People's Pilot, Volume 2, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 December 1892 — MILLIONS FOR PENSIONERS. [ARTICLE]

MILLIONS FOR PENSIONERS.

Amount Which the Secretary of the Inteterlor Says Will Be Required Next Year. Washington, Nov. 28.—The secretary of the interior has transmitted to the secretary of the treasury the estimates required to pay pensions for the next fiscal year. The sum of §166,831,350 will be necessary to pay pensions, including maintenance of pension agencies, clerk hire and other incidental ex* penses. Of this amount it is estimated that §165,000,000 will be paid directly to the pensioners. In addition to the estimate of §146,737,350 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1892, a deficiency of $10,508,621 is asked.