Inter-Mountain Republican | 1907-04-21 | Page 11 | Pensions for All Soldiers Sixty-Two Yeras Old

p. p V PENSIONS FOR ALL SOLDIERS V SIXTY TWO SIXTY TWO YEARS OLL OLD 4 V V V Old soldiers everywhere c lC w ill be interested in ill the prompt S S l the following COI copy of a u law enacted by the reGent recent re- re S 1 cent Gent session of congress and a approved ed by President t Roosevelt Roose Roose- V S velt It grants a pension to every elY man maii two sixty years old V or over who served sel in ill either the Mexican or 01 1 the Civil war wat V 2 The terms of the new law will he be found here V S-s S V V V V I In V V S V An n Act Granting p pen Ions V to certain enlisted CnUte tl m men n. n v nod officer rs V lao x z vel In th the civil war vur and anti the with 1 i V ijo Bo no It Jt it enacted r b by tho the Senate and V V Hono of or of or the UnitS United Unit Unit- V ed States of or America In Congress as- as S J t That nn any p person Mn who server served i ninety l days or more In La th the thc militarY or naval na service of or the United Stat States p during th the tho late civil war or sixty days V in fn tho war with Mexico arni who has har hashem V been hem honorably discharged 1 arid anti who has reached th n age e of or ly two years ars or over shall upon making malt mak ing- ing prOOf of or nich facts according to ro V such rul rules and regulations as th the tho Secretary of Interior ma may provide provid ho bo placed upon the th pension pen roll 1011 and V V V V be entitled to receive a tl pension lon as 5 follows In case casc person has 5 S ached re-ached hed hd tho ag age of oC two yea c. I tw I o dollars per month seventy c nt years cars fifteen dollars per month mont sev fV enty live years ears or 01 or 0 over 01 1 tW twenty nty dollar dol- dol S. S lar ar p per I month and such shall shaU commence from rom rota the Ow date 01 of the thA V filing of or the in fri the V of ot Pensions lono after the pawn go and md approval ap ap- ap- ap 5 nl of oC this hi Act ct ro Th t S por j who are arc two sixty years ears lars of or V V ag age or over and who ar are now flow receiving ing log IHn pensions lons under existing lawa lav orS or fir V S S who whoso o claims are pending in th the V V Bureau of Pensions may by tY tion lion to the Commissioner of Pen Pensions R in such form as he may pre prescribe crib 1 ie le- le tho the benefits of this thiR Act and nuJ i nothing herein contained shall prevent t an any pensioner r or person person entitled tp t a pension from prosecuting his claim and receiving a n II pension under any my I other general or special Act Provid ed cd ed That no per person un shall r receive a I pension under any other law at Ht the HIP h same samp am time lime or for or the same period perlin I that h he 10 Is receiving a a. pension under tho the provisions of oC this Act N Provided PrOVide I further That no person who j i-i i i. i n now receiving or 01 shall hereafter r receive a L greater pension under any other othor general gen eral Hal or 01 Ir special 1 Ia law than ho he would h b be entitled to 0 receive under tinder the provisions j I herein shall be under this I I Act see Sec ec 2 That rank In the service shall not bo lie considered In applications HIed hereunder V V Sec 3 3 That no pension attorney V claim a agent nt or 01 other OtheL person hall bo ho entitled t to 11 receive any compensation for or services ices rendered in ill pr V an any claim mini to 10 th the UH Bureau Hureau of or Pensions or nl seeming any V pension under r this Act ct Approved February C. C 1 1907