The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-10-08
s11s,54s,95s, FOR PENSIONS.
1926 Names Added During the Year
There Are Still 63S,649 Survivors Who
Are not Pensioned and S79,90S De-
ceased Soldiers Not Represented
on the Rolls.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24.-The annual
report of Commissioner Raurn of the
Pension Bureau, submitted to the Sec
retary of the Interior to-day, shows
that on June 30, 1891, there were 676,-
100 pensioners borne upon the rolls of
the bureau, being 1925 more than
were carried on the rolls at the close OF
the last fiscal year. They are classified
as follows: Widows and daughters of
Revolutionary soldiers, %; army inva-
lid pensioners 413,597; army widows,
minor children, &C., los, S,537; navy in-
valid pensioners, 5,449; navy widows.
minor children, &C., 2,56S; survivors OF
the war of 1872, 1880; survivors of the
Mexican war, 1879; widows of soldiers
of the Mexican war, e,976.
The following are the number OF
pensions of the several classes granted
under the act of June q, 1890: To
army invalid pensioners, 81, ,136; army
widows, minor children, &C., 12,O9;
navy invalid pensioners, 1876; navy
widows, minor children, &C., 1,436.
During the last fiscal year first pay
ments were paid upon 131, ,l60 original
claims, requiring S31, ,391, ,53S for their
payment. This is an increase in the
number of original payments over the
year 1890 of 64,5 ,532. The aggregate cost,
however, was ST. ,0S7, 1902 less.
There were 222, ,521 first payments OF
every description, requiring $3s, $50, ,274,
being S69,592 less than was required
for the 190,5l4 first yments made
during the year was S2S9.33, and the
average value of first payment on
claims allowed under the act of June
q, 1890, was $71.2s. The average value
of first payments for the preceding year
was S4s5.71, being a reduction in the
average first payment of s246,38.
The aggregate annual value of the
676, 100 pensions on the roll June 81,
1891, was SIS, ,247, 200, and the average
annual value of each pension was
S139.s9. The average annual value of
each pension under the act Of June p,
1880, was s121.51.
At the close Of the fiscal year there
were 3S, ,574 pensions on. the roll who
remained unpaid for the want Of time,
and who were entitled to receive S4,-
SS3 ,242, which will be paid out of the
appropriation for the current fiscal
year, and there remained at The close
of the fiscal year in the hands of the
several pension agents the sum of
S5,7l3,S5S.S4, which has since been cov-
ereG into the Treasury. This amount,
added to $3,607, 1892 of the pension
appropriation not drawn from the
Treasury, aggregates $3.50, ,ss6.o6 of
the appropriation which was not ex-
pended. There will be deficiency in
the appropriation for the payment of
fees and expenses of examining SUR
-geons of about S300,000.
The total amount disbursed on ac-
count of pensions, expenses, &C., dur
ing the fiscal yeer was S11S,54S,959.I ,
as compared with s1O6, ,493, ,S9o.19 dis
bursed during the preceding fiscal year.
So that it appears that 1925 pensions
were added to the rolls during the fs-
cal year just closed, at an increased cost
to the nation of ST., ,055, ,O69 as compared
with the expenditure includes s., ,357,-
347 paid upon vouchers remaining un-
paid at the close of the year.
OF the 1902 soldiers to whom GER
tificates were issued under the general
law from Feb. IA to June 30, 1881, 1871
vere to persons who served six months
and under, while l1,03l served for
seven months and oyer, and the largest
number of certificates issued to soldiers
of particular length of service was
905 to those who served thirty-four
months and 87S to those who served
thirty-six months. The remarkable
factis disclosed that fifty certificates
were issued to men who served from
161 to 476 months. 1talso appears that
of the Il ,004 persons to whom pensions
were granted under the act of June q,
1890, /, 1G3 were issued to soldiers who
served six months and under, 26, ,099 to
persons who served year or under,
and A, ,905 to persons who served thir-
teen months and over, and that the
largest number of certificates issued to
any class was 1858 to men who served
thirty-six months. The age of the
greatest number of pensioners under
both the old and the new law was
forty-seven years.
81 submit" says the commissioner,
"that this date shows that the pensions
now being granted under the old as
well as the new law are not to persons
whose terms were short and who saw
but little service during the war. The
great majority of certificates now being
issued are to the veterans of the great
struggle for the Union, and many OF
these men would have gone to their
graves in wapt but for the just hui
name, and timely enactment Of the law
of June q, 1890"
During the last year 0,525 pensioners
were dropped from the rolls for various
causes, and of this number 1923 were
dropped by reason Of death. In 1890
the loss to the pension rolls by the de-
cease of widows and deren6ent moth
ers and fathers was at the rate Of 25
per 1000; in 1890 80 per 1000, and in
1891, s5 per 1000. 1t is estimated that