The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-04-18

a,mmi~>i.n~r Raum Getting tho work q
this Pension Isureau Down "a SYSTEM
ana the Examination and Adjudication
II Cases n~ins Materially Expedited
WASHINGTON. April 7.-t;cneral Raum.
Commissioner Of Pensions. on Saturday
submitted the following report q rapid
progress recently made In adJudlcating
claims
Xoa. yOkn w. Nnf;< Secretary ~ f1> irffrior.
siR-On the Esd 81 December last issued
AN order requiring that an examination Of
the claims pending In the office should 10
made and that all cases which appeared 20
be complete shonli be placed upon what
dcnomlnatei the "completrd rle<.' A. a
result OF this examination. Ms51 eases were
placed upon this list and the adindieAfins
divisions were required a. spend I'VE days
In each week in their examinations. some
DAYS later issued further ord,s which
provided that claims would b. placed upon
the ..completed fics." upon the application
Of the claimants or their attorneys upon a
proper statement ~ facts showing thar tho
cases were complete since the issuing 81
chat order z5S51 cases have. upon motion.
been placed upon the completed dies ia
all Ss.111. During the past three months ~
~ 81 these cases have been acted npon. and
there now remains but zq,> eases on thc
s.complst tea fie~.~ and applications a. the
rate. upon an average. % 40 per DAY are TO
ceyed for placing cases upon these hcs.
These orders also required that one day ia
each week should be devoted by tne aljudl-
eating divisions exclusively " making calls
Tor additional evidence in pending claims.
A. result ~ this 1rran- enent for the trans
action Of the business OF the Office. we arc
now sending cut calls in about nifty thou
sand cases per month. and aiiullratins
over sixteen Thousand cases per month. -
that we are actually handling about sixty
six Thousand cases per month.
During the month Just ended. ls.3-t pen
sion certificates we're issued. being. ~ ind
from the records. the largest month'~ work
ever performed By the bureau OF these.
s.iS~ere original applications.
During the past i've days $40 certificates
were issued. Of which 2.s1l were originals.
take pleasure in informing you that tho
business ~ the Office i now In such condi-
tion that every ciamplaced upon the ~com-
pleted fle-" viii be taken up and acted upon
within the week following the day il j. 80
placed upon the iies.
~ the business j. now arranged in the
once viii be able. BY the last OF May 20
Cause the examinat Of every claim peni-
ting in the offce on the tirstiay of january
last. have every claim allowed that j. COM
rieted and calls for evidence made in those
not completed.
II Is proper to state that We have section
In each adiuticating division for issuing
orders for medical examination In al! pend
Ing claims for increase Of pension. These
examinations, when made. will nix the date
upon which the Increase OF pension viii
begin. where parties are entitled 10 Increase.
and IN avery short time the work 81 order
ing those examinations will dispose Of the
accumulated business. after which time the
orders for examination In new cases will be
made from day 90 day A. the cases are filed
IN the Office Very respectfully.
GREEN u. RAUN. Commissioner.