Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1893-04-27
PuaeE THE PENSION ROLL.
AS the Richmond Dispatch say

AS tie hfCILlUIU sdJs
it is time to begin Campaign edu
cation" on the subject of the pen
sionsroll. Both houses of Congress
have left Washington. and nothing
is going on there which demands
, particularly the attention Of tn,
public. So that now is an auspicl
GUS time for beginning the work Of
recovering the pension-l list into 4
"rcll of honor" There is NJ true
Union man who would set his face
against this good work if he knew
the facts Of the case. The veterans
the mel who did the fighting I'M.
der the standards of the Union are
more concerned in the matter than
any other class in the community,
and it affords US much satisfaction
to state that the Grand Army Ga
zette has no sympathy with the SEN
seless clamorers for ga roll of i'll de.
sert." Its editor was disabled on
the battlefield, and is incapable of
earning a living without assistance
that is, such assistance as he al
ready receives. He declares for fer
reting out the bogus pension claims,
and appeals to all honorable citizens
regardless Of party, to give informa-
ton TO the present administration
which will enable it to right this
great wrong" mo American" says
ne, "can afford to neglect this i'm
portant matter.
With a pension-roll greater than
the number of men in the field at
the .os of the war, and with an
expenditure of $160,000,00 a year
for that one item, it behooves t:!ose
interested in the real veterans, as
well as the tried and true veterans
themselves, to be up and doing"
And that these stried and true vet>
Grams" understand the merits of this
matter is proved by the following
paragraphs from the Grand-Army
Gazette. We quote.
in the Department Of Pennsyi-
yania at its recent encampment a
resolution was introduced declaring
1t to be 'the sacred duty of every
member Of the Grand Army of the
Republic to use his best efforts to
make the pension-roll a true roll of
honor and to see that the name of
no person appears on that roll except
that of "a worthy recipient Of the
bounty of a grateful and most gen
erous people,
"In this purifying process every
comrade can be enlisted who has
given honorable service in his coun-
try's hour Of need. And it is as
much d patriotic duty. Il you
know of i person receiving a pen
sion in your town who is not hon
orably entitled to it by service in the
field, send the name to the new
Pension Commissioner for investiga-
ton.
"Or if you fear the wrath Of the
no-service wearers of the bronze
button who might drive you out of
the Grand Army of the Republic
post because you will not connive at
fraud, send the names and addresses
to the editor Of the Gazette at the
Office of this paper, and we will see
to it that proper investigation is
made"
That crippled Union veteran evil
IDENTIFY 'means business" He does
not like to be in the company of
bounty-jumpers and togus soldiers.
He does not hesitate to style these
unworthy pensioners "Grand-Army
mountebanks." He is ready and
willing to give to Mr.. Cleveland's
new Commissioner of Pensions all
the assistance in his power in the
good work of peLsioning the worthy
and depensioning the IN worthy.
This new commissioner is said to be
the right MAJ in the right
place. If the veterans Of the
Union Army will do what no.
body but themselves can do
namely, bea. willing testimony te
the "ill=deserts" of the bogus pen,
%sioners row enrolled amoag good
men and true-he will join hands
with them in the important under
taken of making up rension-rol1
which shall be an everlasting testi.
mony to the courage and merits Of
every man whose name shall appear
upon it, cit is not the worthy thai
need fear
We give another extract from thu
Grand-Army Gazette:
"There will be some startling
revelations in the next two or three
years We are convinced. We have
! some evidence already which will
be prepared tor the new Commits
%sioner of pensions.
"Every dollar paid in fraud ii
w.ckedly stolen, not alone from tn
,, 2 tient taxpayers, but from the de
deriving veterans. Strike, comrades
while the iron is hot, and If it shoul'
} scar some bogus claimants so as t
leave a mark by which they may b
known Of all men, there will be n
!, cause for regret
"Purge the p ension roll of homo
OF fictitious claimants and recipi
) ents.
= There is no politics in this.
"Honest veterans do not fear tn
a light however searching."n