The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1910-12-23
GEORGIA To PAY
1891 PENSIONS
IN COMING YEAR
AN INCREASE OF 3,542 is DUE
~ 2 seg7s
. TO THE NEW SERVICE PEN
SION LAW
But for Service Pension Law There
crease CT E99-Nearly Half of Ap-
pliatcions Are Held Up.

Atlanta, Dec 22-includi ( 3,5i2
Veterans and widows of veterans, en-
titled to pensions under the service
pension act which goes into effect
next year, Georgia will have total
of 1881 pensioners on the rolls in
1911.
Exclusive of the service pensioners
there are 1884 names on the pen
sion roll for 1911, but at tle estilnat-
ed decrease by death of IL per
cent, or / ,O62, there will he only Ia
279 to pay in 1911, or decrease Of
499, as compared with 1910, which
numt 1878.
Such are the figures shown by the
annual report of Capt. j. W. Lindsey
pensioner commissioner, which he
ras just completed. and which will
te submitted TO the governor within
Che next few days: I'll : $50
6,733 Wanted Service Pensions
Under the service pension law,
which provides that veterans and
Widows of veterans worth not mo 'e
than $1,000, shall receive a pension
from the state, Commissioner Lind
Ssey has. approved for next year to-
tai of 3,542 applications, of which l.
CTS are soldiers and 1867 are widows
of soldiers.
There were 6,733 such applications,
but 1871 were disappreved and sent
back for amendments. They will be
acted on next year.
The special appropriation to pay
this class of pensioners, as provided
under the new law, is 100000. This
sum is sufficient at $50 each. to pay
1883, therefore it is apparent that
the pension commissioner has ap-
proved 209 more than the fund will
pay, and there will he an estimated
shortage OF si2,5OD. This amount
will have to be supplied by an id
ditional appropriation.
f 4 Better Than Predicted.
''This is much better showing
than was predicted by the opponents
Of the law, or possibly hoped for by
it's friends" said Capt. Lindsey. 1T
was declared by some of the oppo-
nents that we would be overrun by
applications and that half million
dollars, would be required to pay
them ALL a IS Y
u The appropriation made to pay
the pensioners, who are not lincluded
in the list made up under the serys
ice pension law, is $4,000, so that
there will be surplus in this fund
from $4,000 to $4,000. : '{f-,4-3 =
On account Of the new service
pension law and the increased work
caused by it, Commissioner Lindsey
and his Office force has discharged a
greater volume of work this year
than ever before and have thousands
of letters and personal calls to an
swer.
Large Amount Of Work.
In his report Commissioner Lind
sey says:
u have given careful considera-
ton to every application and 40
doubt have made some mistakes, but
Dave kept strictly in mind the two
main principles of the work, namely,
to serve the old deserving soldiers
and their widows, and to see that the
law has been complied with in every
case for the protection of the state.
Therefore, when | look back and see
the mass of work disposed of and this
office ready to go on without delay
to the work of paying off rolls For
1911, we congratulate ourselves and
the efficient force of tie office for
what has been done We have all
done our best"