New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-12-06
TO The i'KEsIDrSr.
! ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF THE
ISTEkIOK.
DEPARTMENT or The INTERIOR.
WAsuISgTpS EUy IA 1867


WAsHNGTOs nov. H. 1867. )
SIR: have the honor to submit n summary of
the results which attained during the last fiscal year
m the branches u the public seryke committed 10 tho
supervision 81 tins Department The accompanying re-
ports Of The Chiefs OF BUREAUS and other officers furnish
That fpcrc Information or matters Of detail which could
bc embraced IN this paper without uhduly extending
None o. these branches occupies higher place in the
public regard thau that whc relates the national do
main. I'VE give the Laud OEice Report separately-ED
TRIBl.
Tie last soldier OF the Revolution who was on tho pen
sion rolls az the date of my Last annual report has since
died y special Of Congress two other veterans ~
per aunum or the widows OF snch soldiers moro are n
the rolls the of qg1 OF these 10 were married
OF wars subsequen TO tho revolution aud prior to tho
rebellion, the number OF pensOhc widows hnd orphans
Of soldiers $40 NJ the close oi the last fiscal year
During he past year 1882 ue| npphcatons OF Invalid
pensOnsOf soldiers, az an aggregate OF tely ~ nnd 49,
OF an aggregate annual rate OF 0s9OO3 g. have been
examined aud allowed During the same period 1900
deeudcn relatives ~ soldiers were ndmitcd at az
tCgate annual rate Of 81 0igo62 g. or applications for
Increased pay by the Glars, l03Oy we're admitted
at total annual rate OF sIi3Otlo on tho 9otn OF
June, 1901 there enrolled iOsO2 invalid military
t0i H. and s22g widows orphans, and dependent rela
tycs Of soldiers, whose yearly pensions amounted to
sions i53Og5 at total annual rate Of sl6,1l?O1g VI.
The whole amount paid during the lnst nseRl year to
invalid military pensioners was t2S5jl % to Wd0WS
orphans, and dependent relatives lo3ls2 IA grand
total OF 3O1l6 &C. which includes the expenses Oh te
During The year ending June 1861 there admitted
1871 applications FOR Invalid navy pensions AT an an
sons Of the same class at a annual aggregate Of ss2;
239 original applications OF widows orphans ana uopenu
aggregate rate OF t3 jG per annui, ana IIu pceIons VI
tho class were Increased ut total yearly ra'e VI
on the Goth June 1907 the rolls OF tho navy pension
the Of O5i invnlds, az an annual hgko
gate Of Ss9GJ9 25 and 1891 widows, orphans, ana le-
pendent relatives, aggregate annual rate ol S1uo
1I2 rs. Tho amount paid during the last hsc1i year 20
navy invalds s7 2 2s aud to widows, orphans anu
dependent relatives Of officers and seamen OF the navy
t2loog9 % total amount OF tSs2ii TO- n, nan.
During the year there were aided 10 tho hunloolo po
sioners Of all classes 1852; there, were ' ~
dropped, from various eauses LEAVING amount Of
pensons of all clnsses was ga o. and tho amount
paid ss,6l99S6 40, which includes eApehSosoi uS
During the year ending Sept 90 1867 there were al.
mitted y5i applications for bounty nnd warrants roqu
ing las, 800 acres OF land 10 satisfy them. , o.
The invested navy pension fahd nov or sO o s25
2s ST. As the interest on The invested far exceeds
tho amount required for the navy pensios congress
yded. by act approved March 1901 Tor Tue and
marines The Secretary OF tho Navy has iaNOrhpy re-
ported claims OF this class There Is an IN
necessity for an increased appropriation iOr spcc a.
vestigaton to prevent frauds upon ths % overn
obtaining pensions le has far exceeded the
penditures In conducting them while their ehei 'Aiu'
arises from their preventive influence
INDIAN AFFAIRS. ,.u-os,
Our Indian relations have assumed new anu 90 tba
ing aspect The steady approach Oh os s, ,he rapid
roSress Of The railroads pointing toward tho Pacific n
aversing the country ON er which the Indians from uho
mmemorial have roaned imperlousy demand thho 1Ho
policy Of concentrating them upon resoF'@'i0"' '-'
Whenever practicable, DO adopted . -. ooo 900
The estimated number OF Indians Is abont G ns,,
spreading from Lake superior to tho fneno rs am
Those east OF the Mississippi with few exceptions a ~
reservatonsi So also the tribes IN Kansas eiern
tho Arkansas and those locateu ootnoVn ,n as the
border Of ATkansaA and the country Known u,,te
Leased lands" Treaties were negotiated ias. s,r
with tho Kansas tribes. aud submitted 10 'o "d fnith
It's Constitutional action. II ratified, and III ho,s
executed, these tribes will be pfONluru VIII ~ has -
where they will soon become sefsusthlhg as t,l ' "
already adopted the habits Of clvilL,d mo an ,b 49,,
familiar with agricultural pnrsults Ihey VI" ma itin
Ouiro from us little beyond protection pk"in'' w."