, 1890-12-04
TO PENSION
People Who Have a Claim
on the Pot.
THE CLASSES THEY BELONG TO
Tho Secretary of the Interiors
Classification of Our
Pensioners.

WAsntyGroS, Nov. 29.-From the sec
rotary of the. interiors report, which will
be published tomorrow, the classes of
persons who may secure pensions under
tho existing laws are as follows:
1. Any officer, including regulars,
volunteers and militia, or any officer of
the marine corps, or any enlisted man,
however employed in the military or
naval service OF the United States, or in
its marine corps regularly mustered or
not, disabled by reason of any wounds
or injury received or disease contracted
when in service and in line OF duty.
.. Any master serving On gunboat,
or any pilot. engineer, sailor, or other
person not regularly mustered serving
upon gunboat or war vessel OF the
United States, disabled by any wound
or injury received, or otherwise incapaci-
tated while in the line of duty for pro-
curing his subsistence by manual labor.
3. Any person not an enlisted soldier
in tho army serving for tho time being
as u member of the militia Of any state,
under orders of an officer of the United
States, or who volunteered for the time
being to serve with any regularly or
canized military or naval force OF the
United States, or who otherwise volun-
teered and rendered service in any en-
gagemont with rebels or Indians, dis
nbled in consequence OF wounds or in
Jury received in the line of duty In such
emporary service; but no claim of q
state militiaman or non-enlistcd person
shall be valid unless prosecuted to sue
cessilll issue prior to July 4, 1874
!. Any acting assistant or contract
surgeon disabled, etc, in line of duty.
3. Any provost marshal, deputy pro-
vost, or enrolling officer disabled by
reason of any wound or injury, received
i'll tho discharge of his duty, to procure
u subsistence by manual labor
6. The widows and minor children of
those embraced in sections 4,6O2 and
4 6y3, by force of section 7O2.
7. " iduws of colored and Indian SOL
diers ana their minor children, by force
of section 4, IOJ.
$. Dependent mothers, fathers and
brothers and sisters OF those embraced
in sections 4. 6y2 and iOJ3, by force OF
section I 1O1.
o. Officers and seamen of the navy
disabled prior to March 4, 1851, by force
of section 4 72s.
TO- Widows and minors of officers and
seamen of the navy disabled prior to
March I, 1861. by force of section i,120.
IL. Regulars or volunteers disabled in
the Mexican war, by force OF section
| 4, 73D.
~. Widows aud children of regulars
or volunteers who died by reason OF in
jurirs or disease contracted ia the
Mexican war, by iorce OF section 4, 73l
H. Widows and minor children of
persons engaged in the Mexican and
various Indian wars, by force of section
| 4, 732.
IA. Soldiers and sailors who served in
the war of 1872, by force OF section
4 1856.
To- Surviving widows of officers,
soldiers. and sailors of the war OF 1912,
by force of section 1, 735.
l6 Officers and seamen OF revenue
cutters who have been or may be dis
abled or wounded in discharge of their
duty while cooperating with the navy
by order OF the president, by force Of
section 4,7il.
II. Wounded privateermen, by force
of section 4, 76l.
Is Widows, children, dependent
mothers and fathers, or orphan brothers
and sisters of those soldiers who were
| murdered by gucrrillas at Centralia
Mo, in ls5i, by force of act of March 8
1915
10 Surviving soldiers and sailors of
the Mexican war, and tho widows Of tho
same by force of act OF June 20, 1887.
20 Soldiers and sailors of the war Of
the rebellion who served ninety days
and were honorably discharged the ser
vice, and who are inoapacitated for per-
formance of manual labor, and for their
widows, children, and dependent par
ents, by force OF act of June q, 1870,