Chapter 352. for the benefit of soldiers and sailors who have lost an arm at the shoulder-joint,March 3, 1885. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Soldiers and sailors of United States
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CHAP. 352.— An Act for the benefit of soldiers and sailors who have lost an arm at the shoulder-joint,March 3, 1885. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Soldiers and sailors of United States.Pension hereafter for loss of arm at shoulder-joint to be same as for loss of leg at hip-joint. That all soldiers and sailors of the United States who have bad an arm taken off at the shoulder-joint, caused by injuries received in the service of their country while in the line of duty, and who are now receiving pensions, shall have their pensions increased to the same amount that the law now gives to soldiers and sailors who have lost a leg at the hip joint; and this act shall apply to all who shall be hereafter placed on the pension-roll, Approved, March 3d, 1885.