The Glenwood post., 1924-10-02
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Probably neither Ruth 1sr Jack AaA
ever spent = moro interesting day in
all their lives than the last day before
school began for tie fall; that y, tie
last week day when they didn 7 have
to worry about books and teAeharx.
They hadn't really done anything
out Of the ordinary. just trip to
the city with Uncle Ted wheee be
showed them through the big hank
in which he keeps his money. They
saw the big vault where the money 10
kept, with its big lock which, once
it is set, cannot be opened until the
next morning at certain hour aAd
minute. They saw the long lines of
people at various windows, some bring
ing money to be deposited, Others to
draw out money with which to buy
food, clothes, pay gas bills and the
thousand and one things for which
money is necessary. Then they saw
the clerks counting money, paper, sill
yer, and gold. Jack was particularly
interested in the funny machines in
which the silver is dumped, crank
turned and the coins come out sorted
/. into different denominations.
1t was after dinner, now, and Uncle
Ted had finished the evening paper.
Putting it down and taking off his
glasses he said:
"You know, children, 1 was just
reading something that will make an
interesting story for you tonight aad
know it will be even more interest
ing because of your visit to the bank
today
'What is it?' asked Jack.
HIt is about the wonderful work
that has been done by the pension
bureSn of the Interior department and
the splendid improvements in the sys-
tenn that have been put into effect
during the present administration at
Washington. One of the interesting
things about this work is that 33,000,-
600 checks were sent out to war PEN
sioners within the past ten years,
record in the signing and delivery of
checks. just think, kiddies, what that
means. On each check the name of
the pensioner as we'll as the amount
to be paid, the signing of the check
in the name Of the government and
addressing the envelopes, sealing and
mailing them, all so that more than
half million veterans, widows and
dependents will get their money
promptly on the fourth day of every
month.
"About year and half ago Uncle
Sam decided that the veterans should
receive their checks every month, in.
stead of every three months as had
been the custom before. Even then
II was big job, but when congress
changed the law it meant that the
work would be just three times as
hard
"But the disbursing office of the
pension bureau was right on the Job
and not once has it failed to get all
of the checks out on time. During the
month OF July, this year, 520,102
checks were issued, the total amount
in money being s1s,%40,354,27, Up
until February, 1918, the pensions were
paid by what were called regional
officers There were IS of them To-.
Gated in various parts of the country.
But these offices were done away with
and all the work brought into the pen
sion bureau at Washington where ever
since. that time all checks have been
signed and mailed. The present sys-
tenn makes it necessary for all checks
to be issued over the name of the
disbursing clerk and they are esup-
tersigned by clerks whose job it is to
. do that and nothing else.
"They use wonderful machine,
Jack. with which they can sign ten
checks at one time. The machine has
ten pens and when the clerk writ s
with one It works the other nine. In
this way one clerk can sign from ten
tn eleven thousand checks day.
"l'ow lust think, after all this the
checks have to printed by addresso-
graph machines which put the name
of the pensioner, his certificate num-
Der, the lass under which he is pen