The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-09-23
AS TO PENSIONS.
Statement Prepared by the Bureau
Shows 5000 Granted Since
March 4.
Board OF Revision Now Disposing Of
About Sixteen Hundred Cases
Weekly.
Estimate That S1G2.631,57O VIII BE
Required For.t the Roll Of
1895.

WASHINGTON. Sept. pa statement
prepared at the pension bureau shows
that since March 4, 1893, the total num-
Der OF pensions granted was 80, $40. or
these, 4 1z0 were issued since Aug. 26,
1898. and comprises 1,7l3 original and
1,497 increase. OF the originals issued
to soldiers of the late war 326 were for
disabilities contracted in the service,
and in line OF duty, and 3l6 are issued
under the act Of June ~. 1890. The
number issued for disability contracted
in the service was therefore 90 excess
OF those issued under the dependent
act. The board of revision is now dis
posing of an average of about
f.6O0 Cases Per Week
of those suspended under the recent
orders Of the bureau. At this rate it is
estimated that practically all OF those
heretofore suspended will be disposed
of by Oci. 10. 1t is also estimated that
at least 70 per cent OF those suspended
will be retained on the rolls, though
not all of them at their old rates of
pension.
But with this large number of pen
sions restored, Commissioner Lochren
estimates that the amount appropriated
for this year will be enough and that
the only deficiency appropriations re-
quired will be $500, 900 for special ex-
aminers and another appropriation for
fees and expenses of examining sur
geons.,
Estimates for 1905.
The estimates for the year 1895 are
given as follows: For pensions, $780,
700, 600; for surgeons fees, $2, 000. 600;
for salaries Of pension agents, $72, 900;
clerk hire at pension agencies. $500. 700:
contingent expenses, $59.570; total,
$162. 631, $40.
The commissioner enumerates the
various reforms inaugurated the aban-
donment of the completed files system
and the modification OF order I64 oil
October IS. 1890. as to disability PEN
slons, etc. He says on this latter point
1t is apparently clear that under this
order liza, in granting the pension under
this act of June ~. 1890. the act itself
was set aside and disregarded, with the
result OF granting pensions not author.
lied by any law"
Regarding Temporary Suspension.
In regard to the temporary suspension
OF order 164, he says: I'm cases here il
was believed that pension could not
be sustained and another medical exam
ination was thought necessary. The
payment of the pension was ordered to
be suspended pending investigation
according to the practice of the bureau
from the beginning, and at the proper
time the usual 60days notice was given
!. to the pensioner, within which he could
ask for medical examination or sup
ply further evidence of mis- right to hi.
pension"
Precedence is no longer given to case.
under the act OF June 81, 1890, bu'
claims for pension under the prior law,
for disabilities of service origin, ar,
now adjudicated in their order, wher,
the evidence Is complete. So far fror
holding back this class OF claims tn,
commissioner thinks they
should Have Precedence
as being older and more more meri
torious. He calls attention to the ac
prohibiting the payment Of pensions tt
non-residents who are not citizens o
the United States, except for actua
disabilities incurred in the service, ane
asks that it be repealed. If all non
residents, he says, were refused pay
ments of pension, some plausible argu
nent might be made in Snnr,ort nf a,,cl
policy, but none can be urged in favo
OF this law, which. while giving annoy
ance to all, strikes only the most help
less.
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