New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-12-06
of these payments


sos. Os0.6s. Tb" grand total of these payments
/ for the year was ss.3l9.612 i9.
The total number Of Army invalid pensioners
af The close OF the last iscal year was SOIL cali
ine for an annual amount, in the aggregate. oi
S9Gsj.3l7SO The average individual rate paya-
bic 10 these pensioners was SOU
The total number Of widows except Reyolil-
tionary) mothers and orphans, whose names
were on the Army pcnslon-rOs at the close Of
the year. was 1872, at an aggregate annual rate
Of $5.OG6.7i0 and an average individual rate OF
Sl06.l2 per annuni.
Oh Revolutionary soldiers and widows there
were enrolled at the same date, LII. the yearly
amount OF whose pensions was $50. ili.li. The
widows OF Revolutionary soldiers q, lis IN num-
ber) are pensiODed under four different Acts, the
nrst Of which, approved July 4. 1886. allowed
pensions only 10 those whose marriage with the
deceased soldiers took place before the close Of
the military service OF the latter, more than
eghty-two years since. OF this class there are
only four survivors. who were paid on the 18th OF
March last. as follows:
Beda Hays. widow Of Dudley Hays, living In
Hartford County, Connecticut, and receiving $50
per annum
Belsey Whpple, widow OF Stephen Whlpple,
residing in Coos County Ncw-Hampshire, pen
stoned al the rate of 500 per annum.
Jane Slaughter, widow Of Isaac Slaughter.
Orange County, NewYork, $50 per annum
Nancy Serena. widow OF Joseph Serena West
moreland County, Pennsylvania, S9G per annum.
To be entitled 10 IL pension under the Act of
February 2. 1885, the widow OF the Revolutionary
soldier must have been married TO him before
January /, 1894. The number of pensioners OF
this class paid during the last year was l0s al an
aggregate annual rate of S7,72i66. The Act of
July 90. 1913, extended the benefits of the pen
sion laws 10 The widows Of Rev0lutionary soldiers
married prior 10 January ], 1900. The number
penSoncd under this Act, whose names remained
on the rolls at the close OF the last fiscal year,
was 40. and the aggregate annual rate Of their
pensions. =. 139.I6. Under the second section of
tne ACT OF February B. 1858. further extending
tpese dement's, 80 ~ to include those widows who
were married 10 Revolutionary soldiers stlbse-
qucntly 10 January !, 1900, the number of pen-
sl0ners enrolled at the close of the year wa, $50
amounting at an indivduaf average of $50 Der
annum, 10 an annual amount OF 10000. The r..
maindcr of the widows Of Revolutionary soldiers
now on the rolls are pensoned under special
| Acts.
| The total number Of Army pensioners enrolled
at the close of the year ending June 80. 1865. was
sl.l30. and the aggregate annual rate OF their
pensions was e7.1J2, i72jl.
| NAVY PENSIONS
! The whole number Of Navy invalid pensions al
lowed on original applications during the year
ending June 80, ls6j. was 250, at a total annual
rate OF Sl9,Os. The number OF Navy inyalids
1 whose pensions were increased during the same
period was I. at an annual rate OF S227
i Pensions were granted during the same period.
i on original applications, TO 2G6 widows mothers
I orphan children or orphan sisters OF deceased
officers or seainen OF the Navy, at an aggregate
annual rate of S3j.32S.
The total amount paid TO Navy invalid pen
sloners during the last fiscal year was si025l 81.
: The total amount paid 10 the widows or depend
enls OF Navy officers or seamen during the same
: period was Sl6j, 229.0l. The aggregate amount
Of Navy pensions thus paid was 0j.4sO.G2.
There We're on the Navy penSiOn-rolls at the
close OF the fiscal year the names of 500 nyalids,
the yearly amount of whose pensions was SCI ssh
", and Of l,0l7 widows, mothers or orphans at
an aggregate annual rate of Sl6o,sls The total
number of Navy pensioners at that date was
1856 calling for an annual payment in the aggre
gate vi S2J0,G72.92.
STATISTICAL TABLES
Il Reference is made 10 the tabular statements
appended 10 this report marked A. b, e. d. Z, F,
g and I'D for fuller details Of the matters en-
: braced in the foregoing summary. and for other
statistics Of less general Importance. These Ia
bles exhibit the transactions OF this bureau in the
several states and Territories, and al the various
pension agencies.
AGGREGATES FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS.
The aggregate annual amounts OF pensions.
and the total actual payments per annunl. during
the la-t five years, were ~ follows: