Synopsis of Pension Laws of the United States: Also Regulations and Instructions Relating Thereto with Tables of Rates and Information in Regard to Soldiers' Homes, in Effect November 1, 1923 |
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$30 per month 30 days accompanied by evidence act of February act of June act of March Act of September aid and attendance alleging amended application April 19 April 21 August 24 Bureau of Pensions child or children Chinese Boxer Rebellion Civil claim is filed claimant Commandant Soldiers Commissioner of Pensions County date of birth date of death date of filing dates of enlistment death or divorce disability incurred entitled to pension Fall River County February 9 honorably discharged therefrom inguinal hernia inmate July 16 July 27 June 27 line of duty manual labor March 19 Marine Corps medal of honor military or naval minor child minor children mother national soldiers naval service officer or enlisted person who served Philippine Insurrection post-office addresses rate for total rate of pension Revised Statutes served ninety days shown soldier or sailor soldiers and sailors Spain subsequent Total disability United verified copy Volunteer
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Page 9 - July 4, 1902, inclusive, service to be computed from date of enlistment to date of discharge, and was honorably discharged from such service, or, regardless of the length of service, was discharged for or died in service of a disability incurred in the service and...
Page 18 - ... to his widow ; second, if there is no widow, to his child or children under the age of sixteen years at his death; third, in case of a widow, to her minor children under the age of sixteen years at her death.
Page 14 - widow" means (except for purposes of chapter 19 of this title) a woman who was the wife of a veteran at the time of his death, and who lived with him continuously from the date of marriage to the date of his death (except where there was a separation which was due to the misconduct of, or procured by, the veteran without the fault of the...
Page 19 - Interior may provide, be placed upon the list of invalid pensioners of the United States, and be entitled to receive a pension not exceeding twelve dollars per month and not less than six dollars per month, proportioned to the degree of inability to earn a support...
Page 9 - Imposed upon widows by the act of June 27. 1890, as amended by the act of May 9, 1900, with the exception that the requirements as to dependence are ellmlnnted.
Page 12 - APPROVED MARCH 4, 1917. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the widow of any officer or enlisted man who served ninety days or more in the Army, Navy, or Marine Corps of the United States during the War with Spain, the Chinese Boxer rebellion, or the Philippine insurrection, between April 21, 1898, and July 4, 1902...
Page 19 - That all persons who served ninety days or more in the military or naval service of the United States during the late war of the rebellion and who have been honorably discharged therefrom, and who are now or who may hereafter be suffering from any mental or physical disability or disabilities...
Page 21 - A claim for reimbursement may be made by the person who bore the expenses of the last sickness and burial of any pensioner who died, leaving no widow, or child under 16 years of age, surviving, provided the pensioner did not leave sufficient assets to meet such expenses.
Page 6 - ... that extent that payment thereof shall not be withheld or suspended until, after due notice to the grantee of not less than thirty days, the Commissioner of Pensions, after hearing all the evidence, shall decide to annul, vacate, modify, or set aside the decision upon which such pension was granted. Such notice to grantee must contain a full and true statement of any charges or allegations upon which such decision granting such pension shall be sought to be in any manner disturbed or modified.
Page 37 - Honorably discharged officers, soldiers, sailors, and marines who served in the Regular, Volunteer, or other forces of the United States in any war in which the country has been engaged, in campaigns against hostile Indians, or who served in any of the extraterritorial possessions of the United States, in foreign countries, including Mexican border service, or in the Organized Militia or National Guard when called into the Federal service, and who are disabled by disease or wounds, and by reason...