The National tribune., 1900-11-01
PENSION POINTERS.
Inquiries Answered and Sugges'
tiOns Made.

B. P, North Bradley, Mich.-If the sol
dier had served faithfully for six months
or more prior to May l, 1865, the charge
of desertion (going home without a dis
charged can be removed and an honorable
discharge secured under the act of March
2, 1889.
I. W., ST. Louis, Mo.-If the soldier
dies leaving pension claim pending, with
no widow or children under IL surviving
him, his claim may be completed by the
person paying or responsible for the eX-
penses of last illness and burial, the assets
of the soldier being insufficient to cover
such expenses. In a widows case, if no
children under IL survive, the claim may
be completed in like manner.
B. v, Helvetia, W. Va.-You evident
ly applied for pension under the act of
June 81, 1890, in addition to applying for
increase under the general law on disabil-
ity not covered by your pension certificate.
Or perhaps you misunderstood the char
acter of your claim. Your rights under
the general law are not forfeited by the
recent allowance under the act of 1890.
You are at liberty to continue to prosecute
your general law claim. OF course you
cannot draw two pensions at the same
time, but as the rate allowed you under
the act of 1890 is higher than your gen
eral law rate, it is to your interest to ac-
cept the 1890 act pension for the present.
J. T. H, Ashley, Mo.-When an attor
ney is disbarred from practice before the
Pension Bureau, all legal fees in claims
complete as to proofs at the time of his
disbarment will be duly certified to him
and paid in the usual manner. He prob
ably has no right under the law to accept
fees direct from claimants that are otli-
cially denied him under his disbarment.
list you refer to probably has reference
to the retired list of the army, navy and
marine corps. The third grade" invalid
pension rating under the general law is
S24 per month for disabement equivalent
in degree to the loss of a hand or foot.
The first rating of the third grade might
mean the date from which a third grade
rating was made TO commence.
A. G.. J., Edgar, Neb-Your rejected
general law pension claim may be allowed
to lie as long as you wish before you try
to do anything more with it. If your
proof is IS strong as you can possibly
make it, perhaps it would be well for you
to take an appeal to the Secretary of the
Interior. All evidence is supposed to be
considered in the settlement of n pension
claim, whether secured by Special EX-
aminer or by claimant. Date of marriage
does not affect widows pension title ur-l
der the general law. If an invalid pen
sioners check comes after his death, au
thority may be obtained from the Audi
tor for the Interior Department for the
widow or other heir to sign the check.
Subscriber, Springerton, n.-If you
erred in stating your general law pension
claim, the proper course is to file your
sworn statement of the facts and substan-
tiate it by as strong evidence as you can
procure.
n. E. s., Henry, S. D.-As the regi-
ment referred to served less than year,
the soldier was evidently not entitled to
receive the full $100 bounty under the act
of July 4, 1864. He received S66.66 boun-
~ during his service, which is all the boun-
ty that was due. If the soldiers death
can be proven due to the service and line
of duty, his widow can obtain pension un-
der the general law for the period of her
notwithstanding that applica
ton is not made till after remarriage.