Inter-Mountain Republican | 1906-05-27 | Page 3 | Pensions to Ex-Prisoners

PENSIONS TO PRISONERS EX-PRISONERS Provisions PrO for Soldiers and Sailors Captured in Iii Civil War i Republican Special Service Washington May 2 26 Another 26 Another bill has been introduced in the hou house e granting pensions to prisoners ex-prisoners of ot war This latest one Is b by Representative Campbell of or Kansas and di directs di- di directs the Secretary of the Interior to Place on the pension rolls the name of oC each soldier ler sailor and marine who served the government during the Civil war var who ulio was captured Those who were held helt as prisoners of oC for tor sixty days are to be pensioned war at the rate of ot 12 per month an and in iii a addition thereto the sum of ot one dollar dol dol- lar mr is to bo be a added for each thirty days or major fraction of oC thirty days the soldier was so held Pem Pensions lons under this proposed law however er al' al aie c not to exceed 30 a a. month No pension will b be paid to the widow of or an prison cx-prison- or er of W war r Under un the plan formulated b by Mr Campbell The only evidence necessary to establish the claim for tor a pension under this bill is the record reco-d of me the soldier sailor or oz marine marino now on file in the ollice 0 of the thear War ar department depart depart- part part- ment at Washington