The National tribune., 1899-09-28
PENSION POINTERS.
Inquiries Answered and Sugges.
tioHs Made.

b. B., Plant City, Fid.-If your claim is
Gnacr the act of June p, 1870, and has
been rejected on the alleged ground Of no
pcnSionable deglce OF q GsSilli,tN, tie Lest
way to get it reopenTd is to fie another q p
plcation.
F.. &. A, DickclJsgiIlf. MG.-If you only
claimed on the one wound il was evidently
Il mistake hi the Pension Bneau 10 iIciGCc
both wounds III the certificate issued On
3 Your first claim. If, however you sui SC
. 1uentlv. and before July /. 1880. cl; i:i:ed on
. the wound, the result would lie tie sane
as though you had alleged 10th Wouncs IL:
the first claim, as you would lie pc erly
. entitled TO Z rating on tie second WoGlG
from date OF discharge. j.
r.. Il. r.. Etsth,td. n. J.-Tfe Supreme
Court once ruled Il al n Cns;on is a 'gritig-
: ity' which the leg slatile lover nay take
away at any tin e. Of IoluSe, tie GomlIl!S-
sioner of tensions IS not Congress- as MI
Loeh:en WIS lemilGcd ly tie Cout
tJHdge Bradley, Sumeme Count, district Oh
Columbia) in the Long tase.
4. =. f., H,T;@y, -I1ch.-tEder The
present Interpretation OF Ii e:,t o! JUNG -
1S&0. an Acting Assistant Surgeon oi
"CoBtra,t Surgeon" is Leld not 10 lie en-
titled TO pension under Il e;tt. lie present
Administration sCstainS Il e Cleveland
Administration in this holding, reversing
the holding of tie Harrison AGnllHlst:i.-
ton.
j. B. ", Cdbool, Mo.-Ihc less Of an
eve is TIC loss ssiOIlC OF lie Gt.l pi
the eye-ball itself. Tie Iate. Tor loss oi
sight of an eye hes been ST. since December
q, 1891. ..--' ..
L. e. t., Ran,errillc, Ioara-Under:
the present construction OF tie act OF June
"a. 1880. :: wiGow having property worth
1920, and only SEQ in Gc!t, would lei
bereSarGed as emitted 10 ICHS.on EnCer ti-e
act.
K. ". p. Nciu Hi:sGsor. Cc!o-Yon
have Eeen misinfoinieG; Il ele is 40 eNtIs.
rating on aCi ount'Of age Un. er tic aci- oi
1896. Milat YOU lefer 10 is; ey itentjy TIE
decision OF 1887 kelu,rg iiti,t Il lie2H;:' :oi
invalid peris.o under II e act, wto i.le G.:
years Of axe or moe, $. all lie allowed ii
minimum s;.!e oi 50 o.. age ;liOi-c, unless o
unusually robust Eeaitl ...e
j. {. Il, Buron.-Having enliste'!
after July 21, 1861, and served less II ;.E
two yeas. You would Eot tc el;tittcd II
bounty, unless you wee ds1fa'ged tt-
cause or tie dose OF II c VIZ or to<aCSe Oi
wound or injrny incuned in hne of GutA.
j n. g., at. Fcf:lOa, iH.-lt IS pEo!i.-
bic that yol!r seoond claim l'nte er TIE act ol
1890 was me. .gel iii the allowance which
resulted f:om Your aEIcal on &c rCIot ca
of yoHr fist ci;.lu. Ratings LrsGGr tie act
of 1890 are not allowed on Ii c d5sabilitis;
claimed. but Oh tie inability 10 cam SUI
port by manual iahor. : 4
listment was pobably for cne year, ol;l.
1898 OF the bounty you re, e,ciVed ii .ts,!=
Hstment was United States lornty Tie
rest of the bounty money was local or Sale
bounty. loa camlot collect Il e !ctl.ly Il
second tine. even Trough -ycU md let
get the Ieneftof it, and il is late i'll Il day
TO seek redress OF tie person Wio you s; y
used the money.
". II. H., Burton W-Increase Of
pension or pensioncd disability cen II cIioos
ton had after the filing OF the application
for increase.
A. j j., WeslcyrilIe, Ky-If the sol
dier,s fatal disability originated in tie
service from which he deserted, tie widow
can obtain no pension uncer the general
law. If the disability originated i'll tie
service from which he received formal
discharge, it depends upon the facts
whether the widow can get pension UnGer
the general law without TIE Charge of de-
sertion Icing removed by TIE War DEPART
ment, and IL depends on the facts whether
the charge can he removed.
W: ID. H., L1tdiOr, Ft.-An appeal TO the |
Secretary of the Interior in a rejected case
may be in the form of letter describing TIE !
case and stating the facts. The successor
OF the deceased attorney would ordinarily
require the consent OF the claimants before
he could proceed with TIE prosecution of
their claims.
A. II. K, Clay City, W-The tele-
graphic order of the War Department May |
., 1865, under which you were discharged, |
was simply one of the numerous special |
orders for the muster-out of volunteers.
j. ". r.. PGoId, KGH.-See reply to |
j. c. H., above. Children are not entitled |
to pension under any law, no matter what |
their condition, unless under 10 at the date |
OF the soldiers death; and 10 obtain pension !
under the act of June ~, 1890, they must |
be under is at date Of application. The |
pension (S10l can be renewed to tEe imbecile |
child for which tie mother drew pension. |
provided tie condition of tie child is such |
that he could do no effective work for |
living.
c. r.. bradford. N. Y.-If Your claim |
was in the Board of Review for settlement |
on Jnly ? last you should hear from it soon. |
The delay il your claim Las cen ye,y |
slight. considering tie lest evidence was |
fled last April.