Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1888-09-05
GRANTS OF PENSIONS.


Commissioners Blacks Annual Report
shows an EnOrlnous Increase Of Claim
ants.
Washington special telegram
The annual report of the Commissioner
Of Pensions Is rs follows:
During tho fiscal year ended Juno 80 1883,
thr, were added to tn, pension rolls %, ~ new
OF the bureau making total OF 452, 55i PEN
sion0rs on the rolls, at the close Of the year,
fcilo~s: sa6,.si invalids 9l.s!s widows, minor
ttonary widows. 9 q survivors Of the war Of 1872
0.7N widows Of those who served In
Va. .aF oe :urv;yOss q the var with nth
SERVED In that war. The nam OF
2,02s previously dropped were restored to the
rolls. making an aggregate Of o.. no aide dur.
were dropp ID from the rolls on account Of death
and GUS other causes, leaving net increase
70 the rolls q 49, sss nsmss lissss pension
claims OF all classes have been allowed since
that da .. The amount paid for pensions since
lasl has been s9Gs, 0sd AZ. lncrs " Of pen
gregate pensions 10 $50. .22i, AN increase
Of $S,S sly. Tho amount Of pensions paid
during tho year was SITS. aGs. an in
crease over the previous year OF %, N1 2SO.
The total amount disbursed by pension agents
for all purposes was s79.Gk. III. The cost a.
kndiny such disbursements was In tho aggre-
gate o. 262, 544, It being fraction less than per
cent. Of the total expenditures Of the bureau.
The total amount expended for all purposes
wAs o.. 0SS S8i. being 2lla Per cont Of the total
estimated groes income Of the United States
Government for the period. The total sxpendi-
lures OF the Government for the fiscal year 1889
were e967 .s2i.S SOL, so that the amount expended
for and on account Of pensions was nearly 81
Per cent. Of the entire outlay of the Government.
There we're filed during the year a $40 applica-
tions for original pension. II .7sa widows, 2Ai6
dependent mothers, and ,833 dependent fathers,
making q total OF IS. 7M. The highest number OF
ella ms ON account Of the late war was received
from Ohio; Indiana followed neKt, then New
York and Pennsylvania, and from Montana,
Utah. and South Carolina none were received.
Up to June 10 last d. SCI claims were nled un-
der tho Mexic IA pension act. ~. 768 being sur
vivors and 6,79S widows. All completed cases
Of this class Id SD survivors and ., 1876 widow
cxses--hAve been allowed. The rejections were
4.S2l survivOra' and COL widows claims. mainly
because the applicant ha I not arrived ct the re-
but l ,t0a were unsettled ON juno So the evidence
mel being insufficient The spirit Of the law
division Of the bureau, says the report, IL mo
compromise with those who willfully violate
the pension law, and no prosecution Of those who
sinned through ignorance aud who are willing to
make restitution whom tho same 10 demanded Of
Them
The totsl number Of special pension acts
which have become laws from 1851 to 1885 10
2.00l. and from 1885 70 lSe8. during the press mt
administration. ,sce, . total Of $50 OF the
July. l6e2, TO June 80. ISIS. there were issued
~, III certificates Of all classes, and during
the three following fiscal years, from July /.
Isis, 70 June 81 1883, $50. $50, making IN in
crease ior the last three years Of los 3lS certin
Gates.