Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-09-26
PENSION STATISTICS
Figures from the Report Of Com
missioner Eaum.
sils,as,q59.ll PAID ~ one TEAR
&hs National Roll Of Hoasr Now Con-
t.ia. Over 100000 ssnass OF Pea
sssasrs-3o.0 900 csFtiEsatsc Ixsasd
EYsxJ Msnsh-othsr Eaes.

wAsHfaGroS. Sept. 25.-The annual
report of Commissioner Raum, Of the
pension bureau. submitted 10 the sec
Rotary Of the interior. shows that on
June 80, 1891. there were 678. 100 pen
sioners borne on the rolls of the
bureau. being iSs.zi6 more than were
carried ON the rolls az the close OF the
last fiscal year. They are classified as
follows: Widows and ugnters of re-
volutioaary soldiers, twenty-three;
army invalid pensioners. 4i3 SGT; army
widows, minor children, etc, los. 5sT;
navy invalid pensioners, 5,449, navy
widows. minor children. etc. 2,5ds;
survivors OF the war of 1912, 1880;
survivors OF the Mexican war, 1879;
widows of soldiers of the Mexican war,
e,9To.
The aggregate annual value of tho
s7s. 100 pensions on the roll June 80,
1881. was $50. 94T, 200 and the average
annual value Of each pension was
sls9 80 and the average annual value OF
each pension under the act of June 81.
1890. was sl2l5L
At the close of the fiscal year there
were ss.5T4 pensioners on the roll who
remained unpaid for the want of time
and who were entitled TO receive
s4. SIS, 24a, which viii be paid
out of the appropriation for
the current fiscal year; and
there remained at the close of the fiscal
wear in the hands of the several PEN
sion agents the sum OF S5.TlS, So 81,
which has since been covered into the
treasury. This amount added to sS.607.-
1892 of the pension appropriation not
drawn from the treasury aggregates
50. $40. esd o6 of the appropriation which
was not expended. There viii be a
deficiency ia the appropriation for the
payment of fees and expenses of ex-
aiming surgeons of aboat $780, 900.
The total amount disbursed on ac-
count OF pensions, expenses, etc, dur
ing the fiscal year was siIs,5iS, 959.7i, Is
compared with Sl06, 4yS, $50. 10 dis
bursed during the preceding fiscal
year: SO that il appears that 1926
pensioners were added to the rolls
during the fiscal year just closed, at
an icreased cost To the nation of S12,-
CO... O69 as compared with the expen-
ditures for the previous fiscal year, and
said expenditure includes 81, 357, 347
paid upon vouchers remaining unpaid
1T the close of the year.
The loss to the pension rolls by the
death of widows and dependent
mothers and fathers was at the rate of
30 per 1000 in 1891 1t is estimated
that of the soldiers who served the
country during the late war l,0o4, Cos
were killed in battle or died during
and since the war. On June so las,
124, $50 of these deceased soldiers were
represented on the pension rolls by
their widows or other dependents
There are about 1,20S, 7o7 soldiers Of
the union now living. and 6ss,549 sur
vivors who are not persioned and SO.
COS deceased soldiers notrepresented OF
the pension rolls
The commissioner says that on ar
average about 50, 900 pension certificates
are being issued each month, and thai
during the current year he expects thai
as many as $50, 900 claims will be adju
dicated, for which he believes the pres
ent appropriation of 1888, 473, os5 viii
be sufficient