Connecticut western news., 1890-04-16
GENERAL RAUlM REPORTS
He Explains His Work as Pen
 sion Commissioner.
CLAIMS ARE RAPIDLY EXAMINED.

Ddring March 1s,3s4 Pension Certificates were Issued, the Largest Months Work
 Ever Performed by the Bureau-The
 Commissioner Efforts for Promptnsss.
 WASHINGTON, April 7.-Gen. Green B. Raum, commissioner of pensions, Saturday submitted the following report of rapid pro gress recently made in adjudicating claims: "Hon. John W. Noble, secretary of the in
 tezior.
 "Sir-On the 2Sd of December last issued an order requiring that an examination of tho claims pending in the office should be made, and that all cases which appeared to be complete should be placed upon what denominated the completed hles' As result of this examination 30, ,s57 cases were placed upon this list, and the adjudicating divisions were required to spend five days in each week in their examination. Some days later 1 issaed a further order which provided that claims would be placed upon the completed flles' upon the application of the claimants or their attorneys upon @ proper statement of facts showing that the cases were complete.
 45O Applications Per Day.
 'Since the issuing of that order 25, $50 cases have, upon motion. been placed upon the completed files,' in all, 56, POT cases.
 "During the past three months 52, 229 of these cases have been acted upon; and there now remains but S,97S cases on the com pleted files and applications at the rate, upon an average, of 45Oper day are received for placing cases upon these files These orders also required that one day in each week should be devoted by the adjucating divisions exclusively to making calls for additional evidence in pending claims. As . result of this arrangement for the trans action of the business of the office, we are now sending out calls in about 50, 900 cases DOT mouth, and adjudicating over 16, 900 DOT month, so that we are actually handling about 66, ,OOO cases per month
 The Bureau's Largess Month
 During the month just ended 16, STA pen don certificates were issued, being, as find from the records, the largest months work ever performed by the bureau. Of these S 1s8 were upon original applications.
 During the past five days 3, $40 certificates were issued, of which z, 16l were originals. take pleasure in informing you that the business of the office is now in such . con- dition that every claim placed upon the completed hless will be taken up and acted upon within the week following the day it ts % placed upon the files.
 "As the business is now arranged in the odice. will be able. by the last of May, to causs the examination of every claim pend- ing in the office on the first day of January last, have every claim allowed that is com plstsd and call for evidence made in those not completed
 Concerning Medical Examin ations.
 "Ir is proper to state that now have Q section in each adjudicating division for i1sMng orders for medical examination in ell pending claims for increase of pension. These examinations when made will fix the date upon which the increase of pension will begin, where parties are entitled to increase, and in . very short time the work of order ing these examinations will dispose of the accumulated business, after which time the orders for examination in new cases will be made from day to day, as the cases are filed in the office Very respectfully,
 GREEN B. RAUH. Commissioner"