St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-10-06
Counselor Brodhead's Errand Abroad and
the Success Attending it Made
Public.
Figures Showing Increase of Work and
Decrease of Expense in the Pen
sion Office.
The Naval Advisory Board a Farce.
Gen. Crook May be Transferred
to Another Command.
Fosters New Treaty
With Spain.
NEr. Broadheadss Mission.

Special to the Globe.
WASHINGTON, Oct 5.-Mr. James O.
Broadhead of st. Louis, who went abroad
five months ago as special counsel for the
government, has returned, arriving in
Washington yesterday morning. His mis-
sion was to ascertain what testimony is to
be found in the archives of the French gov
ernment bearing upon the spoilatiOn claims.
He was not expected to make up case for
or against the claimants. but simply to
gather information which would be of value
IN the adjudication of these matters before
the court Of claims. Mr.. Broadnead is
looking well, and says he feels in better
health than for some years. He was
engaged almost inceSSantly in going
over the records and papers show
ing the losses inflicted upon
American commerce under the measures Of
the spoilation adopted by the French gov
ernment in the beginSng of this century.
Some data, but not as much as was eX-
pected. was gathered with reference to the
captures and the losses inflicted, and all
this material will probably prove important
TO the government i'll the coming litigation.
Mr.. Broadhead comes back much earlier
than lie Or the department of justice antici-
pated He stated that he should try to
make his report to the secretary of state to-
morrow. He does not know yet whether it
will be necessary to make another trip to
France, but expects to go abroad in differ
ent direction in few weeks.
,Ehe Pension Office i'm Good EEands.
Special to the Globe
WASHINGTON, Oct. 5.-The following
medical examiners for duty in the pension
office here have been appointed: DR.. r. L.
Wood of Kansas City, Mo-; John W. Ray
mond of Pilot Point, Tex, and George p.
Dubose Of Sparta, Ga. They were ap-
pointed under civil service rules. Dr..
Lewis B. Dayton has been appointed
a medical examiner at Buffalo, n. Y, vice
4. III. Daggett. The new special examiner
system in the pension Office, which went
into effect last August is working admira-
bly,. Five of the supervising special exam
iners are on dnty here. and the other six
teen, together with the examiners whom
they had to have much of the time as as
sistantS, have been assigned to
the duties OF special examiners. In this
way net gain Of twenty-five men has been
effected. Much duplication of work by su-
pervising examiners in the field and the spe-
cial examiners division in the main office Is
dispensed with, and equally satisfactory re-
suits have been secured. For years past
the special examiners division has barely
been able to keep up with current work,
but last month it did all the work assigned
to it and reduced by 500 the
number of cases in arrears. In
August last the cost of each case which
passed through the hands of the special ex-
aminers was $50 less than it was in August,
1884, and there was further reduction
in September. The new management of
the pension Office is thus increasing the
amount of work done and reducing the
price of doing it, The average number of
cases disposed of by each special examiner
shows an increase.