Graham guardian., 1913-02-07
BILL
Granting Pensions to Soldiers
Who Served in Indian Wars

duced in Congress by Representative
Carl Hayden.
Be it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Con-
gress assembled, That any person
who served thirty days or more in
any military organization, whether
such person was regularly mustered
INTO the service of the United States
or not, during any of the Indian
wars or campaigns against hostile
indians in any of the States or Ter
ritories of the United States from
the year eighteen hundred and sixty
tive to the year eighteen hundred
and ninety-eight, inclusive. and was
lonorably discharged, or who was
discharged or relieved from duty on
account of wounds or disabilities
sustained or incurred in the line of
iuty, regardless of the length of his
service, and the surviving widows
of such persons, shall upon making
proof of such facts, according to
such rules and regu ations as the
Secretary of the Interior may pro
vide, be placed upon the pension roll
and be entitled to receive pension:
Provided, That where there is no
record of enlistment or muster into
the service of the United States or
of any State or Territory in any of
the Indian wars mentioned in this
Act, the record of pay by the United
States or by any State, Territory, or
provisional authorities shall be &C
cepted as full and satisfactory proof
of such enlistments.
Sec. 2. That the Secretary of the
Into rior be, and he is hereby, author
lied and directed to place on the
pension roll, subject to the provis-
ions and limitations of this Act and
the pension laws, the name of every
person, described in section one of
this Act, who served in any of the
said Indian wars within said period,
and pay him a pension at the rate
of $12 per month from the date of
iIing application for the same, and
said pension shall continue at this
rate until the beneficiary shall have
reached the age of seventy years,
when it shall be increased to SIG
ger month, and shall continue at
that rate until the beneficiary shall
have reached the age of seventy-five
years, when it shall beincreased to $40
per month; and is further authorized
md directed to place the name OF
very such widow on the pension
roll at the rate of $12 per month:
Provided, That such widow has not
remarked. That any person who
served in any military organization
in any of the Indian wars or cam
paigns against hostile Indians and
received an honorable discharge,
and who was wounded in battle or
in line of duty and is now unfit for
manual labor by reason thereof, or
Who from di!ease or other causes
incurred in line of duty resulting in
his disability is now unable to per
form manual labor, shall be paid /;
pension under this Act of $24 pe
month, without regard to length OF
service or age: Provided further,
That in this Act contained shall b.
construed to essen the pension of
any person who is not entitled by
law to higher pension than herein
provided.
Sec. 3. That the Commissioner
of Pensions be. and he is hereby
authorized and directed to accept as
sufficient proof of the citizenship OF
an applicant for a pension under
this Act the fact that such applicant
was, at the date of the application
an actual and bona fide resident OF
the United States.
Sec. 4. That section fortyseven
hundred and sixteen of the Revised
Statutes relating TO loyalty during
the Civil War is hereby repealed. 81
far as the same relates to this Ac,
or to pensioners under this Act.
Sec. 5. That no pension attorney
claim agent, or other person shall
be entitled to receive compensation
for services rendered in presenting
any claim to the Bureau of Pensions
or securing any pension under thi
! Act.