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 SIXTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 165. 1920. 587 or remarriage of the widow leaving a child or children of such officer or enlisted man under the age of sixteen years, such pension shall be aid such child or children until the age of sixteen years: Promkled, §'§{‘,j‘;’,;,, ,,,,,,0, That in case a minor child is insane, idiotic, or otherwise mentally or child. physically helpless, the pension shall continue duringlighe life of such child, or during the period of such disability and t proviso shall apply to all pensions heretofore granted or_ hereafter to be granted under this or any former statute: And provided further, That_m case ,,R°§,g{f;,* ,{,,°,§,“*,,,j{°€,; of any widow w ose name has been dropped from the pension roll $83, when dropped because of her remarriage, if the pension has been hgranted to an r°'”°“`"‘°“ insane, idiotic, or otherwise helpless child, or to a e d or children under the age of sixteen years, she shall not be entitled to renewal of pension under this Act until thaltlpension to such child or children terminates, unless such child or c dren be a member or members of her famil and cared for by her, and upon the renewal of pension to such widbw, payment of pgnsion to such child or children shall cease: And promded further, at the rate of pension for the widow w§,°f,},,*‘} ,,,"}‘[ of any person who served in the Army, Navy, or Marine Corps of the ·=¤¤ W¤· United States in the War of 1812 or for sixty days or more m the War with Mexico, on the coasts or frontier thereof, or en route thereto, d the war with that nation, and was honorably discharged t m, shall be $30 per month. _ _ Mm mms and Sec. 5. That all Army nurses of the Civil War and all dependent csmmtlme pawns. parents of any officer or enlisted man who served in the Civil Wu ,,,,.,,,§§_'°' "“"’ W" whose names are now on the pension roll, or who are now entitled to pension under any existing aw, shall be entitled to and shall be paid a pension at the rate of $30_per month. _ C,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,_,,,, 0, Sec. 6. That the pension or increase of pension herein lprovided i¤¤r¤¤¤¤¤- for, as to all persons whose names are now on the pension ro, or who are now in receipt of adpension tmder existing law, shall commence at the rates herein provided, from the date of the approval of this Act, or under section 2 hereof, when the requisite condition is shown to exist after the approval of this Act; and as to persons whose names F°' “°" '¥’°“°°““· are not now on e pension roll, or who are not now in receipt of a pension under existing law, but who may be entitled to pension under the provisions o this Act, such pensions shall commence from the date o filing application therefor in the Bureau of Pensions in such form as may e prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior: P,,,,,,,_ Promkied, That as to any former widow as mentioned in section 4 R¤¤¤¤‘¤•¤ *¤¤¤*¤· hereof, who since the death of her soldier, sailor, or marine husband has remarried either once or more than once, and such subsequent or successive marriage has been dissolved, either by the death of the husband or husbands or by divorce without fault on the part of the Rm mw ,,,,,,,,, wife, and who tiled her application for pension under the Act of hg,. September 8, 1916, her pension shall commence from the date when °l'3°"‘m° her original application was Bled under that Act in the Bureau of Pensions, and s all be at the rate in that Act rovided, with increase at the rate or rates subsequently provided fgr the widows of Civil U dc M M. War soldiers, sailors, and marines, and by this Act from the date or ° um ' dates when any such subsequent Act or Acts took eEect or may hereafter take effect, it being the intent and p to give to any such widow the same status as other widows of  War soldiers, sailors, and marines who have not remarried, and from the date of said Act of September 8, 1916. ,,,,,,,1 0, ,,,,,,0, mu _ Seq. 7. That nothinglin this Act contained shall be held to affect 01 ¤¤¤¤i¤¤= ¤¤* ·¤•°*°¢ diminish the addition Mpension to those on the roll designated 85 vn ;o_,,_54_ " The Army and Navy edal of Honor Roll," as provided m the Apt Of Apfll 27, 1916, but any increase herein provided for Shall be U1 N., ,,,,,,1; xnsim addition thereto; and no pension heretofore granted under any Act. ¤’•°*¤·*· public or private, shall be reduced by anything contained in this Act.