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Number of pensioners on the rolls. | Total disbursements. | Cost, maintenance, and expenses. | |||
Invalids. | Widows, etc. | Total. | |||
1861..... | 4,337 | 4,299 | 8,636 | $1,072,461.55 | |
1865..... | 35,880 | 50,106 | 85,986 | 8,525,153.11 | |
1868..... | 75,957 | 93,686 | 169,643 | 24,010,981.99 | $553,020.34 |
1870..... | 87,521 | 111,165 | 198,686 | 27,780,811.81 | 600,997.86 |
1875..... | 122,989 | 111,832 | 234,821 | 29,683,116.63 | 982,695.35 |
1880..... | 145,410 | 105,392 | 250,802 | 57,240,540.14 | 935,027.28 |
1890..... | 415,654 | 122,290 | 537,944 | 106,493,890.19 | 3,526,382.13 |
1900..... | 752,510 | 241,019 | 993,529 | 138,462,130.65 | 3,841,706.74 |
1903 | 729,356 | 267,189 | 996,545 | 137,759,653 71 | 3,993,216.79 |
The following amounts have been paid to soldiers, their widows, minor children, and dependent relatives on account of military and naval service during the wars in which the United States has been engaged:
Revolutionary war (estimated) | $70,000,000.00 |
War of 1812 (on account of service, without regard to disability) | 45,186,197.22 |
Indian wars (on account of service, without regard to disability) | 6,234,414.55 |
War with Mexico (on account of service, without regard to disability) | 33,483,309.91 |
War of the rebellion | 2,878,240,400.17 |
War with Spain | 5,479,268.31 |
Actual total disbursements in pensions | $3,038,623,590.16 |
- Statistical Abstract of the United States.
 
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