The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-27
FULL QUOTA
 TO SOLDIERS Pension Fund Next Quar-
 ter Higher. BUT PENSIONERS ARE FEWER Due to Promotion of Nearly 1000
 to First Class. Total Number of Pensioners Drawing Warrants October l. VIII Be 17,s2S and the Total Disubursements
 VIII Be s2s7,zls--By
 Glasses.

Considerable surprise resulted from making public yesterday the figures of State Auditor W. W. Brandon per- tainIng to the pension of old soldiers especially the feature of them whien shows there has been an actual de- crease in the total number of pension CTS who are to receive the States money for the quarter beginning De- tcber l. The decrease is not much. being only thirty -four less than for the same quarter last year, but the fact is taken as significant
 With ethe decline in the total pen- sioners, however. it Is noted that the State will pay out to these fewer pen- sioners $1l.613 more than for the same quarter last year. Although the mum. Der of classes into which the pension- CTS are divided Is the same as ior the quarter beginnig october l. 1907. and the amount drawn by each is the same. still there was an increase in dis- bursements for all classes.
 This apparent discrepancy is ex. piained by the fact that promotions to the higher classes from the lower, un- der new law, have been rather whole sale since December 31. 1907. For in- stance. where there were only 562 pensioners of the first class. drawing s25 a quarter last year there are L. 536 who will draw the same amount in the same class this year.
 Most of the promotions seem 10 have been to the first class and from .hs fourth class, which is the most costly .onbination to the State This is a',- ldenced by the fact that the disbursh ulents to the first class this year w'j be more than twice the amount draws by that class october 1, 1907.
 The shifting of classes was author ized by an act of the last Legislature of veterans entitled thereto shall receive the pay of the first class as soon as the age of so years Is reached. Also the promotions to the respective classes are in order, when by losing member. etc. or becoming otherwise disabled, the pensioners become quail fled for promotions.
 The total disbursements this year for the coming quarter will be S237,416 as against $225,s03 for the same quarter of 1907. It should be noted that the veterans are receiving their full quota again this quarter as they did for the corresponding quarter last year and for the second and third quarters of 1907 7-0s. As the funds were short for the last quarter of 1s07-0S the appor- tionment was reduced to so per cent of the regular quota.
 The regular quota for first class is b2s; second class. s20; third class, $1s; ana IOufIH CidSS SAS.ou. +AO SoAhP0A atiye statement of disbursements oe- tober II. 1908 and october l. 19o7y Is as follows, showing first the number in each class and then the total amounts drawn:
 october i, 1908: First Class, 1,53s pensioners, $38. 400; Second Class, 14S pensioners. s2,S6o: Third Class. 166 Pensioners, $2,e56; Fourth Class, 15,- ls0 pensioners. $19a.500. Total 17,32S pensioners $237,416.
 october 1, 1907:--F'irst Class, 5s2 pensioners, $14.05o: Second Class. 151 pensioners, $3.020; Third Class. 1SS pensioners, $3,00s; Fourth Class, 1s,45s pensioners, $205,725. Total 17,359 pensioners, $225,s03.