The  Chairman.  About  how  much  pension  money  is  there  there
now  Iwlonging  to  everybody?

Mr.  FiNOTTi.  Well,  T should  say,  since  the  act  of  February  20  went
in  force,  there  is  somewhere  in  the  neighborhood  of  between  $70,000
and  $80,000  been  drawn.  What  was  drawn  before  that  under  the
act  of  August  7,  1882,  has  already  gone  into  the  fund  toward  the  sup-
port of  the  hospital,  so  you  can't  count  that.  I  don't  know  what  that
amounts  to.  1  should  say  there  is  anywhere  between  $20,000  and
$30.000 — may  be  $40,000-^that  belongs'  to  the  pensioners,  that  was
drawn  on  the  superintendent's  certificate  that  they  were  mentally
competent  at  the  time  to  execute  their  vouchers.  That  was  before
the  act  of  February  20  went  in  force.  They  drew  that  themselves,
and  that  money  is  there  to  their  credit — no  longer  pension  money.
The  Chahiman.  If  a  pensioner  dies  and  leaves  a  widow  or  minor
children  or  a  father  or  mother,  the  balance  to  his  credit  after  paymj
his  funeral  expenses,  if  he  is  buried  in  Arlington,  goes  to  that  family

Mr.  FiNom.  Yes,  sir.
The  Chairman.  But  if  he  has  not  as  near  relatives  as  that,  it  goes
to  the  general  fund  of  the  hospital;  is  that  it?


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Mr.  FiNOTTi.  Exactly.
The  Chaibman.  How  do  you  get  paid;  I  mean  is  your  salary
charged  to  the  hospital  fund,  or  do  you  get  paid  directly  as  an  officer
of  the  Government?

Mr.  FiNOTTi.  To  the  hospital  fund — ^general  appropriation.
The  Chairman.  What  do  you  get?

Mr.  FiNom.  $1,200.
