New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-09-08
THAT CORRECT STATEMENT.
THE BASIS OF COMMISSIONER RAUMS DE
FENCE OF PENSION CLERKS.
HISTORY OF TIE GARRISON CAsE-AN EXAMPLE
. OF THE IRREGULAR AND tNLAW'
Full ACTIONS OF EMPLOYEES
OF THE PENSION BUREAU.
(DY TELEGRAPH TO TIE TNiNCNE

OF THE PENSION BUREAU.
(BY TELEGRAPH TO TIE THiBrNEl
Washington. sept. 7.-Commi- sore: Raum declares
tat Assistant Secretary Eu>,ey al hnl>"it gave tho
Garrison case careful tXainraiiun. ana uid tLa'
"thc facts in the case had be"E completely perverted
and msstatcd.' and that tho charge against the ccNs
mentioned In General Rdnm'> letter pi"tc! ca;where'
we're without foundation" Ia another pare nc
charges that the facts in the cas-" were Hcpcra"i'
misstatcd., Why Commissioner Ranm should Try u
lug Assistant secretary Eu,scy int" the case Is h''
APPARENT unless he feels the need OF u.AS the NAME
Of an Official superior to back his defence q" the IT.
REGULAR improvidcnt and unlav full acts OF his s"bof
dinates-acts, moreover, which w"r' Inii''c' h'm
before General Raum became C"m1i>lnc: Oh II"
slons. But let that pass Nr refers " ''''
statement Of the facts which he says H. P'cp''''
and transmitted to q correspondent ol The Tribune
nth rcoucst for correction Of the article published
nm August 49, That correct Abatement rcauS D.
follows: 90. 90,
Case Of John $. Garrison. cor,;:ra,r no, 81 ,nc;'
In the article IN The Scw r'" PEN ION Tiiic.
CIcrks-( ancclllng an Adverse Dcr,!o. ON q,
rotary OF the Interior, some irr ;,t. been made
which result in seriously r.:c''n WWrpW yih r..
Lothrop and ~ Mr. roos "c of tne Eosra Of Rvirw
it would from this art,c ta alma iS and
taken up by these ocrr,: r"o;r e. IT,. de" ion which
had been rendered in the ca:c b. l,,t ~,
HAWKINS. December 3D. ls7 I az io an m"ca>c
Of pension was filed MAJ TO- 49, and that rp'" tho
same day the ss1 fSll%Mi" sScr sica w.
The medical division will make AN cNanlnat'"n OK
this ' %IInsS SpG f. Nj :I1% "s |
An order for examination WIS i,~rcd barring tn s
same date and on May II me spp'' n6,'nrd Of
Drs Reiburn. Balloch and iraran. In,> 'r,t rSI
rates the pcnssner at - for the fracmr" {" T I,
one inch. that there sran: in 'hc r5t ,""! Tr
and tenderness of Joint ana snit""",s ~ p.r
month nth on account of diar''ca rl' cSrlii' ,,
ss,ched the office ,. MT L. the ' case e" @
taken up by J. p Lotnrop. In cvan'c'lon with the
other testimony in the ease w" ne t,'in nr .,
Francis G Its, WHO Sa Serys, W Io % To- the
personal knowledge of t!e fci thai '';r ,h r,r
out on the plain, from Lc,v"n>% "rth Nan. "n Or
about the middle Of June ~; H. ,HlG ' nayns 9
very nervous horse TO ride and he mpaincd # hi;
bowels being so sore that lie 'o'id NO; tide him. ara
IbfterWsrd Ii know that he ,nc-cl from hwcl an
Guilty. and he was dn'tmcl for tic same by surgeon
This anRdavit was dated at scrca Falls. February
10, 1895. and fled in thiS Ole" 90 .br o.
II am OF Tie opinion that the cvidcncc fhd IS sui
ncient to Justify le-ai APPROVAL o! err iarrha
The same is found medical cx"r'n'ti ~ TIE t%>,,.
mony Of his mother and other at the
elsmant would not, under any circumstances MAKE
= false statement. .,. -, Mr.
Lothrop. and upon hcnc submit ID l." the B"ar' 81
RcrcvIew j, was appr"yn"d IN r MnH c mm
for The Acting Commissioner IN rrpucH I" ca" un'rr
application yin IN aid@ fna .I cy%r"fc y, ha '
ine been made by tho Acting Commi> lone AL TAT
left for the adudcaiin9 r',ro o I" * wa ana ind
ment.
Then follows in rarcnthcs:s In General RaumS
handwriting:
I am unable to soc ANYTIME wrong IN III" cas'
I'm il with ana Fp'"nif d
in the correctness of the action. g. L. r.. Conn.,
It will be observed that Commissioner Ram in his
Communication speaks OF important errors aS t" the
proceedings in the which result in seriously
rejecting upon the clerks who reversed the decision
od Assistant Secretary Hawkins. What General Ra'm
on August 90 denom!nact "impor' ant errors ne now
charactcrizcs as "compc'c pcrvcrSnls' ana "ocho
crate misstatemcntS7 Of the truth and fc> NOW one
cf these statements is untrue a> fhe o'hcf " L.
charitable to believe that General Earm. w''o III hi"
recent testimony before IN" House C"nnf'"' mas "N
hibited on afluence Of ignorance ard mi''r' r''iol
rerardinp pension laws and regulations. we'll aS OF
the details OF administration which a@t'n,h1 some
members Of tho committee. has been drccN'd ana HIS
led by his suboriinatrs in regard 10 ne pr""o'"4'
in the Garrison case: but even compressor Iof MS "
norancc on that score would moi acqUt him OF trying
70 confuse and hecomd tho rsal issue. II" is careful
n eyadc or conceal the fact that Garrison is aud Tor
many years las been. a clerk IN inc '''
sion Bureau; that he sc,vcd aS Il cI'rh j."
that Bureau from 1870 to 17-" hciore ne
applied for IDHson under inc >'h"'''
Of the ArrcaraCcS act that thcrc We" f">pirI'">
circumstances relating to tn. p?cci upon whch pen
s,on was subsequently granted him FIR fracture
Of the collar. bone: that hi, clairl Cor p">on o.!
account Of chronic d,rr'o"a ra1 rejected III iS"'
by the Assistant secretary Of the INTERIOR for ra''
which were rs applicable IN June. l--'. As In Pc
eembcr lssG-all Of which facts we're sncc!hc'Y
stated in The Tribune article o.! August -"
oil. That sulurttI'pS in IN"
pansion Bureau had virtually ovcrril"d decision OF
the Assistant secretary OF the Interior for the bchcht
Of q claimant VIII, T. a cl'rk In >ad bureau. Iva
charge Is again and now rcitcidt a. ''c?"! hi""
In behalf Of the parties to thi- iIec'iln! ana mi'N
action Of said clerks now states that tliy acci III
accordance with "thcn existing ralc' anu r"'"''
tionsn which regulations he rcfrain> from H"ol!h-
II such regulations existed then. they cnpowc'r'
s,bordinatcs in the Pension Iirin = o"'rrid; d.
cision Of the Secretary Of III" interior.
commissioner Raim rests his defence Of the trim
viratc OF CLERKS who reversed the c'c'''"h vi NV
Assistant secretary Of the Interior a. wei AZ H.
charge against The Tribune, upon three 'hh"N
rirst An order for mcdiral examination OF Garrison
signed by Acting Commissioner Mclean, Which, "
Quoted by Raum, Is In tl!c"" words:
Bu,cau of Pcn>iOns-t critic, tc $500. -, All
The Medical Division will make cAa'na,'"n IL, n s i,,i
WILLIAM T.. MCLEAN,
Acting Commissioner
,,o ao.o u, ,rnlcoton WAS May TO- IN" date OF TN
ordcr Nav H. This il will be Observed. was an o"c
for an examination Of claimant Oh MS api'a'o' ~
an increase Of pension on account OF broken 'o''
hone Acting Commissioner Mclean HInr" '''' VI ~
doubtless as he signed stores ana hih1''"' VI '
orders In the course Of dal, d"lcho'"E "T'' "
t,t.,-,tv NJ his suhordnate> Probably he oh 10
know that II was based upon all applict'i"h rom
clerk I'm the Pension Bureau. or that sao aPi"'""'
Included three things: First An increase Oh p''''o
M account of brohcn collarbone and resultant r"'u
matism; second q rcratin. on account o' N''' "
ability third reconsideration OF inc n!c ~
for n pension on account Of chronic diarrh""a.
Nh Colonel McI.ean's order covered only TIC aPp'
cation for an increase Of the pension when ad pee
already granted account of broken shoulder ''
had not the remotest relation TO claim ior pc''''
q 00 u III InC f'lN