The Washington times., 1905-09-11

And. he continued. 1.-THE people seem
TO look forward with interest to the is
suance OF the annual report which gives
complete statistics covering the veter-
ans. their widows. dependents. and
others. for whom cur generous Govern
ment has made provision.
An Old Soldiers Story.
IAN old soldier takes a personal pride
in the possession of pension certificate.
II matters not how small the amour
he receives. the fact that he is entitled
TO pension certificate. and gets IT is in
oispUtable proof that his record as a
soldier. is without a flaw ard honora bic
Tor unless his record is of that character
ne cannot get the pension certificate.
GU know when soldier or a SOL
diers widow applies for a pension we
at once institute i most careful search
into the record of the soldier from the
day he enlisted until he is mustered out.
In order to ascertain IL his record en-
titles him to pension. IL has often
happened that a search of the records
discloses The fact that an honora Bile
discharge was granted, when. in point
of fact, the soldier was not present
when his company was mustered out.
but had left the service without author
-.
1T Is not always the money consider
alton that prompts veteran 10 make
application for a pension. but II is
more often the fact that he knows he is
entitled to the. pension under the law.
and therefore he wants what he Is en-
titled TO, and knows ii is a keen JUS
LITIGATION TO him to have a certificate of
AN honorable service in the army. and
ii affords the old fellow a pleasure 20
show it TO his friends.
why. it has not been more than sey
eral weeks ago that a veteran was
seventy years OF age. and worth in
round numbers S2.0Oo.ooO. applied for
pension under Executive Order az. And
he was granted a pension of So per
month Ia writing for IL he said he
wanted IL because he was entitled To
II and because il would give him great
JOY 10 frame his certificate of an hon
orapie army service and hang it on. the
wall so that he could show il TO his
friends"
An Interesting Report.
Commissioner Warmers report Is fuIl
OF Interesting data, and each year the
newspapers give il much space. The
one just issued. among other things.
shows that during the fiscal year which
ended June -. the boys who wore the
blue joined their departed comrades at
INC rate Of 2.5z7 per month.
And for the coming fiscal year the
death rate will undoubtedly exceed the
nSures mentioned. II the record for the
Revolutionary war and the war OF Isl2
can be taken as criterion there will ne
few SURVIVORS of the war IS5I-65 : hall
century hence. and widows VIII unuues-
Ionabiy exceed survivors
Concerning the provisions for the Rev
pulmonary war, the war of 1872 Indian.
wars. and the Mexican war. the follow
ins data viii prove OF interest:
Last Soldier of That War.
The last surviving pensioner OF the war
of lsle. Hiram Cronk. died early this
year With him passed the last soldier
of that war. but there are close To a
thousand widows OF the veterans of
the war of 1872. borne on the pension
rolls. There is but one widow on th..
pension roll Of the Revolutionary war.
She is Mrs. Esther s. Damon. of Ply
mouth Union. VT, and IS now in her
ninety-second year. She receives her
pension as the widow of Noah Damon.
who served as a private in a Massa-
chusetts troop.
There are four other pensioners of
the Revolutionary war. They are
daughters OF veterans OF that war Their
names and addresses are az fellows:
Mary Jane Lynn, eighty-nine years old
OF NllilafflSp Fa-, daughter or John
r Lynn, OF Pennsylvania; Sarah c.
Hurlbutt. eighty-seven years old, of Lit
Tie Morris. Pa, daughter of Elijah
Weeks, OF Massachusetts; Rhoda. Au-
gusta Thompson, eighty-four years old,
N Woodbury., Conn, daughter of Thad-
deus Thompson, OF New York and
Phoebe NJ. Palmeter. eighty-four years
old. OF Tallette. n. Y, daughter of
Jonathan Woody. OF New Hampshire.
These pensioners OF the Revolutionary
war are enjoying splendid health for
persons OF their advanced years
There are III widows Of veterans Of the
war OF ls1e now drawing pensions Pen
sions OF the Indian wars and the war
with Mexico are more numerous by
several thousand. as follows: Indian
wars. survivors. 2.269; widows. 1851
Mexican war. survivors. 1870. and
widows, 1853 But of the civil war. 1851
1866 there are more than half a rnillin1,
Accurately, there are eS4. sJs, and widow.
and dependents (minor cbiidren). 2sl. Dos
In the District of Columbia there are
e,7z7 pensioners who received for the
6ycai year, ended June 20. 1906. the sum
Of a. GA