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E750,000,000 FOR STATE PENSJONS.
/DEBT WILL LAST TILL 1970. ;
Even in 197Q. the charge to the Eng-,
lish nation for pensions to disabled
soldiers .and sailors and the families
and dependants of men killed in the
war, will not have wholly disappeared.
T^Vio ctnf ^TnA'nt ic maHA Vtv Sir Alfrpri
W. Watson, Government Actuaryi in
a report on the financial effect of the
additional charge involved in the pro
posed new pensions warrant. From
the casualties that will have occurred
by about the middle of the present
year, he estimates that the future pen
sion charges will approximate the
following sums: — 1930, , £40,000,000;
1940, £30,000,000; 1950, £20,000,000;
1960, £10,000,000.
The capital sum represented by the
liabilities at presentj in sight in re
spect of non-commissioned officers and
men is put at £700,000,000 at least, to
which has to be added the correspond
ing charge' in, respect of officers, bring
ing the total to little less than ; £750,
000,000, exclusive of the cost of ad- '
ministration. ?,
. This sum will inevitably be in- .
creased, perhaps to a large extent, by
the further protraction of the war '
and by the charge in ' respect of the
men who, on demobilisation, or at any
time afterwards, are granted pensions,
gratuities or othej allowances^ The
cost of pensions and gratuities for
1918-19 is estimated at £36,400,000, and
for 1919-20 at £45,000;000.
At Fort Sheridan mey have a num
ber of prisoners who were arrested for
trying to escape the draft. Among
these was a darky. After serving
about five days he went to the officer
in charge and said: 'Boss, before dls
yere war started I sure was a peace
ful nigger; and dey done brung me
here 'cause I didn't want to fight dem
Germans. But aftah workin1 on dis
here garbage waggon fo' five days, T«
ready to fight any man any place.'
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