The National tribune., 1899-06-01
PENSION POINTERS.
Inquiries Answered and Sugges=
tons Made.

Ian communications for this column should
tenccompanicd by the true name and correct
o, fes BE-
Will bc given to anonymous inquiries IL no re-
ply is printed within six weeks. write again.l
W. J. H., Exeter, Neb.-H in conse-
quence of disability of service origin an
invalid pensioner under the general law
is wholly unable TO perform any sort oI
manual labor his rate of pension shouid
be $50 per month If the degree OF ms
disablement is not quite so great, ne
should have S24 per month. The mere
fact that he is drawing S22 on account OF
deafness, and has other severe dlsaolh-
ties. would not entitle him to S24 or $50
W. F. D., National Military Home, ONO.
Section 4757, Revised Statutes, as
amended by the act of Dec %, 1885, pro
yides Every disabled person who has
served in the Navy OF Marine Corps as an
enlisted man or petty officer, OF both, TO-
period not less than 10 years, ana not
been discharged for misconduct, may ap
ply to the Secretary of the Navy 1or alo
from the surplus income OF the naval
pension fund; and the Secretary OF the
Navy is authorized to convene poard oi
not less than three naval officers, one OF
whom shall be a Surgeon, TO examine lnto
the condition of the applicant, and to
recommend a suitable amount Tor MS re
lief, and for specified time, and upon the
aDDTDyaI OF SuCn ~
Secretary of the Navy, and certlncdte
thereof to the Commissioner of Pensions,
the amount shall be paid in the same
manner as is provided in the preceding
section for the payment to persons us
abled by long service i'll the navy; put no
allowance so made shall exceed the rate
of a pension for full disability core
spending to the grade of the applicant,
nor, if in addition to pension, eHSrsu ~
ole-fourth the rate of such pension. me
allowance is paid through the Coninis
si0ner of Pensions. rh.
J. H. p, Columbus City, 1owa.Iihe ne
grand total' of pension claims wouiu y.
u ,derStOod as meaning the totai huio
of pension claims of all sorts. ,,,
w. H. NJ. Bellefonte, Paine chlidien
of a marriage contracted by the soidler
after June 26 1890, are held not 10 De e. a
titled to pension under the act oil june 80
1890. The widow would, however De en-
titled TO complete the soldiers cam IAN
under the act of 1890; or, if he was pen
sioner under the act, to receive tne ac
crued pension due from date OF last pay
ment to date of his death
A. b.. Akron, O.-As you are now draw
ing pension, your old claim under '.e .e
general law, even thougn nieu oNel o'
wears ago, will be identified by your pen
sion certificate number, all your papers
being kept together under one number.
Mrs. j. c., Hoboken, n. J.-Io De en-
titled to pension under the general law
a child, no matter what Its cohuiuuii'
must have been under the age OF 10 at tne
date of the soldiers death. If the Sol
dier's death cannot be shown to be due
to the service and line of duty, the cnlia
can claim under the act OF June ~, iooV'
If under 16 at date of filing application.
E. T. S., Rhea Springs, Tenn.-See the
decision in case of RhOda A. Gass as 10
matter of widows title under the act oi
.,H
of April q. 1t has always been heid tnat
a widow is not entitled under the act oil
June q, 1890, if her income, wholly apart
from her own exertions and not the con
tributions of persons not legaily Douhu
for her support, is sufficient tor her 10
live on comfortably.
J. NJ, National Military Home, Marion,
Ind.-The matter concerning which you
write might be rectified by special act OF
Congress, if you can establish your ale,
cation, otherwise the record is perpetual
bar.
A R.K., Clay City, Ill.-H there is no
record of your disability in the service, and
you cannot furnish any medical evidence
of its existence in the service or immedi- :
ately after your discharge, you should
furnish all the testimony you can OF COM
rades who have personal knowledge OF the
facts.
J. d. L., Bassett, b.-Ordinarily,
month or SO after all responses are in from
letters of inquiry addressed by the Bu-
reau to parties supposed to have personal
knowledge of the facts touching the mer-
it's OF the claim. If the responses re-
ceived are unsatisfactory, in all prot
ability additional evidence will be called
for.
G. ID. A., Long Pine, Neb.-If the SOL
dier's death be due to disability incurred
in the service and line of duty, the widow
is entitled to pension under the general
law, even though she was married to the
soldier since June 27, 1880. The children
of the soldier are not entitled in place of
the widow because of her being a second
wife.
j. NJ. b., La Rue, O.-There is no such
hing as suing thu Government for an
honorable discharge. II the case does not
come under the general law for the cor
'ection of records of the War Department
and Issuing Of honorable discharges to
soldiers of the war of the rebellion, the
only recourse is to Congress. You will
have to keep trying in Congress if your
case does not come under the general act
Of March 2, 1899
j. b. W.-Apparentiy you refer to pen
sions by special act of Congress. If you
obtain pension by special act, il will
commence only from the date of the ap-
prOval OF the act by the President. You
cannot OBTAIN any arrears, but you are at
ilberty TO continue to prosecute your claim
under the general law, and if you can es-
tablish the claim, obtain arrears
Is. +. W., Portsmouth, n. H.-The ac-
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