The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-10-23
SUMTER. S. c.. WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 23 1901.
Cosolidated Aug. 2. 1881.

SUM
the company and regiment of husband
in case of the widow. Since COM
pleting this report. find by comparl-
SON with the old records in the Office,
that some widows in their application
for a pension, have given the company
and regiment Of their husbands entire
" different from the company and
regiment given by the husband at
the time he applied for a pension,
eight or ten years ago.
When you consider that every name
in this report is the name of pension,
er whose application was examined
and approved by the pension board OF
this county, it is not surprising that a
mistake or error that escaped them,
should not be detected by the State
Board. [ hope all those interested
will furnish this department with in
formation relative to pensioners that
will tend to correct any errors or
Irregularities.
DlSIRlBOIIAON OT IGNOAoI
FUND.
The following is the number of pen
sioners in each class, the amount OF
them and the total:
Glass A. SO 1895 each s3,456. 90
Glass B, 200 (s19 so each $4,000
Glass G, No. l, 40 (s14.7o
~, oaonI o ooo fa1l IN
o.ass each y ~ . ~ a, e29. 20
otaSo each y s,o4o.5 so
sse EACH - ~ 81, 54e. 20
Total number of pension
ers, 6,503, s99, 800. 80
I again call your attention to the
fact that in distributing this money
soldier SO years OF age who was not
wounded or injured in service fares
the same as the wounded soldier, and
the widow whose husband was killed
in battle or died while in service, and
who has lost her husband within the
last two years.
/ suggest that Glass A. B, G, No. 1.
and Glass G, No. 8, receive the full
amount of their pensions, that is S96,
s4S and S36 per annum, and the other
pensioners, the soldiers over 90 years
of age who were not wounded Or injur-
ed in battle, and the widows Of those
who died since the war, share IN the
balance of the appropriation pro rata.
The result of that, with our present
roll, and 15o, 900, would be as follows:
IS Glass A, S3, 456. 90
200 Glass B, 9,60O.00
470 Glass G, No. 1 16, 92O. 90
615 Class G, No. 8 %, 140.O0
Making total of 1,321 $50, 11e. 90
Leaving s97, 1884 to be distributed
pro rata among the soldiers and widows
over 50 years old, Class G, No. 2,
3,o3e; Glass G, No. 4, 5,146; total
number, s5, 1S2-s19 each.
The first meeting of the State Board
occupied FIVE days, the time allowed by
law. For this they received 81 per
diem and five cents per mile. At this
time we were not more than half
through with the work, and it was
necessary for them to return. The
second meeting occupied several days,
and for this additional service they
were paid an amount sufficient to cover
their expenses.
The members of the State Board
have individually and collectively rem
dered me every assistance possible In
this work, not only at the regular
meetings, but at any and ali times.
Capt. Startling, the resident member
of the Board. has come to my Office
when requested, to- confer and advise
with me on questions which have
arisen. In this way he has given to
the State several days work for which
he received no compensation, and made
no charge for it.
Owing to the illness of DR.. Griffin
the surgeon of the State Pension
Board, DR.. L. K. Philpot was asked to
act in his place, and rendered service
to the Board, and very generously con-
tributed his per diem to the Confeder-
ate reunion in this city.
COPIES OF PENSION REPORT.
The public printer is authorized to
print only 600 copies of the Comptrol-
Ter Generals report, but in the case
of insurance, and it will doubtless be
the same with the pension report
LOCO copies were not more than enough
to supply the demand. I ask that you
make provision for the printing of
additional insurance and pension re-
ports. j. ?. Derham,
Comptroller General.
Ex-Offcio Chairman State Penison
Board.
Mrs. Roosevelt has selected Miss
Isabel Hagner as her social secretary,