{"value"=>"<p>Record of applications for pensions by widows, as well as by the dependent mothers of deceased soldiers, by guardians on behalf of minor children, and orphan sisters under 16 years of age. Entries are arranged alphabetically by first letter of claimant’s surname and are in rough chronological order within by date received in ANCA office. Entries include claimant name, soldier name (below claimant name), rank, company, regiment, service (branch), by whom forwarded (claimant or local agent), date of reception (receipt), date of filing (the claim by ANCA), post office address of applicant, pension certificate date of forwarding, rate of pension, and U.S. Pension Office number (the application number; called “department number” on ANCA claim jackets). Remarks include notations about progress of claim applications. The application number assigned to the claim by ANCA's central office (\"office number\" on ANCA claim jackets) appears in black ink in the far left-hand column of each two-page spread. Below it, in red ink, is the number assigned to the application by the local agent who first handled it.</p>"}