1,730 to 1,770; the survivors of the war of 1812 from 17,100 to 1826; the widows of soldiers of the war of 1812 from 3,027 to 5,053, while the roll of Army widows and dependent relatives has decreased from 113,518 to 112,088, and the Navy invalids from 1,449 to 1,430. An annual diminution of the widows and dependent-relatives' roll may hereafter he expected by reason of the termination of minors' pensions (of which there were on the 30th of June last 34,850) on account of the children reaching the age of sixteen years.
A very careful and interesting analysis of this roll has been made since the close of the fiscal year, from which it is found that of the 112,088 pensioners upon it, 21 862 were widows without minor children; 29,696 were widows with children to the number of 54,451 under sixteen years of age; 34,850 were minors' pensions, with 57,807 children receiving the benefits therefrom; 21,852 were dependent mothers; 2,025 were dependent fathers, and 56 were pensions to brothers and sisters of deceased soldiers.
A tabular statement will be found in the appendix giving the results of this examination.
During the fiscal year the gains and losses to the rolls in numbers and in annual amount of pension were us follows:
| Number. | Number. | Annual amount. | ||
| INVALID ROLL. | ||||
| Added.—Army original pensions | 6,422 | $413,344 50 | ||
| Added.—Army pensions restored under section 3,act July 27, 1868 | 233 | 11,547 92 | ||
| Added.—Army pensions restored, miscellaneous causes | 18 | 1,321 00 | ||
| Army pensions increased | [1]20,946 | 920,930 25 | ||
| Navy original pensions | 129 | 15,421 00 | ||
| Navy pensions restored under section 3, act July 27, 1868 | 1 | 48 00 | ||
| Navy pensions increased | [2]239 | 11,086 00 | ||
| 6,803 | 21,185 | 1,373,698 67 | ||
| Losses by death,recovery from disability, &c. | 2,423 | 344,321 04 | ||
| Actual gain to invalid roll | 4,380 | 1,029,377 63 | ||
| WIDOWS AND DEPENDENT-RELATIVES' ROLL | ||||
| Added.—Army original pensions | 3,949 | 520,802 07 | ||
| Added.„—Army pensions restored under section 3, act July 2, 1868. | 59 | 6,474 00 | ||
| Added.„—Army pensions restored for miscellaneous causes | 14 | 1,560 00 | ||
| Added.„—Army pensions increased | 545 | 20,108 57 | ||
| Added.„—Navy original pensions | 124 | 20,184 00 | ||
| Added.„—Navy pensions restored under section 3, act July 27, 1868 | 2 | 240 00 | ||
| Added.„—Navy pensions restored for miscellaneous causes | 4 | 960 00 | ||
| Added.„—Navy pensions increased | 31 | 1,128,500 64 | ||
| Losses by death, remarriage, and expiration of minors' pensions. | 4,152 | 576 | 571,828 64 | |
| 5,542 | 1,128,500 64 | |||
| Net loss to widows' roll | 1,390 | 556,672 00 | ||
| WAR-OF-1812 ROLL | ||||
| Added—Soliders' original pensions | 3,186 | 305,856 00 | ||
| Added—„Soldiers by restoration | 16 | 1,536 00 | ||
| Added—„Widows' original pensions | 2,242 | 215,232 00 | ||
| Added—„Widows by restoration | 6 | 576 00 | ||
| 5,450 | 523,200 00 | |||
| Losses by death—Soliders' | 2036 | |||
| Losses by death—Widows | 222 | |||
| 0,000 | 2,258 | 217,200 00 | ||
| Net gain to war of 1812 roll | 3,192 | 306,000 00 | ||
