The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1898-10-27

G. W. s., Washington. is not true
that any law has been passed prohibiting
the granting OF pension to any soldiers
IF the rebellion who are married after July,
1898"
A. r. s., Preston Hollow, N Y.-When a
pension claimant desires to go before some
other Board of Examining surgeons than
that before which he has been ordered, he
should return the order to the Pension
Bureau, stating the fact and reason. Your
attorney should be able 10 advise you In
such ma tiers.
a. B., Charlottesville, Ind. Partial deaf
ness of both ears is rated under the general
law at from IS to SIT per month"; according
to the degree of deafness.
j. c. T., ArcOla, Ill.-By accepting pen
sion commencing from the date OF the filing
of your last application under the act oil
June q, 1890 you do not forfeit Or waive
your right to contest the action of the Pen
sion Bureau in refusing to commence the
| pension from the filing of your first appll-
cation under the act of 1890. You are at
liberty.to appeal to the Secretary OF the
Interior from the action refusing to rate
| you from first application.
G. w. W., McCune, Kant is true that
there are many instances of unusual delay
in action on pension appeals filed in the
| Interior Department. Your attorney can
probably ascertain the special reason, il
any, for delay. Probably there is no spec
I fdt IedSOu cACCpI tHdL OH SOiuC paw Va Viz
| work or on some class of cases the Depart
| ment is greatly in arrears.
Mrs. j. C., New Orleans, La.-When pen
| sion claimants are in destitute circum-
| stances their claims may be made special
| in the Pension Bureau or the Interior De-
partment if the facts are shown by the
sworn testimony of the claimant and that
OF at least one other person. Five months
Is not an unusually long time to wait fina
action of the Pension Bureau after all the
proofs are filed. Ordinarily it is more than
six months before final action is taken.
j. r., James town, n. DIDO not looh
for early action by the Pension Bureau or
any pension claim. 1t is better to be prepared
for long delay. and so be agreeably surprisec
| If by some chance early action is taken
An inquiry by a Senator as to the status
OF your case may forward action, but the
Pension Bureau at present seems disposed
| to take its own time.
c. E., Buckeye w. Va.-See reply to j
r., above. The rating for rupture unde
the general law is So or $40, according t.
the extent OF the rupture.
j. G.. c.. New Haven, COnn.-The pen
son law provides that dependent parents
| shall be entitled only in the event Of the
soldier having left surviving him neithe
widow nor minor child. The law Is plair
| as to this, however great the hardship
may work IN many easesn 1t IS held nov
that the title of children5o pension unde
| the act OF June -, lf33, - dependent upof
the legal widow being deceased or re. re
married, and that It does not affect tht
vital question if the5widow is not hcrsel
| entitled to pensionlunder the act OF 1891
because Of not having been married to the
soldier before the date of the act. 1t is
held that a quarterly pension voucher
may legally be executed on the = 4th.
whether that day falls on a Sunday o
legal holiday or not.
j. r., Glencoe, Ky-What you probably
have reference to is the Board of Pension
Appeals of the Interior Department, which
is under the immediate supervision OF the
Assistant Secretary Of the interior. 4
letter addressed tofthe Secretary of the
Interior, stating the objections to the ac