Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 September 1898 — REPORT ON PENSIONS. [ARTICLE]

REPORT ON PENSIONS.

Commissioner I vans Says Roll Is Increasing in Number* and in Value. The annual report of Hon. H. Clay Evans, Commissioner of Pensions, was made public Saturday. The commissioner says that the roll is not only increasing in numbers, but in value. It is believed that it will increase from the war of the rebellion. as there probably are 200,000 exUnion soldiers living who have never had pensions, and it will increase in amount naturally by reason of increased disabilities as provided by law. The amounts paid out at the several agencies for the year on account of pensions under the general laws were $75,275,383, and on account of pensions under the act of June 27, 1890, $06,255,(170. The number of pensioners in foreign countries at the close of the fiscal year was 4,871, having increased 309., The total amount paid to pensioners living abroad was $669,862.