The record-union., 1891-09-25
pENsIoNEp SOLDIERS.
Annual Report of Pension Commits
Sioner Eaum.

annual hcpOrU Oh ISnSlOn commas
sioner Raum.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 24.-The annual
report of Commissioner Raum, of the
Pension Bureau, as submitted to the Sec
retary of the Interior, shows that on
June 50, 1890, there were 676, 100 pension
ers on the rolls, being an increase of 49,
216 for the last fiscal year. They are
classified as follows: Widows and
daughters of revolutionary soldiers, 23;
army invalid pensioners, 1857; army
widows and minor children, los, ,537; navy
invalid pensioners, 5,449; navy widows,
minor children, etc., 2,56S; survivors OF
the war of 1872, 1880; survivors of the
Mexican war, l6,3T9; widows of soldiers
of the Mexican war, 6,916.
Following are the number of pensions
of the several classes granted under the
Act of June u, 1890; army invalid pen
SionerS, 81, ,l36; army widows, minor
children, ETC., 1920; navy invalid PEN
sioners, 1876; navy widows, minor chill
dren, etc., ,436.
During the last fiscal year first pay
ments were paid upon l31, ,l60 original
claims, amounting to S3l, ,39l ,53S. This is
an increase in number over 1890 of 64, ,532,
the aggregate cost, however, being ST.,
0SI ,302 less. There were y, ,52l first pay
ments of every description, requiring
Sl3S, ,552, ,274, being sos, ,592 less than re-
quired for 1854 first payments made
during the last fiscal year. The average
value of first payments was $3.50. The
average value of first payments under the
Act OF June u, 1880, was S7l. The aggre-
gate annual value of 6I6 pensions on the
roll June 80, 1891, was $50, 247 ,200, average
value Of each pension Sl39. The average
value of each pension under the Act OF
June q, 1890, was S12l.
At the close of the fiscal year there We're
3S,574 pensioners on the roll who re-
mained unpaid for want of time, and who
were entitled to receive 81, $50, ,242, which
will be paid out of the appropriation for
the current fiscal year, and there re-
manned in the hands of pension agents
the sum of $5.7l3.S52, which has since
been covered into the treasury. This
amount, added to the s., ,G07 .133 appro-
priation not drawn, aggregates S., ,320, ,9S6
appropriation which was not expended.
There will be deficiency in the appro-
priation for payment of fees and expenses
of examining surgeons of about $500, 900.
The total amount disbursed on account
of pensions, expenses, etc, during the
fiscal year was Sis, ,54S, ,959, as compared
with SlO6, ,493, $50 for the preceding fiscal
year, so that it appears that 1926 pen
sioners were added to the rolls during the
fiscal year Just closed, at an increased
cost to the nation of So, ,055, ,069 as COM
pared with the previous year. During
the last year 20,525 pensioners were
dropped from the roll for various causes,
l3, 229 being dropped by reason of death.
1t is estimated that of the soldiers of
the late war ,O04, ,65S were killed in battle
or died during and since the war. ON
June Both last 124750 of those deceased
soldiers We're represented on the pension
rolls by widows or other dependents.
There are about I,20S,707 soldiers of the
Union now living, $40, 15S of whom are
on the pension rolls. There are, there
fore, 6SS, $40 survivors who are not pen
stoned, and S79,90S deceased soldiers not
represented on the pension rolls.
The Commissioner renews his recon-
mendation of last year as to the readjust-
ment of pension ratings under the Act of
March 3, 1883, and March 4, 1890.