Litchfield enquirer., 1832-02-23

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 seek, Itom the iIoh. Samuel A. Foot. pfin- [ tea lSFy of llspsst from ths Committee on Pepsidns, .si6 Nhlek was referred biIl sup n,em.ufsit fS l|,e sci lor Shs fslIsf of certain
 officers . 6a egldirss q lke Rsgolullan's -frOm ,n6iclr-ws make ihs fGllaNiSg skttaets A
 }. ss nh biIl proposes b grant apauiIies to ihsfsfllienl ef the evolutionary arm who have nevef received any portion of favor. Iib- rFalifv bounty Or pensinn. fnr their arduOus SeFsieeS. and eesefe suEEerings, in the struggle afos our independence. S' e I ' The nEls bf l8le-s9o. and '2S, embraced all who hnd served niDe mcnths or longer on .ihe tS6tinrntal Establishment, pnder'One en- lislmepfs and who were inaslich reduced cir- cunistances ae .p need the aid of their cOun- err for suppOFts The construction generally Sisetl tn lie act Of sf8. was, that it was de- Sienpd fN provide fSt aII who had served nine months iii ilie cda.linental arny wllether tiaf serviee wKs continuous 0rnOt, whethernn1 eonginental establishment. state troops, vol. nsstecrs or uSiliiia. This will account fnr the xast nnnsles of applications tp Ahe depart aient f0 he he placed upon tite roll, and proves 1nnsi cpnNinsively. that almost thes whole ahumbeE of the surviyoFs of that arniy did make application under that act. By re- turns reeeisEd from The department, tt ap- pears thas the wt.ole number ot applicants amsoGnte6s so sS, ,5l 5, 0f which number 2O,3s4 have been placed on the roll under the act 1f fBig: of thisnnmber9O 900 have been rejected .because their sersiee was,not on scOntinental 4elablishment. at1e Ofcourse must have been Statc sfdols, yoliinteers or miDitia.''
 s s. H appears that the whole number of troops of every description in the service dn-. ring the war, anOuntcd to S47, ,7S0 men and
 lsv reference t0 The tables showing the expec-s astiou ofalife, as calculated by Professor Wig elesworth, it will be found that the result wiil
 correspond very nearly with that estimate ;l 2 thats6f the whole number employed, 10 per
 cent. only could have been living in the yeafs 1878, hich would leave of the survivors of' E the army, .s4 ITS and the difference between the numbersof applicants SS,5f5, and the ss suuspbcr as estimated by the annuity tables, { leaves n balance of only ,956 who did not ap- piy under that act. -ssa ..' oaF " s7'g slsy
 By 4uriher examination of those tables, it
 will appear that, in 1923, the dccrement of human life, founded on the tablesof expecta- silUn, before referred t0,s is such as to show that 90 per cent, or at least one half, must be dsducted; leaving of the whole number Of suryivors, l7,886 But an estimate was made hy inc dspaftment. that tho surviyOfsin 1896, wnuld nOt exceed l8, 900. Their average age nt lhis tine, cannot, 1t i'd helieye be less than
 74 wears, and probably 75 theif decrement \ for six years, according to Rankin or Minors tables, would reduce their present number to about n ,5OO. The number now on the list,
 blythe reinrns from the depaffments is n ,896, aiad on the invalid rolls, S.86as and under the arf of 18th May. I s28. tO which fhiss is supplementary. $50; but from this nsinaber should he deducted those who hare not made application for their money, and may there { fore be supposed 10 be dead. By a letter < from the Rd Auditor, Of January z, l8S2, is npneara that the nu0nfer ..siinpaid and uns claimed ots the 4th March,: i8a8, is 1 ,996 :; and of those on the list pu the 4thsof. March, < 1880. 9,lS7.s which should he deducted; ; sanfl stiiis nlinEer atded to the nnHaber of Gthoae ssricken from The list, whose. deaths kkve been annOiincpd to the. department, and 1. which are estimated by J. L. Edwards Oft the Ptnson Office, 1t about 400 anaually," will give ths msausher If deaths Of sall those who
 have been or the roll, aud will leave at the spreaentfim to be provided fer hYs aslprapria- ! ton for res esolutionafy peAs90ns, only xa. 75e
 and accNFdipR tps the ssstjnsaie of q 100 per } man, including aficess,' n made by the de
 partn,ent. will reduce the sam required for 7. t09e pAy 8Mcte VCu3lOuS SSfs1bUe Oai- aculalious made by the tables will show very
 nearly the same result. Mr. Edwards. of lhe
 Pension Office. ina letter of the l6th instant. says. Mmy ynpjni0n is, that the number of 3
 n0nihs men, of the continental army. now
 alive, does not exceed 1000 !; apd thuse who serged less than 9 months and more than
 months. wonidnot exceed that number" Al though tho committee arc of 0piniou that sfhis number win not he found Rsing, by any
 ealculaii0ns they have made. still lhsy are
 dispnseA to ass,ima tho nUmber in preference
 so any they could fix by calculation, eoming
 as ig d0es if0us tue department which has the
 bess means of making the estimate. N
 The eOmmittee, from all the documents and other iAtoFnaation which they have been ahle to obtain, present tho following estimate
 of rho number which will he embraced hy the
 hiil uhdsr eonsideration. and the amount of appfopsiation neecssary 10 meet the expendi-
 From statement No. |. Iit wil be perceived x ikat tka nuinber Of militia. &c. is estimated .at Fl t.al4. By making the same allowan- Scss and eslinnatea which were made In rela-
 tim lo fhc whole number, cay 10 peF cent. in
 teta, ll,e resnlt would be that, Of thSs whole AsRAmber tU 1873. il,5ot remained deduct
 Ohe hhlf ,eS 30 per eent.,g leaves z, ,ss s3; which
 very nearly cofyespepds win tho relative
 psnpnssion at present on the pension list.9
 VI This hilt enpbracea no new principle. OK.