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 Trrnn Lvr1.—PENSIONS. 913 ¤•¤· seo. 4774. Boards of examinin su ons. . si. n 4775. Special examinatiorb rge 4784 Pcidtsoviitggbtsleldlc ’ to me Hida- 4776. edical referee and examining sur- 4785. Feels! of attorney for prosecuting ns. c ims. 4777. Ajspeglégotment tlpf c;y1il examining 4786. Agirpbeiment for amount of fee to be IIS BU OHZ. , 4778. Petzsripilngggeipu; appointment and 4787. Aréificial limbs tobefurnished every 0 ve. ve Sars. 4779. Bond of pension-agents. _ 4788. Commiitation rates in money value 4780. Establishment of pension-agencies. for limb, &c. 4781. Compensation, &c., of pension- 4789. Money commutation, how paid. agents. 4790. Commutation to persons who can- 4782. Ad itional allowance. ‘ not use artiiici limbs. 4783. Penalt _ for embezzlement, &c., by I 4791. Transportation for persons to whom guardian. artificial limbs are furnished. _ Sec. 4692. Every person specified in the several classes enumerated WPP MY h¤v¤ in the following section, who has been, since the fourth day of March, P°““'°““· eighteen hundred and sixty-one, or who is hereafter disabled under the 3 Mar., 1873, c. conditions therein stated, shall, upon making due proof of the fact, accord- 23% ¤- L V- l7· PP- ing to such forms and regulations as are or may be provided in ursu- 562* $7* ,8,4 ance of law, be placed on the list of invalid pensioners of the United 219 ,;*3% ,,_ 612 c' States, and be entitled to receive, for a total disability, or a permanent 3. Mar.; 1877, c. specific disability, such pension as is hereinafter provided in such cases; 120- ”- 19· P- 402- and for an inferior disability, except in cases of permanent specific disability, for which the rate of pension is expressly provided., an amount prolportionate to that provided for total disability; and such pension sha l commence as hereinafter provided, and continue during the existence of the disability. Sec. 4693. '¥h§ persons entitled as beneficiaries under the preceding tgilasses enumersection are as o ows: ‘;;...__... First. Any officer of the Army, including regulars, volunteers, and 3T,°°”°*A"mY militia, or any officer in the Navy or Marine Corps, or any enlisted man, §gt,,dgg;,°2°;_°"` however employed, in the military or naval service of the United States, or in its Marine Corps, whether regularly mustered or not, disabled by 234, s. 1, t. 17, pp. reason of any wound or injury received, or disease contracted, while in 566.567- the service of the United States and in the line of duty. 12:3 fqévgsgg °`· Second. Any master serving on a gu n-boat, orany pilot, engineer, sailor, Master,&c., servor other person not regularly mustered, serving upon any gun-boat or i¤8 0*1 8¤¤·b<>¤t war-vessel of the Unite States, disabled by any wound or injury received, ‘*°· or otherwise incapacitated while in the line of duty, for procuring his subsistence by manual labor. Third. Any person not an enlisted soldier in the Army, serving for the Volunteers not time being as a member of the militia of any State, under orders of an enlisted, dwoflicer of the United States, or who volunteered for the time being to serve with any regularly organized military or naval force of the United States, or who otherwise vo unteered and rendered service in any engagement with rebels or Indians, disabled in consequence of wounds or injury received in the line of duty in such temporary service. But no claim of a State militiaman, or non-enlisted person, on account of disability from wounds, or injury received in battle with rebels or Indians, while temporarily rendering service, shall be valid unless prosecuted to a successful issue prior to the fourth day of July, eighteen hundred and sevent -four. Fourth. Any acting assistant or contract surgeon disabled hy any Acting assistant wound or injury received or disease contracted in the line of duty while ¤¤¤‘8¢<>¤. &¤· actually performing the duties of assistant surgeon or acting assistant sur eon with any military force in the field, or in transitu, or in hos ital. lllfth. Any provostmarshal, deputy (provost-marshal, or enrohing- p,,,,,,,,.,,,,,,,,,.,,, officer disabled, by reason of any woun or injury, received in the dis- dw. ’ charge of his duty, to procure a subsistence by manual labor. Sec. 4694. No person shall be entitled to a pension by reason of wounds Pension for or injury received or disease contracted in the service of the United W°¤¤$l¤ ¤‘¤¢¤iv¢d States subseqlpeut to the twenty-seventh day of Jul, eighteen hundred Q;c,‘;,“°“:f', Q?"' and sixty-sig t, unless the person who was wounded); or injured, or com 0; d,,,,,?,,,,! u "°°