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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 40 STAT. · October 5, 1918 · Chapter 184

Chapter 184. Granting pensions and increase of pensions to certain soldiers and sailors of the Civil War and certain widows and dependent relatives of such soldiers and sailors

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CHAP. 184.— An Act Granting pensions and increase of pensions to certain soldiers and sailors of the Civil War and certain widows and dependent relatives of such soldiers and sailors.October 5, 1918.[[S. 4722](/us/bill/65/s/4722).][[Private, No. 30](/us/pvtl/65/30).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, PensionsThat 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— Pensions.
Charlotte Bloom.The name of Charlotte Bloom, widow of Zachariah Bloom, late of Company D, Seventy-sixth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and pay her a pension at the rate of $25 per month. 1523 The name of Daniel Wootan, late of Company A, Eleventh Regiment Daniel Wootan.Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $21 per month. The name of Charles O. Thorp, late of Company K, Forty-fifth Pensions increased.Charles O. Thorp.Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $40 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving.
The name of Jacob Nauerth, late of Company G, Fourteenth Regiment Jacob Nauerth.Iowa Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $36 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The name of Stephen A. Miller, late of Company H, Thirty-third Stephen A. Miller.Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $40 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The name of John Gates, late of Company A, Eighty-second Regiment John Gates.Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $40 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving.
The name of T. Ewing W. Elliott, late of Company D, Eighty-ninth T. Ewing W. Elliott.Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $50 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The name of Stephen Lampman, late of Company G, Thirtieth Stephen Lampman.Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $50 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The name of Elijah Thompson Hurst, alias Elijah Thompson, late Elijah Thompson Hurst, alias Elijah Thompson.of Company F, Twentieth Regiment Illinois Veteran Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $50 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving.
The name of James R. Rundlett, late of Company D, Nineteenth James R. Rundlett.Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $36 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The name of Robert J. Foster, late of Company B, Twenty-sixth Robert J. Foster.Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $50 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The name of Nannie Johnson Veale, widow of George W. Veale, late Nannie Johnson Veale.major.
Sixth Regiment, Kansas Volunteer Cavalry, and pay her a pension at the rate of $30 per month in lieu of that she is now receiving. The name of Laura L. Junkin, former widow of James P. Crumleigh, Pensions. Laura L. Junkin.late of Company H, Ninth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry, and pay her a pension at the rate of $25 per month. The name of Adeline F. Austen, widow of David E. Austen, late Adeline F. Austen.of Company H, Seventh Regiment, and adjutant, Forty-seventh Regiment, New York State Militia Infantry, and pay her a pension at the rate of $25 per month.
The name of Fanny S. Coniine , widow of John Confine, late of Company Pensions increased. Fanny S. Coniine.E, First Regiment, and Company E, Fourth Regiment, Vermont Volunteer Infantry, and major, United States Army, retired, and pay her a pension at the rate of $30 per month in lieu of that she is now receiving. The name of Stephen F. Baker, late of Company F, Thirteenth Stephen F. Baker.Regiment, and Company K, Sixth Regiment, New York Volunteer Heavy Artillery, and pay him a pension at the rate of $40 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving.
The name of James Muzzy, late of Company C, First Regiment James Muzzy.New York Volunteer Engineers, and pay him a pension at the rate of $36 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The name of Mary J. Milton, widow of Alfred Milton, late of Company Pension. Mary J. Milton.A, Third Regiment Connecticut Volunteer Infantry, and pay her a pension at the rate of $25 per month.Pensions increased. William B. Vaughn. The name of William B. Vaughn, late of Company A, Fourteenth Regiment Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $36 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. 1524 Zachariah Campbell.The name of Zachariah Campbell, late of Company E, Twenty-fifth Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $50 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving.
Pensions. Lorinda C. Rand.The name of Lorinda C. Rand, former widow of Robert Buchanan, late of Company C, Third Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and pay her a pension at the rate of $25 per month. Laura A. Wallingford.The name of Laura A. Wallingford, former widow of Charles R. Stevens, late of Company I, Third Regiment New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry, and unassigned, Fifteenth Regiment Maine Volunteer Infantry, and pay her a pension at the rate of $25 per month. Pensions increased.David Dryburgh.The name of David Dryburgh, late of United States ships Ohio, Mississippi, and North Carolina, United States Navy, and pay him a pension at the rate of $40 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving.
Jay Smith.The name of Jay Smith, late of Company E, Eighty-third Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $40 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. William J. Rigg.The name of William J. Rigg, late of Company K, Third Regiment Potomac Home Brigade Maryland Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $36 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. William Wellman. The name of William Wellman, late of United States ships Clara Dolsen and Marmora, United States Navy, and pay him a pension at the rate of $40 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving.
John E. Carpenter.The name of John E. Carpenter, late of Company A, One hundred and eighty-seventh Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $40 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. Daniel L. Thompson.The name of Daniel L. Thompson, late of Company 0, Forty-fifth Regiment Massachusetts Militia Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $50 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. Pension. Mary B. Guptill.The name of Mary B.
Hawkins, now Guptill, former widow of Hugh Hawkins, late of Company F, Seventy-second Regiment, and Company F, Thirty-third Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and pay her a pension at the rate of $25 per month. Pensions increased.Edwin Doan.The name of Edwin Doan, late of Company C, Eighty-fifth Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $50 per month in lieu of that lie is now receiving. Thomas H. Birnley.The name of Thomas H. Birnley, late of Company E, One hundredth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $40 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving.
Elijah C. Lawrence.The name of Elijah C. Lawrence, late second lieutenant Company B, Fifty-fifth Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $40 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. John G. Fulton.The name of John G. Fulton, late of Company I, Sixth Regiment Illinois Volunteer Cavalry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $50 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. Pensions. Elizabeth A. Ashmead.The name of Elizabeth A. Ashmead, widow of Howland L.
Ashmead, late of Company M, Twenty-first Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry, and general service, United States Army, and pay her a pension at the rate of $25 per month. Emma A. Gannett.The name of Emma A. Gannett, widow of Frederick Gannett, late of Company B, Third Regiment Maine Volunteer Infantry, and pay her a pension at the rate of $25 per month. Margaret E. Gibboney.The name of Margaret E. Gibboney, widow of Samuel R. Gibboney, late acting assistant surgeon, United States Army, and pay her a pension at the rate of $20 per month.
Pension increased. Warren Jones.The name of Warren Jones, late of Company A, Twenty-sixth Regiment Maine Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate, of $40 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. 1525 The name of Abbie Pike, widow of Bennett Pike, late colonel Third Pension. Abbie Pike.Regiment Provisional Enrolled Missouri Militia, and pay her a pension at the rate of $25 per month. The name of Joseph Stafford, late of Company A, Forty-second Pensions increased.Joseph Stafford.Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and Company K, Nineteenth Regiment Veteran Reserve Corps, and pay him a pension at the rate of $50 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving.
The name of Silas Wright, late of Company E, Tenth Regiment Silas Wright.Michigan Volunteer Cavalry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $36 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The name of Gabriel M. Betz, late of Company G, One hundred Gabriel M. Betz.and seventy-seventh Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $36 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The name of Robert W. Adams, late of Company F, Eighty-fourth Robert W. Adams.Regiment, and Company H, Fifty-seventh Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $40 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving.
The name of William T. Ferguson, late assistant surgeon, One hundred William T. Ferguson.and forty-second Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $50 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The name of Alanson H. Nelson, late captain Company K, Fifty-seventh Alanson n. Nelson.Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $50 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The name of Ephraim B. Guffey, late second lieutenant Company Ephraim B.
Guffey.H, Thirtieth Regiment Kentucky Volunteer Mounted Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $40 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The name of Wilkerson McHoward, late of Company E, Forty-ninth X Wilkerson McHoward.Regiment Kentucky Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $50 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The name of Charles F. Lytle, late of Company I, Sixth Regiment Charles F. Lytle.Iowa Volunteer Cavalry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $40 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving.
The name of John W. Johnson, late first lieutenant Company F, John W. Johnson.Forty-third Regiment Missouri Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $36 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The name of Alphonzo O. Drake, late of Company E, Second Alphonzo O. Drake.Regiment Rhode Island Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $36 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The name of Jeremiah W. Miller, late of Company I, One hundred Jeremiah W.
Miller.and ninety-fifth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $36 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The name of Joseph H. Bamberger, late of Company C, Twelfth Pensions. Joseph H. Bamberger.Regiment Maryland Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $25 per month. The name of Eliza Dalton, widow of John Dalton, late of Quartermaster’s Eliza Dalton. Department, United States Volunteers, and pay her a pension at the rate of $20 per month.
The name of James Ellis, late of Company B, One hundred and Pensions increased. James Ellis.forty-sixth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $36 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The name of Daniel M. Crockett, late of Company C, Twelfth Daniel M, Crockett.Regiment Maine Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $50 per month in lieu of that fie is now receiving. The name of Francis A. Strout, late of Company B, Twentieth Francis A.
Strout.Regiment Maine Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $36 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The name of Sewell W. Hewett, late of Company C, Fourth Regiment Sewell W. HewettMaine Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $40 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. 1526 Frank Libby.The name of Frank Libby, late of Company B, First Regiment New Hampshire Volunteer Heavy Artillery, and pay him a pension at the rate of $40 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving.
Dennett Cotton.The name of Dennett Cotton, late of Company K, Twenty-eighth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, and Company C, Fourteenth Regiment Veteran Reserve Corps, and pay him a pension at the rate of $50 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. Henry Divelbiss.The name of Henry Divelbiss, late of Company G, Forty-seventh Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $50 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. John Larner,The name of John Larner, late of Company K, Fifteenth Regiment Maine Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $50 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving.
Pension. Alary E. Morgan.The name of Mary E. Morgan, former widow of Nathan Morgan, late of Company I, Fortieth Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry, and pay her a pension at the rate of $25 per month, the same to be paid to her without further deduction or rebate on account of former alleged erroneous payments or overpayments of pension. Pensions increased.Elijah T. Knight.The name of Elijah T. Knight, late of Company A, Thirty-sixth Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $40 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving.
Thomas C. Helmling.The name of Thomas C. Helmling, late of United States ships Dacotah and Cambridge, United States Navy, and pay him a pension at the rate of $50 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. William H. Blackwell.The name of William H. Blackwell, late of Company F, Seventy-ninth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $36 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. Joel I. Long.The name of Joel I. Long, late of Company D, Seventy-first Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infan try, and pay him a pension at the rate of $40 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving.
Mattie A. Birney.The name of Mattie A. Birney, widow of William Birney, late brigadier general, United States Volunteers, and pay her a pension at the rate of $50 per month on lieu of that she is now receiving. Otto A. Risum.The name of Otto A. Risum, late first lieutenant and adjutant, Fifteenth Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $50 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. Cantorinia F. Crawford.The name of Cantorinia F. Crawford, late of Company A, First Regiment Michigan Volunteer Light Artillery, and pay in a pension at the rate of $40 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving.
Pension. Mary E. Cook.The name of Mary E. Cook, former widow of Israel Cook, late of Company F, Sixteenth Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, and of Cornelius Cook, late of Company C, Ninety-sixth Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry, and pay her a pension at the rate of $25 per month. Pensions increased.Byron H. Purinton.The name of Byron H. Purinton, late of Company A, Third Regiment Rhode Island Volunteer Cavalry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $50 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving.
William F. Kindle,The name of William F. Kindle, late of Company C, Fifth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $50 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. Halvor Anderson.The name of Halvor Anderson, late of Company D, Tenth Regiment Minnesota Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $36 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. Homer E. Lewis.The name of Homer E. Lewis, late of Company E, One hundred and twenty-fourth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $40 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving.
John E. Albaugh.The name of John E. Albaugh, late of Company F, Sixty-eighth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $40 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. William H. McKay.The name of William H. McKay, late of Company B, Forty-second Regiment Missouri Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $36 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. 1527 The name of Martin Joy, late of Company G, One hundred and Martin Joy.forty-ninth Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $50 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving.
The name of Stephen R. Clark, late captain Company B and lieutenant Stephen R. Clark.colonel Thirteenth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, and pay him a pension at the rate of 850 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The name of John W. Dickens, late of Company B, Twenty-seventh John W. Dickens.Regiment, and Company B, Twelfth Regiment, Iowa Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $40 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The name of Charles Belknap, late of Company E, Nineteenth Charles Belknap.Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $40 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving.
The name of Susannah C. Timmons, dependent mother of Leonard Susannah C. Timmons.E. Timmons, late of Company E, Eleventh Regiment Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, and pay her a pension at the rate of $20 per month in lieu of that she is now receiving. The name of Omer A. Arnold, late of Company K, Sixty-eighth Omer A. Arnold.Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $50 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The name of James S. McDonald, late of Company H, Thirtieth James S.
McDonald.Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of 850 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The name of Martha J. Davis, widow of Marcus Davis, late of Pension. Martha J. Davis.Company E, Seventeenth Regiment Illinois Volunteer Cavalry, and pay her a pension at the rate of $25 per month. The name of Samuel Robison, late first lieutenant Company C, Pension increased.Samuel Robison.Fifty-first Regiment Missouri Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $40 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving.
The name of Sophronia F. Shurtleff, widow of Seth H. Shurtlen, Pension. Sophronia F. Shortleff.late of Company K, Third Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, and pay her a pension at the rate of $20 per month. The name of George L. Danforth, late of Company C, Eighth Regiment Pension increased.George L. Danforth.Vermont Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $50 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The name of Morris Hinchman, late of Company I, Fifty-fourth Morris Hinchman,Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $40 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving.
The name of Theodore Marcy, late of Company H, Twenty-ninth Theodore Marcy.Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $36 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The name of George E. Tracy, late of Company D, Thirty-second Pensions. George E, Tracy.Regiment, and Company D, Sixteenth Regiment, Wisconsin Volun-teer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $30 per month. The name of Jefferson L. Wylie, late assistant surgeon, Ninetieth Jefferson L.
Wylie. Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $21 per month. Approved, October 5, 1918.
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