The National tribune., 1899-07-27
The report of the Committee concludes:
STHE ,JURYD

mously ado ted
"THE JURY"
| As we said last week, the case OF the vet
Grams OF the country against the Pension
Bureau is now before a jury composed OF fiv
good comrades of the Grand Army of the Re
public, who constitute the National Com
mittee. Contrary to what Mr. Evans ha
sedulously fed the newspapers, the Com
mittee has made absolutely no expression OF
the subject OF the management of the Pen
sion Bureau. and will make none until it pre-
sents its report to the National Encampmcnt
Accompanied by the Acting Commander in
Chief the Committee came to Washington
heard the complaints of some comrades here
| visited the Pension Bureau, heard the repre-
sentations made by the Commissioner, has
an interview with the President, made pleas
| ant call on the Secretary OF the Interior, ant
returned to the Pension Bureau where Mr.
Evans ordered a parade of the Union veteran.
and widows employed in the Bureau. Th,
Committee then separated and went to thcil
homes.
Necessarily, in the short time that the Com
mittee could allow themselves in Washington
they could gain but limited information OF
the subject and that was mostly made I'D o
such matters as Commissioner Evans chose Il
present to them. Therefore they did very
wisely in poStponing their report until They
could return home and consider such further
evidence as might be furnished.
This greatly simplifics matters, as well as
brings them 10 a crisis Heretofore the com
radcs have made their complaints to the Presi
dent Of the United States, to the Secretary OF
the Interior the Commissioner of Pensions,
THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE, Senator's Repre-
sentatives, etc. Now the decision of the whole
matter is in the hands OF the GAR. National
Pension Committee. They are the recog.
nized and Official exponent of the whole Grand
Army of the Republic, and their decision, if
adopted by the National Encampment be
comes that of the entire Order and will be re-
ceived as such by the powers that be-
Therefore, all comrades who have facts
bearing upon the administration of the Pen
sion Bureau should hasten to present them to
the Pension Committee Great care should
be taken in the preparation and presentation
Of these facts. Ii is not fair to ask the mem
bcrs of the Committee to read long homilies on
pension matters in general What they want
are actual facts, stated as conciselv as posi-
ble and well attestcd. The best way will be
for each Post to prepare list of cases, with
full particulars as to each, and send the same
to the Committee, attcstcd by the signature of
the Commander and the seal of the Post.
This will be the most convincing kind of
testimony Where individual reports are
made they should give full particulars as to
regiment, length Of service, disability, num-
Der Of pension claim, time pending, etc. In
order to facilitate the consideration of these
communications they should be sent to the
member OF the Committee nearest the writer.
Thus, to
Col. r. b. BROWN, GAINESVILLE, O. All COM
munications etc, from Ohio West Vir-
ginia, Indiana, and Michigan.
Col. II. b. CASE, Chattanooga, Tenn. All
communications from comrades residing
south of the Potomac and Ohio Rivers.
CoMRADE CIIAS. CLARK ADAMS, 1l2 Water
street. Boston, Mass. All commuiiica-
. tons from comrades in the New England
States.
GEN. JOHN PALMER Albany, N. Y. All
communications from comrades in New
York, New Jersey. delaware, Pennsvl-
vania, and Maryland
Col. JOHN ". BURST, Sycamore. Ill. All
communications from comrades in Illinois,
Wisconsin, and the country west of the
Mississippi.
This is the jury todecide whether the present
of the Pension Bureau shall
continue or whether it shall be radically i'm
proved in the interests of justice to the vet
Grams and their dependent ones.
The responsibility for the iurys decision is
shared by every comrade in the country. Let
him do his duty by presenting such facts as
the Committee ought TO know, and
DO IT AT ONCE.