The National tribune., 1904-06-30
UNITED STATES PENSION LAWS.
Comprehensive Digest Of Pension Legislation From the Fonda
= ton of the Government.
Copyrighted. 1904. by THE NATIONAL Ta1suxx
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ASSIGNMENT.

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ASSIGNMENT.
No officer can pass away or transfer his
pay accounts net actually due at the time
No enlisted man can i'll any manner, be-
fore discharges assign or transfer his
pay; and an assignment. or transfer, is in
valid even If made after discharge. unless
made by Endorsement in writing on his
final statements and witnessed by COM
missioned officer.
NOT ATTACHABLE.
No trustee, process, garnishment, injunc-
ton, or attachment is recognized by the
for military or naval service or to other
moneys due from the United States.
MISSOURI HOME GUARDS.
The act of March %, 1862, provided
that the officers and men principally
Missouri Home Guards'') whose services
had been accepted and actually employed
by the commanders of the Department Of
the West and Department of the Mis-
souri,. should, without regard to the fact
of their not having been actually mus
tered into United States service, be al
lowed the same pay as if regularly mus.
tered. Claims under this law were ex-
amined by the Hawkins Taylor Commits
sion" in 1863, which commission was Gre
ated by the act Of July IL. 1862. payment
by the ordinary method being suspended }
coLoRED PERSONS
The act of June Is, 1864, provided that
all colored persons, free on April 10, 1861,
who had enlisted and been mustered into
the military service of the United States,
should be entitled to receive from the
date of their enlistment the same pay and
allowances rs white soldiers; and also that
all colored persons d. e.. including those
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had been enlisted. or who thereafter en-
listed. and were mustered into the military
service, should be entitled to receive, from
and after January 1, 1864, the same pay
and allowances Except bounty as white
soldiers.
The act of March 3. 1885, provided that
all coSored persons who were enlisted and
mustered into the military service of the
United States in South Carolina, By and
under the direction Of Maj.-Gen. Hunter
and Brig. Gen. SaxtOn, in pursuance of
authority from the Secretary of War.
dated August %, 1862, should be entitled
to receive, from the dates of their enlist
ments the same pay and allowances as
white soldiers.
JACKSON COUNTY (MIssoURL MILITIA.
The act Of April 12, 1871, provided
that the members Of the military organi-
cations (of Jackson CO.. Missouri) known
MS the WestpOrt Police Guards, Hickman's 8
Mills Company. and Companies A, B. G,
ID, and e. of the Kansas City Station
Guards, should be entitled to receive for
their terms Of service the same pay and
allowances as volunteers in the United
States service.
PAY FOR SERVICE PERFORMED IN GOOD
FAITH.
The act of June 3, 1884, provides that
''the pay and. allowances of a rank or
grade paid ito and received by any mill
tary or naval offcer in good faith for serv-
ices actually performed by such officer
in such raHk@Or grade during the war of
the rebellion, shall not be charged to or
recovered back from such officer because
the rank. or grade in which such services
were SO actually performed"
. BY custom of the accounting officers of
the Treasury Department, pay and allow
in the army or navy las to bounty, vide)
are payable to his heirs in the following
order, unless some provision OF law di-
reefs otherwise or he has in his lifetime
made such disposition Of the amounts then
due as is recognized by the Government:
The widow, children, father, mother, and
brothers and sisters. in the order named
then to the nearest heir-at-law. If the
person died in the service, any disposition
made by him of his pay. to take effect In
the event of his death in service, will be
recognized.
SPANISH WAR PAY.
Under an act Of July Z, 1893. Volun-
teers are entitled to United States pay
from the day on which they had their
names enrolled for service in the Vol
unteer Army of the United States and
joined for duty" Prior to this law many
organjza tons were not entitled to and did
date on which they assembled at bat
talon, regimental or State rendezvous.
By decision OF the Comptroller Of the
Treasury, Jan. H.. 1899, all Volunteers
who were paid by United States only from
date Of muster into United States service,
because Of their having been paid by the
State prior to that date. or the amount
of whose State pay before United States
muster was deducted from their United
States pay, are entitled to full United
States pay without deduction from date of
enrolment.
The following are provisions of acts OF
March 3. 1899:
'.The Secretary of the Navy is hereby
authorized to pay to such officers as were
appointed for temporary service in the
Navy during the late war with Spain,
and who entered upon the performance OF
duty prior to the date on which they ac-
cepted their commissions and executed
Oaths of Office, the pay of their grades
for the interval during which they were
80 employed, such payments to be made
from the appropriation Pay OF the
Navy" -
"For pay of the company commissioned
officers in each regiment of the special
or immune regiments their salaries from
the time each organized company reported
at rendezvous as company for service
until said officers were commissioned; and
for pay of the regimental commissioned of.
ficers their salaries from the time the
regiment was mustered into service until
said officers were commissioned, $4,000
or SO much thereof as may be necessary
Provided, That such company and regi-
mental officers shall be paid only from
the time when they personally reported
for duty"
tal EXTRA PAY.
,.r MEXICAN WAR.
The actap July 10. 1s4s, provides at
"sec. 5. That the officers, non-commis
stoned officers, musicians, and privates en-
gaged in the military service of the United
States in tha7 war with Mexico, and who
served out9ehe term Of their engagement
or have bAhh Or may be honorabIy dis
charged-aDd,r6rstt to the widows, second
to the childreny. third to the parents, and
fourth to the brothers and sisters Of such