The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1904-01-21

| tary service Of the United
States"
It is not sufficient that State militia CO
operated with United States troops and
was under the command of United States
| officers; it must have been called into the
United States service for special purpose,
to be pensionable under the first subdivi-
sion of section 1858, II. S.
WAR VESSELS.
"War Vessels within the meaning of
the second subdivision of section 1858.
| Revised Statutes, are vessels. owned or
and, in general, armed for offensive and
defensive purposes. Transports, supply
ships, tugs, and the like, are not as a rule
included; nor are chartered vessels manned
by the owners, though commanded by. a
United States officer. A tug acting rs dis
patch boat attached to the flagship of q
squadron has been held a war vessel"
REVENUE SERVICE.
During the war Of the rebellion, as well
as the Mexican and 1872 wars, revenue
cutters of the Treasury Department were
under the control and pay of the Navy
Department in cooperation with and prac-
tically part of the naval forces. in ac-
cordance with the act of March ?, 1913,
(section 2757, Revised Statutesl, which
"Sec. 2757. The revenue cutters shall,
whenever the President SO directs, CO.
operate with the Navy, during which time
they shall be under direction of the Secre-
tary of the Navy. and the expense thereof
shall be betrayed by the Navy Depart
ment."
Such service was made pensionable by
act of April IS, 1914 (Section 4I41, Re-
vised Statutes as follows:
''Sec. 4741. The officers and seamen OF
the revenue cutters of the United States,
who have been or may be wounded or dis
abled in the discharge of their duty while
cooperating with the Navy by order Of the
President, shall be entitled to be placed
on the Navy pension list, at the same rate
of pension and under the same regulations
and restrictions as are provided by law
for the officers and seamen of the Navy"
1t is held not sufficient to confer pension
title on officers and men of the Revenue
Cutter Service that the Revenue Marine
navy; there must have been actual CO.
operation of claimants vessel with the
navy 10 p. D., 401; case of Daniel NJ.
Means, Jan. "a, 1909
MERCHANT MARINE.
The act of May %, 1896, provides that
if
ANY Master. mate, pilot, or engineer of
steam vessels licensed under Title OF OF
the Revised Statutes, is wounded or killed
while performing duties under the United
States required by his license, he or his
heirs or legal representatives shall be en-
titled to all the privileges accorded to SOL
diers and sailors serving in the Army and
Navy, under the pension laws"
DISABILITY INCURRED SINCE JULY 81, 1868.
Section 1904, Revised Statutes TACT of
July %, 1863, is as follows: -.
Sec. 1864. No person shall be entitled
to a pension by reason of wounds or in
juFyereceiyed or disease contracted in the
service of the United States subsequent
to the 9th day of July, 1868, unless the
person who was wounded or injured, or
contracted the disease. was in the line OF
duty; and, il in the military service, was
at the time actually in the field, or on
the march, or at some post, fort, or gar
rison, Or, en- route, by direction of compe-
tent authority, to some post, fort, or garrl-
SON; or, If in the naval service, was at the
OF of ths nted Staten
in harbor, actually in commission, or was
at some naval station, or on his way, by
direction of competent authority, to the
United States, or to some other vessel, or
naval station, or hospital
1t will thus be seen that the provisions
Of section 400, Revised Statutes, relative
to sick furlough land veteran furlough)
have no application to claims in which the
alleged disability was incurred in service
since July q. 1868.
The War Department regarding the city
Of Washington as post" general service
Department are now held to be on the
same footing with other enlisted men as
regards pensions.
PERSONS ON ACTIVE OR RETIRED LISTS.
Section 1924, Revised Statutes (act of
April 30, 1S44l, is as follows:
"Sec. 4724. No person in the Army,
Navy, or Marine Corps shall draw both
pension as an invalid and the pay of his
rank or station in the service, unless the
disability for which the pension was grant
ed be such as to occasion his employment
in a lower grade. or in the civil branch
of the. service"
The act of Aug. 20, 1890, amends the
above as follows:
Sec. 2. Hereafter no officer of the Ar
my, Navy, or Marine Corps on the retired
list shall draw or receive any pension un-
der any law"
A further amendment is made by the act
of March 3, 1891. as follows:
"And, provided further, That hereafter
no pension shall be allowed or paid to
private in the Army. Navy, or Marine
Corps OF the United States, either on the
active or retired list"
Me- PERCEs INDIAN WAR
The act of March 3, 1881, extends the
provisions of the general law to the yolun-
teers who Joined the United States forces
in Montana during the Nez Perces Indian
War in 1877, and were wounded or other
wise disabled in such service; and to the
heirs Of such as were killed.
TOTAL DISABILITY RATES.
The act of April "a, 1916, marks the
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