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For an American citizen to secure copyright in Great Britain, the title must be entered at Stationers' Hall, London, the fee for which is five shillings; the work must be published in Great Britain simultaneously with its publication in the United States, and five copies of the publication are required. A foreigner may secure copyright in France by depositing two copies of the publication at the Ministry of the Interior in Paris. In Germany a foreigner must enter his work in the general registry book of copyrights at Leipzig, and have it published by a firm having its place of business within the German Empire. Copyright in Canada is to be registered with the Minister of Agriculture, fee $1, the work to be published in Canada. PENSION OFFICE PROCEDURE. PENSION LEGISLATION-The present pension system has been built up between 1862 and 1890. In that time sixteen acts have been passed, fifteen of which may be classified as an extension of the original Pension Law to fit the necessities of Union Veterans. The sixteenth is the great Dependent Pension Law. Most of the pensions range between $2 and $30 a month for privates, though $72 a month is granted to those who have lost both hands, both feet and both eyes. METHOD OF APPLICATION-The first step toward securing a pension under the law of June 27, 1890, generally known as the Dependent Pension Law, is to apply to the Commissioner of Pensions, setting forth the military or naval service of the applicant, and the nature and character of his disabilities. The applicant must be identified by two witnesses. When the application is filed in the Pension Office he is informed of the fact, and is then ordered to go before a Pension Board of Surgeons for physical examination. If a disability is found sufficient to entitle him to a pension, he gets one on the report of the Board, or on the report of the Board his application is rejected. Widows are required to make application in the same form. With the application they must furnish proof of marriage to the soldier or sailor by a verified transcript from a church or other public record, if one exists, or by affidavits of the clergyman or magistrate who performed the ceremony, or by affidavits of two witnesses of the marriage, or by the record of the baptism of children. There must be evidence of witnesses that the widow has not married since her husband's death and that she depends on her daily labor for support. If she or her husband had been previously married, the date of death or divorce of former husband or wife must be cited. The widow must also prove the death of the soldier, and, if enlisted under an assumed name, must prove his identity. CHILDREN AND PARENTS-Children under sixteen and dependent parents are entitled to pensions under the law, but must show by the evidence of comrades or officers that the soldier's or sailor's death was due to his services. RECONSIDERATION-On the evidence of two physicians that disability exists, an application rejected by a Board of Pension Surgeons may be reconsidered. In this case the applicant is ordered to go before another board of surgeons. Procedure under the original Pension Law is similar to that outlined above, though the requirements for identification are more rigid. PENSION STATISTICS. (FROM THE REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS FOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 1894.) The number of pensioners in each State and Territory of the United States and in each foreign country on the rolls June 30, 1894, and the amount paid for pensions during the fiscal year 1894 in each State and Territory and each foreign country. Colorado 1,453 47 288 00 96 00 2,826 25 360 00 147,201 20 300 00 Chili 396 00 During the year 1894 the number of persons dropped from the rolls was 37.951. Of these 18,225 were under the general law, 17,076 under the act of June 27, 1890, 1,047 under the War of 1812 act, 1.253 under the Mexican War act, and 350 under the Indian War act. Of the entire number dropped 28,070 were by reason of death, 1,343 by remarriage, 1,451 minors' limitation, 1,854 by failure to claim, and 5,233 for other causes. *NUMBER AND AMOUNT OF FIRST PAYMENTS ON EACH CLASS, FISCAL YEAR OF 1894. 5,590 $1,657,822 49 9,499 $509,400 43 4,465 $1,175,381 27 1,196 $252,847 66/20,750 $3,595,451 85 147 15,792 13) 4,024 1,960,129 73 15 4,434 36 507 380,476 19 82 147 70,425 48 4,628 15,792 13 2,415,465 76 Invalids..... 196 Widows, etc.. 109 8,370 44,664 60 46,829 00 1,384,984 61 2,161 112 5,673 08 41 7,481 39 23 6,780 20 372 64,599 27 1 151 67 4 9,395 91 6 3,869 53] 120 60,246 11 210,885 18 742 35,556 72 313 44,112 06 11,586 1,675,538 57 3,182,478 52| 7 558 80 74 5,080 90 107 22,742 8215,800 3,210,861 04 311 63,435 21 8 3,124 61 22 5,800 39 2 447 87 343 72,898 08 Widows, etc.. 738 117,529 79 1 35 00 4 1,010 27 1 112 80 744 118,687 86 War of 1812. Survivors. .... Widows...... 27 34,741 26 1 36 00 1,452 00 30 36,229 26 War with Mexico. Survivors. 173 61,569 83 3,168 76,312 71 22 890 25 Widows. 677 125,928 85 388 27 38 67 3,366 139,161 06 Indian wars, 1832 to 1842 Survivors.. 1,112 120,228 40 5 395 46 Widows... 2,489 265,837 21 678 1,117 2,489 No. Annual Annual No. Annual value. value. value. 5,907 $514,263 14,876 $1,072,559 60/1,992 $212, 128 08 137 19,728 2 ... 501 45,996 81 73 177 15 Totals. 125,967 52 120,623 86 265,837 21 39,575 $9,081,971 63 14,972 $810,575 84/5,887 $1,621,594 75|1,736 $403,217 36 62,170|11,917,359 58 *Amount paid as fees to attorneys. PENSIONS ALLOWED AND INCREASED DURING FISCAL YEAR 1894, WITH THE ANNUAL VALUE OF ALL PENSIONS Invalids.. Army, general law Nurses.. Annual value of 525 $54,313 357,525|$55,535,356 Restoration and renewal. Dropped from the roll. Reductions N'mber in rate. No. No. Annual value. No. Ann'al value. of pensioners Jun. 30, 1894. 1894. 8,470 831,754 6,318 17,930 10 201 1,372 50 3 574,243 02 162 Widows, etc. 15,264 1,584,556 259 14,526 00 133 8,942 $1,605,715 7 1,008 10,418 56 8,742 1,243,375 1,140 27,696 103,081 15,637,498 3,177 80 238 288 4,749 950,004 410 40 296 504 2,404 15,783 66 12,738 17,567 97 3,717 414 59,616 3401 36,727 149 6,677 75 6 547 20 486 762 80,010 12 192 00 1 96 00 135 16,670 423,168 1,500,664 2,636 118,480 363,068 $43,179,562 525,881 1,495 35,460 89,518 8,967,091 58,966 341 1,176 12,016] 1,391,880 66 1,680 4,742 497,016 1 240 00 41 3,936 45 5,556 Widows.. 26 3,840 13 2 288 00 1,006 144,864 4,447 633,212 Survivors.. 174 War with Mexico.. 16,704 3,880 186,240 00 384 00 866 83,136 13,461 1,485,060 Indian wars, 1832-(Survivors.. Widows...... 702 1842 67,392 858 82,368 Widows...... 1.998 31 2 192 00 887 37,152 7,686 742,596 19 298 19,008 8,104 297,984 191,808 52 4,992 3,284 815,264 Totals....... 39,085 4,081,357 20.235/$1,910,967 78|2,308| 260,993 67/37,951| 5,352,572/5,920/239,507|960,544|130,120,863 DISBURSEMENTS DURING 1894 TO THE SURVIVORS AND WIDOWS OF THE WAR OF 1812, OF THE WAR WITH MEXICO, AND War of 1812.. OF THE INDIAN WARS. Survivors. Widows. Totals. $650,609 66 2,192,052 98 834,535 82 The total disbursements since 1871 on account of the War of 1812 were $42,616,572 62; on account of the war with Mexico since 1887, $16,168,013 09; on account of the Indian wars since 1893, $1,059,046 13. Compared with 1893, the 1812 disbursements were $80.944 93 less; the Mexican War disbursements were $59,487 19 greater; the Indian War disbursements were $610,025 51 greater. Of the amounts appropriated for pension service for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1894, the sum of $23,873,371 52 remained in the Treasury unexpended on June 30,1894. PENSIONS, APPLICATIONS, CLAIMS AND PAYMENTS BY YEARS. 1861.. 1862. 2,487 1863. 49,332 1864. 53,599 1865. 72,684 1866. 65,256 1867. 1868. 1869. 1870. 36,753 20,768 26,066 24,851 1871. 43,969 Wid. 4,337 4,299 8.636 462 4,341 3,818 8,159 7,884 7.821 6,970 14,791 39,487 23,479 27,656 51,135 40,171 35,880 50,106 85,986 50,177 55,652 71,070 126,722 36,482 69,565 83,618 153,183 28,921 75,957 93,686 169,643 23,196 82,859 105, 104 187,963| 18,221 87,521 111,165 198,686 16,562 93,394 114, 101 207.495 34,333 113,954 118,275 232,299 16,052 119,500 118,911 238,411 10,462 121,628 114,613 236,241 11,152 122,989 111,832 234,821 9,977 124,239 107,898 232,137 11,326 128,723 103,381 232, 104 11,962 131,649 92,349|223,998, 31,346 138,615 104,140|242,755| 19,545 145,410 105,392|250,802| 27,394 164,110 104,720 268,830| 27,664 182,633 103,064 285,697 38,162 206,042 97,616 303,658) 34,192 225,470 97,286 323,756 35,767 247,146 97,979 345,125 40,857 270,346 95,437 365,783) 55,194 306,298) 99,7091406,007) 60,252 343,701 108,856 452,557 51,921 373,699 116,026 489,725 66,637 415,654 122,290 537,944| 156,486 536,821 139,339 676,160| 224,047 703,242 172,826 876,068) 119,361 121,630 759,706 206,306 966,012| 40,148] 39,085 754,382 215,162|969,544| 2,074,843 1,397,006 ... . . . │ Disbursements. $1,072,481 55 790,384 76 1,025,139 91 4,504,616 92 8,525,153 11 13,459,996 43 18,619,956 46 24,010,981 99 28,422,884 08 27,780,811 81 33,077,383 63 30,169,341 00 29,185,289 62 30,593,749 56 29,683,116 63 28,351,599 69 28,580,157 04 26,844,415 18 33,780,526 19 57,240,540 14 50,626,538 51 54,296,280 54 60,431,972 85 57,273,536 74 65,693,706 72 64,584,270 45 74,815,486 85 79,646,146 37 89,131,968 44 106,493.890 19 118,548,959 71 141,086,948 84 158,155,342 51 140,772,163 78 11,717,275,718 20 In the total number of applications filed in 1894 are included 6,643 invalids and 15,329 widows, etc., under the act of June 27, 1890; 387 survivors and 1,139 widows of the Indian wars, and 189 Army nurses. In the number of claims allowed in 1894 are included 8,810 invalids and 16,026 widows, etc., under the act of June 27, 1890; 858 survivors and 1,998 widows of the Indian wars, and 137 Army nurses. In the number of pensioners on the roll under the heads of "invalids" and "widows, etc.." are respectively included pensioned survivors of all wars, and dependent relatives of every class. |