Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1873-05-15
TIL B DAILY CHRONICLE.
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Passed at the Third Session OF the Forty
Second Congress.
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/ GENERAL NATURE--No. 62.1
An Act to revise consolidate, and amend the
7 laws relating to pensions. f08aF vJaggd
/ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives Of the United States of Ameri.
ca in Congress assembled, That If the ability OF
any officer of the army, Including regulars,
volunteers and militia, or any otficer IN the
navy or marine corps, or any enlisted man.
however employed in the military or naval SER
vice of the United States, or in its marine corps,
whether regularly mustered or not disabled by
reason of any wound or injury received, or qis>
ease contracted, while in the service OF the UNI
ted States and in the line of duty any master
sailor or other person not regularly mustered,
serving upon any gunboat or war vessel OF the
United States, disabled by any wound or injury
received, or otherwise incapactated, while IN
the line of duty, for procuring his subsistence
by manual labor any person not an enlisted
soldier in the army serving for the time being
as a member of the militia of any State under
orders of an officer of the Unite4 States, or who
volunteered for the time being to- serve with
any regular organized military or naval force
of the United States or who otherwise volun-
teered and rendered service in any engagement
with rebels or Ind; ans, disabled in consequence
of wounds or injury received in the line OF
duty in such temporary service; any acting as.
sistant or contract surgeon, disabled by any
wound or injury received or disease contracted
in the line of duty while actually performing
the duties of assistant surgeon or acting assistant
surgeon with any military force In the field or
in transitu or in the hospital, or any provost
marshal, deputy provost marshal or enrolling
officer, disabled by reason of any wound or in
jury received in the discharge of his duty, to
procure subsistence by manual labor, has
been. since the fourth day of March, eighteen
hundred and sixty one, or shall hereafter be
impaired by reason of such disability, he shall
upon making due proof of the fact, according to
such forms and regulations as are or may be
provided by and in pursuance of law, be placed
upon the list of invalid pensioners of the Uni
ted States, and be entitled to receive, for total
disability or permanent specific disability as
is hereinafter provided in such cases, and for
an inferior disability, sexcept in cases of perma-
nent specific disability for which the rate of
pension is expressly provided, an amount pro-
portionate to that provided for total disability,
to commence as hereinafter provided, and to
continue during the existence of the disability
Provided, That no claim of the State militia
man, or non enlisted person, on account of dis
ability from wounds or injury received in bat
tie with rebels or Indians, while temporarily
rendering service, shall be valid unless prose
cuted to successful issue prior to the fourth
day of July, eighteen hundred and seventy
four; And provided further, That no person en-
titled to pension by reason of wounds or in
jury received or disease contracted in the ser
vice of the United States subsequent to the
twenty seventh day of July, eighteen hundred
and sixty eight, unless the person who was
wounded or contracted the disease was in the
line of duty; and, if in the military service,
was at the time actually in the field, or on the
march, or at some post fort or garrison; or en-
route by direction of competent authority to
some post, fort or garrison or, if in the naval
service, was at the time borne on the book of
some ship or other vessel of the United States,
at sea or in harbor, actually in commission, or
direction s S0 Of competent authorty to the
States, or to some other vessel or naval station,
or hospital. a ,ar.r @
Sec. 2 That the pension for total disability
shall be as follows, namely For lieutenant coll
onel and all officers of higher rank in the mill
tary service and in the marine corps, and for
for captain and all officers of higher rank, COM
mander, surgeon, paymastsr and chief engin-
eer, respectively ranking with commander by
law, lieutenant commanding and master cons
manding, in the naval service, thirty dollars
per month; for major in the military service
and in the marine corps, and lieutenant, sur.
geon, paymaster and chief engineer respece
lively ranking with lieutenant by law, a Q
passed assistant surgeon in the naval serv ID
twenty five dollars per month for captaini in
the military service and in the marine co rps
chaplain in the army, and provost marssal,
professor of mathematics, master, assistant ur--
geon, assistant paymaster and chaplain in the
naval service, twenty dollars per month; for
first lieutenant in the military service and in
the military service and in the marine corps,
acting assistant o. contract surgeon, and deputy
provost marshal, seventeen dollars per month
for second lieutenant in the military service and
in the marine corps, first assistant engineer, en-
sign and pilot in the naval service, and enroll
ing officer, fifteen dollars per month for cadet
midshipman, passed midshipman, midshipman,
clerks of admirals and paymasters, and of other
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assistant engineers, masters mate, and all war
rant officers in the naval service, ten dollars per
month and for all enlisted men whose rank or
office is not mentioned in this section eight dol
lars per month and the masters, pilots, ensi-
neers, sailors and crews upon the gunboats an
sion allowed herein to those of like rank in thr
naval service and every commissioned Office
of the army, navy or marine corps, shall re-
ceive such and only such pensions as is herein
provided for the rank he held at the time he re-
which resulted in the disability, on account of
which he may be entitled to a pension and any
commission or presidential appoin tment regu-
larly issued to such person, shall be taken to
determine his rank from and after the date as
pointment comforting said rank: Provided, That
a vacancy existed in the rank hereby conferred
that the person commissioned was not so disa-
bled for military duty and that he did not will
fully neglect or refuse to be mustered. 81
Sec. 8. That for the period commencing July
fourth, eighteen hundred and sixty four, and
ending June third, eighteen hundred and sew
enty two, those persons entitle to less PEN
sion than hereinafter mentioned, who shall
have lost both feet in the military or naval ser
vice and in the line Of duty, shall be entitled To
pension of twenty dollars per month !; for the
same period those persons whe, under like cir
cumstanoes, shall have lost both hands or the
sight of both eyes, shall be entitled to pension
of twenty five dollars per month and the Pc
Rod commencing March third. eighteen hun
eighteen hundred and seventy two, those per-
sons who under like circumstances shail. have
lost one hand and one foot. shall be entitled to
pensi9n of twenty dollars per month and for
the period commencing June sixth, eighteen
hundred and sixty SIX, and ending June
third, eighteen hundred and seventy two,
those persons who under like aircam..
stan stances shall have ; lpss one hand Or one
fifteen dollars per month: and for the period COM
nencng june SIXTH eighteen hundred and sixty six.
two those persons entitled to less pension than here