The National tribune., 1899-11-09
PENSION POINTERS.
Inquiries Answered and Sugges-
tons Made.


III, ID. O., ST. Louis Noon appeal TO
the Secretary of the Interior it was decided
that attorneys should be recognized and
allowed a fee in the prosecution OF the
claims of deserted wives of Invalid PEN
SionerS for part pension, and that the acton
of Commissioner Evans in rufusing to
recognize attorneys in such claims was
erroneous.
S. f. D., Sinking Valley, Pd.-The
substitute Communication of $500 can be re-
covered only where the person was drafted
under the calls of February or March. 1854
and paid the communication, and was again
drafted under the call of Dec. 10, 1864,
and again paid the communication or en-
tered the service as drafted man.
E. A. s.. Piqud. O.-The act of July IL,
1862, provided for the payment to the
widow of a soldier dying in the service the
titled to had he served out his full term and
been honorably discharged. The act OF
March 3, 1865, provided for the payment
of S100 bounty TO widows in certain cases
where the soldier would not have been
entitled to any bounty. ;.
ID. K, TEXAS, Ky.-f You first applied
for pension under the general law before
July 1, 1880, and vet your general law
pension when allowed commenced only
from 1882. it would seem that perhaps you
did not get pension on the disability on
which You first based your claim, but on
or perhaps the Pension Bureau does not
consider that any. penslonabe disable
ment was shown prior to 1882.
j. FL. D., Zelda, Wdsh.-f your dis,
ability that was proven under the general
law was rated at only S4 per month (Which
would entitle to Sc per month from March
2, 1880, it would depend upon to what eX-
tent it entered into the determining OF
your present rate under the act of 1890
whether you could probably get under the
general law higher rating than You are
now drawing under the act of June p,
1S90-SS.
StdntoR.-The response to E. c. T., in
issue of Aug. 81, is evidently error. Re-
marriage of Mexican War widow before
Jan. %, 1887, is a bar to pension under the
law of that date. The act addresses itself
TO widows who have not remarked" See
decision reported in this issue in the matter
of Mexican War widows remarked after the
date of the act. Under the act of March 3,
1855, bounty land of $50 acres is allowed for
war service prior 10 the date of the act of not
less than IA days duration. or service in any
battle prior TO the date of the act.
Mexican Veterun.-The widows of
Mexican War soldiers and sailors are en-
titled 10 pension under the act of JAN 29,
1887, without regard 10 the date of marriage.
A. G. H., Detroit, Mich.-The testimony
of relatives is perfectly lawful in pension
claims, but is generally not accepted alone
if the testimony of other persons is obtain
able.
J. ". N, Salem, Mass-Order No. 229,
of June 10, 1898, with reference TO the
preparation of affidavits in pension cases,
was rescinded by Commissioner Evans in
1897. Nonew order on the subject has been
issued.
N. ID. NJ, Hustontolrn, Pat is i'm
possible to say what the rating would be
under the general law for "three-fourths"
disability. 1t is difficult to show to the
satisfaction of the Pension Bureau when
a claimant is fully "three-fourths' disabled.
The rate ought to be not less than S17.
There is no fixed rate for heart disease.
Six dollars is the lowest rate allowed under
the general law.
j. II. p, Eleyrille, Ark.-No bounty
was allowed for enlistments in the several
regiments of ~. S. Volunteers" made up
late in 1864 of Confederate deserters and
prisoners of war. According to the views
of the last Administration and of the
present Administration service in the Con-
federate army or navy is a bar to pension
under the act of June %, 1890.
f. f. ". Macon, Mo.-The act of March
3, 1899, means that unless a widow is mar
ried TO the soldier prior to March 3, 1899, or,
If since that date, prior to or during the sol
unless it is shown that they lived together
continuously from marriage until the SOL
dier's death. The date of marriage does
not affect a wife'S right TO part pension if
deserted by her husband, an invalid pen
sioner, or if he be in branch of the Ma
honal Home or in one of the State Homes.