Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-02-05
A rien for Pensions.
To the House OF Delegates.
u IL, !, No


Richmond. Va:
G"ntlrmcn,--l notice that Governor
| Davis in hts recommendation. TO the
! General Assembly Of Virginia. recon-
| mcnia an appropriation OF 10000 for
| an increase TO the Confederate SOL
diers' pension. Now. that is all right
| SO far as IL goes.
Tho average aged Confederate SOL
der is now drawing annually SIS, or
fs.2h per month The additional
| 10000 would make su increase OF
about VAS. raising this amount to
about $1,000 per month. Now with
tn. present prices Of food commodi-
ties. to say nothing about house rent
| and raiment. how can an old Con-
| fcderate soldier subsist on $l0So per
| month!
Now word to you members of the
| General Assembly of VirgInia-and
winch presume is composed OF sons
OF veterans-you have IL I'm your
rover and a right to demand an an
preparation sufficiently large enough
| 10 pay the few remaining Confedcrat.
veterans pension ranging from sac
I" 'io and even $50 per month, and
you nave II in your power to make
the present General Assembly tho
greatest and erandest Assembly evcr
Representatives, CAPITOL Bufld,nr
Richmond. Va. remembering the few
remaining veterans that fought from
he!hci TO the surrender. April .. 1863.
mho on In Appomattox, defending the
state and capital from the inyadinr
zoe for four long years.
Are you going to sit silently and
not ask for sufficiently larrs
no'sn appropriation to take care
tnr veterans and not let them
siher for the Iocessities or life In
their declining years?
Make visit to the Confederate
S"idi"rS Home and ask the man
n4ement what II costs the State per
mead Tor food and raiment for each
inmate OF the Home. The state
hasn't and never will have accom-
monnii"ns In the Home for her
veterans-thorcfore il will REQUIRE
more per month to care for them ut
,heir homes than II Will In the Con-
feheratc Soldiers Home Unless YOU
make the necessary appropriation
10 care for them ut their homes II
VIII go down to your representatives
as shame and disgrace to the
mother State and this grand old
Commonwealth. Let each repre-:
sentative from the different counties
OF the State who has shaped their
bills and those who expect to pre-
sent bills. ask themselves this nue.
ton: Are there any Confcdnrat.
veterans who come under their own
observation. and who have ,o de.
pend solely on their labor "apd ~
the prices OF food commodities" can
live on s75 and $3.50 per year?
think that all Confedera,.
veterans, regardless OF their worth
in dollars and cents. should draw
pension. but would deem 1, wise m
make separate classification y,
such. and that there should he
special classification for those who
have to depend solely on their Iabor
for living. and they should he en-
titled 10 larger pension.
wish 10 call your attention tn
this fact that the Old Dominion state
ana all the Southern Statcsare being
taxed to pay part Of the Federal
government tax for their veterans
pension who fought against us dur
ing the War Between tho States, and
am told that tho amount maid by
the Southern States are larger than
ne pension amount given or allotted
To their veterans.
A CONFEDERATE SOLDIER.
DanVille, Va, Jan. 20, 1929,