The National tribune., 1897-12-16


an attorney might make of discharg
certificate after il has served the partic
ular purpose for which II was placed III IN:
charge. A Certificate of Honorable Serv
ice, commonly called duplicate dis
charge" may be obtained through tho
Chief of the Record and Pension Office
War Department, Washington, ID. C., if tho
original discharge has been lost or de
strQyed.
j. H. c., Mitchell, Ind.-There is no law
under which the child of a soldier OF 1871
War can obtain a pension aS such.
J. W. A., Willow Springs, MO.-There has
been no provision for rem bursting persons
whose property was taken or destroyed by
the Confederate Government or Confeder-
ate military or naval forces.
j. W., Carbondale, Pa.-The Soldiers
Home at Washington, ID. C., is devoted ex-
clllsivcly to eX-SoldIerS of the Regular
Army.
ANXIOUS Inquirer.-There is no provis-
ion of the pension laws to include work
men in Navy yards that were not actually
enlisted into the Navy or Marine Corps.
J. f. T., New Washington, Ind.-If the
widow of a soldier was not married TO him
until since June &c, 1896, she would be in
titled to pension only if it can be shown TO
the satisfaction of the Pension Bureau that
his death was due TO the service.
d. III. B., DePeyster, \. I.-Thc rate of
invalid pension under the general law for
-
other IS SO. If a penSioner drawing So per
month on a gunshct wound has been in
creased TO Sf1 on account of the degree Of
deafness above named, he is receiving $
high rate as he is entitled TO, unless his
deafness has materially Increased since
last medical examination.
l. IA widow pensloner under the act
of June q, 1890, is not dehaTred from pen
sion by the amount of her earnings.
whether in Government or private service.
II. W, Wrinkle, O.-The following are the
classes of persons included within the pro-
visions of the general law as 10 invalid PEN
sion:
First Any officer of the Army, includ-
ing regulars volunteers, and militia, or any
officer in the Navy or Marine Corps, or any
enlisted man, however employed, in the
military or naval service of the United
States, or in its Marine Corps, whether
regularly mustered or not disa bled by rea-
son of any wound injury received, or
disease contracted. while in the service of
the United States and in the line of duty.
- Second. Any master serving on a gun
boat, or any pilot, engineer, sailor, or other
person not regularly mustered serving upon
any gunboat or war vessel of the United
States, disabled by any wound or injury
received, or otherwise incapacitated, while
in the line of duty, for procuring his sub
sistence by manual labor.
Third. Any person not an enlisted sol
dier in the army, serving for the time being
as a member of the militia of any State, un-
der orders of an officer of the United States, or
who volunteered for the time being TO serve
with any regularly organized military or
naval force of the United States, or who
otherwise volunteered and rendered service
in any engagements with rebels or Indians,
disa bled i'm consequence of wounds or in
Jury received in the line of duty in such
temporary service. But no claim of a State
militiaman, or non enlisted person, on ac
count of disability from wounds or injury
received in battle with rebels OF Indians
while temporarily rendering service, shall
he valid unless prosecuted 10 a successful
issue prior To the fourth day of July, 1874.
- Fourth. ANY Acting Assistant or Con-
tract Surgeon disabled by any wound or
injury received or disease contracted in the
line OF duty while actually performing the
duties of Assistant Surgeon or Acting
Assistant Surgeon with any military force
in the field or in transitu, or in hospital.
Fifth. Any Provost-Marshal, Deputy
Provost Marshal, or enrolling officer dis
abled by reason of any wound or injury
received in the discharge of his duty, TO
procure a subsistence by manual labor. +"
d. H., Weymouth, MasS.-ln a decision
rendered July Z, 1897, Assistant Secretary
Davis Of the interior Department ruled
that a claimant for invalid pension under
the act of June q, 1880, who has attained
age OF G5 years, shall be deemed entitled
% al least the minimum rate of pension
800 unless the evidence dscloses an I'M
usual vigor and ability for the performance
OF manual labor in one Of that age" Order
PAL of the Commissioner OF Pensions dated
Sept. 2, 1893, and referring To invalid pen
sions under the act of June % 1890 CON
tains the following: In cases in which the
pensioncr has reached the age OF IS, his
rate shall not be disturbed if he is receiv-
ing the maximum (s12), and if he is not
a pensioner, he shall receive the ma Ximum
f6r senility alone, If there are no special
pensionable disabilities shown"
+. o. N.-When an invalid pensioner
dies leaving widow, and the widow dies
without having collected the accrued pen
sion due the soldier at the date of his
death, no one IL entitled To the accrued pen
sion except a child or children of the sol
dIer under 10 at the date OF his death Nor
can any reimbursement be collected from
the soldiers accrued pension for the ex-
penses of his last illness and burial be
cause he left a widow. If the widow had
filed pension claim, her claim NAV be
completed and reimbursement for the ex-
penSes Oi her last illness and burial col
Iecied from the pension due her up 10 the
date OF her death But the accrued pen
sion due The soldier - not paIt OF her
claim.
j. Il. NJ, Fallston. Pa.-The sen OF a
soldier 81 the iatc war has the same rights
under the homestead Laws that the sol
dieT himself would have ii living For full
information relative 10 The public lands
address the Commissioned OF the General
Land Office, Washington, ID. c.
Mozambique - no fixed form of ap-
peal from a decision of the Pension Blu
reau. \ letter addressed 10 the Secretary
OF the interior, properly describing the
claim by name, service and number. and
setting out the grounds OF objection To the
decision OF the Pension Bureau will us,I-
ally be sufficient.
J.. j. y, AsbuTy Park y. ANY back
pay due on account of AN officers military
service may be obtained on application 10
the Auditor for the War Department
Treasury Department, Washington. ID. c.
W. W. b., Elba, Mich.-An officer whose
muster Is corrected, recognizing him i'm a
higher rank Tor period covering the time
of origin OF disabilities for which he is pen
stoned under the general law, il entitled 10
have his pension re rated in accordance
with the higher rank.
Subscriber.-As To what constitutes
manual labor within the meaning of the
pension laws, see reply TO A. n. above
whether persons who are able TO make full
time and full days work AT trades would
be entitled TO any pension under the act of
June q, 1890, would depend upon their
evident physical condition as shown hy
medical examination. As 10 the condit ON
oi work OF the Board OF Pension Appeals.
see reply 10 III. NJ. H., above When a de
clsion Is rendered on an appeal i'm a pen
sion case, copy OF the decision is fur
nlshed 10 the claimant or his attorney.
r.. X. V, kasDta. Minn.-The bill CON
sldered IN Congress 10 pension survivors of