Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 222, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 September 1916 — WIDOWS TO RECEIVE INCREASE OF PENSIONS [ARTICLE]

WIDOWS TO RECEIVE INCREASE OF PENSIONS

New Bill Just Passed Gives Them *s2o Per Month Instead of sl2 Formerly Received.

A pension bill that has just become a law, increases the pensions of widows from sl2 to S2O per month. Widows who married after June 20, 1890, are not included in the raise. The bureau of pensions has announced that widows who are already on the- pension r.oll - and who are entitled to an increase undor the provisions of the law, will not be required to make a formal application, but will present their claims by writing a letter to The department at Washington, giving the number of their pension certificate, the company and regiment in which the soldier served, and'the writer’s full postoffice address. It is important to observe, however, that this applies only to those now on the pension roll. Claims of widows not now on the pension roll must be presented in the customary manner with an application, etc.