The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-02-08
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WASHINGTON. Feb til from $4,000. 600 ID
s18.OO0.OOO can be saved on the current year'i
pension appropriations over those Of last year
the help thereby afforded TO the Treasury vii
be very great Such a saving IL eontem ed
IN the Pension bill now made up. and the de.
tailed explanation thata sufficient allowance
o: money has been furnished will be waited
| for with interest
In former years Efforts to cut down the pen.
slon appropriations have resulted in deficits
which had to be made IN aftcrward. perhaps
by the Same Congress. Indeed in the nature
| OF things the annual appropriation bill Is often
not sufflclent for tho actual requirements. le-
cause It is based upon estimates founded on
previous legislation. whereas the session dur
ing which II IL passed IL sarc TO contain new
legislation. some OF the expenditures for CHI
must be addict TO obligations already incurred.
as provided for in the annual ponsion bill.
II may be assumed. however that costly
pension legislation affecting whole classes OF
claims will not he attempted at this session.
and that even bills for individual pensions will
be carefully ecru;inlzed Another point Of
Importance IL the revision OF the pom sion list.
with view to removing those who have heen
Improperly rated. or improrcrly tlnced uron
II. whether from m incorrect construction OF
| the Law or from actual fraud.
As to- this latter point there Ia disclosed a
VI OplulNn- Ing TSmON0l OI names
| improperly entered goes on 10 q greater or
less extent ench year but the EXPENSE o,
agents and others for the Investigation and
the proof OF frauds Is also considerable. w."
| Enloe stated with considerable detail inn
| cent speech what had teen acromplt 4
y OF late in this particular. He referred. Tor
| example. to an investigation conducted under
| secro'ary Noble VIII, III. he said showed " over
| 5000 cases. many Of which were improperly
1 aV,I H..
| been corrected" He then indicated that the
work is only begun. We have not more than
broken through the crust yet" lie also sum.
married. hfty-six cases as examples Of frauds
| recently discovered. lie referred to the Ialtl.
| more. the Norfolk the New Mexico. the Indian
| Territory. and the Iowa frauds. In the Nor
| folk. or Drury frauds II was shown that I'm 1877
! cases Of names recommended for dropping
| from the roll there had been raid under the
act Of 1890. the sum Of S54.O74.42 The prob
| able future payments under lifehnnuity calcu-
| lations amount ed to SAB 26O IS. There were
other eases under consideration. and. apart
from what had Ueen Iail out. the entire future
amounted to about $4,000. " D''''
In New Mexico. out OF PA claims filed by
one attorney. ten OF the claimants. according
10 MIR. Enloe. were deserters. forty-iour were
not on the rolls at all. eight hal no service.
ton. and two were never discharged. making
EiNty-siN in ALL Special examiners between
July lOsnd Aug. 81 last reported on 23l claims
In New Mexico. and the Comm ioncr OF PEN
sIons. in a statement to the House com mittes
On Appropriations. gives this result
included IN the statement OF tuIAI savInss-sIiJU'
The amount Of future saving TO the tinted state,
ss ~ Ini'"T' mana ana eors!At? based on
indicates future saving 10 the Government Of slIJ
III. number OF cases reported to DIT. IL s6s nearly
,a.s sn ,Ie @ ma me- 9 Tea the aS"He
.SSHi ngg .hnnd tsscI sInsns hO To- THIS Ninoant
cndsd n statement OF actual savings from May to
IL should be ,ememb.red, too, tina. there are las
claims Of this character sti pending inNe.tgation
Without going further into details. Mr.. En-
loe's figures would show "a saving, N five
months time Of, almost million dollars in
round numhers.I lie gave ne the ,numhe .:
was alleged or SUSPECTED. LAS In New Mex
leo $40 in Iowa 90 in Indian Territory Al
IN -- tennessee and 10 In New York making
It should be noted. however. that this esti-
Of liie eIpectancy. SO that in a single rear
the Sfm O.. 10y which the annual Pension bill
paratiyely very small There is also 20 be
tA MGfss OF in the in
sisted that many Of the suspens lons V Of pen:
sionswere unjust ana white swelling the tit |
iected. would result in little or nothing II JUS
h tGe were e. done. He cited letters written to
Many who attack Commissioner Lochren's |
methods are also litter against the assertion
male IN NJ; SleveIands message that thou |
fraudulent pensioners. and recent develop |
ments 6y the bureau establish APPALLING CON
Lacey insisted that there Is no justification |
for so sweeping a statement he appealed |
around him as TO whether that staten emit was |
true Of their own neighborhoods and only one |
hood; cir" Mr. Lacey also insisted that Tho
more had up to the time when his remarks |
were made Yielded no results at all
Mr.. Enloe mentioned the fact that from April |
]. to Dec. IL. 1888. the proceedings taken at |
ne insisati19 i,7 81 ne tension BSreaq showed
lions. point made from time to time 10 tho |
House debates on this question was the ALI eyed |
Sns oRS ;6at ne nevs ms @a s0m
battle; but Mr. Lacey insisted that that would |
furnish no prespmption OF fraud as tho iiEst
three months OF mans service as soldier |
a1 There were according 70 Mr.. pingley. r.
txssn that date and Nov and S'iss q these csc
pended on Nov Il The ground for suspep-
sion was largely tina. e the rev construction
subject. nancy, 1908 sus pensions between
the eight months from March 1 to Now Now I
ne number OF eases Tenosted upon tor
and that the allegation was sustained
II 3Ss instances lie considered that as
theFe were on tne ron ABOUT 'hD.OOO pension
ers on July !, this was a small proportion OF
frauds established by evidence. Indeed, Com
missioner Loehren. when before the House
Committee on Appropriations, on being asked
what proportion OF the claims for pension
We're fraudulent. said: 1t 10 not large I
trust" and he added that wherever fraud did
occur It resulted oftener from the dishonesty
Of claim agents than from any other cause
The general conclusion from what has been
said on the subject at the present session
names from the pension rolls on charges Of
fraud will have some effect; yet, considering
sion. that it will not reduce by as large an
amount asa nrst glance might suppose the
gresham spoke Of the present low tempeTa-
turs In the Pension Office" meaning. possibly |
hat It's machinery Is not running at quite such
pressure In turning out pensions |
as under ten hAum. But tho exact facts as |
to bureau work may appear hereafter.
Paintings by Hsary w. Ranger.