Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-06-19


yAsHINoroN, d. O., june 11.-Sixtk
lions is the most conservative esM-
b Of the amount which will have ITO
appropriated for the first year under
,ftqniromonts of tho Disability Pen.
bill which has fiually been agreed
i by the two houses and will be
led by the President. One hundred
ions is tho lowest estimate for the
pnd year. After thst no enc can
ss how much wi be required. The
,in the bill through which the texas
pour is the dshnition Of disability,
Oh admits all veterans suffering from
I abilities acquired since as well as dur
inR the war.
Following are the features of the bill.
wbich will take untold millions from the
treasury:
@ The first section of the bill enaots that
In considering the pension claims of de-
Fapendent parents the fact of the soldiers
n death by reason of any wound, injury,
casuslty or disease which. under the con-
ditions and limitations of existing laws,
a would have entitled him to an invalid
pension, and the fact that the soldier left
no widow or minor children having been
shown as required by law, il shall be
necessary only to show by compe-
tent and sufficient evidence that
such parent or parents prs without Other
present means Of support than their own
manual labor or the contributions Of
others not legally bound for their sup
port; provided that all pensions allowed
e TO dependent parents under this act shall
4 commence from the date of the filing OF
the appl cation hereunder, and shall CON
tinue no longer than the existencs OF the
dependence.
Section provides that all persons who
served three months or more in the mill
lary or naval service of the United states
during the late war of the rebellion, have
been honoraoIy discharged. and are now
X or who may hereafter be suffering from
mental or physical disability of a perma-
nsnt character (not the result of their
Z own vicious babIts) which incapacitates
them from the performance of manual
{ labor in such degree as to render them
lnable to earn support, shall, upon
making due proof Of the fact, according
20 suoh rules sud regulations as the SEQ
retary OF the Interior may provide, be
plaeed upon the list of invalid PEN
sioners, and be entitled to pension not
TO exceed $l2 per mouth and not less
than Sc per month, proportoned TO their
X Inability to earn support; and such
& pension shall commence from the date OF
The fling Of the application in the
pension cfIics after the passage
( OF this cot upon proof that
the disability then existed, and shall CON
tinue during the exist nee OF such DIS
ability; provided that persons VINO are
now receiving pensions under existing
laws, or whose claims are pending in tue
. hxya Mi linnli0n IN the
commissioner Of pensions, in such form
! as he may prescribe, showing them1eivet
entitled thereto, recsive the beueiits Of
this act; aud nothing herein contained
shall be 80 construed as to prevent any
pensioner hereunder from prosecuting
his claim and receiving his pension
under any other general or special act
N provided, however, that no person sinai
y receive more than one pension for tint
same period, and provided, further, tna
B rank in tile service stall not be consid
y sfeA in applications fiied under this act
& Sec. 8. That II spy officer or enlisted
"a man who servsd 80 days or more in tn
United States during the war OF tn re
beiliSn, ami who WAS honorably DIS
n cf,nrged, has died, or shall hereafter die
leaving widow without other means
.uppost than her daily labor, or mino
shildrsn under the sge OF III years, suc
widow shall, upon due proof OF ner nus
,anti's death (without proving MS deat
M 90 be the result OF his army servloel .
Y placed on the pension roll from mt ua'
of the implication thu retor under this ac
rs al the rate of $S per month during he
n widowhood, aud shall also be paid ~ Pf
u month for each child of tho ofi ier or e.
listed man under 16 years of aye, aud
i chse of the death or remarrlage OF II
widow leaving q child or children
amen Cflisrr or enlisted mnn under q
fg ape OF lG years, such pension shall
maid such child or children until tns az
a 10; provided, that In CASE a MIA
Y child is insane, idiotie or otherwise Pc
plhnently helpless, the pension small 60
tipns during the life OF said child, or du
ing the period of such Disability; al
Iris provision shall apply to all pensiol
herotofore granted or hereafter 70
granted under this or any former statut
and such pensions shall commence ITO
N the date OF tue application Therefor stt
the passage of this aot; and proNia
fursLor, that said widow shall have ms
ried said soldier prior TO the passage
Y his act.
Section A. That no agent, attorney
X Jther person engaged In preparing, p,
Jeuting or prosecuting any CLAIM uhu
1I he proyisions o. this act shall, dirsc
N or ipdirectly, contract for, demand,
lf neiye or retain tor such services is p
pairing, presenting or prosecuting su
b cInim sum greater than $40, and .
person who shall violate any OF the P
y;sions of this section, or who sh
wrongful y withhold from pensioner
claimant the whole or any part of q ~
IA nion or claim allowed or due such pf
tfA sionsr OF claimant under this act 81
ESs be- deemed guilty of q misdemeanor'
fs mon conviction thereof shall, for ca
't0 and every such offence, be tined no,
HFa ceedine $500, or be Imprisoned at nj
abor not exceeding two years. or po'h
he discretion OF the court.