The Bureau of Pensions: Its History, Activities and Organization |
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... regulations governing its operations ; sixth , financial statements showing its appropriations , expenditures and other data for a period of years ; and finally , a full bibliography of the sources of information , offi- cial and ...
... regulations governing its operations ; sixth , financial statements showing its appropriations , expenditures and other data for a period of years ; and finally , a full bibliography of the sources of information , offi- cial and ...
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... regulation of the maritime interests of the country , the planning and execution of works of an engineering character , or the collec- tion , compilation and publication of statistical data , or what differ- ences of practice prevail in ...
... regulation of the maritime interests of the country , the planning and execution of works of an engineering character , or the collec- tion , compilation and publication of statistical data , or what differ- ences of practice prevail in ...
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... regulations . According to these regulations judges of United States district courts , or commissioners appointed by them , received the evidence in the claims and submitted it to the Secretary of War , who placed each case before ...
... regulations . According to these regulations judges of United States district courts , or commissioners appointed by them , received the evidence in the claims and submitted it to the Secretary of War , who placed each case before ...
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... regulations . They participate in the examination of pension applicants either periodi- cally or when specially called upon , and receive for such services fees as provided by act of September 22 , 1922 ( 42 Stat . L. , 1030 ) . The ...
... regulations . They participate in the examination of pension applicants either periodi- cally or when specially called upon , and receive for such services fees as provided by act of September 22 , 1922 ( 42 Stat . L. , 1030 ) . The ...
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... in the prosecution of offenders against the pension laws and regulations , as well as to carry out instruc- tions of the Medical Referee in connection with medical exami- 46 THE BUREAU OF PENSIONS Special Examination Division.
... in the prosecution of offenders against the pension laws and regulations , as well as to carry out instruc- tions of the Medical Referee in connection with medical exami- 46 THE BUREAU OF PENSIONS Special Examination Division.
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$8 per month 1,800 Assistant Chief 17 Stat 26 Stat 35 Stat 42 Stat act of April act of June act of March adjudication administration annuities April 24 Army and Navy Assistant Chief Clerk attorneys bounty-land Boxer rebellion Bureau of Pensions Chief of Division Chief of Section China relief expedition claimants Commissioner of Pensions Cong employees entitled examining surgeons February 9 fees Files Section Govt half-pay pensions Indian wars Interior Invalid pension July July 14 July 27 June 27 June 30 line of duty March 19 naval service Navy pension fund paid payment of pensions pension acts Pension Bureau pension claims pension laws Pension office pension rates pension system pensionable status persons Philippine Insurrection R. S. Sec Secretary Secretary of War Section Assistant Chief Section Chief Serial service pension sions Spain special acts special examiners survivors tion total disability United Washington Widows and minors
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Page 85 - An Act for the retirement of employees in the classified civil service, and for other purposes," approved May 22, 1920, and Acts amendatory thereof (38 U.
Page 20 - ... without means of support other than her daily labor, and an actual net income not exceeding $250 per year...
Page 48 - They permit the directing personnel to see at a glance the organization and personnel at their disposition. They establish definitely the line of administrative authority and enable each employee to know his place in the system. They furnish the essential basis for making plans for determining costs by organization division and subdivision. They afford the data for a consideration of the problem of classifying and standardizing personnel and compensation. Collectively, they make it possible to determine...
Page vii - ... entire business world. The operations of the government affect the interest of every person living within the jurisdiction of the United States. Its organization embraces stations and centers of work located in every city and in many local subdivisions of the country. Its gross expenditures amount to billions annually. Including the personnel of the military and naval establishments, more than half a million persons are required to do the work imposed by law upon the executive branch of the government....
Page viii - This vast organization has never been studied in detail as one piece of administrative mechanism. Never have the foundations been laid for a thorough consideration of the relations of all of its parts. No comprehensive effort has been made to list its multifarious activities or to group them in such a way as to present a clear picture of what the Government is doing. Never has a complete description been given of the agencies through which these activities are performed. At no time has the attempt...
Page 7 - the age of 62 years and over shall be considered a permanent specific disability within the meaning of the pension laws.
Page vii - ... are almost as varied as those of the entire business world. The operations of the government affect the interest of every person living within the jurisdiction of the United States. Its organization embraces stations and centers of work located in every city and in many local subdivisions of the country. Its gross expenditures amount to nearly $1,000,000,000 annually. Including the personnel of the military and naval establishments, more than 400,000 persons are required to do the work imposed...
Page 87 - Congress has adopted no uniform plan of appropriation for the several services and that the latter employ no uniform plan in respect to the recording and reporting of their receipts and expenditures, it is impossible to present data of this character according to any standard scheme of presentation. In the case of some services the administrative reports contain tables showing financial conditions and operations of the service in considerable detail; in other financial data are almost wholly lacking.
Page 21 - APPROVED MARCH 4, 1917. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the widow of any officer or enlisted man who served ninety days or more in the Army, Navy, or Marine Corps of the United States during the War with Spain, the Chinese Boxer rebellion, or the Philippine insurrection, between April 21, 1898, and July 4, 1902...
Page 6 - ... shall have lost an arm at or above the elbow or a leg at or above the knee, or been totally disabled in the same...