New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-09-04

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Be it enacted by the Senate and House 0
Representatives of the United States o
America in Congress assembled. That OIL
the first Wednesday in September. in thu
year eighteen hundred and seventyfour
there shall be elected in each COZ gressiOna
district in the State OF California one Rep
resentative to represent said State in thu
Forty-fourth Congress Of the United States
Approved March 3, 1873.
GENERAL NATURE-NO. GO.
An act TO revise, consolidate, and amen,
the laws relating TO pensions.
Be il enacted by the Senate and House O
Representatives of the United States O
America in Congress assembled, That i
the ability of any officer of the army, IN
GLIDING regulars, volunteers, and militia, o.
any officer IN the navy or marine corps, o.
any elisted man, however employed, in TIL
military or naval service of the United
States, or in It's marine corps, whether regu
1arly mustered or not, disabled by reason O
any wound or injury received, or disease
contracted, while III the service OF The
United States and in the line Of duty: any
master serving on a gunboat, or any pilot
engineer, sailor or other person not regu
larly mustered serving upon any gunboal
or war vessel of the United States, disabled
by any wound or injury received, or other.
wise incapacitated, while in the line OF
dnty, for procuring his subsistence by
manual labor; @ny person not an enlisted
soldier in the army, serving for the time
being AZ 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 or
ganized military or naval force OF the Uni
ted States, or who otherwise volunteered
and rendered service in any engagement
with rebels or Indians. disabled in conse-
auence of wounds or injury received in the
line Of duty in such temporary service: any
acting assistant or contract surgeon, dis
abled 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 hospital, or any provost marshal. dep
nty provost marshal, or enrolling officer,
disabled by reason Of any wound or injury
received in the discharge of his duty, to
procure a subsistence by manual labor. has
been since the fourth day Of March, eight
cen hundred and sixty-one, or shall here
after he impaired by reason of such Gisa-
bility, he shall, upon making due proof of
the fact, according to such forms and regu-
latiOns as are or may be provided by and In
pursuance of law, be placed upon the list OF
invalid pensioners Of the United States, and
be entitled to receive, for total disa bility
or a permanent specific disability, such pen
sion as is hereinafter provided in such cases.
and for an inferior disability. exceSt in cases
Of permanent specific disability 4or which
the rate of pension is expressly pro-
vided, an amount proportionate TO that pro-
vided for total disability, to commence as
hereinafter provided, and to continue dur
ing the existence of the disability; provided
that no claim of State militiaman, or nom
enlisted person, on account OF disability
from wounds or injury received in battle
with rebels or Indians, while temporarily
rendering service, shall be valid unless pro-
secuted to a successful issue prior to the
fourth day of July, eighteen hundred and
seventy-four; and provided further, that no
person shall be entitled TO a pension bv
reason of wounds or injury received or dis
ease 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 disease was in the
line of duty; and. if in the military ser
vice, 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. toIt or
garrison; or, if 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, actually in commission. or
was at some na-al station, or on his way
by direction of competent authority, to the
United States, or TO some other vessel, or
naval station, or hospital
SEC. .. That the pension for total disa !
bility shall be as follows, namely: For
lieutenant colonel and all officers OF higher
rank in the military service and in the ma |
rine corps, and for captains, and all officers |
OF higher rank, commander, surgeon, pay |
master, and chief engineer, respectively |
ranking with commander by law, lieutenant |
and master commanding, IL |
tie naval service, thirty dollars per month; |
for major in the military service and in the |
marine corps, and lieutenant, surgeon, pay |
master, and chief engineer, respectively |
ranking with lieutenant by law, and passed |
surgeon in the naval service, |
twenty-five dollars per month; for captain |
in the military service and in the marine |
corps, chaplain in the army, and provost |
professor OF mathematics, master,
assistant surgeon, assistant paymaster, and
chaplain in the naval service, twenty dol
lars per month; for first lieutenant in the
military service and in the marine corps,
acting assistant or contract surgeon, and
deputy provost marshal, seventeen dol
lars per month; for second lieutenant
in the military service and in the marine
corps, first assistant engineer, ensign, and
pilot in the naval service, and enrolling
officer, fifteen dollars per month; for cadet
passed midshipman. n4lship-
men, clerks of admirals and paymasters.
ind of other officers commanding vessels. |
second and third assistant engineer, mas
er's mate, and all warrant officers in the
naval service, ten dollars per month; and
or all enlisted men whos6&ank or office is
lot mentioned in this section, eight dollars
Der month; and the masters, pilots, engi-
leers, sailors, and crews upon the gunboats
md war vessels shall be entitled to receive
he pension allowed herein to those of like
ank in the naval service: and every COM
nissioned officer of the army, navy, or ma
inc corps shall receive such and only such
pensions as is herein provided for the rank
lie held at the time he received the injury, |
VI contracted the disease which resulted in |
he disability, on account of which he may
De entitled to a pension and any commits
non or presidential appointment, regularly
ssued 10 such person, shall be taken to
ietermlne hls rank from and after the date,
's given IN the body of the commission or
comforting said rank: pro-
Ilded, that vacancy existed in the rank |
hereby conferred: that the person commits
loned was not so disabled for military
luty: and that he did not willtulIv NEGLECT
II refuse 10 be mustered.
SEC s. That Tor the period commencing
My fourth, eighteen hundred and sixty
our, aud ending July third, eighteen hun
red and seventytwo, those persons entitled I
0 less pension than hereinafter men
oned, who shall have lost both feet in the |
Military or naval service and in the line of $
uty. shall be entitled 10 pension OF /
wenty dollars per month; for the same pc
cd those persons who. under like circum- I
tances. shall have lost both hands or the 1 I
ght of both eyes, shall be entitled to I
ension of twenty-five dollars per month:
nd for the period commencing March third,
ghteen hundred and sixty-tve, and end
Y June third. eighteen hundred and seven 9
1.-TWO, those persons who under like cir Q