The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1900-05-21

The New Pension Law,

Col. John Wainwright has sent us q
copy Of the law recently approved by the
President which f.vorably effects oil dis
ahled sol iers whose pension Is now less
to The pension roll, widows whose annual
income from other sources than their own
daily labor Is not In exces, OF $780,
The act Of jane 27, 1869 is amended as
follows:
- Be 1t enacted by the Senate and House
OF Representatives of the United States Of
America in Congress assembled. That
section two and three Of an act entitled
AN act granting pensions to soldiers and
sailors who are incapacitated for the pcr.
formance OF manual labor, and providing
for pensions to widows minor childten,
and dependent parents" be- and the saTe
are hereby, amended SO Us to read as fol.
lows:
Section 2-That all persons who served
ninety days or more in the military or
naval service OF tho United States during
the late war of the rebellion who
have been honorably discharged there.
from. and who are now or who
may hereafter be suffering from any
mental or physical disability or disa-
bilities of u permanent character, not tho
results Of their own vicious habits which
so incapacltales them from the psrfor M
ance of manual labor as to render them
unable to earn "a support shall, upon
making due proof of tho fact, according
to such rules and regulations rs the Sec
Rotary of tho Interior may provide. be
placed upon tho list of invalid pensioners
Of the United States. and be entitled to
reive II pension not OK GEO ling twelve dnl-
lnrs per month, b,oportioned to the Inabil-
ity to earn support and In detormlning
such inability each and every intirmi'y
shall be duly considered, and the ugyre-
gate OF the disabilities shown be rated,
and such pension shall commence from
the date of the filing of The application in
the Bureau OF Pensions ate, tho pas age
OF this Act, upon proof that tho disability
or disabilities thon ex's I'd, AID shall con-
tinue during the exitencs of the same.
Provided. That persons who are now re-
ceving pensions under existing laws. or
whose claims arc pending in tho Bureau
of Pom lions, may, by application { o the
Commissioner Of PENSIONS, in such form
as he may prescribe, showing themselves
entitled thereto, receive the benefits o
this Act: and nothing herein contained
shall be so constructed n, to prevent any
ponsioner hereunder from prosecuting
his claim and receiving his pension under
any othar general or special Act; Pro-
vided, however. That no person shall re-
ceivo more than one pension for the same
period: And provided further, That rank
IN the servCe shall not bo considered in
applications filed under this Act.
Section 81 hat ii any officer or enlisted
man who served ninty days Or more in
the Army or Navy of he United States,
during the late wa of the rebellion, aud
who was honorahly discharged has diod, or
shall hereafter die, leaving widow with
out means of support other than hor daily
labor and an actual net income not OK
cceding two hundred an fifty dollars per
year. or minor children under tho ago Of
s'x'ehn years. such widow shall, upon duo
proof os her husbands death. without
proving MS death TO be the result Of his
army service 10 placed on tho pension
roll from me date OF the application thero
Tor under this Acc, at tho "ute Of eight |
collars per month during her widowhood, |
and shall also DO maid two doll r. Dor
mnnth for each child OF such officer or
man under sixteen wears of ago; and in |
case oil death or romarriagc o; tho widow
leaving child OF such officer or enlisted |
man under tho ago Of sixteen yenrs. such |
anslon snail be paid such child or chill
aren unEl the ago of sixteen,
PROVIDED, That in case minor child Is |
insane, lllotic. or otherwise physically or
mentally helpless, the pension SHALL con-
lihuc during the life of said child, or dur |
Ing lie period of such disability; and |
TINS pr0viso shall apply to all pensions
heretofore granted or hereafter to b. ,
granted under his or any former statute;
and such pensions shall commence from
tho late If application therefore after the
pa sage of this Act; And provided further
mat said widow shall have married ii id
soldier prior to tho passage Of the said
Act of juno 27th, 1907