The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1879-02-27
ARREARS OF PENSIONS.
Circular Letter from. the Pension Consnsis- :
siosses-A Matter Of Importance to E1-
Soldiers. T., ;
The following circular letter he's been pro
mulgated by Commissioner Bentley:

The following circular letter he's been pro
mulgated by Commissioner Bentley:
DEpAKrMEAT OF THE INTERIOR, r.
PENSION OFFICE,
| WAsH1NoroN, D. c., Jan. e., 1879,
| Sir: Persons whoar entitled to arrears Of
pensions, under the act granting arrears, ap-
proved January %, 1870, and whose pensions
were granted previous to that date, will no
require the assistance of claim agent in oh
tanning the amount due them. All correspond.
snce in relation to any claim for such arrears,
| will be with the peraons entitled. and no claim
agent will be recognized in such claim.
A letter addressed to the commissioner Of
| pensions, signed by the person who was in
receipt of the pension at the date aforesaid,
! and two Witnesses in the presence of q
magistrate, will be the only application
| required-and upon which the rights Of all
! parties concerned will he adjusted.
The Pension Ccrtifcafc should be sent
/ to this offce-but it must be exhibited to the
magistrate. ~ :.
Thelc should be in the following or equiva-
! lent form:
| To the Con- issioner of Pensions:
-, q pensioncr under pension certi6-
cate No., hereby apply for the arrears due me
under the act granting arrears of pensions, ap-
proved January rs, 1879. My post-office ad-
UACoS Id \uCAC AuoC1b GuC ualuC Ol UQG pOSls
office, and if the claimant resides in city, the
| name and number of the street and residence
| must be giyen.) NAME OF CLAIMANT.
Two WITNESSES.
State Or. County Of, ss.--sign-
ed in my presence by ----, who is known
! be, and at the same time he exhibited to me
| his pension certificate, which is numbered, -.
MAGISTRATES SIGNATURE.
Very respectfully. j. A. BENTLEY,
Commissioner of Pensions.
ARREARS OF PENSION BnL-APpRoyED JANUARY
rs. 1879.
An Act to provide that all pensions on account
of death, or wounds, received or disease con-
traced in the service of the United States
during the late war of the rebellion, which
have been granted, which shall hereafter
be granted, shall commence from the date of
death or discharge from the service of the
United States; for the payment of arrears of
pensions, and other purposes,
Be it Enacted by tie Senate and House Of Rep
'rSentatives ofhe United Of -l,,,e.ica in Con-
gress assembled. That all pensions which have
been granted under the general laws regulating
pensions, or may hereafter be granted, in con-
sequence of death from cause which originated
in the United States service during the continu-
ance of the late war of the rebellion, or in
consequence of wounds, Injuries, or disease
received or contracted in said service during
said war of the rebe lion, shall commence from
the date of death or discharge from said ser
vice of the person on whose account the claim
has or shall hereafter be granted, or from tho
Termination of right of the party having prior
title to such pension; ptVridrd, The rate of
pension for the intervening time for which ar
rears of pensions are hereby granted shall be
the same per month for which pension was orig
ia lily granted.
Sec. 2. That the commissioner of pensions
10 hop ohxya
such rules and regulations for the payment
OF the arrears of pensions hereby granted as
will be necessary to cause to be paid such pen-
sioners, OF If the pensioners shall have died, to
the person or persons entitled to the same, all
such arrears of pensions as the pensioner may
be, or would have been, entitled to under this
act.
Dec. =. That section fort ty-seven hundred and
seventeen of the revised statutes of the United
States, which provides that mo claim for pen
sion not prosecuted to a successful issue within
i've years from the date of filing, the same
the war or navy department of the injury or
the disease which resulted in the disability or
death of the person on whose account the claim
is made; provitlcd, that in any case in which
the Limitation prescribed by this section bars
the further prosecution of the claim, the claim
ant may present, through the pension office to
the adjutant general of the army, or the sur
geon general of the navy, evidence that the dis
ease or injury which resulted in the disability
or death of the person on whose account the
claim ia made originated in the service and in
the line of duty; and if such evidence is
deemed satisfactory by the officer to whom it
may be submitted, he shall cause record of
the facts SO proven to be made, and copy of
the same to be transmitted to the commissioner
of pensions, and the bar to the prosecution OF
the claim thereby be removed" be. and the
same is hereby repealed.
Sec. 4. No claim agent or other person shall
be entitled to receive any compensation fer
services in making application for arrears of
pensions:
Sec. S. That all acts or parts of acts so far
as they may conflict with the provisions If this
act be, and the same are hereby repealed.
Approved Jan. Is, 1879.
No claim for arrears under the provisions of
the above act, due to pensioner upon the
| rolls, will be adjusted until Congress shallhave
appropriated the money for the payment of
| such claim.
Applications for such arrears may, however,
be filed. but viii receive no answer until the
| claim is adjusted.
The above rules are necessary to prevent the
! work of the Office from becoming blockaded
by unnecessary correspondence.
J. A. BENTLEY
Commissioner of Pensions.