Jasper County Democrat, Volume 9, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 January 1907 — A SERVICE PENSION BILL. [ARTICLE]

A SERVICE PENSION BILL.

A service pension bill has passed the U. S. Senate and is now pending in the House. It will probably pass this branch and becomes law. It is estimated that an additional appropriation of $15,000,000 will be necessary under this law. The bill as it passed the Senate provides that every soldier of the civil war who served as much as three months and was honorably discharged shall, on reaching the age of sixty-two, receive a pension of sl2 a month; at the age of seventy sls a month, at the age of seventy-five or over S2O a month. It is provided in the legislation that veterans now on the roll shall receive the increase without having to consult pension attorneys. These attorneys are barred from receiving fees for assisting pensioners to obtain the increase. At last session of Congress the Senate passed a service bill for the survivors of the Mexican war, giving them S2O a month. The House has never passed this bill, and the provision was attached to the bill for the civil war survivors. So that if the bill as it is before the House committee is passed both the civil war survivors and the Mexican war survivors will be taken care of.