The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-08-04
SOUTHERN VETERANS.
NEARLY ALL THE STATES PRO-
VIDE FOR SOLDIERS.
Kentucky Is the Observation-Disclosures
and Homes Arranged for the Soldiers
and Their Widows-Loutsilna Gives
Her Public Lands. q

The great interest which Is now ex
listing III regard to the pension list OF
the government may lead to a desire |
to know what the former confederate
states are doing for the support CT
their INDECENT soldiers and their wild !
ows. / will take the southern states
in alphabetical order and give briefly j
an account of the provisions made by !
each for its soldiers, says Gen. Marcus
G. Wright in the Nashville Banner. BY /
an act Of the legislature Of Alabama of
Feb. 10, 1891, amended by a subsequent !
act Of Feb. IS, 1895, any soldier or sail |
or, being a resident ct the state, is en-
titled to receive a pension. If he has
lost an arm or leg or received such
wound In the service OF the confed-
crate states as to rende him unable
physically to procure a livelihood by
labor, or from any other cause, such
as protfaeted Illness or old age, is rem
dered Unable to make d living. Proof
OF service and inability is made before
the probate judge. of the county in
which the applicant resides. A widow
also may receive a pension whose hus- ,
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ing the war or within five years after
the close of the war, provided she has
not since remarked. Those owning
property exceeding the value of $500
or AN income Of that amount, Or wives
having a separate estate OF $500, are
no entitled to receive pensions. To
carry Olt the provisions of the law a
special tax of u of i mill On each dol
lar of taxable property is assessed and
collected as other taxes, and the total
amount thus collected is prorated
among the total number of applicants
passed upon, and 81, 200 of the tax is
set apart for blind pensioners. For the
year 1892, 1886 soldiers and widows
received $3.50 each per annum. and
thirty-eight blind. 31.57 each. In 1893
there were 5,201 pensioners, including
widows. In 1898 the number had in
! creased to 1859. For Arkansas the
provisions are very similar to those OF
Alabama and there are now 1.130 pen
sioners on the list, including widows.
: On the death of a pensioher the widow
succeeds to the pension during her wild
owhood. The amount of pensions
ranges from $25 to 500 per month per
annum, according to the disability.
Arkansas also has a home for INDECENT
and disabled confederate soldiers,
which is located at Little Rock. 1t is
supported by the state and has now in
! it thirty-fve soldiers. The Georgia
pension law is very similar to that Of
Arkansas. In 1897 there were 1881
m on the roll and the sum Of $780,
600 was paid for pensions and artificial
limbs. The laws relating to widows
are similar to those of Arkansas. Flor
ida gives pensions, averaging about
500 per annum to $50 persons and also
has a home at Jacksonville. supported
by the state, an allowance of 500 each
being given to each occupant. The
widows of confederate soldiers get $3.50
per annum, while the widow of a pen
sioner receives the sum to which the
apensioner was entitled. Louisiana
gives no pension, but furnishes artif1-
cial limbs and pays for their repair,
and has a home at New Orleans, which
is supported by the state, which nov
has 1870 inmates. The state also do
mates one-quarter section of her public
lands to any soldier making applica-
ton, or to the widow of a soldier, II
she be unmarried. Maryland grants nc
pensions, but has a home at Pikesville,
supported by the state in part and also
by private contributions. The home
now has 101 inmates. Mississippi pen
sions her confederate soldiers and their
widows and INDECENT servants Of SOL
diers. For 1897 there were on the list
4.40O pensioners, for whom SIS 900 was
appropriated. Missouri gives no pen
sions, but has a home at Higginsville,
for the support of which the state
grants $12, 900 per annum. 1t now has
1853 inmates. North Carolina gives
pensions, ranging from $25 to 500 per
: annum, to confederate soldiers and
their widows, and there are now on the
rolls 5,420 names. and the total dis
bursements for pensions since 1873
have been $836, 1856. O5. There is also
a home at Raleigh, to which the state
contributes $4,000 per annum, and the
present number of inmates is ninety
one. The legislature of South Carolina
grants pensions to INDECENT soldiers
and their widows and publishes yearly
a list of the names, residences and
, amount received and reason for grant,
ing pensions. INDECENT confederate
soldiers and their widows receive pen.
sions in Tennessee, n there is a sol
diers' home on the Hermitage lands
the former residence of Gen. Andrew
y Jackson. The legislature granted fol-
the purpose of the home ATS acres o
LAND and grants So, 800 per annum fol
. its support. There are now LOG in
mates of the home. The constitution
of the state of Texas prohibits the
legislature from granting pensions, bu
there was established by private sub
4 scription a home at Austin in 1884, bu
in 1891 the legislature assumed contro
8 and has since made liberal provision
for the home. 1t now has 1876 inmates
Virginia provides liberal pensions fol
e her INDECENT confederate soldiers AM
their widows and has a fine home a
/ Richmond under control of Lee Camp
Confederate Veterans, with 242 in
mates. 1t will be seen that all of tn,
southern states provide either pensions
or homes land some BOTH for thei
soldiers, except the state of Kentucky
j., AS a general rule the execution of tn,
= pension business is left to the count,
officers, and there is very small expense