The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1921-06-10
A[[ Pensions
Of j. 5. MAY Be
PAID MONTHLY
Herald Washington Bureau


sons drawing pensions from the Unit
Cd States, based on military or naya
service, will receive their pension:
monthly instead of quarterly, II tn,
bill reported to the house favorabi,
by the committee on pensions be
comes a law.
This bill provides that. beginning
September, 1921, all pensions shall
be paid monthly on the fourth day ot
each month. Should this bill become
. law--and there is good prospect
for its passage in both houses-more
than half a million residents OF the
United States will be greatly benefit
ted. and the hardship Of waiting
ninety days for the arrival of the
pension will be at an end.
VIII Affect All
This affects all those drawing PEN
sions on military and naval service
Of the war Of 1912, war with Mexico,
the Civil war. the war with Spain, the
various Indian wars up to 1891 and
al those granted up to the time Of
the World war. Congress in providing
for the compensation Of soldiers and
sailors Of the World war provided
that all compensation should be made
on a monthly basis. This new bill is
TO place the other pensioners OF the
government on the same basis as
veterans OF the World war.
There are two hundred and twenty
five thousand soldiers who entered
service In the Civil war now on the
pension roll and there are more than
ESQ. 900 widows drawing pensions be-
cause their husbands were soldiers In
the conflict Of the states. All told.
exclusive OF the veterans OF the
World war. there are now approxi-
mateiy 1000 persons on the pen
sion roll OF the United States.
Fall Favors Bill
In commenting on this bill, Secre-
tary OF the Interior Fall. who favors
the legislation. has this to say con-
eerning the proposed change:
Salaries and wages are univer-
sally paid weekly. bimonthly or
nonthly, and retail business general
~ In Conducted on q cash basis or on
short time credit, thirty days at the
longest.
'srhe men and boys who entered
the army or navy defense OF the gov
eminent In the world war were most
" psrsons who earned their liveli-
hood with their hands or brains and
who had up to the beginning Of their
service received their wages weekly.
himonthly or monthly. In considering
these facts the congress doubtless
reasoned that II II was considered
good policy to pay salaries and wages
al short intervals to people in good
health to enable them to use their in
come to the best advantage. II would
be equally as good policy and more
necessary TO pay the compensation to
disabled men. widowed women and
minor orphaned children at the very
shortest practicable intervals, and
fixed upon the monthly payment as
the proper period.
For Monthly Payment
"Now. II upon full consideration Of
the facts and conditions the congress
decided that the compensation TO be
paid by the bureau Of war risk in
surance to soldiers and sailors OF the
World war and their dependents
should be paid monthly. think 1t is
fair to assume that taking into con-
sideration the necessarily advanced
ages OF the pensioners OF the war
OF 1912. the Mexican war. the Civil
war, the war with Spain, and the In
dian wars. all pensions paid by the
bureau OF pensions should be paid
monthly.
"As stated before. there are now
approximately 505,000 soldiers and
widow pensioners OF the Civil war
alone, and the great majority OF them
depend largely upon their pensions
for support. Many, perhaps most Of
them, have no other source OF in
come. They live on three months
credit and whenever, as sometimes
happens. a quarterly check miscar-
ries IN their mails and is not received
on the date II is due, complaint is
made, frequently with a heart-rend-
lag story. about the hardship en-
tailed by the failure Of the check to
arrive on time.
Checks Sometimes Lost
Sometimes q quarterly check Is
lost in the mails or otherwise, and in
such case q duplicate check cannot
be issued until after the lapse Of
thirty days from the date of the orig
fnal. and then only after an indemni-