Although the report of the Pension Board is confined in the 

 main to a statement of the current business of the Board, it 

 has been thought well to include a brief description of the 

 activities of those of our associated officers and members who, 

 through a deep sense of patriotic duty, have enlisted or other- 

 wise volunteered their services to our country. 



Early in the year, Dr. George M. Mackenzie, who had been 

 acting for some time as medical examiner for the Pension 

 Board, found it necessary temporarily to sever his relations 

 with the Board, owing to the acceptance of his offer to serve 

 as a medical examiner for the Naval Reserve Force. He is 

 now located at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, and in his stead Dr. 

 Walter P. Anderton, who has for a long time been attached to 

 the Presbyterian Hospital, has been selected, and is giving to 

 the Board most efficient and satisfactory service. 



The patriotic activities of our Consulting Actuary, Mr. S. 

 Herbert Wolfe, have been varied and considerable. Early in 

 May, at the instigation of the United States Department of 

 Labor, he visited Canada for the purpose of ascertaining the 

 care given by that country to the dependents of enlisted men. 

 The results of his work there have been incorporated in a re- 

 port issued by the Department. After the satisfactory comple- 

 tion of this duty, Mr. Wolfe received an appointment as Cap- 

 tain in the Quartermaster's Department. He was detailed to 

 Washington, where he assisted in drafting the present measure 

 for soldiers' insurance and compensation in the United States, 

 and while thus occupied directed the compilation of a report 

 entitled "Governmental Provisions in the United States and 

 Foreign Countries for Members of the Military Forces and 

 Their Dependents." This report includes a review of the pen- 

 sion situation in the United States, a brief analysis of pro- 

 visions peculiar to foreign countries and comparative charts of 

 rates in the United States and twelve other countries, and is 

 amplified by an exhaustive report of the Pension systems of 

 the United States and of all the foreign countries except Can- 

 ada. Having completed this task, Captain Wolfe was sent 

 abroad, and is at present located in France. Through the in- 

 termedium of his office, however, Captain Wolfe is continuing 

 his services as Consulting Actuary to the Pension Board. 



A number of our members have been prompt in offering 



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