The National tribune., 1898-12-29
PENSION POINTERS.
Inquiries Answered and Sug-
gestions Made.

TAI communications for this column SHOULD
lie accompanied by the true name and correc
address of the inquirer. The reply, however
will be marked as may be desired. No attention
Will be given TO anonymous inquiries. III no re
ply is printed within three weeks. Write again
r. d., Princeton, Hl.-Judging from
your statement your claim for increase /:
in part based on disability not covered D,
your pension certificate, and as you are
pensiOned at more than S12 under tint
general law you will have TO prove these
additional disabilities in the same way
that you did your original claim under tnt
general law Possibly you will be granted
HIGHER rating on your pensIoned dis
abilities II is 10 the interest of you
attorneys TO procure an early favorable
settlement of your case, and they VIII
probably do all they can to that end Per
haps you can help them by asking youl
member of Congress or one of your Sena-
tors TO call up your case. Your attorney
cannot do 90 without ircurrir11 the ois-
pleasure of tie Commissioner oi Pensions
and laying himself open to a recon-
mendation for disbarment, and TINS not
withstanding that his own inquiries IN
the case have been continually ignored
G. E. D., Brandon, Visit would seem
from your statement that the widow
claim under the general law has been re-
iected on the ground that the soldiers
death has not been shown TO be due to
the disability for which he was pensioned
or otherW Use due to the service and line OF
duty If all the facts are iii evidence and
the Pension Bureau refuses TO consider
that the cause of the soldiers death had
any connection with his service, the only
thing to be done is to have the case re-
viewed on appeal TO the Secretary OF the
interior. Probably the chances OF success
are small.
H. G. s., Chester, Iowa.-If your claim
is for Increase on pensioned disability, and
three months have not elapsed since its
rejection by the Pension Bureau, 1t may
be appealed to the Secretary of the In
terror. In any event you may file new
application. Most claimants prefer 10 en-
ploy an attorney, inasmuch as there is
no fee unless successful, and in claims
for increase on pensioned disability only
a 50 fee.
Subscriber, Toronto, O-An appeal to
the Secretary of the Interior may be in the
form of a letter properly describing the
case, and stating the objections 10 the re-
lection by the Pension Bureau.
n. E. p, Lime Rock, r. Only the
legal wife of the soldier al the time of his
death may Claim widow s pension.
c. H., Los Angeles, Cal-There is no
fixed rate under the general law for
chr mic catarrh and bronchitis, nor for
partial loss OF sight. The rate depends
upon the degree of disablement or degree
of loss Of yht. The ratings given by
Boards of Examining Surgeons are de-
termined by the Board as Il whole, and
not by any one individual member of the
Board. Certain disabilities would not be
rejected because certain other diSabili-
ties were not found on medical examina-
tion.
j. c., Mountain Grove, Mo.-H the spe-
cial examination in your pension claim
has been completed, and you have been
of Esys
lining Surgeons, it would seem that your
case must be nearing settlement. You
may hear from it in few weeks.
j. T., National Military Home, Va
Claims for invalid pension arising out Of
the Spanish-American war come under
the general pension law. A fee not ex-
ceedIng S25 may be contracted for, i'm ac-
cordance with the fee law of July 4, 1884:
but the claimant is not obliged TO enter
into such an agreement unless he sees
fit Neither is the attorney obliged to ac-
cept claims on terms not satisfactory TO
him.
G. W. A., Carthage-The paw of prf-
Yates in the army during the war of the
rebellion was as follows: s11 per month
until Aug. 6, 1851; S13 per month until
May 1, 1864; thereafter, SIC per month
C. E. c., Portland, Ore.-Under the act
Of Feb. 3, 1879, the War Department fur
nishes headstones for the graves Of sol
diers OF the Regular or Volunteer army
during the war of the rebellion. Address
the termaster-General, u. S. A
Washington, ID. e.
J. p. NJ, Fenton, Ill.-No fee is paid the |
attorney unless the claimant accepts the |
pension allowed. If you applied under |
the general law before you applied under |.
the act Of 1899, or before the date from
which your act of 1890 pension was made |
TO commence, and your general law claim |
should now be allowed, there would be
something coming TO you on account /
thereof, even though the allowance be at
lower rate than you are receiving under
the act of 1890, because there would be a
pensionable period under the general law
claim for which you have not drawn pen
sion under the act Of 1870.
NJ. c. S., Chico, Textile pensionable
status Of Missouri militia of the war of the
rebellion rs something which cannot be
stated III few words, as di ferent bodies
Of Missouri State troops Occupy different
positions under the pension law. If YOU
will state your service fully, your rights
can be ascertained.
C. b., New York.-The adjustment of
claims tor accrued pension due deceased
pensioners is supposed to receive special
attention in the Pension Bureau Ordi-l
narily il ought not to be many weeks
after the evidence is filed before settle
ment is made. But do not expect very
speedy action on any business before the
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W. w. W., Cheat Haven, PA widow
is entitled under the general law if the
soldiers death can be shown TO be due
20 the service and line OF duty. She need
not necessarily show his death to be due
TO disability for which he was pensioned
under the general law. II his death cam
not be shown 20 be due 10 the service. she
may be pensioned under the act OF 1890
provided her financial condition be sucb
as to entitle her under that act and pro-l
vided she was married 10 the soldier he
fore June 81 1890.
w. l.. NJ, Plainfield, " J-If an inva-l
lid pensiOHe7 leaves surviving him at /
death no widow, but children under I6. |
the children are entitled TO the accrued |
pension, and also TO the same pension i'm |
their own right that the widow would |
have been entitled To.
Old Subscriber.-Ii you were discharged
from the service on account of rheuma-
tism, and that fact is OF record, probably
no further evidence will be auired as 30 |
the origin and existence Of the same i'm |
the sevice. AS your service was Of com
paratiyely brief duratio before discharge
on rheumatism, il may be that the record
viii include an allegation that the dis
ability existed before enlistment in which
event you would have 10 furnir n very
strD-g evidence as 10 the origin OF the dis
ability in the service, and as 10 Your
freed m Their from before enlistment
{. X, New York City.-Applicants for
pension ara required 10 make a full state
ment % all military or naval service rem
der "A Nv Of.