The National tribune., 1901-05-02
PENSION POINTERS.
Inquiries Answered and Sugges
tiOns Made.

II. S. G.. Wampum, Pa.-The act of
March 8, 1891, divided the various L. ).
Pension Agencies into three groups, each
group paying in different months.
+. ID. c.. Syracuse, n. 1.-Ihe act OF
March 3. 1901, relative to the restoration
of the pension of certain remarked wld-
ows, requires that if divorced from her
second husband widow must have been
divorced upon her own application and
without fault on her part See reply 10
A Reader. above.
J. NJ. s, Lawrence, Kan.-Dependent
brothers and sisters under III are entitled
10 pension under the general law, ire
spective of the question of Legitimacy.
E. X, Florence, ColO.-Any duly au"
ihenticated certificate of a soldiers ser
vice would be sufficient evidence of his
service in making application for home
stead.
III. B. NJ. Temple. Tex.-If n home
stead entry or declaration was made for
an old soldier with his knowledge and
consent, it would seem to be TO all lntents
and purposes his entry or declaration. just
as much as though he made same in per-
son.
F. P. D., Bellefonte. Pa.-After the
proofs are completed and all the informa-
lion the Pension Bureau desires has been
obtained, the case should be finally acted
on within 80 days. Ordinarily the Board
of Review disposes of the case in that time.
E. H. B., Lynn, Mass.--To obtain
S12 rating under the act of June -, lS9o,
requires practically the same degree of dis
ability as to entitle TO $50 per month I'M
der the general law.
W. C. X. Sharon Grove, Ky.-1f the
pension applicant cannot furnish the tes-
iimony of comrades of his own company
and regiment TO show the origin or exist
ence of his disability in the service, the
testimony of other comrades will be ac-
pppfpd
L. W. NJ, Frazeysburg. O.-The only
way to determine your title TO higher
rating under the general law than you are
receiving under the act of June -, 1S9O,
is by filing application for increase ASKING
that your title be considered under the
general law. Keep at it. Apply again If
your former application was rejected.
II. E. l., Tylersville, OFF you enlist
ed in October, 1861, and was discharged
in June, 1862, for disability, you were not
entitled to any original bounty unless you
were discharged for wound or injury IN,
Cured in line of duty. The additional
bounty law expired by limitation on July
S. J.. Quincy. Ii.-The Commissioner
of Pensions is in immediate charge OF the
administration of the business Of the zen
sion Bureau. but Is under the supervision
Pension Bureau is only q part OF the In
4erior Department. There has been no
special pension bill enacted providing for
the prisoners of war.
W. D. NJ, Mt. Gilead, Ohio.-Ihere Is
no general law under which the service
neusion of the widow of a Mexican War
soldier can be increased. There is no law
whereby the one-year volunteers enlisted
after July II, 1864, and discharged before
one years service because of the close
of the war, can obtain the installments
pf the 500 bounty that had not accrued
st the time of discharge.
q s r.. Wooster, Mass.-Invalid pen
sion under the general law may be in
creased on account of disabilities resulting
from the pensioned disability.