Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-11-17
BUREAU Of PENSIONS
Facts and Figures, Information and
Interesting Items Regarding The
United States Bureau of Pensions.

Through the courtesy of Gaylord M
Saltzgaber, Commissioner of Pensions
we have received a folder which con-
tains items which will be of interest
to many of our readers.
The folder gives some instruction
which it will be well to bear in mind.
First: In writing to the Penison
Bureau, always give the full name
and post office address of the claimant
and see that every letter, affidavit, or
other paper has endorsed on it the
number of the claim, the full name of
the soldier on whose service the claim
is based, and the company and regi-
ment in which he served
Pensioners desiring to change their
post office address should notify the
Disbursing Clerk, Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, d. c., at least thirty days
before payment is due
No change will be made unless the
full name and certificate number are
given.
Checks will not be sent in care of
another person, firm, or a corpor-
alton.
The regulations have been recently
amended so that a duplicate Of a lost
pension check may now be issued af-
ter 80 days from the date of the or
iginal.
HISTORICAL
There are now no pensioners on ac-
count of the Revolutionary War on
the roll The last widow pensioner of
hot r
Plymouth Union, VT, who died No
vember II, 1906, aged 90 years The
last survivor of the Revolution was
Daniel F. Brakemen, who died at
Freedom, Cattaraugus County, N. Y,
April 5, 1869, aged 100 years, 6
months and 8 days.
The last surviving pensioned SOL
dier of the War of 1872 was Hiram
Cronk, of Ava, N. Y, who died May
13, 1905, aged 105 years and 16 days.
The names of lis widows of the War
of 1872 remained on the pension roll
June 80, 1916.
EXPENDITURES
For Pensions:
For the year ending June
June 80, 1915. .$165,518,26
For the year ending June
80, 1916 .......... 159,155,OsO
Paid to pensioners in for
eign countries:
For the year ending June
0U, 1919 945, ,ZZU
For the year ending June
80, 1916 91O,848
INTERESTING FACTS
fol e
the roll June 30, 1915. .748,147
Total number of pensioners on
the roll June 80, 1916. -. .7O9,572
Civil War soldiers on roll June
80, 1915 ................3 1896, $40
Civil War soldiers on roll June
80, 1916 ...............3 .362, ,277r
Civil War widows on roll June
80, 1915 ............2 .289,218
Civil War widows on roll June
80, 1916 .286, ,080
Number of deaths:
Civil War soldiers
1919 ................. 80, ,255
1916 34,252
Widows, minors, and dependents:
1910 I(,Sl5
1916 1887
The largest number of Civil
War soldiers on the roll was
in 1898 49,. .4.745,822
The largest number of Civil
War widows on the roll was
in 1912 ............... .3O4, 1878
War of 1872 widows on the roll
June 30, 1916. 6............ 115I
War with Mexico:
Survivors on the roll June 80,
1916 513
Widows on the roll June 80
1916 .....-.............. 3,785
War with Spain claims:
Total number allowed by the
Pension Bureau ....... 39,091
Number granted by special acts 1903
Pensioners on roll June 80,
1916 .................... 2S,472
Number pensioned under
special acts .......... 1,164
One thousand one hundred and eigh-
ty-two is the number of employees
provided for the Pension Bureau; of