The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1894-01-18
SOME MORE
CoRREsPOELn NEE ABOUT THAT PEN
SION BOARD OF EXAMINERS
MATER.
Hon Joseph ssyers sends Letters TO This
City That Prove Beyond the Question
OF Doubt That a Ruling Was Made
by Lochrens 0ffic..

II Will be remembered ny tue Teau-
lng public that several weeks ago the
Au Tin District Netical society passed
resolutions condemnat0ry OF Commits
sioner LOchren Of tho United States
pension board Cor his alleged ruling,
by reason Of which all ex Confederate
surgeons were held iuelligable to
serve on the board of peusion exam
liners. When the above mentioned
resolutions greeted Commissioner
Lochen's eyes IN Washington that
gentleman made haste TO reply in a
very emphatic denial. This denial OF
Commissioner LOchren's ocCasioned
some surprise here IN Austin, mas
much as the doctors h q only taken
their action sfter mature delibera-
ticn and the review Of letters from
Congress. man Sayers, anuent the mat
ter. IN order TO eft the mattel To the
bottom and also give Congressman
Sayers an opportunity 10 clear him
self from the mild (?) insinu
atiOns contained in Lochren's letter,
DIR. Daniel of this city wrote him
about the matter and inclosed the
letter. The result was that DR.. Daniel
was yesterday in receipt OF the follow
ing letter which Is self explanatory:
WAsHINGToN, Jan. Y, 1894.
Dr. f. L. Daniel, Austin Tex.
DEAR sIR-Your favor Of the 9Th
instant, with enclosures as stated,
was received last evening These
caused me very great surprise and |
went this morning to the pension
Office and obtained from that Office
certified copies of the communications
herewith enclosed marked A, b and
e., respectively, to which, aud to the
endorsements thereon, | invite yOar
special attention
You will perceive from them lhat |
was entirely correct 1t Is just to the
commissioner, however, to say that he
was much surprised when | called his
attention to his letter to me OF July 10
last, and he said that he did not re-
setter He also said that he would
Immediately order your appointment.
In regard TO paper marked &c"
have to say that my letter o. DEC %
last was not written until after my cor.
respOndence with DR.. Denton, to which |
reference is made in The STATESMAN. |
u feel quite sure that you will agree
with me that made no mistake when |
writing to DR.. Denton and that | rep |
resented the commissioner of pensions |
fairly when writing to Or. Denton. |
After receiving the commissioners |
letter Of July 10 IL was my determine
ton to recommend no one else for the
place, although l received from the
commissioners second letter of import |
similar TO his letter of July 10; but |
chat determination was changed in
consequence OF u letter received from
DR.. DentOI.
have found IN The pension office
your original application which was
most strongly endorsed by Drs.
Woo'eE and Swearingen.
Inasmuch as this matter has gore
to the public through The STATES,
MAN, trust that you will also cause
my letter and accompanying enclos-
ures to he published in the same man.
ner so that | may be relieved of the
II any exists, that | had in
correctly stated the position of the
pension Office in my letter to DR.. Den
zap, JOSEPH d. SAVERS.
Accompanying this letter is an zen.
closure" marked "A" which is Il rec.
from Congressman say.
ers 10 Commissioner Lochren recon-
a reorganization ofthe pen
sion examining board at Austin and
the appointment of ID lctors McLaugh-
lin, Lowry and Daniel to that position.
There Is "a second "enclosure" marked
i'B' which is ss follows;
WAsHINAToN, July 10, 1898.
Hon ]. b. sayers, House Of Representatives;
SIR have the honor to form you
chat DR.. f. +. Daniel whom you rec
Tor a position on the board
OF examining surgeons for this bureau
at Austin, Tex is not eligible Tor APP
pointmen, as he served in the COnfed.
crate army. This Office will be pleas.
cd to hear from you further on the
subject Very respectfully.
VIM. LoCHREN, Commissioner.
certify that the above is al ac-
curate copy OF "A letter issued from
this office July 10, 1893
w. DEGATssURE TRENHOLM,
Assistant Appointing Clerk.
Enclosure "C.n Is as follows:
'Hon, j d. Sayers recommended
the appointment of Doctors +. p Nc.
f. f. Daniel and Chss.
Lowry. DR.. Daniel served in the G..