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    "ocrText": "-8-\nPrices paid for claims, pay claims etc.\nThe prices paid the solicitors varies very much. It depends\nupon the firn and the mane Some of the solicitors have a large ac-\nquaintance among the soldiers because thay become acquainted with\nthem on their way to the Philippines, send them an occasional magazine\nor newspaper and thus retain their friendship. Naturally this soldier\nwill recommend his solicitor friend to returning soldiers and they in\nturn will pursuade others to go with them, so that it is not infrequent-\nly the case that a number of disabled soldiers are looking for a cor-\ntain solicitor and will do no business with anyone else. The name of\nthe firm nokes no difference to them. They want to meet the man who is\na friend of their friend. It, therefore, pays to retain a popular soli-\ncitor. Messrs.King & King pay the highest prices to their solicitors,\nbecause they have good men and apparently popular ones. They pay a so-\nlicitor $3.50, for a gunshot wound case, and $2.00, for a straight dis-\nability case on surgeon's certificate of disability. From that it ran-\nges all the way down to $1.00, according as the element of uncertainty\nmay enter into the case. I do not think that this firm takes any dis-\nhonorable or \"bob-tailed* discharged soldiers or any syphilitic cases.\nWhereas others will take anything they can cet. M. Garret and O.E.Howe}\nand Sherwood, pay about 50/ less per case respectively. These prices\nare somewhat higher than reported last fall, which may be accounted for\nin the fact that the solicitors are professionals now.\nPay claims are taken on the Presidio Grounds, as there is\nonly a power of attorney necessary and are not regarded in the same\nlight as pension clains by the officials.\nThe 33rd & 34th Regiments of United States Volunteers will\nbe mustered out on the 16th or 17th, and I shall be on hand to check\nand observe any irregularities.\nThe various firms, sub-agents and representatives.\nIn mentioning the names under this head, I am able to furnish\nthe surname only in some instances, because the parties themselves\nevade me religiously and the employer denies that he employs them."
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