The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-12-12
THE OLD SOLDIERS.
Annual Report Of the Commissioner Of Pcn-
sl0ns upon Pensions and Land Warrants.

Annual Report OF the Commissioners or PEN
sa0ns upon Pensions and Land Warrants.
The Commissioner Of Pensions has the Secretary
OF the Interior report of the operation Of branch Of
the department and the document transmitted to Con-
gress with the Presidents Message The Pension
made for the last fiscal year. ending July 1887 and
the Bounty Land report made to the 30th September
1857 These reports accompanied by tables from which
we extract the following statisticsWhole number Of
pensioners tho rolls 49, 1856 Of PENSIONS 81 1885
1886 60 whole number Of original army pension claims
admitted during the year, 872; amount of pensions,
S64 $40 O3 old pensions increased Ut increase $50
49, total amount of arrears Of pensions involved in these
admissions, $3.50, Sol r. Original navy pensions T5,
amounting to AGA So pensions increased amount Of
increase 1921 U.s. aggregate amount OF arrears at the
time OF issuing certificates, $40 1888 49, Balance in hands
OF paying agents 30th june STA 346 08 being $63
03 less than ut the close Of the preceding the ad
not being large to them OF the $3.50, sol 70
arrears of army pensions, the sum OF $40 sos was al
under acts of May Is, 1928, and June 7, 1882,
granting pensions to Revolutionary soldiers; $685.
$50 93 under the several acts granting pensions
to the widows of the Revolutionary soldiers and
1872 s08 20 the widows and minor children Of deceased
officers and soldiers who have been pensoned for services
subsequent to the Revolutionary
The report proceeds to the various pension acts Of
March 49, 1873 giving to officers Of the Continental army
and navy SO per month others under which TO Goth
of June S22 $40 600 have been paid of 10Th May 1925
which general under which So ,60l 900 have
been paid the stl liberal Of 1882 which in
Guided all persons who served the war whether
army navy or militia under which SIS 900 900 have been
paid. Under the laws granting pensions to widows Of
Revolutionary soldiers is $1s 302, 2l4.
The Commissioner alludes to the disconnuance of the
practice by which children other representatives of de-
soldiers their widows secured the pensions to
which the soldiers entitled. He has made partial
return Of the amount paid this account without
law and finds that during was III 1921 454 03
The Commissioner thinks all these pensions excu-
of land and special rewards by Congress- the
republic cannot be charged with ngratude TO hose who
have served well He calls attention to the different
highest
rate of pension in the army for total disability
is $50 per month, in the navy, $50; the low
est in the army, So navy, 30 marine corps,
their husbands die in the service line of duty widows
OF army officers only have pensions when their husbands
die from wounds disease incurred in time OF On
the other hand the pension be had whether the
have occurred in the service The laws should be
altered to put both of the service upon equal
The lower grade of pensions should be increased
and laws should be made TO prevent persons who hold
salared federal Offices TO draw invalid PENSIONS aud
officers under full pay from drawing any pension.
Under the head of I" Bounty Lands" the Commissioner
gives the following statistics
On the 30th September 1885, the number of bounty land
claims the files, under the act Of March 3, 1855,
which had been examined and suspended, and were
awaiting explanation additional evidence, and
therefore, constantly liable to be called up for re-
examination, with a view to their admission, or "
answer inquiries relating thereto, 43,, 10
The number then in the office in the various Of
nces where the rolls are kept, and which had
never been examined, was.................. Al 449
The number OF claims received al the Office regis
tered and referred during the year ending Both
September 1857, Observation-Disclosures. %, 900
Making the whole number of claims before the
Office, during the last year los, I59
During the year Al 4S3 warrants have been issued
requiring to satisfy them $3.50 leo of the puolc
domain, follows, viz.