The Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin

Compiled and Published Under the Direction of

J. D. Beck, Commissioner of Labor and Industrial Statistics

©1907 Democratic Printing Company, State Printer, Madison [WI]

Part V. Pensions Agencies, Gains and Losses, Pensioners Classified.

[pp. 817-818]

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The various pension agencies in the country are located at: Augusta, Me.; Boston, Mass.; Buffalo, N.Y.; Chicago, Ill.;

Columbus, Ohio; Concord, N.H.; Des Moines, Iowa; Detroit, Mich.; Indianapolis, Ind.; Knoxville, Tenn.; Louisville, Ky.; Milwaukee, Wis.; New York, N.Y.; Philadelphia, Penn.; San Francisco, Cal.; Topeka, Kan.; and Washington, D.C.

Additions to the pension rolls during the fiscal year that ended June 30, 1906, were as follows:

 

Gain by act of the Bureau ....................................................................................................................................... 43,798

Gain by special acts of Congress .............................................................................................................................. 3,507

Total .................................................................................................................................................... 47,305

 

 

Lost to the rolls during the same period:

By death ..................................................................................................................................... 43,300

By remarriage .................................................................................................................................. 975

By legal limitations--minors ............................................................................................................ 1,277

By failure to claim .......................................................................................................................... 1,271

By all other causes ............................................................................................................................ 621

Total ................................................................................................................................................... 47,444

Decrease during the year ................................................................................................................. 139

 

 

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The 985,971 pensioners on the rolls July 1, 1906, are classified as follows:

For services prior to March 4, 1861.	No.	Widows.	Daughters.	Total.	Grand total.
Widows and soldiers of the revolution	-----	-----	2	2	-----
Survivors of the war of 1812	-----	660	-----	660	-----
Survivors of the Indian Wars, 1832-42	2,173	3,367	-----	6,540	-----
Survivors of Mexican wars	3,985	7,488	-----	11,473	------
Total	-----	-----	-----	-----	18,675
For services since March 4, 1861	No.	Widows.	Daughters.	Total.	Grand total.
(a) Under act of July 14, 1862
Army invalids	203,558	83,645	-----	287,203	-----
Navy invalids	1,817	1,131	-----	2,948	-----
Army nurses	579	-----	-----	579	-----
Total	-----	-----	-----	-----	290,720
(b) Under act of June 27, 1890
Army invalids	413,327	171,916	-----	615,243	-----
Navy invalids	17,751	7,759	-----	25,510	-----
Total	-----	-----	-----	-----	640,753
(c) War with Spain
Army invalids	17,038	4,715	-----	21,753	-----
Navy invalids	608	260	-----	868	-----
Total	-----	-----	-----	-----	22,621
(d) Regular establishment
Army invalids	8,629	2,345	-----	10,974	-----
Navy invalids	2,019	1,199	-----	3,218	-----
Total	-----	-----	-----	-----	14,192
Grand total	-----	-----	-----	-----	985,971

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