Welfare measures have been very different for veterans than they are for the general population because veterans are classified as a special class. As early as 1624, the colony of Virginia passed a legislation that is similar to the 1593 “Acte for Reliefes of Souldiours”. This legislation had acknowledged the disabled soldiers special needs and special services. It provided assistance to the veterans as a right on the basis of their disability. The reasons that welfare measures are different for veterans is because there was a colonial view of humanity believing veterans had partaken in an unusual kind of work making them suitable for special treatment. Veterans had made contributions unlike any other and therefore deserves preferential
