Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1891-10-09
PENSION FIGURES.
The Commissioners Annual Re.
port to Secretary Noble.
About 10000 Names Added to
the Rolls Each Month.

The annual report of Commissioner Raum
OF the Pension Bureau, just submitted to the
Secretary of the Interior shows that on
June 80, 1891, there were 676 100 pensioners
borne upon the rolls of the Bureau being
1926 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 invalid
pensioners, Alb, 597; Army widows, minor
children. etc, 108, 537; Navy invalid pen
sioners. 3t49; Navy widows minor children,
etc, 1858; survivors Of the War Of 1912,
1890; survivors of the Mexican War, 16. 379:
widows of soldiers of the Mexican War, 6976
Following the number of PEN
sioHs of the several classes granted
under the Act Of June 27 1890: Army inva-
lid pensioners 81. 13j; Army widows, minor
children, etc. II, 209; Navy invalid pension
ers, 1876, Navy widows, minor children,
etc, 1896. During the last fiscal year first
payments were paid upon 13l, 100 original
claims, requiring $3l, 39I, 53S for their pay.
ment. This is an increase in the number Of
original payments over the year 1890 of
"a 532. The aggregate cost, however, was ST.
0S7. 302 less
There are 222, 521 first payments of every
description, requiring S3S, 552.274. The ag-
gregate annual value of the go, 100 pensions
on the roll June 81, 1891, was S89, 247, 300, and
the avera9 e annual value of each pension was
$139. 80 and the average annual value of each
pension under the act of July 81, 1890, was
$121.51. There will be deficiency in the
appropriation for the payment of fees and
expenses of examining surgeons OF about
$500, 600.
The total amount disbursed on account of
pensions, expenses, etc, during the fiscal
year, was Sis, 543, 959.71, as compared with
$106, 493 800. 10 disbursed during the proceed
ing fiscal year; SO that it appears that lbs, 216
pensions were added to the rolls during the
fiscal year just closed, at an increased cost to
the nation Of $12, 055, O69 as compared with
the expenditures for the previous fiscal year.
Pensions were granted in each Of the last
four years as follows: 1888, 13, 173; 1889,
145, 29S; 1890, Isl, 658; 1891, $50, $50.
1t has been prime object, says the Com
missioner, to put as many cases as possible
in train for completion. With this end in
view SOB, Gal orders were made for medical
examinations, and Al $50 medical certificates
of examinations have actually been received.
The remarkable fact is disclosed that fifty
certificates we're issued to men who served
from 161 to 476 months. 1t also appears that
of the Il, 004 persons to whom pensions were
granted under the Act Of June %, 1890, 1163
were issued to soldiers who served six months
and under; 26, O99 to persons who served
q year or under, and A, 9O5 to persons
who served thirteen months and over and
and that the largest number OF certificates
issued to any class was 1893 to men Who
served thirty-six months The age OF the
greatest number Of pensioners under both
the old and new law was fOrty-seven years.
During the last year 20, 525 pensioners were
dropped from the rolls for various causes,
and of this mum Der 13 800 were dropped by
reason of death. 1t is estimated that ], O04,-
65S soldiers were killed in battle or died dur
ing and since the war. On June 30 last 1884,
$50 of these dead 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 OF the
survivors $50, 1853 are now on the pension
rolls There are, therefore, 68S, $40 survivors
who are not pensioned and S799OS dead
soldiers not represented on the pension rolls.
In concluding his report the Commissioner
says that on an average about 3d. 900 pension
certificates are being issued each month, and
that during the current year he expects that
as many as $50, 900 claims will be adjudi-
Gated, for which he believes the present ap-
sufficient.