The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-02-21

nS&LESiH3 \ the fiscal year end
.l@SAGA - h ing june, 1883, Was
eg5TTSS1 e767n,800 These
". 1l1 = saVx figures exhibit plain
" the immensely and far-reaching benefits
of governmental llberality.
The innumcrable National and State laws,
with endless alteration, have been con-
dcnsed in order to present in plain lam
guage, precisely what the cx-soldier, sailor
or marine was and is entitled to for services
rendered. and TO disabuse the minds Of tho
many who entertain the idea that war serv-
ices of remote relative entitlc them to
reward or that benefits given the veteran
Or lis direct heirs must descend even othe
firth or sixth generation.
All entitled to pensions, etc, etc, for
services in wars prior to the rebellion have,
with few exceptions, securcdcvery claim,
consequently but brief mention is made Of
any latFS prior TO 1854.
Every item herein given is official; pro-
posed legislation Is not touched upon. Ben
eiits to be secured nor are alona mentioned,
and The mode Or proceeding to obtain these,
without the Intervention OF an agent or law
yer, is pointed out.
The rates of pensions for different
wounds aud degrees Of disability vary 80
greatly and are affected by 50 many causes,
IL would bs impossible To give list without
creating confusion. Application to the
Commissioner will always bring prompt ex-
PLANTATION OF any inequality Of rating.
GENERAL NOTES.-The loss Of q discharge
docs not prevent the prosecution Of clal1s.
Ii its loss is accounted for by affidavit tho
Acknowledgement OF tho u. 8. Army
washington, y. C., will issue Certificate
of Ss,rice. The Hon. Secretary OF the
Navy should be applied to, under like CIR
cumstances, in the case Of q sailor. Dupli-
cate discharges can not be accepted a. ovi-
uenco u establish Gny claim:
Neither the original nor copy Of any e.
sential paper except the certificate Of dis
charge from the u. s. service, filed in Q
claim before the Pension ONCE, will be
furnished except upon the call Of an officer
D. the Government or court.
Communications should be addressed a.
follows:
For Back Pay, Extra Pay and Bounty In
money for army service, to tho Hon. Soc
ond Auditor. U. $, Treasury Dept, Wash
ington.
For prize money, extra pay, etc, Tor tho
Naval Service, to the Hon. Fourth Auditor,
u. s. Treasury Dept, " ashingtcn.
tor assignment Of Bounty Land War
rants and Homestead Lands, to tho Commits
sioner Of the General Land Office, Wash
ington.
Full instructions, withproper blanks, will
be furnished free to any claimant. The
full name Of the soldier or sailor, the COM
Eany, regiment or ship i'll which he served |;
time, place and period OF enlistment, date
and cause Ct discharge, and full particn-
lars necessary for identification should be
given in the letter Of request.
PESsroSs FOR THE CIVIL WAR.-Entitled
to pensions are: Any officer Of the army, in
GLIDING regulars, volunteers and militia, or
any officer in the naval or marine corps,
or any enlisted man, however employed,
IN the military or naval service Of the
United States or its Marine Corps; any
acting assistant or contract surgeon, any
proyostmarshal, deputy provostmarshal, or
enrolling officer, who was wounded or In
iurcd, or contracted disease, in the line OF
duty, and while in the field. on the march,
1T s3.sa post, tort Or garrison, or 81 scatE
Ey direction or competent authority, to his
station; or, il il the naval service, was ct
the tirlc borne on the books Of some ship OF
other Z. S. vessel. at sea or In harbor, or
was on his way, by direction OF competent
authority, to some other vessel or station.
Provided such wound, injury or disease
wholly or in part incapacitatei such person
from procuring his subsistence BY manual
labor.
WIDOWS AgD CHILDREN: II any person
has aiea since march i, 1851, OF hcreaftss
dies b. reason OF any wound, injury OF
disease who would have been entitled
to invalid pension, his widow, or IL there be
| 40 WIDOW, or IN case OF her death, without
payment to her Of any part Of the pensloR
below mentioned, his children, under six.
teen years CT are, shall receive the same
pension he would have been entitled to had
he been totally disabled, TO commence from,
his death, to continue to the widow during
her Midowhooa, and TO the child or children
until they attain tho age of sixteen; and II
the widow rcmarry, tho child or children
shall be entitled from the date Of remarriage
/ to the whole amount.
| Widows receive two dollars per month for
| each child under sixteen years Of age Of the
husband on account OF whom she is pen
! stoned, and this allowance sho shall not be
4 deprived Of BY reason of children he;ns
/ maintained III whole Or IN part In any PUB
! lie, educational or sssoldler's orphans" in
/ stitution. Children born before the mar
rage Of the parents, II acknowledged BY The
| father before or after the marriage. arr
| deemed legitimate.
| Widows Of coiored and Indian soldiers re
| cciye pensions TO which they might be en-
/ titled upon proof that they lived together
! and recognized each other as man and wife
up to date Of enlistment, and children Dor,
/ Of ai,y llaltlags ~ proven ere held 10 ~
| lawful children.
| Where widow Is proven to have aban
1 doaed the child or children, or 1t is shown
| that she is on unsuitable person, by reason
1 Of immoral conduct, to have the custody o
| the same, pension may be refused her un
| til the child or children attain the age o
] sixteen wears, and then ucv shall BIO pen
| stoned Iii the sang manner ana from III
/ same date as il no widow had survived.
| DEPENDENT RELATlvEs.--If no widow o
| children be loft by a person entitled to pen
/ sion, but there be ether relatives who Wer
/ dependent uron him in whole or part, the
| shall be- entitled, in the following order Q
! precedence, to receive the pension for tota
! disability, 70 commence from date OF hi
/ death. First. tho mother; secondly, tn
/ father: thirdly, orphan brothers and sii
terS under sixteen years OF age. II tn
1 father survives, the pension goes to hin
| and at his death or the remarriage {
tho mother, it 10 given the brothers an
sisters until the age Of sixteen. A mo.he
b assumed 10 be dependent if, at the date
of death, she was supported by her own
manual labor and tho contributions Of her
son or persons not legally bound to aid
her. Tho pension ceases upon the remar-
riage OF any widow, mother or sister, but
this does not bar her right to q pension to
the date Of remarriage. Any arrears Of
pension due a dead person shall DO paid to
the heirs in the full amount TO which he
would maze peea cnlitled such accrued
pension shall not be considered as part Of
the assets Of the estate Of deceased, noI
liable to b applied to the payment OF The
debts of his estate In any case whatever,
but shall inure to the sole and exclusive
benefit of the widow or children; and II
no widow or child survive, no payment
whatsoever of the accrued pension shall
be allowed except 80 much as may REIN