The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-10-08
S11s,54s,s59, FOR PENSIONS.
1926 Names Added During the Year
There Are Still 68S,649 Survivors Who
Are not Pensioned and 3s9,9OS De-
ceased Soldiers Not Represented
on the Rolls.

Pension Bureau, submitted to the Sec
retary of the Interior to-day, shows
that on June 80, 1891, there were 676,-
1GO 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 13,597; army widows,
minor children, &C., l0S,537; navy in
valid pensioners, 5,449; navy widows,
minor children, &C., 2,56S; survivors OF
the war of 1912, 1880; survivors of the
Mexican war, 16, ,379; widows Of soldiers
of the Mexican war, 6,976.
The following are the number of
pensions of the several classes granted
under the act of June q, 1880: To
army invalid pensioners, 97,136; army
widows, minor children, &C., l2,2O9;
navy invalid pensioners, 1876; navy
widows, minor children, &C., l,436.
During the last fiscal year first pay
ments were paid upon 1Sl,16O original
claims, requiring S31 ,39l, ,53s for their
payment. This is an increase in the
number of original payments over the
year 1890 of 81 ,532. The aggregate cost,
however, was 81, ,0S7, 1902 less.
There were 222, ,521 first payments of
every description, requiring $3S, ,552, 274,
being $50, ,592 less than was required
for the 1854 first payments made
during the year was s239 .33, and the
average value of first payment on
claims allowed under the act of June
q, 1890, was S71.2S. The average value
of first payments for the preceding year
was S4S5.71, being a reduction in the
average first payment of S246,3s.
The aggregate annual value of the
676, ,l60 pensions on the roll June 81,
1891, was $sS,247, 200, and the average
annual value of each pension was
s13s.s9. The average annual value Of
each pension under the act Of June q,
1890, was S121.5l.
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
S5,713, ,S5sS 81, which has since been COW
cred into the Treasury. This amount,
added to s3,607, 1882 Of the pension
appropriation not drawn from the
Treasury, aggregates s9,32O, 9S6.06 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 S30O, wv.
The total amount disbursed on ac-
count of pensions, expenses, &C., dur
ing the fiscal year was Sl1S, ,54S, ,959.7l,
as compared with S106,493, ,S90.l9 dis
bursed during the preceding fiscal year.
So that it appears that l3S, ,2l6 pensions
were added to the rolls during the fis-
cal year just closed, at an increased cost
to the nation of sl2, 2,o55, ,O69 as compared
with the expenditure includes S4,357,-
347 paid upon vouchers remaining un-
paid at the close of the year.
. Of the 12,402 soldiers to whom GER
tificates were issued under the general
law from Feb. II to June 80, 1891, 1871
were to persons who served six months
and under, while 11,031 served for
seven months and over, and the largest
number of certificates issued to soldiers
of a particular length of service was
9O5 to those who served thirty-four
months and S7S to those who served
thirty-six months. The remarkable
fact is disclosed that fifty certificates
were issued to men who served from
Isl to 476 months. Italso appears that
of the II, ,004 persons to whom pensions
were granted under the act of June q,
1890, !, 163 were issued to soldiers who
served six months and under, 26, ,O99 to
persons who served a 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
we'll az 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 beiug
issued are to the veterans o: the great
struggle for the Union, and many OF
these men would have gone to their
graves in want but for the just, hu-
name, and timely enactment of the law
of June q, $780,"
During the last year 20, 525 pensioners
were dropped from the rolls for various
causes, and of this number l3, 80 were
dropped by reason Of death. In 1890
the loss to the pension rolls by the de-
cease of widows and derendent moth
ers and fathers was at the rate Of 25
per 900; in 1890 33 per 1000, and in
1891, 35 per 900. 1t is estimated that
of the soldiers WHO served the country
during the late war | ,004, ,65S were killed
in battle-or died during and since the
war. On June 80 last 124,7 $50 of these
,-.a,l r..J5iorc yrure reDreSoQteQ on