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Show JBJH oo' :PENSION BUREAU . SHORT OF FUNDS M " Washington, Aug. 14. The pension M bureau 'today faced the greatest fl- H nanclal crisis In Its history as the H result of the lack of funds to pay H pensioners. The San Francisco M agency has a balance of exactly 7 H cents, and Dotroit only 4 cents. H This condition Is due to the delay H of congress in passing the pension H appropriation bill. The extension of H the old 'appropriation bill for a flf- j ' teeu-daj wperiod, so that a twenty- j fourth of last year's appropriation 1 might be used to pay less than half . of the $15,000000 due on August 4, H has left 2,000 pensioners unpaid. ' Practically all tho regulars at army ' posts in,, the United States aro In F the 'same boat. They have received H .no pav since June 1. H ThlB , extraordinary situation was B cau'se'd by the delay In passing the BH general deficiency bill. The rogu- H lar army "appropriation had been ex- H ' haustcd in' May and the war depart - PPJ 'ment was . depending upon tho de- PJ' . ficiency (hlll for more money. PH The July payments really are avail- PH able under the resolution of July 1, PH which extended last year's approprla- PPJ tions for , another month, but dls- PPJ, burrhent'of that was held up in the H . paymaster's office with the expecta- PPjL tI,on.that congress soon would pass PPJi the t regular bill. PH Paymaster General Smith, however, Hi said .he i would disburse somo of the PpH'l money available If the deficiency bill PHV was not i enacted this week. The 3 army r Dill is yet to be acted upon in PPJl tne senate and later will go to con- PPl ference with the house. Hf i"- oo |