Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1893-06-02
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A Washington dispatch says that ~
most Important pension declsioa ovet
I sent out from the once of the 6ecfsta nj
0f the Interior to the CommiaetQae ~ Se,
Pensions has Just been nlcd. Ia
claimed BY those high In anthofity tnis
The Pension Bureau that Il Will soduce
the payment OF pm 5fons under The aef
OF June ~, 1880, between Sl6. 6.Ooo. .o9A
and $20, ,000, ,O)O. II involves tho reo0al
Of an order passed bY Gen. Rauln asSd
approved by Assistant Secretary Bus-
soy and . return TO the ID A ~stAs
statue requiring the dfa- ..ss- y
\ sss 7: x.es M 2saaap / ( q I
I by a.a enaf labor. SscfSSsa sSlIoav
kstsfta has been considering the ps9nea&s
ptes involved In the decision for several
weeks, and SO important did he deem e
that when II was called to his attention
nom the Pension Board OF Appeals ~
submitted the questions involved to the
Attorney General and the Commissioner
of Pensions, both OF whom concurred Ia
the correctness OF the decision.
Basls- " tine Decislon.
The decision is In the cass Of oae
Bennett who songht apension under the
Old law. alleging that while IN tho eNF.s
Vice at Raleigh, n. c., he WAS proetrat-
ed by sunstr0ke which resulted In pax-
tial deafness In both ears, His arplf.
cation was denied on the ground that
while the applicant has SLIGHT deafneee.
% alleged, It WAS not OF sufficient e0vSr.
ity to warrant any rating. The teoti-
mony showed that Bennett could hear 3
watch tick ct the distance of half u
inch from either ear. Bennett subse-
quently applied for and received pen-
sion OF $12 . month under the act Of Juao
n, 1890. This act allows q pension reyR-
Ing from So to $l2 per month to ex.eO1.
diers or sailors suffering from any dis
ability OF permanent character not
the result OF their own vicious habits.
which incapacitates them for the por-
formance Of manual labor to such de-
gree as to render them unable tc earn
support The inability to earn eup.
port is therefore made the basis 81 tie
law. Turing Commissioner Psum d "a
ministration an order was issued, known
as order No. l64, which directed that I'll
claims for pension under the oct ~
June ~, 1890. should be rated the Same
as like disabilities Of service orialn, and
that all cases showing : pens.onahIo
disability. which. II OF service orie'n,
would be rated ct or above Sl9 month,
should be rated 1t $l2 month.
The standard Of Disability.
The only requ rement to obtain &
pension under the Law applicable "a
pensions Of service origin il disabliify
by reason OF wounds received or disease
contracted while in the service and III
line OF duty. Incapacity to perform
manual labor. says the Secretary.
which is the foundation to the right 10
pension under the act Of June "a, 1850.
fixes an entirely different standard a
disability from that Just mentioned, con.
ta.ned In the Revised Statutes, GOVERNS
injuries Of service origin. DisxbiiitiGa
incurred while In active service and In
capacity coming upon IN applicant loas
after service ceased are made by the laM
to stand upon an entirely different foot.
ing. Those incurred during servioS ard
in line OF duty are pensions able withoaf
regard to capacity to earn . support.
and are graded Without reference "a
this condition. DISABILITIES resultina
from causes other than 0fservice ORIGIN
are only pensionable when incapaolty
to labor joins with incapscity 70 earn j
support, end the grades or rating are
dependent upon those two condition.
When by order No. 1874 Il vas declared
that disabilities under the act of June
~. 1880, should be rated - II 81 ser.
vice origin. the very principle which
governed the rating under the act q
June n. 1890, was displaced and rule:
applicable to different net WAS euhsti.
tuted. a