The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-05
No Pension
For Corns
This Disabled Veteran Advised to Ap-
ply to Chiropodist.

A corn has no legal status. That is the
decision which has just been procaimeq
with the most serious ofiicia! formality
by the United States government IN a
carefully written opinion in a New York
case that will go down in history as the
law of the land. The subject is treated
clearly and corciselv in decision signed
by Assistant Secretary of tn.
c. Campbell in clg.m a3'rsalad from the
learned disquisition on that inartistic,
somewhat annoying, and sometimes pain
full eHcrescence that has more than
passing attachment to the pedal eXtremi-
ties. The decision is not phrased in gems
of word painting that scar i"to the Par
nassian heights OF fervid English. nor
but 1t is brief, plain. official treatise on
a relation between corns and the United
States government and an indeN to what
is the next best thing to Il pension in the
way of salve for the victim,
Whether the bulgIng cornute bunch Is
really an Impressive and massive inquire
in bas relief. or is powerfully painful
protu"harance. or is only a dainty callous-
ness is immaterial to Uncle Sam. Far be
it from Uncle Sans intention to dscrimi-
nate between the kinds. varieties and the
professors of special designs No ad-
Indicating individual on the government
payroll will hereafter be permitted TO to
take official cGgnizance of any corn, big
or little. of any kind or description Wha1
soever
m"nt. which ordinarily would nave juris-
diction in the case, calmly, cooliy. and
dispassionatelv relin0uishes all title to
such jurisdiction ana throws all business
along this line into the hands of the chi
ropodists in official recommendation
that the latter are the proper parties to
administer balm to the distressed, corn
stricken veterans.
The issue raised by New York
man who served his country in the Span
ishAmerican war. He acquired several
disabilities, including several full-hedged
corns. He was allowed a rating on the
other dsa utilities. but his claim on ac-
Nf hn 20 alart rt,a1 q
delberation by both the pension bureau
and the members of the board of pension
appeals who write opinions tor the IN
terror department on such cases
The New York claimant swore thta he
had "calouSeS on both feet. Assistant
Secretary Campbell in his decision, which
will serve for years to come as the first
and only standard official uthorty on
tho weghty subject says:
THE callouses complained of appear to
be inflamed corns at the base of each
great toe. plantar surface, each being the
size of silver half dime. This is not a
pensonable disability. Corns are incon-
and when they are the remedy is simple
and within the easy reach of any one
Congress never intended to grant man
a pension for so trivial ailment that
can easily be removed. a soldiers patrf-
otism ought not to terminate with his
military service. It should prompt him
to go to a chropodist rather than to the
pension bureau. If his alleged disability
is caused by corns, they can be cured. "A
simple operation, not pension, Is wrat
the claimant needs for his corns. They
cannot be regarded as constituting PEN
sionabie diSa biiity and the action appeal
ed from is affirmed" ashington Post.