The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-03-08
THOUSANDS RECEIVED DAILY
UNDER NEW PENSION LAW
MAY REACH SIXTY THOUSAND
comrnissioner says EVERY Person En-
titled TO a Pension Under the
Recently Enacted Pension
Law Should Apply.

Ardmorcite Special.
Washington. March S-"Eyery per
son entitled to Il pension under the
recently enacted service pension law
ought. in justice to himself and to-
his descendants apply for a pen
sion"
This statement was made by Gen
eral Vespasian Warner. commission
pr OF pensions. in commenting upon
the operation OF the new law. Gen
crai Warner was asked how the law
was working and II there would be
material addition to the pension
rolls by reason of this enactment.
Naturally" he replied. 1T is max
ing lots OF work for the pension Of
ficc, but that Is what we are here for
Personally | do not believe now that
the law will put on the rolls many
new names When It was under con
sideraton. experts in Congress and
in the pension Office thought that
the new names added to the pension
rolls ON account Of the law, II 1t
should be enacted would be very great
In number General Ainsworth. ad-
jutant general Of the army. estimat.
ed that the number of what we call
the unknown army that Is, the
men who served in the civil war and
are now ON the pension rolls, would
aggregate one hundred thousand.
Other estimates did not differ mater
tally from General Ainsworths hg-
res
The indications now are, after the
law has been In operation a month.
that the estimates of the unknown
army" were too high do not be
lieve II will aggregate more than
fifty or sixty thousand We are receiv
ing an enormous number OF appli-
cations for pensions under the ser
vice pension act but they come prin-
cipally from those who already are
Teceiying pensioh and are entitled
under the new law. to an increase.
The men who served in the civil
war are getting old and very many OF
them, II they would make proper
application. will receive somewhat
greater pension than they are re
ceiving AT present
These applications are pouring in
to the pension bureau at tremen'
dous rate just now Many thousands
are received in the mails each day.
The bureau force is far behind in its
consideration OF the cases, simply be-
cause II is physical impossibility
To handle every day all the mail Of
that kind which comes. Thousands
of the applications have not yet been
opened, but that fact will make lit.
tie or no difference To the applicants.
Eventually the applications will be
handled duly and the applicants will
receive their pensions from the date
of the receipt OF their applications,
In Justice to himself and to the
members Of his family, every eX-sJi.
dicr entitled to a pension should
have pension certificate That
shows definitely that he served hon
orably and was discharged from the
service hunorably That paper will
he OF great value in years to come,
entirely aside from the good the mo.
ney g, ~" receive may do the pen
sioner Fifty years hence. that Ger
tIhcatc will be framed in gold by the
descendants of the pensloner. be
cause It is a badge of honor
Pensioners now are dropping on
the rolls at rate ot approximately
5000 a month Among the old sol
diers the death rate now is very
great That does not mean, how
ever, decrease in the actual mum
bcr Of pensioners, because. when d
soldier passes away his widow and
minor children usually apply tor anC
receive pensions These pensions
do not aggregate so much in money
as the pensions Of soldiers hut they
do amount TO almost as many pen
sioners
we now have on the pension roll'
about 100000 names This numbe
will be increased somewhat unde
the new law and the amount pal,
out will increase for a year or two
but Il will soon begin TO decrease. a
In the course OF events. the MAJ
who fought the country's battles cai
not survive great while longer"
DeWitt's Little Early Risers seattle
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