Arizona republican., 1918-07-24
TEXT OF PENSION
 ACT SPANISH WAR
 VETERANS COMES

A good deal of interest has been l aroused throughout the country in the passage through the house of senate bill 4444. This bill provides for pen sion of SIP per month for the widow and $2 per month for each minor child of deceased veterans of the Spanish l American war, the Philippine insurrec- tion, and the China Relief expedition. In case of orphan children the pension of $12 is to be divided pro rata.
 It is entirely due to the unceasing efforts of the United Spanish war vet erans that this bill was brought up and passed. This body of men was unceasing in it's efforts to provide i some small measure of compensation to those who had lost near and dear ones in the service of their country, but was not selfish, nor once asked | for itself as individuals. In a large measure the success which attended the passage of the bill was due to the | legislative committee of the United Spanish war veterans, under the di- rection of Captain D. V. Chisholm as chairman. This committee daily in- | tervieWed senators and congressman, explaining the bill, calling attention to it's merits, and pledging for justice in this case, until success attended their efforts
 Due to the interest that has attended this bill in it's inception and passage it's text follows:
 A bill granting pensions to the Wid- ows and minor children of deceased soldiers. sailors, and marines of the | War with Spain, the Instruction in the Philippines, and the China Relief Expedition.
 Be it enacted, etc, That from and after the passage of this Act if any volunteer officer or enlisted man who served 90 days or more in the Army, Navy, or Marine Corps of the United States. during the War with Spain or the Philippine Insurrection, between April 21, 1898, and July 4, 1902, inclus- i've, service to be computed from date of enlistment to date of discharge, or any officer or enlisted man of the reg ular establishment who rendered 90 days or more actual military or naval service in the United States Army, Ma wy, or Marine Corps in the War Witn Spain or the Philippine Insurrection between April 21, 1898. and July 4, 1902. inclusive. or as a participant in the Chinese Boxer Rebellion campaign be. tween June Is, 1900, and Oct. 1, 1900. and who has been honorably dis charged therefrom, has died or shall ulc d NluOW WllnOuI means of support other than her daily labor, and an actual net income not ex- ceeding $250 per year, or leaving a minor child or children under the age of 16 years, such widow shall upon due T proof of her husbands death, without proving his death to be the result of his Army or Navy service, be placed on the pension roll from the date of the filing of her application therefor under this Act, at the rate of S12 per month during her widoWhood. and shall also be paid S2 per month for each child of such officer or enlisted man under IS years of age, and in case of the death or remarriage of the widow, leaving a child or children of such officer or en- listed man under the age of 16 years, such pension shall be paid such child or children until the age of Is: Pro- vided, That in case a minor child is in- sane. idiotic, or otherwise permanently helpless, the pension shall continue during the life of said child, or during the period of such disability, and shall comence from the date of application therefor after the passage of this Act: Provided, further, That said widow shall have married said officer or en- listed man previous to the passage of this Act: Provided, however, That this
 
 , any nension under any Act. public or , lprivate.
 Sec. 2. That no agent, attorney, or other person engaged in preparing presenting, or prosecuting any claim under the provisions of this Act shall directly or indirectly. contract for 7 demand. receive, or retain for such ser vices in preparing, presenting, or pros r ecuting such claim a sum greater than f $10, which sum shall be payable only on the order of the Commissioner of . Pensions; and any person who shall p violate any of the provisions of this < section, or shall wrongfully withhold Q from the ~onsioner or claimant the t whole or any part of a pension ol s lclai malowed or due such pensioner ol
 claimant under this Act. shall bc
 deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, ant
 upon conviction thereof shall, for eacl and every offense, be fined not exceed
 ing $500 or be imprisoned not exceed
 ing one year, or both in the discretion
 of the court.