The Sunday globe., 1901-08-11
MEAT IN THIS.
Arrangement of the Pension Bureau
Under Commissioner Evans.

a correspondent, WIllluB on NolHlAlo-
siOuer Evans management of the Pen
sion Bureau, groups great many facts
I'm the following three paragraphs,
which The Globe presents as an able
arraigument of the matter:
EHrOR GLOBE. In the files Of the
Pension Bureau will be found the pa
uers I'm thousands upon thousands OF
cases like the following, in which final
action has been taken during the last
four years. The applicant, under the
act of June 27, 1890. was directed to
appear before the local board of sur
geaus nearest his home for medical
examination. His claim is based, it
may be, upon disability due to rheu-
matism of heart and disease Of SEQ
mach. The board find rheumatism eX-
listing and rate 81; heart complications
and rate Si and dyspepsia and rate
81, or a total Of Sl2 per month. The
members of the board sometimes re.
mark and frequently in the hearing Of
the soldiers, mo use giving a higher
rating. as that is the limit of the law
That certificate reaches the office, and
with the other papers in the case are
referred to the Medical Referee % who,
I'm obedience to the unWritten rules Of
practice inspired by Mr., Evans, the
very gracious and eyersmiling keeper
of "the good name, honor, integrity
and lofty patriotism Of the Union sol.
der rejects the claim on the ground
of no pensionable disability within the
meaning Of the act of June p, 1890,
because, forsooth, the board Of sur
geans have given no higher rate than
81 for any one disease. Take that GER
tiicate to the board who made it, ask
them how much pension they intended
that paper to warrant, and they will
unhesitatingly tell you S12 per month,
These Mr. Editor, are some Of the
thousand and one reasons causing this
universal discomfort upon the part of
the men whom it was declared were
entitled to fair treatment and gener.
GUS recognition" for the part they took
in that awful time which tried mems
souls" the success Of which gave spur
to the worlds advancement second
only TO that which followed the COM
ing of the Savior Of mankind. These
are some of the reasons which have Op-
Grated i'm urging the representatives
of the Grand Army Of the Republic in
their State and National Encampments
to file their unanimous protest against
continuing Mr.. Evans in his present
position. Surely no reasonable man
viii for a moment believe that such
men as Gen. Sickles, Gen, Hudson, Of
Kansas; Corpl Tanner Col Coulter,
Capt, Coney and host Of others who
could be named and whose reputation
as honorable men stands uncRallenged,
are seeking to bring about the retire
ment of Nr Evans merely at the in
stance of a few sO-called pension
sharks"
An investigation of the files Of that
Office by any disinterested jury taking
the cases as they come, will show that
in all cases admitted during the past
four years the same preponderance Of
proof was required which, in the Grim
inal courts i'm every State of this
Union Is necessary to send a man to
the gallOws for murder and this in the
face Of the fate that remedial laws are
always intended 10 be literally con.
strued Such an investigation viii de-
yelop this TRUTH that in every case ad-
mitted under Eyans's administration
a system of cheeseparing was intro
duCed as despicable as il was heartless.
To these startling truths Mr.. Evans
owes his ability TO return every year
TO the Treasury his millions Of uRsX-
pended appropriation,
To my comrades let me say: This
may be the darkest hour before the
dawn of a better day. At last the per-
nicious practice I'm that great bureau Is
cropping out and waking up the coun-
try TO a knowledge Of the horrible sit
uation. Sure as there is a God above
us, so surely viii the javelins Of truth
penetrate the thick garment Of II, Clay
Evaus- selfaufficiency. !. b. *.