Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1890-07-11
The New Pension Law.

According to the PROVISIONS OF the de-
pendent pension law recently enacted by
Congress every honorably discharged
soldier or sailor who served ninety days IN
the late war, who is dependent upon ms
labor for a livelihood, and who is so dis
sbIed. from any cause whatsoever-no
mattsr when or where disability was in
eurred-as to be unable to earn living, Is
entitled to a pension. The pensions range
from s6 to sl2 per month, according to
degree of disability. Soldiers who, by
reason of old age, are unfit for labor, we
understand. come within the meaning of
the act. every mother or father OF a
DECEASED soldier will receive $l2 per month
nrovided said soldier would have been
entitled to a pension had he liyed and left
No widow or minor child. All that is
necessary to show is that the claimant is
now unable to earn a support. Every
widow of q soldier of officer who has no
other means of support than her daily
labor is entitled to pension OF $o month
and So per month additional for each minor
child, without regard to cause OF soldier
death" -.
Where a child Of deceased soldier or
officer is insane, idiotic or otherwise help
less the pension is continued during life or
as long as disability lasts. This provision
placed on the pension roll, and who are
now over sixteen years Of age. Their
names can be restored and pension obtain
ed. 90.
All pensions begin with the filing OF the
anplication; quite a number of applications
have already been forwarded from Butler;
the law limits the attorneys fee to $40,
PAYABLE when pension is allo we'd
The following is q copy of the principal
sections of the act:
SEC. 2. That all persons who served
ninety DAYS or more in the military OF
naval services of the United States during
the late War OF the Rebellion, and who
have been honorably discharged therefrom,
and who are now or may hereafter DC
suffering from o mental or physical dis
ability Of permanent character not the
result Of their own vicious habits, which
incapacitates them from the performance
| of manual labor in such degree as to rem
| der them unable to earn support, shall,
upon making due proof of the fact accord
| ing 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 re-
ceiye a pension not to exceed twelve dol
| lars a month. and not less than six dollars
| a month, proportioned to their inability to
earn a support; and such pension shall
commence from the date of the filing of the
application IN the Pension Office, after the
passage of this act, upon proof that the
| disability then existed, and shall continue
during the existence Of such disability;
Provided, That persons who are now re-
ceiving pensions under existing laws, OF
whose claims are pending in the Pension
Office, may, by application to the Com
1 r. d., in, al HI
NAV prescribe, showing themselves en-
titled thereto, receive the benefits Of this
act: and nothing herein contained shall be
so construed as to prevent any pensioner
| Hereunder from prosecuting his claim and
receiving his pension under any other
general or special act.
Provided, however, That no person shall
receive more than one pension for the same
period; and provided further, the rank IN
| the service shall not be considered in ap-
plications filed under this act.
SEC. 3. That if any officer or enlisted
man who served ninety days or more in the
army or navy of the United States during
| the late War of the Rebellion, and who
was honorably discharged, has died, or
shall hereafter die, leaving widow, with
out other means of support than her daily
| labor, or minor children under the age of
| sixteen years, such widow shall, upon due
proof of her husbands death, without
proving his death to be the result of his
army service, be placed on the pension roll
under this act, at the rate of eight dollars
per month during her widowhood, and
shall also be paid two dollars per month
for each child of such officer or enlisted
man under the age of sixteen years, such
pension shall be paid such child or chill
dren until the age of sixteen; provided,
that in case q minor child is insane, idiotic
or otherwise permanently helpless, the
pension shall continue during the life OF
said child or during the period of such dis
ability, and this proviso shall apply to all
pensions heretofore granted or hereafter to
be granted under this or any former
statute; and such pensions shall commence
from the date of the application therefor,
after the passage of this act; and provided
| further, that said widow shall have married
said soldier prior to the passage OF this act;
SEC. 4. Limits attorney fee to $40 in all
cases under this act, payable alter case Is
allowed.
In considering the pension claims of de-
pendent parents, the fact of the soldiers
death by reason Of any wound, injury,
casualty, or disease, which, under the
conditions and limitations of existing laws,
would have entitled him to an invalid pen
sion, and the fact that the soldier left no
widow or minor children having been
shown, as required by law, it shall be
necessary only to show by competent and
sufficient evidence that such parent or
parents are without other present means of
support than their own manual labor or
the contribution Of others not legally
bound for their support;
Provided, That all pensions allowed to
dependent parents under this act shall
commence from the date of the filing Of the
application hereunder, and shall continue
no longer than the existence of the de-
pendence.