New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-12-11
GRAND ARMY BUGLE NOTES.
COMMANDER ADAAIS'S REPLY TO PRESIDENT
CLEyELAND'S STATEMENTS.
HE SHOWS HOW MANY DISABLED VETERANS
HAVE HAD THEIR PENSIONS SUSPENDED
pY TIE SWEEPING ORDER OF

Ely TIE SWEEPING ORDER OF
THE ADMINISTRATIONS.
Commander-in- Chief John c. T. ADAMS n"S 80 ~,
4 circular letter in reply to PresldeN' '''''
sweepng statements about pension IN ms ines9's7
to Congress last week. After referring 10 the SuS
,ons,on of % 500 pensions during period between
March and June 80 1888 mainly because 'le paper
on file in the Pension Bureau do not sho" ''''' ,
soldier dropped cannot earn liVing Dy 'ia'iu. MANUAL
labor or the widow has not proved satSl"o' vi 40
that her husband killed in battle, was "a'u' ''''eN
citizen, the President said:
The discovery having been made that many names
had been put the rad the
suspended payments upon number Of pensions pension
which seemed be iraudulen. or nnsu, 6'r a.
pending a complete examination giving hotoe ~
the pensioners in order TIA, ssey m aS stce Of
bsIp GAINS 10 nvay
49, j am unable TO understand why frauds IN inc inc
with thcroughness and vigor Every name ira ,i
nty kInS2 h sn rSs ii Is %CR psnsohs
their origin: every Fraudulent pensiQrer ns pe
a pension has made perjury more common: and
false and undcservng pensioners rob the people n9t
m Dm Which the SUI yvors of the who fought
s s0i inc Thosands of neighborhoods have well
known fraudulent pensioners and recent develop
acies 10 accomplish pension frauds.
Several months have passed since charges similar
to these were circulated over the country. and
general alarm sent out to watch for fraudulent
cases have been discovered and made public. The
percentage of fraud is Insignificant when it is re-
membered that the pension rolls contain over !oc-
900 Names of which nearly 100000 are there because
Of wounds and disability incurred in the war. The
Commander Chiefs response TO Mr.. cleveland IS
plain, straightforward manly and patriotic. and
will be applauded BY loyal citizens Of all parties
and creeds lie says:
Whereas. The President OF the United States In
his message to Congress has stated that thousands
ssf rip OGS
pensioners. and AS the mission or the Grand Army
SuritH Te in ppnbIic afrars therefore. call the
attention of all the comrades posts, and depart
dent and urge them to report to thu Honorable
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington d. c, any
sy ensa to 10 the m the SW and to
forward duplicate of said report TO these head
quarters at once Let the cases OF fraud be proven
The Information that comes to these headquarters
daily of comrades totally disabled whose pensions
have been suspended and OF widows whose s hus,
they can prove that their husbands were natural
tied citizens of the United States. leads the Com
broader than can be substantiated by facts. II
these wrongs actually exist the Commander-in-
the Republic to those who attempt. in the line OF
duty, TO rectlfy these wrongs, assuring them
the Treasury of the Nation in tine Of peace as
they to defend it's flag in time Of war
NEGLECT TO MAKE REPORTS
High Private" writing from Department head
quarters in Albany calls the attention OF officers
of posts to BLANK forms A and b." which have
been sent out by the Assistant Adiutant-General
and urges greater promptness in filling them out
and returning them. Through negligence some of
these reports fail TO reach headquarters until inc
time for holding the annual encampment The trou- |
BILE is that some of the retiring officers do not |
seem 20 care whether their reports ever reach |
headquarters. IN General Order NO. 8. just |
issued, the Department Commander positively for |
bids any installing officer from installing any of
the post ocerseect until the reports of the adju-
tants and Quartermasters. together with the per |
CAPITA tax has been forwarded Department head
quarters This is only enforcing the rules and |
regulations. Installing officers are also required to
ascertain If the post has been inspected and II 1t
has not he will proceed Immediately to inspect 1t
before he installs the ofIicers-elect.
I'm accordance with an amendment to the rules |
and regulations passed by the last National En- |
campment. dropped members will not be required |
to take anew the obligation upon resuming their |
membership
Assistant Adjutant-General O'Connor. who has
been seriously III. has so far recovered as to be
back at his desk again"
Alexander Hamilton Post No. 49, has chosen the
following officers for 1891: Commander. Philip b.
Low; senior vice-commander. Harry W. Lawrence;
Junior vicecommander. Albert f. Scott; quarter
master, Charles A. DeNike; surgeon DR.. Henry 7.
Peirce chaplain the Rev. Dr. r. Franklin Smith;
officer OF the day, William r. Willis officer Of the
guard David NJ. Doremus; delegates to Depart
rnent Encampmen:, Thomas West Smith and Albert
E. Scott; alternatcs, DR.. William 'DonneM and
George H. Taylor trustees, George W. Thurber
A. c. Hewlett. Henry A. Wescott, Lyman 5. Stone
ard william II. Wright.
The department commander has again called
the attention Of post commanders to the suspended
list. He earnestly hopes that every effort VIII
be made to restore these comrades TO full member
ship before the next term reports are made Rep
resentation in the next National Encampment de-
ponds. on. the good work performed between now
and the last post meeting In December. He con.
fdenty believes that the go odd commanders viii
TO the National encampment by reason OF any
lack of interest their part in getting these
suspended comrades back In our ranks before
December 81, 1888
SUMNER POST HOLDS ITS ELECTION.
ID Colonel George NJ Dusenberry, past commander
of Sumner Post No a. took transfer TO Els
worth Post. No. g. last summer. At the annual
election Sumner Post made Comrade Dusenberry
its commander for 1894. and these other officers
Senior vlce-comma nder. Charles +. Baldwin, Junior
vice commander William Smith O'Bren: chaplain
Charles Smith; surgeon. Isadore Kahn; quarter
master, Charles w. Perrotty: officer of the day.
Joseph MARSHALL: officer OF the guard, Frederick
Nehs: delegate TO State Encampnent Edward W.
Brennan; alternate, Charles W. Perrotty: delegate
to Memorial Committee. David Kelley, Charles +.
Baldwin.
Commanders Of posts which have not been inspected
prior to their last meeting in December will send
notice to G. A. Weaver. Department Inspector,
Room 3 MunrOe Block. Syracuse. y. y, who VIII
1t once send them the necessary inspection blanks
10 be used by the installing officer.
Comrades Isaac Johnson and Peter l.. Leonard. |
both Of II. W. Beecher Post No. 60 Brooklyn. |
nave been announced az aide-de-camps on the staff
II Department Commander Cleary.
Reno Post. No. II. has lost thirteen comrades by
leath this year.
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