The Natchitoches enterprise. (Natchitoches, La.) 1888-1965, 1898-12-29
Board of Pensions.

The Bord of Pensions have been hard
at work in Baton Rouge examining
claims Of Confederate veterans for pen
sions. Col. Chalaron, president OF the
board, last night gave the following as
the result of their labors:
The Board of Pension Commissioners
has considered and passed upon the 1881
applications Of pensions. Ii approved
and Professionally Chased 1913 aS No /.
2l3 No. 2, 3GG3 a No. 3; total go. 1t
passed 2G3 subject To future coLs:deIa-
lion and action. l29 for specific inform
aticn. aud rejected 240. making a total
Of 1881 MANY more would have been
allowed had the funds been sufficient.
A. applications are still coming in, aad
quite number have been passed oyer
On account OF defective proof and re-
tGaDcd 10 the parties for further Inform
alton, the board has found it necessary
to Withhold part of the fudds until
future demands. The board has also
heen obliged, on account of the large
number VI limited appropriation, 10
grade the amount to less than S. PEI
month. say So, s., and 81 respectively.
Eight days and curing many hours Of
the Eight the board has Iabore1 upon
lie mass OF formal applications, reading
and cOn,Iderng each separately, pom
dering over the facts as 10 age. nativity,
array services, wound disease, disability.
nGIgencY. family demands. ETC., and
Terminating the best il could from the
papers themselves, between the Ve"y
destitute and helpless and those not so
badly afflicted or impoverished. 1t haS
been an un2rateful task to reject worthy
old Confederate Door.
The board has ample power to pun-
ish any frauds, and will use all the !
iHrdus necessary to discover and rIhWcIt |
any wrong dOings. 1t IS resolved moi |
only To strike from the pension rolls
hereafter all WHO are nor emitted. under
Tue law. 10 receive the pension, but will
+ndeayOr 10 prosecute and punish erin
naily the guilty. 1t relies upon the
lon' pension Confederate through the
state for the necessary Information TO
purge the pension list OF unworthy mat
rlai II any, and ard the board In max
ng 1t roll OF honor and pride to /
very veteran in the State.
Payments will be immediately made d,
the lst of January. 1899. dating from
ne hll1g of each application, after
'hlch every three months by check IN {
lyor OF the pensioner, mailed 10 bis or :
er pOstGtlice address.
Hereafter ii will be useless for any !
)ldier 10 apply who has any livelihood, =
roperty or strength TO work. Il
Inc board regrets to have found that
lew officers and pension attorneys
ave contracted for excessive com
snsatinn for the simple labor of filling
the blanks, and has fixed the max 1
lIlm Zee for such services at 81.
There are in the first grade eighty
ven pension widows and sIxtv-six old
idieLs and few widows in other grades.
The board Is composed as follows:
d. j. A. Chalarnn, president: Judge
Z. McncHIe. Judge David Pierson,
ate Auditor. w. w. Heard. Adiutant
eneral Allen Jumel. Capt. +. f Brian
It's secretary. 1t meets qu.rterly at
lton Rouge, and all communications
1t should be sent there TO the secIe-
ry. Notices will be mailed in a few
Us 10 all applicants who have been ad- n
dyed pensions. and Instruction. when
d how TO obtain what will be coming
them up to LIST of January, 1899. The
ard was IN tulI complement, and vi
'rSed unintcrruptedly since the 18th
i'll this evening Goth instant, adjourn
only for one hour each dav, and It's
lly sessions were from twelve to six II
n hours, formed very laboriOus
ty.-Tlmes Democrat.