The National tribune., 1907-09-12
THE PENSION BUREAU DURING THE
FISCAL YEAR 1907.

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to 31,034 pensioners. The number o
pensioners dropped from the roll dur
ing the year was 1854, leaving th'
number of pensioners on the roll Jun'
80, 1907, 967,371, the smallest since
1898, period of IA years. 1t will thu
| appear that the net loss to the roll dur
ing the last fiscal year amounted L
| 1S,600 pensioners. The loss to the rol
by death during the year was 45,76S.
| On July 1, 1906. there were 666,45;
survivors of the civil var on the pen
sion roll The number on the roll June
| 80, 1907, was 644.33S, making a ne
loss for the year of 22.115. The los
by death of survivors of the civil wal
during the entire year was 31,201 The
number of deaths of survivors of the
civil war during the fiscal year 1906
was 29,20S, and the deaths of this class
of pensioners during the fiscal year OF
1907 were, therefore, 1898 more than
the year preceding.
The annual value of the pension roll
on June 80, 1907, was S14O,S50,SS0
which was S4,613,131 greater than ii
was on June 80, 1906. The annual value
is the amount that would be required
to pay the pensioners on the roll at
the close of the fiscal year for one en-
tire year, provided there were no
changes by deaths or otherwise during
the year. The marked increase in the
annual value of the roll during the year
1907, Notwithstanding its decrease in
its number of pensioners, is due to the
pensions granted under the act of Feb.
6, 1907, at the higher rates provided by
that act. The average annual value of
each pension at the close of the fiscal
year was S145.60, while the annual
value of each pension under the act
of Feb. 6, 1907, was $1,000.
The amount disbursed fer pensions
during the year ended June 80, 1907,
was $13S, 155.412, a decrease of sS44,-
SIC from last year.
On June 80, 1907, there We're 962, ,157
pensioners residing in the States and
Territories, and the payments to them
during the year We're s137,2SS, $40.
There We're 124 pensioners residing in
the insular possessions, and the pay
ments to them amounted to $17,S20.
There were 5000 pensioners residing in
foreign countries, and payments to them
for the year amounted to $724,434.
On June 80, 1907, the pension roll
contained the names of 955,G09 pen
sioners under the different general acts
of Congress, and 1852 who had been
pensioned by special acts.
During the fiscal year ended June so,
1907, the Pension Bureau issued 1885,
SIG pension certificates of all classes.
The number of certificates issued dur
ing that year far exceeds the number
issued in any year since 1898, notwith-
standing the fact that there was a
great reduction of the clerical force of
the Bureau at the end of the fiscal
years 1905 and 1906.
The total number of applications that
were pending at the close of the fiscal
year 1907 was $50, 6,1S1, of which num-
ber 222,539 We're filed under the act
of Feb 6, 1907, and they are being set
tied now at the rate of about 10000
d HlollH. II is eApecieu THAT all tne
applications pending under the act of
Feb. 6, 1907, will be adjudicated before
the close of the present fiscal year.
On June 80, 1907. there were 400
Examining Surgeons under appoint
ment. by whom 92.7S7 medical exam
year
Order 7s was issued March Is, 1904,
to take effect April 13, 1904. This or
der provided that when a claimant had
passed the age of 62 years he would be
entitled to Sc per month; 65 years, sS
and 20 years. s12 per month. This order
is now practically superseded by the
act of Feb. 6, 1907, and the following
of allowances Were made under
said order up to July /, 1907: There
were 24,199 original claims allowed
under said order and S3.576 increases,
making total of 10T,775.
After the passage of the act of June
q, 1890, it was nearly four months be-
fore a pension certificate was issued
Under the act of Feb. 6,
1907, the first certificate was issued
Feb. IA. 1907, and within four months
after the date of its passage 10000 GER
tihcatos had been issued under said
act. Up to July 1, 1907, the Bureau
had issued 120,355 pension certificates
under the act of Feb. G, 1907.
The increase 10 the annual value of
the pension roll as it stood at the close
of the fiscal year 1907. by reason of
the allowance of claims under the act
of Feb. 6, 1907, was $6,394,517.
The number of pensions granted
(23s,516) during the fiscal year 1907
was the largest and the number of re-
jections (60,573) was the smallest for
any year in the last 10 years
Up to June 80, 1907, there had been
paid out for pensions on account OF the
war of the. rebellion s3,369,135,449, and
the amount paid on account of the
war with Spain and insurrection in the
Philippine Islands was s1S,909,512.
Only s96,445.444 was paid from July
l, 1890, to June 80, 1865.
One hundred and eight convictions
were secured during the year on ac-
count of offenses against the pension
laws, and of this number only 16 rep
resent cases against persons who rem
dered either military or naval service.