Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1865-02-02

Matters of Interest 20 Soldiers. /
their Widows, children, Faith |
ers, Mothers, Sisters, Brothers,
or Legal Representatives.
WHO ARE ENTITLED 10 PENSIONS.
Any officer, non%commissioned officer,
musician, or private of the army, ineud NJ
regulars, volunteer and militia, or any Off |
car, seaman, musician, pilot or other person
IN the navy or marine corps, who has been |
or shall hereafter be, disabled by reason Of |
any wound received or disease contracted |
while in the service Of the United States, |
and in the line of duty is entitled to pen.
sion.
,The.pension for total disability is, for
a Lieut.. Gel and all officers OF higher rank,
thirty dollars per month; Major, twenty
five dollars per month, Captain, twenty
dollars per month; lst Lieutenant, seven.
teen dollars per month; I'd Lieutenant, fit.
teen dollars per month; and non commits
stoned officers, musicians and privates eight
dollars per month. And for an inferior
disability, an amount propertionate to the
highest disability.
Any person who shall have lost both feet
in the military service Of the United ates,
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
month.
Ii 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, and in the
line Of his duty. his widow or if there he
no widow, his child or children under six
teen years of age, shall be entitled to re-
ceive the same pension rs the husband or
father would have been entitled to had he
| no dow, or child under sixteen, the moth.
er is entitled If she ,cos 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 .yeaIs OF age.
No persen who aids or abets the rebellion
is entitled to pension Or anything else
from the Government.
PENSIONS COMMENCE.
To invalid or disabled soldiers pension,
from the date oil their discharge from the
service, if the application be made within
one year from the date OF discharge; il not
made within one year, then from the date
OF application. If the applicant for an in
valid pension die during the pendency of
his claim, then the pension OF the widew or
other person entitled to receive pension
by reason of his service and death, shall
commence at the date at which such de.
cedents' invalid pension would have COM
menced.
Il DECEASED SOLDIERS LEGAL HEIRS.
If the soldier lett wife she is his heir,
and Is entitled to pension, bounty and ar.
rears Of pay. Ii he left no wife, his child
or children come next, aud are entitled to
bounty and arrears of pay. and also,pel-
siens, if any arc under sixteen years OF
age. ifhe lett neither wife nor child, his
father is his heir to the bounty and arrears
Of pay, but no pension. 1t he left neither
wife, child nor father, his mother is his
heir, and is entitled to bounty, arrears Of
pay, and also pension, il she can show that
she was dependent IN ,ohote or IN part on
the deceased for support. If he left Meth.
er wife, child, father nor mother, his broth
ers and sisters are his heirs to the bounty
: and arrears Of pay, jointly. But no pen
l6 years Of age, who were dependent iu
whole or in part on the decea> ed for sup.
port. For full information in regard to-
and prompt collection Of all claims, apply Il
us in person or by letter.
WAITING FOR PARTICULARS.
We receive letters daily from persons,
who, in substance, say: We have bounty
money back pay. tensions, &C., due u +, anG
We wish YOU to attend to the case and col
lect them as soon az we Gun get the partc.
uisrs, which we have written to the Cap
tain cr Colonel for" &c. You should moi
AnlaU for Who rartInnIarc
your husband, son or relative is dead, you
know sufficient to enable US to commence
the collection OF your claim at once; and al
particulars as to how much is due you, &c
We will ascertain, as We can do ii much
easier than you, and without delaying the
case. The departments are SO tar behind
and there are so many scores of cases going
in daily that you should embrace the very
earliest Opportunity to have your appica
tion placed on file.
WHAT WIDOWS ARE ENTITLED TO LANE
WARRANTS.
Tho widow of every person who served
fourteen days or more in the service Of tn,
United States in the Revolutionary war; any
Indian war between 1870 and March Sd,
1850, or in the war with Great Britain o
1872, the Patriot var, Aristok war, Mex
can war, or any Other war between above
dates, or it they serged an hour at battle
or skirmish where life was in peril, or en-
route towards BATH for the purpose of as
sisting the United States, in case the hus-
band did not receiveI it. If the husband
received forty or eiglAy acres living,
the widow is entitled TO enough more to
make 100 acres in all. Officers, teamster,
and all who served witp the armed forces
of the United States, tnd were subject to
military orders, are entitled to warrants.
In cases Of doubt, writS us the facts. II
the person who served y dead, his widow
is first entitled. Ifn WIDOW, children who
were under twenty-one onthe Sd of March,
1855, are entitled.
SOLDIERS PENsYoNs.
Every soldier disabled id ihe present e.
belion by wounds or sicknesg is eatitled to
an invalid pension.
WIDOWS PENsrofs.
The widow of any soldier Mo dies from
wounds or sickness contracted In the service
is entitled to a pension; alsots from $l0O
to $302 bounty. "A
DISCHARGED SOLDIERS $l0o.BoUNTY.
Every soldier who has servedtwo years.
or been dischar on account IF uounds