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 914 '1`rru: Lvu.-—PENS1ONS. 3 Mar-, 1873. c- tracted the disease was in the line of duty; and, if in the military servggp B- L "· "· P- ice, was at the time actually in the iiel, or on the march, or at some ' post, fort, or garrison, or en route, by direction of competent authority, to some post, fort, or garrison; or, if in the naval service, was at the time borne on the books of some ship or other vessel of the United States, at sea or in harbor, actually in commission, or was at some naval station, or on his way, by direction of competent authority. to the United States, or to some other vessel or naval station, or hospital. Ratesot pension Sec. 4695. The pension for total disability shall be as follows, namely: fvr MBI divbility- For lieutenant-colonel and all officers of higher rank in the military serv- ]bid_,g_2,p_567, ice and in the Marine Corps, and for captain, and all officers of igher 28 Feb., 1877, c. rank, commander, surgeon. pavmaster, and chief engineer, respectively 73- ”· mi P- 26**- ranking with commander by law, lieutenant commanding an master commanding, in the naval service, thirty dollars per month; for major in the military service and in the Marine Corps, and lieutenant, surgeon, ymaster, and chief engineer, respectively ranking with lieutenant bv liinw, and passed assistant surgeon in the naval service, twenty-five dollars per month; for calptain in the military service and in the Marine Corps, chaplain in the rmy, and provost-marshal, professor of mathematics, master, assistant surgeon, assistant paymaster and chaplain in the naval service, twenty dollars per month; for first lieutenant in the military service and in the Marine Corps, acting assistant or contract surgeon, and deputy rovost·marshal, seventeen dollars per month; for second lieutenant in the military service and in the Manne Corps, first assistant engineer, ensign, and pilot in the naval service, and enrollingofficer, fifteen dollars per month; for cadet-midshipman, passed mi - shipman, midshipmen, clerks of admirals and paymasters and of other officers comman ing vessels, second and third assistant engineer, master’s mate, and all warrant-officers in the naval service, ten dollars per month; and for all other persons whose rank or office is not mentioned in this section, eight dollars per month; and the masters, pilots, engineers, sailors, and crews upon the n—boats and war-vessels shall e entitled to receive the pension allowed) herein 'to those of like rank in the naval service. Pension accord- Sec. 4696. Every commissioned officer of the Army, Navy, or Marine insw ¤¤¥· Corps shall receive such and onl such pension as is provided in the pre- 3 M,_,._, 1878, ,,_ ceding section, for the rank he held at the time he received the in]ury 234, e. 2, v. 17, p. or contracted the disease which resulted in the disability, on account of 567. which he may be entitled to a pension; and any commission or presidential appointment, regularly issued to such person, shall be taken to determine his rank from and after the date, as given in the body of the commission or appointment conferring said rank: Provided, That a vacancy existed in the rank thereby conferred; that the rson commissioned was not disabled for military duty; and that he  not willfully neglect or refuse to be mustered. Pensions for Sec. 4697. For the period commencing July fourth, eighteen hundred sEn¤?:’¤5¥;°¤*¤P*°°¤E; and sixty-four, and endipg June third, eighteen hundreh and seventy- Juml {8§;‘°" two, those persons entitl to a less pension than hereinafter mentioned, M-;-;-- who shall ave lost both feet in the military or naval service and in g;>*‘;;»§-3i§’;,?68· the line of duty, shall be entitled to a pension of twenty dollars per 73 v_ IQ'}, mi °‘ month; for the same period those persons who, under like circum· ’stances, shall have lost both hands or the sight of both eyes, shall be entitled to a pension of twenty-tive dollars per month; and for the period commencing March third, eighteen hundred and sixty-tive, and ending- .1: une third, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, those persons who under like circumstances shall have lost one hand and one foot, shall be entitled toa pension of twenty dollars per month; and for the period commencing une sixth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, and ending June third, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, those persons who under like circumstances shall have lost one hand or one foot, shall be entitled to a fension of fifteen dollars per month; and for the riod commencing une sixth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, and endiiig June third, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, those persons entitled to a less pension than