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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 38 STAT. · August 10, 1914 · Chapter 244

Chapter 244. 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 of such soldiers and sailors

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CHAP. 244.— 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 of such soldiers and sailors. August 10, 1914.[[H. R. 15959](/us/bill/63/hr/15959).][[Private, No. 113](/us/pl/63/113).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the Secretary of the Pensions.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— The name of Asher P.
Anspacher, late of Company H, Second Pensions.Asher P. AnspacherRegiment United States Volunteer Engineers, and Company B, Forty-fifth Regiment United States Volunteer Infantry, War with Spain, and pay him a pension at the rate of $12 per month. The name of Benjamin C. Condon, late of Company A, First Regiment Benjamin C. Condon.United States Infantry, Regular Establishment, and pay him a pension at the rate of $12 per month. The name of John M. Upton, late of Company A, Eighth Regiment John M.
Upton.Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, War with Spain, and pay him a pension at the rate of $12 per month. The name of Frederick M. Ottmar, late of Company C, Forty-ninth Frederick M. Ottmar.Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry, War with Spain, and pay him a pension at the rate of $20 per month. The name of Barney Gordon, late of Company C, Sixth Regiment Barney Gordon.United States Infantry, Regular Establishment, and pay him a pension at the rate of $12 per month. The name of Margaret Roddy, widow of Dominick Roddy, late of Margaret Roddy.Company E, First Regiment United States Infantry, Regular Establishment, and pay her a pension at the rate of $12 per month.
The name of Alexander R. Blazer, late of Company H, Twelfth Pensions increased.Alexander R. Blazer.Regiment United States Infantry, War with Spain, and pay him a pension at the rate of $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The name of Clyde C. Elkins, late of Company K, Ninth Regiment Clyde C. Elkins.United States Infantry, War with Spain, and pay him a pension at the rate of $17 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The name of Emily Patterson, dependent mother of George W.
Pensions.Emily Patterson.Patterson, late of Company L, Eighth Regiment United States Volunteer Infantry, War with Spain, and pay her a pension at the rate of $12 per month. The name of John H. Opperman, late of Company C, One hundred John H. Opperman.and fifty-eighth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, War with Spain, and pay him a pension at the rate of $8 per month. The name of Charles E. Sleeper, late of Battery O, Seventh Regiment Charles E. Sleeper.United States Artillery, War with Spain, and pay him a pension at the rate of $12 per month. 1434 Pension increased.George H.
Imboden.The name of George H. Imboden, late of Troop E, Twelfth Regiment United States Cavalry, Regular Establishment, and pay him a pension at the rate of $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. Pensions.James W. Alexander.The name of James W. Alexander, late of Company G, Twenty-third Regiment Kansas Volunteer Infantry, War with Spain, and pay him a pension at the rate of $12 per month. Ofa Johnson.The name of Ofa Johnson, widow of Bedford D. Johnson, late of Companies A and C, First Regiment Tennessee Volunteer Infantry, War with Spain, and pay her a pension at the rate of $12 per month, and $2 per month additional on account of each of the minor children of the said Bedford D.
Johnson until they reach the age of sixteen years. Edward A. Mueller.The name of Edward A. Mueller, late of Troop L, Third Regiment United States Cavalry, War with Spain, and pay him a pension at the rate of $12 per month. Pension increased.Susan M. Lampkin.The name of Susan M. Lampkin, widow of William H. Lampkin, late of Captain Vincent's Georgia Volunteers, Indian wars, and pay her a pension at the rate of $20 per month in lieu of that she is now receiving. Pensions.Thomas W.
Botkin.The name of Thomas W. Botkin, late of Company I, Twenty-seventh Regiment United States Volunteer Infantry, War with Spain, and pay him a pension at the rate of $17 per month. Rutherford B. H. Kinback.The name of Rutherford B. H. Kinback, late of Company E, Thirteenth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, War with Spain, and pay mm a pension at the rate of $17 per month. Frederick Leidenberger.The name or Frederick Leidenberger, late of Company B, Third Regiment United States Infantry, War with Spain, and pay him a pension at the rate of $12 per month.
Pension increased.Nazaire Beaupre.The name of Nazaire Beaupre, late of Company H, First Regiment Maine Volunteer Infantry, War with Spain, and pay him a pension at the rate of $12 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. Pensions.Martha Rebecca Young.The name of Martha Rebecca Young (insane), helpless child of Benjamin H. Young, deceased, who served in Captain Broadnax’s company, Alabama Volunteers, Creek war, and pay to her duly appointed guardian a pension at the rate of $12 per month.
Ida E. Markwood.The name of Ida E. Markwood, former widow of John W. Hendley, late of the United States Navy, War with Mexico, and widow or Wesley Markwood, alias Samuel Walker, late of Company A, First Regiment Missouri Volunteer Light Artillery, and pay her a pension at the rate of $12 per month. Willis D. Miller.The name of Willis D. Miller, late of Company E, Sixth Regiment United States Infantry, Regular Establishment, and pay him a pension at the rate of $17 per month. Charles B.
Hoover.The name of Charles B. Hoover, late of Company L, First Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, War with Spain, and pay him a pension at the rate of $24 per month. Harry G. Tharp.The name of Harry G. Tharp, late of Company B, Eighteenth Regiment United States Infantry, Regular Establishment, and pay him a pension at the rate of $30 per month. William Preston Raines.The name of William Preston Raines, late of Company D, Eighth Regiment United States Infantry, War with Spain, and pay him a pension at the rate of $12 per month.
Charles H. Bascombe.The name of Charles H. Bascombe, late musician, Band, First Regiment Rhode Island Volunteer Infantry, War with Spain, and pay him a pension at the rate of $12 per month. Susan C. Masters.The name of Susan C. Masters, former widow of George D. Williamson, late of Company C, First Regiment Mississippi Volunteer Rifles, War with Mexico, and pay her a pension at the rate of $12 per month. 1435 The name of James D. Silman, late of Company C, Sixteenth Regiment James D.
Silman.United States Infantry, Regular Establishment, and pay him a pension at the rate of $24 per month. The name of Kathryn M. Denoyer, widow of Frank M. Denoyer, Kathryn M. Denoyer.late of Company G, First Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, War with Spain, and pay her a pension at the rate of $12 per month, and $2 additional per month on account of each of the minor children of the said Frank M. Denoyer until they reach the age of sixteen years. The name of Julius A. Schneider, late of Company B, Fourth Regiment Julius A.
Schneider.Illinois Volunteer Infantry, War with Spain, and pay him a pension at the rate of $12 per month. The name of Julian C. McClure, late of Company E, One hundred Julian C. McClure.and sixty-first Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, War with Spain, and pay him a pension at the rate of $30 per month. The name of Tabitha P. Bissett, widow of Thomas F. Bissett, late Pension increased.Tabitha P. Bissett.of Company C, Fourth Regiment Kentucky Volunteer Infantry, War with Mexico, and pay her a pension at the rate of $20 per month in lieu of that she is now receiving.
The name of Edson P. Howes, late hospital steward, Second Regiment Pensions.Edson P. Howes.Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, War with Spain, and pay him a pension at the rate of $12 per month. The name of Charles D. Minard, late of Troop G, Eighth Regiment Charles D. Minard.United States Cavalry, War with Spain, and pay him a pension at the rate of $12 per month. The name of John T. Holton, late of Company D, Second Regiment John T. Holton.Kentucky Volunteer Infantry, War with Spain, and pay him a pension at the rate of $12 per month.
The name of Ernest McFadden, late of the Seventy-fourth Company Ernest McFadden.United States Coast Artillery, Regular Establishment, and pay him a pension at the rate of $12 per month. The name of John Beloney, late of Company M, Ninth Regiment John Beloney.United States Volunteer Infantry, War with Spain, and pay him a pension at the rate of $24 per month. The name of George F. Michel, late of Band, Sixth Regiment Band, George F. Michel.United States Volunteer Infantry, War with Spain, and pay him a pension at the rate of $12 per month.
The name of Dorcas Irene Stewart, widow of Ralph J. Stewart, late Dorcas Irene Stewart.of Company A, Eighth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, War with Spain, and pay her a pension at the rate of $12 per month, and $2 per month additional on account of each of the minor children of said Ralph J. Stewart until they reach the age of sixteen years. The name of Thomas Comerford, late of Company D, Twentieth Thomas Comerford.Regiment United States Infantry, Regular Establishment, and pay him a pension at the rate of $12 per month.
The name of Harry Landau, late of Troop C, Fifth Regiment Pension increased.Harry Landau.United States Cavalry, Regular Establishment, and pay him a pension at the rate of $72 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The name of Leonard D. McCutcheon, late of Company B, Second Pension.Leonard D. McCutcheon.Regiment West Virginia Volunteer Infantry, War with Spain, and pay him a pension at the rate of $30 per month. The name of Ellen D. Rotramel, widow of William S. Rotramel, late Pensions increased.Ellen D.
Rotramel.of Company B, First Regiment Mississippi Volunteers, War with Mexico, and pay her a pension at the rate of $20 per month in lieu of that she is now receiving. The name of Ernest H. Peterson, late of Company K, Second Regiment Ernest H. Peterson.Ohio Volunteer Infantry, War with Spain, and pay him a pension at the rate of $40 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The name of Maggie Feavel, widow of William Feavel, late of Company Pension.Maggie Feavel.E, Fourth Regiment United States Infantry, Regular Estabent, and pay her a pension at the rate of $12 per month.
Approved, August 10, 1914.
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