The National tribune., 1900-07-12
PENSION POINTERS.
Inouiries Answered and Sugges'
tions Made.

T. r.. West Lafayette, Ind.-Iou cam
not collect interest on arrears OF pay
communication of rations, bounty. etc, from
the Government.
Old Subscriber.-The act of March is,
1896. provides: THAT in considerinG
claims filed under the pension laws. the
death of an enlisted man or officer Shall
he considered as sufficiently proved II
satisfactory evidence is produced eStao-
fishing the act of the continued and uneX-
plained absence of such enlisted man or
officer from his home and family for n
pcriod of seven years, during which PERIOD
no intelligence of his existence shall have
been received. And any pension granted
under this act shall cease upon proof that
such officer or enlisted man Is still living.
1t is held that lit is not the mere fact or
absence out of which death Is to he pre-
sumed. whether the time be long or short,
hut that the facts attending such absence
must be such that the absence OF the
Marty cannot be accounted for on any other
theory than that of death" In the case
mentioned. unless the widow can produce
positiye proof of the soldiers death, II
would seem that she could do nothing even
about collecting the accrued pension due
him until seven years have elapsed since
he was last heard from. When widow
pensioner remarries. with children of the
soldier still under IT, Il claim must be
made for the children and the pension
granted them, payable to Il duly-appont-
ed guardian. The 50 additional per month
allowed the widow on account of such
child ceases with the rest of the pension
on her rCniarriage.
G. W. H.. Round Prairie. 1ll.-The rate
of pension of Il child whose pension Is con
tinued beyond the age of 16, under the
permanently helpless" clause of the act
of 1890, would be the same as the widow
would have been entitled 10 receive if ilv-
ing.
NJ. L., Santa Ana. GAIA claim should
not ordinarily be in the Board of Review
of the Pension Bureau for more than 4
month That your claim was there IN
April last and you have not since heard
from it would seem to indicate that 1t was
deemed incomplete in some respect and
has been returned from the Board for fur
ther evidence or information of some sort.
In time you may learn what the trouble
is, but probably you best ask your Sena-
tor or Representative to inquire for you.
J. S. X, Liberty, Pa.-Thcre is no diff
ference at all between a second grade"
pension and full second-grade" pension.
1t is the $50 rate of pension under the
general law for total inability TO perform:
any manual labor whatever. The BOARD
of Pension Appeals Is apparently about
two years behind with current work. 1t
is impossible TO state what the numbers;
were of the last appeals considered. The
appeals are taken up i'll groups or blocks
and distributed to the members of the
Board for consideration, hut observation:
indicates that little information can be
derived from a knowledge of the numbers
of the group supposed to be under consid
Grafton. as to when a certain appeal vii;
likely be reached. You understand. of
course. that the Secretary of the Interior
personally has little to do with the consd
GRAFTON of individual appealed cases.
]. r.. Greenleaf. Kan.-Apparently yon
claimed increase on account of pensioned
disability not covered by your pension GER
tificate. If you cannot obtain the evi-
dence required to prove the latter claim,
you may request that your claim for E-
crease on pensioned disability be settled
irrespective of The other claim.