Historical development of pensions for widows and children of veterans of the Indian wars, Civil War, Spanish-American War, World Wars I and II, and Korean conflict, including rates and certain elements of entitlement-Continued

age 16), total equally divided. $25.92, 1 child (age 16 or over). $38.88, 2 children (age 16 or over). $51.84, 3 children (age 16 or over). $5.76, each additional child (age 16 or over), total equally divided.

See footnotes at end of table, p. 341.

$52, 3 children (age 16 or over). $7.20, each additional child (age 16

OLOGU Over a or over), total equally divided.

As to alternative requirement,
widow not entitled if pension
has been granted to a child
or children not cared for by
her. No income limitation,
but must be in dependent
circumstances.

Effective Oct. 1, 1951, in de-
termining eligibility to pen-
sion under the service pen-
sion laws reenacted by the
act of Aug. 13, 1935, as
amended and supplemented,
delimiting dates of the War
with Spain, Philippine In-
surrection, or Boxer Rebel-
lion shall be as noted in first
column: in computing active
service there shall be counted
continuous active service
which commenced prior to
and extended into the appli-
cable periods, or which com-
menced within the applicable
perlods; and a discharge or
release from active service
under conditions other than
dishonorable shall be a pre-
requisite. The service pen-
sion laws have no income
or dependency requirements
with respect to those widows
who married prior to Jan. 1,
1938, but do set forth a
dependency requirement
applying to widows who
married on and after Jan. 1,
1938.
As to alternative requirement,
widow not entitled if pension
has been granted to child or
children not cared for by her.
No income limitation, but
must be in dependent cir-
cumstances.

Act of Mar. 20, 1933, as
amended and supplemented:
Spanish-American War
(Apr. 21-Aug. 12, 1898),
Philippine Insurrection
(Aug. 13, 1898-July 4, 1902,
or July 15, 1903, Moro Prov-
Ince), Boxer Rebellion (June
20, 1900-May 12, 1901).

Par. III, pt. III, Veterans 31 years... $15 plus $5 for 1 child with

$12, 1 child.

20 years.

$3 each additional child. $27 limit.

$15, 2 children, equally divided.
$20, 3 children, equally divided,
with $2, each additional child;
$27 limit.

69-338 O-66-22

Repealed limitations on amount of death pension payable to widows and children.

Sec. 5 repealed par. III, pt. III, Veterans Regulation No. 1 (a), as amended.

Payment of pension shall not
be made to any unmarried
person whose annual income
exceeds $1,000 or to any
married person or any person
with minor children whose
annual income exceeds $2,500.
In determining annual income,
payments of war-risk term
Insurance, U. 8. Government
life (converted) insurance,
and payments under World
War Adjusted Compensation
Act, as amended, and Ad-
Justed Compensation Pay-
ment Act, 1936, may not be
considered.

Amounts received as overtime
compensation or additional
compensation for overtime
by Government employee
may not be considered in de-
termining annual income.
Amounts payable under pro-
visions of Federal Employ-
ees' Pay Act of 1945, other
than increases in basic com-
pensation, may not be con-
sidered in determining an-
nual income.