Telegram-herald., 1889-08-05

sIrl1eaZz o. course rhese m2st bs
FEo1Erly @Dd c.1efQly answered. ox
[--eTs = II X = Ils~ sJzUeS 1eFz.
->czas sery qI1esT lsgBSrs conas bere.
Every olce Il . s1llls soDs poor wo-Aaa
~'risss. incloans al cd dzg-erIeogygs Il
heg sl-s9l- 2 h'hsoGnd. aad &skLag TIE
pels. of-ce - os2Ich Us word for
A -es ~o1t tan ~rose Ooa-as lsss1ueF
E4lz -s4.lg "A lave tAe school hsuss IA
hsr ASIA a1.orhofd placed "a .he csntsr Of
The cislrlcl. "a ing l. toak her toy 50
ioug - ~ - Al from It's school that
be N--sn Il mach use - her ABOUT TIE
hoase. OF co.krse sic needed him. As
his father : a crippled solder Letters
Of advlee concerning the conduct OF ths
pension once pour Ia BY the thousand,
aid At Is 4 dal mail that does rot bring
curse upon TIE head q the commis-
ssoner because sou4g body's pension h&s
been refused People tAink tie pension
otice can Do anything. grant tAsm Big
pensions without iorLa OK evidence, loan
them money, make holiday giits. and 50
On one of the saclest letters l ever
rad was frCm s woman CUT IN Ohio
who had .oss Il boy IN the war. tie had
been shot Ia the swa,nps near Baton
Rouge, Ia. and lis body was never re-
I covered She implOred the pension COM
missioner 10 seId men down there 70
hunt the swamps for lis bones. and de-
clAred she would die happy If she could
recover the remains Of her boy and have
| them buried beside herself.
The chief disabilities for which pen
sioas are granted: That is question
everybody ASKS. There appears 10 DC a
general curiosity concerning the injuries
men receive III battle and army life.
Wei. IN round numbers 12o. .0o0 pension
ers suffered gunshos wounds Eleven
! or twelve thousand OF these were hit IN
the face, $500 IN the neck, 5000 in the
chest, 8. 800 in tho back, H. .0o0 IN the
shoulder, l. coo In the hand, 2l 900 in
the thigh, 10, 900 in the leg and 1000 In
the ioor. OF the amputstions 5000 were
OF the arm, l, 400 Of a part Of tho hand,
ald only 4 OF the hand itself. While
, 500 legs were taken or and l 100 parts
OF feet, only 4 amputatiOns Of the foot
alone are GA the records. More than 40
900 cases Of disability arc charged 10
rheumatism, and moro than 50. 900 to
chronic diarrhsa. There arc about $50
cases of total blindness, the sane mum
Der Of loss OF sight Of one eve, 100 cases
OF enc eye lost, 10000 diseases of the
eyes. 800 OF tot-al deafness and 5000 OF
partial deafness.
"Of course the pension Office carries
giadneSs 70 many thousands OF homes.
But at tho same time it does 4 great deal
Of harm, as you would sec if you could
look into tho Thousands of cases OF
fraudulent pensions with which the Of
Zee has had to deal Many thousands OF
men have committed perjury in order to
get a pension of S. or SO a month, and
moro than that, have induced their
friends TO commit perjury for their bene-
fit. I often wonder at the good nature
Of physicians and surgeons In helping
poor devils to set pensions TO which they
are not entitled. Doctors sometimes have
wonderfully rctentivc memories, rs in 9
case which was put through the other
day. The surgeon had seen the cl-ia.sa.
but oncc in his life. ard that more than
: quarter Of 4 century ago. Yet he pre-
sumcd to remember the condition Of the
mans lungs at that time. though he had
passed but FIVE minutes in his company
while on his rounds Of vaccination. We
have had applications come in here foI
pensions on account of decayed teeth
falling hair, bunions and corns that wer,
brought on by the long marches of tn,
war, for failing eyes shat were perfectly
good till the claimants had reached the
age Of 60 or mere. for frost bites and bac
teeth. One man wanted 4 pension fol
obesity. dc persisted in his declaration
that it was or account Of his life in III,
army that he afterward grew SO fat h'
couldn't sec his knees or Go a day work
lie didn't get . pension, however, mol
did the man who complained that hi
army experiences had 80 demcralized hi
morals that he could no longer follow III
profession Of preaching the Gospel.
There was queer case out west, now
nearly forgotten. il which q young rGaI
who Taught school during the war. an'
who hurt himseif while out hunting jus
Is his twin brother returned home from
the south, managed 70 ct pension FOL
amputation Of the leg. happened tha
the brother who wa5 in the asmy hac
been discharged from Tho hospital shcr;
II before leaving tie service, with I
slight wound in the leg, and IS this wounc
chauced 10 be in the same place. and d
much tho same character rs that whicl
his brother had suffered, the latter q
losing his lcs personatcl the colder an,
drew pension fo- nearly q dom years
Tho wound il tie Ics Ct the so.diel
quickly healed. and the twins eachaugel
Identities.
The coliiars Of the late war are now
scattered al over the world" cnuc.ud
Cd the guide. Every quarter pension
money orders CT checks are seat % Mex
ico. Alaska, Cea.ral and South 6'ncricl
China, Iadia oaJ even TO GTcsnEnd and
Iceland. Al told tieTe arc near'y -.5H
pensioners who reside IN foreign coln
tries. many O., them the widows q sol
diers vino have returned q their NATIVE
lands 20 rass their declining years VIII
tle o,d folks a. home"
WALTER WELL,fAE.
Ca4go4nla cat-E Carc-
Pc .-.- ~ .r-.. .s- zr rft