Confederate Pensions

There seems to be a good deal of misunderstanding throughout the state concerning the workings of the new pension law.  Letters of inquiry received at the capitol indicate that some people imagine that under the provisions of this law every man who fought in the confederate army is to receive a pension.

This idea is, of course, erroneous.  The basis of pensions under the new law is extreme poverty and this must be proven.

The law does not go into effect until the 1st of May, and there has been appropriated $30,000, which means that there cannot be more than five hundred pensioners, and it is provided that each pension shall be $60.

Jackson Argus - Week of February 8, 1895

Submitted by Don Bankston