Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 96, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 August 1909 — They Speak of Other Days. [ARTICLE]

They Speak of Other Days.

Of the 53,000 pension checks sent out from the Indiana headquarters in the federal building for the quarterly payment last week, 13 go to the widows of veterans of the war of 1812. This seemingly impossible fact is due to old men marrying young women, according to Indiana Pension Agent Albert O. Marsh. Of course there are no veterans of the war of 1812 now living. Checks are also made out for 11 survivors of the Mexican war of 18461847 and to 306 widows of Mexican war soldiers. The average pension of Indiana veterans is about $36,, the pensions ranging between the lowest, $lB, and the highest, S3OO, for the quarter. The total amount paid in pensions in this state this quarter is approximately $2,500,000, amounting to more than $11,000,000 for the entire year. To handle this great business a force of more than 40 employes it necessitated, 15 or 20 of this number being extra clerks, employed only during the time for receiving the quarterly pension vouchers and issuing the checks.