St. Paul daily globe., 1890-05-01
The G. A. R. men KICK.
They Say Claims for Pensions
Are Serutinized Too
Closely.
They Will Seek DR.. Kimball's
Removal as an Exam
iner.
A Terrible Runaway Accident
Results in a Lady's
Death.
The Kirmess Only a Partial
Sueeess--The Board Of
Education.

The local members of the G A. r..
are sore, very sore; and the cause of
their soreness is not wholly the bullets
which they brought back from Southern
battlefeIdS, but at Dr.. II. ii. Kimbal1,
one of the local board of examiners for
pension applicants. Why the veterans
have no good words for DR.. Kimball is
because so many applications for pen
sions and for increase of pension have
been thrown out. The Grand Army
men of Minneapolis assert that there is
no use in being so hard upon the old
soldiers. They will not believe that it
is the policy of the government to re-
fuse the men who saved the republic
their just demands.
This trouble between the G. A. r.
and the local board of examiners has
been growing for some time. The
veterans say that the tyranny of the
board has become so oppressive that
they are resolved to come out openly
and fight that body. They point to the
fact,aS an illustration of what the board
is doing, that out of seventeen applica-
tions for pension or increase made
recently, but one has been successful.
This is too much, they say, and they
propose to put stop to it. A prOmi-
nent &. A. r. man, who does not wish
his name used just at present, said
yesterday:
I'VE can't stand this thing any longer.
The board of examiners is getting too OPP
pressive. When only one application out OF
seventeen is successful. something is wrong
somewhere. We petitioned for board of
examiners here because we thought the st.
Paul board a little too severe; but now the
Minneapolis board is the Worstin The country.
Why, in st. Paul, where we used to think an
old soldier hao no cnance, not more than
four out of five applications were re-
jected. ] wrote a friend of mine at Litch-
field and he says that there not more
than one out of four applications is
rejected What does this show for the Min
neapols board: / have these papers here i'll
my desk to prove that only one out of seven
teen applications in Minneapolis has been
successful. This thing has been going right
along since the board was appointed
What will the Grand Army do about the
matter?
We'll, l hardly know vet. have been
talking this matter over with several of the
leaders of the 6. A. r. here, but we have not
definitely decided upon anything yet. We
around to all the G. A. r. posts here for sig
natures, and then forward 1t TO Congressman
Snider and see if we cant have some change
made in the board. We can't stand this any
longer"
Nv by do you hold Dr. Kimball responsible
for the rejections, when there are three men
Oh the bcardY'
Il understand, on good authority, that DR..
Norred seldom has anything TO do with these
applications He is not in favor of doing
business as it has been done, so he keeps out
of the matter. Dr.. Quimby sides with Kim
ball, but Kimball fights these applications
harder than any one else
do you know of any one who deserves
a pension who has not been able to secure
one?''
YES l know man here who got ball in
the leg. That leg is several inches smaller
than the other, and it disables him q good
deal. He is only drawing 81 per month. and
the board said he did not deserve any more
-Four dollars a month for disabled leg It's
outrageous l know many similar cases, but
it would take too long to tell them"
The G. A. r. men are really i'll earnest.
They ''have it in for DR.. Kimball. They lay
all rejection OF applications to him, and they
will do all in their power to secure his re-
moval.