. Christian herald. f the men who served in the armyand na\-y of the United States during the Civil War were stillon the pension rolls on July 1 last, the beginning of the newfiscal year. There were 462,379 pensioners on the roll. Theestimated number of individuals in the United States army dur-ing the war was 2,213,365. During the past year there was adecrease of 34,884 Civil War pensioners, while the net loss inthe entire pension roll was 40,094, leaving 820,200 pensioners ofall classes. There remain 1,142 Mexican War pensioners and1,066 from Indian wars. The last sum-iving pensioner of thew
. Christian herald. f the men who served in the armyand na\-y of the United States during the Civil War were stillon the pension rolls on July 1 last, the beginning of the newfiscal year. There were 462,379 pensioners on the roll. Theestimated number of individuals in the United States army dur-ing the war was 2,213,365. During the past year there was adecrease of 34,884 Civil War pensioners, while the net loss inthe entire pension roll was 40,094, leaving 820,200 pensioners ofall classes. There remain 1,142 Mexican War pensioners and1,066 from Indian wars. The last sum-iving pensioner of thewar of 1812 died eight years ago, although 199 widows of thatwars fights still receive pensions, a decrease of 39 since lastyear. Ohio leads the States with the largest number of pen-sioners, 77,599, followed by Pennsylvania, with 75,618; NewYork, 68,270 ; Illinois, 56,482 ; Indiana, 49,987 ; Missouri, 39,490 ;Michigan, 34,298, and Massachusetts, 34,124. THE CHRISTIAN HERALD. November 19, 1913 Page 1073 THE ESSENTIAL.
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