Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-12-01

/ attorneys have been commissioner, aOou l,
/ t,vent,r Thousand Of whom are in alive prac-
/ toe IN hnut ND the old soldiers. aro coax,
urgs and tempt them TO make oath tn-'
! rhsv are .sunable 10 earn a support oy h u,
/ uallaborD For this work OF eefrugSlhs
the LOYALTY, honor and honesty OF inc d. -
| in Blue, the Government onerS a rem N.lS
to the pension attorneys OF zen uolIaLs
These pension attorneys are fe-in ~ 49,
by Senators and Representatives ~ 10 81 ~,
gress. who in one year have mace 1870 lI
Teorests on the Commissioner OF pensions
/ for s.the condition of claims" Under sucn
conditions, the country need not oS %
founded az the figures given oy tne IN
missioner of Pensions IN MS OiIlcidl * POA
for the fiscal year ending June 81. Lo'. ,-s ,eo
Number OF pensions IN force ....'.' 20 ~
Number OF claimants not on rolls. 1885,
Number OF persons pensioned. or seek %, 60
ing 20 be pensiOneO ...........s.' 49,, -
Number Of claims pending, including
orig nal claimants, claims Ior III o,o go
crease end duplicate claims ...'..'' 20 %
Number Of rejected claims In nles...'.. i7O'DYO
Total number Of claims requiring atten- o-z 900
Observation-Disclosures. ---.. .''A'O'o'OS'
In addition to the pension Attorneys, sen
atOrs, and Representatives, the Collul L.
sioner of pensions has under his superVls-
ion q force of 6,2iG subordinates. ms Or
ganization was successful during tne yTaI
in adding l3S,2l6 pensioners 10 the rollS'
and disbursing ION account OF pensions eA-
peDses. etc. SllS,54 9597l, and leaving
IS .5T4 pensioners on the roll, who remalneo
unpaid for want Of time, and VINO were Gu iiI
titled TO receive s.. SIS. 24264.n ms wiz
make the total payment for the year Sl@5,-
49,, 2O2S5.
Ii is estimated that the organization IS
now so we'll disciplined and the work so
well in hand, that $4,000 claims can De al
lowed during the fiscal year 10 end june
30, 1892, and that Sl33 4I3,Oc5 can De as
tributed. The influence Of the Act OF June
q. 1890, is seen In the fact that ll4,iol pen
sioners were added 10 the rolls, and +Ss, IoI
claims were placed on file, IN one year u ddc
der that act; making total OF 05o,Soo
claims, which, at $40 each, show the pen
sion attorneys interest realized from the
passage of that law to De S0,S09'5SO.
Amount paid as fees 10 attorneys during
the year, e, 769, 2OO7O.
In vigorous language the veteran
soldier writer expresses his adherence
Of this systematic industry Of cor
ruption of the Boys in Blue" and
h. thus expresses his idea of what a
just and honorable pension system
would be:
II should be the first duty of society to
recognize not only its obligation to the man,
but the mans respect for himself. Instead
OF placing him on the pension roll, an Ell
fort should be made TO ind for him some
honorable occupation, public or private, In
which he can render valuable service, for
which he will receive full pay. That man
does not live whose character is braCed Oy
a true sense of honor, who would not IN
finitely prefer TO have such a position and
maintain his independence and self
respect rather than 70 receive
the same income without giving
an equivalent for il. In forming the legls
latiou Of the country the clamoring of the
diShOnorable should not be considered.
When the pensiOn-rOu is relieved Of all
those who are not in need, and all who are
willing 70 earn a living If fitting OPP
portunity IS found for them, those that re-
main VIII De only the very few who can,
that can be found for them, earn only part
" enough 70 support themselves in COM
fort; those who can do nothing towards
their own support; and those who can earn
nothing, and who periodically require the
aid and attendance Of other persons. To
each of these classes abundance should be
given. No honorable person will for an
instant withhold from such as they the full
sympathy and support which are their
due.