The National tribune., 1901-11-21
PENSION POINTERS.
Inquiries Answered and Sugges
tiOnS Made.

A. B.. Fairgrove, Mich.-Probably you
pension on wound was increased from D.
20 So, in accordance with the provisions
of the act of March 2, 1895, which in sub
stance provided that all pensions OF les
than So per month should be raised to 81
from that date and that thereafter No
pension should be granted at Il less rate
han So per month.
+ c. w. Millersburg, Ohio.-lf youl
pension certificate is evidently lost or de
stroyed. you cannot draw pension as'ln
until you obtain a new certlhcate, or
permit from the Commissioner of ZEN
sions TO draw pending the issuance Of the
new certificate Apply TO the Commls-
sioner of Pensions.
s r. B.. Sweetwater. Mo.-A three
years volunteer enlisted Aug. -, lSol,
and; was discharged Nov. 8, 1862 Qess
than two years after enlistment), would
mot be entitled TO any bounty, unless ms
discharge was by reason of wound or IN
Jury incurred in the service and line of
duty. If he had enlisted before July -,
1S6I, il would not matter how long he
had served, if he was honorably DIS
charged.
L. B., Milo Me.-Thc full bounty was
not paid for volunteer enlistments after
July II, 1864, unless the soldier actually
SERVED two years or more under his en-
listmant or was discharged before three
yearS service on account of wound or in
Jury ;incurrd in service and line of duty.
Discharge because of the end of the war,
or because of services being no longer re-
Quired, did not entitle the soldier to any
bat the accrued inStallments of the boun-
ty The bounties were payable iii three
astallments, one-third at the commence
ment of the term, one-third when one
half the term had expired, and the re-
mainder at the expiration of the term.
IL you received but one-third of the boun-
fy promised you, it is evident that you
were discharged before serving half the
term, and before two years, and for rea-
sons other than wound or injury incurred
10 the service and line of duty.
d. B. NJ, New York Mills, n. VI
The $40 rate for loss of arm or leg IS al
lowed only where the amputatlon Is at
the hip or shoulder joints or so close
thereto as to prevent the attachment and
use of an artificial limb. This is IN ac.
cordance with an act of Aug. 4, 1886. III
the amputation is more than midway be,
tween the hip and knee or elbow and
shoulder, the S45 rate is allowed.
Subscriber, Cory, Pa.-If the medical
examination or other medical evidence
substantiates the pensioners claim for in
crease, it would be a good plan to take an
appeal TO the Secretary of the Interior.
j. w. F., Dayton, Ohio.-Section 1859
of the Revised Statutes (being a provision !
of an act of March 8, 1873, provides:
"The rate of $1S per month may be
proportionately divided for any degree of |
disability established for which section |
1895 makes no provision The section
1885 declares the rates for total dis
ability, according to rank. These rates
have long since lost their original signih-
sance, and the basis of ratings for diSa-
bility for which no special rate IS pre-
scribed has for some years past been SIS.
To certain extent the separate ratings
below SIS are aggregated to determine
the rate of pension, but when the aggre-
gate reaches SIT the title to a higher rate
is to be determined by special statutes.
In your case the next higher rate is S24,
title to which depends upon your beng
disabled, In the opinion of the Pension
Bureau, to a degree equivalent to the loss
Of hand or foot. Deafness being dis
ability of special nature, being physical
and yet not actually impairing a persons
physical ability to do manual labor, it Is
Of little consequence In helping to make
up a degree Of disability equivalent in de-
gree to the loss of a hand or foot. 1t Is
difficult, perhaps impossible, to satisfac-
torily explain something which is Of a
which head pension ratings may be
elassed.
III. W., Wisconsin Veterans Home
Section 4703. Revised Statutes, embody-
ing acts of July 25, 1866, July q, 1868,
and March 3, 1873, is as follows: Sec
tion, 4703-The pensions of widows
ter the 18th day of July, 1865,
ct the rate of 81 per month for each child
under the age of 10 years Of the husband
On account of whose death the claim has
been, or shall be, granted. And in every
case in which the deceased husband has
left, or shall leave, no widow, or where
kaz I'D I'D ar /
where she has been deprived of her pen
sion under the provisions of the pension
law, the pension granted to such child or
children shall be increased TO the same
amount per month that would be allowed
Ender the foregoing provisions TO the
widow, II living and entitled to a pension:
Provided, That the additional pension
herein granted to the widow on account
ef the child or children Of the husband BY
q former wife shall be paid to her only
for such period of her widowhood as she
has been, or shall be, charged with the
maintenance of such child or children; for
any period during which she has not
been, or she shall not be, so charged, it
shall be granted and paid to the guardian
Of such child or children: Provided, fur
ther, That a widow or guardian TO whom
Increase of pension has been, or shall
hereafter be, granted on account of minor
children shall not be deprived thereof by
reason of their being maintained in whole
or in part at the expense Of State or the
public in any educational institution, or in
any institution organized for the care Of
soldiers orphans"
W. NJ. H, LehiGh, Iowa.-Property
bought with pension money can be taken
for debt, unless the State law implies
restraint. The Courts in several Of the
States, however, have decided both ways.