Telegram-herald., 1890-02-28
SERVICE PENSIONS
Interesting Facts and Figures
90 the War Suryivorx
uHar VETERANS REALLY ASK.

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risfng have power - thnl the nerves.
A column Of mere nzvuess dnil, oold ng
Hres. setting forth IDS sniistEnsnss under
each call, y Ia Itself al epic poem The
Rood Of wounds and deaths loses none
u - potency by familiarity. And ali
over the country the veteran survivors
ara calling attention 70 the tact thar their
nme - sbazt and thai justice mach
hng-r delayed vii De justice leat forever
zndons.
The svxrag- age II the veterans is nov
f1fty ysa<ss ths average age az which
they have 80 far died Is hfty-siI ysa<s-
an omIno-ls facs, most Suggestive re-
zztnder. n wa perhaps the Youngest
great army ever enrolled. and thoagh
she average Of life was greatly shortened
BY Eh< hardships Il service. yea she ''ifs
expectancy" of sound Iaen - the age
q snlis<msnt u 50 great that tbexe ~
sCin an army Of survivors But IL Is an
army thai u now losing numbers a. fast
40 II an active campaign were in prog
ress- In view Of the petitions recently
laid before congress. the action Of that
BODY and rs evident attitude OF waiting
on pablo opinion, rhs Is surely an ap-
prOprlate time 20 recall some facts in the
great struggle.
April Is, 1851, President Lincoln Is
sued his first '-call'-for "a. 900 men for
three months. The country sprang 70
arms, and 81 .Sl6 men were enrolled and
sworn In before the order could 90 out
% stop enlistments under that call. May
81 the president issued another call and
congress followed with the acts OF July
p and IS. making the total called for
so. 900. In response 657, S63 enlisted for
three years, 50, $50 were taken for two
years. 9,147 for one year and 2.715 for
SIX months; total. 700, $50 men!
La May and June. 1862, 15,007 men
were accepted for three months. July
?, 1852, there was a call for 500 900
men for three years, and 421, 4S5 were
furnished. Aug. 4. 1852. there was
demand for 30 600 men for nine
months and s7.5SS were supplied. By
the result OF these two calls the extra
ordinary fact was shown that over f20,-
600 men (the excess over the call of July
p had enlisted for three years rather
than take the mere chance of being
drafted for nine months. June f5, 1868,
nx months militia were called zAr and
10, ,36l furnished. Oct. Il, 1883, and Feb.
l. 1864. call and supplementary quota
were issued for 500, 900 men for three
years, and 379. 800 men were furnished.
March IA, 1864, 200, 900 for three years
were called for, and 292, 1913 were fur
nished Between April % and July Is.
that year. s3,6l2 hundred days men"
were accepted. July rs, 1864, SOC, 900
for three years were called, and $50, ,46l
enlisted Dec. 10, 1864, came the last
call for 800, 900 more" 212. .2f2 had been
sworn in, and 300, 600 more, as estimated,
were In process Of preliminary orgsni-
zation. when the glad word went forth
that the demand for soldiers had ceased.
During the same years the territories,
Indian nations, states in rebellion and
other sections not legally required To do
80 voluntarily furnished 1925 men.
In the regular army there enlisted in the
four years g., 900 men The total num-
Der of oolored troops was 1S6,097. And
il Is further estimated that nearly one
million more men were under arms for
periods OF few days or weeks, as the
10000 10 Indiana and "a many In Ohio
during the Morgan raid, the Home
Guards Of Kentucky, Missouri and Kan
sas. the volunteers against the Indians,
the militia Of New York and Pennsyl-
vania in July. 1888. and many others
HOW MANY STILL SURVIVE
No powers Of rhetoric could heixhten
the vivid coloring Of these facts and fig
ures. The total of enlistment in all arms
Of the service for all terms is set at
{. $50. .f32. Reduced TO a uniform three
years standard. the aggregate is 2,s20,
%. The largest state supply, Of course.
was from New York-294 regiments. IS
batteries and Is detached companies,
with recruits at various times for all,
making 467. .O47 men. The smallest of
any loyal state was from Nevada, go
usn-yet Nevada supplied IS no per
csux of her total population and New
York bat te Per cent The largest per
cent Of the total population was by Kan
sAs-fs $40 per osnk-ani it ~ believed
thai Kssnsas now contains the largest per
cent Of veterans. The smallest per
cents were. as a rule. from states where
there Is a large exness Of women, and
wee verso. and with very rare and lo-
caTly Hmieed exceptions it appears that
s~sry district of the loyal states furnished
ssJnost exactly the same per cent Of IL
abe bodied men
No~ 70 determine the ratio of surviv-
cs q r. important u inq'1irs bow many
81 the, $50. 80 excluding re-enllstmentsl
-ers actual men Exsctness - not poe
ssble. but a pretfy closs approximation
rlaT -. made. OF the short term men ot
sss1 Il = oertssn that nrDe ont II ten -
asr1sst--i. OF tlc~e bf tss2 e II estimated
tasas four ifths did -. And II the "i0o
DAYS men and other short tsrmers OF
1SSs AMI fes4. local tsstS Indicate tba;
from one-third - ore-hslf had previous
~ ssrvpf m three vsaT regiments. while
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