Confederate Pension Amount Raised
Confederate Pension Amount Raised
Blanks for application for Confederate pensions will be prepared and ready for distribution as soon as the governor appoints a pension commissioner. The law becomes effective June 12th. Under the new law there will be at least 12,000 pensioners on the rolls, as the law as amended, makes it more easy for a veteran to obtain a pension.
The amount of the pension is also increased to $8 per month, while now the amount is between $5 and $5.50 per month.
The new law provides that hereafter there shall be paid an annual pension of $8 per month, payable quarterly, to every surviving disabled Confederate soldier or sailer who is a native of the State, or who came to Texas prior to January 1, 1880, and who is either over 60 years of age or whose disability is the approximate result of the actual service in the Confederate army or navy for a period of at least three months, and their widows who are in indigent circumstances who have not married again and who have been bona fide residents of Texas since March 1, 1880, and were married to such veterans anterior to March 1, 1900.
The provision is more liberal, as under the old law a veteran has had to be a resident of Texas since 1865, and their widows have had to be a resident of Texas since 1865, and their widows have had to be married anterior to 1865.
Another change in the law is that the pensions will not be paid until the end of the quarter. The next quarter will be paid September 1, 1900. -Ex
See list of Burnet County Confederate Pensioners
