Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1865-04-13
Matters OF Interest TO Soldiers,
their widows, Chiidren, Fath-
ers. Mothers, Sisters, BrOthers,
or LEGAL Representatives.
WHO ARE ENTITLED 10 PENSIONS

their w W1dOWS. AHhaEch, "eH ~
ers. M IOthcrs, sisters, BrOthers, an an
or Legal Representatives tic
WHO ARE ENTITLED TO PENSIONS.
ANY officer, non-commissioned officer, "
musician, or private OF the army, lncluding rc
regulars, volunteer and militia, or any ON ?,
Ger. seaman, musician, pilot or other person .
in the navy or marine corps, who has been
or shall hereafter be- disabled by reason OF
anv wound received or disease contracted i
while in the service of the United States, q
and in the line Of duty is entitled to 4 pen i
sion. ,., O. G
The pension for total disability is, for :
a Lieut.. Gel. and all officers OF higher rank c
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 interior
, dsability,'an amount proportionate TO the
highest disability.
Any person who shall have lost both feet
a in the military service of he United States,
t and in the line of duty, shall be entitled to
those who, under the same conditions have
y lost both hands or both eyes, shall be enti-
:, tied to a pension of twenty-five dollars per
month. II
RI anv officer or seldier has died or shall
VI hereafter die by reason of any wound re-
t. ceived or disease contracted while, IN the
e service of the United States, and in the
line of his duty, his widow. or if there be
Ia no widow, his child or children under six
T. teen years Of age, shall be entitled to re- e.
y, ceive the same pension as the husband or
III father would have been entitled to had ne
lg been totally disabled. If the soldier left
X no widow, or child under sixteen, the moth
h, er is entitled ifshe ,cas dependent on her son,
il in whole or in part, for her support.
At If the soldier left no widow. child or
bo mother entitled as before stated, orphan
n' sisters are entitled to the pension until they
are sixteen years OF age. M
ep No persen whe aids or abets the rebellion
q. is entitled to pension or anything else
from the Government.
PENSIONS COMMENCE.
To invalid or disabled soldiers pension,
ty. from tho date of their discharge from the
mt service, if the application be made within
,ar one year from the date Of discharge; If not
.M made within one year, then from the date
~ ~. Of application. If tho applicant for an in
5nt valid pension die during the pendency o
rn, his claim, then the pension of the widsw OF
OBJ other person entitled to receive penslo,
his by reason of his service aud death, shal
een commence at the date at which such de
dc. cedents' invalid pension would have com
lar menced.
lier DECEASED SOLDIERS LEGAL HEIRS.
70 IF the soldier left wife she is his heir
a.. and is entitled to pension, bounty and ar
SO rear. of nav. If he left ne wife, his chill
ase or children come next, and arc entitled t
as bounty and arrears OF pay, and also3per
It 10 sions if any are under sixteen years Q
, q age. If he left neither wife nor child, hi
father is his heir to the bounty and arrear
of pay, but no pension. If he left neithe
wife, child nor father, his mother is hi
heir, and is entitled to bounty, arrears, 9
you pay, and also pension, 1t she can show thi
ian she was dependent IN whols or ~ part
hey the deceased for support. If he left nett,
! as er wife, child, father nor mother, his brotl
FOWL ers and sisters are his heirs to tho boun
of and arrears of pay, jointly, But no pc
roo sion, except in case of orphan sisters und
ma l6 wears Of age, who were dependent
our whole or in part on the deceased Tor su
may port. For full information in regard, t
wat and prompt collection of all claims, apply
and us 10 person or by letter.
the WAITING FOR PARTICULARS.
eat We receive letters daily from person
1t all who. in substance, say: 'We have boun
money, back pay, pensions, &c, due US, a
we wish you to attend to the case and G.
lect them as soon as We con get the part
,,h,. ulars, which we have written to the va
'tv,o ,wo tain or Colonel for. &c. You should
white delay lor WY pa'.,sui sni",;va ia dsad y
'II'e, know sufficient to enable us to CONNER
~ ~ the collection of your claim at once; and
n ~ particulars Us to how much Is due you,
ia ~ wo will ascertain, as we can DO It mu
,eai 'ii,. easier than you, and without delaying
NJ !, case. The departments are so far behi!
,oats. and there ars so many scores OF cases go
''s.s in daily that you should embrace the "
'ros "rs earliest opportunity to have your appli
= tho ton placed on file.
WHAT WIDOWS ARE ENTITLED TO LA
WARRANTS.
The widow Of every person who SER
VluD fourteen DAYS or more in the service OF
trees, United States in the Revolutionary war,
penter Indian war between 1890 and March
on, Us 1855, or in the war with Great Britain
0 pest 1912, the Patriot war, Aristok war, Nj
when can war, or any other war between ab
" to be ~ II I;r,n;sh where liza was In perl or
,jursd, ,onts towards a battle for the purpose Of
sistiua the United States, in case the B
band did not receive 1t. If the hush
of the received forty or eighty acres while livi
ood Is the widow il entitled to enough more
me ell make 100 acres in all. Officers, teams
ithout and all who served with the armed 10
- efthe United states, and were sup)ec
military orders, are entitled TO warrant
States ~, 0nsss nsysen IN who served Is dead his wi
IN p. Is first entitled. If no widow, children
Sena- were under twen,y-one on the I'd OF Ma
only 1885, are entitled
'ty one SOLDIERS PENSIONS
never Every soldier disabled in the presen
bellion by wounds or sickness is entitlt
an invalid pension. '
fer not WIDOWS PENSIONS.
new Tho widow Of any soldier who dies
he man wounds or sickness contracted in the Sc
. or i'm is entitled to pension; also to frem