Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-05-03
Trickles a Golden Stream From the
Treasury.
ONE-SIXFH GOES into THE SOUTH
How and Where the Government
Distributes Pensions.
A r CTIC TO ANITA RCTIC

the region of arctic Ice SHOWS and polar
bears to the hot. fcver-infected jungles of
the tropical islands OF the Indian ocean
and the depths of dark equatorial Africa,
that greater or lesser golden streams from
the Washington Golfers of Uncle Sam. at
10th street and Pennsylvania avenue, do
not flow to some who having served
his honored flag the field of battle. Is
today remembered by his grateful coun-
try" said pension office official.
Il will wager anybody even-money
bet that he cannot offhand give the loca
tion of the Seychelles Islands; yet there
are two United States pensioners residing
I'm these unhealthy. hot. tropical islands in
the far-off Indian ocean who draw S252 an
nually from this government. On the Is
land of Mauritius of which the Seychelles
Islands a dependency. is another pen
siOner. who draws S96 while in the Comoro
Islands. which are situated in the Mozam
bique channel. between the coast of Africa
and Madagascar. a long ways from the PEN
sion office, sl2U annually is drawn by
pensioner.
ITO the rock Of St Helena, where Ma
poleon died go S144 to man. Ten men.
I'm the republic of Liberia spend there
s1-4s4. while in Sierra Leone. the British
possession adjoining Liberia on the north.
now lives one pensioner who is given $50
Portuguese East Africa and the Transvaal
each have one resident pensioner, making
q total of thirteen in Africa.
To the lagOOnS and canals of Bangkok.
the capital of Siam. go So to two eX-SOl-
diers. while six. drawing 1894, reside in
India. Continuing our travels to China.
we will leave S3.237 to be distributed among
twenty. At Yokohama for the nine resid-
Ing in the land of the chrysanthemum we
will deposit s1,0D. We will then set sail
for Honolulu. where forty-eight reside,
drawing $3.50.
Over a Thousand in Europe.
Since all eyes are centered on Russia 1t
will be of interest to know that nine pen
sioners of the United States reside within
the cars domains and annually change
1850 American dollars into rubles. Ger
many has more disabled United States SOL
diers than any other continental country,
for SO. drawing $4,000, live where En-
peror William rules. In France there are
Seventy-two. drawing 10000, in Greece
there are five. drawing $40: In Austria
there are thirty-six. drawing 5000. In
Italy there are thirtythree. drawing s4.650:
in Portugal. six receive SS48: in Belgium
there are fifteen, receiving $500. while lit
tie Switzerland comes In with sixty-nine.
receiving S91no and Sweden has fifty,
drawing s. 900.
over 100000 goes to Ireland annually. as
there are APT residents of the emerald isle
who disabled in the civil war. In
England there are 32S. drawing Si6.50: 1O2
In Scotland. drawing $1,000. in Wales.
thirteen receiving s1.40O, and there is one
solitary man on the Isle of Man, who gets
So
Under the star and crescent seven resi-
dents of the sultan's possessions receive
81 900. Spain shows her good Will by al
lowing us to pay sS:4 to seven pensioners
there Among the fjords of far-away Nor
way forty-two men are 81. 400 better on Tor
having once shouldered gun for us. One
pensioner resides within sight of the prya-
mids of Egypt. In little Denmark there
are twenty-seven, who get $500 year:
On the British fortress-island of Malta, In
the Mediterranean, So go to two pension
ers and ST20 is drawn by five in the balmy
Madeira Islands, One lonely man on the
Island of Cypress Is cheered by the receipt
of ST. a year. and there are three in the
Azores Islands.
Two Regiments In Canada.
Nearly two full regiments or 22l9 of
former United States soldiers. live in Can
ada and they draw the neat aggregate sum
Of S3l2.90O every year Fifty five more live
In Cuba and paid $500 There are
twelve in Porto Rico receiving $1,000. and
nine in the Philippines receiving sl26O
Scattered throughout the different islands
of the West Indies there are thirteen more
who are paid $1,000 annually. There are
also two In the Danish West Indies. six
in Bermuda. two in the Bahamas and three
in the Dutch West Indies.
in our sister republic of Mexico there
reside III drawing s13.6S. two in little
Costa Rica, one each in British Guiana
Bolivia. San Salvador and Venezuela. Chile
leads the South American republics with
nine drawing $50. followed by Peru. with
seven. Argentine and Honduras with
Brazil. Guatemala and Uruguay, with four
each United States of Colombia Mica
ragua and Ecuador, with three EACH and
far distant Paraguay has two
There only four ex-soldiers living
In Newfoundland, seven in New Zealand
and fOrty-three in Australia, receiving
5000. In the Netherlands. where little
Queen Wnhelmina struggles along with
an income Of several millions. there are ten
former American soldiers who now
paid 81 $40 for disabilities contracted in the
line of duty here.
The United States dlspenses among
4.I26 pensioners residing abroad the COM
Portable sum of $3.50. SO annually.
Large sum Goes South
Il am often asked the amount in len
siOus paid to former soldiers who now
side in the territory they once fought over
1 figured out the amount paid in the for
mer slave states which seeded. and 1t Is
large. We will take the states by groups.
''In Virginia there 964T pensioners re-
siding, receiving annually sl.34l .0Oo; in
North Carolina 1896. receiving s5l7 800: in
South Carolina. l.T9i. receiving s228 30;
In Georgia. 1851. receiving i6i0OO; In
Florida 3.OTi receiving 1898. 400: In Ala
i;aIna. 3.8i9. receiving S4J6. 100; in Missis-
sippi. il95. receiving s5lS6. 100; in Louis
lana. 5J,59 receiving SI65, 700, and in Texas
S!o9l receiving $99S. 100.
In these nine southern states there are
A. III: pensioners. and they receive ag-
Er"gate yearly income from the government
of about S4,72I.O0
The Border States.
of the border states, Maryland has
130f6 pensioners. who receive 81, GfS 900 an
nuaIly; West Virginia, 12.s4. receiving
81 $1,000. Tennessee. Is. 241, receiving 81 559-
Opp. and Kentucky. -. i59. receiving 81 OG6-
o.
I'm the border states there reside 1910
pensioners who draw so. $4,000, or the
total sum of 81 $500 is distributed in the
states which go To make up what Is called
the solid south. exclusive Of Arkansas and
Missouri and in Arkansas there are 10 49,
pensioners who receive 81 ,:S.gS 90 and in
Missouri there are 53 no receiving s7245-
pUJ
1T will be seen from this compilation
which by the way. will prove useful to
democratic members OF both houses of
Congress when the question of the distri-
button of moneys paid by the government