Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1917 edition. Excerpt: ... Senators, representatives, and officials have gleaned most of their information from this source. I have written many resolutions for State associations urging Congress to pass the bill, and secured their passage, I also have written every editorial and every article in favor of the bill that has appeared in the daily and weekly journals of this city: also numerous other articles for newspapers in various parts of the country. I have put out 100,000 pamphlets, circulars, petitions, etc., and nearly all petitions that have been presented in Congress for the past three years are those which we have issued and sent to the various parts of the country, and have been returned to Congress by our direction..." He then sets forth the labor involved in pushing the bill through Congress, the debts which he had incurred, and closes with the statement that he would be happy to acknowledge any assistance in defraying the same.60 Such were the claims made by one of the active pension attorneys in Washington. On the strength of this, and other circulars, signed by some of the clerks in the War and Interior Departments, in which they also testified to the activity of the "Pensioners' Committee," Captain Dimmick hoped to reap a great harvest from prospective pensioners. Although the plan was discovered before it had gotten well under way, nevertheless the House Committee, in making its report upon the subject, stated that during the few days it had been in operation, the Captain and his assistants had collected almost $2,500." Other claim agents appear to have been equally as active, although perhaps not so unscrupulous in claiming credit for this significant piece of pension legislation. They all foresaw the tremendous importance of the measure, should...
