Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1902-09-29
Pensions o9o,A4j, July /, Ac-
cording to Commissioner
Wares Report.

|27 "Ae PENSIONERS HhVF ''n.
Bur Number ef OLE SoIc.e--. ..no
Expired During Year, Was 5o,12G.
Total Amount P3id Fer Pensions
w. - -. e.
Washington, Sept. 29.-The annual
report of the commissioner CT pen
sions, Eugene F. Ware, made public
Yesterday, shows that the number OF
names on the pension rolls still Is un-
der the million mark, despite net
gain of 5,732 pensioners since 1893.
The total enrolment, July /, -25t, was
999, ,446, against 997, ,735 last year. The
total comprises 73S,S09 soldiers and
l26O, ,637 widows and dependents. The
aggregate includes 1895 pensioners
outside the United States.
The number of death notices Of old
soldiers, not now in service, received
by the bureau during the year.. was
5O,12S, but only 27,043 CT them were
pensioners.
Death Rate Expected.
The report says that the death rate
among the pensioners for the coming
wear will be about 10000 and the
losses to the rolls from other causes
will be about 5000. The total amount
paid for pensions during the fiscal
year was S137, 7,504,263, and the yearly
cost Of operating and maintaining
the bureau and the agencies, outside
of the payment c. pensions proper,
aggregates $3.520529. The pension
system. SAYS the report, since the be-.
ginning CT the government, has cost
S2,992.50G, ,019, exclusive CT the estiI
mate Of the soldiers" hSmes. TS9
pension disbursement by the United
States from July 1, 1880, to June 30.
1865, were $96,445,4 ,444.
Amounts Paid For Different Wars.
The following amounts have been
paid to soldiers, their widows, minor
children and dependent relatives in
account Of the military and naval ser
vice during the wars in which the
United States has been engaged:
Revolutionary war (estimateD, $70,'
000, coo; war OF 1912 (account Cf ser.
vice. without regard to disability,
Sac, ,025,297; Indian wars, 1832-1842
| (on account OF service, without regard
to disability, So,S14,207; war with
Mexico (cn account CT service, with
out regard to disability, $31, 1,S61,33S;
war CT the Rebellion, S2,744,S74,276;
war with Spain, S3,275,1G4; actual TO-
/ tai disbursement in pensions, $780,.
S54,3O2.
1912 and Mexican Pensions.
The amount paid in pensions on oc-
count Of disabilities and deaths, re-
suits Of military and naval service
during the wars of 1912, and with
Mexico, and in time Of peace, to the
beginning Of the war with Spain, are
Included in the payments on account
CT the war of the rebellion.
1t is estimated that $16,O00,000 were
paid in pensions for disabilities and
deaths due to- military and naval ser
vice in the wars Of 1912, and with
Mexico, and during the time of peace
prior to the war of the rebellion,
making the payments CT pensions to
soldiers and sailors of the war CT the
rebellion, and OF the regular military
and naval establishment since tie
close Of said war of the rebellion. AMI
their widows. children and dependent
relatives, amount to $2,728.87S,2T
This is outside CT the cost CT mair. I
tanning bureaus, agencies and soldieri' (
homes.
Average Value of Each Pension.
The average value Of each pension
is now little over S132. The numbsr !
Of applications for pensions filed was
1SS,626; rejected, 118,464, and grant
ed, 117.26S. During 1892 the burea,
handled 47,l06 more pension apphci-
tions than it received, showing prog
ress in catching up with the accuml'
! lated work. The number Of cases
now undergoing examination in tie
bureau and IN the process Of adjud-
cation. known as the pending files
follows: Under the general Laws
137,101; under the act Of June z,
1890, 1859; war with Spain, S4.43i;
army nurses, GO; service prior %
March 4. 1861, 2,342; accrued, 22,Sli;
total, 339.436.
Number of Cases Rejected.