Chapter 249. Granting pensions and increase of pensions to certain soldiers and sailors of the civil war and to certain widows and helpless and dependent relatives of such soldiers and sailors
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CHAP. 249.— An Act Granting pensions and increase of pensions to certain soldiers and sailors of the civil war and to certain widows and helpless and dependent relatives of such soldiers and sailors. March 2, 1909. [[S. 9454](/us/bill/60/s/9454).] [[Private, No. 185](/us/pvtl/60/185).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Pensions. That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws— Elizabeth W.
Waters.The name of Elizabeth W. Waters, widow of Abner W. Waters, late captain Company F, First Regiment Oregon Volunteer Infantry, and pay her a pension at the rate of twelve dollars per month. Pensions increased.Henry Horn.The name of Henry Horn, late of Company H, Ninth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, and pay him a pension at the rate of twenty-four dollars per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. Franklin L. Hayes.The name of Franklin L. Hayes, late of Company F, One hundred and fifty-seventh Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of thirty-six dollars per month in lieu of that he is now receiving.
John Deitrick.The name of John Deitrick, late first lieutenant Company K, Eighty- third Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of thirty dollars per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. Robert L. Rohm.The name of Robert L. Rohm, late of Company F, Nineteenth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry, and pay him a pension at the rate of twenty-four dollars per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. Charles J. Stevens.*Post*, p. 1577.The name of Charles J.
Stevens, late of Company H, Second Regiment Michigan Volunteer Cavalry, and pay him a pension at the rate of twenty-four dollars per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. Hermund Gudmandson.The name of Hermund Gudmandson, late of Company A, Twenty-third Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of thirty dollars per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. Joseph R. Landes.The name of Joseph R. Landes, late of Company B, Sixth Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of twenty-four dollars per month in lieu of that he is now receiving.
John Newhouse.The name of John Newhouse, late of Company K, Eleventh Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of twenty-four dollars per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. William Fifer.The name of William Fifer, late of Company H, One hundredth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of twenty-four dollars per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. Timothy Donovan.The name of Timothy Donovan, late of Company G, Twenty-first Regiment, Company K.
Thirty-sixth Regiment and Company C, Fifty-sixth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of thirty dollars per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. Homer J. Budd.The name of Homer J. Budd, late musician, band Forty-sixth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of twenty-four dollars per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. James Metzger.The name of James Metzger, late captain Company C, Fifty-fifth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of forty dollars per month in lieu of that he is now receiving.
Pensions.Elizabeth Smith Tennent.The name of Elizabeth Smith Tennent, dependent sister of Edward Smith Tennent, late of Company A, First Regiment Louisiana Volunteer Infantry, war with Spain, and pay her a pension at the rate of eight dollars per month. Lilia May Pavy.The name of Lilia May Pavy, widow of Octave P. Pavy, late acting assistant surgeon, United States Army, and pay her a pension at the rate of thirty dollars per month. Approved, March 2, 1909.