The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-17
PENSION FUND FOR QUARTER
 WILL BE REDUCED 50 PER CENT

the soldiers will get their fun amounts without any trouble.
 The statement issued yesterday by the Auditor is as follows:
 For the information of all interested I desire to make the following state ment of the pension fund, and to show to all what Alabama has and Is doing for her Confederate veterans and their widows.
 The last Legislature passed a law in creasing the pension of worthy Con- federate soldiers as follows:
 For first class pensioners from sso to $10o.
 For second class pensioners from $50 to $50.
 For third class pensioners from $40 to s64.
 For fourth class pensioners from ssO to $50.
 They aiso changed by law the meth cd of payment from annually to guar terly. and provided that If the amounts appropriated were insufficient to pay said amounts on the first day of July of said fiscal year (which is the last quarter) that the amount on hand for the said last quarter shall be divided among all said pensioners pro-rata.
 The amounts appropriated together with the one mill tax levied for this purpose amounts to s76o.s62.TS of this amount $690. .2s5.95 was paid out for the first three quarters (as shown by statement below) leaving a balance of s70.566.78 plus returned warrants. which amounts to s1s,T46.3s. have accordingly distributed or pro-rated this fund as follows:
 To pensions of the first class, $l0 each or sl3.S40 for all,
 To pensioners of the second class, $S each or SLIPS for all.
 To pensioners of third class $6.40 each or S1,0SS for all.
 To pensioners of the fourth class. $5 each or s74.505 for all
 This leaves a small balance to the credit of the fund.
 Notwithstanding the fact the amount is insufficient to pay the last quarters payment in full each and every pen- sioner has received more money than ever before. The comparison for the two previous years Is as follows. For the Year Ending September so, 1907
 One hundred and forty-seven pen sioners of first class received s6o each or ss,S2U.
 One hundred and forty-one pension CTS of the second class received $50 each or $7,050.
 One hundred and seventy-seven pen sioners of the third class received $40 each or $7.0so.
 Fifteen thousand and ten pensioners of the fourth class received s3o each or $450, 300:
 A total of ls.475 pensioners received S473.250.
 For the Year Ending September sOth,
 loOs.
 First class pensioners received $S5.0o each or $2s.00 more than for 1907.
 Second cias pensioners received $6S.00 each Of s1S.o0 more than for 1907.
 Third class pensioners received $54. 4O each or s14,40 more than for 1907.
 Fourth class pensioners received s42.5o each or s12.s0 more than for 1907.
 The total for 1908 for each class is as follows:
 First class received Ss1.s15.00 or $72.ss5.00 more than for 1907.
 Second class received $i0.12s.0o or $3.07S.00 more than for 1907.
 Third class received $9.sss.00 or $2,- s0s.oo more than for 1901
 Fourth class received $6765 530.0o or s226, 2So.00 more than for 1907. desire to call attention to the fact that in 1907 there were 15.47; pensioners of all classes while for tht l fourth quarter in 1908 there are 16.54i or an increase of 1.07t over 1907. The legislature also passed a law | requiring the Auditor upon the proper | affidavit to advance all pensioners 1 over eighty years of age from a lower class to first class, Many advances have been made under this provision of law. Tn 1907 there were 147 first class pensioners, for the, first quarter of 1908 there were 562 or an increase of 415. for the second quarter there were 97a or an increase of S32. for the third quarter there were. 1.1s8 or an increase of 1.184.--So 1t will be seen that there are 1.184, who were last year fourth class pensioners and re- ceived $30.00 are how first class pen sicners and receiving at the rate oi $s5.00. or an increase of S55.00. Ii Is also fact that while the list of pensioners has increased each and every one has received more money than ever before. Had the legislature allowed the law to remain unchangd and made no additional appropriation pensioners would have received on the first day of October. 1907 which would have been the only payment, made un. til October. 1908. of the first class the sum of s6o.o0. They received ss5.0o Pensioners of the second class wouic have received s5000 They have re- ceived s68.o0. Pensioners of the third class would have received $40.00. They have received $64.00. Pensioners of the fourth class would have received