The National tribune., 1892-12-01

lows: one-thrd tsS3 81 aE enlist ment ope-tbird
tsS5.sSl ut the expiration of sir months service
and the remaining oue-tbrt (sss 81 the eIpsra-
ton OF IL months service. A. did not serve IL
months. the third insialmcnt never became due
the fact that the Government discharged you be-
lore your term OF service expired does not sntits
you to the balance of bounty which would have
been due and which would have been paid had Won
actually served II months under the said enlist
menf.
r. e.. Monterey Mass-I am drawing $50 per
mouth. and maue application under the new law
aet OF June H. lsse, FOR the increased rating The
tosFd told me they knew hing sbout any sueh
lHw What can 1 do about IL 2 Does the Com
missioner OF Pensions alone rate the amount Of
pension 80 which a claimant is entitled from tho
degree OF disability the Board reports or does the
Bonrd Itself specify tile amount? 3 If my exami-
nation - not satisfactory, secure another from
- different Boards AnsIceT. L. There is nothing
To be done By you eIcept await the action of the
Pension Bureau. q The Board reports the deGres
of disability found TO exist and the rating therefor
IL liked by the Pension Bureau. 3. Usually yes
y. X. Big Spring. His-A soldier dies Who was
drawing pension under the old Las and his widow
makes application under the old law; IL the doc
tors certificate fails satisfy the Departments that
the soldiers death due to the service would
the Department grant her pension that appli-
Gallon, or would she have to make a new oues
2. How far are they widows clairlss 4asscer
J. she would not be peusioned under the old law
until she could satisfy the Pension Bureau that the
dea!ii-cnuse of the soldier due line of duty
ia The service, nor will she be pensoned under the
new law until she makes application hereunder.
2 The question Is somewhat indefinite The
Bureau IL some months behind Iva such cases
~ A. p, Fast TeBlpieiOH Hass.-Will you please
Inform me IL order for examination is neglect ed
and the claimant does not appear before Board
whether it would make nny diff renee with the
rate already allowed. suspend PAYMENT on that
account What would be the result? ARs,7er. IL
would not affect the rate already in force. Is
would simply operate to prevent any increase OF
pension until the claimant did appear for exanina-
ton and such examination developed the fact that
lie was entitled to higher rate. The examination
order can be renewed II out of date by applying to
me Pension bureau, giving reasons for not COM
" N rruar nrsf..r
y W. w.. Clay Center, Kda.-Please answer the
Ioiiowing question 10 settle dispute. Did JEFF
Davis ever draw = pension for his services in the
Mexican war? IL so, when? Altsiver JEFF Davis
never drew n pension for his services in the Mexi-
can war The widow Of JEFF Davis is entitled TO q
pension prOrided she ever applies
III. H.. Hamilton. O-PIease answer through The
NATIONAL TRIBUNE whether a claimant for . PEN
sion Is informed if his claim is rejected. served
four years in the late war; was honorabIy dis
charged, and up to the act Of June q 1890 had
never applied for a pension. Under that law
mace claim in August. 1850, and was examined the
fohowlng January 1881, the disability being q gun
shot wound, disabling almost entirely the left
hand. Now, more than 10000 claims under the
new law have been granted which were fled after
mine, yet have not been one Of the lucky ones M
TO date Some received increase several times
since made my application. who have been on
the pension rolls for the last 20 years and were
only 100 DAYS men. Now do not envy my COM
rades, but think 10 is great injustice on the part
OF lie powers that be. Has the last Grand Army
Eneampment advocated q service pension or not?
4ns'rer You have been misnformed in regard to
the number of pension claims that have been al
lowed since you fled your claim. All claims take
their turn. There may have been some claims al
lowed that were filed since yours but as no two
claims are alike, and we do not have access TO
the papers in claim. IL Is impossible for US to
gay why your claim has not been granted. We
suggest that you write to the Commissioner of
Pensions and ask him the cause of the delay
This last Eneampment Of the Grand Army did not
advocate service pension
j. W. HI. Syracuse. " VI am getting $50 per
month. My certificate reads thus: This pension
being for total deafness of both ears and progress
slve locomotor ataxia." Am not entitled 10 $50
for the deafness and $50 additional for the Ioeoulo-
tor ataxia, making altogether $50? If so. how
should proceed to get the additional $50? Will
have to go before Board of Medical Examiners
or VIII have to send ia my old certificate and get
new one, giving additional rates? Aasecer You
are probably not entitled to the $50 rate which me-
cesstates partially helpless condition. requiring
the aid and attendance OF another person at times
to minister to your daily wants. Disabilities are
not rated separately, but a ombined whole, and
In your case, unless your combined disabilities
affect youin degree that renders you unable to
care for yourself without assistance you must re-
main al $50, which is the same pension you would
receive for total deafness of both ears with no other
disability.
j. e. d., SiIodIa Springs Ark Il. When a claim
for pension under act of June "a. 1890. has been
rejected on the ground that claimant Is not disabled
IN a pensionabe degree, what should he do TO get
another examination? g Which would you adj
wise him to do-apply for reconsideration or file a
new declaration? 8. IL he could be examined again
by another board would IL not answer the purpose
ton? Ansrer. i. Furnish medical evidence that at
the date of his application he disabled in q PEN
sioBabe degree, and has been since and Is now by
reason of causes alleged and request reconsider
ton. 2. Apply for reconsideration preferably. 9.
Yes.