The National tribune., 1901-03-28
PENSION POINTERS.
Inquiries Answered and Sugges'
tiOns Made.

G. NJ, Soldiers Home, Na.-No bounty
was ever allowed men drafted for one
year. nor 10 their substitutes.
II. G., Mound City, kan.-Nhc hen pen
sion claimant dies leaving no one entitled
to complete the case and receive the pen
sion money except for purposes of defray,
ing the expenses OF last Illness and burial
of the deceased, no fee is certified 10
the attorney. He is privileged 10 collect
such fee as he can from the reimbursed
claimant.
]. D., Binghamton, \. UT is held
that to be entitled to pension under the
act of June 27 1890. the soldier must
have received an honorable discharge from
each and every term of enlistment CON
tracted during the period of the war of
the rebellion. If after desertion the sol
der re-enliSted into another organization
within four months and thereafter served
faithfully and received an honorable dis
charge the charge of dcsertiOn can be re-
moved and an honorable discharge OBJ
tanned on application to the War Depart
ment under the act of March >, 1889, pro-
vided that he did not by his deScrtion and
re-enlistment become entitled to any
bounty, United States, State or local, or
substitute money. that he would not have
been entitled to if he had served out his
original enlistment
II. L. H.. BirchardviIle, Pa.-All pen
eions and increases of pensions granted
by special act of Congress commence
from the date the special act becomes
L law. This is invariably the rule. The
sct of July 4, 1884, relative TO fees in pen
tion cases, requires that agreements for
fees in excess of so shall be evidenced
by formal articles of agreement according
to form prescribed by the law in dupli-
cate with the Commissioner of Pensions.
When the pension IS granted the Com
missioner approves the articles of agree
ment, and one copy is forwarded to the U.
s. Pension Agent who is to pay the pen
zion, as the law requires, and the remain
ing copy is preserved as part of the Of
fetal papers in the case.
]. A. c., Daisy. Ga.-When the decision
of the Pension Bureau in a pension case
is regarded as unjust or not i'll accordance
with the facts or the evidence, an appeal
may be taken to the Secretary of the
Interior. Before this is done it should
be seen that the evidence is full and com
plete. Your attorney should be able to
advise you as to this.
S. Y, Bryan, Ohio.-There is no fixed
rate of pension for loss of teeth. No
service-pension bill was passed by the last
Congress.
A. r. w, East Arlington. vt.-Under
the act of March 3, 1899, if an invalid
pensioner deserts his wife (she being a
woman of good character and in necessi-
tous circumstances or his children under
16, the wife or guardian of the children
may secure payment of one-half of the
pension. 1t must be shown that the ap-
plicant has been deserted for a period of
at least six months previous to the date
Of making application.
NJ. NJ. W., Woodbury., n. 1.-THE
bounty act of July 20, 1883, did not al
low an additional bounty to those who
had already received an original bounty
of $780, 1t benefited only those three
years volunteers enlisted before July %,
1861, who were discharged before two
years service for reasons other than wound
or injury incurred in line of duty and
were, therefore, not entitled TO S100
bounty under the acts of July %, 1861,
March 3, 1863, or March 3, 1865.
NJ S. B., st. Paul Minn.-The bill of
Representative Calderhead to increase the
maximum rate of pension under the act
of June %, 1890, did not become law.