, 1862-05-16

The following is the Pension Bill as it pas
sed the House on Tuesday last:
It provides that officers and men Of all
grades, IN thu army and navy and other branch
cs Of tic service, who have been, since the
4tn Of March, 1sGl. or shall hereafter be dis
abled By reason Of wounds or disease con.
traeted in iinc duty, shall be placed
and all Others Of higher rank arc to re-
ceivc a.peneion OF $50 per month; Mljers, rs
Captains, 81; First Licutenants, SIT; Second
Lieut.nants, SIS; non-commissloned officers
and musicians: aud priyatcs, S; In the na-
va1 service, Captains. Commanders, Licuten-
zais Commanding aud Masters Com naming,
$50 rrr month l.ient cnants, Chiet Engineers,
Surge one, and Passed Assistant Surgeons, 81;
Professors of Mathematics, Assistant Sur
geons, Paxn4asters aud Master, S2o; finst As
slstant En2inc.s, Pilots, and Assistant Fay
masters, SIS; Teachers, schoolmasters, Passed
Second a'ld Third Assistant Engineers, Mas-
ters' Mates ind warrA,l1 officers, $40; oil petty
officers, s.. All commissioned officers OF
either service shall receive only such pension
o. is thus provided for If any officer or 9th
CT person not named in the first section has
died since she 4th Of March, 1881, or shall
hereafter die hy reason Of any wound or dis
discasc &c, his widoT or Ills children unde1
eighteen years OF a:se. shall be entitled 10 ths
1u.us;ou, ~hiei IL 10 continue to the widoH
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they eeycra'ly at taiu the aye OF eighteen years
and nc longer.
VII, ~ a1ty officer or other person named
shall lav. died subsequently, to the 4ta
March, ISL or shall htTrlttcr die, and nas nc
left or shall not leave widow or legtlnlat
rhi1d. but has left or shall leave mother VII
H;ts depeudept upon him for support,ln who
or in mart. the mnlher shall be entitled 10 :
ceiye The pension, provided tile pension give
to The mother on account OF ncr SOD SHAH Il
inmate on her marriage and PROVIDED, IN
where ans officer or other person las mol !e
or shall not lea1ra widnw nor legitimate ch1l
pot mother, hut has lctf or may leave an {
phan sister or sisters. under eighteen years
aye, who were dependent on Tim for snppa
in whole OF in part. 1hts shall receive the pc
zion to continue until they shall seTcTa'ly :
rive at the az. Of r. hteen aEd no longer I
widow Of any volunteer who slltl hereafter
killed or die Of wounds or disease contract
while in thu military service during tue pr
mt rebellion, and bsfo1t: receiving the bout
t-rein provided for, and It no wilo r the mir
cl,,|d or children. il there be any, and if tn
1,e no minor children, then the mother, ant
~ mother, then the father Of such decea
eo1di.r shall receive in addition to all are
~ ,ov and allowances for bounty Of one h
drfd dollars, a1'd no money shall he pId
such- or to apr heirs Of any deceased solt
"a account Of bounty, back pay or peus'
who haze beeti in ntS way engaged IN, or
have aided or ahrtted rhe existing reoelllol
the United States but the right ol soch
loyal heir, or heirs, OF sueh so!alef, snal
vested in the loyal heir, or heirs, OF Inc
ceased, II any there be in the order named.
Special agent il to be appointed to detect
3rosecute frauds against the pension Law.