The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1890-10-10
PENSION REPORT.
Annual Report of the Commissioners of PEN
stons tatistic. of the bureau-Expedis-
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Annual Report of fAe Commissioner OF PEN |
sions 81 asistic. OF the Bure.u-Expedis- |
Ing Work
WAsHisoroN oct TT he annual report of
&c mrnfssfoner Green b. Raum. OF the Pm
sion bureau. shows that there were at the
end of the last d seal year 1913 4pensioners |
horne upon the oils. classified as foiiowsi
army fnya Id pensioners. ssz.s g. army
atives. ioa s56; navy invalid pensioners.
b-zs4; navy widows, IN nor children and de-
| pcnient relatives eco; survivors OF the
war CT 1872. s.sio: survivors OF the Aexieaa
wsr. I75Is; widows of soldiers of Ghe Next
can war. 6.:6L Tstai. s2T,sfL
Their, were 6s.6T original claims allowed
during tho year. being 1916 moro than were
allowed curing the fiscal 1883 and 6. $50 more
than were allowed during the fiscal year
1883 The first payment in tn, sc f6 ss7 orig
mai eases amounted to 32.i7s.o1l, being sn,-
eio,'sz mt re than the first paynents on the
original claims allowed during the h-csl
year in 1888. and SO. LIARS more than the
FIRST payments on the original claims al
lowed during the nscal year 1888 The
tho original c:aim' tor 1890 was s+sb-sl
The average annual value of ca b pension
at the close of fiscal y, ar was isA 81 AZ
the close OF the Il sea yo II there were %. $50
pensioners u paid who were entitled to re-
ceive ss,s57.s47. which has since De en- paid
fr' m the appropriations for pensio us for abe
fiscal year 1891.
OF the system of completed files" orSan-
! lied by him the Comm sioner say>; ''The
completed dies or trial docket f. of great
| Importance in securing TN prompt a judi
cation of complete cases upon The mott
of the claimant OF hts attorney. rrior TO
the establishment OF this sy tenn the com
| plant was slmo It un Versa. that thous 'nds
/ CT claims were pending In the office, the con-
sid ration of which had been neglected for
| years. and that the Claimants were power
| less 90 secure their consi ration a soldier
had right TO file an application for "a PEN
SION an to present all the evidence ncces-
to bring that claim before aljsdicaiing
a!vist by an action on his part
! the files for that purpose being
/ in the discretion of Il clcrS. Under the.
| systcms of tho completed fiies the claim an"
has right upon proper certihc@tion thaE
his claim Is complete to have 1t imIned lately
placed upon the completed fiIes aud taken
up in its order for ad1ud cation Claims
pa~e upon the completed fl es are takea
up within a week fer action. and IL fonnd
complete are immediate allowed II
| proofs are lacking call is ininedia e
made upon tho claimant to supply the de-
hciency, and upon the receipt OF
the required evidence the claim Is
! again taken up for consideration.
| H"The completed files system Ia an entirely
claimant the right. upon completing his
cas-. to Civ. notice anu have it adjudicst"d-
To June 80. 1889. 75l claims were placed upoa
! the comp eted flies upon quests made
upon be;.a Of claiIpant.. This system has
had the oIect OF enno.ins many Ihoussnl
claimants whose claims havS been pending
from I've to twenty years 70 bring their
claims to the attention OF the bureau for ad-
tudication and allowance. and the delay has
been reduced to "A minimum This system
has proved to be more satisfactory than the
old system of leaving the selection OF claims
Tor adjud ication to tue discretion of the ME
/ clerks. As result OF these changes in the
! business methods of the ON &c, more work
has been accompl shell ia a given time than
! was ,ver performed b. FIRE. On October 81,
1888, when took charge Of the office. the
cert ficates had during the period from
! Ju y ]. 1883. fallen far behind tue Same
while from October 20 1883, to June 80.
1890, there was an in reasc In the adjudica-
tic n of claims and this Issuing of certificates
| greatly in excess of the al, period of the
preceding fiscal year. ThI- shown by he
| following statement OF wo--S done: Total
numb r of certificates issIsi yenr ended
June 3d. 1880 Isl eos: total number of certif
Gates issued year ended June 30, 1873. 1892;
increase in 1897 over 1883, 6 $685. total If orig
iBai certificar' 5 is-ued Ye en- led June 80,
! 1897. 6i.6s7; total of original c-rIificates is
sued year ended June 80, 1ssJ. 5I,s9i; Increase
| in 1897 Uver 1855, li,7s. 1his great amount
| of work was accomplished by distributing
the clerks who composed the board OF re-
| view among other divisions and calling in
forty special examiners from the deid, thus
adding eighty persons to the force engaged
| larry by conceptr ating the work of the
office for five days in the ~eek upon the
adjudication of claims provided for in
order No. 1ie, creating the system OF com
| pleted files.
| 'IrcspectfuIiy invite your attention to the
| great diff renee in amount between the rat,
| of $50 per month granted by the of March
| 3, e3. to pensioners who are disabled
| to be fncapacitateh for performinS any man
uai labor and the rate of s7s p month
! FraTt"d by the act of March I, 1897. to PEN
sioners who gUirc the regui ar aid
and ATTEND nee of another person.
| 1here many claimants who
ing manual labor. and who period cal
| ly require the aid and attendance of other
| parsons, but who unable to establish
| the fact of the requirement of constant aII
and attepdance. 1t occurs to that 1t
| would be n Just prov isIon to create a higher
rate than $50 per m on tn for cases of this de-
| scriPtion, and 1 respectfully recommend
that rate of SO per month be created for
! them
| '.lhere have been received in the Pension
onice ACC; 2s2 claims to September 30. 1880. un-
1890. 1t Will be readily understood that tho
care of such an enormous number Of claims
the resources of the ofiiee to its fullest
| extent. The work of tho mail
COG SS''I pees s'H of mat pep pFs day Haa to Be
| opened, clas5ifi ID and properly dis
| posed of. At this writing October y the
division is handling 1900 claims a day. 1
| have arrange the work OF the Office that
eta inns under the old laws shall lie adjudI-
/ Gated a rapidly they completes.
claims under the new law. IL upon the as
| sembiing of Congress in December it is
| for the adtudih alton of these ciai,.ls
l rapidly as they are completed, L will not
| hesitate to ask that You recommend TO G 5n-
| gress a increase of the official furcs of the
Pension I'ureau SO a. to secure the prompt
| settlement of these GAINS. 1t is believed
| there probably 1000 claims in Il Is cfilce
| which can he property allowed under the
| provisions of the regulations approved Sep
| TENDER 26 is91 The act OF June u. 1880. is
| the first disability pension law in the history
| of the worIi which grants to soldiers and
| sailors pens oas Tor issDflties Which arc
not proved to have been Incurred in The Eer-
| vice and in line of duty ! his law recog
| nizes a hi .her obligation Of the people TO
| their disable q veterans than ever for
| mulated into lsw lore Soth ng shall be
! left undone by this bureau to give effect 10
J this latest expr ssion of tho gratitude of
| the American p opie to the sold iers who
| saved the Republic"
A Br.keman's Fatal sleep
SUMNER, ILL.,, Oct IA fatal acct
| dent occurred at Beman. a switch twelve
miles cast of this city on the Ohio &
| Mississippi railroad, at early hour
| Yesterday morning An Ohio & Mis-