The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1892-12-08
PENSION STATISTICS.
What Uncle Sam Pays the Vet
Grams Every Year.
Commissioners Raum Reports the Work OF
His Bureau for the Year The
Amount Spent for Pensions
Has Been &139.O35,612.
THE PENSION REPORT.

WASHINGTON, Dec. l. THE annual
report of Green 3. Raum, commissioner
Of pensions, shows that there were on
the pension rolls June 30, 1892 SIG, eos
pensioners, an increase during the year
of 1919, COS. There were added to the
rolls during the year 2222 937 new pen
sioners and 2,47 pensioners previously
dropped were restored to the pension
lists. During the year "a, 3O7 persons
were dropped from the rolls.
The total amount expended for pen
sions during the fiscal year was $780,
O35,6l For the present fiscal year
S144 956,O 900 is appropriated. and taking
the cost of pension allowances during
the first four months of this fiscal wear
as a basis of calculation, the COM
missioner estimates that deficiency
appropriation of 1O.30S.G21 will be
necessary to supplement- this years APP
preparation. An estimate Of $l65, OOO.-
600 is submitted for the next fiscal
year, but Commissioner Haum saws
that if as many allowances of pension
shall be made during the fiscal wear
to come as during the fiscal year end
ed June 80 last, this amount will
not be large enough. He says. how
ever, that it is difficult to forecast pen
sion payments SO far in advance and
that. rs congress will be in session. no
mbarraS, will arise if his sue.
ces,or. in the light Of actual cost Of the
work for the first six months Of the
next fiscal year. finds that a further
appropriation will be needed Under
the dependent and disability pension
act 92J,951 claims have been filed of
which number 1913. $50 have been al
lowed. The pension payments under
the law up to Scptembe So 1892.
amounted to $40, 49i. 443 The commits
sioner heartily commend, this disabili-
ty act.
ORIGINAL CLAIMS PENDING.
The commissioner says that the pol
icy of the office for three years has
been to use the larger part of the Off
cal force upon original claims. believ-
ing it just that those who have never
received pension should have their
cases considered in advance of those
persons seeking an increase of pen
sion.
During the last fiscal year pa. O47
certificates We're issued in original
cases and 1871 in increase claims
Commissioner Raum is OF the opinion
that it this policy be pursued until the
close of the fiscal year 1924 the adj
Indication of original claims will .b,,
substantially completed, and that at
the close of 1894 the highest number Of
pensioners ever to he on the rolls will
have been placed there.
There are 1885 original claims
pending. of which numb 100, 900 are
apparently complete.
During the year first payments were
made in 1916 1853 eases. requiring ali ex-
penGiture Of $40, III, lG1, including $780,
2j52 original claims amounting to ST.
SS4, The average value OF original
payments was Sl64.:5,5, and of original
payments under the disability act
$l21.19. The aggregate annual value
Of the s76.06s pensions on the rolls
June 30, 1892, was Sii6.S19, SCI.
At the close of the fiscal year there
was balance on hand from the appro-
priation for pensions of s2.2s9. IA. and
a deficiency in the appropriation for
payment OF fees and expenses Of ex-
aiming surgeons of 100000 The !
mum Der of claims of all kinds pending
Octob Der II, 1892, was 1SS. O6l, Of which |
:,53 434 were filed under the disa bility
act.
The revolutionary and 1872 war rolls I
are rapidly dwind ing. Only twenty
widows and two daughters Of revolu- I
tionary veterans are on the former roll. /
The survivors of the war Of 1872 on the /
rolls now number only 1S5, against 2s4 7
year before.