The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1873-11-20

among those entitled to the hiche
rates, and the extension OF the bene
fits OF the pension laws TO 80 man,
classes of pensioners, haye been .,
great as to warrant consideration !,
connection with any proposition TO
further Increase.
| There were 16,405 new penslonerl RI
added to the pension rolls during tn,
fiscal year ending June 80, 1873, and
lO,223 names were dropped on &C.
count OF death, recovery from disa
bility, rcmarriage OF widows and
mothers, expiration of minors pen
sions, and failure TO clam pension
tor three years.
The net gam to the number ot
pensioners was y, 100, ,-uhing > grand
total OF pensioners Of a., vf.s,., y
23S, All, classified as follows Army
Inyalids, 80 sO4; army w.d rs and
dependent relatives, lI2,OSS; surv,y.
ors Of war Of 1872, 2,o53; navy in.
valids, 1890; navy widows and de.
pendent relatives, l,770.
Besides the increase TO the annual
amount OF pensions, caused by the
addition OF new pensioners, the rates
Of pension have been increased in
2l,1Gl cases. most Of them under the
act OF Juno s, 1872, whereby the
pension OF those extremely disabled
pensioners then receiving SIS, $40,
and s25 per month were increased to
SIS, S2+ and S3l per month, respec.
lively. The total increase of the
rate of former pensioners, amounted
to $953,925 The amount OF the
pension roll was also otherwise in.
creased, including sO6, 432 by admis.
sion OF 5,42S survivors and widows of
the war OF 1912, and the net increase
in the annual amount, alter deducting
some S568,0C0 decrease in pensions
TO army widows and dependent rela
.ivcs, was All ,37l, making the total
annual amount OF pensions june 30,
1873. s26, 6,259,2S4
Tie total disbursements were.
however, some $2,926,00O greater
than this amount, the difference be.
ing for salaries and commissions paid
to the agents, fees for examining sur.
geons, combinations tor artificial
limbs, and expenses OF the agencies,
of $50, $50, 900 appropriated by Con
gress for pension for the fiscal year,
was expended and covered back into
the treasury.
The work of carrying INTO effect
the law of February IA, 1871, grant
ing pensions TO survivors and Wild
ows Of the war Of 1872, has been
brought to close, only
a few claims still pending and not
more than 126 per month being
now received; 21,10S pensions have
been granted to survivors, and $500
to widows under the law. The aver
age pension paid to army invalids,
$96 46 per annum average to army
widows and dependents, *l24 Sc per
annum.
The average navy pensions are re.
spectlyely, about 80 81 greater per
year than army pensions. All pen
sions for service in the war Of 1912
are uniformly IS per month.
Commissioner Baker strongly COM
mends the working OF the civil SER
vice regulators in his bureau. H.
says the serect service OF lis bureau
for the detection aud prevention Of
pension frauds has been very success
tul, but the present system OF accept.
ing er parte afiidavlts as basis for
adjudiction affords too great op-
portunitics for i.npopositlon Ct dis
honest claims upon the Government
and he therefore reiterates his for.
mer recommendation that Congress
provide remedy for this weakness,
and furnish pension agents with
powers for cross examination and
research for adverse testimony in
cases OF suspected fraud.
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