The sun., 1893-08-04
SUSPENSION OF PENSIONS.
COMMISSIONER LOCHREN MAKES a
sSATEMkNT or THE CAUSE.

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SadSEMfn1 VD IN" "Ao"A'
NO susPenrioh nsoo ~. 80.
slon ny the nonrd o, hesoh' nos. o'
Ihem' WIN iheH Sn'e' s.'P"""S'"''
WARRINGTON. Aug. a-Commissioner Loch-
fan boe addressed tho following letter TO the a
hSttor ~ tho y,t;on,J gi.;b,,ne,
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"ss"N'ioH' , us. :. io''
sih nave not eoinpuea WIN yo.' rsquos'
.hat snou'u cause @" los' @" W 70 ~ s W ." ~ ~ an' M .
DOT OF "euuuient pvsons W n'Hnk i.Voo .Ae' s
arawh IRON, 'no 3dm'l'ou ~ ''es ""u 'A""'"eu' iuA''
no' oohe .ns 'or severn. re"eo"s, , . - 49,,
fr"uouen' cA'ee, u "uy 'N''.' ~ .ano' oo u''eo,
cred In that way. fraudulent pension must ordi.
n,Ly have been obtained upon ,a's or forged .e.i,
mon "n VI. "v' sa VI ,us s s',as.noa sns ,noo"
s..sSis ~ -''''' " ~ " " ~ ~
80 on. whose opinion :. entitled to consideration
rrs>, mas, OF .ajodea,sa pension case. !. psrmsa,ed
open pc an" ps. 0n ,Ss so
Api L. certainly. have far too high an opinion of m
ole eomrado. to believe that large number of them
G,scoundreis who nave sought ana obtained pensions
r.n,as ~ .osps wno ,s aetna, ,.ry,cs IN the N.ls
on acsoun. Of d.as,is. OF service origin are usually
honest and we'll deserved No doubt rests this class
of ea'ss and no examinations Of them ar. being ,
made except where .,a'me' F1ss,vSa ,srS%,.r, .,na
snVm S.cs.S Evan among TN. ,wslye
apostle. thor. wa. one who wa. nwor,hy. and among
the sray. and ru. soldier. Of tn. Union army can:
no, b. denied .na. there were few bounty Jumpers
,ns ana who bnvo been. @ perhaps among the mos,
@ eager % for place % on % the pension ] roll at high rating
Tho Investigations as work of dishone., pension
sttorneys a1 Norfolk va. New MEXICO ana IOWA snow
t ,.Is 10 oou.,nao rom s"c ho, n.ns,on a,"r
new. are ] generally un.erupuloas or dishonest I.hink
on the contrary they ordinarily honest. pains
taking. ana careful as other busines men, A case of
alleged fraud is brought to the notice of the bureau
BY b. n
he II 0 s.s IL anlns s tbs
,nys:issen scoring The sniisfm prastsss . Tho
tq" be
is AL s % @ ns %
ins .Snsenee as tS and SGS TtasSns ssa 'u'A''D
s
ss opo o an sa
sIIowsd MANY snsisns no, Sa.noi,sa ty law Tnds;
." s s. Sny 6s na q" s
Congress had IN many cases nked specio rates OF
ssaersy @ sSsi for nfsr"r a:aS.iI.s psE%.nss
ana n
M s o ts' seS x'S
ed and they not being ex.mnsd ssseps on tntor
awa .s se H hut s M Of
sr or t. fo had ssysa
physical disability OF permanent character not tho
result OF their own vicious abs incapactRting them
from tue performance or manual labor IN such do
gree as to render them unable to earn a support
euch pensions not to exceed Sl2 nor be loss
than So per inenth. nroportioned to tho disa-
but to be penslonabs at all me disability must inca
2acate the porsnn from manual labor so as 70 render
MIN unable 10 earn support sptctnc disabilities
SUCH were not pensi0nhbie At all under that act,
entitled TO consideration except they might affect
the capacity to perform manual labor. But by order
104 issued Oct l5 $40 the commissioner: with tho
approval or the Assistant Secretary directed that
cine disabilities & should be rated under this act the
had the disabilities Teen of service origin $l2
mouth - =, A., ,
case. which called attention to There the claimant.
applying under This act OF June "a 1890 was allowed
pension Of Sl2 Per month for slight deafness not OF
service origin and which mRnfes'ly would scarcely
interfere with his capacity to perform manual labor.
under this order 1914 the capacity OF claimant under
she net of June ~. 1890. to perform manual labor
was not considered IN adJndicatng the claims. |
4 was clear. ths.siorc that under that order |
the law was dlsreRarded. with the necessary |
fe.ult OF granting some pensions like that to Bon.
nett which were no, authorized by any law Board
OF Revision therefore constituted the ablcst