The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1893-09-14
OUR CORRESPONDENTS.
Information of Value Concerning Pension

oL tbiuc concerning Pensions
Correspondents should write each question on
separate sheet OF paper, give full name and adj
dress and mark it CORES poudents' Colu No
atten ton will be paid to communications not ac-
conipanied with name and address Of writer II Is
requested that stamp be inclosed for reply by
letter. Postal cards will be replied to by mail
only. Replies by mail will or inarily be made
within week. and If in this column within three
weeksl
s. B. K. Athens, III. What amount of pension
does a soldier draw who has lost the use Of both
feet? 2 DO soldiers who draw s24 $50 and S36 per
month have their applications for an increase
settled according to date of application or are
they delayed in favor Of other soldiers who draw
smaller amount How many increase claims
have been filed since March 10. 1891? AHstcer. /.
If OF service origin, S72 per month; otherwise Si2
per month. 2. They are settled In their regular
order, same as other claims and without regard to
any other class. 3. During the period from July l.
1891 to June 30, 1892 there fled 30 1876 claims
for increase under the old law and 81 OFT claims
for increase under tho new law; besides 40 9S5
claims for additional pension under the new law.
The Commissioners annual report covering the
succeeding IL months, has not yet been issued,
hence we cannot give you any later figures.
C. ". A., Wdldron, lieh-A soldier dies and
leaves widow and several small children; the
widow makes application for pension. and gets it
Tor herself and the children: after living widow
for few years she msrries again. Does she lose
her pension, or does 1t go to the children7 Does
the pension go to the children under any law
under any circumstance after the widow gets mar
ried again? Anstcer- IL goes to such children
are under l6 years Of at the date of remarrsge
Oh the DOtner. lt Will pc necessary, however, in
order to draw the pension. to have guardian APP
pointed for them.
II H., PhonirriIle, Pal. Is the Pension Bureau
acting on rejected claims nOws 2 If so, will
claim which was rejected about 20 months ago be
reached soon? AnS,cer. i. Yes, where testimony
sufficient to reopen has been fled, such claims
taken up same other 2. That depends
upon whether you have furnished satisfactory test
mony bearing upon the cause of rejection. III you
have not done so, then the case will remain re-
Jeced and Enacted upon until you act.
peterdTt BOydsn, IOtga.-l. L wish to know IL
wife holding deed to = farm, any real estate IL
the husband has net the same interest share in
her husband holds? g In Of her death, and
there is children, and husband living, how is her
property divided? 1nssrer Consult lawyer in
your State who Is familiar with the laws of the
State bearing upon such matters.
j. ". E.. Eureka Springs Ark.-I. How many are
drawing pensions who were in the late WARP 2
One OF my neighbors claims that Ceveland's Adj
ministration granted pensions than any
other Administration. l claim that Harrison's Ad-
ministration granted the most. Please give the
number of each. AnsUer /. On June 90 1923
there were on the pension-rol under the general
law S'65 tao invalid pensioners, aud under tine act
of June q, 1890 377 133 invalid pensioners making
1853 all of whom served in the late q
Your neghbOr Is more than 10000 out of the way.
During Cleveland's first term there were allowed
1900 pension claims: during Harrison's term
there were allowed 347. 034 claims.
r. ~ L., COdeu, Kdn.-To settle dispute. will
you please let Us know through your valuable
paper what States or Territories does the Topeka
Agency, at Topeka, Kan, pay pension to? and
" claim tuat IL pRy8tO haDSae, OKLAHOMA. Arkan-
sas Colorado, Nebrasks, aud Missouri and claim
it only pays to Kansas, unless il is Oklahoma
AnStrer. Topeka Agency pays pensioners residing
in Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, New Mexico. Okla
homa. and the Indian Territory, except navy pen
souers therein. who paid at Chicago.
G. f. w., Hammond, Ld.-What is the highest
rating soldier can receive for either catarrh
piles under the act of June 81 1890? AnS,CeT. The
highest pension which can be paid under that law
for any disability disabilities is sl2 All ratings
depend upon the degree of disability found TO
list and inability to a support thereby.
IT. C., Laney Wis.-I see in your issue of Aug.
II statement in reply to T. o. c., Cooper's Mills
Me- that n widow would get So per month, even
though her husbands death was due to his army
service. Is that true is it mistaken Have
widows pensions been reduced? If so, when and
for what reason? Ans1cer. If N. c. c. wilI-again
it is stated that the soldier did marry until after
the passage of the of June y, 1890 That is the
why that particular widow can draw but s..
The act of March 10, 1885, increasing widows pen
sions from So TO s12, stipulated that such widows
must receive S2. have married the soldier prior
to that date consequently, tctdoto of enlisted
man who did not marry him until after March 19,
1885, can draw more than So, unless she married
him prior to or during his service
A. w., San francisco, Cdt.-When a widow who
has been drawing a pension dies, can the amount
that has accrued on her pension since the last pay
ment to her be obtained to in part reimburse out
lay for her funeral7 ARScer No.
g. H., SsTdcuse-Will you be so kind to in
been or is a prize offered for any one invent
ing perpetual motion, by the Government? An
Stcer. No. Such offer would be as absurd as the
idea ~ nerDetlIal motion.