The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1901-10-17
PENSION POINTERS.
Inquiries Answered and Sugges-
tions Made.

7. n. H. Nashville, Ill.-The accrued
pension of any invalid pensioner, whethe
nut on the rolls by special act OF Coii
gress or otherwise, is payable TO ms via
ow. Widows whose pensions are restored
under the act of March 3, l9Ol, are ell
titled to the benefits of existing laws a.
to rates thus receiving the increased rat'
allowed by the act of March 10. 1856. 81
a widow who received only IS per mont
when she was formerly pensloned woui'
he entitled to receive SD per month Whel
restored under the recent act.
II. E. L., Hopkinsville, ky.-Nolunteer'
for less than two years but not less thaI
six months under the act of July y, 1901
are now regarded as entitled to the same
hountv as three-years' volunteers enlisted
at the same time if honorably discharged
for wound received i'll battle, or after
April 2S. 1865. because of their services
being no longer required. a three-yearS
volunteer enlisted III August, 1867, was
offered 500 U. S. bounty.
]. f. R., Manitowac, Wis.-An act of
July Il, 1892. provided a $50 rate for
general law invalid. pensioners so disabled
from causes due to service as to require
frequent and periodical, though not reg
ular and constant, personal aid and at
tendance of another person Those pen
stoned at S45 for loss of leg or arm are
not regarded as coming under the Sou
law.
w. ii. v, New Diggings, Wis.-The
matter of removal of a charge of deser-
ton is under the jurisdiction Of the Wal
Department in military cases. If the sol
der had served faithfully for six months
before May /, 1865, it is not clear why
there should be difficulty in securing all
amendment of the record of his desertion
subsequent to that date.
II. W., Napa, Cal.-When a claim for
hos
rejected on the ground that the medical
examination failed to show title to
higher rating on pensioned disability, il
is very difficult to secure the reopenlnS
of the case unless very positive and high
class medical evidence can be procured to
ccntrovert the medical examination. What
ever action is taken TO reopen the case
must be taken within three months after
the date of the official notice of the reJec-
ton. A new application for increase,
however, may be filed at any time after
rejection; it may be filed Immediately or
after the lapse of any period, either less
than three months or more than three
months.
w. r., Avoca, Ind.-Age is not consid
cred in ratings of invalid pension under
the general pension law. Under the aci
of June 81, 1890, however, the maximum
rate under that law, So, is allowed those
who are 70 years of age or more.
J. B. T., Swanton, Ohio-There seems
to be absolutely no foundation for tn
newspaper report, widely circulated, that
Spanish war volunteers are entitled Il
1916 bounty. The United States never
offered to pay as much as $500 bounty
for war of the rebellion volunteers enlist
ing for less than three years. None of
the Spanish or Philippine war enlistment
(volunteerl were for three years.
c. p. L.-If so days or more elapsed
from date of enlistment TO date of actual
discharge and the soldier was paid fol
service of 90 days or more, there wou.c
seem to be no question as TO title to pen
sion under the act of June p, 1890.
J. B. W., Cabool, Mo.-See reply t
W. R., above.
S. 4. s., New Philadelphia Ohio-Se,
reply to J. B. T., above.
Subscriber, New Hampshire-The lega'
wife of an invalid pensioner would be en-
titled to draw his accrued pension after
his DEATH but the husbands pension ter
inmates with the date of his death. II
the soldiers death is satisfactorily prove
to be due to the service and line of duty.
the widow can obtain pension under the
general law irrespective of date of mar
siage, except that if married after March
3, 1899, and after the soldiers service, il
must be shown that they lived together
continuously until the soldiers death.
j. NJ. NJ, Sharpsvillc, Pa.-What you
evidently have reference to are soldiers
additional homestead rights, which are
saleable il before June %, 1874, a sol
der of the war of the rebellion, either in
person or by agent, entered a homestead
of less than 100 acres There is nothing
that makes the original right valuable; il
Is not saleable whether it has not beer
fully exercised or exercised at all. Even
though the entry was abandoned and title
never completed, the homestead right is
gone to that extent, and if the entry was
for the full 160 acres the entire soldiers
homestead right is exhausted.
]. NJ, Chicago-If your invalid pension
under the act of June 81, 1890, was not
made to commence from the date of filing
the first application under the act, it Is
because the Pension Bureau holds that
the evidence does not show you to have
been pensionably disabled prior 20 the
date from which your pension was com
menced. You may have filed apparently
very strong evidence and the Examining
Surgeons may have made what they and
you consider favorable reports; yet, if the
Pension Bureau does not take a favora-
bic view of the evidence and examina