The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1900-12-20
PENSION POINTERS.
Inquiries Answered and Sugges=
lions Made.

| ]. B. O'N.-The act Of May Q, 1900
amending the act of June 81. 1890, plain
| ly provides that to be entitled under the
| act a widow must be without means OF
support other than her daily labor, and
| her income from sources other than heI
| daily labor shall not exceed $3.50 year
The children will not be entitled during
the lifetime or widowhood of the mother
If she should die or remarry while they
are still under 16 they could then apply
! under the act and receive pension until
becoming 16. 1t is not the widows in
come that debars the children, but the
fact that she is still living and unmarried
S. Il. b., Sweetwater, Mo.-Under the
| general pension laws, age or disability
from age cannot be considered in deter
mining the rate of pension; only disabil-
| ity due to service and line of duty can be
taken into consideration. Under the act
Of June q, 1890, all disabilities not due
to vicious habits are considered.
III. S.-The inquiries addressed by the
have personal knowledge of the facts
touching the merits of the claim" mean
that the Pension Bureau has addressed
| letters of inquiry to your witnesses not
| heretofore canyassed in the same man
ner, TO see if they will stand by that TO
| which they have sworn in aildavits row
on file. The trouble is, apparently, that
| anu OLltTS SDUltllIHtS D'tSt lIelE
| testimony on their belief as to the facts
| in the case and their confidence in the
| claimants statements, rather than upon
| their own personal knowledge and recOl-
! lection of the facts to which they have
subscribed their names and made oath.
Il. W., Niles, Ohio.-Ordinarily an in
crease claim on pensioned disability should
| be heard from within six months after
medical examination.
q. w. E., Cleveland, Ohio.-If your
second enlistment in February, 1864, was
for three years, and you were not a draft
ed man or substitute, you should have
| been enrolled as a veteran and received
the veteran bounty, having previously
| served nine months or more and been hon
orably discharged.
y. H., Port Jervis, y. Y.-If the sol
der left the service without discharge be-
fore May /, 1865, he must show that dur
| ing the entire period after the record of
desertion, until the expiration Of his term
or the muSter-out of his regiment, he was
| physically unable to return to his com
! mand or to report to the nearest military
authority. Otherwise he cannot obtain
an honorable discharge, unless, perhaps,
he returned to the service by enlistment
| into another organization.
w. NJ, Clemens, IOwa.-The Board of
Pension Appeals of the Interior Depart
ment is now about two years behind with
its work. At this rate the appeal in your
| case will not be reached till May or June
of 1901. You should have received from
the Assistant Secretary Of the Interior a
formal acknowledgement of the appeal,
giving its docket number. If this has not
been received by either yourself or your
attorney the matter should be looked into.
j. w. X, Perry, Iowa.-A widow-pen-
siOner cannot transfer her pension to any
one on her rcmarriage. The children un-
] dor 1t mn flo Dnulic1 tinn N
in their own right after the widows re-
marriage.
Il. L., Madison, Ind.-A widow can
draw dependent mothers pension if her
son died of disability due to service and
line of duty. For disability from disease
incurred in service and line Of duty as
| high rate of pension as So per month
may be drawn under the general pension
| law.
| n. X, Eaton, Ohio.-Your attorney
| should be able to ascertain the status at
the Pension Bureau of your claim for in
crease of general law pension on disability
not covered by your pension certificate.
If not, probably your member of Congress
can ascertain for you how the case stands
1t is quite probable, in view of the allow
ance Of increase on pensioned disability.
that the claim as TO disability not covered
by the certificate was rejected at the same
time.
Il. ~ ~, MllleGSDuTS, OnlO.-Dfdfted
men and their widows and children are en-
titled 10 pension under the act of June
q, 1890, and the amcndatory act of May
8, 1900, tie law making no distinction
between volunteers and drafted men.
l.. Il. Tiff the soldiers death is due
to disability not incurred in service and
line of duty, the widow can draw pension
only under the act OF June ~, 1890. as
amended by the act of May 8, 1900. The
rate is uniformly So per month, with 81
additional for each child under 1G. If the
widow has an actual net income in excess
of $3.50 per annum from sources other
than her own labor she would not be en-.
titled to any pension.
Old Veteran, Clarksburg, Pa-Unless
you are drawing SD under the act of juno
81, 1890, and believe that you can gel
So or more under the general law on nc.
count of disability due to service and line
of duty, it will hardly be to your advan.
tage to change back to the general law
again. Your present pension under The
act of 1880 would not be stopped until il
was ascertained that you We're entitled tC
a higher rate under the general law than
under the act of 1890.
This VIII Interest Manu.