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 382 SIXTY·NIN’l`lI CONGRESS. Sass. I. Cn. 209. 1926. M_¤r¤»1<}?¤· CHAP. 209.-—An Act Granting pensions and increase of pensions to certain -J§:}->§}¥*i»~“~ soldiers and sailors of the war with Spain the Philippine insurrection, or the lPubk°':\°’h'6'i China relief expedition, to certain maimed soldiers, to certain widows, minor children, and helpless children of such soldiers and sailors, and for other purposes. mmm Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the ror_aou§m·se¤g1pe, United States of America in Congress assembled, That all persons ¤¤i¤¤r¤¤i=f¤¤r¤<iili¤¤- of the United States during the war with Spain, the Philippine insurrection, or the China relief expedition, and who have een H d, I _d { d, _ honorably discharged therefrom, or who, having served less than si»a1a§i°mg" °r is ninety days, were discharged for disability incurred in the service in line of duty, and who are now or who may hereafter be suffering from any mental or physical disability or disabilities of a permanent character not the result of their own vicious habits which so inca acitates them for the performance of manual labor as to rendgr them unable to earn a support, shall, upon making due _ roof of the fact, according to such rules and regulations as the mmg Secretary of the Interior may provide, be placed upon the list of invalid pensioners of the United States and be entitled to receive a pension not exceeding $50 a month and not less than $20 a month, proportioned to the degree of inability to earn a support, and in determining such inability each and every infirmity s all be duly, considered and the aggregate of the disabilities shown shall be ggiiiiiibensicnsirtei rated: Provided, That any such person who has reached the age W? °‘°2· of sixty-two years shall, upon making proof of such fact, be placed upon the pension roll and entitled to receive a pension of $20 a month; in case such person has reached the age of sixty-eight years, $30 a month; in case such person has reached the age of seventy-two _ years, $40 a month; and in case such person has reached the age ,,j§g*,§§y;§,§f?§g‘;,‘f°°‘“‘ of seventy—iive years, $50 a month: Provided further, That all leaves of absence and furloughs under General Orders, Numbered 130, August 29, 1898, War Department, shall be included in deter- F°m*“° ““*`*S· mining the period of pensionable service: Provided further, That the rovisions, limitations, and benefits of this section be, and herelily are, extended to and shall include any woman who served honorably as a nurse, chief nurse, or superintendent of the Nurse Corps under contract for ninety days or more between April 21, 1898, and February 2, 1901, inclusive, and to any such nurse, regardless of length of service, who was released from service before the pxpiraliiion of ninety day? biecause of disability contracted b her whi e in t e service in ine o uty. ` wl,${S§”§•?d§§s,E€‘§??§ ySEC. 2. The wid0w_ of any officer or enlisted man who served w§_{1,:gQ;c§&g§s;¤6,;;<;; ninety days or more in the Army, Navy, or Marine Corps of the gies. United States during the war with Spain, the Philippine insurrec- ¤,V°l·*2·P·83*·°¤*°¤d· tion, or the Chinal relief expedition, lhetween Apgilgl, 18gS, ant} ` Jul 4, 1902, inc usive, service to e compute om ate o c,§ggg°§¤°‘,;j,§’gg°,§,’}é enligtment to date of discharge, and that all leaves of absenceand swim. furloughs under General Orders, Numbered 130, August 29, 1898, War De artment, shall be included in determining the period of pensionable service, and was honorably discharged from such service, or, regardless of the length of service, was discharged for or died in service of a disability incurred in the service in line of duty, such widow having married such soldier, sailor, or marine rior to September 1, 1922, shall, upon due proof of her husband’s death, without proving his death to be the result of his Army or NW "°‘°· Navy service, be laced upon the pension roll at the rate of $30 Rs¤¤¤¤¤<i·¤¤ d¤§¤¤· a month during ller widowhood. And this section shall apply igziliiisumquem ml to a former widow of any oiiicer or enlisted man who rendered service as hereinbefore described and who was honorably discharged, or died in service due to disability or disease incurred IH the service
 * }Q,Q_“‘},§l,§}Q@j§;;§;hmg§ who served ninety days or more in the military or navalservice