Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-12-05

. ties seem now, however, to have bee
2 all overcome, and armor Is bein
I delivered with satisfactory promptnes:
As q result Of the experience acquired b
ship builders and designers and materia
I men. 10 is believed that the date when yes
sells will be completed can now be estimate
with reasonable accuracy. Great guns
rapid fire guns. torpedoes and powder ar
being promptly supplied.
VESSELS READY FOR SERVICE.
The following vessels OF the new navy
have been completed and are now read!
for service: The double turreted coast de
Tense monitor Miantonomah, the douol'
turreted coast defence monitor Monterey
the armored cruiser New York, the pro
tected cruisers Baltimore, Chicago, Phila
delphia, Newark, San Francisco, Charles
ton, Atlanta aud Boston, the cruiser De
troit, the gunOoats Yorktown, Concord
Bennington, Machias. Castine and Petrol
the dispatch vessel Dolphin, the practice
vessel Bancroft, aud tee dynamite gun
boat Vesuvius. OF these the Bancroft,
Machias, Detroit and CastiIe have been
placed in commission during the present
calendar year.
The following vessels are in process OF
construction: The second class battle
ships Maine ard Texas, the cruisers Mont
gomery and Marblehead, and the coast de-
tense monitors Terror, Puritan, Amphi-
trite and Monadnock, all Of which will be
completed within one year. The harbor
defense ram Katahdin, and the protected
cruisers Columbia, Minneapolis, Olympia.
Cincinnati and Raleigh, all of which will
be completed prior 70 July /, 1895; the
first class battle ships Iowa Indiana,
Massachusetts and Oregon, which will be
| completed February l, 1896, and the arm
ored cruiser Brooklyn, which will DO COM
pleted by August 1st Of that year. IL is
also expected that the three gunboats, au-
| thorized by Congress, will be completed in
less than two years.
! CAUTIOUS CONSIDERATION RECOMMENDED.
Since 1855 Congress has at each session
| authorized the building of one or more
vessels, and the Secretary of the Navy
| presents an earnest plea for the continu-
I tinuaDce of this plan. He recommends
| the authorization of at least one battleship
and six torpedo boats.
While am distinctly in favor of consist
emily pursuing the policy we have ineugur-
ated Of building up a thorough and efficient
navy, l can not refrain from the sugges-
ton that the Congress should carefully
take into account the number OF unfinished
vessels on hands and the depicted
condition of our Treasury in considering
this time to begin new work.
The method Of employing mechanical
labor at navy yards through boards OLA !
Dor, and making efficiency the sole tes' by |
which laborers are employed and contiIued |
is producing the best results and the sore |
tary is earnestly devoting himself tt its |
development. Attention is invited to the |
statement of his report in regard to the |
workings of the system.
THE INTERIOR DEPARTMENT.
The Secretary OF the Interior has the
supervision of so many important sube
that his report is of especial value AMI in
terest On the 3Oth day of June, 1898.
There were on the pension rolls 930l2
names, an increase of SO, 944 over the lum-
Der on the rolls June 30, 1892.
OF these there were seventeen widowiand
daughters Of revolutionary soldiers, sigh
ty-six survivors of the war of 1912, 5, 425
widows of soldiers of that war, q, 5lS sur
vivors and widows Of the Mexican Var,
3,SS2 survivors and widows Of Iriian
wars, 2S4 army nurses, and 475, Chs slrviv-
ors and widows and children Of deceased
soldiers and sailors of the war of to re-
bellion. The latter number repr sents
those pensioned on account OF DISABILITIES
or death resulting from army or nay SER
vice. The number Of persons remaining
Ou IuO IOllS q ullC OOs 1000 WIZ Wet pSu- |
stoned under the act Of June q 1890 |
of death and disability not chaEeable
to army service was l59, I55
he number added to the rolls during the
y eai -Sy9s 1913, GA, and the number dOpped
MaS 80 oTi The first payments b pen
Coo ZsS t,n os during the tue tin from
the s.tne allowances of pension DAP and
me time of actually granting the ertih-
cate. ,soo NV,
sions for disabilities not related 20 mill
tary services, yet as requisite 70 Us oeu-
efits a disability must exist 10 lnca'aclUaCe
applicants from the performancept man
nal labor to such . degree asto rem,
der them incapable to earn stpporI;
The execution of this law in rs early
stages does not seem to have been "a accord
with it's true intention, but toFaro tue
close OF the last administration an autnorl-
tative construction was given TO up statuIe
and since that time this constructor mas
been followed. This has had theehect OF
limiting the operation Of the lawto us IN
tended purpose. The discovery having
been made that many names mad lSen Pu'
upon the pension roll by means Wuole-
sale and gigantic frauds, the comhlsstoner
suspended payments upon mum Ir Oh pen
authorized pending complete ieXainlna-
tion. giving notice to the pensioners IN or
der that they might have an opportunity 10
establish, if possible, the justice OF thelr
claims Notwithstanding apparent hTauolly' |
This. / understand is the practice when |
has for q long time prevailed in TIE pension |
bureau. but after entering upon these |
recent investigations the con- missioner |
modified this rule so as not 10 aloW' unHI
after q complete examination, LierIerence |
with the payment Of a pension apparently |
not altogether void, but which nsreiy nau
been fixed at a rate hlgherEnan tndl
authorized by law. l am unabf 10 under
stand why frauds on the peision rolts
should not be exposed and corrected VIII
thoroughness ana vigor. Ever name put
nan these rolls is q wicked Imposition
upon the kindly sentiment in thlch pen
sions have their origin, every irauouIehI
pensioner
HAS BECOME BAD cIr1zEN;
every false oath in support .oi pension
has made perjury more commoT and 1alse,
and undeserviRg pensioners rob the people
not only Of their money but OF tle paIrlotIc
sentiment which the survivors OF war
fought for the preservation of the Union
ought to inspire Thousands al nelgnoor-
hoods have their well-known fraudulent
pensioners, and recent developments oy
the bureau establish appalling eonspiracleS
to accomplish pension frauds ~ no means
the least wrong done is to braye ana ue-
s go transformers. who csr1aiulv ought
Uot 10 he condemned 10 such dissertation.
AG T-bosa Who ,fternpt in the lhe OF duty 20
,o.,ifr, ,base wrongs should nit be accused
- aIy,itv or indifference IN the claims Of
Gorast Veterans The sum Expended on
.-ooo,,,, of oensions for tbeIyear ending
June 30, 1898, was Si56, So. ~. 900 o ne
| Commissioner estimates th1 iO0VUU'VOV
will be required to pay pensi1n ms during tue
year ending June 80, 1894
THE INDIANS.