The National tribune., 1898-06-16

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be accompanied 10y the true name and correc
address OF the inquirer The reply, however
viii be marked as may be desired. No attention
VIII be given IL anonymous inquiries. If no re
ply Is printed within three weeks. write again..
H. r.. Fairbury, Ill.-A bill for pension
by special act of Congress would not ordi-
narily receive consideration while an un-
settled claim remained pending in the
Pension Bureau. Mere delay on the part
of the Pension Bureau would not be con-
sidered ground for special act
q. W, JohnSburg, n. Y.-There is no
Federal law eyempting old soldiers from
any local or State taxes.
". b.. HavenSville KanS-When a
pension claim has been rejected only as
to part, so much of the claim as is not re-
jected is still pending as fully as though
no part had been rejected
c. c.. Deer Island, Ore-The Provis-
ional Regiments organized from the En-
rolled Missouri Militia in 1868 are within
the act of June %, 1880, as well as the
general pension law.
A. ". s.. Mound Minn-Invalid pen
sion under the act of June %, 1890, is
usually made TO commence from the date
of filing of the application under which a
penSionable degree of disability is con-
ceded Your statement of your case is too
incomplete to permit of better answer.
j. A. S., Hopkins NOAH soldiers and
sailors in the regular service, disabled by
wound, injury or disease incurred in line
of duty in time of peace and the widows
orphans under 16), dependent parents, or
brothers and sisters, in the order named OF
such as die from disability incurred in line
of duty, come under the general pension
law.
ID. A. r.. Engleville, Tex.-There are
thousands of soldiers who served in Union
organizations from rebellious States in
receipt of pension under the act of June
q, 1880.
L. c., Ebert, Colo.-Pension for the
period from the date a penSioner was
dropped until the date Of restoration is
not called accrued pension" 1t is i'm
possible to say how soon a pension claim
will be reached in the Pension Bureau
and settled, after the completing evidence
is in. 1t is more apt to be more than six
months than less.
S. ". W, New London, Iowa-The Pen
sion Bureau so commonly ignores, APP
parently, the inquiries of claimants ami
their attorneys, that it would not b.
strange if the habit frequently extended
to the inquiries made by members
Congress on behalf of claimants.
3. D.-When a claim for invalid pen
sion under the general law has been al
lowed as TO part of the disabilities claimed
on. the pension on the remaining dis
abilities, when granted, viii commence
from the date they were claimed on by
tnt ililiiS OI dpptlcdlion IN Ine PENSION
Bureau. a diSa bili;y incurred since
service is not pensionable under the gen
eral law, unless it can be shown to be the
result of disability incurred in the serv-
ice and line of duty.
G. NJ. l., Co. H. 5th Iowa Cav, Arapahoe,
Neb.-Congress rarely acts cat once" on
the ordinary bin for pension by special
act. 1t Is impossible to say how soon the
Pension Bureau will reply TO an inquiry
1t is better not TO look for one within six
months.
Mrs NJ. J. r.. Lodi. Calf YOU and
your attorney have tried in vain TO secure
action in or learn the official status of
your pension claim, ii would be well TO
have a Member of Congress make in
quiry at the Pension Bureau.
Mrs. E. B., So. Etna, Me.-WithOut at
least the names of some of his officers il
would be impossible to locate the service
o. a soldier in the late war If possible.
the State in which he enlisted should also
be aScertained.
l. T., Philadelphia, Pa.-For procuring
widows pension under the general law,
the fee OF the attorney of record may be as
much as S25, but an agreement in dupli-
cate must be filed with the Commissioner
of Pensions STIMULATING the amount If
no agreement be filed, the fee is So For
procuring widows pension under the act
of june q. 1880 the fee is $40, no agree
ment being necessary.
". II. r., Worthington, Ind.-Increase
of pension on disability not covered by
the pension certificate, under the gen
erai law, commences from the date OF
claiming thereon by the filing of appIica-
ton in the Pension Bureau. The legal
fec OF the attorney of record in a claim for
increase on pcnsioned disa bility is in
var;a bly, 50, unless the claim were filed
through him before March 3, 1891. The
Board of Pension Appeals of the Interior
Department appears TO be about six
months in arrears with its work
J. B. Waterloo, Iowa.-The additional
bounty law of July %, 1866, expired by
limitation on June 20, 1880.
w. ". C., ROsine, Ky.-AlI papers filed
in pension claims. in the Pension Bureau.
arc preserved whether the claims are al
lowed OF rejected. Interior Department
decisions hold that the technical legal
termination of the war Of the rebellion
was Aug. 20, 1866" but that service
rendered after July /, 1865 will be pre-
sumed TO have not been in said wal. 3"
and that service rendered after April 2
1866, must be shown TO have been rem
dered in some connection with the war as
existing in the State OF Texas"
g. W T., Pleasantville, n. J.-Order No.
24l OF the Commissioner of Pensions
dated Sept. 2 1893, relative to invalid
pension under the act of June q. 1890
provides: In cases in which the pen
sioner has reached the age of IS his rate
shall not be disturbed if he is receiving
the maximum S12. and il he is not a Den-
sioncr, he shall receive the maximum for
senility alone, if there are no speciai
pensionable disabilities shown" A medi-
cal examination is required in all claims
for invalid pension.