(including regulars, and cadets at West Point, volunteers, ran gers, militia and navy, including the navy proper, sea fencibles, flotilla service, marine corps, and revenue cutters when co-operating with the navy), musicians, privates, marines, seamen, ordinary seamen, and all others, in whatsoever capacity they may have served, who were regularly enlisted or drafted, or who volunteered; and who, while in the line of duty, were disabled by wounds or sickness, from subsequently procuring a livelihood. A soldier on furlough, if disabled by disease, not his own fault, is en. titled to a pension; but an officer disabled while on furlough, is not A soldier disabled while under arrest, in confinement for offenc against military law, or when absent without leave, is not entitled to a pension; nor can the family of a soldier, whose death is caused by intemperance while in the service, claim a pension.

As no invalid pensions are now likely to be granted for the first time to persons who served in the Revolutionary War, we shall not give any forms for procuring such pensions, but confine ourselves solely to the classes named above. The act of Congress of July 14, 1862, making general provision for the payment of pensions, to invalids of the present war for the Union, and also to the widows, orphans, mothers, and minor sisters of such as have died, or may die or be killed in the line of duty, is so important, that we deem it best to give it in full:

An Act to Grant Pensions.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That if any officer, non-commissioned officer, musician or private of the army, including regulars, volunteers, or militia, or any officer, warrant or petty officer, musician, seaman, ordinary seaman, flotilla-man, marine, clerk, landsman, pilot or other person in the navy or marine corps, has been, since the fourth day of March eighteen hundred and sixty-one, or shall hereafter be disabled by reason of any wound received or disease contracted while in the service of the United States and in the line of duty, he shall, upon making due proof of the fact, according to such forms and regulations as are or may be provided by or in pursuance of law, be placed upon the list of invalid pensioners of the United States. and be entitled to receive, for the highest rate of disability, such pension as is hereinafter provided in such cases, and for an inferior disability at amount proportionate to the highest disability,

to con mence as herein alter provided, and continued during the existence of such disability. The pension for a total disability for officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians and privates employed in the military service of the United States, whether regulars, volunteers or militia, and in the marine corps, shall be as follows, viz: lieutenant-colonel and all officers of a higher rank, thirty dollars per month; najor, twenty-five dollars per month; captain, twenty dollars per month; first lieutenant, sev enteen dollars per month; second lieutenant, fifteen doliars per month; and non-commissioned officers, musicians and privates, eight dollars per month. The pension for total disability for officers, warrant or petty officers, and others employed in the naval service of the United States, shall be as follows, viz: captain, commander, surgeon, paymaster and chief engineer, respectively, ranking with commander by law, lieutenant-commanding and master-commanding, thirty dollars per month; lieutenant, surgeon, paymaster and chief engineer, respectively, ranking with heutenant by law, and passed assistant surgeon, twenty-five dollars per month; professor of mathematics, master, assistant surgeon, assistant paymaster and chaplain, twenty dollars per month; first assistant engineers and pilots, fifteen dollars per month; passed midshipman, midshipman, captain's and paymaster's clerk, second and third assistant engineer, master's mate and all warrant officers, ten dollars per month; all petty officers and all other persons before named employed in the naval service, eight dollars per month; and all commissioned officers, of either service, shall receive such and only such pension as is herein pro vided for the rank in which they hold commission.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That if any officer or other person named in the first section of this act, has died since the fourth day of March, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, or shall hereafter die, by reason of any wound received or disease coutracted while in the service of the United States and in the line of duty, his widow, or if there be no widow, his child or children under sixteen years of age, shall be entitled to receive the same pension as the husband or father would have been entitled to, had he been totally disabled, to commence from the death of the Las band or father, and to continue to the widow during her widowhood, or to the child or children until they severally attain the age of sixteen years, and no longer.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That where any officer of other person named in the first section of this act, shall have died subsequently to the fourth of March eighteen hundred and sixty-one, or shall hereafter die by reason of any wound received or disease contacted while in the service of the United States and in the line of duty, and has not left or shall not leave a widow nor legitimate child, but has left or shall leave a mother who

was dependent upon him for support, in whole or in part, the mother shall be entitled to receive the same pension as such officer or other person would have been entitled to had he been totally disabled; which pension shall commence from the death of the officer or other person dying as aforesaid: Provided, however, That if such mother shall herself be in receipt of a pension as a widow, in virtue of the provisions of the second section of this act, in that case no pension or allowance shall be granted to her on account of her son, unless she gives ap the other pension or allowance: And provided further, That the pension given to a mother on account of her son shall terminate on her re-marriage: And provided further, That nothing shall be so construed as to entitle the mother of an officer or other person dying, as aforesaid, to more than one pension at the same time, under the provisions of this act.

SEO. 4. And be it further enacted, That when any officer or other person named in the first section of this act shall have died subsequently to the fourth day of March, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, or shall hereafter die, by reason of any wound received or disease contracted while in the service of the United States and in the line of duty, and has not left or shall not leave a wid ow, nor legitimate child, nor mother, but has left or may leave an orphan sister or sisters, under sixteen years of age who were dependent upon him for support, in whole or in part, such sister or sisters shall be entitled to receive the same pension as such officer or other person would have been entitled to had he been totally disabled; which pension to said orphan shall commence from the death of the officer or other person dying as aforesaid and shall continue to the said orphans until they severally arrive at the age of sixteen years, and no longer: Provided, however, That nothing herein shall be so construed as to entitle said orphans to more than one pension at the same time under the provisions of this act: And provided further, That no moneys shall be paid to the widow or children, or any heirs of any deceased soldier on account of bounty, back pay or pension, who have in any way been engaged in, or who have aided or abetted the existing rebellion in the United States: but the right of such disloyal widow or children, heir or heirs of such soldier, shall be vested in the loyal heir or heirs of the deceased, is any there be.

SEO. 5. And be it further enacted, That pensions which nay be granted, in pursuance of the provisions of this act, to persons who may have been, or shall be, employed in the military of naval service of the United States, shall commence on the day of the discharge of such persons in all cases in which the application for such pensions is filed within one year after the date of said discharge; and in cases in which the application is not filed

during said year, pensions granted to persons as aforesaid shal commence on the day of the filing of the application.

SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That the fees of agents and attorneys, for making out and causing to be executed the papers necessary to establish a claim for a pension, bounty and other allowance, before the Pension Office under this act, shall not exceed the following rates: For making out and causing to be duly executed a declaration by the applicant, with the necessary affida. vits, and forwarding the same to the Pension Office, with the requisite correspondence, five dollars. In cases wherein additional testimony is required by the Commissioner of Pensions, for each affidavit so required and executed and forwarded (except the affidavit of surgeons, for which such agents and attorneys shall not be entitled to any fees), one dollar and fifty cents.

SEO. 7. And be it further enacted, That any agent or attorney who shall, directly or indirectly, demand or receive any greater compensation for his services under this act than is prescribed in the preceding section of this act, or who shall contract or agree to prosecute any claim for a pension, bounty or other allowance under this act, on the condition that he shall receive a per centum upon, or any portion of the amount of such claim, or who shall wrongfully withhold from a pensioner or other claimant the whole or any part of the pension or claim allowed and due to such pensioner and claimant, shall be deemed guilty of a high misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall, for every such offence, be fined not exceeding three hundred dollars, or imprisoned at hard labor not exceeding two years, or both, according to the circumstances and aggravations of the offence.

SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That the Commissioner of Pensions be. and he is hereby empowered to appoint, at his discretion, civil surgeons to make the biennial examinations of pensioners which are or may be required to be made by law, and to examine applicants for invalid pensions, when he shall deem an examination by a surgeon to be appointed by him necessary, and the fees for each of such examinations, and the requisite certificate thereof, shall be one dollar and fifty cents, which fees shall be paid to the surgeon by the person examined, for which he shall take a receipt, and forward the same to the Pension Office; and upon the allowance of the claim of the person examined, the Commissioner of Pensions shall furnish to such person an order on the Pension Agent of his State for the amount of the sur geon's fees.

SEO. 9. And be it further enacted, That the Commissioner of Pensions, on application made to him in person or by letter by any claimants or applicants for pension, bounty or other allow ance required by law to be adjusted and paid by the l'ensior Offico, shall furnish such claimants, free of all expense or charge

to them, all such printed instructions and forms as may be neces sary in establishing and obtaining such claim; and in case such claim is prosecuted by an agent or attorney of such claimant or applicant, on the issue of a certificate of pension or the granting of a bounty or allowance, the Commissioner of Pensions shall forthwith notify the applicant or claimant that such certificate has been issued or allowance made, and the amount thereof.

SEO. 10. And be it further enacted, That the pilots, engineers, sailors and crews upon the gunboats and war vessels of the United States who have not been regularly mustered into th service of the United States, shall be entitled to the same bounty allowed to persons of corresponding rank in the naval service, provided they continue in service to the close of the present war; and all persons serving as aforesaid, who have been or may be wounded or incapacitated for service, shall be entitled to receive for such disability the pension allowed by the provisions of this act, to those of like rank, and each and every зuch person shall receive pay according to corresponding rank in the naval service: Provided, That no person receiving pension or bounty under the provisions of this act shall receive either pension or bounty for any other service in the present war.

SEO. 11. And be it further enacted, That the widows and heirs of all persons described in the last preceding section who have been or may be employed as aforesaid, or who have been or may be killed in battle, or of those who have died or shall die of wounds received while so employed, shall be paid the bounty and pension allowed by the provisions of this act, according to rank, as provided in the last preceding section.

SEO. 12. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Interior be and he is hereby authorized to appoint a special agent for the Pension Office, to assist in the detection of frauds against the pension laws, to cause persons committing such frauds to be prosecuted, and to discharge such other duties as said Secretary may require him to perform; which said agent shall receive for his services an annual salary of twelve hundred dollars, and his actual travelling expenses incurred in the discharge of his dutie shall be paid by the Government.

SEC. 13. And be it further enacted, That all acts and parts of ucts inconsistent with the provisions of this act be and the game are hereby rapealed.