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Show OUR PENSION ROLL. Commissioner I vans Itrport AlvM tho Amount at BI3 3JS.OJ1. Washington, Kept. 3 The annual , report of Hon II Clay Lvaua, coraniis- I aloncr of pension, ahowa that during the year there were added to the pen alon roll 40,.:a nnmea and 41,180 wero dropped, 31,345 of these by reason ot death Tdcro wa expended for penalona S138, 353,0.-,: Tde annual vuluo of the entire pension roll amount lo 8131,-C1U.0CI, 8131,-C1U.0CI, Wing SullMUO, more than It waa, due to Iho higher average Annual value of the pulsions. Ilia roll la made up of 733,191 surviving aoldlcra. 537,111 wldowa and dependant rclallrea and C73 nurses 1 he total number of original applications appli-cations DUd during the year, Including Includ-ing those on account of tho war with Spain, wa 48 7C3 The number of original claim allowed waa 37,077 During the year HW,81U claim of all I classes were rejectid a large percent- I ago of these King claims for Increase I |