The National tribune., 1900-12-13
PENSION POINTERS.
Inquiries Answered and Sugges=
tons Made.

T. d.. Quaker Springs, n. Y.-The
bounty payable on discharge for "eNplra-
ton of term of service" in the war of the
rebellion depended in great degree upon
the term for which the soldier mad en-
listed.
w. III. J., Brookfield Mo.-Al in
creases on pensioned dlsabllity must com com
mence from date of medical examination
had since the filing of the application. Il he
fact that your. claim was reopened by the
Pension Bureau after your appeal 10 the
Secretary of the Interior Will not deoar
YOU from further appeal if the claim Is
again rejected after the investigation re-
Gently made by Special Examiner.
A. S., New York City.-Evidently the
general law rate of invalid pension for
loss of an eye. or loss of sight of an eye,
is based upon the belief that a person can
see about as much with one eye as with
two eyes, whereas in case of the loss OF
an arm or leg the actual disqualification
for manual labor is very great.
III. p. DeSoto. Mo-If a mistake was
made in the original application or at any
stage of the case, as to the date when a
disability originated, it can be corrected
by the affidavit of the claimant
]. NJ. Knoxville, Mo.-If in spite of
the evidence you furnished to substantiate
your claim it was nevertheless rejected af-
Ter special examination on the ground that
YOU had not furnished any evidence that
substantiated your claim, ii is possible
that your witnesses when questioned by
the Special Examiner were so uncertain
as to their actual personal knowledge or
recollection of the material facts as TO
destroy the value of their testimony. You
can furnish additional testimony, and if
the claim is rejected again, or, what Is
the same thing, the Pension Bureau de-
clinpS to reopen the case, you can again
appeal to the Secretary of the Interior.
]. c., Blaine Wash-If You are dissat-
isfied with the decision rendered by the
Secretary of the Interior and consider II
contrary to the facts and the evidence,
YOU are privileged to file a motion for re-
consideration with the Secretary If you
have a private pension bill introduced i'll
Congress the committee to which the bill
is referred will in due time call on the
Pension Bureau for all the evidence IN
your case The general law pension rate
for nearly total deafness of both ears is
$27.
A. L.. Butler, nl.-If you were actually
and properly re-enlisted as veteran VOL
unteer you should have received the vet
eran bounty. the same as was allowed to
your comrades If there is error IN your
record and the War Department will not
correct the same on your application, per-
hans YOU can secure ! correction by spe-
cial act of Congress.
E. F. IA record Of desertion from
an enlistment entered upon since the close
of the war of the rebellion would not be
a bar to pension under the act of June u,
1890. on account of service in the war of
the rebellion Under q decision of the
Secretary of the Interior, dated Nov. -,
1898, general law pension may be OBJ
tanned on account of disability incurred
in service under an enlistment entered
upon subsequent to the record of deser-
ton, provided that the disability was not
incurred until after the time when the
term of enlistment from which the soldier
deserted would have expired
W. A c., De Queen, Ark.-It does not
necessarily follow that because 4 pension
claim has been rejected on the ground of
no pensionable disability or no increase of
pensioned disability, that the medical eX-
animation in the case was unfayorable.
The Pension Bureau very frequently dis
regards the favorable recommendations of
Examining Surgeons, holding that the
statements in the official reports of the
Surgeons do not justify the recommended
tons. The fairer way to do in such cases
would be for the Pension Bureau to seek
further information from the Surgeons,
but such does not seem to be the general
practice. If you have furnished all the
testimony you can to show your disabled
condition you will be justified in appealing
to the Secretary of the Interior from the
rejection by the Pension Bureau.
e. B. J., St Louis, Mo.-The fact that
the father draws a pension would not de
bar the mother from obtaining pension on
account of their son who died from disa-
bility incurred in the service in the war
with Spain.
Mrs. L. B. T., Ripleyville, Ohio.-Vet-
eran volunteers who after re-enlstment
were promoted TO the grade of commits
stoned officer were entitled only to such
installments of the veteran bounty OF 500
as accrued before their promotion.