Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1865-02-09
Matters of Interest TO Soldiers,
their widows, children, Faith
ers, Mothers, Sisters, urOthers,
v or Legal Representatives. as.


"a WHO ARE ENTITLED 10 PENSIONS.
Any officer, non-cemmissione ao6icer,
musician, or private Of the army, Including
regulars, volunteer and militia, or any OH
Ger, seaman, musician, pilot or other person
in the navy or. marine corps, who has oeen.
or shall hereafter be, disabled BY reason OF
sny wound received or disease contracted
while in the service of the United States,
and in the line of duty is entitled to PEN
sion. .rrsf.Irr Gn.a. f...z.fsar
The pension for total disability is, for
Lieut.. Col. and all officers of higher rank,
thirty dollars per month; Major, twenty
five dollars per mouth, Captain, twenty
dollars per month; lst Lieutenant, seven
teen dollars per month; I'd Lieutenant, fif.
teen dollars per month; and non.commis-
stoned officers, musicians aud privates eight |
dollars per month. Aud for an interior
disability, an amount proportionate to the
highest disability.
Any person who shall have lost both feet
iu the military service of the United States,
and in the line Of duty, shall be entitled to
! pension Of twenty dollars per month; and
| these who, under the same conditions have
lost both hands or both eyes, shall be enti
/ tied to pension Of twenty five dollars per
msnth.
If any officer or soldier has died or shall
hereafter die by reason of any wound're-
ceived or disease contracted while in the
service of the United States, andin the
line of his duty. his widow or if there be
no widow, his child or children under Elk
teen years of age, shall be entitled to re-
ceiYe the same pension as the husband or
father would have been entitled to had he
been totally disabled. IF the soldier left
no widow, or child under sixteen, the moth.
er is entitled ifshe ,ods dependent on her son,
in whole or in part, for her support.
If the soldier left no widow, child, or
mother entitled as before stated, orphan
sisters are entitled to the pension until they
, are sixteen yeats OF age.
No person who aids or abets the rebellion
y is entitled to a pension or anything else
from the Government. w.
> PENSIONS COMMENCE
y |, To invalid or disabled soldiers pension
i from the date OF their discharge from the
= service, if the application be made within
q one year from the date of discharge; il moi
made within one year, then from the date
n Of application. If the applicant for an in
valid pension die during the pendency o.
/. his claim, then the pension oil the widow Of
:, other person entitled 10 receive pension
i by reason of his service and death, shal
commence at the date at which such de
- cedents invalid pension would have com
H. menced. .
" DECEASED SOLDIERS LEGAL HEIRS.
id If the seldier left wife she il his heiI
to and is entitled to pension, bounty and ar
: rears of pay. If he left no wife, his chill
r. or children come next, and are entitled t
n bounty and arrears Of pay and alsoiper
rs sions, if any are under sixteen years G
h. age. If he left neither wife nor child, hi
no father is his heir to tho bounty and arresr
ss of pay, but no pension. If he loft neithe
Mt wife, child nor father, his mother is hi
re heir, and is entitled to bounty, arrears {
a. pay, and also pension, if she can show tht
b. she was dependent IN DhoLs or III part o
the deceased for support. IF he left neiti
or wife, child father nor mother, his brotl
10 ers and sisters are his heirs to the bount
and arrears of pay, jointly. But no pei
bs sion, except in case OF orphan sisters und,
nd l6 years Of age, who were dependent
.o' whole or in part on the deceased for SUI
- port For full information in regard t
and prompt collection of all claims, apply
US 10 person or by letter.
-nI WAITING FOR PARTICULARS.
We receive letters daily from person
to who, in substance, say: "We have boun
lag money, back pay, pensions, &c, due us, al
he we wish you TO attend to the case and CO
tu- lect them as soon as we can got the part
re, ulars, which we have written to the Ca
nd tain or Colonel for" &c. You should u
Kill delay for the particulars. If you knC
sat your husband, son or relative is dead, y,
nst know sufficient to enable US to commen
re. the collection Of your claim at once; and
on particulars as to how much is due you, &
ve, we will ascertain, as we can do it mu,
IN, easier than you and without delaying Il
,ut case Tho departments are so far behin
lll and there ars 10 many scores of cases goir
in daily that you should embrace the We
earliest opportunity to have your apple
ton placed on file.
WHAT WIDOWS ARE ENTITLED TO LAT
= WARRANTS.
TED Tho widow Of every person who serv
TO- fourteen days or more in the service OF t
me United States in the Revolutionary war, a
on Indian war between 1900 and March 3
lts. 1855, or in the war With Great Britain
lth 1872, the Patriot war, Aristok war, Me
lhs can war, or any other war between abo
,wn dates, or If they Served an hour at bat
ms or skirmish whore life was in peril or
ing route towards baltic for the purpose Of
the sisting the United States, in case the h,
lm band did not receive it. If tho husba
ON received forty or eighty acres while livir
on the widow il entitled TO enough more
attn make 100 acres in all. Officers, teamst,
rye and all who served with the armed fore
on the United States, and were subject
use military orders, are entitled TO warrants
ere In cases Of doubt, write us the facts
Her the person who served is dead, his wild,
ont is first entitled If no widow, children W
10 were under twenty.one on the Sd of Marc
Gu 1855, are entitled.
,n IN SOLDIERS PENSIONS.
Every soldier disabled in the present
bellion by wounds or sickness is entitled
=, an invalid pension.
sno ',o WIDOWS PENSIONS.
n0 aro The widow Of any soldier who dies frS
u,S ',' wounds or sickness contracted in the serv
s oas is entitled to a pension; also to from 81
oJo od to 1902 bounty.
cen DISCHARGED SOLDIERS $l0o BOUNTY.
Every soldier who has served two yea
or been discharged on account Of wour
ann received in battle, is entitled to 800 bo,
om 'us ty, in addition to his pension.
~ ~ Reader, think over your acquaintance.
,S ana Ifyou know an old soldier or widow W
Ana ." has failed 10 obtain their just dues, send
's.s 'sn,, their address. You may do them ar,
I,s service, aud II costs only three cents posta,