Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1858-12-24
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Euhltc Caari1iess Penslens ana Boun8tes.
The report Of the Commissioner Of Pensions con.
tans uch thstis oe interest regard to the pablo
shs1i.iss, pensions and hounties bestowed By the
GsVerenent. We make the following extEset.
Daring the past year zoe army invalid pensions
have been added to the rolls the sggregate Of whose
yearly siipends is Sis 7T6 the allowances Of thirty
4ru hare been increased In she further sum Of 81,
$50. aud the Whole number e pensioners Of this
Glass the rolls in 81 the States is 9Is re-
qniIing the snnual sun cf SAG. 4s5 go The claims
o eleven surviving Revolutionary soldiers hGse been
all0Eed. tn8 Eve have hsd their sipeEds increased
l52 claims hsTe been allowed % widows Of Revcln
tioBsry se'd e-s, f'i the aegregats annual sum Of
IS, 1854 O6 ana ibify niue Rave had their pensions
increased The further sum Of 81 O7o IS per auBum.
The numbered Revolutionary soldiers yet alive and
drawing pensions Is 252 and the number Of sidoWs
Of deceased Revolutionary eolaieEs is 120s The
annual amouat REQUIRED forihe fo-erfs ,724 %,
and for The latter. Sss4, AGO IS. The number Of
Rsvolu icnsry soldiers whoss deaihs have been re-
pgrei dafinE tae year g le4, and Of the BidoTa'
Claims 10 the number Of 1877 have been allowed 10
uidoas aei orphans Of the army, whose yearly pen
aions aEouuf % SiSs924 The whole number Of this
classnor the roll 1916 and the pensions amount
to ;bl07 ,029 p per annum.
The whole number Of army pensioners now on the
rolls under al the sets, is 1923, and the sum #
their ends 1902 200 % Thirty claims have been
>
per snrum. thirty two for widows and orphans Of
deceased nsvsi officers, &C., requiring the annual
SUN OF SC COG 90. -srs
The whole number CT navy pensioners nov on the
rolls is 692: whose pensions amount 70 the IS gregae
cum Of SioU,blo PEI annum The entire amount
pa d during the year ending the S0h Juoe 1855, for
army and navy peHsioDs, exclusive Of The half pay
pension claims ajudieaied BY the third Auditor Of
the Treasury, and Of what are termed reclaimed
pensions, was s 1870 s69 So
Under the act OF June 3, 1883, renewing aud con-
timing for life or during WidOThoOd, the hRlf-Psy
pension previously grained TO widows and orphans
for the limited period Of Eve years. Sal claims have
been allowed involving the immediate payment Of
SAG 0Sl IS. and S44 0S7 annually thereafter.
The whole number Of claims to be allowed under
this act is estimated 70 be not less than S0O0 The
report asserts savingo the treasury Of SIl667O 20
during the past year. the resalt Of the Secresrys
decision to discontinue the practice, pronounced by
the Attorney General TO be illegal Of paying t. the
children Of deceased revolutionary soldiers and their
widows, the per siOns they might have drawn, but
did not claim during their lifetime.
The whole number Of bounty land warrants issued
duTing the year is II, 6l5, which require - acres
Of land TO satisfy them. This added TO the quantity
eToret last year. makes the whole amount Of public
land Prsbtfd ~ the United States for military ser
vices 60, 789 So acres.
The number Of bounty laud claims on the tus-
pended files under tbe acts Of lS47 and 1885, which
may CT may not be established by further evidence
i about "a 900.
Il appears that S9s. $50 acres Of bounty land are
yet due to officers and soldiers Of the Revelation and
TO soldiers in the late var with Crest Britain which
il elaimed, cunbOt be awarded unless the tine within
Which the warrants must be issued be extended,
which the report recommends.
Numerous frauds under the Bounty Land laws
have been detecled during the past year covering
10000 acres. Four Of the perpetrators have been
eonvioted and sentenced; one has escaped punish
ment under the statute limiting prosecutions to two
he If ofTav nd bfr-
teen others against whom indictments have been
found asait trial. Besides these, it is intimated
that strong suspicious exist against other parties,
against whom the evidence is not yet sufficient to
justify legal proceed ngs.
The whole sum paid for pensions in money and
lsud estimating the land at 81 Is Fer acre, is up
10 this date, SI6s 424, 302