The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-19

ak fin. Bermuda, two in the Bahamas and three in the Dutch West Indies. i,
 Tn our sister republic of Mexico there reside III drawing $16,e0o, two In little Costa Rica, one each in British Guiana, Bofivias San Salvador nnd ven- l republics with nine drawing 3s40. fol- lower by Peru, with seven, Argentine | and Honduras with six, Brazil Guat- emala and Uruguay, with four each, United States of Colombia, Nicaragua and Ecuador. with three each, and far distant Paraguay. has two.
 There are only four ex-soldiers liv- ing In Newfoundland, seven in New Zealand, and forty-three in Australia. receiving 5000. In the Netherlands. where little Queen Wtlhelmina strug- gles along with an income of several | millions, there are ten former Ameri- can soldiers who are now paid $1,S00 for disabilities contracted in the line of duty here.
 "The United States dispenses among | 4,526 pensioners residing abroad the comfortable sum of ssss:seo annualiy.iy A Large Sum Goes South. .i 'T am often asked the amount in pensions paid to former soldiers who now reside in the territory they once fought over. I figured out the amount | paid in the former slave States which seeded, and it is large. We will take the States by groups.
 Tn Virginia there are 9,647 pension CTS residing. receiving annually Sl.341,- | GOO: in North Carolina, 3,976, receiving $517 300; in South Carolina, 1.I9i, re- ceiving s226,200; in Georgia, 3.661. re- | ceiving s464. 300: in Florida, 3.074, re- | ceiving $398. 400: in Alabama. 3,6i9, re- ceiving $456, zoo; in Mississippi, 4.195. re- | ceiving $536, 400; in Louisiana, 5,55a. re- ceiving a65, 100. and in Texas S.091, re- ceiving ss9s,2 200. Tn these nine Southern States there are 42,413 pensioners. and they receive an aggregate yearly income from the Government of about $4,727.00 ,. { The Burden States. '. :. '"Of the border States, Maryland has 13.016 pensioners. who receive $1.663, 900 annually; West Virginia, 12,S94, receiv- ing s1.s50.e0o; Tennessee, 1s.241, receiv- ing $2,559,O00. and Kentucky, 27,459, re- ceiving $4.066, 900.
 I Tn the border States there reside H. 6t0 pensioners who draw $10,13S0 900, or the total sum of $14,s65, 900 is distribut- ed in the States which go to make up what is called the solid South, exclu- sive of Arkansas and Missouri, and in I Arkansas there are 10,132 pensioners who receive q. 323. 900. and in Missouri there are 53. 775. receiving $T,2A5, ,0o0.s | Tt will be seen from this compila-
 ton. which. by the way. will prove useful to Democratic members of both houses of Congress when the question of the distribution of moneys paid by the Government to old soldiers comes up, that the States forming the Con- l federacy, and the other Southern and border States which are solidly Demo- cratic, receive an annual revenue from pensions of $23, ,433, ,00o, or nearly one sixth of the entire amount. paid to 1 iSs.5se residents thereofs though Mary
 land and West Virginia may be classed I as doubtfuI politically for other put- poses than these figures. l
 The Middle States.
 "In the Middle States. New York has
 Ss. 754 pensioners, receiving $12,00O.00O
 New JerSey. 20.0ss. receiving $2,457, ,0OO;
 Connecticut, 11,731. receiving $1,372, 900. | Delaware, 2,728, receiving $38S, ,006.
 Pennsylvania ranks second in the en- tire list of States. having 103,799 pen-
 sioners within her borders, who re-
 ceive SIS, 325, 900.
 1 Rhode Island has 4.717 pensioners
 receiving $55S. 300; Massachusetts, 39.-
 10s. receiving $5,112,000; New Hamp-
 shire. 9.0SS, receiving $1,331. .0o0; Yer mont, S.3s6. receiving $1,510,O0O, and
 Maine. 20.061. receiving $2,950,000.
 The Western States.
 "Ohio is the banner State in number
 of pensioners and receipts, the former
 being 1o5,157 and the latter $15, I'll 900.
 Indiana has 672s2, receiving $f0, ,33S, 900;
 Illinois. 70. .4sf. receiving $io,272, 900;
 Michigan. A, ,2SS, receiving $6,642. 900;
 Minnesota. 16,349, receiving $2.340,0 900: Wisconsin. 27.636, receiving $4,265, 900; Iowa. 3S.043, receiving $5.2Ss,000; South Dakota, 6,044, receiving s546. 600; North Dakota. 1,S16, receiving $229. 9.9o0; Mon- tana. 1,56l, receiving $1S1 400; Idaho. 1,496. receiving $1s5,O00; Oregon. 5,297. receiving $67S,O00 Washington, 6,361.
 receiving $791, ,000 Utah, S36. receiving l q 2s 200; Wyoming, 7es receiving se7 = 9oe; California. 1S.479, receiving $2,435,- OC0: Arizona, I'll, receiving $99, 400: New Mexico. 1,792, receiving $231, 400; Indian Territory, 2.9O6, receiving $374, ,,000; Ok
 lahoma. 7.5S2, receiving $913, 100; Colo rado. 1875. receiving $913,5oO. and Ne
 vada, the least of all, having but 2S1 pensioners, who are paid $34, 800.
 Some people are inclined to overes- | innate the number of old soldiers liv- | ing in Kansas and Nebraska. In the | former State there are 41.316, receiving | $6, ,176, 900, and in the latter 15777, re- ceiving $2,5S5, 700. In the District of Columbia there are s.64s pensioners.