The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1894-09-06
OUR CORRESPONDENTS.

Correspondents should write each question on
a separate sheet of paper, give full name and adj
dress and mark IL Correspondents Column" No
ate ton will be paid To communications not &C.
companied with name and address of writer 1t Is
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letter. Postal cards will be replied to by mali
only. Replies by mail will ordinarily be made
withina week. and II iii this column within three
weeks.l
Mrs ". J. s.. Bedford. Ark.-My father was PEN
soner; applied for increase and back pay, as
lie not receiving his just rights Now this
being granted. lie died before he drew the money.
My mother has remarked Can the heirs gain the
above money, all of them being 81 years of
age? AnSWer. No; the remarked widow is the
only person entitled to the accrued pension to
any additional pension granted by virtue of APP
plicaton filed by the soldier.
s. B. H., FerngIen. Pa pensioner died on Aug.
4, 1894. the day his pension voucher was to be
signed. leaving four children, all over 10 years OF
age, but widow Can they draw his accrued
pension, and in what manner would they have TO
proceed? AnstCer. No.
A. b. C.. BetDiderc, NJ FL want 10 ask n uues-
ton through The NATIONAL TRIBUNE; that is If a
soldier got a pension under the old law and
changed under The new law, can he go back under
the old law again? A1lstCer. Yes, il he desires
W. f., National Military Home. Kan-Will you
please inform me through your Correspondents
column, If die between the Alb Of the month, when
my pension becomes due. and the time when the
Treasurer makes the payment-generally the
oath. if the Treasurer pay the money TO my
son. IL years OF age, and my only relative or il
he has to return it to the pension agent Is my
entitled 10 it? Answer. II the Treasurer has COL
j, in trust for you lie could. in the event of your
death. pay IL to your son.
r. G. s., Elizabeth ~ PLEASE inform me II there
WAS new ruling last September Tor at any time
during this ADMINISTRATOR that honorably. dis
charged veteran of the late rebellion (who served
least 80 days therein) shall be entitled to Sl2
month arriving ut the age of Is years. 4ns,aer.
Yes. Order 2i2, OF Sept. 6, 1893 provided that il
10 years of age degree of disability should be
sumed sufficient to enttle the Sl2 rate under
the act of June q. 1890.
j. G., Pitisburg Paid the bill introduced into
the SD Congress providing for higher rates in
of deafness become a law? AnsUer No.
W. II. b., Etdorddo, Ill want to appeal my
pension case. To whom must the appeal be adj
dressed and in what form must it be, and there
any blank forms for taking appeal? AnS,oer
An appeal in pension claim must be addressed to
the Secretary of the Interior, and will lie only
when the Commissioner of Pensions has taken
final action. Each claim appealed must be accom-
panied with its separate appeal and specification
Of errors alleged therein !. e. it must specifically
point out the mistakes errors of fact or law in
the decision judgment order com planned of, and
appeal will be entertained unless the claimant
mas filed in the Pension Bureau all attainabIe evil
dence and obtained the decision of the Commits
sioner of Pensions thereon. We know of no suit
able blank forms for such purpose, as the facts
different In each case appealed. In the great
majority of claims appealed the decision of the
Commissioner OF Pensions is sustained. We do
not prepare file appeals.
G. p, W. CdrroHton. O.-Does a claim first pass
the Board of Review and then go the Board of Re-
vision? 1fnot for what Is the Board of Revision?
AnslUeT. No; the two entirely distinct in their
operation. The Board of Revision is intended to
review claims allowed Especially invalid claims
allowed under the act of June q. $780, during the
administration of Gen. Raum) under former rul-
ings with view of determining whether the PEN
soner is or is not entitled to continuance of the
rate of pension he is now receiving, in fact to
any allowance at all II is obstructive in its ope-
raj ions
d. 7. c., s. Ferry II. aside from West Point,
there any other institutions in the United States
where young man can be trained for a military
life? Answer That is the only Government insti-
tuition devoted exclusively to that end, but in
many of the colleges in the different States course
of military instruction is given by officer of the
Army detailed there for such purpose by the Sec
rotary of War.
s. G., Whitefetd, M.-I have been drawing PEN
sion for a long time and have claim for increase
now pending, yet am ordered to report to Board
of Surgeons for medical examination. Why am
ordered, and what will be the effect ii fail to
comply with the order? Anst1er We do not know
why the order was issued do we know what
will be the effect of n failure your part to obey
il. but presume it issued with a view of
determining whether you entitled to the rate
of pension that you now receive and we presume
that If you fail TO comply with its terms that your
pension will be latter the notice required by the
act of Dee I'll, 1889 suspended. The Commissioners
of Pensions claims the right to order any pensioner
for medical examination, and the pensioner has a
right to be examined any one of the days speci-
Ged in the order of examination, thus having 10
in his power to put of the examination TO the last
day allowed In the order.