EXHIBIT 23.-Classification of claims pending June 30, 1915. EXHIBIT 24.-Applications received during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1915. 5 2 284 11,317 1,290 920 416 EXHIBIT 25.-Statistics of operations under act of Mar. 3, 1899. Since the passage of the act of March 3, 1899, providing for the division of pension of resident pensioners of the United States who desert their wives and children, or who are inmates of National or State Soldiers' and Sailors' Homes, 15,718 claims have been filed thereunder, 8,753 of which have been allowed and 6,713 rejected. On July 1, 1914, there were 246 claims pending. During the year 537 claims were filed or renewed; 346 claims were admitted and 183 rejected, leaving 254 claims pending on June 30, 1915. EXHIBIT 28.-Examining surgeons for the Bureau of Pensions, showing States in which they are located, June 30, 1915. EXHIBIT 29.-Special examinations, number made, cost thereof, etc., during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1915. Amount appropriated by Congress on account of special examiners, not including salaries... Per diem, in lieu of subsistence. Expenses of special examiners: Transportation and incidentals.. Total........ $125,000.00 $58, 191.00 Number of reports reviewed and referred for further examination... Number of reports reviewed and submitted to board of review for final action.... Number of reports reviewed and submitted to other divisions.. 90, 332. 29 34, 667.71 55 28, 771 6,523 $13.85 3,885 2, 193 772 EXHIBIT 30.-Table showing the per cent of the claims of widows and dependents in proportion to the number of soldiers' deaths occurring during the year 1915. [The first column shows the number of deaths in each class, and the second column shows the number of applications from widows and dependents in the same class during the year.] |