Fair play., 1890-04-12
THF PENSION BUREAU.
Commissioner isaum Getting the Work II
the Pension bureau Down to system.
and the Examination aud Adjudication
Of Cases Being Materially Expedited.

WASHINGTON. April ..-t,Sneral Eau:u.
Commissioner of Pensions. ON Saturday
submitted the following report vi rapid
progress recently made in aiiuiicatiny
claims:
Hos. JOHN T. NoHt. Secretary 81 lht iBts,i,-.
SIE-pu the .fI ct December last | is-uci
an order requiring that an examination of
the claims rcntins in the office should ho
made and that n! cases which appeared IL
be complete should be placed upon what
druumiuatcd the completed t.cs." ~ \
result OF this rNamin1f On. 5'.>i1 cases were
placed upon this list, and the a,jud.c1tjua;
divisions were required t. >pcad five days
in each week IN their EXAMINATIONS some
days later issued ii further order which
provided that claims wouid he placed upon
the ''compictri flcs." upon the application
Of tha. .Ssa INFANTS or their attorney upou 4
proper statement ui facts Suvwiu. that tho
eases were complete Since the issu'ng "
that order ., So cases have. u2nn motion.
been placed upou the completed Iir,' IA
nj f;,211. During the past tirce months s.
70 Of these cases have been acted upou. Int
there now remains but SE.S cIss% on the
completed filrs.' and applications II; tho
rAt". upon an average. "f 80 per day are 10
Crtved for placiu. eases anon these files
These orders also required that orr d.,y in
each week should b. devoted b, the digAj-
eating divisions exclusively L. making; call,
for additional evidence in prnuin.; claims.
Nsarcsult "t this arrangement for the trans
action Of the business Of the ufli,r. tro
now send ont calls in about rltv thou
sand eases per month. and adwdiratry
over sixteen Thousand case. per month. 80
that We are actually haudliu, about siNty-
SIN thousand eases per month
During the month tu-t oudot. 1884 pen
sion certificates were issued, being, ~ ini
from the records. the ltrgc>t months wor'.
ever performed ry the blrcau, ~ these.
s,l>S We're original applications.
During the past five days 500 crrtifcai.s
were issued ot which ?.',gl were originals
take pleasure Iu informing SVn that tho
business uf thc c;lic" IL anw in such conGi-
lion t'itt every claim placed upun tie "cum-
pleted flies viii hc taken mp and acted upon
within IA" week tol'owiu., the day it - 81
placed upon I'll" ii.c-.
As :h" business il now arranged in tho
office. viii lie able. 10y the last uf Miy,tn
cause the exam Nlnation of every claiui pend
ing IN the oflic" on the iirSt dny Of January
last; have every claim allowed that is com
plc,cd and calls for evidence :natIc tn thn>s
not completed.
II il proper I" state that We have i section
In each adiul,catinE DIVISION for issuing
orders for medical examination ~ all pend
ing claims for increase OF pension. These
examinations. " hen made. will fix the date
upon which the increase of pension will
begin, where parties arc entitled tp increase,
and In n very short time the work of order
ing H. Sc examinations viii dispose of tho
acCu-. ulatcd business. after which time tho
orders for examination III new cases will bo
made from dav to day the eases are fled
in the Office. Very respectfully
GREEN u. RArM, Commissioner.