, 1880-11-25
I IJIV y JAOIN5t
NEt'01tT Of Tt1l: COMMISSIONER.


Special Dlsraseh to The Chteapu tribune.
WASHINGTON. D. t., Nnv. .4.-Tho fnll,,,ytng Il
MI nstrnct of tho rport Of tho Commissioner Ut
Pensions:
On tho :Dth nf .Tunc Inst tho pcnsion-l!st cot,-
HfstcIl Ut l:E,:ts army lnyNli,ts; 73,7Ss Mrtny
Willows. t',1tlur children, etc.: o navy Ensaltls:
l.570 navy Wtt1uws. 1n!ur children. ctr.; IT, 1:a
surviving sofdurs nnd sllors of tho war Ut 1872,
h;id II, ,iu widows fr1ln tint wtr-n tntAl Of 20
Su...-nn Increase siucu lust ycar Of H,Ni7.
During tho year, l9.5i5 new pot,siol1s wcro
allowed, nntl ,:sS pensioners previously drop
rra WHre restored; I.,H15 wero droppcll.
Thp atlnit,t1 pensions nvuntxc &lulJI,-ar ny
greXnts fur nll or 81, Exclusive of tho
lrscars. tho payments for tho yc:,r amounted 10
ST,oia, is'sg. TT which sls4os, l0l.p wns accrued
poisun Iii tho now cAscs.
1'I1r payment uf nrrcnrs commenced 1T Sf.y.
1917. Tl,cru WIS paid In Mny and June Of TINT
ycar s3EsJ, ,%so.tE. md slu,ssJH HOs.:s3 during tho
l.lat fiscal ycnr THO total amount pMtd out for
pensons during tllo yoar wns
f57,N:B, ,u04.l..
Tho Commissioner estimates TINT It will re-
q,iru upwards Of go 000 D0 to pny tho pensions
fur tho c.Irrcslt ycar. An equal amount Is cstI-
nMltcd for tho next yenr.
= Thu number Of CASES In which arrears Of pct,-
sion hnve buun allowed up to Nov. !, tho ,lato of
thp report, IL 43Hl1. Tho nvuraHo ia cueh case
IL Satu.h. Thuse cnses wero settled frDlt tho
commencement, so III to distribute ttlutn TT
ctpml proportions throughout tho country,
u,n',th by month, ,ls tho wurk progressed.
1,,I,, tav,, 40, .rn s,..,, 49,, ,... ,n.', u., ~
,,,i,, ,,st., ,',," H., a .,s ~ aa ~ m
,,,ay ~ "r,,,,, ,,,,d .,,,,.,, ;,s',. ~
',,..s 49,, W 49,. ~ a. t'os cs
...i,.., a ~, ~, =. H.. .p''o VI t"u "s
placed OIL tho ,cnson-r0ls. Under tho nets Of
Feb. II, 1871 aud March Q. ls1s, granting h:ns.ons
'o va ~. r''', satAn
~ 49,, - - -, - . 7' , -. .'.u an 'e,1-v ~ "'""""'
,"., ,s,,,sI ,ea ".a w.. n..' uso
&c, en. ~ t', .'....,s $500 w oos VI su.'u
~. a,.s ~..'''ae -. eu'.saon ' VI .uo
~, e ~ 49,, u.'s a', a"s
e's't ". .sseai - hu4 WY ~ .Lu WIT VI lo!'.
ns, @ aro , ,s,r "t.% a ioF 0.sso or
il ttI1 nri,,I,ni no,,sInra nj tto nrtuw orJ ,,n,
tInx.,,s w,irl, ia ,nnro thnn hovn hoo, ut,'no.,
In nny ycnr aIuro mi. &''e"~A
annrxr,t tn lin rrnort Ii nr,n,,er =, v,,,,,,,,,
stnfIttt.nl tnl,rs ,vIc cvnnnt h ,.t,:a, H. ,',t.
nt no IL wnrthv ~ n,rsim,I,,u ,,'s,,, .,.'4.'
In, Tim u,mtcr nY nrua{,,rors nnr,,., ,,,,a,, ~,
YIis ut Nm mi oT nucl iisv, xanr Tr,., ua, Wv ~
1xs. nn,t to n,,,n,,nt nT ,uonov nn1 o,,t TO- o,.
stons cnri, vn,r. T,,n totni n,,o,,r, ~. ~
t,v,v+u wnnrs ~ "'oe"> A'A N"o
s1ss7ls,1oa;o.
Tho Commissioner rcfcrs To tho ncry rccor, NJ
clni,,ls, which bts boon In col,rso nj nronurntIon
for n,nny ,not,ths, and Ia now uuproaoi1,u cn,n-
p!ettoI Wt,irt clHsstt!cs tt,e clntmnnts tv t,oir
proncr military organization. rhrso rrcnrtj1.
when corptotrl Will cnnnrtsa In yo,,,nt,u ~
:,50 uurcs cuch, md contntn n rtcnr,l NJ t,,o
cl.i,ns On nccoint Of service in ..a,s regiments.
lUl buttnltuuy, 700 intle,,entlunt ronunnirs. s,H
batteries, and 10 statr.c corps,
Thu reorganization III Noyom,cr Inst of the nj.
fcu f,,rt, t,,vl.uc In actll,nv tbo ,,rmv ,,,t,ua
far scrv,t IN lin Wur of Tim I,rn.,ttnn nn,l rn.