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Show THE PENSION ROLL. Five Pensioner on the Roll Account of the Revolutionary War, The annual report of Commissioner of Pensions Ware places the total number of pensioners now on lb rolls at 99G.D4G, of which "M.nTiG are soldier sol-dier and 217,189 widow and dependents. depend-ents. Mr. Waro announces thnt It Is not prolmblo thnt the pension roll will again crone the million line, tho high water mark having been reached a year ago. Flvo of tho pensioner are on the roll on account of the war of the revolution. 1,110 on account of the war of 1812, 4,7.14 on account of the Indian war and 13,874 on account of the Moxlcan war. The avorage annual value of each 'ponslon I now (1.13. The total annual an-nual value of the Hpunlsh war penalon roll ha reached ll.7C5.310. |