Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-03-03
VETERANS WILL
BE CARED FOR
FLORIDA PROMISES THEY WILL.
BE IN HANDS OF FRIENDS WHEN
THEY VISIT REUNION AT JACK
SONNILIE. MAY II. !. ~.
FLORIDA REMEMBERS
TOTAL OF $500 uuD PER ANNIM l.
BEING PAID KN STATE FOR SUP
PORT OF IN CONFEDERATE PEN.
SlONERS.

Jacksonville. Fla. March 3. The state
of Florida pays ont more money per cap
tia for the support of the dependent cX
confederate soldiers Than any other
Southern state. This fact should be Suf
ficicnt 10 convince ~ CoufedcrdteS every
where that when they. and their dcSccnd
ants. visit Jacksonville on the occasion
of the 9th annual reunion OF the United
Confederate Veterans Association that
they will hc ia the hands Of their friends.
The reunion will bc held May 4. :. :
The handsome total nf @GOO.GO0 per
mnu IL being paid hy The state for sup
port ~ "a Con cicrntc prnSinncre The
average YEARLY amount paid 10 each per
son on The pension list. according % the
latest report NJ the state Board III pen
>iun~. H. -l2l.25. while the aycrH gc paid
~ OH soldiers H. ~l.1.n. Widows ~ CON
frdrratc soldier. draw an average ~ -l2l
per annum. Since The report from which
these figures are taken wn@ made The
legislature has passed \ still more lh
rrnl pension law which viii authorize
additional payments NJ approximately
~lInUnu y wear. making the total ~1ln.Unn
per aunum paid nv Confederate pension
err wv The state
There are 30, lldicr> pensioners un
the rolls w the ~fntr and 100 widows
~ Confclcratr~. making = total of 500
The fund w support this pension roll IL
raised IN y tax ~ 'our mill nn the 49,
>cS~rd property ~ the taxpayer.
Florida Is NOT only caring for the lis
ing hut the wrmofv ~ the dead il also
kent green Throughout the state hand
some Confederate monuments have been
erected hv both public and privat means.
All told there are twenty oS possibly
more. handsome Confederate monuments
ia the state. and others are vet 90 hc
greeted. \ homo for cN Confederate sci
oilers is maintained M jacksonville Last
wear the state appropriated - nOO -
the Confederate soldiers home IN This
city. Two Confederate monuments have
been erected here and = monument will he
dedicated t. the Women ~ the Cnnfrlnr
acv during the coming reunion. This
monument T. 4 %comnanion n the hnnd
some state Memorial unveiled
last Nav 81 the battlefield ~ ChicLa-
maucua during The Cnnfrdcrat reunion
~ Chattanooga " H. located IN 4 hoauii
ful park and will ~ ready for the unvril-
Ing ceremonies TN the date NJ the rrun
ion.
This brief exposition NJ the work that
Florida w doing for the IN Confederate
. soldiers. livinr ami dead. i> proof that
the ncnTlc ~ thr state will extend a worm
and GrirrnnS welcome ~ the OLD soldiers
and their friend on the occasion ~ the
Jacksonville reunion. Florida. while sit
uatcl nv South NJ the great thratcr ~
war nv 1861 :. felt the shock nf the con
nict. Jacksonville was occupied four dif
fcrrnt times ~ the frderal~. The pur
posses ~ this %ccurlnc acrnrling IT, ~
fetal reports o. file IN archives ~ the
war dcnartmcnt. were to keep the -.
IohnS river open from is mouth - the
henl ~ NAVIGATION and 10 arm the ne
crocS for service in the union army The
small Confederate force ia east Flori
- in ISIS was commanded nv General
Jo.cnh Finegan. On March -. l>c, Gen
cral Fincean issued a proclamation here
in which h. said:
Il feel IL my duty aS hrigadier geuer
II commanding this dictrict 10 inform tho
neople ~ the district and ~ the state
that orr interruptions cncmv has landed
a large force ~ negroes under command
cover ~ grnhoatS. He j. attempting 10
~ white officers M Jacksonville. undcr
fortifv the place sa r. ~ make T. secure
against attacks The pnrnnSe ri this
movement j. obvious and need not he
mentioned IN direct terms. " j. sufficient
70 in~nirc the whole body ~ ncnnle with
4 renewed and ~rrrnrr purpose W resist
anr'. I therefore. call IN such ~ the
citizens ~ cln possibly leave their
homes ~ arm and nruani7c themselves
into companies without delay and r.
port ~ mo"
trnrrrl ". >lvtnr NV = t.l w \ 70
mort W. The war innnrfricnf irtcf March
10. l>f-; S~vS. Tho rhir~' III This ovnefi
finr WIS - orrurv Jacksonville md
max. y the hose W nnerrfia"S far the
arminE - nnrrorS and srrrring IN this
say possession of the entire state OF