The news & observer., 1897-03-12
No Money Appropriated for Old
Soldiers.
NOR FOR SOLDIERS HOME
THE BILL WAS DULY PASSED
BUT NEVER RATIFIED.
L,gur.aov. REYNOLDS EXPLAINS
VIII the Old Appropriation for the
Soldiers Home be Continued
for the Next Two
Years2

everybody else, III was Ine olu soadleiS
who Jared the worst at its hands.
Not an old soldier or widow in the
State was put ON the pension roll, and
what is worse no appropriation was made
for the Soldiers Home in this city.
It was intended to be done, but it was
not done. The bill was drawn, passed in
both Houses, engrossed and sent back for
ratification but it was never ratified. 1t
received the Speakers signature, but,
either through ignorance, incompetence or
negligence more probably the latter, it
was never signed by the President of
the Senate.
This bill is known as the omnibus pen
sion hill and is Senate bill 1,414 and
House bill 1878. 1t provides for putting
1874 old soldiers and 16 widows on the
pension roll and appropriates $500 for
the support and maintenance of the
Soldiers Home. OF the old soldiers put
om the pension roll IL are of the 1st class
1854 a Year,; 50 of the End class (S4S): 81
of the 3rd class ($32), and 24 of the 4th
class lS16) OF the Is widows / is of the
md class (S4S), and the other ID of the
4th class (S16)
This makes for old soldiers 1882 and
for widows $2S. Or total appropriation
of S5,6S0 To this is to be added the
$500 for the Soldiers Home, making
total annual appropriation of S14, ,1S0.
But, of course, without the signature
of the presiding officers of both Houses
the bill is not worth the paper it is written
on. The Supreme court has already.
many years ago, decided this point.
OF course some means will be devised
to keep the inmates of the Soldiers Home
from suffering because of this oversight,
but that makes the negligence none the
less inexcusable Mr.. w. G. Stronach,
Superintendent Of the Soldiers Home,
said last night he thought the old appro-
priation Of $500 made by the Legisla
ture of 1895 would still be in force, no
new appropriation having been made.
State Treasurer Worth agreed with this
view of the matter. At amy rate some
means will be devised to keep the old
heroes of the late war from suffering.
Liaut-G0Y Reynolds when asked why
he failed to sign the bin said it was SIM
ply an oversight and one that he re-
gretted exceedingly.
1.-THE bil," he said, with the Speaker
signature, was brought IN with a lot of
other bills | was In the act of signing
it and had announced it signed when
Senator Ornlsby, of Forsyth, called at
tantion to an error IN the bill-a man
from his county was put down in the 4th
classe when he should have been in the
1st The bill was taken to the House
for correction. When it was brought
back, put it at its proper place among
the other signed bills, thinking | had also
signed. il"
The unsigned and worthless bill is as
follows
An act to include in one bill the names
of all the x-Confederate soldiers entitled
to pensions, as reported by the commit
tee on Pensions and Soldiers Home
The General Assembly of North Caro-
lima do enact:
Section l. That the names of the fol-
lowing ex-Confederate soldiers and wild
ows be placed ON the pension rolls of this
State. ard that the State Auditor be
and he is hereby authorized and in
structed to draw his warrant on the
Treasurer of the State in favor of and
for the amount due each soldier and
widow, under the class in which they
are hereby enrolled, and that he forward
said warrant to the soldier or widow at
the same time that the pension warrants
are annually sent out
Ackerman, G. T., 4th class, Sampson.
Alphin, Lowman, 2, Onslow.
Adkins, /. A., 2, Yancey.
Alexander, b. ", ,, Tyrrell.
Alexander, w W., /, Tyrrell.
Allen, Joseph, 3. Rockingham
Bailey, Daniel, 4, Moore.
Basnight, Thomas, >, Tyrrell
Ballard J. NJ, 3, Harnett
Barnes, Bryant, ,. Wilson.
Beam, A. r., 3, Cleveland.
Beam, j. Hill, ], Cleveland.
Bowman, Wilson, ,, Alexander.
Blake, Matthias, 3, Hyde
Brown, James, >, Martin.
Brown, Thomas, ,, Gates.
Bryson, A. W., 3, Jackson.
Buchanan, Alex, 2, Mitchell.
Butler Thomas A, 2 Buncombe
Cahoon, Stanley T., 2, Tyrrell.
Calder, James, 3, Cumberland.
Chambers, Thomas, 4, Dayie.
Chngman, Gen. Thos. L., ], Yadkin.
Colston, w. G., 2, Tyrrell.
Combs, Alb A., 2, Tyrrell.
Corwin, VIM T., 3, Rockingham.
Cox, Jas. H., 3, Forsyth.
Crawford, Joseph A., i, Jackson.
Critz, p. S., 2, Yancey.
Crowell, William f.. 3, Stanley.
Deyton, ID. NJ, 3, Yancey.
Dills, Marion, 2, Jackson.
Duncan, George, 3, Person.
Eller, Calvin, 3. Ashe.
Eller Milton, 4, Wilkes.
lIhRObL, alsI., -, IyTESI-
Foster, Benjamin, 3, Davie.
Foster, T. A., 4, Wilkes.
Fox, David, !, Alexander
Garner, William, 3, Moore.
Gattis, w. A., 3, Wake
Gibson, VIM, 2, Tyrrel
Godfrey, Pleasant G., 2, Richmond.
Goodwin, J. NJ, /, Wake.
Grady, George w, ?, Wake.
Grady, I. j., 4, Wake
Greinstaff, Peter, 2, Mitchell.
Haddock, Benbow 4, Pitt.
Hare, Daniel, 2 Harnett.
Harper Robert H., O. Halifax.
Hassel. Calvin, 2 Tyrrell.
Hewett, Stephen H., /, Brunswick.
Hileman, Thomas, T. Yancey.
Hodges, Larkin, g. Brunswick
Hooker, James f., 3, Surry.
Holt Archibald, 2, Halifax.
Hopkins, Jo., 2 TyrreI