GDG- pension amounts

[Tom Barthel]

Dear Bob,
  Thankyou for the info on pensions and for the quote as well about Sumter. I may use part of that as the name for my chapter.
  I will be sure to acknowlege your help.

Bob Huddleston <huddleston.r at comcast.net> wrote:
  Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:


The basic disability law was published for the information of the Army as
General Order 91, 29 July 1862, and is printed in 123 OR 270.

Take care,

Bob

Judy and Bob Huddleston
10643 Sperry Street
Northglenn, CO 80234-3612
303.451.6376 Huddleston.r at comcast.net

The war existed long before the cannonade of Sumter, and could not be
postponed. It might have begun otherwise or elsewhere, but war was in the
minds and bones of the combatants, it was written on the iron leaf, and you
might as easily dodge gravitation. Ralph Waldo
Emerson, "The President's Proclamation," The Atlantic, November 1862

-----Original Message-----
From: gettysburg-bounces at arthes.com [mailto:gettysburg-bounces at arthes.com]
On Behalf Of Bob Huddleston
Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2007 10:14 PM
To: 'GDG'
Subject: RE: GDG- pension amounts

Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:


The first pension Act passed 3 Aug 1861 authorizing retirement after 40
years service (12 Stat 289). That remained the only "retirement" pension
until the 1890s.

However, under an act of 14 June 1862 (12 Stat 567), as amended, officers
and enlisted men, and their widows and dependents, were eligible for a
disability pension. The rules were long and complex, different amounts being
allowed for loss of a finger, or a foot, on up to total disability. 

For lieutenant colonels and above in the army, totally disabled, the amount
was $30 per month.

You can read al the details in Commissioner of Pensions, _Regulations
Relating to Army and Navy Pensions with Statutes.. _ Washington, 1879. 

Take care,

Bob

Judy and Bob Huddleston
10643 Sperry Street
Northglenn, CO 80234-3612
303.451.6376 Huddleston.r at comcast.net

The war existed long before the cannonade of Sumter, and could not be
postponed. It might have begun otherwise or elsewhere, but war was in the
minds and bones of the combatants, it was written on the iron leaf, and you
might as easily dodge gravitation. Ralph Waldo
Emerson, "The President's Proclamation," The Atlantic, November 1862

-----Original Message-----
From: gettysburg-bounces at arthes.com [mailto:gettysburg-bounces at arthes.com]
On Behalf Of Tom Barthel
Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2007 3:18 PM
To: listserv gettysburg
Subject: GDG- pension amounts

Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:


Can someone please tell me the amount of, or tell me where I can look to
find out, the pension amount for a brevet major general or a regular colonel
in 1873?

tombart0 at yahoo.com, Author, WalkieTalkie Fanning Bees; The Fierce Fun of
Ducky Medwick,(Scarecrow, May 2003), and Pepper Martin, A Baseball
Biography(McFarland, September, 2003). Forthcoming: on March 1, 2007:
Barnstorming 1901-1962 from McFarland and Those Peerless Semipros: The
Brooklyn Bushwicks of Dexter Park from St. Johann Press. 
Now at work on a biography of civil war general Abner Doubleday. 
Still in the works are a book on the 1941 Dodgers and a book on Babe
Ruth's ten years of barnstorming.


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tombart0 at yahoo.com, Author, WalkieTalkie Fanning Bees; The Fierce Fun of Ducky Medwick,(Scarecrow, May 2003), and Pepper Martin, A Baseball Biography(McFarland, September, 2003). Forthcoming: on March 1, 2007: Barnstorming 1901-1962 from McFarland and Those Peerless Semipros: The Brooklyn Bushwicks of Dexter Park from St. Johann Press. 
  Now at work on a biography of civil war general Abner Doubleday. 
  Still in the works are a book on the 1941 Dodgers and a book on Babe Ruth's ten years of barnstorming.

 
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