Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 137, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 June 1918 — CIVIL WAR VETERANS TO GET INCREASE IN PENSIONS [ARTICLE]

CIVIL WAR VETERANS TO GET INCREASE IN PENSIONS

The new pension bill, giving aiqw*' crease of pension to all civil war veterans, was signed by the president on June 10th and is now a law. It gives S3O a month to all soldiers who served 90 days; $32 a month to all who served six months, and are 72 years old; $35 a month to all 72 years old and who served one year; a month to all 72 years old who served 18 months, and S4O a month to all who served two years or over and are 72 years old.