The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1898-03-17

classified as reissues in the Pension
Bureau Owing to the continuation of the
construction put upon the acts of June u
1850. and March 6, 1896, by the last Admin
iStration, comparatively few lnNaiid pen
sion claims allowed under the act of 1890,
after having been rejected on first appllca-
ton, commence the pension farther back
| than the date of filing of the last applica-
ton. When soldier, under any circum-
stances, enlisted a second time without
having a discharge from the first enlist
ment, he cannot obtain pension under the
act of June 27, 1890, unless the War De-
partment will remove the charge of deser-
ton from the first enlistment.
o. l.. NJ, Santa Fe, n. M.-tnder section
47l5 REVISED Statutes, no one can draw
two pensions; that is, draw one pension
on account Of say, the late war, and at the
same time draw in addition pension on
account of the Mexican war.
j. T., National Military Home, Na.-There
appears 10 be no law or regulation govern
ing the matter of attorneys fees for procur-
ing naval service pension under sections
1861, Revised Statutes. The matter of
attorney.
T.. H.-lf upon report of the death of his
first wife the solder married again, and at
his death the first wife was found to be
still living and undivorced the second wife
would not be regarded by the Pension Blu
reau as the legal widow.
+. ID. NJ, Maple Ridge, Mich.
under the act of June p, 1850, is not al
lowed in addition TO pension under the gen
eral law. For instance, a person penSlOned
under the general law at Sc and subse
quently granted pension under the act of
1890 at say. S. cannot draw the SO and the
SIS, but only an increase OF 81 Tor the period
where the two pensions overlap, and So
thereafter
G. p, Fort Dodge, KANT is only the
Soldiers Home (for Regulars) at Washing
ton, ID. c., that now alluwS outside relief to
persons entitled to be inmates. The several
branches of the Nat onal Home for Disabled
Volunteer Soldiers do not grant outside re-
lief. The State Homes, maintained by the
several States, have regulations more or
less varying. full information as to which
can be aScertalned by addressing the
proper authorities. If IA person has nus
band or wife Living and undiVorced. he or
she cannot he regarded as the legal hus-
band or wife of another. Only the legal
wife of a soldier is entitled to recognition as
his widow under the pension laws.
\. l.. W., Sardinia, OF Mess the sol
dier'S death could be shown to be due to
his service and the line OF DUTY, his chill
dren under Is at his death would not he en-
titled TO pension unless they applied before
becoming &C.
}. 5. N, TerTe Haute. Ind-The rate of
invalid pension under the general law for
total deafness of one ear is sic per month,
but whether "A claimant already penSioned
at S1i would be rated at S24 if total deafness
OF one ear we're added to his pens oned d s.
abilities, would depend upon his combined
dISa Element from causes OF proved service
origin being, in the view of the Pension
Bureau, equivalent in degree TO the loss of
a hand or foot.
July 4, 1884, provides: 8 Any agent or at
torney or other person instrumental in
prosecuting any CLAIM for pension or
bounty-land, who shall, directly or indi-
rectly, contract for, demand, or receive or
retain any greater compensation for his
services or instrumental ~ in procuring a
claim for pension or bounty-,and than is
herein provided, or who shall wrongfully
withhold from a pcnsioner or claimant the
whole or any part OF the pension or claim
allowed and due sush pensioner or claim
ant, or the land warrant issued 10 any
such claimant, shall be deemed guilty OF a
miSdemednor, and upon conviction thereof
shall, for every such oTense, be fined not
exceeding $500 or imprisoned at hard labor
not exceeding two years. or both, n the
discretion of the court" The attorneys
lee in a pension claim is payable on the
order of the Commissioner Of Pensions
through the L. S. Pension Agent paving
the PENS Gil, but not unless the attorney
was the duly recognized attorney of record
in the case.
A. b. c., Deweyville, O.-The rate Of
widows pension under theessneral law is
not dependent upon the rate allowed the
solder himself. If married to. tie sold er
before March 10, 1885. her rate would be SIP,
with 81 additional for each child under 1G
j. H, St. Paul, Minn.-See replies to G.
i. and T. j. r., above
II. NJ, Cleveland, O.-Men drafted dur
ing the late war were allowed to furnish
substitutes, and latterly they were allowed
topay $500 Communication in lieu of substi-