The National tribune., 1901-08-29
PENSION POINTERS.
INQUIRIES Answered and Sugges-
tons Made.

NJ. L. NJ, Allegheny, Pa.-Without a
discharge, no arrears OF pay or ration al
lowanCe can be collected.
Il. q. X. Dover, \. 1.-THE act OF
May 8, 1900, is held simply 10 change Inc
phr;iSeOlogy of the act of June -, IoSV'
without making any change as REGARDS
title TO Invalid | CHSion under that act.
The reason you cannot get Your pension
restored from the date you were dropped
is that substantially the same rulings ana
practice still prevail as those under WHICH
YOU were dropped. You have. been re-
stored. not because 1t Is held you We!c
enormously dropped, but because 1t Is
considered that you have since become
really OCCASIONALLY disabled.
Inquirer f1lmra. y. I.-Ihe soldier
death not being i'll any way due TO ms
service, the widow has not, ana never
had. any title TO pension under the gen
eral law, and the act of March 3, l@oI,
TO restore the general law pension of GER
tain REMARKED widows does Eot apply,
!. b., Defiance, Ohio-1 here Is no Jaw
absolutely barring widows nom general
law pension. The act OF March ., 1883,
REQUIRES that if the parties are married
sulseauent to that date, ana SabSSqueh,
TO the soldiers service, it must he SHOWN
that they lived together continuously I'm
ill his death. But claims Of widows oE
account of Spanish and Philippine wan
soldiers are expressly excepted from tills
s W. Akron. Ohio-The so-called
Western Branch Of the National Military
Home is near LeavenwoTth, Kan. Nd
dress National Military Home, Kan.
The legal wife of the soldier nj his death
is recognized as his widow under pension
laws, even though there Is former ui-
vOrced wife living. II married 10 a SOL
der of the war of 1SGl-'5 after June -,
1890, the widow could not Obtain pension
excent bv proving the soldiers death due
TO his service.
i. s. and J. r., Florence, wish
failing to give the reasons for the pro
posed reduction Of pension, the Comilils-
sioncr of Pensions might be regarded as
having failed to comply with the letter
of the statute. act of Dec. n, 1885, winch
requires that the pensiOner shall be fur-
nished IA full and true statement OF any
charges or allegations upon which the
proposed action is based. The reduction
and dropping of act OF 1870 pe PEN, 1li'a
was based on the holding, when sui pre-
walls. that the act of 1890 was elr0neously
construed and illegally administered from
date of enactment until May, 1875, ana
the roll of invalid pensioners under the
act of 1896 was thercup0n revised by
Board of Revision, sC-caIied. a reduc-
ton of pension based on the evidence IN
the case and a new construction of the
law would probably not be questioned lof
omission of q statement of charges OF
allegations against the pensloner, there
being none in fact.
r.. A. S.. Indianola. Neb.-The general
law rate of pension of Captains widow
is $50. provided that the soldier was a
CAPTAIN at the time of incurrence of the
disability resulting in his death. His rank
at that time would determine the rate Of
his widows pension. =.
L. f. K, La Grange, Mo.-1here is
no United States law regulating the al
lowances of guardians Of insane or minor
pensioners.
W. G.. Little Falls, Minn.-The Pen
sion Bureau probably has the right to
stoD payment of a pension after issue AMI
after execution of the voucher, but be-
fore actual payment, in order to correct
an error.
P. C., Mt. Sterling, Wis.-Invalid pen
sioners under the act of 1890 who have
reached the age of 10 years and are re
ceiving less than So per month, can OBJ
tain an increase to $50 per month on APP
plication therefor and furnishing satsfac-
tory evidence of age.
III. f., Granville, Nt.-Bounty and pen
sion are two separate matters. Inc re-
ceipt of one does not preclude the obtain
ing of the other.
:. 4. c., National Home, Va.-1f the
proofs are otherwise complete, pension
case should be finally acted on within SIN
months after medical examination is had;
but the tine is frequently longer.
d. S, Wampum, Pa.-The pension
laws do not in any way protect pension
rooney after il reaches the pensioncr
hands. nor property bought with pension
mouey.