The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-12-05

should carefully take into account tina
number OF unfinished vessels on ON,
hands and the depleted condition OF ou,
treasury in considering the proprie,y
Of an appropriation at this time to bi.
gin new work.
The method OF employing mechanical
labor at navy yards through boards o.
labor. and making efficiency the sals
test by which laborers are employed
and continued, is producing the bet
results, aad tile SECRETARY is earnestly
deyotins himself to rs development.
PENSIONS.
On the 3Oth day of June, 1892, there
were on tie pension rolls 9jJ,Ol2uames
an increase OF 9,9ll over the numberos
the rolls June 80, 1892.
OF these there were seventeen wiIows
and daughters OF revolutionary soldier,
oignty-six survivors OF thewar Of lsl9
5.425 widows OF soldiers OF that war.
2l,5lS survivors aud widows OF tbs
Mexican war. $3.50 survivors and wId.
ows OF the Indian wars; 2Siarmy uur.r,
and 1868 survivors, and widow, and
children OF deceased soldiers and sailor,
Of the war OF the rebellion The latter
number represents those pcnsionel on
account OF disabilities or death result.
ing from army and navy service Tina
number OF persons remaining ON tia
rolls June 80, 1893, who were uensionsI
under the act OF June p. $500, which
allows pensions on account oil death aud
disability not chargealle 10 army ser.
vice, was $50, l55.
Tie number added to the rolls duriD,
the wear was 1864, and the number
dropped was $500. The first plvmeats
on pensions allowed during tHc wear
amounted TO SIS, 756,5l9 9S. This In.
Guides arrears, or the accumulation
between the time from which the allow.
ance OF pension dates and the time Of
actually granting the certificate.
Although the law OF 1880 permiDs
pensions for disabilities not related :,
military service, yet rs q requisite to Il,
benefits disability must exist inca.
pacitating applicants IRON the per.
torrance OF manual labor to such
degree as to render them unable TO earn
q support"
The execution OF this law in its early
stages does not seem to have been in &c.
cord with its true intention, buttow1,l
tho close OF the last administration an
authoritative construction was giycnlo
the statute, and since that time the
construction has been followed. Ihs
has had the effect OF limiting the open.
ton OF the law to its intended purpaa
THAT FAMOUS ORDER.
The discovery having been made tina!
many names had been put upon tho
pension roll by means Of wholesale aud
gigantic frauds, the commissioner sas.
pended payment upon anumber OF pen.
sions winch seemed TO be fraudulent o.
unauthorized pending complete exam.
ination, giving notice to the pensioners,
in order that they might have IN oppoT.
tunity TO establish, ii possible, the jus.
tice OF their claims, Notwithstanding
apparent invaliGity. This, under.
stand, is the practice which has ior
long time prevailed III the pension bu-
reau; but after entering upon these 10.
cent Investigations the commissioners
modified this ruleso ~ not 10 allow, un-
til after complete examination, inter.
ference with the payment OF apenslol
apparently not altogether allowed but
which merely had been fixed At rate
higher than that authorized BY law.
am unable to understand why
frauds in the pension rolls should
not be exposed and corrected
with thoroughness aud vigoE Every
name fraudulently put upon these rolls
is wicked imposition upon the kindly
sentimen. in which geusions have their
origin. Every fraudulent penSloner has
become bad citizen; every false oath
in support oil u pension has made per-
iury more common and false and I'M
deserving pensioners rob the people,
not only OF their money, but OF tho
patriotic sentiment which the survivors
of war, fought for the preservation OF
the Union, ought to inspire. Thousands
of neighborhoods have their well
known fraudulent pensioners, and To-
cent developments by the bureau ei'
tablish appalling conspiracies to accom-
plish pension frauds. BY no means the
least wrong done is to brave and de-
serving pensioners, who certainly ough!
not to be condemned to such asaocIa'
ton.
Those who attempt in the line OF duty
to rectlfy these wrongs should not DO
accused OF enmiiy or indifference to tue
claims OF honest veterans.
The sum expended on account OF pen
sions Tor the ending June 80, iSJj, wa
Sl56, 740, 467 II. The commissioner est,
mates that $l65, 100000 will be required
to pay pensions during the year eld!H!
June 30, 1894.
THE INDIANS.
Tho condition of the Indians and
their ultimate fate are subjects which
are related to sacred duty OF the go''
eminent, and which strongly appeal t?
the sense OF justice and the sympashye'
our people. ,,,o,,
Our Indians number about 9iS,VJ@'
Most Of them are located on lbI Fesc'.
yations, containing S6,ll6,j5l acres oI
land. About 10000 OF these Indians
have, to Il large degree, adopted eiE.'
lied customs. Lands in seyeraIty navy
been allotted to many oil them Suvu
allotments have been made TO lO,yJJ III
dividuals during the last fiscal ye"F
embracing about 100000 acres inc
number OF Indian government scnoos
open during the year was iSo' an ~
crease OF - over tho preceding yeL'
OF this total 10 were on rescFHauoa.i
OF which rs were boarding schools a'u
07 we're day schools. ,,..a,r
Twenty boarding schools and i've oSy
schools supported by the goYarA'lTg.I,,
were not located on reservation 4Do
total number OF Indian chi'aieh o."
rolled during tho year as attendants ~