The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1901-01-17
PENSION POINTERS.
Inquiries Answered and Sugges
tions Made.

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sion will commence at the date of Ring OF
This apDlicatiun Of course. il * poS.lh!e
that u;on Il review of the ease the rem
sion bureau may conclude that the pen
sion should he made t. commence from 'hf
date of filing of some one OF your loTih't
applications.
AIiddIetovn, Ohio.-Thc requirement ol
the Pension Bureau that widow applicants
for pension shall furnish evidence that the
soldier and the widow applicant lived to-
.rether until his death seems to he SIMPLY
:, means of subStantiating the statement OF
the applicant that she and the soldier were
never divorced. Ii is only in cases IN Nhich
the parties were not married until aitet
March y. 1899, and subsequent To tne sol
diers service Except III Spanish anu hh-
ippinc-NaI-s cases. that ii is required as Il
matter of law that the r'liie> Shali nav"
lived together from marriage un1li the sol
dier's death. Rules - and -, which pro
bihit The attorney of record III Il pension
case from ailvisin. or suggesting Ia an ap-
nIicant that Il member of Congress he re-
duestod 10 inquire as TO the Official status
IF rho case nj the Pension Bureau. does
moi prohibit the claimant from aSNihS us
member of Congress or Senator 10 Il" 81
HIST. Louis. Mo.-Ihe rlght ol the
widow of Il deceased pensloner or l'eliS.oii
annlicant TO receive the accrued pension
ar a
unon the date Of marriage. thus WHOM
not entitled 10 pension under the acl OF
limo ~. 1880. because Of not having mar
ried the soldier before the date al the ae'
may nevertheless. receive the accrued
peusion due the soldier.
w He. Arnheim. Ohio.--Ns yen NS-e
undcr 10 on July /, 1850, you can. ulder +
The present holdings of the Secrtiar! VI
the Interior, obtain pension under lhe gen
eral law from the date OF your latnTi
,Iaoth until you became Iii, provided ms
death can be satisfactorily proven u"' ~
the service and line of duty.
+ p Rundy Ccutre.-lf the aclioh
of the Pension Bureau is not III ACCORD.
1nce with the direction of the Secretary OF
the interior in favOrably considering an
appeal in a rejected pension ease, propam!
il will he sufficient to invite the attention
of The Secretary of the Interior TO the ae-
ton of the Pension Bureau ana Ie.luI ~
that the proper action be directed TO I've
taken. r-..,,.... ,bo
ID. b. w, Montrose, Mo.-onless me
divorce is actually granted before the sol
dier-s DEATH the widow would be resarue'
as the legal wife of the soldier at the DAT
of his death. OF course, If the Wlie l'
fuses TO live with the pensloner. the deseI
lion is on her side and she cannot ciaili
mart of his pension under the act OF Mafcii
-.
ed her.
|. B., Los Angeles, Cal.-See reply TO
W. II. T., above.
!. +. W.. Mortified, Minn.-No one Is
recognized as attorney in pension case
without first being duly admitted to prac-
tice before the Interior Department by the
Secretary of the Interior. Apply TO inc
Secretary of the Interior for full Informal
ton. The attorney of record cannot take
in on matter
which he is interested as attorney.
J. w. E.. Baker, Kan.-There is no
provision of law for reimbursement for
care5and expense of nursing discharged
soldier. except for reimbursement for eX-
penses of last illness and burial out of ac-
erued pension.
III. J., Falkville, Ala.-After the first
payment all pensions are payable every
three months. Reissue" means a new
issue of the pension certificate to make
some correction or addition; renewal
means the changing of the pensioner bach
from one law to another law under which
he formerly drew pension. \ supple
mental pension is usually one-paymeni
pension, as where the pensioner is draw
ing, say, $40 under the act of 1890 and
is allowed pension under the general law
at So commencing from date earlier thar
the commencement of the act Of 1890 pen
EioiI Int SADpifllltlldl Htli>lOu IL Nul
off at the date of commencement of the
act of 1890 pension. Accrued pension
is pension due from last payment to dat'
of death of a pensioner.
J. o. p. North Cucamonga, Cal.-Lacl
of record or medical evidence showing thu
existence of Il disability in the service o
at discharge is usually fatal nowadays t.
a claim for invalid pension under thu
general law. or course. you are mt hbert,
10 make any additional claim you choOs
at any time. but prolonged delay in claim
ing is considered by the Pension Bureau
10 cast doubt on the claim. Your cas-
can be reopened at any time that you cal
file such additional evidence as will he re
garded by the Pension Bureau as warrant
ing a further consideration of the case
Or you can take an appeal 10 the Secre
tsry of the Interior, and after waitin
about two years your case will be cOnsid
cred and reviewed. No papers or eyidenc
filed in pension claim can be Withdrawn
except such papers as discharge certif
Gates, which are not usually required a
evidence.
Is, 3D., LeOminster. Massey orde
No. 241, dated Sept. =, 1893, ii is pre-
scribed that a claimant for invalid pen
sion under the act Of June 81, 1880. VIII
Is % years Of age, shall be regarded a
entitled TO the maximum rate of SD pc
aonth for senility alone. if there are n
81 ecial pensionable disabilities shown.
j.. w, Lowyille, y. Y.-The act q
arch ,, 1863, TO which you refer. doe
confer any additional bounty over an
ABOVE that conferred by other laws.
III. Il. p, st. Adams, VIA widow
pension title does not depend upon wha
pension the soldier was drawing or III
der what law he was pensioned at III
time OF his death. If his death can b
shown TO the satisfaction of the Pepsjo
Bureau to have been due TO the seryic
and line of duty, the widow can obfai
pension under the general law irrespcctiy
OF date of marriage. If this cannot b
done, and the widow was not married I
the soldier before June ~, 1880, she cal
not obtain any pension.
j. y, Williamsburg, Ky-There is n
provision of law whereby parents or 9th,
relatives of soldiers dying In the Philil
pines can collect from the Government a
amount equal TO the cost of transport:
ton OF the remains home for burial. n
remains being buried in the Philippine
Where both father and mother survive II
soldier, application fer pension should |
made III the mothers name only. Durir
the war Of the rebellion a CorpOrals pa
WAS Sl3 per month until the act of Jun
- 1864, increased it TO SIS, dating fro
May ], 1864. Thus from Aug. q, 1S6
TO May !, 1864, the pay of Corporal W;
the same as the pay of a private.
w. X, Maquoketa, Iowa.-Apply
the "Commissary- General of Subsistence
u. S. A., Washington, ID. c." for col
mutation of ratiOns for period of impri
onment by the enemy.