Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-10

Ware makes the following important rec
OmmendA tfOnS among others.

Ware makes the following important rec
ommenda lions, among others:
Il recommend the passage of q law
that any man that is convicted in a court
of an Infamous crime should forfeit his
pension or his right to one.
Il recommend the passage of a law pro-
hibiting the giving Of pensions to those
women who marry soldiers after the SOL
dierS become old pensioners.
Il recommend the passage of law pro-
viding for superannuated clerks, and invite
attention to this bureau, where there are
800 employees who are sixty years old or
over, in force of l ia, and where the
average of all is fifty-three years. Some
law of retirement and provision must be
devised, the present system Is too I'M
satisfactory and too expensive.
LAS the number of employees in the pen
sion bureau and it's branch agencies ex-
ceeds over 1000 in number, and the work
and responsibilities are great, recommend
the salary of the chief clerk be fixed
at 1880 per annum.
LAS attorneys are not permitted to charge
claimants for services under certain acts,
and as claimants ought to have the right
to the services at reasonable fees, as well
for their own benefit the saving of ex-
penSe to the government in doing the work
which the attorney might otherwise do
recommend the fixation by law of small
fee for services of attorneys under each
of the acts.
amining applicants for pension The pres
ent system is a most uncertain. expensive
and unsatisfactory method. The system
is liable to outside control and political die
tation and generates an enormous amount
of political friction.
'Those who are examined for disabilities
desire to have the very best medical knowl-
edge which Is attainable. The pathological
sequences of many diseases and disabilities
are so obscure and remote that they can
nn1 he Lott Inv full mat ION,
conducted by those Of learning and expert
ence. The government needs protection as
well.
Il suggest boards constituted of experts
under civil service rules who should go
from place to place on fixed days, giving
examinations and receiving testimony re-
garding the conditions of the applicants and
making reports thereon. The territory
could be divided into circuits and the board
serve outside Of the states Of their domicle
1T will be observed that the number of
applicants and demands upon the bureau
were 25 per cent larger last year than the
annual average of the past ten years, and
that the bureau has gained upon the cur
rent work 100 600 cases in two years
Two hundred and fifty promotions have
been made in the bureau during the last
year on merit, and 1t is believed that the
esprit de corps of the bureau was never
higher
II am under great and special obligations
for the efficient services of James L. Day.
export. first deputy.
Il am also Indebted to L. NJ Kelley, sec
ond deputy, and to w. H. Bayly, chief
clerk.
Il desire to thank Thomas D. Yeager of
Pennsylvania, William L. Marsh of Tennes-
see. Calvin Nelson of Pennsylvania and
Joseph NJ. Mccoy of West Virginia for their
personal services In assisting in the execu-
ton Of the duties of the commissioner at
headquarters. The foregoing are all men
of the highest order of ability, honor and
industry. and their services to the govern
ment have been exceedingly valuable
ITO the foregoing is to be added the name
of L. Seward Terry of New York. private
secretary"