![]() ![]() The cards were microfilmed and published by the National Archives as microfilm publication M850, consisting of 2539 rolls of microfilm. The bureau then recorded payments on a new, monthly payment card. In 1907, the method was changed to a card system and basic information for active pensioners was transferred from the payment books to the payment cards.Ī major change in the form of the card occurred in 1923, when the payment was made monthly instead of quarterly. Until about the middle of 1909, records of pension payments were kept in pension agency payment books. The cards record payments made to Army and Navy invalids who were members of the regular military, and to their widows. The Bureau of Pensions and Veterans Administration created the cards to record pension payments made between 19. There are approximately two million cards, 5 inches by 8 inches in size. ![]()
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