The daily union., 1854-12-15


last ANIMAL report the division into classes therein nd
Gated has been observed The result OF operations Ia
applications relating TO pensions during the ending
june 30 lso4 and ia applications relating TO bounty lands
ending september 30, 1854, Is as follows:
L--REvoIUuosAKY Prxsloss.
There has been adjudication eases under the act Of
March ls 1878 The whole number Of pensioners under
this act now upon the list is 75. The sem-annual pay
menis during the year have been made TO 2oo PEN
sioners.
There have been six cascs admitted under the act of May
10, 1928 IN which The annual allowances amounted TO
$685. The aFearages due upon these claims and paid d
ring the year 10 the Of Sc 22s The number
Of pensioners upon the list under this act eighteen
The number paid during the year is twenty-six
ore bundredand original applications have been
admitted under the act Of June Z 1892 The annual st-
pend of sl these applications SO COZ 73 Fiftyfour
applications have been increased under this act the
npa increase of all being S32o5 10 The arrerages due
upon these several applications and paid during the year
amount TO the of S90a56 sc. The number of PEN
sioners upon the list under this act is s76 The
number paid during the year is s47
Two applications have been increased under the act of
July 5, 1882 aud the arearages amounting to the Of
S291 i6 have been paid There pensioners under
this upon the list The persons who rendered the
service which entitled them TO the provisions Of this act
all deceased and the applications that remain
satisfied presented and prosecuted by their legal repre-
sentatves II is believed that the real Claims
der this act have been adudcaed yet inquiries often
made in relation 70 applications file and the suspended
applications, numbering about hundred the sub
iect Of freqnent and often laborious examinations
fysesen original applications have been allowed under
the third section of the act of July 1896 Tbs annual
pay in these applications S6,28A a.. twenty-five APP
picatons apder this secop haye been increased
ing to the OF % sQs 05 annually The
der this ,sGion found due and paid, during the year
smoant 10 The Of Ssl304 45. The number OF pen
onerS upon the list under this section, is two hum
dred and eiqhty-eght,
One hundred and sixty-nine original applications have
been admitted under the act of July Z 1898 The annual
pay Sl259s ~. Thryfour applications have been
increased amounting 10 the Of S2337 35 annually
Under the of March l5a3 and June H. 1874 which
al re a Z,
and ffy-seyen applications have been admitted al the
nual sum Of Sl06S a and thy-one applications have
been increased the Of 81 662 30 annually Under the
OF February 2, ls4s hundred ANA sixy-ive app
cations have been admitted AT the annual Of S9ls2
81 and -four applications have been increased the
sum or 1888 SO annually Under the act OF July 20
is4s and e resolution Of July 1913 hundred and
ten applications have been admitted az the annual OF
$685. 40 The arrearages of pension found due in the APP
pcations under the five astnamed acts and which have
been paid 9uriag lne amount 10 the sum of Slso46
IT, AZ the Of July T. 1898 March B. i643 and June
~ 1874 give pension for limited number OF years,
which have already expired the payments under taom
now made TO each recipient a one time; consequently
there no pensioners now tpe h under these several
acts
The acts OF February O. 1913 and July 30 Isas continue
tic pensions during widowhood The whole number of
pensioners under these acts upon The list three thou
sand three hundred aud scvens-ve The number paid
during The year is three thousand one hundred and cnts
FIVE.
Two eaud and forty applications hare been admitted
under the second section OF The act OF February 1853
the yearly Of Sl62765 Ja aQd fourteen have been in
creased S54 30 annually lbe arearages found doe upon
these applications and paid during the year amount TO
lie Of S1s0,750 81. The whole number Of pension
under this section upon the list is two thousand
three hundred and nineteen.
In my last annual report noticed the fact tina, the
widows OF The officers non-commssioned officers mariners
and marines who served in the navy Of the United States
during the revolutionary not provided for by
this then had 90 doubt, and still remain OF the same
opinion thai th.s omission purely accidental In all
other pension acts relating 10 revolutionary service dis
incton is made between sea and land service nor can II
be supposed that Il the intention Of Congress TO make
any nvidous distinction in this act As this omission Is
which Congress only remedy would most earnest
y recommend that the matter be presented to their early
notice. The number of persons TO be benefited by this
addition is small and cannot exceed Twenty-Five but
whether the number be small large IL is act Of justice
that suonid be no longer delayed.
From the preceding statements 1T VIII be seen That three
thousand and thirteen applications for pensions under the
relating TO revolutionary services have been avoraby
adudicated during the year and that upon these appa
the areages Of pension found due and paid amount to
the Of S52s2a5 63 OF these applications one hundred
and sixy-seyen the names OF the soldiers Of the
revolution upon which the arrearages amount TO The sum
Of 5s4 So and two thousand eight hundred and forty
six applications in behalf of the widows OF revolution
ay soldiers upon which the srrearages amount 30 the
Of S432Tll o. BY arrearages OF pension rs meant the
that due upon the claim al the time it is aiudica-
ted The whole number OF male pensioners under these
rious now upon the list is thousand and sixty
nine The whole number Of females is five thousand nine
hundred aud eighty-two
The whole amount paid TO revolutionary pensioners,
whose upon the list at the commencement Of
]
S3IS9T5 3 The amount paid by the Treasurer to those
pensioners who had neglected apply 10 the usual paying
agents for fourteen months is Sl236s 50. The whole
amount paid during the account Of revolutionary
services Is Se2oG39 81 As the due pensioners at the
expiration Of the fiscal year which viii be paid during
the current year. supposed be large the due
pensioners the of the fiscal year and paid
by the Treasurer the last mentioned be assumed
approximation the exact due pensioners for
revolutionary service during the last fiscal year When
il considered that The in which these services
rendered terminated than seventy years and that
but few who cotepporary with these services
now survive il be conceded that this very liberal
disbursement from the treasury by way Of pensions and
viii be conclusive that this government Is not Justly
chargeable with the sin of ingratitaae
Much OF The labor in this division consists in an
swerng inquiries OF persons relating 10 the revolutionary
SERVICES of their ancestors and giving them information
respect the conditon of the applications by them bee
presented Many Of these inquiries prompted
by curiosity hut from interest with hope that some
arrearages remain unpaid These inquiries should be
promptly and correctly answered TO enable 20 do
a wearranged index Of s the aaudicated claims is IN
Z dispensahle The only substitutes In hasty
aud imety prepared registers well calculated 10 mis-
lead those that well yersed IN all their inricacies
Feeling the importance OF better guide early OBJ
tsined your consent have systematic arrangement OF
these claims made that the history OF each could be
traced from lis commencement 10 its close ~ angle
glance This work has commenced under the super
ntendeBcc Of gentleman well fitted for the task who
has nearly completed the in three Of the states
The great advantages expected from this arrangement are
than realized in the examination Of applications in
these States end urge to vigorous prosecution
Of the work A the ordinary business in this division
dmnishes attention be given 10 this matter and
1 the whole be completed at no distant day.
II.--HAnr-pay Pensions FoR FIyH YEAKs
The acts relating 20 this class Of pensions executed
in this bureau are those Of March la 1885, July 1895