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Show THE TilE TIIE PASSING VETERANS . . According to the thc adjutant-generals adjutant generals adjutant-generals'office adjutant generals'office generalsoffice - ' ' offIce In Washington , , 2,128,948 2128948 , , , , Umon Union Unionsoldiers Umonsoldiers Unionsoldiers soldiers served in the Civil CiVlI War , while whilethe whilethe whilethe the best estimates place the numberof number numberof of Confedeiatcs Confedelatcs Confederates at between 900,000 900000 , , , noacuiate no noaCUlate noacuiate aCUlate acuiate record being bemg availableThe availableThe available availableThe The government pension roll showsonly shows showsonly showsonly only 27,673 27673 , Union veterans , while arecent a alecent alecent lecent recent survey places the number of ofl1vmg ofhying ofliving l1vmg hying Confederates at no more than than10,406 than10406 10,406 10406 , This , , it will be seen , shows a afairly afairly afairly fairly equal peicentage pelcentage percentage of survivors of ofthe ofthe ofthe the two t0 t\\ t \ 0 armiesConsidering armIesConsidenng armies armiesConsidering Considering Considenng that it will VwIU be 68 years yearson yearson yearson on April 9 since Lee's Lees ' ' surrender , , it itseems itseems itseems seems remarkable that even the numbers num- num numbers num numbers - bers mentioned are still alive , as onewho one onewho onewho who was a boy soldier only 15 years yearsold yearsold yearsold old at the close of the war would wouId nowbe now nowbe nowbe be 83 However Ho\\ever Ho ever \ , when it is remember remember- remembered - ed that the last survivor of the Mexi Mexi- Mexican Mexican Mexican - can War lived more than 80 SO years aft.er after aft.erthe afterthe afterthe . the end of that struggle , it may be ex- ex expected expected ex expected - pected that a good many Civil War Warveterans Warveterans Warveterans veterans have se several eral more years ahead aheadof aheadof aheadOf of them . . |