Telegram-herald., 1890-10-08
RAUM'S REPORT.
Operations e the Pension 3arsaa
DGFing TIE Year.
Thees Are No~ o. ths go1ls Nearly
53S. .0c0 Pensioners Mar
Cams Unssj joosc2tsc.


WksHISeFoS. 0et T---1ae anDnal re-
port Of eo-au sSioner osreeR Is Raaas. -
tie PsnsAoa B1re2e, Shows that there
we're ~ the cad q The last tsc2l year
6sr. 94s pensioners hoFse upon tee rolls
an8 classified - fellows. Army iayalid
pensioners. 80 So. array widows,
rainor chiiaren and dependant rel
2tiseS le4.4sd, n4yy invalid pen
siOners. a@14; navy ~iao~s. Ei-
nor children ana dependent rela-
tixeS. >, t5a. survivors of tbe WSr of 1872.
SIS. widows OF so.e ieEs Of the War Of
ls1a ssfei survivors Of the Mexican
war. lT,lss, widows % soldiers Of the
Mexican var, G Tes. total. 5sl ,ett
There were C5 Gs7 original claims a.
lowed during the Year, being la4i6
more original claims than were allowed
during the fiscal year 1881 and q. .5S5
more than we're allowed during the hs-
Cal yea lssS
The amount Of the hrst payments IN
these o., os7 or ginsl eases amounted 10
So. as o4l. being Sii, oSo. f92 more than
the first pawn ents on the original claims
allowed during the fiscal year 1852. and
$40, 1T9. 225 moro than the fret pay
ments on the original claims allowed
during tho fiscal year 1855. There were
90. 63s pensioners unpaid AZ the close Of
the fiscal year who were entitled 10 re-
ceive 81 357.siT. which has since been
paid from the appropriation FOR PEN
sions for the fiscal year 1891
Commissioner Raum, among other de-
tails. shows tho following facts in his
report:
''As a result Of changes in the business
methods OF The ofsce more work has beea &C
complshed in given time than was ever per
formed before. On October 81 1889 wbeR
took change OF the ONE, the work Of adiud.eat-
Ing claims and issuing certificates had
lsSs fallen far behind the same
while from October 30 1889. 10 June 20. $50,
there was sn Increase in the adjudication Of
claims and the issuing OF certificates great
~ in excess OF the same period OF the pre-
cedins fiscal year. This great amount Of
work was accomplished by distributing the
clerks who composed the board Of review
among othSr divisions and calling in forty
special examiners from the field. thus adding
eighty persons 10 the force engaged in the ad-
iudicatiOn Of claims. urged upon the eSamin-
eTs great diligence in the performance o. their
duties and in June last detailed 1lS persons
as an additional force fer this work, making
in all $50 on euty in the field. l am
glad 10 be able 10 report as q result OF these
efforts that the number OF eases now In tho
hands OF the special examination division has
been reduced from IL 225 20 1924; OF these only
abou: 5000 are in the hands OF special ex-
aminers.
There have been received in the Pension
Once 45o253 claims te September 30, 1870,
under the disability pension act Of June 27.
1890 II will be readily understood that the
care Of suci an enormous number OF claims re
ceivcd In so short d time necessarily taxed tho
resources OF the ONCE to its fullest extent.
The work Of the mail division ran up TO more
than $1,000 pieces Of mail day TO be opened,
classified and properly disposed Of. At this
writing October u che division is handling
1000 claims day. II upon the assembling x
OF Congress ii December il is found that
the present force is insufficient for the ad-
ludication OF these new claims as rapidly
as they are completed. I viii not hesitate 10
ask that you recommend TO Congress an in
crease Of the official force OF the bureau.
at is believed that there are probably 700 900
claims in this oilcc which can be properly al
lowed under the provisions CT the regulations
approved September 10. 1890"
The act OF June q, 1890 IS the first dIsabil.
ity pension law in the history Of the world
which granted to soldiers and sailors pensions
for disabilities which are not proved 10 be in
CURED in the service and in line OF duty. This
law recognizes higher obligation OF the peo-
pie 10 their disabled veterans than was ever
formulated into law before. Nothing shall be
left unGone by this bureau TO give effect "a
this latest expression OF the gratitude OF the
American people to the soldiers who saved the