Copy of a Letter from O. L. Sues, Special Examiner, to The Commissioner of Pensions
This item is a letter regarding pensions and the discharging of soldiers.
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Prices paid for claims, pay claims etc.
The prices paid the solicitors varies very much. It depends
upon the firn and the mane Some of the solicitors have a large ac-
quaintance among the soldiers because thay become acquainted with
them on their way to the Philippines, send them an occasional magazine
or newspaper and thus retain their friendship. Naturally this soldier
will recommend his solicitor friend to returning soldiers and they in
turn will pursuade others to go with them, so that it is not infrequent-
ly the case that a number of disabled soldiers are looking for a cor-
tain solicitor and will do no business with anyone else. The name of
the firm nokes no difference to them. They want to meet the man who is
a friend of their friend. It, therefore, pays to retain a popular soli-
citor. Messrs.King & King pay the highest prices to their solicitors,
because they have good men and apparently popular ones. They pay a so-
licitor $3.50, for a gunshot wound case, and $2.00, for a straight dis-
ability case on surgeon's certificate of disability. From that it ran-
ges all the way down to $1.00, according as the element of uncertainty
may enter into the case. I do not think that this firm takes any dis-
honorable or "bob-tailed* discharged soldiers or any syphilitic cases.
Whereas others will take anything they can cet. M. Garret and O.E.Howe}
and Sherwood, pay about 50/ less per case respectively. These prices
are somewhat higher than reported last fall, which may be accounted for
in the fact that the solicitors are professionals now.
Pay claims are taken on the Presidio Grounds, as there is
only a power of attorney necessary and are not regarded in the same
light as pension clains by the officials.
The 33rd & 34th Regiments of United States Volunteers will
be mustered out on the 16th or 17th, and I shall be on hand to check
and observe any irregularities.
The various firms, sub-agents and representatives.
In mentioning the names under this head, I am able to furnish
the surname only in some instances, because the parties themselves
evade me religiously and the employer denies that he employs them.
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