Connecticut western news., 1884-01-30
ADDING TO THE PENSION LIST.
Biil Prepared by the Commissioner of
 Pensions and Presented 10 the senate.

A bill introduced in the Senate by Mir. Mitchell and which he said had been prepared by the commissioner of pen sions, adds to the list of persons entitled to pensions members of the Missouri militia while it was cooperating with the United States forces, members of the revenue marine service disabled by wounds or injuries received while in the line of duty; the masters serving on gun boats and the pilots, engineers and sail ors serving on gunboats or armed war vessels, whether regularly mustered or not, provided they were, at the time of
 mourning the disability, in the immedi. ate employ of the United States govern | ment, and persons not enlisted soldiers in the army disabled while serving as scouts under the orders of any officer of the United States. or while employed in the quartermaster's department with the United States forces in the field. For the last class and for persons who served | as mustered militia of any State under the orders of an officer of the United States, or who volunteered to serve with the military or naval forces and rendered | services in any engagement with the | rebels or Indians, the time for filing claims for pensions is left indefinite in- stead of limited as now.
 1t provides that mother shall be as- stunned to have been dependent upon her son, if at the date of his enlistment, if his death occurred in the service, or at the date of his death, If he died after his discharge from the service, she had no other adequate means of support than the ordinary proceeds of her own man. ual labor, and the contributions of the son or of any other person not legally bound to aid in her support; also that any mother who was not dependent upon the son at the date of his enlist ment or death, but who has since or shall hereafter become dependent shall be regarded the same in the administra- ton of the pension laws ns if dependent at the date of the sons enlistment or death. It also provides that a slave mothers right to pension shall not be | denied by reason of her inability to show that her son contributed to her support or recognized his obligations to | do so.
 It provides for the extension of the provisions Of the act of March, 1877, | which removes the disabilities of those who, having participated in the rebellion, have since its termination enlisted in the army of the United States nd become disabled, to those who under like con- | ditlons have enlisted in the navy or marine corps of the United States.
 It provides that every officer, non- commissioned officer, musician, or private of the regular army disabled subsequent to 1790 and prior to March 5, 1861, in the line of duty, and who has been honorably discharged shall be entitled to a pension proportionate to his disability, not exceeding for total disa- bility half the pay of his rank at the day of mourning the disability. Similar pro- vision Is made for officers, non-commis- stoned officers, musicians, and privates of the regular army or militia, volun- teers, rangers, or sea fencibles received into the service of the United States, disabled in actual service in the war of 1872, or any Indian war in which the i United States has been engaged subse- quent to 1790 and prior to March 5, 1861.