Accrued pensions of deceased claim-
ants, 28.
Activities, classification of, 64, 65.
Adjudication of civil service retire-
ment claims, 2, 33-35; of pension
claims, 26, 28-30.
Administration of civil service re-
tirement act, 2, 26, 28, 30-36; of
military and naval pension acts,
26-30.
Age regarded as permanent specific
disability, 7.
Allowances, disbursements for, 26.
See also Statistics.
Annuities: amount granted, 31, 32;
continuance of, 32; disbursements
for, 26; payment of, 32.
Arrears act, 15.
Attorneys, pension, 29, 40, 41.
Bibliography, 100-108.
Board of Review, 43, 44, 58, 59.
Bounty-land warrants, 2, 28, 29;
statistics of, 97.
Brothers, pensions for, 9.
Certificate Division, 47, 48, 61.
Chief Clerk's Office, 39, 52, 53.
Children, pensions for, 4, 8, 11, 12,
16, 18-21, 23.
China Relief Expedition, pensions on
account of, 5, 19-22.
Civil Service Commission, 30, 34.
Civil service retirement, 2, 25, 26, 28,
30-36; adjudication of cases, 2, 26,
33-35, 44, 45; persons eligible for,
30, 31; statistics of, 36, 98, 99.
Civil service retirement act: ad-
ministration of, 2, 26, 28, 30-36;
application of, 30, 31.
Civil Service Retirement and Dis-
ability Fund, 33.
Civil War pensions, 5, 15-19.
Claims, pension, adjudication of, 26,
28-30.
Classes of pensions, I.
Commissioner of Pensions: office
of, 27, 37, 51; rate fixing power of,
5, 6.
Compensation system, 2, 3, 5, 22.
Consolidation Act, 4, 22.
Daughters of Revolutionary War
soldiers, II.
Death, pensions on account of, see
Pensions.
Deductions from pay for Civil Ser-
vice Retirement and Disability
Fund, 33.
Department of the Interior, transfer
of Bureau of Pensions to, 27.
Dependent parents, pensions for, 9,
16, 21.
Dependent relatives, pensions for, 15,
16, 17.
Deputy Commissioner, office of, 38,
51.
Disability pensions, see Pensions.
Disbursing Division, 48, 49, 62, 63.
Disbursements for pensions, 9, 11,
13-15, 19-22. See also Pension Sta-
tistics.
Disloyalty, restoration of pensions
stopped on account of, 12.
Division of pensions among claim-
ants, 28, 29.
Employees Compensation Act, 32.
Father, pensions for, 9. See also
Parents.
Financial statement, 89-91.
Finance Division, 48, 61.
Functions, 1, 28.
Funeral expenses, reimbursement of,
28.
General law pensions, 4-9, 14, 15, 19,
Increase of pensions, 29.
Indian War pensions, 14, 15.
Invalid Division, 42, 55, 56.
Law Division, 40, 41, 53, 54.
Laws, 72-88.
Medal-of-honor men, pensions for,
22, 29, 30.
Medical Division, 45, 46, 59, 60.
Meritorious pension claims not under
pension acts, 24, 25, 30.
Mexican War pensions, 13, 14, 18.
Military organizations, pensionable
status of members of, 17.
Minimum pension rate, 5.
Mothers, pensions for, 9. See also
Parents.
Navy and Privateer Pension Funds,
7-8, 22-24.
Navy pensions, 7, 8, 22-24.
Nurses' pensions, 16, 18, 20.
Organization, outline of, 51-63.
Original pensions, 29.
Parents, dependent, pensions for, 9,
16, 21.
Pension acts: administration of, 26-
30; special, 2, 24, 25, 30.
Pension attorneys, 29, 40, 41.
Pension claims: adjudication of, 26,
28-30; meritorious, not under pen-
sion acts, 24, 25, 30.
Pension Committee, Senate, rules
of concerning special acts, 25.
Pensioners, number of, 9, 13-15, 19,
21, 22. See also Pension statistics.
Pension Funds, Navy and Privateer,
7, 8, 22-24.
Pensions: accrued, 28; by special
act, I, 2, 24, 25, 30; Civil War, 5,
15-19; classes of, 1; division of,
28, 29; for brothers, 9; for chil-
dren, 4, 8, 11, 12, 16, 18-21, 23; for
dependent parents, 9, 16, 21; for
dependent relatives, 15-17; for
fathers, 9; for mothers, 9; for
medal-of-honor men, 22, 29, 30;
for sisters, 9; general law, 4-9,
14, 15, 19, 22; increase of, 29; In-
Idian War, 14, 15; Mexican War,
13, 14, 18; minimum rate of, 5;
navy, 7, 8; nurses', 16, 18, 20; on
account of disability and death,
1-15, 19, 20, 22; original, 29; regu-
lar army and navy, 1, 6-9, 12, 13,
19, 22; reissue of, 29; Revolution-
ary War, 9-11; service, 1, 2, 10-19;
state, 9, 10; War of 1812, 11-13,
18; War with Spain, the Philippine
insurrection, and the China relief
expedition, 5, 19-22; widows', 4, 5,
8, 9, 11, 23; World War, 22.
Pension statistics, 9, 11, 13, 15, 19, 21,
22, 92-97.
Philippine insurrection, pensions on
account of, 19-22.
Privateer Pension Fund, 23.
Publications, 66-71.
Record Division, 41.
Refunds, 26, 33.
Regular army and navy pensions, 1,
6-9, 12, 13, 19.
Reissue of pensions, 29.
Relatives, dependent, pensions for,
Retirement cases, adjudication of, 2,
26, 33-35, 44, 45.
Retirement Division, 44, 45.
Retirement of civil service em-
ployees, 2, 25, 26, 28, 30-36.
Revolutionary War pensions, 9-11.
Secretary of the Interior, supervis-
ory and appellate powers of, 27.
Secretary of the Navy, pension ad-
ministration by, 27; trustee of
Navy Pension Fund, 23.
Secretary of the Treasury, pension
administration by, 27.
Secretary of War, pension adminis-
tration by, 26, 27.
Service pensions, 1, 2, 10-19.
Spain, war with, pensions on account
of, 5, 19-22.
Special Examination Division, 46, War of 1812, pensions on account of,
47, 60, 61.
Special pension acts, 2, 24, 25, 30.
State pensions, assumption by United
States, 9, 10.
Statistics, pension, 9, 11, 13, 14, 15,
19, 21, 22, 92-97; bounty-land, 97;
civil service retirement, 98, 99.
United States circuit and district
courts, pension adjudication by, 26.
War, Civil, pensions on account of,
5, 15-19.
War of the Revolution, pensions on
account of, 9-11.
Wars, Indian, pensions on account
of, 14, 15.
Warrants, bounty-land, 2, 28, 29;
statistics of, 97.
War with Mexico, pensions on ac-
count of, 13, 14, 18.
War with Spain, pensions on account
of, 5, 19-22.
Widow Division, 43, 56.
Widows' pensions, 4, 5, 8, 9, 11-23.
World War, pensions on account of,
3, 22.
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