, 1866-12-04
REPQRY OF THE COMMISSION.
ER OF PENSIONS.
Total Number Of Pensioners.
126,722.
AMOUNT OF PENSIONS PAID
e1s,755,998.
Only One Revolutionary Pensioner
= A1vanE.

Only One Revolutionary Pena1oner
A1vinE.
October =, 1865
i, SIN: The transactions Of this Bureau during
sne En- gea1 coneise1y = poted u tbe follow
Ike period since IT, organization The aggrs-
gate amount Of e. 11s Paia during he acal
pension act q 5nls j. ISL, vas only ssW,:ss.
A. e 81 ns G9s as
mere than <l30oo,ooo. For the current yeas there
wtllbe much larger aggregate. and the estimates |
Inc bccn increased At Tho last session 81 Congress-
cali Ior snln exceeding Sc, a,0olO0o Under the t
bounty land ses Of lssS and 1sss: ihe labor Dc.
q ii dc bounty LIZA aescr 1ths he
men1, estimating lhe public lands 60 granted at
III spess e s:s.ee H. n Sae!s sS
PENSION EIrENhEs. |
1s, was f1Ss &c. Dnrinsp pSss tSs four 's years
fhe ~ 1Hs Il 9Se ea'S nov .as a.
Is rcI.tiveis i1sIgnldeans; whiie The The pensions pensions
granted during Tho las! yeat under all The acta
date prior 10 that Of July IL, 1862 are nume-it
lowed under that md The supplementary acts.
In view Of the 1arEe number Of applicant, which
continue t9 b. seeeised each month o. sc:oupt Of
Inue 10 swell for some years 10 come.
nEyoLrT1oHARr rENs1cxS.
Only one Of the soldiers Of the Revolution
whore pames are Inscribed on The pension rolls
+ asm consy Se o9 is e
tlneulshed BY fortune as the last known survivor
Of tht hcEoic men who achieved By arms ouE Na-
Il, I'm Sew III Mampshiee, md is now more thsn loo
yeA1s old A: the closc OF the fiscal Jeat, ending
June %, 1861, thcre were si1ty-three officers and
sgrs sppesr on - he M fe,ans d sse by he
rcnsion agents; OF .his number only fourteen
s,aed y ,hs III. State; taen In
pensioners has claimed his pension, and
4 is reasonably presumed that an bad
81 tSo:a ss
the tn,t5-nine residing in the loyal states, uearly
:so.dflhs had dt-appea,ed from the returns for
thirty Survivors. year later, in 1859, there re-
nons1 but r5shteep ard 1H', Il 1s hat ye Since
tl.rcc survivors at 'hat dale, have died; each hay
The surviving rltcvolauonafy soldier receives. In
under all acl approved Ap,il !, 1854. and FLU per
ananm, under an an act approved February =,
1 lb.I.
The whole number Of the widows OF Rcrolu-
tionars soldiers on the role, as returned a; The
ctoev or tie lssl teal year, was 93t7a dimunitloa
II Iresed july !, ISG, pensions EN- were granted Only
10 those widows who were married TO the dc.
ceased soldiers prier to the c!oIc Of The !stters
military service All the pensioners OF this class
ere deceased hut the following. viz: Janc
Slaughter, widow OF isaac s!aughler. Of Orange
County SeT York wo rees,scs SS9 pf5 annum
| Nrttmoreiand County, Maryland, who receives
SC per .annum. / hc ''set oi Fcb!asrs !, lsis
rxdsd d those To- 'sass Sso~s e ae nfsssS
r'ac.: prior 10 January !, I'9'. OF th,s class q
siding e follows: ln ths New England sa1,.es Is;
,s'a il Sors na ss!ellns q IL Jc1sey,
in li.t:iana, 1; III Illinois. !; in Michigan. !; in
:. ~, act q July e, ISIS. TURNER extended
4 ,Se Sicoss Fl ;lsaSe;'a!'opPasy 's P soldiers '
rs siz',:'anes pses5oasrs: j res5ains - =
1uTk in enntyisaaa. @ sis t IL OIL. G ID lndisea ~
3: in ffsciufa = il Kentucky, n Ilint,s, !; il
M!esan in wi,sons,n y; in Tennessee, l; in
By The secoh1 scr,lon Of The act OF February 8
1867, I'll limitations rs to d11e Of narviage was !e
moved fer IT, bepsi,5 q ,hs VT wiaews q issvo1a
remainder Of The pensioners includtd 10 the fore
gong aggregate Of widows oi Revolutionary col
OTHER ANAY PENSIONERS UNDER ACTS PRIOR 1e
THAT OF 1867. ..
Asa!readS Indicated. tbe number Of pension
ere, olher than Revolutionary, under the yarioa
Sstb 81 S
ly The var ~ .Fsqnept to m the Revolution, Is som
lapse Of more than fifty years after The close o
The war Of 1sls, applications consequentnpon ths