Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1909-10-19 | Page 1 | Ranks Are Fast Thinning

RANKS ARE FAST FUST Til THINNING Death Caused Names to Be Dropped From Prom the Pension Rolls During Past Year Washington Oct OcL 18 Deaths invasion of the ranks of the war veterans caused causen names to be taken from the pension rolls of the tile United States last year Of this number were sur survivors survivors survivors of the Civil war The total loss to the pension rolls from all nIl causes was In striking contrast to these figures comprised in the annual report of Vespa Vespasian Vespasian Vespasian sian Warner Varner commissioner of pensions Is la lathe the statement that the tha government paid out in In pensions In the fiscal year ear ending June Tune 30 1909 which the corn com commissioner missioner declares is the largest amount ever disbursed for pensions in one year Summarized the report shows these facts Number of ot pensioners at the beginning of the year number of new pen pensioners pensioners pensioners added to the roll pension pensioners ers on roll at the close of the year a net decrease of Survivors of the Civil war on the rolls now number