The National tribune., 1909-03-04
SENATE BILL 1874.

Introduced in the Senate Dec. s, 1908 by
Senator Cu!lOm and referred to the Commit
tee on Military Affairs:
That upon written application TO the Secre-
tary of War or to the Secretary of the Navy,
and. subject to the conditions and require
ments hereinafter contained. the name of
each surviving officer who served in the Vol
unteer Regular Army, Navy, or Marine
Corps of the United States in the Civil War
shall be entered on roll to be known the
Civil War Officers Annuity Honor Roll"
Each person entered shall have served with
credit as an officer in said Volunteer or Regu-
lar Army, Navy. or Marine Corps in the Civil
War, and shall have been honorably dis
charged shall have resigned from said
vice, and shall not have been retired; said
identity of the applicant, and both the appli-
cation and proof to be under oath PrOrided,
That an officer who resigned discharg-
cd from said service because of wounds re
ceived in battle, il otherwise qualified, shall
be entitled TO be placed on this honor roll
without reference TO the length of his SER
vice in said Volunteer or Regular Army,
Navy, Marine Corps: And pr0rided
further, That any officer who previously scrv-
ed with credit as an enlisted man in the Civil
War shall have such service credited in con-
nection with his service as an officer.
SEC. 2. That each applicant whose name
shall be entered upon said roll shall be
tered of the highest mustered rank held
by him while serving in said Volunteer or
Regular Army, Navy, or Marine Corps. and
when entered on said roll he shall be paid.
out of any moneys in the Treasury not other
wise appropriated, one-half pay according to
his actual rank which pay shall be One-half
the initial pay now received by officers of like
rank in the Regular army, Navy, or Marine
Corps, and shall be paid in like manner, such
pay to begin en- the date of filing his said
application with the Secretary of War or the
Secretary of the Navy, and to continue dur
ing his natural life Prorided, That any such
officer who shall have served in said VOlun-
teer or Regular Army Navy. Marine Corps
term terms in the aggregate less than
two years, but not less than six months. shall
be entitled TO the benefit of the provisions
and limitations of this Act, and shall he
authorized to receive each according TO his
term of service, an amount bearing such pro
portion to the pay granted herein to the same
rank for the service of two years as his term
of service did to said term of two years And
prOCiGed further, That the pay of any officer
shall not exceed one-half the initial pay of a
captain Of infantry of the Regular Army.
SEC 3. That each person who shall receive
pay under this Act shall thereby relinquish
all his right and claim to pension from the
United States after the date of filing said
application, and any payment of such pension
made 10 him covering period subsequent to
the filing of his said application shall be
deducted from the amount due him on the
first payment or payments under this Act
The pay allowed by this Act shall not be
subject or liable to any attachment, levy lien
or detention under any process whatever: : and
persons whose names are placed upon said roll
shall not constitute any part of the United
States Army, Navy, or Marine Corps.