The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-04-26
new UNABLE
TO ADVANCE
OMAR BuNDY
Weeks Declines To Promote
Newcastle General - Says
He Is Young Enough To
Wait a Year.
PENSION WORK HEAVY
PALLADIUM NEWS BUREAU

PALLADIUM NEWS BUREAU
WASHINGTON, April 26.-The list
of officers to be promoted to the per
manent rank of major general goes
to the senate this week just as it was
prepared by Secretary of War Weeks,
the list having been approved by the
senate military affairs committee.
Senator New, of Indiana, who is a
member CT the military affairs COM
m;ttee. insisted that the name of
Brieadier General Omar Bundy. a ma
tive OF Newcastle. Ind.. who command
ed The Second division when it won
is brilliant victories at Chateau
Thierry and Balleau Wood, be includ-
cd on the list. Senator News efforts
III behalf of General Bundy were un-
availing, however.
Secretary Weeks declines to pro-
mote Bundy at this time, on the
ground that several others are more
entitled to promotion Than he is and
tie further ground that Bundy is
young enough to wait awhile
The understanding is that General
Bundy Will within short time, prob
ably within a wear, be promoted to
major generalship. Under the circum-
stances, it is said, Senator New will
not oppose the confirmation of any of
the present list of promotions.
Act FavorabIy
The senate military affairs commit
tee acted favorably on the list of Of
ficers to be promoted to the ranks of
major general and of brigadier gen.
eral after it had heard Secretary of
War Weeks in secret session. The re-
suit was vote of II to in favor of
confirmation. The name of General
Clarence r. Edwards heads the list
OF new major generals. The action of
the committee is general accepted to
mean that the senate will confirm all
of the promotions. However opposi.
tion to the promotion of Edwards is
expected to be carried to the floor of
the senate.
During the war Edwards was re-
lieved of the command of the Twenty
sixth New. England) division in
France. Certain Democratic senator's
contend that because OF his relief
from the command there is justifica-
tion for opposing his promotion.
In Washington II has been generally
accepted as a fact that Edwards was
to be the next chief of staff, conse.
1oShtis huSd SUI VI ioc W dS cApTSSSeu
when it was intimated after the COM
mittee hearing that he might not be
given that office.
Some idea of the volume of business
now being performed by the bureau
OF pensions 81 years after the close
of the Civil war and % years after
the close of the Spanish-American
war can be gained by the report
which shows that there are 592,190
pensioners of all classes on the bu-
reau's rolls. 1t should be mentioned
that the bureau does not operate as
a relief agency for the veterans of
the World war and their dependents
The largest number of pensioners
on the rolls of the bureau of pensions
are in the Civil war class. 243.520 SOL
diers and sailors, and 290,100 widows
Seventy-one widows represent the
war Of 1912 class. The Mexican war
is represented by 14S veterans and
2,423 widows; the Indian wars class
includes 3,745 veterans and 2,483 wild
ows, while the Spanish war roll in
cludes 23,144 veterans and 1888 wild
ows.
The largest number of Civil war
pensioners on the rolls was in 1898,
when 745,S22 veterans were being pro.
yided for.
The money involved in caring for
the bureau of pensions claims reached
the enormous figure of $213,295.311
last year The bureau was operated
by 904 employees at an expense of
only $1.395.o14.
The government handles all of it's
relief work for the veterans of the
World war through the bureau of war
risk insurance.