Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1904-04-11
Recently Promulgated by Com
missioner Ware and of Great
Interest to All Veterans.
ACE LIMIT REDUCED
The Full Text Of the Regulations as
Furnished the New Mexican by
Delegate Rodey.

OF the commissioner of pensions with
reference to age pensions is not yet in
print, the New Mexican takes pleasure
in publishing the enclosed correspond
ence between Delegate Rodey and the
comn5 sSiOner of pensions 1t will give
full Information to the old soldiers liv-
ing il the Territory as to what their
rights are under the now famous order
of th@ President and Commissioner
War;
washington, April 2, 1904.
''Honai able B. S. Rodey, House of Rep
resentatives:
"Sir-In response to your attached
communication of recent date, ! have
the honor to advise you that you will
herew tn find enclosed copy of order
IS, promulgated March is, 1904 with
refere4 4ce to the adjudication of invalid
claims farising under the provisions of
sectio&2, of the act of May 8, 1900,
and circular letter explaining
the benefits of said order In this
connection it is proper to state further
that said order is now in the hands of
the printer, and that as soon as a sup
ply of the same has been received a
number of copies of said order will be
forwar ID to you, if you will kindly re-
new yonr request at later date and
will spJcify the number desired.
Very respectfully
"E F. WARE,
Commissioner.
Wash ington, April 2, 1904.
"Sir--Tn response to your attached
COMMIT hication. you, are advised that
under Ahe provisions of section 2 Of
the act 4 June 81 1890, as amended
by the en- ofqMay 8, 1900, any officer
or enllstSe int.n VINO served ninety
days or more in the army or navy of
the United States during the late war
of rebellion and received an honorable
discharge therefrom may be entitled
to a pension as SUCH provided, he is
now or may hereafter be suffering
from any mental or physical disability
or disabilities of the permanent char
acter, not the result of his own vicious
habits, which so incapacitates him
from the performance of manual labor
as to render him unable to earn a sup
port
'In the adjudication of invalid
claims under said acts, it is taken and
considered as an evidential fact, if the
contrary does not appear and if all 9TH
er legal requirements are properly
met, that when a claimant has passed
the age of 81 years. he shall be regard
ed as disabled one-half in ability to
perform manual labor and may be en-
titled to the minimum rating of Sc per
MONTH after IS years of age, to So per
month after 6S years of age to $40
per month; and after 70 years of age,
to the maximum rating of $12 per
month. A declaration stating that the
claimant is 62 years of age; 65 years;
68 years; or 20 years, as the case may
be, is a sufficient allegation in cases
of this kind, even if no other disabling
cause is set forth, but in all cases the
exact date of birth should be stated.
Allowances under said acts at
higher rate, not exceeding $12 per
month, will continue to be made as
heretofore, where disabilities other
than age show a condition of inability
to perform manual labor but in no
case can a pension exceed $12 per
month which is the maximum rate OF
invalid pensions provided for in said
acts and is not subject to increase for
any cause.
This ruling will not take effect un-
til April 13, 1904, and shall not be
deemed retroactive, and declarations
filed for the purpose of obtaining the
benefits of said acts by reason of same
should not be filed in this bureau prior
to April 13, 1904. The former rules of
the bureau fixing the minimum and
maximum at 65 years and Is years re-
spectively are accordingly modified as
above.
Pensions granted under the provi-
sions of section of the act of June ~,
1890, as amended, whether affected by
the late ruling or not, are not in addi-
ton to pension allowed under any 9TH
er law, as the law prohibits the pay
ment of more than one pension to a
person for the same period.
Every respectfully.
"E F. WARE,
Commissioner.
Washington, March 90. 1904.
Hon Commissioner of Pensions.
Washington, D. c.
"Sir-Old soldiers at home are ask
ing me the exact terms of the recent
order said to have been issued by
your department about age pensions.
and l will be thankful for any infor-
nation on the subject that you can
give me, as have several applica-
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