The National tribune., 1895-04-18
OUR CORRESPONDENTS.

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j. r. Montreal Cdn-My mother drew
widows pension under the old law and was
suspended, she was a nonresident. She lived
with me until two months ago and then died,
and now check for 1852 has come. i took
care of her and paid the bills; can / collect
any part of this money, and how2 Ansuer.
If she left no children under age of 16 years,
and if she did not leave sufficient assets to de-
fray the expenses OF her last illness and burial,
and If yon bore such expenses. you may be able,
under the act of March 2, 1895. to collect, by
way of reimbursement, the amount SO expend-
ed. Apply to the Auditor for the Interior De-
partnent. Treasury Department, Washington,
ID. c., and said officer will send you the neces-
sary blanks and instructions.
CorpIJ. W., Rileyuile, Pa.-Will pensioners
allowance bo stopped if he accepts a clerical
position in the Army or NavyP Answer. If
he enters the Army or Navy rs enlisted man
then his pension will cease, as no one can draw
both pension and pay as an enlisted man. Ii,
however, the position is one as civilian in
clerical capacity, the pension would not cease.
unless it was held that the disability had ceased
to exist in pensionable degree.
w. H., DRYDEN, N. VI. A soldier enlists In
1862 and in two months time he deserts and
with his bounty money buys piece of land.
Is this land so purchased exempt from levy and
seizure for debt or judgment2 2. Does the
act of March 2 1895, providing that no PEN
soner under the general law shall receive less
than So month mean that if pensioner is
drawing $40 for one disability and 81 for an
other that the 81 disability Ia to be raised to
Sc, thus making SIC instead of SLAP Ansrsr.
/. Not by virtue Of any United States statute
we cannot say AZ TO the State law. 2. No; as
matter of fact no pensioner be said to
draw $40 for one disability and 81 for another;
he is simply drawing $14 month for tw0 dis
abilities, the disabling effects of which are con-
sdered wh0te and not separately. When
one is pensioned for more than one disability
it is not accurate to say that he draws SO much
for one disability and so much for another as
he does nothing of the kind. He draws for the
disabling effects OF all the disabilities incl uded
in his pension certificate, but not the sum of
the specific ratings for specific disabilities; e. g.
one pensioned under the general law for loss of
q hand and for loss of sight of one eye would
draw not S24 and S12, the separate rates pro-
vided for these disabilities. but would draw
but $24 ; as the disabling effects of the t,Co dis
abilities would be held to be equivalent only
to the loss of hand or foot, for which the $24
rate is provided.
E. s. G., LynnuiUe, Pals the widow of this
soldier entitled to pension, the facts being as
follows: She was married to him some 80 years
ago. and he has just died. Her husband had
wife before and did not live with her. but this
wife knew nothing about it till after the death
of the soldier2 Ansper. Under present rulings
she is not entitled to pension, not being re-
garded by the Pension Bureau as the legal
widow of the soldier this assumes that the SOL
der was not divorced from his first wife. IT.
however, the soldier had apprised this second
woman Of the fact that he had legal wife,
from whom he had not been divorced. and if
this first and legal wife had died while the SOL
der and the present claimant were living to- |
gether as man and wife, then valid marriage |
might have arisen instdnti upon the death of |
his first wife; but it is held by the present |
Assistant Secretary of the Interior that if the |
second wife is not informed during the time |
that she is living with the soldier as his wife, |
that no such second marriage can be held to |
arise she having been in ignorance of the facts |
in the case. 1
s. o. W., Hoquois s. d. was notified in |
January last to file evidence showing that my |
left Dguinal hernia had not ceased to exist it |
appears to have healed up and I did not fur |
nish the testimony, and then got another let
ter from the Pension Office saying my name |
WAS dropped on March 6, 1895. Now. have
drawn pension since 1883, and in 1887 got o /
truss. Is there anything that / can do to be |
restored so long as my hernia is healed? An
SUer. From your statement it is not clear when
your pension ceased, but probably upon the OK
piration OF 30 days from the notice THAT you re-
ceived. so long as your hernia has ceased to
exist you cannot be pensioned therefor. as n
pension is not provided for disability by name
merely. but for the disabling effects of the dis
ease, injury or wound, aud if those disabling
effects have ceased, then the pension properly
ceases. II at future date your hernia should |
become troublesome, you can get pension there
for restored. 1