Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-01-28
TIE PENSION ARRrARs nILL.
East Tennessee 20 be Ben, Ii a Thou
sands o. Dollars Thereby.

receiving the Presidents signature
last Saturday, will effect all of East
Tennessee as we'll as other portions oil
the country, TO a large extent, and
will be of incslculao!e benefit to many
ex-UniOn soldier, their families,
heirs, etc, scattered throughout the
] land, who have been entitled thereto
all the time. L is variously estimated
| that the passage of this bill will
bring into circulation from fifty to
/ one hundred million dollars more
! pension money than is now paid out
in the United States, and it will bring
many thousands of dollars more into
circulation in East Tennessee.
The bill goes into effect at once, and
Congress will most likely make tho
necessary appropriation for paying
out the money an at early day. AT any
rate before tbs next quarterly payment
day which begins March Alb.
The following is the full text o tie
bill:
Be It enacted &c, That all pensions
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general laws regulating peEsip rs. o
may hereafter be granted la Conse-
uuence OF death from a cause which
originated III the United States service
during the continuance of the rebel
lion, or IA consequence OF wounds,
injuTies, or uiseree received or COL
tracted IN said service during eaid war
OF the rebellion, shall CUnmenCe
from the daie of death or discba. e
from said servire Ct The person On
those account the claim hes bee. "
shall here after be granted. or rom Jne
termir stioI OF the right Of the P-riy
having prior title 10 such pension
PrOUiC cd. The rate OF pension for the
intervening time for which arrears of
Z ensiOn are hereby granted shall be
the same per month for which the
pension was originally granted.
SEC. 2. That the Com miG3 cIer of
Pensions is hereby autho. I'D end
directed to adopt such rules and regu-
iations for the payment Of the are
OF pensions hereby granted 81 Will De
necessary to cause TO he paiG 10 suCh
pensioners, or if the pensioners sL&Il
have died, TO the person or persons e!--
titled to The same, all such arrears /
pension es the pensiOner n1sy he, &.
would have been, entitled to unGeT
this act. -
SEC. 5. That section III of the Ra-
vised Statutes Of The United Staten
which provides that mo claim fos.
pension hot prosecuted to suc-l
cessful Issue within five years
from the date Of filing the
same shall ba admitted without
record evidence from the War =,
Navy Department Of the injury or the
= Il N HIIai y
or death o. the person on whose ac-
count Il e claim Is made: P5CCjded,
That IL any 'tse il which The !Imita-
ton pre-. e. ted by TINS seCtion brrs the
further pose :utIou IF the claim, the
claimant nay pf-2eni, Through the Pln-
1iOn Office, = ne AGjUtant-Gene-al of
the army OF the Surgeon General of The
navy, evidence | ~ The dis5G=e or IN
jury Which - nulIed IN the diss lily
or death Of the person en- WIN - AZ
count the clai0I - uIade uI < t.ed Ia
the service SDd il III line .aty
and II gu II evidence is deeIut sam
fact ny Y the officer TO whom ji u az
be submitted, he shall cause II ord of
The fac 20 proved TO b5 made, AID a
copy uf the same - be transIni. ed =
the Commissioner OF Pensions, and
the bar TO the prosecution Of the calm
shall thereby be removed" be, and the
same Is HEREBY repealed.
SEC 4 No claim agent OR other
person shall be entitled TO receive any
compensation for services in making
app IcatioG fOc arrears Of pension.
Sac. 5. That all acts or par } of
acts So lar as they may Conflict with
the provisions of this act be, and the
same are hereby, repealed.
For the Information of those
of cur readers who ale in
terested, we would say, upon
authority, 10y consultation with The
pension men in the Knoxville office,
that pensioners who have already re-
Ceived their pensions from the da.e -
dis barge or death, IS the case MAJ be,
need not apply, for this bill only bgn-.
fits those who have been debarred or
account OF not having made sppiica-
ton, and filed their claims within I've
years after discharge or death Of he
soldier.
No one need communica'e with he /
local Pension Agent. They can I,&i- |
iiy del eTmine themselves whe her |
hey com meuced to receive their PEN
sions from the date of discharge
Or death, or no. If, however,
there is any doubt, or if
they are entitled TO pension mouey |
under the new law, hey should write
at once TO. Hon. J. e. Bentley, Com
missioner Of Pensions. at Washing
ton, for the necessary blanks which
they must fill aud forward to the local
agent.
As will be seen, Tie bin provides
against any imposition in the way of
arge fees to claim agents, and PEN
'ioners will do we'll TO bear this in
mind. While the new bill will large
y augment the lab0rs of the clerical
'Orce in the Knoxville office, no in.
crease of force will be required.
We have full line OF Boys Over
coats, that will be sold cheap.
dec27dtf 10. It. MCTEER.
4aE OreIs for the Cincinnati Southern