The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1894-12-20
The Book Closed.
OUR CORRESPONDENTS.

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hrs. 3. II. Kansas City Rn,.-I interested
in my husbands claim for increase of pension, and
would like to be informed when his increase. il
| allowed will commence. Will it he from the date
of filing the claim from date OF his medical
animation? Answer. 1.-THE claim is one for increase
under the old law on account of the disabilities Tor
which peusioued, then. il an increase be al
lowed it will date only from the medical exaniina-
r. w E., Riley. Kan- Claimant filed nm applica-
tn,, for pension under the new law in 1890, and in
:S92 lac Led an application under the old law,
claim under new law has been allowed at the rate
nf Si2 II month Now. If the old law claim should
he allowed ut raie less than Sl2 - month, could
tic claimant elect To continue under the new law,
and could tie draw his FIRST payment under the old
law, and then go with tile new law? AnsTer.
If he filed the old law claim date Subsequent
that which ne filed the new law claim. and il
peIr-ioned under the new law for n period prior
the fling of the old law claim. then it is clear that
an allowance of the old law claim at a rate less
than sI2 month would result ia benefit TO the
pensioier, the two rates could not be added to-
rctiler. In such case he would not be called
upon TO elect, The Pension Bureau would not
make issue that was OF no benefit TO the pen
soner II the rating under the Old law were, say,
SIG month. then n reissue would be of benefit,
The pensiouer could draw sI6 month from date of
filing old law claim less So month already paid
for the period: in other words. he would be
entitled To the differences OF 81 month for the
which he had already drawn Sl2 month under
the new law. Two pensions cannot be drawn for
the same period.
L. g. cKean PA soldier IL allowed PEN
Sion aud receives his certificate aud vouchers. Is
there any limit the time that he may hold tile
certificate without pension and still he kept
on the pcnsiou-roii? Anstcer. IL be fails for the
period OF three years TO claim his pension his name
will be dropped from the pension roll the legal pre-
sumption being that lie Is dead. or that he has re-
covered from his disability. Ifso dropped he cannot
he restored without filing formal appcat lou salts
s,corily accounting for his failure TO draw aud
furn isiiing com pc, ent testimony.
j. M, National Military Home. Kdn-I. Are the
laws enacted by each Congress published in book
form? EFT so, what is the cost, and TO whom
cost varies, being dependent upon the size OF the
volume. Apply to the Secretary Of State, WASH
ipg,on, ID. G.. who can furnish full Information:
J. C., San Ant0nio TeE.-ls n survivor of The Next
can war. pensionel for service in Powelfs Bat
TALON, entitled TO an increase TO si month under
the act Of Jan. s. 1892 AnSVer. No. Only those
survivors, of the Mexican war who were entitled
under the act of jan 90. 1887, and who the
pensiou-roI Jan. D. 1895. have any status for ill.,
crease under the of Jan. 8, 1893. Poweifs Bat
TALON was not entitled under the act of JAN %,
1857, not having participated in the Mexican war,
and became entitled to pension by virtue OF spe-
cial act of Congress approved March 3, 1891.
Mrs f. T., Lorail. O-Ars the wdowsiof soldiers
of the Mexican entitled to increase under the
act of Jan. 5, 1893? AHS,reT. No.
A Teferdn. Providence. II. IA comrade made
statement recently that there were men enlisted
for three years or during the war who could be
held as long the war lasted. thought there
no enlisments for volunteers for more than three
years Who is rightf AnstUer. There were l,0i2
volunteers that enlisted for the period of four
years but find no call of the President for
ls,ments for more than three during the
war, not to erceed three gears and outside of the
ouryea enlisments referred 10 it is not believed
that there Fwere any volunteer enlistments that
were binding for moro than three years.
c. H. L.. Desrfeld, GA pensioner draws Sl2
month under the old law. but dies of n disability
that cannot be traced TO his military service. The
widow applies for pension and her claim is rejected
| upon the ground that she is provided for by the
will of her late husband. Is SHE entitled to pension?
Anstcer. 1t is not probable that her claim he
reopened so long as present rulings prevail, as IL
Is held by the Assistant Secretary of the Interior
that when n widow is shown TO have income
considerably in excess OF the pension provided by
the third section of the net from independ-
ent OF her daily labor, she does not occupy PEN
siona BILE status hereunder" Wetake this O
that where widow has an income much over So
a month, her claim under the act of June 81, 1890,
will be rejected upon The ground that she is in
dependent circumstances.