The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-05-16

claimant has passed the age Of s.
years he is entitled 10 S6 per month
pension. after 6 years SIS, after S. $40
and after 20 Si2 per month, that he
has issued the following circular;
This order is confined 10 claims
filed under section 2 OF the act of June
p, 1890, rs amended by the act of May
Z, 1900, by officers and enlisted men OF
the army, navy, ana marine corps Of
/ the United States who served ninety
days or more during the war of the
/ rebellion and were honorably dis
charged, and who are partially OF
wholly incapacitated from earning
! their support by manual labor within
7 the meaning Of said acts.
said order I'm no way changes the
provisions of existing laws, but simply
operates as rule of evidence for the
guidance Of this bureau in determining
ratings to which applicants are en-
. titled under section . of the acts re-
I fcTred to. Pension allowed under said
acts. whether affected by Order Is or
not. is not in addition to pension al
/ lowed under any other law. as the law
specifically prohibits the payment Of
more than one pension to the same per
/ son over the same period.
THE effect of the order on those
having pensions already viii only be to
increase such pension up to the age
. limit If the pension already allowed is
below that amount
"A pensioner receiving a smaller
rating under the general laws than he
is entitled to under said acts, may
elect which pension he viii draw. and
payments made under the old certifi-
cate covering the same period as that
named I'm the new certificate win be
deducted from the FIRST payment made
under the latter.
''Thc order has no application to
claims flied by or I'm behalf of widows,
minor children, dependent parents, or
dependent brothers and sisters.
Neither does it apply to claims
based upon service in the Mexican war.
Indian wars, the regular army or navy
prior to or subsequent to the war Of
the rebellion, the Spanish American
war, or the Philippine instruction.
bat is confined solely TO the claim Of
officers and enlisted men of the army.
navy or marine corps of the United
States who served ninety days and
were honorably discharged.
The order viii not benefit acting as
sistant or contract surgeons, provost
marshals, deputy provost marshals. or
enrolling officers who may have
rendered service during the war of the
rebellion as such persons are not pen
siOnabie under the provisions of the act
Of June. 1880.
"A declaration. stating that a claim
ant is g. S.. or 20 years Of age. as the
case may be, is sufficient allegation in
applying for pension.
Bull Run Over Again.
The battle of Bull Run is again to be
10 b
but sweat The army maneuvers viii
this year be transferred from Portland,
Me- TO Manassas, Virginia, and it is
the intention Of the war department
to use the Bull Run battlefield as a
field upon which TO Tetrace as infinitely
as possible the movements of the con-
federate and the union armies. There
have been but few alterations in the
general make up and characteristics Of
Manassas since the rear guard of Cen
eral POpe's army fell back to Wash
ington. Railroad lines and roads
which afforded the old cOmbatants
other than that afforded by the coun-
try roads have not changed
Major General Henry O.. COTbin, COM
handing the division of the Atlantic
viii be In supreme command. Lieuten-
ant General Adna r. Chaffee. chief Of
staff, whose actual lighting service in
Cuba, the Philippines. and China. in
the last few years is still fresh in mind
viii with his star observe the man
euvers. Military attaches of foreign
governments viii observe the move
ments of the troops. Ii is anticipated
that so large a crowd viii attend as
spectators that they may interfere with
the successful carrying out Of the
plans outlined. People viii come TO
Washington from Philadelphia, Balti-
more and New York. II is the inten-
ticn to have the battle take place the
first week in September. In addition
10 the regular troops, the militia of
Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and
the District of Columbia VIII take part