The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1883-01-06

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Commissioner " FeuAtins. o. ery .iis
t"ins made tn hin IN y raba ~ ~ tetisF b
any claimant ~ applll ant fur pcnsian. ligfs'g
Land ur Hny other allswance required by ae
to ic nilns rd Or pa a by the Pension Offer.
shail furnish IT, such pefsou. free ~ al ess
punae, ali such printed Instructions and forms
ss may be Hecesaary Ia establishing aud OH
tainInr said oIaim I hand you hsIuwith arvry
of the pamphlet 0f imwa and Instructions ~
sued In conformity with SAID law, and seat ont
on application Or freely distributed on rail.
when the claim, properly nod up and ere.
uutod, is filud, the receipt n acknowledged.
the number Of the ciaim given, and ciaimant
notified that the SAINT will be taken up
In Ne ord iir. Al the same time an ex-
trant OF sad pamphlet Is forwarded
containing full aud complete insiric-
ton, Neefs smrily considerable delay orrufs
between the time of fiIlnH the ciam and
its being taken up In It's order, which delay
tho claimant Ia advised to employ IN procnr-
Ing tho necessary evidence. wnen tho oass
II rvaehed aud IA taken up, II the evidence 10
oil IN aud sufficient the claim ID settled NJ oncc.
Otherwise the claimant Is called upon far tho
particular Kind of evidence required, aud
the circular calls arc 81 wor cd that they can
not be mlsntcrpfetei or misunderstood by
any one. The evidence of rscord IL obtained
by the office dire I, rs IL also the medical on
animation by thu medical boards In different
parts Of the country. will only add that
tho services of agent nrc most useful to tho
ella mant when h. dov0tos himself 10
tho preparation OF tho required ayidcf1so
immediately upon the filing Of the ciHim
or bofofr. An ascut well . sted IN tho law
nnd the requirements OF this Office can thus
anticipate the calls u the once ani greatly
shorten the time consumed In tn. adisFiica.
tion OF the claim, as well ~ saw. the afics
much iabor Aa 10 tho absolute neccsslty OF
th- Intervention OF an agent, each must Judge
fer himself.
| In response 10 your second question. would
say that tho criminal nles ofths ofiies showso
many and various prosecutions asainst dlshnp-
est agents that should be unatla 10 classify
and ennmerate the different violations of Law
and the devices used IN defraudInr pensioners
within thu limits of such communication ~
ihn, but the prime pal violations consist In
tho collection. under some suIss or upon
some pFatart or another. OF mora than the fec
allowed i,y law, the enforced collection Of 30
called expense fees or postage fees IN sd-
vance, addrcssnr the calls Of thIs ofiiee fer
medical examination. or other evidence BY
~ o. ~ pHckesu-, tho collection Of fees In
advance npd the abandonment Of tho claim -
soon as tho fec IL received, advertisements
holding uut Inducements not warranted BY
law, by which honest soldiers arc led 70 prefer
bassless CHAINS. the only advantage In aaah
cases being that which aocrties 10 tho ascnt,
WIN Euts fcs
kugh facts arc principally predatory up1u
The claimant nthor than upon tho 6ovsrit
ment, but ar. Just a. meritricioas and blsme
I. worthy. Very respectfully.
4 W. W. DrpfEy. Cosnittssioner.