LIFE OF PENSIONS

Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 70, 24 March 1937, Page 20

LIFE OF PENSIONS

REMARKABLE INSTANCES

Although the American War of 1812 ended more than 121 years ago, two pensioners of that war are still on the rolls" of the Veterans' Bureau, according to the annual report of its administrator, Brigadier-General Frank T. Hines, says the "Christian Science Monitor." '

One of the two pensioners is a widow of a veteran of that war who receives £10 a month from, Uncle Sam. Her husband, Darius King, was a private in Stevens' Company of the New York Militia. Mrs. King now lives in Cheektowaga, N.Y. "The other pensioner is Esther Ann Hill Morgan, daughter of John Hill, private in Clark's and McCumber's Companies of the New York Militia, because of whose services she now receives £4 a month.

The Mexican War, which ended in 1848, is still important on the pension rolls, where 257 widows are registered drawing payments which totalled £30,000 in 1936. ' Pension costs began to mount high with the Civil War. There are 86G4 veterans of/that struggle on fhe rolls who drew £2,500,000 during the last fiscal year". In addition there were 87,543 dependants of veterans who got £9,000,000. ' . -The' figures for the .other wars in which the "United States has been engaged follows: — Amount paid. Class of Pensioner. £ Indian Wars. 3513 veterans , ,400,000 ,4648 dependants 340,000 Spanish War. '179,169 veterans 18,000,000 48,872 dependants .\ 3,300,000 World War. 337,767 veterans . (service connected) 34,000,000 37,446 veterans (non-ser-vice connected) 240,000 99,659 dependants 7,000,000