Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-05-10
IOFFIClAL.l
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES
Passsd 1t she THIRD Ssssf0s or the Forty.
Gseosd C0SErsss.
GENERAL HArURE-No. 81

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60 GENERAL NArURK-No. 62l
AN ACT to revise, consolidate. and amend the
laws relating to pensions.
Be 1t esaeted by the Senate and House of Repre-
sentafices of the United States Of Ameyien IN Con-
gyess assembled, That If the ability OF any officer
OF the army, including regulars. volunteers,
and militia, or any officer in the navy or marine
in the military or naval service Of the United
States. or In its marine corps, whether regularly
mustered or not, disabled by reason Of any
wound or injury received, or disease contracted,
while In the service OF the United States and In
the line Of duty; any master serving on Q gua-
boat, or any pilot, engineer, sailor, or 0thsr
person not regularly mustered, serving upon
any gunboat or war-vessel Of the United States,
disabled by any wound or injury received, or
otherwise incapacitated, while in the line of
duty, for procuring his subsistence by manual
army, serving for the time being as a member
of the militia of any State under orders OF an
officer OF the United States, or who volunteered
for the time being to serve with any regularly
organized military or naval force OF the United
States, or who otherwise volunteered and reR-
dered service in any engagement with rebels or
Indians, disabled in consequence OF wounds or
injury received in the line OF duty in such tenn
porary service; any acting assistant or contract
surgeon, disabled by any wound or injury re-
ceived or disease contracted in the line Of duty
while actually performing the duties Of assist
ant surgeon or acting assistant surgeon with
any military force in the field or in transitu or
in hospital. or any pr0vost-msrshal, deputy pro-
vost marshal, or enrolling officer, disabled by
reason of any wound or injury 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 regula-
lions as are or may be provided by and IN pur-
suance OF law, be placed upon the list OF invalid
pensioners of the United States, and ba entitled
to receive, for a TOTAL disability or a pfrmanen
specific disability, such pension as1is hereinaf-
ter provided In such cases, and for an inferior
disability, except in cases of permanent spe-
cific disability for which the rate of pension is
expressly provided, an amount prop0rtionate to
that provided for total disability, to commence
as hereinafter provided, and to continue during
the existence OF the disability: Proridsd, That
no aim of State militiaman, or non enlisted
pere)n, on account or disability from wounds
or in jury received in battle with rebels or In
dams, while Temporarily rendering service
shall be valid unless prosecuted to a successfIIi
Issue prior to the fourth day of July, eighteen
hundred and Sc veDty- -four: And proUidsd further
THAI no person shall be entitled to a pension by
reason Of wounds or injury received or disease
contracted in the service 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 dis
ease was in the line of duty; and, if in the mill
tary service, was at the time actually in the
field, or en- the march, or at some post, fort, or
garrison, or en- route by direction OF some COM
Us u,
or, IL in the naval service, was at the time
borne on the books of some ship or other vessel
Of the United States, at SEA or in harbor, act
ually In commission, or was at some naval sta
ton, or on his way, by direction of competent
authority. to the United States, or to some other
vessel, or naval station. or hospital.
SEC. 2. That the pension for total disability
shall be as follows, namely: For lieutenant
colonel and all officers of higher rank in the
military service and i'm the marine corps, and
for captain, and all officers of higher rank,
gineer, respectively ranking with commander
by law, lieutenant commanding and m aster
commanding, In the naval service, thirty dol
lars per month; for major in the military ser
vice and in the marine corps, and lieutenant,
surgeon, paymaster, and chief engineer, re-
spectively ranking with lieutenant by law, and
passed assistant surgeon in the naval service,
TWENTY-FIVE dollars per month; for CAPTAIN in the
military service and in the marine corps, chap
lain in the army, and provost marshal, profess
or OF mathematics, master, assistant su yeOn
assistant paymaster, and chaplain in the naval
service, twenty dollars per month"; for first lieu
tenant in the military service and in the ma
rine corps, acting assistant or contract surgeon,
and deputy provost marshal. seventeen dollars
per month; for second lieutenant in the mill
tary service and in the marine corps first assist
ant engineer, ensign, and pilot in the naval Ser.
vice, and enrolling officer, fifteen dollars per
month; for cadet-sbipman, passed midshipmsn,
midshipmeD, clerks of admirals and paymas-
tiers, and Of other officers commanding vessels
second and third assistant engineer, masters
mate. and all warrant officers in the nav al SER
vice, ten dollars per month; and for all enlisted
men whose rank or office Is not mentioned in
this section, eight dollars per month; and the
masters. pilots, engineers, sailors, and crews
upon the gunboats and war vessels shall be en-
titled to receive the pension allowed herein to
those OF IKE rank in the naval servic,; and
every commissioned officer of the army, navy,
or marine corps, shall receive such and only
he held at the time he received the injury, or
contracted the disease which resulted in the
disability, on account of which he may be en-
titled to pension; and any commission or pres.
dental appointment, regularly Issued to such
person, shall be taken to determine his rank
from and after the date, as given I'm the body
Of the commission or appointment comforting
the rank thereby conferred; that the person
commissioned was not SO disabled for military
duty; and that he did not wilfully neglect or
refused 10 be mustered.
Sec. 3. That for the period commencing July
fourth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, aud
ending June third, eighteen hundred and sew
enty- two, those persons entitled to a less pen
lost both feet in the military or naval service
and in the line Of duty, shall be entitled to
pension of twenty dollars per month; for the
same period those persons who. under like cir
cumstances, shall have lost both hands or the
sight OF both eyes, shall be entitled to q PEN
sion OF twenty-five dollars per month; and for
the period commencing March third. eighteen
eighteen hundred and seventy-two, those Der.
sons who under like circumstances shall have
lost one hand and one foot, shall be entitled to
q pension 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 per-
sons who under like circumstances shall have
lost one hand or one foot, shall be entitled to a
pension of fifteen 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 psr-
sons entitled to less pension tn An hereinafter
mentioned, who by reason of injury received
or disease contracted in the military or naval
service OF the United States and in the line of
duty, shall have been permanently and totally
disabled in both hands, or who shall have lost
the sight Of one eye, the other having been pre-
viouely lost, or who shall have been otherwise
60 totally and permanently disabled as to rem
der them utterly helpless, or 80 nearly 90 Is to
require regular personal aid and attendance of
another person, shall be entitled to a pension
Of twenty-five dollars per month; and for the
same period those who under like circum-
stances shall have been totally and permanent
ly disabled In both feet, or in one hanl and in
one foot, or otherwise 30 disat ed rs to DC inca
pacitated for the performance OF any manual
labor, but not SO much as to require regular
perfonal aid and attention, shall be entitled to
pension Of twenty dollars per month; and for
the same period all persons who under like cir
cumstances shall have been totally and perma-
Dently disabled in one hand, or one foot, or
otherwise 90 disabled as to render their inahil.
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