Sponsor: MARTIN, Augustus Newton (D-IN)
Description: TO PASS H.R. 7294, (27-STAT-348 APP 8/5/1892), PROVIDING TO GRANT PENSIONS OF $12 PER MONTH TO ARMY NURSES UPON PROOF OF BEING WITHOUT ADEQUATE MEANS OF SUPPORT, HAVING PERFORMED NOT LESS THAN SIX MONTHS DUTY IN CARING FOR SICK AND WOUNDED DURING THE CIVIL WAR, TO COMMENCE FROM DATE OF FILING APPLICATION AFTER PASSAGE OF THIS ACT, PROVIDING THAT PENSIONS TO ANY APPLICANT UNDER ANY FORMER LAW BE TERMINATED. (P.5585-2)
Original source documents: Congressional Record vol. 23-6, p. 5585; House Journal vol. 52-1, p. 240;