The copper era and Morenci leader., 1913-02-07
STATE NEWS
PENSIONS ASKED BY HAYDEN FOR|ND|AN
 FIGHTERS
Bill Provides That All Who Participa- ted in the Indian Wars Between Years 1865 and 1898 Shall
 Have Pensions.

Congressman Carl Hayden, of Ari
 zona, has introduced a bill which pro
 vides for pensioning all persons whc
 were engaged in Indian wars witt
 hostile Indians in any portion of the
 United States between the years o:
 1865 and 1889 The following is j
 full text of the measure:
 Be it enacted by the senate and the
 house of representatives of the United
 States of America in congress as
 sembled, 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 territories of the United States from the year eighteen hundred and sixty five to the year eighteen hundred and ninety eight, inclusive, and was honorably discharged, or who was discharged or relieved from duty on account of wounds or disabilities sustained or incurred in the line of duty, 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 regulations as the secretary of the interior may provide, be plac- ad upon the pension roll and>be entitl- ed to receive a pension: Provided, That where there is no record of en- listment 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 author ities, shall be accepted as full and sat isfactory proof of such enlistment.
 Sec. 2. That the secretary of the in- terior be, and he is hereby, authoriz- sion roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of this act and the pension lAGs, the name of every per son, des9ribed in section one of this eSct, who served in any of the said In- dian wars within said period, and pay him pension at the rate of SIP per month from the date of filing applica- tion for the same, and said pension shall continue at this rate until the beneficiary shall have reached the age of seventy years, when the same shall be increased to $16 per month, and shall continue at that rate until the beneficiary shall have reached the of tu Gua ;r shall be increased to $20 per month, and is further authorized and direct ed to place the name of every such widow on the pension roll at the rate | of SIP per month: Provided, That [ such widow has not remarried. That | any person who served in any military | organization in any of the Indian wars or campaigns against hostile h. di.ns and received an honorable dis charge, and who was wounded in bat tie or in line of duty and is now unfit for manual labor by reason thereof, or who from disease or other causes incurred in line of duty resulting in his disability is now unable to per form manual labor, shall be paid a | pension under this act of $24 per month, without regard to lenSth of service or age: Providei further, That l nothing in this Act contained shall be construed to less An the pension of any person who is nov entitled hy law to a higher pens,'n than herein provided.
 Sec. 3. That the commissioner of pensions be, and he is hereby, auth orized and directed to accept as sui ficient proof of the citizenship of an applicant for pension under this act the fact that such applicant was, at the date of the aplpiction an ac- tual and bona fide resident of the United States.
 Sec. 4. That section forty-seven hundred and sixteen of the revised statutes realting to loyalty during the Civil War is hereby repealed so far as the same relates to this act or to the pensioners under this act.
 Sec. 5 That no pension attorney claim agent, or other person shall be entitled to receive any compensation for services rendered in presenting any claim to the Bureau of Pensions or securing any pension, under this act.