Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 286, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 November 1912 — 200 MILLION PENSION BILL AT SHORT SESSION [ARTICLE]

200 MILLION PENSION BILL AT SHORT SESSION

Appropriation to Be Made by Congress Will Exceed That of All Former Years. A— Appropriations of nearly $200,000,000 for pensions to veterans of American wars will be necessary at the short session of the congress that opens Monday. The unusual sum, ex-* cceding all appropriations of former years,, will be necessary to make up a deficit of nearly $20,000,000 resulting from the increase of pensions tinder the Sherwood law; of last summer and the proportionate increase of the general pension budget occasioned by this act. . , Estimates obtained by members of the congress indicate that the regular pension bill probably will cary about $175,000,000. This in -itself will be a record-breaking total, as the Sherwood law materially increased many pensions. It has not yet been determined whether the deficit of approximately $20,000,000 will be added to the regular appropriation bill or put into some other measure. sion bureau has enough .money for the present, but will run short between March 4 and July 1. when the new fiscal vear begins, unless it receives the extra $20,000,000.