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Wheeling Register
Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia
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Commissioner Raum's 1891 annual Pension Bureau report, submitted September 24 in Washington, details 676,160 pensioners (up 138,216), classifications by war/type, $31M in payments on 131K claims, unspent $9M appropriation, and stats on Union soldier deaths/survivors.
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Commissioner Raum's Annual Report to Secretary of the Interior.
Washington, September 24.-The annual report of Commissioner Raum, of the Pension Bureau, submitted to the Secretary of Interior to-day, shows that on June 30, 1891, there was 676,160 pensioners borne on the rolls of the bureau, being 138,216 more than were carried on the rolls at the close of the last fiscal year. They are classified as follows:
Widows and daughters of revolutionary soldiers 23; army invalid pensioners 413,597; army widows, minor children, etc., 108,537; navy invalid pensioners 5,449; navy widows, minor children, etc., 2,568; survivors of the War of 1812, 7,590; survivors of the Mexican War, 16,379; widows of soldiers of the Mexican War 6,976. During the last fiscal year first payments were paid upon 131,160 original claims, requiring $31,391,538 for their payment. This is an increase in the number of original payments over the year 1890 of 64,532. The aggregate cost, however, was $1,087,302 less.
There remained at the close of the fiscal year in the hands of the several pension agents the sum of $5,713,852.84, which has since been covered into the Treasury. This amount added to $3,607,133.22 of the pension appropriation not drawn from the Treasury, aggregates $9,320,986.06 of the appropriation which was not expended.
It is estimated that of the soldiers who served the country during the late war 1,004,658 were killed in battle, or died during and since the war. On June 30 last 124,750 of those deceased soldiers were represented on the pension rolls by their widows and other dependents.
There are about 1,200,707 soldiers of the Union now living, and 970,218 now on the pension rolls.
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Washington
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September 24, 1891
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on june 30, 1891, there were 676,160 pensioners on the rolls, an increase of 138,216 from the previous year. classifications: widows and daughters of revolutionary soldiers 23; army invalid pensioners 413,597; army widows, minor children, etc., 108,537; navy invalid pensioners 5,449; navy widows, minor children, etc., 2,568; survivors of the war of 1812, 7,590; survivors of the mexican war, 16,379; widows of soldiers of the mexican war 6,976. during the fiscal year, 131,160 original claims paid totaling $31,391,538, an increase of 64,532 claims but $1,087,302 less cost than 1890. unexpended appropriation: $9,320,986.06. estimated 1,004,658 union soldiers killed or died during and since the late war, with 124,750 represented by dependents on rolls. about 1,200,707 union soldiers living, 970,218 on pension rolls.
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The annual report of Commissioner Raum of the Pension Bureau, submitted to the Secretary of the Interior on September 24, 1891, shows pension statistics as of June 30, 1891, including increases in pensioners, classifications by war and type, payments on original claims, unexpended funds, and estimates of soldier deaths and living veterans.