Washington sentinel., 1853-12-17

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Y. Bounty land.
I-REyoLUTIoNARY PENSIONS.
In this class are included oil claims under
the various acts Of Congress giving gratuities
on account Of service rendered in the war Of
the revolution, and are:
lst. Applications asserted under the acts Of
March Is, 1918, May Is, 1925 and June 7,
1882, providing relief for those persons who
actually rendered personal service in the revo-
I'd. Applications asserted under the acts Of
July A, 1886, July I, 1888, March 3, l843,
June II, 1914, February 2, l848, July 20, l84S,
and February 3, 1853, making provision for the
widows of those who served in said army; and
Sd. Applications asserted under the act of
July 5, 1892, directing the claims for halfpay
OF the officers of certain of the regiments and
corps of the State Of Virginia, to be adjudica-
ted and settled on the principles Of the half
pay cases already decided in the supreme court
of appeals in said State.
!. The whole number of applications under
the act Of March l8, 1918, is 22,243. OF this
number, 20,485 have been admitted and placed
on the list of pensions; and ,755 have been
suspended or rejected The number of pen
sioners under this act, now on the list, is 254,
of whom the semiannual payments, during the
past year, have been made to only $50.
The whole number of applications under the
act Of May l5 1928, is 2,l78. The number
admitted is l,l78, and the number suspended
is 995. The number of pensioners under this
act, now upon the list, is A Of whom only "a
have been paid during the past year.
The whole number of applications under the
act Of June I, 1892, is 3s,593. The number
admitted is 33,l75, and the number suspended
and rejected is 5,4l8. The number Of pen
sioners under this act now upon the list is
l,l68; of whom 1900 have been paid during
the past year. The provisions of the act Of
June Z, 1882, being more liberal than the pre-
ceding acts, many persons who had received
the benefits Of those acts relinquisbed the
same, and became bene6ciaries under the last
act. AS have not been able to ascertain the
number who have made this change, cannot
state with precision the number Of pensioners
under the acts aforesaid.
2. By the provisions Of the act of July 4,
1885, widows who were married before the last
period Of their husbands service are entitled
to receive the pensions to which their husbands
might have been entitled under the act of June
Z, 1882, during the time they remain unmarried.
The whole number of applications under this
act is 6,975. The number admitted is 1856,
and the number suspended and rejected is
2,4l9 The pensioners under this act and the
act Of July q, l84S, have been paid from the
same appropriation and, consequently, the
whole number under each act cannot now be
definitely stated. The whole number now on
the list under both acts is 963.
The act of July Z, 1888, extends to those
widows who were such on the Tth day of June,
1882, and who were married after the last period
of their husbands service, and before the first
day of January, 1884, for the term of five years
from the 4th of March, 1886, the same pensions
their husbands would have been entitled to
under the act of June I, 1882. The whole
number of widows admitted under this act at
various times is l $50. None Of this class are
now upon the list One hundred and eleven
have been paid during the first and second
quarters of the present calender year. The
provisions of the act of July Z, 1888, were ex-
tended to the bene6ciaries of that act, for one
year, by the act of March 3, l843 and the proyi-
sions ofthis last act were revived and continued
in force for four years from March 4, 1874, by
the act Of June II, 1874; and by the provisions
of the act of February 2, 1913, the same bene-
fits were continued to the same class Of persons
while they remained unmarried. The persons
who have been pensioned under these last acts
are the same as those who we're pensioned under
the act of July Z, 1888, except those widows
who were admitted under the joint resolution
of August l6, lS42 and those who became
widows after July I, 1888, and survived the
passage of the Joint resolution Of March 3, 1851.
The act of July 20, lS48, gives to allwidows
who were married before the first day of Jan.
uary, 1900, and to continue during widowhood
the same pension to which their husbands
would be entitled to for services, under exist
ing pension laws if now living. The whole
number of applications under this act is 1876
The number admitted is 740 the number sus
pended is 55.
By the provisions Of the second section o
the act Of February 3, 1853, all widows of the
officers and soldiers of the revolutionary army
who we're married subsequent to January, A.
d. 1900, are entitled to pension in the same
manner as those who were married before that
date. Under this act 1870 applications were
fled before the lst day of October instant. Oi
this number $40 have been examined, Ills
admitted and placed upon the list, and 425
suspended or rejected. Applications under
this act are now being fled at the rate of about
60 per week; and it is fair estimate that the
whole number will ultimately be 5000, most
of which will finally be admitted, and the pen
sioners placed upon the list. The average an
nual stipend, in these cases, is about $50 each
Upon this estimate, it will require about
$4,000 to pay these pensions during the
current year. The appropriation made ioi
this purpose is $24,000 and is already ex.
pended, leaving deficiency of over $2O0, ,OOo
TO be provided for by Congress-. 1t is hoped
that the attention Of Congress will be given &c
this subject at an early day.
The widows of the officers, non-commis
stoned officers, mariners, and marines, wht
served in the navy Of tho United States during
the revolutionary war, are not provided for il
this act. Inasmuch as no good reason can b,
seen why they should not be placed upon th'
same footing as the widows of officers and sol
diers of the army, the attention Of Congress- i
specially invited to this omission.
g. The act Of July s. 1892, was passed 70
the purpose Of indemnifying the State Of yir
ginia against the claims of certain officers /,
whom she had made promises TO induce then
to continue in service during the revolutionar
war. The whole number Of claims presentet
under this act is 33l. The number admitted
and paid is 23l. The number now on file, mos
ofwhich have been examined and suspendet
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