People's Pilot, Volume 4, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 October 1894 — UNCLE SAM’S WARDS. [ARTICLE]

UNCLE SAM’S WARDS.

Synopsis of the Report of the Conimla- ' isioner of I’ensionc Washington, Oct. 15.—The report of Commissioner of Pensions Lochren for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1894, has been submitted to the secretary of the interior. The report states ' that the number of pensioners on J the rolls June 30, 1893, was 966,012; i that during the year 39,085 new : pensioners were added to the rolls, 37, ; 951 were dropped for death and other ; causes and 2,398 previously dropped were restored. The number of pensioners upon the rolls of June 30, 1894. was 969,544. The number of pension certificates issued during the year was 80,213, and 132,873 claims of all classes were rejected. On July 1, 1894, there I were undisposed of and in different ' stages of preparation and advancement ■ claims for pensions and for in- i crease to the amount of 619,027, of which 287,209 claims, originals, widows’ and dependents’, are on behalf of ; persons not already on the rolls. ! These claims, save some recentty filed, | have been examined more than once ‘ and found lacking. The amount paid ; for pensions during the year wassl39,- I 804,461, leaving a balance in the treas- i ury of $25,205,713 of the appropriation. ,