In Congress— June 7^th 1785. Pensioners— By the United States in Congress Assembled. JUNE 7, 1785. RESOLVED, THAT it be and it is hereby recommended to the several States, to make provision for officers, soldiers or seamen, who have been disabled in the service of the United States, in the following manner, viz. 1. A complete list shall be made out by such person or persons as each State shall direct, of all the officers, soldiers or seamen resident in their respective States, who have served in the army or navy of the United States, or in the militia in the service of the United States, and have been disabled in such service, either in consequence of military duty, or of obtaining a livelihood by labour. In this list shall be expressed the pay, duty and disability of each invalid, also the regiment, corps or ship to which he belonged, and a copy of the same shall be transmitted to the office of the Secretary at war, within one year from this date, and each State shall be annually [undecipherable] the respective list of the invalids relident in the respective states; shall from year to year be annually transmitted to the office of the Secretary at war. 2. No officer, soldier or seaman, shall be considered as an invalid, or entitled to pay, unless he can produce a certificate from the commanding officer or surgeon of the regiment, ship, corps or company in which he served, or from a physician or surgeon of a military hospital or other good and sufficient testimony, setting forth his disability, and that he was thus disabled while in the service of the United States. 3. That all commissioned officers within the aforesaid description, disabled in the service of the United States, so as to be wholly incapable of military duty or of obtaining a livelihood, be allowed a yearly pension equal to half of their pay respectively. And all commissioned officers as aforesaid, who shall not have been disabled to so great a degree, be allowed a yearly pension which shall correspond with the degree of their disability compared with that of an officer wholly disabled: That all non-commissioned officers and privates within the aforesaid description, disabled in the service of the United States so as to be wholly incapable of military or garrison duty, or of obtaining a livelihood by labour, be allowed a sum not exceeding five dollars per month: And all non-commissioned officers and privates as aforesaid, who shall not have been disabled to so great a degree, be allowed a sum which shall correspond with the degree of their disability, compared with that of a non-commissioned officer or private wholly disabled. 4. That each State appoint one or more persons of suitable abilities, to examine all claimants, and to report whether the person producing a certificate, setting forth that he is an invalid, be such in fact, and if such, to what pay he is entitled; and thereupon, the person authorized to make such enquiry, shall give to the Invalid a certificate specifying to what pay he is entitled, and transmit a copy to the person who may be appointed by the State to receive and record the same. 5. That each State be authorized to pay to the commissioned officers, non-commissioned officers and privates, the sum or sums to which they shall be respectively entitled: Provided that the [undecipherable] aforesaid pensions and other allowances, to be deducted from the respective quotas of the States for the year on which they shall be made. Provided that no officer who has accepted or given commutation for half pay, shall be entered on the list of invalids, unless he shall have first returned his commutation.