The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-09-09
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cordance with the intention of the laws when enacted, and which were to pro- vide for the soldier and relieve his ne- cessities to the full extent to which he is entitled This is due him and this there should be no cavile or question about his receiving.
 The commander-in-chief embodied in his address a letter from Commissioner of Pensions Evans which contained the following figures:
 Number of pensions on agency rolls, June 30, 1897, 976,014.
 Originals granted included in report not on rolls, 6,S25.
 Restorations granted included in re- port not on rolls, 762.
 Originals granted in 1S9S 52,643
 Restorations granted in 1898, 4,0S9.
 Total, 1,040, 1885.
 Dropped in 1898.
 By deaths, 33,694.
 By re-marriage, 1889.
 By expiration of minority 2,121.
 By failure to claim, 3,031.
 By other causes, 6,A36.
 On rolls June 30, 1896, 993,7 TIA.
 Pensions-army and navy-paid in 1898, $1446 579.
 Fees paid examining surgeons, $S94, 249
 Agencies-salaries and expenses, $556- 629
 Bureau-salaries and per diem, s. 1S2, ,9S6.
 Total, s149 .265,741.
 ''The question of the suspension of comrades for the non- payment of dues still prevails, and it Is most difficult to legislate in manner that will do jus tice to those who cannot afford to pay their dues without doing great injus- tice to the posts in the cases of those who can afford to pay them, but sim pyl neglect to do so. My observation is that a large percentage of the men who are suspended for non-payment of dues are as fully able to pay as large number of those who remain and con- tinue to pay. Therefore, the criticisms of many of the comrades are unfair; while all sympathize with the comrades | unable to pay, there can be no feeling of that character for the comrade who | is able to pay and neglects to do so. l My own impression is that this matter | must necessarily be left to the indi- i vidual posts. ''I confide to you again the important 1 duty yet to be accomplished in this I organization. It is rapidly marching \ to the sunset, and ger many years it will be but a memory-but such mem ] ory of brave men united for love of l country and devoted to their fellow | men as will fill history's page for sue 1 ceeding generations with a record that l is tmperishable. With our lifes work l almost completed we can lay aside the | mantle which we have worn with the assurance that as soldiers and citizens we have been true to our country and | flag, and confident in the ability of the | American people to govern themselves and defy the world. AS we behold the | nation that we preserved as a union ot l all the states, facing new problems confronted with new possibilities, lei us unite with all the ardour and zea | which we brought with us from Alp. pomattox in every effort to sustain the present authorities, uphold the flag and advance the government REPORTS OF OFFICERS.
 In his report Alfred Lynch, the senior vice commander-in in- chief, referred tC the visit of Post 2, department of New York, to Hamilton, Ont, saying thai the cheers which greeted the comrade: on arrival and the reception on the par of the citizens of Hamilton were illus. trations of the recent drawing together in sympathy and feeling of the two great English speaking nations.
 The junior vice-commander-in in chief Francis B. Allen, said in his repor that no mistake would be made if tn, national encampment should in the flu ture select at least one national office whose services was in the navy, anC thus give practical effect to the senti ment of the organization, the equalit, of the soldier and sailor.
 David Mckay, M. D., the surgeon general, suggested in his report tn,
 adoption of some system of disciplin in order to insure the sending in of re
 quired reports. His idea was that onl,
 those posts and departments whicl
 evinced sufficient interest in the orde to furnish the reports to be allowed rep resentation in the department and Ma . tional Encampment.