The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-09-28
SOUTHERN PENSIONERS.

Other Southern States Will Follow Missis-
sippi in Revising the Lists and Payments.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 23.-The clause in the
Louisiana State Constitution which refers to
future provision for the veteran soldiers OF that
State who participated in the civil war is Arti-
Gle 302. 1t provides that the Soldiers Home OF
the State OF Louisiana, known as Camp Mich
oils. shall be maintained by an appropriation
each year. based upon the number OF inmates
on April !, OF $3.50 per capita for the mainte-
nance and clothing OF such inmates. OF which
81 per month shall be allowed to each inmate
for his personal use. Moreover. a pension
not to exceed So per month shall be al
lowed to each Confederate soldier or sailor
veteran who possesses all OF the following
qualifications: /. He shall have served hon
orably from the date OF his enlistment until the
close OF the late civil war or until he was dis
charged or paroled. II. He shall be in INDECENT
circumstances. and unable to earn a livelihood
by his own labor or skill. III. He shall not be
salaried or otherwise provided for by the State
Of Louisiana or by any other State or Govern
ment. In case he enlisted in any organization
mustered into said service as q Louisiana or
Ranization. or in case at the date OF his enlist
ment he resided in the State OF Louisiana,
he shall have resided In that State for at
least five years prior to his application
than in that State. and enlisted in. an organiza-
ton not mustered in from Louisiana orin the
R TesiSe % IN int th HGns sfate for s st least e9 fi sesIl y nsEs
ike pension shall be granted to the widow.
circumstances. OF any soldier or sailor who.
having entered the service OF the. Confederate
prior to June l. 1855. from wounds received or
discase contracted IN g%ervice.
from making provisions for those who served
In the militia. as did the soldiers. who enlisted
sions from these States and not from the Gov
sTRSTe are in the States of tho South some
3 S9'G 980 S66 coIIast IT ysiH In e%Gh yeSE r aR9Tt
North Carolina and South csrolips sppropriate
each about the same sum %ahnnnally for pension
Is sP %acn il sfSsT IN inc A HS%Gsa Of th snsh i P%'e sitRss
ern states which make provision for their
which has more than 10000: Alabama. which
has LOO; South Carolina: Which, has 400;
Xxx kansas ss., lao: j FI HsdIis ! 6 "a @ end TIsna.ssssss.
Grams In the soldiers homes or. public %institu-
tions. Kentucky. MARYLAND and Texas are the
for their Coniederate veterans. the. number Of
which. especially in Texas. is considerable
the sfsS tnte " n Si ss iss sGSg has hesG tnEe6 the IN T% initja sGM;
in a movement for a revision Of the pension
rolls to Southern veterans by radically reduc-
ing their number and thereby increasing the
sum payable to each. Other Southern States
arc preparing to follow. the demand in many
Of them for such revision having been urgent
for sonnet time past In consequence OF the burden
now imposed by such annual expenditures.
1t Is n fact not generally known that though
the enlistments In the Northern army IN South
ern States. and particularly In the Gulf States.
were few In number, the payment OF Federal
pensions from Washington to residents Qf these
States Is considerable. Thus in Texas, which
was the State In which hoStilities were lonReat
protracted and In which. according to the fig
ures OF tho War Department. the total number
OF Union troops enlisted was ]. 1865. there are
now S.155 pensioners. who receive more thar
81 .000. 600 In pensions In n year from the
Treasury. In Mississippi there were during
the civil war 545 enlistments Of Mississippi
soldiers In the Union army. but tho mansion
payments to that state now aggregate S546.OOO
annually.
prosperous OF the Southern States In its
financial arrangements. pnys the largest sum
to Confederate veterans. The disSimllarity OF
the systems under which pension payments
are apportioned-a fixed charge covering each
case. in the North. and n gross sum 70 be after
ward subdivided in the SOuthern S~tates-has
already been alluded to. 1t is a curious mani
festation Of the course. of Legislation that
Mississippi. Louisiana and South Carolina, the
States in the South which have restricted, by
constitutional amendment to the smallest
possible limits admission to, and retention OF.
the electoral franchise, should be the ones. to
take tho lead in curtailing the State pension