Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-03-09
TO BENEFIT 1'HE VETERAN
THE DEPENDENT PENSION BILL
 PASSED BY THE SENATE.

Remembering the Men Whose Valor
 Saved tho Nation's Honor-Provisions
 for the Soldiers Widow and Childrsa.
 Special Features of the Measure.
 WASHINGTON, March 9.-The senate passed the dependent pension bill yesterday by . vote of A to 16. Mir. Plumb's amendment striking out the word totally" before the word "incapacitated" was defeated, IA to 4a The bill as it finally passed provides that, in considering the pension claims of dependent parents, the fact and cause of death, and the fact that the soldier left no widow or minor child or children, having been shown as re- quired by law, it shall be necessary only to show by competent and sufficient evidence that such parent or parents are without other means of support than their own manual labor or the contributions of others not le- gally bound for their support; provided that all pensions allowed under this section shall begin from the date of the passage of this act, or from the date of subsequent depend ence, and shall continue no longer than the existence of dependence
 All persons who served three months or more in the military or naval service of the United States during the war of the rebellion, and who have been honorably discharged therefrom, and who are now or who may Hereafter be suffering from mental Or physical disability, not tire result of their own vicious habits, which totally incapacitates them for the performance of manual labor, and who are without other adequate means of self-support, shall, upon making due proof of the fact, ac cording to such rules and regulations as the secretary of the interior may provide, be placed upon the list of invalid pensioners of the United States, and be entitled to receive $12 per month, and such pension shall com mance from the date of the filing of the appli- cation in the pension office, after the passage of 1his act, upon proof that the disability the existed, and shall continue during the exi tence of the same; provided that persons wh are now receiving pensions under ex- lsti .g laws, or whose claims are pending in the pension office, may, by application to the col missioner of pensions, in such form as he ma prescribe, receive the benefits of this act; ane' nothing herein contained shall be con- str.'ed as to prevent any pensioner hereunder fro r prosecuting his claim and receiving his per sion under any other general or special act provided, however, that no person shall rec.ive more than one pension for the same perlod; and provided, further, that rank in the service shall not be considered in app.ica- tions filed hereunder.
 If any invalid pensioner has died, or shall u0IodlCcT ul0, lcdSuiS d "luO"s uuuOT CullQ or children under Is years of age, or, in case tnere be no widow or minor child or children, dependent mother or father, such widow, minor child or children, or mother or father shall be placed upon the pension roll at the rates established by law tor widows, minor children, and parents, without regard to the cause of death of such pensioner, provided that said widow was married to the deceased pensloner prior to the passage of this act All pensions granted to widows under this or any other general law shall take effect from the date of the death of the husband of such widows respectively, but not dating back of the passage of this act The increase of pen sions for minor children shall be at the rate of $5 per month instead of S2 per month, as now provided by law; and in case a minor child is insane, idiotic, or otherwise helpless, the pen sion shall continue during the life of said child, or during the period of such disability.