The National tribune., 1899-06-08
PENSION POINTERS.
Inquiries Answered and Susges-
tions tlaGc.

IAN communications for this column should
r. accompanied by the true name and correct
address of the inquirer. The reply. however.
will be marked rs may be desired Noattcntion
viii be given to anonymous inquiries. If no re-
ply is printed within six weeks. write a:ain.l
II. F., Orrick, Mo.-An original
Issue of pension would be the first issue of
pension to the claimant; increase and al
ditionaf' would be the allowance OF higher
rate under another law; reissue would be
the Issuance Of a new certificate to correct
some clerical error or other mistake, or
even to include additional disability; res
toratioa and renewal would be the transfer
of the pensioner from ore law back to the
law under which he had formerly drawn
pension, as, from the act of 1890 back to
the general law, the claimant having been
pensioned at first under the general law and
then transferred to the act of 1890; "dupli-
cate would he the issuance of n new PEN
sion certificate to take the place of one lost:
Supplemental would be tie granting of
pension under another law than that under
which the claimant is now penSioacd, but
for a certain period only, as, the granting
of pension under the act of 1890 for a period
antedating the commencement of the
claimants pension under the general law;
accrued pension is that due pensioner
from date of last payment 10 date of his
death, which is payable to the widow or
children under 16 years upon application
and proofs made to the Commissioner of
I Teil.::o.IiS.
C. G., MorriscnriIe, W.-It is fiction
created by the last Administration that
invalid pension under the act OF june p,
1890, is granted not for disablement for the
performance OF manual labor, but for in
ability to earn support by manual labor.
This fiction is retained with many other
things by the present Administration, and
that is the reason why your certificate
issued under the act of 1850 says you are
pensioned for partial inability to earn
support by manual labor" and does not
mention specifically the causes that make
up the diSablement that constitutes your
partial inability to earn a support by
manual labor" Probably all your Gs-
abilities have been taken into considera-
ton, although as you drew oaly SIS under
the general law 1t is quite likely that the
Pension Bureau does not consider that you
are pensioEably disabled under the act of
1890 on account of the wounds for which
you have been pensioned under the gen.
eral law. You are not obliged to accept
the act of 1890 pension, but as it allows you
a higher rate apparently, and you do not
forfeit your rig ght to reclaim your general
law pension at any time, it would seem to
be to your advantage to accept the act of
1890 pension at present. You can not
have two pensions covering the same period
that is TO say, you can not keep the SIS
per month you have been drawing since
November, 1892, and have in addition the
peIiSlUn allowed ullleT llle dct Oh lSJt,
covering the same period, but you are ell
titled to the difference in the rates for the
period from the date from which your $40
rate under the act of 1890 commences.
A. E. H., Marlboro, Vt.-See reply to
c. G., above. You are rated SO low under
the act of 1890, Notwithstanding your dis
abilities, because the policy of the last Ad-
ministratlc1 in the construction of the act
of 1890 is retained by the present Admin
istration, notwithstanding that it is the
identical policy which was so vigorously
condemned and was the means of the caus-
ing of so much hardship in 1S93-'4-'5,
through the reduction and dropping of the
pensions of old soldiers. Under the prac-
tice which has prevailed for the last six
years, the ratings applicable to invalid
pension under the general law do not apply
to the act of June 27, 1890.
Fl. S. L., MilU1ukee, Visit is i'm
possible to identify the decision referred to
relating to Missouri militia of the war of the
rebellion. No new decision has been rem
dered on this question by the present As
sistant Secretary of the Interior. The
ruling allowing applicants for invalid PEN
sion under the act Of June 81, 1890, the full
rate OF S12 if as years of age, was made by
Commissioner Lochren, Sept. 2, 1893 {order
No. 241), not by the present Administra-
ton.
j. II: N, Bernardston, Mass.-No one
is entitled to admission to any of the
branches of the National Home for Dis
abled Volunteer Soldiers unless he can show
that he is Incapable of earning living in
consequence of disability not incurred in
service against the United States. Write
to the Governor of the nearest branch of
the Home for blanks, etc.
j. M. B., Springboro, OFF there is
record of the soldiers enlistment in the
U. S. service, and the disability was in
CURED in line of duty, it does not matter
whether or not he was ever mustered He
could only be mustered now by special act
Of Congress.
j. NJ, Neao Wauerly, Te1.-If the wife
Is undiyorced and Of good repute, and is
deserted by her husband, and is in neces-
sltous circumstances, it seems that under
the act of March 3, 1899, she can claim one
half of her husbands pension, no matter
how excellent his reasons may be for leav-
ing her.
". C. F.-As the guardian of the pen
eloner could execute the vouchers and draw
the pension money only upon proper au-
thority from the Commissioner of PEN
sions, it is probable III the present instance
that such authority has been obtained
1t Is not clear upon what ground pension is
denied in the other case you mention. If
the soldier receive a formal release of any
sort from the scr ice, he is entitled to pen
sion under the G neral law on account of
disability incurred III line of duty.