The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-07-28
Pension Claims.

The following are the principal points
in the forthcoming circular of the Com.
missioner of Pensions relative to pension
claims
In proving your claim, the following
points must be established, either by the
records of the War Department or other
testimony:
1. That you were in the military SER
vice as alleged in your application.
2. That you were disabled for the per-
formance of manual labor in, or as re-
suit of, said service as alleged.
3. The extent or degree of your dis
ability from time to time from its incur
renee down to the settlement of your
claim.
Yonr service will probably be fully
shown by the records of the War Depart
ment, and it will therefore not be neces-
sary to furnish testimony upon that
point until especially requested to do so.
Upon the second and third points OBJ
serve the following:
First-Make your own statement. I'M
der oath, of your place or several places
of residence and what was your occupa-
ton for five years next preceding your
enlistment and since your discharge
to the present time, also full and
circumstantisl history of your disabil-
ity and of Its jncurrence from the
time it first appeared, mentioning all
medical treatment, and the names and
residence of your physicians, and which,
If any of them, have died. If you hav 9
suffered from any acute or other disease
since your discharge, when, what was its
character and violence, and by whom
were You treated for the same? State
also whether you have performed any
manual labor since discharge; what
kind, and whether at any time you have
been prevented by your disability from
following your usual occupations, how
often and for what periods.
Second-You should furnish the best
evidence attainable to establish fact of
having incurred your disability in, or
that it was the result of, your military
service, and also to show its extent or
degree from time to time since its incur
renee or development
what he knows about your case, very
fully and with great particularly; also,
how he knows the facts to which he test
lies, and also the length of time he has
been acquainted with you; and if any of
them are in any way related to you,
whether by blood, or marriage, or in
business, that relation should be stated.
If you are unable to furnish the evil
dence of physicians or surgeons who
have treated you upon the point of the
incurrence or continuance of your disa-
bility, or of officers or comrades as to in
currence in the service, your explana-
ton, under oath, of the reason why,
should accompany the secondary evil
dence which you may be able to furnish
to cover the same ground.
When an affidavit is sworn to before a
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ton of his official character is necessary.
but, if sworn to before justice of the
peace, or other magistrate who has no
seal, the official character. of such maeis.
trate should beproperly certified.
You will also be ordered for examine
ton before surgeon appointed by the
Commissioner d Pensions for that pur.
Pose.
Justice among the claimants whose
cases remain unsettled requires that the
claims should b taken up for examins.
ton and settlement in the order of fling.
unless the circumstances of O claimant |
are SO extraordinary that, if the facts
were known to he other claimants, they
would consent the examination of his
claim out of its rider; and this rule will
be observed nearly as possible,
Notwithstanding any inquiries which
may be made by or on behalf of
claimants. The may, however, greatly
hasten the adjum ent of their claims by
fling as prompt as possible the neces-
sary evidence d4cribed in this circular,
and thus prepar their claims, as far as
may be, for sediment upon the first ex-
animation after be receipt of the War
Department reGds. When your claim
is reached for element in its order, it
will be examiid, and, if found COM
plete, will then settled; if additional
evidence shout be necessary upon any
point. you will notified of the further
requirements, until then inquiries
by you, or in yr behalf, will not ad.
vance the adjus ent Of your claim, but,
on the other nd, by increasing the
office Correspondence, will tend to delay
its settlement.