The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-03-24
Pension Offices Queer Mail
1t Comes Largely From People Who Have Strange Ideas
About the Bureaus Purposes

rightly handed over to the bureau Of
pensions letters addressed as fol-
lows:
washington. d. c.
u s, d O. tie o cor: mishingbiors.
And this:
Commissioner Clay, Columbus. o.
The commissioner title is variously
modified to Keeper" Proprietor" or
Head Man OF the pension office.
Here are some other odd expressions
used in addressing Commissioner Ev-
ans:
H Clay Evans. Pension General"
Evans evans penchant agent -
Henry g Ivens, General Comision
Agent" SECRETARY Penson Buro. and
even this: jen hon Conditioner of pen
sions." "jen" is presumably to be
translated General and hon" OF
course. stands for the HOnorab bic. "
Another man directs his request to
.'COmitioners" in the plural, evidently
in the belief that their name is legion
A correspondent from Pennsylvania
literally covered his envelope with
these directions:
Mr.. Evins.
Comisher off pinsh.
Washington City
Co
"clo Ensecptors. Pension Office"
: ''Pionsshon D. p" and THE Penshion
of Rurow.'' are characteristic efforts.
scribed the following address repro
duced faithfully thereon a portion of
the printed notice on the government
penalty envelope sent him by his CON
gressional representative;
Bureau of Pension
Washington D. c.
NJ. g. Official Business.
Penalty for Private.
n singular supersCription. the full
import Of which is still shrouded in
mystery, is.
''Washenton
Penchen Ofnc
And yet it is. possibly not more aston
ishing than this one:
Washington d. c.
to the pention department terror
a brief. but novel method of express
ing Pension Office, Interior Depart
ment."
The fact that all the business of I'm
Gle Sans executive departments is not
transacted ia one building would prob
ably be source of wonder to the men
who directed their envelopes thus:
u 5 Penshen Burea, Z. s. Capitol
Washington City OF D. c.
To the SECRETARY of Ware"
Washington d. c.
ITO the Treasure Department Of War"
and
Mr. McKiIey
THE Pension Office"
Carefully crowded into the corner OF
an odd looking envelope is the entire
address, GENERAL penshion offs, Wash
ington, d. c. One feels inclined to
wonder what could have been the
writer's motive in leaving so much
blank space A California man recent
~ requested some information from
the "COmisingeF of Pensionegers
Anyone who feels inclined to wonder
at the length of time that elapses in
many cases between the filing and set
tIement of pension claim is respect
fully requested to consider the Difficult
ties made by the applicants themselves
as we'll as the necessity OF Sitting the
evidence presented, the work Of gath
er1ng medical testimony of proving
the Identity Of the claimants etc Many
applicants, on the rejection OF their
claims, are firmly convinced that such
action Is the result OF personal malice
on the part of the commissioner or
pensions or the interference of their
nelghbOrs- Others are constantly com
planning of the delay in issuing pension
certificates II these people realized
the fact that over 100. 0oG certificates OF
all kinds were issued during the last
hscal year. possibly they might gather
a faint idea of the tremendous number
Of cases constantly being handled
CODvrigbt 1901 nv 4 7 r,.,..-