The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1862-05-22

The following is the Pension Bill as it passed
the House on Tuesday last: "a LtL ss
Itprovides that officers and men of all grades
in the army and navy and other branches Of
the service, who have been, since the 4th oil
March 1861 or shall be hereafter disabled by
reason Of wounds or disease contracted in line
duty, shall be placed upon the list of invahd
pensioners. Colonies and all others of higher
rank are to receive a pension of $50 per MONTH
Majors, $25 Captains, S2l; First Lleuteh-
ants, sly; Second Lieutenants, $50; non-com
missioned officers and musicians and priyaVes'
SO. In the naval service. Captains COnhladu-
ers, Lieutenants Commanding ana masters
Commanding $50 per month ) p. Llelie a.
Chief Engineer. Surgeons. and Passed Assist
ant Surgeons, S25 Professors of Mathemat-
les. Assis tant Surgeons, Paymasters and Mas
tiers. $40: First Assistant Engineers, Pilots,
and Asst slant Paymasters, SIS; Teachers.
schoolm asters, Passed Midshipmen, Captains
and Paymasters' clerks, Second and Third As
sistant Engineers, Masters Mates and warrant
officers, $40 all petty officers, IS. All COM
rnissio1ed officers Of either service shall receive
only such pension as is thus provided for IF
any officer or person not named in the first
section has died since the 4th of March 1861,
or shall hereafter die by reason of any wound
or disease &c, his widow or his children I'M
der eighteen years of age, shall be entitled to
the pension, which is to continue to the widow
during her widowhood, or to her children until
they severslly attain the age of eighteen years,
and no longer.
Where any officer or other person named
shall have died subsequently, to the 4th OF Mar.
1861, or shall hereafter die, and has not left or
shall not leave a widow or legitimate child,
but mas left or shall leave q mother who was
dependant upon him for support, in whole or
in part, the mother shall be entitled to receive
the pension, provided the pension given to the
mother on account of her son shall terminate
on her marriage and provided that where any
officer or other person has not left or shall not
leave widow nor legitimate child nor mother,
but has left or may leave an orphan sister or
SISTERS, under eighteen years of age, who were
dependant on him for support in whole or IN
part, they shall receive the pension TO con inue
until they shall sevesaily arrive at the age of
eighteen and no longer The widow of any
volunteer who shall hereafter be killed or die of
wounds or disease contracted while in the mil
itary service during the present rebellion, and
before receiving she bounty herein provided
tor, and if no widow the minor child children,
If there be any, and if there be no minor chill |
dren, then the mother, and if no mother, then
tie father Of such deceased soldier, shall receive
in addition 10 all araears Of pay and allowances
for bounty Of one hundred dollars, and no
money shall be paid to such, or to any heirs of
any deceased soldier on account of bounty, back |
pay or pension, who have been in any way
engaged in, OF who have aided or abetted The |
existing rebellion in the United States; but the |
right of such disloyal heir, or heirs, of such |
soldier, shall be vested in the loyal heir, or
heirs Of the deceaaed, if any there be in the |
order named a special agent is to be appnin- |
ted to detect and prosecute frauds against the !
pension law,