
diersP'
.'stirrcd up. | .hdalAl think they are.
I never knew u sud- lively interest OF
believed hat news sssseled 70 fast ints
all n I should Judge that prob
ably more than h0f were entitled II
this payment u aryesgs; certainly this
many u the numtoe u letters have
received can be- aa Indication. hav'
received about . hnatpsl of letters from
people begging no z 90 back and 20
how much they he'd boon paid. or hov
long they have hss}} drawing. Som
few, II would seen, sssrcely know wha
they have been p6nsb nsd tor."
what amount ofImoncy will be pail
out In the State. ard In ChicagoY"
, IL cannot tel gpu-pot even est
mate. You see Tbs officers Of the gov
ernment differ widely ~ u the waol
amount appropriated by this Legislation
and certainly AoStfccl equaito dccid
between them& there's the secrctar
Of the treasury, Sfho puts the amour
Mt about $780, Ol,0OO, while Secrctar
SEIZURE figures b d some e7S. 900. 600 @
siOO. 100000 scsNc fifty millions lea
and some menIbSgs Of congress, heal
especially In ~ Senate. thought
+ would take oo1Y ~. 100000. The IN
Is. no one kndW&anything about L."
Il wei. the ansS lie. JUS. her,
: There Is a genersTYs bvision In the bi
4 that the ~heirsS6 be paid these .
rcsrs. Now. W n1X cAn tell how mar
there are how MWVy kaAtions ms
come In under this head. HevVenoa
when u pensioncr had died, no AREA
for pensions could be- paid except
the widow. II he left one. and II he Ia
no widow, To children under 10 yea
of age. There are certain 10 be- MAJ
~ claims under this general provision. b.
II l. very uncertain just how many nm
hence the difficulty and impossibiliiy
knowing ~ yet the whole amount tn
will have Ia be- paid out"
'Of course, then. you cant give a
average amount per pensionerV
Hardly, until these other '(Ata a
settled"
Have you received any instruction
" from Washington, Miss Sweet, sin
r. the passage Of the billp Will there
n changes needed in dischargina q
1t duties Of your Officer" y
N .'Well. l hardly know as tn the d
o. ter. The Commissioner has not issul
Ut instructions yet. There Is n ,hi1
Il however, that ! know he Is anxiouS
~ have all pensioners intended In the q
~ understand, and that's That II Is {
$. accessory for them to employ any /
IN torney 10 make these claims for ih@
Mt He desires the application 10 be ms
IN direct tn the Commissioners OF Pensid
4. at Washington; aud any p%ensioner "
10 can read and write can make his o.
h claim, and II he cannot read or WI
ly he can get some Of his friends To q
BY for him. uI
" is any particular form OF app~|
nd ton requiredP'
isl IL an glad you asked that. Nd
fs the pcnsioner simply writes Ia the CR
he missioner OF Pensions and saws hey
nat sircs To make application for arr
.er iull Instructions will be returned ,oNl
Of promptly. The pcnsionrr should !
w his full name and his certificates I
rs Der"
sr; The occupation OF the claipLA
, u would seem to be gomez"
y ut Is, indeed. and yrry fortunate
These men have msdyita business
quake claims agains, the governme
Sat many have lived in WASH
,ome in all parts Of the co
iheiL(tiaimis have not b,
ling trumped up q
(iua as much ~ q
pensioners. "
simply sharks
rvices, rs . gene
rctly needless,
many widows
still think q