Chapter 405. Granting pensions and increase of pensions to certain soldiers and sailors of the Regular Army and Navy and certain soldiers and sailors of wars other than the Civil War and to widows and dependent relatives of such soldiers and sailors
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CHAP. 405.— An Act Granting pensions and increase of pensions to certain soldiers and sailors of the Regular Army and Navy and certain soldiers and sailors of wars other than the Civil War and to widows and dependent relatives of such soldiers and sailors.August 24, 1912.[[H. R. 24996](/us/bill/62/hr/24996).][[Private, No. 115](/us/pvtl/62/115).] *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— Pension increased.Pryor G.
Guseman.The name of Mary M. Shambaugh , widow of George W. Shambaugh, late of Company C, Forty-seventh Regiment United States Volunteer Infantry, War with Spain, and pay her a pension at the rate of twelve dollars per month, and two dollars per month additional on account of each of the minor children of the soldier until they reach the age of sixteen years. Pensions.Elizabeth L. Bayless.The name of Charles Larkin, late of Troop A, Eighth Regiment United States Cavalry, War with Spain, and pay him a pension at the rate of twenty-four dollars per month in lieu of that he is now receiving.
Ann Livingston.The name of Ellen Bernard Lee, widow of Fitzhugh Lee, late major general, United States Volunteers, War with Spain, and brigadier general, United States Army, and pay her a pension at the rate of fifty dollars per month. James W. Fisher.The name of Myra Joy, widow of Alfred R. Joy, late of Company D, Twenty-first Regiment Kansas Volunteer Infantry, War with Spain, and pay her a pension at the rate of twelve dollars per month, and two dollars per month additional on account of each of the minor children of the soldier until they reach the age of sixteen years.
John H. Brogan.The name of Elroy R. Cary, late of Company E, Sixth Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, War with Spain, and pay him a pension at the rate of twenty dollars per month. Approved, August 24, 1912.