The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1865-03-01
Matters of Interest to Soldf-
KRs, THEIR WIDOWS, CHILDREN. FAITH
ERs, MOTHERS, SISTERS, BROTHERS, OR
LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES,, WHO ARE
ENTITLED re PENSIONS.

Aay eficer, non-cen nissisned officer,
musician, or private of the array, includ-
ing regulars, volunteers or militia, or any
officer, ssamen, uasician, pilet or ether
person in the navy or marine corps, who
ha. been or shall hereafter be, disabled
by reason of any wound received or dis
ease contracted while in the service Of
the United States, and in the discharge
of duty is entitled to peas;on.
The pension for a fetal disability is,
for a Lieut.. Colenel and all sficers OF
higher rank, thirty dollars per month;
Major twenty Eve dollars per msath; Cap
tain, twenty dsllars per month; lst Lieu
teBant, seventeen dellars per month; ID
Lieutenant, fifteen dollars per month; and
non co no nsissiened eihcers. musicians and
priyates, eight dollars per month. And
for an inferior disability, an amount pro
portionate to the highest disability.
Any person who shall have lost both
feet in the military service OF the United
States, and in the line Of duty, shall be
entitled to a pension Of twenty dollars
per menth, and those Who, under the
same conditions have lost both hands or
both eyes, shall be entitled to a pension
of twenty-five dollars per month.
If any officer OF soldier has died or
shall hereafter die by reason of any
wound received or disease contracted
while in the service of the United States,
and in the line of his duty, his widsw, sr
ifthere be ne widow, his child or children
under sixteen years of age, shall be enti-
tied to receive the same pension as the
husband or father would have been enti-
tied to had he been totally disabled. If
the ssidier left no widow. or child under
sixteen, the mother isent;tled If she ,oos
dependant on her son, in whsle or in part,
for her support.
If the soldier left 20 widsw, child sr
mother entitled as before stated, orphan
sisters are entitled to the pension until
they are sixteen years of age.
PENSIONS COMMENCE.
To invalid or disabled soldiers pen
sien, from tho date Of their discharge
FROM the service; if the application be
made within one year from the date Of
discharge; if net made within enc year,
then from the date of application. IF the
applicant fer an invalid pension die dur
ing the pesdency of his claim, then the
pension OF the widow or ether person
entitled to receive pension by reason sf
his service and death, shall commence at
tho date at which such decedents' invalid
pension would have commenced.
DECEASED SOLDIER LEGAL HEIRS.
IF the seldier left wife she is his heir,
and is entitled to pension, bounty and ar
rears Of pay. Hhe left ne wife, his child
or children come next. and are entitled to
hounty and arrears of pay, and also pom
sions, if any are under sixteen years OF
age. If he left neither wife nor child, his
father is his heir to the bounty and ar
rears Of pay, bat ne pension. If he left
neither wife, child nor father, his mother
is his hair, and is entitled tSbbeunty, ar
rears of pay, and also pension. if she can
shew that she was dependent III tcho!e or
in part on the deceased for support. If
ne lett neither wife, child, father nor
mother, his brothers and sisters are his
heirs to the beunty and arrears of pay.
jointly. But ne pension, except ia case
of orphan sisters under 16 years Of age,
whs were dependent in whole or in part
on the deceased for support. Fer full
SOLDIERS PENSIONS.
Every soldier disabled in the present
rebellion by wounds or sickness is enti-
tied to an invalid pension.
WIDOWS PENSIONS.
The widow Of any soldier wbe dies
frem wounds or sickness contracted inthe
service is entitled to pension; also to
frsn Sl0o to S3o2 bounty.
DlscH ARGED SOLDIERS 500 BOUNTY.
Every soldier who has served TIVE years
or been discharged on account of wounds
received in battle, is entitled to 500
bounty, in addition to his pension.
s@ My brethren, said Swift in a
sermen, there are three kinds of pride,
namely: Of birth, Of riches, of intellect
I shall not speak Of the latter, none Of
you being liable to that abeminable vice.
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