United States Statutes at Large/Volume 3/15th Congress/1st Session/Chapter 101
Chap. CI.—An Act to increase the pay of the militia while in actual service, and for other purposes.
The pay of militia called into the service of the United States against the Seminole Indians, to be the highest allowed by law during the late war, &c.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the monthly pay of the militia, which have been called into the service of the United States since the first day of September, eighteen hundred and seventeen, or which hereafter may be called into the said service, in prosecuting the war against the Seminole tribe of Indians, shall be the highest allowed by law to the militia in the service of the United States, during the late war with Great Britain.
Widows and orphans of militia called into service against the Seminole Indians, &c. entitled to half-pay and pensions, &c.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the widows and orphans of the militia who have been called into [the] service of the United States since the said first day of September, eighteen hundred and seventeen, or who hereafter may be called into the said service, in prosecuting said war, and who may have died or been killed, or hereafter may die or be killed, in such service, shall be entitled to the same half pay, for five years, and pensions allowed by the laws now in force to the widows and orphans of the militia who died, or were killed, in the service of the United States during the late war with Great Britain.
Approved, April 20, 1818.