The National tribune., 1900-08-02
PENSION POINTERS.
Inquiries Answered and Sugges-
ti0ns Made.

W. II. s., Wheatland. Pa.-lf you can
get any pension at all under the general
law. on the disability not covered by your
general law certificate. you can get 1t
from the date you first filed application on
said disability under the general law.
An application for reratlng would not Sc
cure any further consideration of your
claim on said disability. 1t is possible
that by applying under act of June =,
1890. as amended by the act of May ..
1900. the said disability would be included
and secure you 81 per month, 81 more
than you are now receiving
G. B. W, WelIsbridge, n. Y.-Senate
bill No. 14T7, to which you refer, has be
come the pension act of May 9, 1900,
which you have doubtless seen printed IN
full in recent issue. The new law
makes no substantial change in the law of
1890 as regards claimants OF lnValld pen
sion. If an application for for invalid pen
sion under the act of 1890 was pending
when the act of May 8 was enacted, 1t
appears now to be held that no new ap-
plication is necessary to secure the Dement'S
of the new act. .
I. B.. Garden, O.-Pcrhaps an appii-
cation for rcrating of pension from date
of reduction would secure consideration of
the case. You are only one of thousands
reduced in 1S93-4-5 that have failed to get
Justice, The new act of May y, 1JOu,
amounts to nothing on the vital issue,
viz, the system of rating under the act OF
June 81. 1890.
W. III. p. Anna, Ill.-Thc widow can
get the charge of desertion removed at
the War Department if the soldier him
self could if living. Whether the charge
can be removed will depend upon the
facts. 4 general act of March ,, 1899,
covers n variety of cases.
]. II. b., Mohawk. n. H.-The law
hot
sion bore date subsequent TO June ID,
1868, the strength of the organization
must have entitled it to an officer of his
rank. to permit of his muster-out.
d. c.. Burlington, lnd.-See reply to D.
B. Garden, Ohio, above.
w. J. r., Wilmington, Del.-Ihe U.
S. Government never gave or offered TO
give as much as $500 bounty for colored
volunteers The highest was S400.
G. III. S.-See reply to ]. B., Garden,
O.. above. The Commissioner could le-
gally restore your former rate without ad-
ditional evidence or medical examination
if, in his opinion, the evidence in the case
warranted such action.
E. B. p. Goodrich, Kan.-You are at
liberty to file general law application on
further additional disability not covered
by your general law certificate If you
establish the former claim on other addI-
tional disability, as well as the claim you
wish to add, you will not lose any of the
arrears back TO date of filing the former
application. But it is no simple matter
to furnish satisfactory evidence to estab-
lish general law claim tracing back over
80 years, especially if the disability is
claimed on for the first time at this late
day.
J. E., Louisville, Ill.-An appeal may
be withdrawn at any time. Probably
you need not withdraw your appeal, but
file a new claim for increase. Pension
applicants who apply in person for medl-
cal examination at the Pension Bureau
are referred to one of the local boards in
Washington. Your attorney should be
able to advise you best.
E. G., Jersey City, n. 1.-The New
York troops guarding Confederate prison
ers at Elmira in 1864 were in Z. S. serv-
ice. and they and their widows or chill
dren come under the general pension law
as well as the act of June p, 1890, and
recent new act.
ii. F., Waterville, Minn.-Applcation
for truss should be made to the Sur
geon- General, U. S. A, Washington, d.
c." through an Examining Surgeon of
the Pension Bureau.
n. p, Providence, Ky.-The recent
change in the law as to travel-pay of dis
charged soldiers is not retroactive. 1t
takes effect only from date and does not
apply to soldiers already discharged.
J. L. H., Steubenvile, O.-The com
fHOe VINO Is pptliIlS GU per lol
the same disability rs yours and possibly
in not so severe form is evidently pen
stoned as Captain, whereas you are pen
stoned as an enlisted man. There is no
fixed rate for disabilities such as varicose
veins. You can 20 to SIT, after which
the next higher rate is S24, then $50, then
$3G, then $50 and S72, if your disability
is regarded as warranting the rate.
4. G. p, Milwaukee, Wis.-The Com
missioner of Pensions does not furnish
copies of reports of Examining Surgeons.
d. Z. L., Denyer.-If you enlisted in
August, 1861. for three years, and have
already received $500 U. S. bounty, there
Is no further U. S. bounty TO which you
are entitled.
G. V. D.. jamestown, \. D.-Widow' S
pension granted under the. general law
under the act of June 81, 1890, or recent
amendatory act, it dates from filing appli-
cation.
Il. B. A., Locksburg-What you have
reference to benefits only soldiers in war
service since April 26, 1898 mot 1897
C. p. N, Warsaw, Ind.-It is more
than likely that your act of 1880 pension
will date only from the filing of the last
application, though if you have an extra
etrong case the allowance may date back
to former application.
i. H., Prairie City, Ore.-For loss of
a hand and total deafness Of an ear the
rate of invalid pension under the general
law would be but $50, the same as if the
only disability was loss of hand; because
the next higher rate would be S3G, for
amputation of the arm above the elbow
or total disability of the arm, or $50 for
disability requiring frequent and periodi-
cal aid and attendance OF another person.
Work Of the Pension cfice.