The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-09-07
GRANTS OF PENSIONS.
Com,nissioner Blacks Annual Report
Shows IAN Enormous Increase Of Claim.
ants.
washington specisl teleeram1
Washington special telegram.l
Tho annual report of the Commissioner
of Pensions is ns follows:

Washington special telegram.l
Tho annual report of the Commissioner
of Pensions is as follows:
During the fiscal ycnr ended June 50. 1881,
names, tho larsest unnunl Increase in the history
of the bureau. making a total of Az, ISL pen.
sioners on the rolls, Mt the close OF tho year, as
children, and dependent relatives, ~ revoiq,
tionaly widows. go survivors Of tho war Of 1919.
lo7s7 widows of those who served IA
served in that war. The names Of
a,Ss previously dropped We're restored to the
ing tho year. During the same period 15,7yO
were dropped from the rolls on account Of death
and var Gus other causes. leavi4g g pct increase
claims havo boon filed since 1861, and 7y7, 0O1
claims OF alt classos have boon allowed since
1 ISL e Us 8 t nes ", syss' & P 's.a. ff ina psns .s q; , pss.
sion was granted in 45.716 csses. The e:
grrega:e pensions is $50. 20. 2si,l an increase
during tho year was s.775.s52, IN In:
crease over the previous year 81 ~. ss. $50:
The total amount aisbIrssd " pension agents.
tending such disbursements was in the eoore..
gate % :262, 524, It being o fraction less than I por
cent. Of the total cxpenditures OF the bureau.
was ss.,oss. ssi, being 2f,s per cont. 81 the totsi
estimated gross income II the Untted States
Goyernmsnt for tho period. Tho total expsndJ..
hAS ~ kuS AbS ~ X0X2
Were S1G7,S2L,SUl, 80 that the amount expended
fr and on account OF pensions was nearly 81
per cent. OF the entire outlay Of the Government.
There were filed during the year AZ, $40 applica.:,
lions for original pension. 1l,789 widowa. 2,ls8
dependent mothers, and1,S s3 dependent fathars...
making a total Of G5,7O4 Tho highest number al
ella lns on account Of the late war was received
from Ohio; Indiana followed next, then New.
York and pennsylvania and from Montana
Utah, and South Carolina mono were received.
Up to June 10 last 1851 claims were filed nm:
der tho Mexio II pension act. 1878 being sur!
vivors aud G.793 widows. All completed casesi
Of this class--1G. SO survivors and 6,lY5 widow
eases-havc boon allowed. Tho reflections were:
s..32l survivors and COL widows claims. iilaainlv
because the applicant ha tnot arrived a. the rs.
CURED n8e of t2 years. OF those Mexican clai, ia
but 1899 were upsetttsd on Juno so. the ayidsncs
f'el being Insufficient. Tho spirit Of the IN
division Of the bureau. says this report, Is mo
eOmproiniso. with those who willfuily violate
the pension law. and no prosecution of those who
ginned through ignorance and who nre willing IA
mako restitution when tho Same IL demsndodo al
them"
The total Number Of special pension acts
which have become laws from 1851 to 1885 n
e,0eOl. and from 1855 to 1889, during the present.
administration, 1,sG9. q total OF $3.50. 1Of ~
latter 19l were vetoed. In tho Ascal years from
July, 1889, to June 30, 1885, there were issued
l9l,22l certificates Of all classes, and durine
the three following fiscal years, from July 4
1881. tq June 3D. 1883. 35J.5 37. making an IN.
crease for tho last threo years OF los, 8faB csrtif,