The National tribune., 1894-07-26
OUR CORRESPONDENTS.

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within week. and II in this column within three
weeks
@. ". s.. Porter Va.-If man draws pension
and with the money buys farm and afterwards
gets In debt, can the land so purchased be levied
upon? Anstoer Questions similar to this have
been frequently answered in this column. There
can be but one answer, and that is that 1t depends
wholly upon the lawsFof the State In which the
property is situated, rs the Federal law does not
extend to such matter. We think that few
States have made certain exemptions.
Mrs. s. NJ, Ne,U Hampton, Io,pd.-n pensioners
vouchers should be made out the 4th of the
month, and he should die the 9th would the
accrued pension belong to the widow or to the es'
tate2 2. Is there a law that places a widow who
married the soldier prior TO the year 1871 foot
ing any different than one marrying subsequent to
that date? AnStDer. j. To the widow. q Those mar
rfed prior to March 10, 1886, the same foot
ing. The status of those marrying after March 10.
1856 has been often stated in this column.
W. G.. A., Syracuse. N. Y-Please inform me IL
there has been any law passed recently increasing
Mexican widows pensions from IS to sl2 per
month. If so, when? Ans,Uer. The bill referred
to has not yet become law.
i. o. w, ProctOrSvite W-Union soldier dies,
drawing sl2 per month under act of June q, 1890.
leaving young widow with babe in her arms.
They were married some three years ago; his Sec
ond wife; first dead She is in needy circum-
stances. Can the child draw the pension which the
father was drawing until the age of 16? Soldier
dies from disease contracted in line of duty. Can
the widow be pensioned? AnsWer. She can be
pensioned only by proving that the soldiers death
was direct result of a cause originating in line OF
duty while a soldier, in which event she would re-
eeive $40 per month-s8 and 81 increase because of
having 81 minor chiid). The child, SO long as its
mother survives and does not remaTry, aud does
not abandon the child. has title to any pension.
Where a widow is pensioned and allowed So per
nF q oh
Is still part of her pension.
Editor Correspondence Column Of The National
Irtbune-ln answer to my letter published in THE
NATIONAL TRIBUNE of July you say: THE views
expressed result from an unfamarity of the law.
This woman Is not pensioned as widow,
nor Is any part of the pension which has been
paid, or Is to be paid hers. The entire pension
$50 per month) belongs to her (one) child; but by
virtue of law it must be paid to legal guardian"
etc. What want to know is. why this minor
child is allowed sl0 per moath under act of June
20, 1880, while others can only get 81 per month?
There are others here who would like 10 receive
the benefit OF the law allowing minor children $40
per month. Why is it, If only tile children were
allowed a pension, that she drew Sl2 per month
for two children until one of them arrived at the
age of l6 years. and then only 81 per month
taken Off? Did one child get 81 and the other $40
per month; or how is it? Please set me right and
confer favor, not only me, but those who were
entitled to the benefit of the law under which the
pension Is alowed.-A. w. S. AnSWer. Our reply
of July 5, 1894, ia correct. A guardian lin your
case the remarked widow is guardian) draws that
amount per month which the widow would have
drawn had she not remarked. A widow with two
children under the age of l6 years would draw
under the act of June 27. 1890, the of sl2 per
month 49, and So and So until the eldest child r.
rived at the age of 49, then but $40 n month (ss
and So, and when the youngest reached the age of
l6 years then but IS per month. The guardian in
the case you cite would properly draw Sl2 month
TIL her eldest ward became Is: then she would
draw $40 till the youngest child attained the age of
10 years, and therpenson would cease absolutely.
In other words, these two children. through their
guardian, were entitled each to Sc ga aud So n
month till the eldest became 16; then the other be-
came entitled TO the whole OF the S. and the add-
tionaI 81, making So
ID. j. s., amanda. 0.--Please inform me- through
the Correspondents column of THE NATIONAL
TRIBUNE, what class of cases the inciosed order
(clipped from last weeks TRiBUNE) refers to.
What is meant by certified cases? We have
eral pensioners here who have received the 80
days notice that they will be cut off if they do
re-prove their claims. Does this order in any way
refer to their cases? Please answer at an early
date
"AN IMPORTANT PENSION ORDER.
"Judge VIM. Lochren, Commissioner of PEN
sions has issued an order modifying prior order,
insonuch that hereafter no Investigation shall be
deemed necessary in certified cases. except in those
in which fraud has been shown. This will cause
the return to the files of many cases now under
investigation. The order does not prevent the in
vestigation OF claim in which there is evidence
that the claim itself is fraudulent. The present
amendment is TO the order which was issued on
May ii, the provisions of which have been fire.
quently published The amendment will result in
the calling in OF between 18 900 and 20 600 cases
4aSwer. This order has no bearing on suspended
cases; il relates only to those uuallowed claims
which, though submitted to the Board of Review
for admission prior TO tile order of May H. were
by the terms of that order sent back the several
adjudca,ing divisions for the additional testimony
referred to iii said order. This last order simply
places those claims in the same condition that they
were in before the PRONUNCIATION of the original
order of May ii.
Il. C.. Hennessev OHa.-I. Since 1887 have been
drawing pension under the old general law;
have my first citizen paper'' now can / go
France. remain there and continue to draw this
nPugIDp1 How COlIid get nv ma frap rad
to the agency where foreign pensions are paid?
AnstCer !. Your residence in France in any other
foreign country will not interfere with your draw
ing pension under the old law for disability which
you actually contracted in the service. Your first
citizen paper" does not make you a citizen of
the United States; the first paper, you term it,
is merely declaration of intention 10 become q
citizen and an alien, TO actually become a citizen
must take out final papers; however, in your case
IL Is not necessary, in order for you TO draw your
old-law pension while abroad. that you should be
a citizen OF the United States. 2. Request to be
transferred to the Washington agency.
W. B. p, Bangor, Me.-An attorney dies leaving
a number of claims pending some incomplete
and some in which all the evidence has been fur
nshed. The claimants iii all OF the give
power OF attorney to another attorney to complete
their claims evidence is necessary in some OF the
cases, and in some nothing is necessary apparently
Now will the new attorney be allowed fee in the
claims where there was evidence to furnish,
even provided he has paid the widow of the origi.
nal attorney a sum of money for the old books,
papers, etc, which were left by her husband? Is
il necessary that power of attorney should be
witnessed, where claimant is able to write his or
her name. AHs,oer. l. Only in such cases as may
require service of value on his part. The Commis-
sioner of Pensions determines the question of
value of service, and whether same were neces-
sary. 2. 1t is rule of the Pension Bureau that all
powers of attorney shall have two attesting wit
nesses.
j. X. W., Westfeld, VISA dependent father ap-
plies for pension. and after years of waiting his
claim is rejected by the Pension Bureau A bill
is introduced in the Senate for his relief and after
a consideration on the part of the proper COM
mitees in each branch il passes goes the Presi-
dent, and is signed. Why does lie not get arrears
back to date of filing claim in the Pension Bureau
AnsWer. Because all pensions allowed by special
act of Congress date only from time of approval
by the President. No one gets arrears by special
act