The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-04-09
PENSION MONEY.
How Much Of It Goes to Each Of
the States.
THE NUMBER OF PENSIONERS

In Each State. Pennsylvania Leads,
Ohio a Close Second and
New York a Good
Third.
A lively pension debate in the
house over some special bill for the re-
lief Of a claimant whose application
has been adversely reported upon in
regular course will cause the sparks of
oratory to fly across the chamber like
those from the redhot iron upon the
blacksmith's anvil, and will mix things
up among the members from the diff
ferent sections Of the country as quick
ly as a good fistic contest in the roped
arena.
THE memory of some of the repre-
sentatives as to the distribution of the
annual appropriation for pensions for
which they vote is often out Of plumb
with the record and facts" said pen
sion official to Star reporter. In
short, this point is one with which not
many are familiar, as, for instance,
few outside of those in the pension
office who have this particular work to
do know the amount Of money dis
burSed in pensions as close at home as
the District of Columbia, and the num-
ber of pensioners residing therein.
THE amount of pension money dis
tributed in the District last year was
l,3e2,O0O, among Sill former SOL
diers, while in the state of Maryland
it was 81, 70S,300, distributed among
13,067 pensioners.
THE two states leading in the num-
Der of pensioners residing therein, and
the total amount they receive, are
Pennsylvania, with 104, $40 former
soldiers, receiving Sl3,37S,37l, and
Ohio with 104, ,30l, CT only II less than
the keystone state, and receiving sl5.-
21I,127, or nearly s2,000,000 more in
the aggregate amount paid, with less
than fifty difference in the number OF
benefciaries.
OTHER INTERESTING INSTANCES.
New York follows Ohio, with S.
7e4 pensioners, drawing S1l ,931, ,376,
while Illinois is fourth, with 70,49l
receiving SO, ,757, 900. Indiana is fifth,
with 66, 974 pensioners, receiving slO,'
29l, ,s76, or over half million more
than Illinois, and with 3,507 fewer
pensioners: and the fact the pension
ers Of Indiana, while less in number
than those Of the state in which
Chicago is situated, draw half a mil
lion dollars more, ought to make the
inhabitants of the windy city feel sad.
I'm states which were termed the
border states during the civil war q
large number Of pensioners reside. as
is the case in the states constituting
the Confederacy, as will be shown. lr
fact, the amount Of pension money
which goes into the border states anc
into the south in year is surprisingly
large. An analysis Of the facts afford:
several interesting instances, and Of
fers important information which
ought to be more widely disseminated
CHASING Maryland as border
state, with 13,067 pensioners, receiv'
ing 81, ,1Os, 900, West Virginia follows
next in geographical sequence, with
l2,sl1 pensioners, receiving 81, III,
800. Then comes Tennessee, witt
1924 old soldiers, receiving $3.50,
600, and Kentucky, with 2S,740, re
ceiving, s4,045,70O. Missouri has
So, 73S pensioners receiving 81, 1863, 900
Arkansas has 10,947, receiving ST.,
3s9. 900.
Now for the totals. These figure
show that there is an army corps O
federal veterans drawing pensions anc
living in these border states, number
ing 1871, 557, and That they receive al
aggregate of s17, ,628, 800 q year.
Passing next to the states Whlc:
constituted the Confederacy, the fact:
are eqnally interesting.
A LARGE SUM GOES INTO THE SOUTH.
"Thus, will begin with Virginia.
with 6,455 pensioners, receiving ST.
326, 900. In North Carolina there are
4,OO1 pensioners, receiving S523, 200
and in South Carolina there are l,S45
receiving s254, 500. In Georgia there
are 3,753, receiving S4S3,0T5 while II
adjoining Alabama there are 3.672, re-
ceiving S495. 925. IN Florida there
are receiving 3,077 federal ex-Soldier!
living among the orange groves of thai
state, and they get S415,6SO. In Mis-
sissippi there are 4,403 pensioners, re
ceiving s649, ,230, while across the big
river in Louisiona there reside 1858
who receive SSS5,7S2 In the great
state Of Texas there are S,2S3, who
receive 81 ,030, 500.
From these figures it is apparent
that in the states Of the former Con
federacy there are at present residing
26,O2O former federal soldiers wh(
draw and disburse pensions therein tx
the aggregate sum of s5,033,390 an
nually.
Combining these latter figured ant
amounts with those of the border
states we have total army Of 1887
men who are government benehciarie:
to the amount Of s22, ,661 $50 annually
in the border and southern state:
named, or about one-sixth of the
amount annually disbursed in the
United States in pensions.
WESTERN AND PACIFIC COAST STATES
Excluding the eastern states above
named, the amount disbursed in New
England and the middle states is a:
follows:
Maine, l9,S5s, pensioners, receiving
81, ,945, $50: New Hampshire, S,97l, re-
ceiYing 81, 1,3O1, 800: Vermont, 9,194
roooivinr S1 I1t -O0. Massachusetts