The National tribune., 1898-10-13
PENSION POINTERS.
Inquiries Answered AMI Sug-
gestions Made.

j. r. B., Wampum. Pa.-lf neither a
widow nor child under 16 survive an in
valid pensiOner, the accrued pension due
to the date of his death can be collected
only by the person defraying or response
bic for the expenses of last illness and
burial, the pensioncr leaving insufficient
| assets to cover such expenses.
| ID. NJ, New York, n. Y.-There is no
service pension allowed for military or
| naval service subsequent to the Mexican
War and before the war of the rebaliiOn.
For disability incurred in the service and
! line of duty during that period invalid
pension may be had.
| L., MOravia, n. 1.-TWO months is not
| long time to await action by the Pension
Bureau. To collect a pension check of a
deceased pensioner apply to the Auditor
for the Interior Department, Washington,
ID. c."
B. NJ, Boise, Idaho Order 2i1 of Com
missioner Lochran, dated Sept. 2, 1899
pension under the act of June 81, 1890
had reached the age of u.s. he shall re-
ceive the maximum (s12) for senility
alone, if there are no special pensionabie
disabilities shown This order still
stands and has not been improved on by
the present administration of the Pension
Bureau. OF course, many pensioners and
claimants under the act of 1890 who are
less than rs, are entitled to the S12 rate on
account of disability not due to age.
Mrs. l.. B.-The bill in Congress de-
claring that no widow shall be entitled tc
a pension unless married to the soldier
before July !, 1898, or before or during the
soldiers service if married after that date
has not become law.
Mrs. S. +. G., Orono, Me.-There is nc
pension law providing pension for adult
children of 1872 War soldiers A dependent
mother Is not pensionable as such during
the lifetime of the soldier and # he should
die leaving widow or child, the mother
would not be entitled to pension in any
event.
}. o., East Lake, Tenn.-It would be
difficult to collect Communication of rations
for period of furlough, unless the original
furlough can be shown
+. &. A., Baltimore Md.-It is impra cti-
ca bic 10 say hnw your pension certificate
issued in 1857 should read" From
March ., 1895, your rate of pension should
be not less than Sc per month.
j.. NJ, Knoxville, NOAH pension
claims arising from the Spanish war come
under the general law. They do not come
under the act OF June q, 1890, except so
iar as that act ends the general law as
to dependent parents pension. The vol
unteers Of the Span anIsh war arc not elligi-
disabled volunteer soldiers as the law now
stands. The Regulars are eligible to ad-
mission to the Soldiers Home at Wash
ington, d. G.. When rejected pension
Ci1im is dpPealcd To the secretary OF the
Interior the Pension Bureau may recede
from the rejection. The Commissioner may
present to the Secretary easons why the
case should not be allowed, but the de-
cIsion in the case rests with the Secre-
tary
". G.. Tracy, Cal.-The act Of Jan 25,
1893, authorized the Secretary of the In
terror TO increase the pension of every
pensioner who is now on the rolls at So
per month on account OF services in the
Mexican war, and who is wholly disabled
for manual labor, and is in such de stitute
circumstances that So per month are in
sufficient to provide him the necessaries
of life. to S12 per month" The law does
not apply to widows.