The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-06-17
SPEEDING UP
PENSIONS FOR
ALL VETERANS
Urged on by Public, Press
and Congress, War Risk In
surance Bureau Rushe IS
Compensation Claims.
SIMPLIFY PROCEDURE
PALLADIUM NEWS BUREAU

E-ft1t-ADIsH VI MEMS
WASHINGTON, June IL Urged
on by the public, press and congress,
the bureau of war risk insuranc is
perfecting its speed up" program.
and a similar policy is to be put into
operation by the bureau of pensions
which handles all the claims of the
veterans and the widows and children
of veterans of the Civil war and the
Spanish-American war.
Two acts passed by congress last
year have placed a great amount of
additional work on the bureau of pen
sions. These particular acts author
ized more people to file claims, and
had the effect of increasing the pen
sion allowances of others. The en-
actment of the two laws was followed
Immediately by great influx of
claims, and the bureau has been doing
it's best TO dispose of them with its
limited working force.
Harnlin NJ Nandervoort, recently
appointed a deputy commissioner of
pensions, expects to expedite the
handling OF the new claims by sim
plifying the procedure and the paper
work.
Civil War Vets Decrease.
Civil war veterans residing in the
Sixth district of Indiana who were
drawing pensions. 1t is estimated that
there are now less than 900 pension
| ers of that war residing in that dis
| trict.
No figures are available as to the
number of widows of Civil war vet
erans receiving pensions who reside
! in the sixth Indiana district but it is
known that they greatly exceed the
number of veterans who are on the
pension rolls
! Additions Authorized
| One of the recent acts of congress
which has greatly incl eased the work
| of the pension bureau is known as the
act of May l, 1920 This law broad
ened the statutes relating to Civil war
pensions and authorized additional
people to file claims. 1t also estab-
lished minimum pension of $50 per
month for veterans, and provided a
pension of s72 per month for totally
disabled veterans. Several hundred
claims were filed under that act by
veterans living in the sixth district
Another important law passed by
congress last year, known as the act
of June 5, relates to veterans of the
Spanish-American war, the Philippine
insurrection and the China relief ex
pedition. Under this law veterans Of
those wars suffering from disabilities
even though their disabilities are not
of service origin. are entitled to pen
sions, the minimum rate being 81.
per month, the maximum rate $50 pei
month.
Pension Wayne Vets.
Scores of claims under the Act o
June 5 were received from the sixth
Indiana district, particularly from
Wayne county. which was the only
county in the district which recruited
| an entire company for service in tht
Spanish-American war 1t is under
, stood that majority of the Spanish
war soldiers residing in Wayne coun
ty are now receiving pensions.
Some idea of the scope of the gov
ernments activities relative to tn
care, treatment and reha bilitation o
: the men who were disabled Will
Z serving with the American forces dul
/ ing the World war may be gathered
! from the fact that 100000 casualtie
, and disabilities were directly or ind
rectly traceable to such service
1t is also stated that 525 900 veteran
I of the late war have applied for CON
. pensation in accordance with the wa
= risk insurance act About So per cen
, of these come within the purview @
= the nervous and mental group. AS I
the ultimate number who will appl
: for compensation the government
actuaries have estimated that With
| the course OF the next ten year
100000 claims will have been file
= with the bureau of war risk insurance