The National tribune., 1910-03-31
AN IMPORTANT PENSION RI1r,

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! Gen. j. Warren Keifer has introduced
the following bill in the House of Rem
resentatives, which was referred to the
Committee on Invalid Pensions. and or
, dered to be printed:
That the surviving soldiers or III.
United States Regular and Volunteers
army and the surviving sailors and ma
rines of the Regular and volunteer navy
/ and Marine Corps of the United States
who served in the field or on shipboard
I in the civil war and were honorabIy
/ discharged therefrom after thus ser,.-
/ ing continuously for not less than 40
| days btween April 15 1861, and JuIv I .
/ 1865. and the surviving soldiers of the
| Regular and volunteer army and the
surviving sailors and marines of the
/ Regular and volunteer navy and Ma
/ rine Corps of the United States who
served in the field or on shipboard in
I the War with Mexico and were honor
ably discharged therefrom after thus
serving continuously for not less than
/ so days shall each be entitled under this
act to a pension at the rate of $50 a
I month during life: Provided That he
/ has reached the age of 20 years at the
time of making his application for a
pension under this act or has served for
an aggregate period of at least two
years in the field or on shipboard in the
/ civil war between April Is. 1861. and
July i. 1865. All surviving soldiers
sailors and marines who were dis
. charged from the United States service
by reason of wounds or disease con-
4 tracted in the service. or who are to-
tally disabled. shall be entitled to the
pension provided for in this section re-
I sardIess of the length of time they
served in the civil war
Sec. =. That in determining the length
of service in the field or on shipboard.
under the provisions of this act, the
time n soldier, sailor or marine NAV
have been absent from active duty in
re Held or on shipbOard on account OF
sickness or wounds shall not be deduct
cd, nor shall the time which a soldier
sailor or marine was on special duty bv
detail or regular assignment be deduct
ed: Provided. That he had first been on
duty in the field or on shipboard. as the
case may be.
Sec 3. That person craving a PEN
sion under this act shall receive no pen
sion from the United States under any
other act
Sec. 4. That the pension provided for
by this act shall commence on the
fourth day of the month next succeed
ing the time of the filing of the sppli-
cation therefor in the Pension Bureau
of the United States, which filing shall
, be under such requirements and regula-
tions as shall be prescribed by the Sec
retary of the Interior who shall also
prescribe the necessary rules for deter
mining the applicants identity, term OF
service and all other things necessary 10
be determined to show the applicant is
entitled 20 pension under this act, and
, the manner of paying and receiving
pensions under this act shall be the
same as provided in other general PEN
sion laws as far as applicable.
Sec. 3. That this act shall take effect
from and after it's passage.
This bill, which differs mainly from
other bills in its showing that it's author
has studied the pension question care
fully and understands the subject. will
well repay reading and study by all who
are interested in the pension question
To aid them in this study we give the
following summary of it's features and
points
The bill proposes to pension at $50
per month all who come within its pro-
visions
Officers are not included in it
Soldiers, sailors and marines of the
Regular and volunteer army, navy and
Marine Corps who served in the civil
war 80 days or in the Mexican War for
so days, in the field or on shipboard.
and were honorably discharged, who
are 70 years of age or who served two
years in the aggregate in the civil war,
or were discharged the service on ac-
count of wounds or disease contracted
in the service, or are totally disa bled,
regardless of the time they served in
the civil war. would be pensionabIe un.
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The 90-days and two-years' service
mentioned in the bill must be between
April Is, 1861. and July /. 1865. and
includes the time within those dates the
veteran may have been absent from ac-
tive duty in the field or on shipboard on
account of sickness or wounds or on
special duty.
All Mexican War veterans who served
so days are pensionabie under the pro-
visions of the bill, as they are now over
20 years of age.
Veteran soldiers, sailors and marines
of the civil war would be pens:onabls
under the bill, should it become law,
who are of the following classes:
1. Those who served, as stated, 90
days and are over 20 years of age.
i 2. Those who served. as stated, two
/ years in the civil war between the dates
/ mentioned.
3. Those who were discharged the ser
vice by reason of wounds or disease con-
tracted in the service, or who are to-
tally disabled, regardless of the length
of time they served in the civil war.
/ No discrimination is made between
| Regulars or volunteers or between vet
Grams of the army, navy and Marine
! Corps who served either in the civil war
| or the Mexican War.
SUNDRY CIVIL BILL.