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 SIXTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 302. 1922. 835 has been dropped from the pension roll because of her remarriage, m wg° if the pension has been g-planted to an insane, idiotic, or otherwise h¤1p1¤¤¤¤hi1d,¤¤=· helpless child, or to a c 'd or children under the age of sixteen years, she shall not be entitled to renewal of pension under this Act until the pension to such child or children terminates, unless such child or children be a member or members of her family and cared for by her, and upon renewal of pension to such widow, pay- ment of pension to such child or children shall cease. Sec. 2. That the benefits of the Act of Congress a proved June 5, $$2,***,,;,, to ,,0,,,,,,, 1920, entitled "An Act to pension soldiers and saiibrs of the War j;¤‘g¤`5,¤;¤dgv3¤g;le€,§ with Spain, the Philippine msurrection, and the China relief expile- sérn¤,saE dition," be, and are ereby, extended to include any woman w 0 ,,d_°L‘”*P‘°82·“m°“°' served honorably as an Army nurse, chief nurse, or superintendent of the Nurse Corps, under contract for ninety days or more between the beginning of the War with Spain and February 2, 1901, when the Nurse Co (female) was dec ared by law a component part of the A.rmy, ani-iisany such nurse who was released from service before the expiration of ninety days because of disability contracted in line Prom of duty in said service: Prcrmkled, That the release from service of naasisieia service any nurse, chief nurse, or su_tperintendent shall operate as if she ““h°“°”“'°°‘S°“‘“g°· had received an honorable disc arge, it being the intent and p1§pose to give to said nurses, chief nurses, and superintendents of the urse Corps (female) the same status in all respects as members of said Pmsms umm, cogpls who served after February 2, 1901: Provided, That no person ` sh receive more than one pension for the same period: Provided Dopcndmt www further, That all czgpendent parents of any officer or enlisted man *¤ ¢¤¤¤i*‘¤$¤°¤m¤¤*¤· who served in the ar with Spain, the Philippine insurrection, or the Chinese Boxer rebellion, whose names are now on the ension roll, or who are now entitled to (pension under any existing liiiw, shall be entitled`to and shall be pai a pension at the rate of $20 per month. Rgtg {mm of bm, Sec. 3. That from and after the approval of this Act, all persons §d°' ‘°°‘» me m' whose names are on the pension roll and all persons hereafter anted V0!. 43,1)-983. amenda pension, who while in the military or naval service of the¥lnited °d' States under the provisions of this Act and all other Acts relating to pensions of soldiers who served in the War with Spain, the Philippine insurrection, or the Chinese Boxer rebellion and in line of duty shall have lost both hands or both feet or been totally disabled therein, or who while in such service and in like manner sustained injuries that proved the direct cause of the subsequent total disability of both anzills or both feet, shall receive a pension at the rate of $100 per mont. Sec. 4. That the pension or increase of pension herein provided ¤¤£r¤$°§i§E’ii€°}°s‘ll° for, as to all persons whose names are now on the pension roll, or who are new in receipt of a pension under existing aw, shall commence at the rates herein provided from the date o the approval of New nppummmm this Act; and as to persons whose names are not now on the pension date erappuaaami. roll, or who are not now in receipt of ension under existing law, but who may be entitled to pension undier the provisions of this Act, such pensions shall commence from the date of filing application therefor in the Bureau of Pensions in such form as may be prescribed by the Secreta of the Interior. _ _ Sec. 5. Tarat in the adjudication of claims arising under section ch{§§(§`°§s°',,{,§{§§`,°,,,§‘fg 1 of this Act, and claims aris' imder the mprovisions of the Act Sammentitled "An Act to pension sldliiers and s ’ ors of the War owith Spain, the Philippine insurrection, and the China Relief Exped1tion," approved June 5, 1920, all leaves of absence, and furloughs under General Orders, Numbered One hundred and thirty, August 29, 1898, War Department, shall be included in determining the period F . of pensionable service: Provided, That as to any claimant who ¢*ePP1icab1e to applifiled an a lication for pension under the Act of July 16, 1918, or §‘§{§f“ “”°°‘ ’°'“‘°' the Act oipiyune 5, 1920, and whose application is still pending in the uvekgggj P- mi V°L Bureau of Pensions ei- has been rejected on the ground that ninety ’P'