The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1879-06-05
WHAT WARS COST.
The Money Paid Ont by the Government to Pen
er slOners. .,, #

ney proportionately in the aggregate, and
in all ways to its soldiers and sailors and
their heirs, than any other government
on the face of the earth. Since the for
nation of the Government it has paid
directly as pensions $685. S6S 1921 OF
this amount $355, ,4S0 .664 have been paid
since 1854, or for the soldiers and sailors
of the late war. Since 1868 the annual
pension bill has averaged $4,000, 600
On top of all this, last March there was
an appropriation of $25 100000 for the
arrearages Of pensions to soldiers on the
rolls who have been taking the $50 OOOO,.
600 each year. There have been filed in
the Pension Office 56 200 claims by pen
sioners already on the rolls for the bene.
6t of the arrearages act, Under the same
act, thousands of claims Of persons never
before on the pension rolls are coming
in, and they will have to beprovided for
that is, those who can make out good
case. For instance, a man who lost fin
gerand never before thought it worth
while to get pension of two or three
dollars month, now he comes ia be-
cause his arrearages would give him
three or four hundred dollars at once
There were on the rolls last year 206 $50
army pensioners and3 .Si6 navy pension.
ers. Besides these were 10 407 pension.
ers and 9725 heirs of pensioners of the
war Of 1872 each pensioner drawing
eight dollars a month. 1t is estimated
that for the 2O9.S68 pensioners on the
rolls for the civil war, it will require
the $25 900 900 appropriation to pay the
arrearages of those who did not begin
drawing pension at the date of disahil-
ity, as the new law now provides they
ought to have done. These cases are be-
ing adjudlcated very rapidly at the De.
partment, in fact much quicker than the
certificates are being issued, as the Sec
retary of the Treasury says be can only
pay about 100000 a month. The first
certificate issued was April 23. and up to
last Saturday night 2397 had been is
sued, calling for ST. 594 OIL so. When the
certificate is issued it IL sent to the Pen.
sion Agent in the district of the pension.
er and a notice forwarded to the pen.
sioner that on application to that agency
he can get his certificate and what it
calls for. The certificates are not beiug
issued in the order of the receipt of ap.
plications, because all the first appliCa.
tions came from the immediate vicinity
Of Washington. They are therefore sent
to agencies in proportion to their lists of
pensioners. Up to last Saturday there
we're issued to the different agencies as
follows; ...u..
Boston, within round numbers 16 500
pensioners in is agency district, come
prising Massachusetts, Connecticut and
Rhode Island, 169 certificates for $780,
27379.
Canandaigua, New York, with 10 900
pensioners in district comprising all of
the State excapt New York city, 1853 GER.
ti6cates for $50 9l4 AS
Chicago, with II 900 pensioners for
district ofthe STATE Of illinois, 2l2 Certifi
Gates for $147 694 57
Columbus, with 20400 pensioners for
district of the Safe Of Ohio, 24l certifi.
Gates, SAL 8Sl &c.
Concord, with 16 500 pensioners for
district of New Hampshire, Maine and
Vermont 1853 certifi ;ates for Sl05 359 AZ.
Des Moines, with 1000 pensioners for
district of Iowa and Nebraska, l2O GER
tiff ,ates, $40 52957.
Detroit. with 10 700 pensioners for dis. |
tTiCt of Michigan, l20 certificates $S3,.
1888 SO.
indianapolis, with $4,000 pensioners
for district Of Indiana, 1853 certificates,
$10l 1852.
Knoxville, with 5000 pensioners for
district of Virginia, West Virginia North |
Carolina, Tennessee, and, now that it |
does the work for the New Orleans Office |
also. the States of Arkansas, Mississippi, |
Louisiana, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, |
south Carolina and the Indian Territory, |
AZ certifC .tes, S24 242 34
The New Orleans agency had to be |
given up because no agent could be Sc.
cured. Que gave fictitious bonds, two or |
three others we're alawags, and the
Office was abandoned lrf .u,.
Louisville, with 5 300 pensioners for the
district Of Kentucky, 48 certid lates,
$33 200 73.
Milwaukee, with 8 400 pensioners for
the district Of Wisconsin, Minnesota and
the Territories of Dakota, Montana and
Wyoming, l2O certificates $78 39S 26.
New YORK city, with 1880 pensioners,
all in the city aud immediate neighhor.
hood of the city, l45 certificates, $lO5,.
64335.
Philadelphia, with IA 700 pensioners,
district comprising the eastern part OF
P+nnsylyania, l6S certificates, $ll2,-
496 80 ' ,a
Pittsburgh, withll 900 pensioners, for
the diatfict of Psnnsylvania, l23 cer:if
Gates, S76,7i6 SO. 55e
St. LJnls, with IL 1853 pensioners, for
the district Of Missouri, X snsas, Color
ado and New Mexico, ia certificates,
$S1 ,848 88.
Washington, with 5000 pensioners,
for the district of New Jersey. Delaware
Maryland, the D strict of Columbia and
all national homes and foreign pension.
ers, 236 certificates, Sl60 3l226.
Oi course it does not folio thatall the
pensioners on the rolls at these points
get arrears, for, out Of over 5000 600 PEN
sioners, it is estimated that only about
As 600 are entitled TO arrears. The San
Francisco agency has only 400 DIN it's
rolls for the district of CalifJrnia, Nsv4-
de, Oregon, Idaho Washington Territory,
Arizona .and U ah, and 90 few arrears for
this district have SeenialloWed that no
certificates have been sent out. ~ &