The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-29
North Carolina Does q Noble
Part by Her Veterans.
.COMPARED WITH j VIRGINIA.
The Two Systems are Much:Allke Each
3- Having County Boards TO Pass oo. II.
pplications Safeguards @ @
Against Fraud. 81.
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RALEI II, N. G. taIarcl, 22s.-North Car Y;
olina, with each recurring Legislature
does more, and mare 2 Il llobler part by
those bra ve men. now battle-scarred vet
erar, d, VI many OF (. them tottering. on the
verge OF the grave. who. for four long
years, carried, the fortunes OF the South
Serps Confedcracy upon the points Of their
bayonets, and we'll may this be. so. for
glorious, indeod was the record Of North
Carolina soldiers.
First a Bethel
it' tlsff,35"First at Bethel:
',Farthestjto the Front at Gettysburg; 4
land Chickamarga; yt
last at ;Ap pponlat tox.
An5inspiratIon. indeed, for grateful
people and their Legislatures to guard
jealousy 'tlciEa every need during the
closing years ofS their, lives. H owever. Ike
sVfsinia and an,lml'er az the other soul =. I.
.ern States, North Carolina does not limit
hers care OF needy Confederate veterans
10 those who, enlisted and served from
this State, hut any needy veteran with an
honorable record no matter from what I
Stateghh enlisted, shares alike with North
5carullnians, either az pensloner ory In the
splendid Soldiers Home Il the State has
provided, tho only restriction being that
SIltLll bSO9 - 80
Statn5 FOR twelve months VA
s. North Carolina has l2,014 pensioners, ir,-
Guiding the inmates oftfe Soldiers Home
and pays out allnnally to them. S226. $50. 4
IN TIE SOLDIERS HOME,
4; There are l3O veterans in the Soldiers
Home supported entirely by the State. tho
approprjationgbeing ssl5.OcAs annually Then
disabled veterans nut of the Home who
receive 3SlaO per year each out Of the gem
cral fund In tho State Treasury, thus "a g.
gregatlngs Sll,2S0. to this class 6s
There nre ,ll,sS0 veterans who share In
proportion to the degree Of their disabili-
ties In n general pension appropriation
of $500, ,0G0, there being four classes Of
1 First class, numbering 1l5, totally dis,
abled from work, receiving 5s7a per year. y
Second class. numbering a05, lost q n arm
above the elbow or. leg above the knee,
receiving $50 per year. Il
Third class numbering sos, lost an arm
below the elbow or les below the knee.
Fourth ass,nVn,bering 6,a99, those who
lost an eye or are In anywlse disabled
from manual labor, receiving R0 per year,
THE WIDOWS.
Also there are 4,449 widows OF Confedr
crate soldiers Who come under the fourth
class list and receive $50 each per year.
Compared with the Virginia system OF
pensions, as prescribed BY the act OF 1910
lVlrglnias classification Is;
Those who lost. All arm or leg. foot OF
hand, $50 each; those who lost two eyes
two feet, two hands or hand and foot
500 each: totally disabled. $50 each; par
TALLY disabled, sl5 each; widows, $40 each
North Carolina stpulates that no vet
Gran who has property of the tar valua-,
ton Of $500 can share in the pensions, and
Virginia law Is that no veterans Whe
have incomes from any source amounting
ttc $500 or more can receive pensions, The
Virginia general pension appropriatl tlon un-
der the act Of 1900 was slSs.ooo, North cars
years Year past, 100000 Both the North Car,
DINA Eilnd Virginia acts prescribe a pre-
rata distribution OF the pension ", tund; nc 9
cording to the stipulated classihca tlons
40 class to receive more than The maxi
~ un,s named for each class i
Virginia oct has the Sslpu,at,o 1hai "a
appropriated the full pensions to those a
that time on the roll and those entitled