Laws of the United States Governing the Granting of Army and Navy Pensions, Together with the Regulations Relating Thereto

4766 (amended by act Aug. 8, 1882, and act Mar. 3, 1899). Payment of
pension; to be made only to persons entitled, except, etc..
Conditions prerequisite to widow's title_

4767. Vouchers, blank forms of, to be prepared and furnished to pension
agents; notice_.._

4768. Pension certificate, etc., to be forwarded to pension agent.

4769. Attorney fees to be paid by pension agent_

4775. Special medical examinations__

4776. Medical referee, examining surgeons, appointment of

4777. Civil examining surgeons, appointment of__

4783 (amended by act Feb. 10, 1891). Embezzlement of pension money

by guardian, etc., penalty.

116

4785 (amended by act July 4, 1884). Fees of agents and attorneys__.

4786 (amended by act July 4, 1884). Articles of agreement, agents and

attorneys_

60-62

Illegal fee; penalty.

115

4813 (amended by act May 4, 1898).

5486.

116

Naval Home in Philadelphia, etc.,

payment of pension to inmates, etc___

3839 (amended by act Feb. 2, 1909). Government Hospital for the In-

sane, superintendent and disbursing officer, duties of..

(amended by act Feb. 10, 1891). Embezzlement of pension money_

STATUTES AT LARGE QUOTED.

Act March 16, 1802. Pensions to the soldiers of the military peace estab-

Rates in invalid pension claims_.

1830. Report to be made to Congress in case of meri-
provided for by existing law_--

Act March 25, 1862. Pensions, etc., to officers and men in the Department
of the West or the Department of the Missouri__

Act July 14, 1862. The provisions of this act are embodied in sections

4692, 4693, and 4702, Revised Statutes___.

Western gunboat fleet transferred from War to Navy

20, 44

Relief of Second Regiment, Third Brigade, Ohio Vol-

Relief of Bryson's company, Mounted Volunteers__.

Relief of Beaty's company of Independent Scouts--

Retention of discharge papers, etc., by attorney or

114

The provisions of this act are embodied in the Re-

Title, "Pensions," sections 4692 to 4791.

Special-act pensions equalized_____

Act June 18, 1874:

Increase of pension for loss of sight of both eyes, both hands, both

feet, or other injuries resulting in total helplessness_

Loss of arm at or above elbow, leg at or above knee_

Act March 3, 1875. Pensions for widows, minors, and dependent relatives

of soldiers murdered at Centralia, Mo.‒‒‒

Act February 28, 1877. Loss of one hand and one foot or total disability

in the same

Act March 3, 1877. Equalizing pensions of certain officers of the Navy__

Act March 9, 1878. War of 1812; pensions granted on account of service

in; false oath deemed perjury; disloyalty not a bar, etc., Revolu-

tionary War; widows__

Act June 17, 1878. Loss of both hands or both feet or the sight of both

eyes

Page.

Act March 3, 1879:

Rate of arrears; commencement of pension; limitation as to date of

filing claim for pension; not applicable to insane persons or minors_

Amputation of leg at hip joint_

Loss of sight of both eyes---

Act June 21, 1879. Biennial examinations abolished; authority granted
to increase or reduce pensions__.

Act June 9, 1880. Restoring pensions in certain cases_

Act June 16, 1880. Rate for total helplessness increased in certain cases
Act February 26, 1881. Regulating payment of pensions to inmates of
National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers__

Act March 3, 1881. Pensions to wounded or disabled volunteers who
assisted the forces of the United States in Nez Perce Indian war in
Montana, and to their widows, etc.__.

Act July 25, 1882:

Sec. 2 (amending sec. 4744, Rev. Stat.). Commissioner of Pensions

to detail clerks to make special investigations into merits of

pension claims, etc.__.

Sec. 3. Subpoenas for witnesses_.

Sec. 4. Examining surgeons, appointment of; organization of

boards; fees___

Sec. 5. Pension under special act not to be in addition to that
allowed by general law unless the act so specifies-

Act August 7, 1882. Pensions due inmates of National Home for Disabled
Volunteer Soldiers to be paid to treasurers_.

Act August 7, 1882 (amending sec. 4702, Rev. Stat.).
minors, when entitled, etc.‒‒‒‒‒

Widows and

Act August 8, 1882 (amending sec. 4766, Rev. Stat.):

Payment of pension; to be made only to person entitled, except, etc.

(see also act Mar. 3, 1899).

Inspection of boards of surgeons-

5,87

Act February 28, 1883 (amending sec. 4745, Rev. Stat.). Any pledge or
transfer of pension void, and the pledge or receipt of the same a mis-
demeanor.

Act March 3, 1883:

Increase of pension for loss of one hand or one foot or equivalent

incapacity; and loss of arm at or above elbow or leg at or above

knee; total incapacity for manual labor____

Pensioned inmates of Soldiers' Home, Washington, D. C., may allot

portion of pension; pension of inmates not allotted to be paid to

treasurer of home

Joint resolution February 1, 1884. Detail of clerks from the Pension
Office to the Pension Committees of the House of Representatives____

Act July 4, 1884:

Attorney fees in pension cases_.

Illegal fee, penalty__

Act March 3, 1885:

Soundness at enlistment presumed___.

Increase of pension for loss of arm at shoulder joint_.

Act March 19, 1886:

Increase in rate of pension to certain widows, minors, and dependents_

No attorney fee

Act May 15, 1886. Missouri Home Guards; discharge certificates to be

issued to members of__.

Act August 4, 1886. Increase of pension for loss of arm or leg, etc_.

Act January 3, 1887. Date of death fixed in case of officers, etc., lost

in the wreck of the steamer Jeanette; 12 months' pay granted by act

to be deducted from pension given to widows, etc__.

Act January 29 1887:

Mexican War; pensions to survivors, widows. etc.; perjury_

One year's pay given to widows, etc., of those lost in the wreck of

the U. S. S. Ashuelot to be deducted from any pension allowed___

Act June 7, 1888. Commencement of widow's pension in claim based

on death from disability originating in the service and line of duty__

Act August 14, 1888. Desertion; certain appointed and enlisted men

who served in the Navy or Marine Corps during the Civil War

relieved of charge of---‒‒

Act March 1, 1889. Pension voucher may be executed before United
States officer free of charge---

Act March 2, 1889 (amended by act Mar. 2, 1891, act July 27, 1892,
and act Mar. 2, 1895). Desertion; certain regular and volunteer sol-
diers of the Mexican and Civil Wars relieved from charge of..
Act March 4, 1890. Increase for total helplessness; regular aid and
attendance

Act June 27, 1890:

Sec. 1. Dependent parents; sufficiency of evidence to show depend-

ence; commencement and termination of pension___

Sec. 2 (amended by act May 9, 1900). Pensions to certain soldiers

and sailors; honorable discharge from Rebellion service required;

rate; commencement; rank not considered, etc__

Sec. 3 (amended by act May 9, 1900). Widows and minor children

of certain soldiers and sailors given pensionable status; continu-

ance of pension to insane, idiotic, or otherwise permanently help-

less children provided for---.

Sec. 4. Fees of agents and attorneys__

Act August 29, 1890:

Notaries public in service of United States to administer oath of

office free of charge..

Chief clerks to administer oaths in certain cases_

Sec. 2 (amended by acts Mar. 3, 1891, and May 27, 1908). Persons

on active or retired list of Army, Navy, or Marine Corps, or in

Revenue-Cutter Service not to receive pension_.

Act February 10, 1891 (amending secs. 4783 and 5486, R. S.). Embezzle-

ment of pension money by guardian, etc..

Act March 2 1891 (amending act Mar. 2, 1889). Desertion; minor dis-

charged by order of court not to receive bounty, etc..

116

103

Act March 3, 1891:

Sec. 1, part. Attorney fees; increase, etc., claims

116

Sec. 1, part (amending act Aug. 29, 1890, and extended by act

May 27, 1908). Pensions not to be paid to persons on the active
or retired list of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, or Revenue-
Cutter Service____

Oaths; all clerks detailed as special examiners authorized to ad-
minister

Pensions for members of Powell's Battalion___

First Kansas Colored Volunteers, relief of; pension rights to certain

wounded members of

Act July 14, 1892. Total disability; rate of $50 per month in cases

requiring frequent and periodical aid..

Act July 26, 1892. Declarations, etc., before whom to be executed.

Act July 27, 1892 (amending act Mar. 2, 1889). Desertion; limitation

as to filing application for removal of charge extended___.

Act of July 27, 1892. Indian wars; pensions to certain survivors, and to

their widows; rate; honorable discharge and 30 days' service required;

false oath; disloyalty not a bar...

Act August 1, 1892 (amending act Mar. 3, 1877). Removing bar to pen-
sion imposed by section 4716, Revised Statutes, in cases where persons
in rebellion afterward enlisted in the Army or Navy of the United
States

Act August 5, 1892:

Pensions for Army nurses_.

No attorney fee___.

Act January 5, 1893. Mexican War; increase in rate of pension to wholly

disabled and destitute pensioned survivors....

Act February 3, 1893. Indian war claims; proof of citizenship-

Act December 21, 1893. Pension not to be withheld or suspended until

after notice

Act July 18, 1894. Examining surgeons; reports of, to be open to inspec-

tion_

Act August 23, 1894.

Pension vouchers may be executed before fourth-

class postmasters_

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