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are now coming in az The rate of
approximately 1000 monthly in
view ~ The great age and The hcin-
less condition ~ these applicants,
their claims are being given special
alteration ard everything Dr. being
done 90 bring about their early set
element
Another instance provides that
the ratings granted Spanish War
veterans shall BE- proportional 20 the
degree Of inability 60 earn a sup
port by manual labor Departing
from n fixed, arbitrary scale 81 rates
the test In each case now b. the
extent 20 which inability 20 earn
support is lessened.
In other instances, however, the
Bureau Of Pensions cannot exer-
else authority in expeditin~ the
work M hand without remedial leg
islation. One ~ these relates 20
the proof Of marriage This laws
requirements have given rise 20
much complaint. and IN numerous
cases imposed upon widow appli-
cants peculiar hardship, made
more manifest By the lapse ~ time.
Yet the Pension Bureau has no pow
er 20 change the law The recent
legislation IN behalf u the widows
II World War veterans ~ much
more liberal In this regard and per-
ID o. the indulifenrc ~ presumption
IL marriage In the absence of proof
In certain cases and under certain
conditions Il b. hoped that this lib
oralty Of law fnvoring widows 81
veterans Of the Civil War, the war
with Spain, or of those who served
in the regular establishment rrior
10 April 6. 1917.
There seems to be general de-
mand among all classes Of pension
ers for the monthly payment Of
pensions. Congress has recognized
this demand The Bland bill has
been passed by the House Of Repre-
sentatives and Is now IN the hands
Of the Senate. The arguments IN
favor Of monthly payment Of pen
sions are patent TO everybody. The
passage Of this bill for monthly
payments IL strongly recommended.
Another activity Of the Pension
Bureau has 10 do with the admins
tration of the Civil Service Retire
ment Act, approved May 22, 1920:
Under It's provisions are included
all employees Of the classified civil
service Of the United States, rep
rescnting one Of the largest groups
Of employees ever to be covered by
a single retirement fund.
81 Widows Of 1912 Soldiers
Since the organization OF the new
retirement division Is months ago,
7.O7G claims foT age annuity and
1921 claims for retirement on ae-
count Of disability have been filed.
This branch Of the work II consid-
cred as being practically current.
During the same period so,ooo
applications for refund have been
filed By former employees who have
become separated from the service
because Of resignation, dismissal, or
necessary reduction Of force, The
work Of adjudicat,ng this class 81
claims u about four months IN ar
rears. An amendment 70 the act
which has already passed the SEN
ate and Il nov pending In the House
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Insurance and Bonding
Typewriters
Real Estate
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will n enacted. facilitate The adj
Indication ~ claims FOR refund
A few figures on the pension sit
untion viii be undoubtedly inetTuc-
tive.
The number Of certificates issued
on account of an claims allowed
since the establishment ~ the pen
sions system down 10 the end ~ the
last fiscal year was 6 .302, $50 Con-
gress granted 5e.l28 pensions by
special acts since March {, 1861. on
the total number of pensioners on
the ron last June-56G, C63-by
classes they are as follows soldiers,
2G7, G29: widows, 200. 1855: minors,
2.ie3: helpless children. 9i9; other
dependents. f,2s5, and nurses, l02.
Sixty-fOur pensions were stu be-
ing paid On account n he War Of
1872, although more than a century
has passed since the termination ~
that war All these, with one ex-
ccpiion, were drawn by soldiers
widows, there being nov no sur
viyor Of the men who fought IN
that conflict
100 Mexican War Veterans
There were sin 2,1fs pensioners
II the Mexican War, 73 years after
IL ended. OF these. 100 we're sur
vivOrs, and 30 Of them died during
the fiscal year.
In the past year PATS Civil War
veterans died. During that period
widows who filed claims Tor pen
si0ns numbered 1873. From these
figures some idea can be formed
Of the number Of widow claims that
will continue 10 come in az the vet
Grams yet on the roll gradually pass
away. In fact, during the year 1919
the number Of veterans on the roll,
and at the close Of the fiscal year
the number Of widows was 2si ,225,
as against 21s,775 veterans.
Even the brief war with Spain
was noted on the pension roll by
39,2S2 entries on the date stated.
BY states, Ohio led in number OF
pensioners with 5000. Nevada hold
ing last place with 270. Alaska had
AZ. OF the foreign countries or
their dependencies, Canada led with
1923, and IL places, from British
Guiana 10 Egypt. Portugal 70 Siam,
had each one pensioner. The total
amount Of foreign disbursements
was. for the fiscal year, sl,s4@,-
O22 81.
Subdivided by different wars. the
total disbursements last year were
Civil War. s246, 5S4.6 $40; War with
Spain, S6,i7l,540; War Of 1872.
s2s. 100; War with Mexico. $685.
O25: Indian Wars. ti.s65,so2 reg
ular establishment. s3.iss.iel. and
World War. s25. 3ei. The average
pension for each class was st77,1l.
tleisl. ss5s.eb. sl7ass. s20sTi.
sIs3i9 and s1as.es. respectively.
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been $685. s3, $3.50 As the dis
bursements have been made in suns
ranging from a minimum Of 81 a
month TO "A maximum Of $ii6.66 2-3
(the greatest number of pensioners
received, however pensions Of $50
or 500, It is evident that vast
amount Of careful clerical work and
accounting is necessary.
1t is not the stupendous sums
paid out annually or the number Of
persons served that makes the rec
ord Of the work of the Bureau of
Pensions remarkable, but the close
scrutiny which must follow every
application for a pension TO insure
that, if granted, the money shall
go to the rightful recipient for the
purposes intended.
On May /, 1920, there was ap-
proved by the Congress an act 70
revise and equalize rates Of PEN
ions 10 certain soldiers, sailors and
marines Of the Mexican and Civil
war, including widows, former Hid-
ows, dependent parents and chill
dren, and certain army nurses a
few weeks later another act was
approved TO pension soldiers and
sailors Of the Spanish-American War
including the Philippine Instruction
and the relief expedition in China
Painstaking Care Necessary
The passage Of these acts re-
CURED the forming Of a section Of
experts 70 investigate and determ-
inc promptly whore increases could
be granted TO the pensioners al
ready on the roll in cases not re-
quiring new applications. This work
has been well and expeditiously
done, and yet on January /, 1922
there were 65,5Al claims on hand
under the operation Of these two
single acts.
II is needless 70 say that with
hundreds Of thousands Of pension
ers scattered in 4s states, the Dis
trict OF Columbia, five insular pos
sessions, and 81 foreign countries,
Including dependenciesl there Is
much possibility Of mistake and mis-
understandings, II not necessarily
Of fraud. Nothing must be taken
for granted. The operation Of the
pension laws, furthermore, in many
ItspttlH MAKES inc uuitdA WI n
quite complicated.
Handling pension claims is rou-
tine work, but it requires painstak-
ing care. Many persons have an
erroneous impression that is a sim
pie thing for the Pension Bureau
TO take up a pension claim and inn
mediatoly dispose OF H. As mat
ter Of fact, IL is often most diff
ficult matter 20 adjust
In claiming a pension, an appli-
cation must be filed in the Pension
Bureau, stating under what law the
claim IS made, accompanied by the
facts on which il is based After
the validity Of the declaration s de-
terminated by the Law Division, a
record is made and the claim re-
ceives a number. This record Is
made In various ways Tor statistical
purposes and for information, and
So that the claim may be found
readily. There are about 100000
record cards on file today.
The claim thence is submitted 20
adiudicating divisions made up Of
experts who by training, study and
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An instance Of the new policy viii
be cited. A provision Of the Act
Of May I, 1920. grants Sl2 month
To Civil War veterans helpless or
blind. or no nearly helpless or blind
a. 20 require regular personal aid
ana Attendance. Under this pro-
vision as,e38 Civil War veterans
anplled Tor the s72 rate during the
lasi flscal year. and additional claims
The Washington herald., 1922-02-26
TANK MEET LURES
LARGE ENTRY LIST
&C" Club Event, Scheduled for
March 4, Attracts Big
Field of Swimmers.

Preparations are rapidly nearing
a close for the first annual scholastic
swimming championships. to be held
under the auspices of the &C" club,
at the Central pool, on Saturday,
March 4. The large number of en-
tries has necessitated a division of
the affair into preliminaries at 4:3O.
and finals at T. NJ.
Assurances have been received
from many schools around this sec
tion for entries in the meet. The
District will be represented by Cen
tral, Western, Tech. and Army and
Navy Preps. Baltimore will send
Baltimore Polytech, City College,
and Friends School. Another
Maryland representative will be
Tome School. of Port Deposit, which
has already promised entrants. The
schools of Virginia will be Fish
burne, Augusta. and Shenandoah
Military academies. A few entries
may be expected from other in
stitutions.
Practically all Of last years South
Atlantic titleholders will be COM
peting for premier hOnors. The
Central team is putting in extern
sive preparation for the meet. cap
tain "Alfy' Coles. of the Mt. Pleas
ant mermen. should continue his
recent fast race. He has shattered
several scholastic records. and also
the collegiate record for the 40
yard swim.
Ed. NOyes, last years South At
lantic 1OO-yard champion. will also
be entered. In the fancy diving
event. Central has entered Lyman.
who won the South Atlantic title
last year. Satterfield, the 10O-yard
breast strOker. and Howenstein.
competing in the 1OO-yard back
stroke. will feature their respective
events.
LOnGfcllow, of Baltimore Friends
School. is the present South Atlantic
titlehOlder in the plunge for dis
tance. He is entered in the meet.
but he will face strong competition
from other plungers. Baltimore
Polytechnic will enter two formi
dable natatOrs in Bahlke, present
220-yard champion. and Mitchell,
50-yard record holder. These two
lads are the main cOgs in a we'll
balanced team.
The Washington herald., 1922-02-26
MLEOD CLOSES GOLF SCHOOL;
OFF FOR FLORIDA TOMORROW

from many sections. including
Washington, gathered at Chicago.
1t was then pointed out that in
the future. the bulletin published
every month by the national body
would play an increasingly impor-
tant part, for the simple reason
that it was being read more gen.
orally.
1t is customary to send two bull
letins to a club which subscribes,
one copy going to the chairman of
the green committee. and the other
to the greenkeeper. For a slight
extra cost. additional copies OF the
bulletin are sent to the other MEM
bers of the green committee at any
particular club. In that way, many
new ideas are CLEANED from the
host of suggestions offered.
Thus the local committeeman. es-
pecially at this time of the year.
on the edge of the spring season.
when such an abundance of work
must be done outdoors. are given
much to think about and study
The Washington herald., 1922-02-26
Legion Track Meet
Listed for May 6

Saturday, May 6. has been set for
the second annual track and field
meet of the American Legion. The
meet will be staged at Central High
school stadium, and it is hoped to
give the track and field fans Of the
District one of the best meets ever
staged in this locality.
Invitations will be sent to all local
schools and colleges this week, while
II 10 planned to stage an interstate
American Legion event between for
mer service men. Relay teams will
be entered by New York, Maryland,
Virginia and other departments of
the American Legion.
Plans are being made to put on
several events for scholastic teams.
these events to be run off in the
morning. Gold, silver and bronze med
ais will be awarded in all events,
while silver loving cups will be pre-
sented the college, scholastic and Le-
gion teams scoring the greatest num-
Der of points.
The Washington herald., 1922-02-26
Pruning 'I;n Away.

One of the leading March features
not SO far away will be the evic.
tion of at least one promising
heavyweight contender. For unless
the contest ends in a dismal draw.
either Tom Gibbons or Harry Greb
will recede. for a while at least, as
the winner steps that much nearer
to a fight with Dempsey.
II Greb wins there is hardly a
possibility that he will be given the
chance, due to the big margin in
weight II Gibbons can dispose of
Greb effectively. which is no minor
job. he may show enough stuff to
call for a Dempsey engagement.
II is a trifle soon yet to begin
unraveling the tangle. There are
still rumors from abroad that Car
pentier wants to meet the winner.
while at the same time there Is a
Icud call from Gene Tunney's cor
ner for hand in the melee. Gene
figures that as Americas light
heavyweight titlehoIder he has at
least a glance coming in his direc-
tion.
The proper solution seems TO be
that Greb. Gibbons. Tunney and
Carpenter iron out their tangle be-
fore Dempsey is called in by Nay
Of a stirring finale.
Barnes and Hutchls0n are now
The Washington herald., 1922-02-26
AnSs&aR9zzzz&z Es;'g:';!!2z'!:

only a few laps from port on their
O.00O-mi tour. where they have
lifted diVotS from two dozen ~
more States. They Will soon bc in
Florida. where at BcIIesIr and Jack
sonVille. provided they compete AZ
either place. they will find Walter
Hagen once more roarin- To- arse
| and go. All three are booked fur
Pinehurst late in Marrh. whrT. as
the main professional titleholders
OF two realms they should stir ~
lot Of fur. provided the niblIckf
Of Jock and Jim haven't been worn
out in the long march. Jacksonville
is all set for a biE amateur pruTas-
sional doublc-Card two-decker that
will be one Of the big spring lea
lures. And down at BeIleair tn.
veteran Alex Smith is keeping
watchful guard over his native do
main as the talent heads there for
the big March show.
Golf nnd Votes.
4 city official in chicago is run
hing on the platform Of more and
4 better municipal COURSES. Yet ,-h.-
caGo is forty years ahead ~ New
York in this respect. The mUnn j.
pal course situation in tho Ri-
( T'wn has been Uretched bc,oud
all belief.
( There - not oTiy n worrul lrrl.
Of courses. but the few are bal
kept at cNorbiIant charge fog mn-
/ nicipal golf.
Apparently oaIy voting rrv-r
gets anything worth while in Nea
York. and with thus crG ~ s..
there is now under wLv DO utsS-
ing Of thousands Of Eulfu- voters
to take 4 hanI ia t:c s'ramh'"-
Tho fact that New York has hccn
the iaEgard city or rha .'nUu:r, has
meant nothing to officials up ~
date.
The fact that vot,S may son
figure in the proposition may me-
quite lot. 4
, Copyright 1922 New York Tribune. Inc
The Washington herald., 1922-02-26
RANKS OF HOLDOUT
BASEBALL PLAYERS
RAPIDLY WAVERING
Owners Relieved as Star
Performers Return
To Fold.

NEW YORK. Feb. 25.-Breaks In
the ranks Of the -hoIdout army
begin TO appear as the mobiIlza-
tion. date approaches for spring
baseball maneuvers.
Leaders of the 'Iast-dltch" fac
tion among the players are coming
back one by one 20 the relief Of
club owners who were seriously
concerned several weeks ago OYER
the number OF stars who found new
terms unsatisfactory.
when Zach Wheat. whose annual
holdout is regular enough to be ru,
on the calendar. comes 10 terms
with the Brooklyn Robins. II is
sure sign that the crisis Is over
wheat signed today.
Babe Ruth hasn't signed with tho
Yanks. but he resents classification
as a holdout on the grounds that
he is willing 10 sign as soon a. he
talks IL over with the club owners.
The Yanks have yet TO hear from
Sam Jones, Carl Mays and 'Eriu~
Ward.
Roger Hornsby hasn't signed a
new parhcment, hut IL is sur.
thing that he will he back in a
Cardinal uniform. "Hornsby ~ en-
Titled to what he demands. but Ne
can't pa him" Sam Rreadon. r-cs-
ident Of the club. said here recent
ly. He is a grand ball player and
a fine lad for the team. We viii
give him every cent VIC can afford a."
With the case Of Eddie Goush. q
seems 10 be different. While in
New York this week. Garry Herr
mann said he could not and would
not meet the terms Of his tempcra-
mental outfieldcr
With the exception % rhil Doug
! las and Jess Barnes. tho Giants
seem unworried because several ~
! their stars have not signed. An
nounCemcnt that Douglas ana
/ Barnes were on tho market was re
I Garded here merely as tho wavIns
| Of a club over the two holdouts
The Washington herald., 1922-02-26
Kentucky Defeated
In Southern Tourney

ATLANTA. Ca. Feb. e5.-South
Carolina trounced Wofford College
"a to IS in the first game OF to-
days round on the joint basket
bail tournament of the southern
Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
and the Southern intercollegiate
Athletic Association. being played
here.
Tennessee followed by defeating
Mississippi College 1S to Is in the
hardest fought affair thus far seen
on the tourney courts.
The third game went to North
Carolina, 81 to Il. Newberry was
eliminated by this result.
Chattanooga defeated Tulane 70
to 81 in the fourth game played to-
niTht.
Kentucky. holder of tn" 1921
Southern basketball CHAMPIONSHIPS.
was dethroned nv Mercer. S5 to 81.
in the fifth game.
The Washington herald., 1922-02-26
w. A. COmins, of Yale,
Equals Sprint Mark

NEW YORK. Feb. 25.-w. A.
COmins. Of Yale. in the special
sprint series of the New York Ath-
letic Club indoor track meet to-
night equaled the indoor record of
Z As in the 70-yard dash.
Jake Driscoll. Boston A. A, broke
his own worlds indoor record of
SO is in the Buermeyer 800" when
he was forced to 5S 3-5 by his old
rival, William Stevenson, Prince
ton. who finished second. w. F.
KOppisch. Columbia University star,
was third.
The special series consisted of so,
so and 7O-yard dashes. Bob Meal
lister. Glencoe Athletic club, who
broke the worlds indoor records for
the 100, 10. 12O. 13O and 15O-yard
dashes last Wednesday. was second
Bernie wefers. New York Athletic
Club. was third.
Putting 16-pound shOt-Won by
Ralph Hills. of Princeton; second,
Chris Vrettos. Pastime Athletic Club; /;
third. Herbert Eley. Mohawk Ath-
letic Club: distance, As feet inches.
One mile walk (handicap)-Won
by Joseph Pearman, New York Attn
letic Club: second. T. Neunderfer.
unatta tached: third. William Rolker.
New York Athletic club. Time. 6
minutes Al 2-5 seconds.
Seventy-five-yard run (handicap)
Awon by u s. Welch. University
Of Pennsylvania: second. c. H. Tay-
lor. University of Pennsylvania:
third. Paul Davis. unattached.
Time. As second.
Special sprint series. consisting
nj 50. co and 7O-yard dashes-Won
bv w. A. Comins. Yale: second. Bob
NcAlister. Glencoe Athletic Club;
third. Bernie Wefers. New York
Athletic Club.
The Washington herald., 1922-02-26
HILLTOP AMASSES
.B POINTS; u. OF v.
In SECOND PLACE
Central High Runner-Up
In InterschOlastic
Events.

BALTIMORE. Nd, Feb. 25.-Like
the Rock of Gibraltar. local indoor
and South Atlantic records stood
firmly tonight against the assaults
of nearly 500 competitors repre-
senting the cream of the Eastern
athletic world under the gigantic
roof of the Fifth Regiment Armory
at the Johns Hopkins annual
games,
Close TO $1,000 people were
thrilled by the exploits of the
finely trained contestants. Though
records in several instances were
seriously menaced, none were
broken
Flashing a team that included
Jimmy Connolly. cOnqueror of Joie
Ray at Buffalo, Georgetown Univer-
sity grabbed tho team trophy in
the intercollegiate division by
amassing Is points to IL by Uni
versity of Virginia, her nearest
competitor. Johns Hopkins was
tied with Navy. the Meadowbrook
Club and University of Pennsyl-
vania for sixth position on the
list. Each gathered a trio of points.
Glory came for Baltimore when
City College cleaned up in the
scholastic class, registering 20
points to Is by Washington Central
High. which was second. Army
and Navy Preps, of this city. tied
Western High. Mt st. Joseph's and
woodberry Forest for third place,
garnering three points.
Georgetown Wins Relay.
Georgetown University somped
away with Fordham in their dual
- 10
practically winning in a walk.
Whatever doubt might have been
entertained by the spectators as to
tive outcome was soon dispelled
when Connolly went to the fore in
the mile and trotted in several
lengths ahead of his rival.
Chamberlain, of the University of
Virginia, came within half an inch
of equaling the South Atlantic
record in the running high jump
when he topped the bar at 6 feet 2
inches Feaney, of Georgetown,
sfnished a close second. while Proc
tor, OF Mount St Joseph's High
School, was third.
Poly refused to compete with
City College in the interschool re-
lay. The Tech authorities protested
Roger vhitford of the City team
on the grounds that he had been at
school for five years.
Fountain Wins 40.
whitford ran a great race for
City College in the 440-yard
scholastic event, finishing a few
inches in the rear of Fountain of
Washington Western High. The
local boy was a good seventy-five
yards in the rear when he rounded
the final stretch, and made a WON
dsrful squirt leaving behind one
man after another of the opposi-
ton Had he not put off his squirt
until the last minute he might
have been a winner.
Jimmy Connolly of Georgetown
and Verne Boot of Hopkins, fought
IL out in the mile, in a race that
offered one of the best thrills of
the evening, Connolly winning by
five yards.
The Washington herald., 1922-02-26
Spring Trade Winds

Spring Trade Winds.
Winds Of the South blow the echoes back,
The two-base hit and the home-run crack
The squawk Of the rooter. multiplied.
Clamoring Slide. you bonehead, slide"
winds Of tn. South blow sprinEtime home.
The fastlinr leaves and the fragrant loan;
The click Of the brAssie over the whin,
The tick Of the mashie up to the pin.
Peerinr over the hills today
Young April beckons across the way.
As the biuebird whistles a tune of joy
And the purple Erackle chirps "Attsboy.'
There's a breath blown in from the piney
wood
With the old. old lur. Of solitude;
Who am ! to stick indoors
when tn. March wind whistles across the
moorSi
The paths that lead TO the river
and the lake are beaten even now
with the greatest army Of crew
candidates in history. The battle
on water this spring will attract
keener interest than any splash of
oar has ever known.
The school of swat.
Athletes headed for the spring
in Dixie. where the dull roar OF
the base hit is now waking the
echoes, all have an inward yearn-
ing TO supplant Hornsby and He'll
man at the head of the class.
Hornsby's position on top Of
the National League list seems as
sured again. The Cardinal col
lector Of base hits has outclassed
all rivals so far through the last
two seasons that only an un-
secmly slump will bring him 10
the remainder of the flock.
The battle in the American
League among Heilman. Cobb,
Ruth and SisIer has a mcrricr
aspect
There is no favorite hero who
prcdominatcs above the roster.
Hcilman has his work cut out in
copious blocks TO repeat with SO
many blades shining in tn" spring
and summer sun. Cobb will max"
his last desperate effort to reach
the upland summit again. for IL
he fails this time II is hardly in
reason that he will ever have an
other chance. with tim" gradually
slowing down his flight.
The abnormal BABE" with his
late start, will he a factor, as he.
too. has a passionate yearninS tU
take on new laurels.
He holds one record now as the
leading left-handcd pitcher over a
flve-year stretch.
He holds another as the main
home-run collector of tn" ages.
To lead the league would round
out quite career.