Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-07-12
Information for Pensioners.


INFORMATION Tor FcNS1Oncrs.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
PENSION OFFICE, June 20, 1872.
The first section of an act sup
Elementary to the several acts relat-
ing to Pensions, approved June 6,
1866, provides
"That from and after the
passage of this act all persons by
law entitled to less pension than
hereinafter specified, who, while in
the military or naval service and in
line of daty, shall have lost the
sight of both eyes, or who shall
have lost both hands, or been per-
mancntly or totally disabled in the
same, or otherwise so permanently
and totally disabled rs to render
them utterly helpless. or so nearly
50 as to require the constant per-
sonal ai2 and attendance Of another
person, shall be entitled to pen
sion oftwcnty-five dollars per month;
and all persons who, under like cir.
cumstances, shall have lost both feet
or one hand and one foot, or been
totally and permanently disabled in
the same, or otherwise so disabled
rs to be incapacitated for perform
ing any manual labor, but not 50
much SO as to require constant per-
sonal aid and attention, shall be
entitled to pension of twenty
dollars per month; and all persons
who, under like circumstances, shall
have lost one hand, or one foot, or
been totally and permanently dis
abled in the same, or otherwise so
disabled as to render their inability
to perform manual labor equivalent
to the loss Of a hand or foot, shall
be entitled to pension of fifteen
dollars per month"
An act increasing the rates of
pension to certain persons therein
described, approved June sth, 1872,
provides
= "That all persons entitled
| by law to less pension than here
matter specified, who, while in the
military or naval service Of the
United States and in line of duty,
shall have lost the sight Of both
eyes, or shall have lost both hands,
or shall have lost both feet, or been
permanently and totally disabled in
the same, or otherwise so permanent
thy and totally disabled as to render
them utterly helpless, or so nearly
so rs to require the constant personal
aid and attendance Of another per-
son, shall be entitled to a pension of
thirty-onc dollars and twenty five
cents per month; and all persons
who, under like circumstances, shall
have lost one hand and one foot, or
been totally and permanently dis
ab!ed in the same, or otherwise SO
disabled as to be incapacitated for
performing any manual labor, but
not SO much rs to require constant
personal aid and attendance, shall
be entitled to 4 pension Of twenty
four dollars per month; and all
persons who, under like circumstan-
ccs, shall have lost one hand, or one
foot, or been totally and permanently
disabled in the same, or otherwise
so disabled as to render their in
capacity to perform manual labor
equivalent to the loss of u hand or
foot, shall be entitled to pension
of eighteen dollars per month, from
and after the fourth of June, cigh-
teen hundred and seycnty-two.
Persons who arc already pension
ed under the former act at either Of
the rates OF fifteen, twenty or twenty
five dollars, are entitled to the in
creased rates provided by the latter
act, and may secure such increase
without formal application and with
out the Intervention of an attorney,
nor will any attorneyship be rccog-
nized in such cases.
A letter from the pcnsioner open
stoned as above, addressed to this
office, inclosing his present pension
certificate, and giving his post
Office address, will be a sufficient
presentation of his claim for the
increase.
The certificates will receive such
Endorsement by this office as will
authorize the payment Of the in
creased rate, and will then be for
warded to the Pension Agency at
which, the pension is payable, and
the pensioner will be notified such
transmission.
J. II. BAKER, Com.