The Middlebury people's press. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1841-1843, 1843-04-12
Weybridge. 4th March, 1s43.
To the Editor Of the Peoples Press

SIR: Enquiries are frequently made in re-
GARD to the rights of widows to additional
pensions, under the acts in alteration and ex-
tension of the law of the 7th of July 1883.
For the purpose of answering them, and Ia
cilitating the applications of widows Tor the
pensions TO which these acts entite theti,
desire TO say through your paper that inc
benefits of the act of the TIN oil July 1888,
granting five years pension 10 WIDOWS VINO
were married preyious TO the LIST of Janua-
nv 1894. are now extended 10 every woman
who NAV have been married subsequently,
IN the death of the husband in virtue OF
whose services the pension is claimed, pro-
pi5e6 she be a scsdCso al The lime the aDpiteG-
fion is made; and also that, IN cases i'll which
widows have drawn pensions for that part OF
the FIVE years specified in the act of the TN
of July 1898, which transpired subsequent to
the death of their husbands, they are now
entitled to pensions for that part which tran
spired previous TO such death, even though
their husbands may have drawn pensions
during the same period.
The following is the form of declaration
necessary in order to obtain the pensions a.
bove referred to.
DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefits of the acts
of Congress of the 7th July 1888, and the
23d of August 1912.
St State lrsrfi'0ry or District S..
On this day of personally
appeared before the of the A.
B. resident of in the County of
aged years who being first duly sworn,
according to law, doth, on his oath, make
the following declaration, in order TO obtain
the benefits Of the provisions made by the
acts ofCongress passed July 7, 1888, and the
odd of Angus; 1912, granting pensions TO
widows of persons who served IN the reyo-
lutionary was:-That she is the WIDOW of
was Here insert the rank the hus-
band held in the army, navy or militia, as
the case may be, and specify the service per-
formed, AS directed in the regulations Of Ju-
ly7, 1881
She also declares that she was married TO
the said on the day of in the
wear seventeen hundred and that her
husband, the afoi csaid died on the
day OF that she was not married to
him prior to his leaving the service, l,ut the
marriage took place previous 10 The first OF
January seventeen hundred and ninety -four,
viz, at the lime above stated. She further
declares that, after the death of her husband
aforesaid, she was married to on the
day of that he died on the
dav If for that she has not been mar
ried, rs the case may bel and that she is still
widow.
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and
year above written before
find that an impression very generally
prevails that, by an act passed at the late
session, pensions for life are given to Wild
ows who were married 70 their revolutiona-
ry husbands previous TO the year 1890.
An act to the above effect passed the
House of Representatives, but was amended
in the Senate to give merely TO Those
widows who had received, or were entitled
TO receive, five years pension under the law
of July 1888, and the acts in alteration there
of, an additional pension Tor one ysGr from
the 4th of March 1913, OF for such portion
toereof as they continue III lie.
The following are the Instructions issued
by the Commissioner Of Pensions, 10 he Oh
served in carrying into efec. the act provi
ding for the years additional pension, to
which / adj tho form of declaration 10 be
made BY the widow in such case. rs prescri-
, bed BY The Commissioner
Respectfully yours.
WiLLIAM SLADE.