The National tribune., 1896-04-09
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| Inquirer, East 7ennessee.-1. What amend
ments were included in the Pension appropria-
| tion bill as now passed by both HonsesP 2.
| Has any other pension legislation become law
if So what2 3. Are you not in error (Feb. 2O)
| in answering that minors pension-old LAWS
$12 plus 81, ETC.? believe it is only So plus g.
etc, under both laws. Ansuer. l. See reply to
P. C. c. above. 2. Yes; measure prohibiting
| personal payment of pensioners at the various
| u. S. Pension Agencies. Hereafter all PEN
sions will be paid by check transmitted through
the U. S. mails; also, on March Is, 1896, meas
ure providing that seven years unexplained alb
! seDce of soldier shall be accepted as evidence
of his death. (Note.-This will have no benefi-
cial application to any case where it s essential
| to title to show the cause of DEATH nor will it,
in our opinion, have any application to those
| cases of absence-no matter for how long q
| period-where the circumstances of disappear
ance afford reasonable explanation for con-
| tinued absence; j. e., the absence of fugitive
from justice is sufficiently explained, and we
think it will BIO 30 held in any case where the
motive that occasioned the original absence can
be fairly concluded to have since existed 3.
No; where soldier married the mother OF the
| minors prior to March 10, 1856, and where the
mothers title has been Invested BY death or
remarriage, the minors, if entitled at ALL under
the general law will draw, jointly, the $12 and
each 81 additional.
B. Y Mem, Hasonto,pn, w. VA son dies
| in 1864, and the husband shortly after aud the
widow, mother of the soldier, was pensioned as
widow she remarries, and is now a widow
can she apply for dependent mothers pension?
Ansuer. Yes, and establish title thereto, if the
son left surviving neither widow nor minor
child, and if his death was due to line of duty
in the service and she is now in dependent
circumstances.
j. C. j.. Waterloo, Iowa.-1. Has an attorney
the right to contract for fee of $25 in an old
law widows claim for pension or in q minors
law-claims 2. What is the fee in minors
claim under the new law where there are diff
ferent guardians, and must separate applica-
tions be filed therein? Ansuer. !. Yes g
Ten dollars. There is but one claim and but
one fee no matter how many guardians, if their
wards are the children of the same soldier
One application may include all children
titled, even if the person executing it is not
the guardian for all entitled. When it comes
to payment of the pension, then each guardian
will receive that part due his ward or wards
drawing a pension since 1880. In 1892 his
wife dies and in 1895 he marries again. At
his death can his widow draw pension2 .4nswer.
Not unless his death be a direct result of a
cause originating in the line of duty in the
service.
Mrs. M. d., Afford. PA pensioner drawing
81 month died May II, 1890, from the disa-
bility for which he was pensioned. His widow,
to whom he was married on March 20, 1887,
T.. H. k1-l
pension of $12 month in the event Of estab-
fishing her claim under the old law2 Ansuer.
No having married the soldier subsequent to
March 10, 1856, she can draw but So month
under any law.
Dr. E. o., Neac York, N VI. Is the widow
Of an officer or soldier entitled to pension OF
So a month or more? 9. Does the fact that she
is such a widow entitle her to pension or not?
3. Does the fact that she has q small piece of
real estate, mortgaged beyond her ability to
redeem it, it being unproductiye, make any
difference to her claim? d. If soldier is PEN
stoned for disability and dies of that disabil-
| ity, is his widow entitled merely to 50 month,
or to that rate in which he was in receipt of?
| Ansrer I and 2. That depends upon the cir
cumstances of the case. She is entitled II she
can establish claim under any existing law.
3. In claim under the general law, it would
have no bearing whatever on the Case; In
claim under the act of June q, 1890, it ought
not to affect title, under the circumstances
stated, but it might. If it could be sold and
bring price much in excess of the incum-
brance, the surplus mi ght be regarded as means
of support AT present widow is held to be
not entitled to pension under the act of June
81, 1890, if her net income is much in excess of
500 year. 4. If soldier or officer is pen.
stoned under the old law and dies of the disa-
bility for which pensiOned, or from any other
disability shown to the satisfaction of the Pen
sion Bureau to have been by him contracted in
line of duty in the service, the widow will, in
the event the husband contracted the fatal disa-
bility while commissioned officer be PEN
stoned at total of rank (SI5, Second Lieuten-
ant ST. First Lieutenant; $50, Captain). If
disability causing death originated while a pri-
waite or non-commissioned officer the widow
| will draw $12 month If she married soldier
prior to March 10, 1856; ii married to him after
that date, her rate would be but So month.
For the widow of either commissioned officer
or enlisted man, an additional So month is
allowed for each minor under the age OF 16
years.