New-York tribune., 1891-03-06
II. b. Wilson,
Solicitor q; Claims,
(Lmportsnt)

Vast ,finltuu, u I.
Dear Sir: Perhaps at no forme: time has there been
creator uuue, OF pensioners n increase than
:, rresert A. result of recent liberal rulings and
the several new TIE interest o pensouel' Zee
ocaizng un, fact / de'Otnc large part oi NY uHr
and ro,ts 10 THIS c.a, u claims and with abundant
success. a great many Of those who have been pen
stoned for any length entitled " an Increase
a, it f. o many d.,ab.lte' FOR which pension
is granted disable the Tsionef more and NOR win al
vancnr YEAR and Pension one. row r-cognz"s h~
fact uat most dlsabltc, o. long standing VIII h''u'"'
result In some other disease disability, thousands -ui
iernr from disabilities can no" get an increase
whore they may before been repeatedly rejected
In addition THIS II frequently happens from VARIOUS
causes that solder IS pensioned a. lesser rate tan
hi. warrant therefore, It Is for the interest
Of every pensoner & have his own c.-e tested \ your
name hss becn furnished being entitled t. nm IN
erase Of pen on enclose herewith blank ior you T.
MAKE application. II ya Will have the blank hled lh
accttdtng to tho f,cts - indicated uy the small type
and then execute before some person authorized u
administer oaths the presence % two witnesses aite
which return n promptly viii MAKE every e1oit
20 secure To- You at an early DAY an ready
ana willing 70 assist you IN every way An eafN reply
IL reQu,-t-d. Your Truly, r. d. WILLN'N-
T. 81 charge 10 fee until secure you inciease
and then only $40
II would be interesting 10 know who II was that
furnished the name Of The soldier 10 Mr.. Wilson. If
II Wa, any one in the Pension Office il should be
asccrtancd whether the practice OF furnishing names
is one which the Pension Office c0unteuancc, On the
par Of the employees 10 that bureau, for II i. unlawful
and ought 10 be punlshed. IN letter written by the
soldier 10 senator Cockrcn some light j. thrown upon
the dlsrcputable methods pursued by certain pension
attorneys in their efforts. first % create claim against
the Government and then To- get a. large fee as
possible out Of the unfortunate solder The letter
referred % reads in part a. follows:
know OF many Other parties who ar being worked
by pension sharks" In manner that T. disgrace
to the Whole business could and De changed
10 that Department took m3ter, al thcr hands
and revoked all 1t would oaly be doing justice
the soldier.
claim and those fee getting to
be perfect outrage the sol liers. To knOwlrdr'
and otN rvatiOn. the agents Of IN,
aI ications signed and returned TO them within two
months they send back special contract foi -
frc and urge the soldier 10 Ign H. and follow II
wiki letters and postal carl, urging the contract The
soldier finally ior fear h- viii DE and j. bng
neglected j. not signed when The fret paper that
be- signed stated that th- Zee u be $40
It is bad that the new law" did not put tho limit
% = 80 10Y that j, Oh - worth and more too for
There nothing Tor the agent h. DO for there
aaCas Of comrades % prov anything about his wounds
or d.,aa..s Hi present condaon all that II taken
into The Adutsnt-G cn,r4i- onc. furnishes
hi. record wounds and sickness. TN hospital. and
the Examining boards all th. country give HE
prc-.nt The soldiers paper should 60 dirct
70 the yaItnert and through agents that
can do uen no good and have Ia. prvl Of taking
tn cream Of the bushes. IN a Zee of $40 or 81.
one Of mv urlhlcr- paid lemon
go for - pr month pcuSon, which il took
over year " the award 10 pay the feo Since Tho
pe->ag. o. the Law. Int him Isper- Tor ncr'a-e
and application under the now lac. lie signed both
sets and sent in. Since then he has received
So contract aud hs- a.O received letter and
postal card urging him D. si1n them hear of similar
ca.s IN every direction. There is too much connection
or understanding b,twen the Department and
ard H. must through the clerks.
know Of 4 Inrty vino months sent % the
Department blanks r. BEGIN application. Within
thirty davs he had circulars from some i've or six agents
AZ Washington and all over the country.
This letter clearly sets forth the mOdus operandi Of
the pension attorneys. II 10 such abuses
that the limiting the fee So IN Increase
wa- enacted and made part Of the Pension ApprOpria-
tiop bill Existing cOutrlcts of course could not bo
disturbed. and the Law distinctly siat,s. But
In the future there viii be fewer nduc offered %
euierpri,uc ATTORNEYS ~ The Wilson stripe prey
uU,D the soldier tO compel them 10 pay more than
wears pension price for procuring II. This new
order Of things s due IN large measure u the per
si>cit en made by the Republican members of the
Pension Committees Of both houses. Their Demo
cratic colleagues displayed culpabe Indifference this
kind Of legislation senator Cockrel was altogether
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