The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-07-23
FIFTEEN STATES
PAYING BONUSES
But Ohio Is Having Much
Trouble. Demands EX-
ceeding Supply
GRANTS USED IN rs
Revolutionary Fighters Given
Land for Service as Were
Army Men After 1872

WAMuINGTOS. July 22 A sur
yey of the Vur department shows
.hst I. states az" paying lH'~!# 10
their veterans Of the world war or
have arranged to DO su. that eight
statcA are Htill awaiting t'i't.
ondum ON legislation already passed
and that gG states hydr made no
provision for a bonus.
OF those paying 70 bonus ohio f.
attracting most attention, mot only
because OF tho maguiiudc ~ tho sum
involved. but because the demands
for cash payments go f1r exceeded
anticipation that "a special session or
the legislature was made necessary
TO provide for t7dOU,OOn In hldlllnh
to tho original authorization oi so.
OOO. 600 which Be- aUld 90 Doe exhaust
cd. and because here the cvaHon OF
a new bond issue In seen significant
Five Slntcs Await Funds
only is of the 10 statcs which
hayo authorized bonus payments
have made settlements. The other
three are awaiting funds According
TO departmental figures horc, tho hp-
propriations known 20 nave been
passed to date by % states total
t33I,730,OOO. covered mainly by
bond issues
THE forms Of bonus In tho differ
ent states range all the way from
giving nid 10 sick and wounded vet
Grams and offering educational nid
,o cash bonuscs. Those. In turn
range from so cents to 81 n day Of
service, with maximum payments or
from 400 to f30O ench.
official records show that b,Ol6,.
saq man and women in the United
stn,ca too{ mart in the war or
,heso A 9bO IG7 wcro I'm the army
bsG. aO2 I'm tho navy and SO.OG3 were
I'm the marina CORPS The total mum.
nor OF doathA from nll causes In tho
war throughout tho three services Is
nIaccd nj t2o.g7g AppraXlmntcly
$4,000 900 annually Ia being paid
Ia Veterans and their dependents uf
Tho ciyu war. while Spanish war
vetcrnns and their dcpcndcnts are
,ecciving annually from the bureau
~ ncnsions sG OO0 600 In the case of
tho latter only those who have
reached tho apc OF GO or who are
disabled received compensation whilo
all the Civil war veterans are recciv-
ing pensIons
,,,.. ,, ,,, A., ,-n
"""' '"'s wv W
In connection with d,seussiohS ,ur-
rent now win the iIsht IN C"uh htosS
over the proposed bonus some lut,t
eating statistics have oeeh conlI,lle"
by the department "l tlS .r'ol ',,.''''., iut
M amn sonr,IJ r,,So 'a'S hy ,ha federal
goyornmont FOR lis wartime de-
fonders pnck in t77g the Cont
nenteI congress passed a resolution
nron,Isipg nuhlIc lands to officers
nnd soldiers who should engage In
,hc scryIce Of their represcutntives n
slnin nv Tho enemy. This was tho
origin of hountIes OF lnnd from the
IfnIted stntea for war services
The amounts granted also pro-
xida interost comnarIsons Coloncls
wcre prnntod 400 acres. minors 400
cant,in. 400 l,eutcnon,s 600 and
nencnm n,Issionod Officers and on
listed men ,oo cnch This wns later
n,ondo5 90 rivc major generals
Iion ncrea ana brigndlers $40 acres.
Ia n,nny tpstnn,cs tho original coll
ants,s b,,'irr nublic lands nf their
own uinnlemcntod this legislation
w" III, t,,,ir o,,n r,Ilttinmc,
=, comnllonco with these legIsla-
,,,o ,rnn,,scs tho Continental CON
yress nv an net approved JuIy /
s-oc s.t an,rt r,r the inCation of
baun,to. for ,ba offirors and mon
.or,,ins 90 e.. - n-..ai,,t,nn.ty ,,,r !,
,rnc, of Iend containing about 900
snvore rItics nv zoo 0oo acres ON
nioot,, a. bnio a. ,,r, 20 counties
tn rnr,hnrr Ohio ana Lpnvn ma Tho
yT,i,aa S,a,cs military IIstrir,
,o,,
INN" Uranus ih '"'-'
In 1871 and 1879 congress prom
ised land hounties for service dur-
ing the war with Great Rrltain,
10000 acres being appropriated
in Illinois, Missouri and Louisiana
territories, The objects ot the grants
in these 10 remote sections was &c
induce settlement ana cultivation ol
tho land. For services In tho war oI
1Sl2 there w'r" issued =9lNh war,
rants embracing about tSh3,6O'
acres, the frcntcSt numher helng Tor