The National tribune., 1901-05-30
PENSION POINTERS.
Inquiries Answered and Sugges=
tiOns Made.

cate, the attorney : lee is SlV il no dIIlCIe
of agreement are filed. BY filing article
of agreement in the Pension Bureau Il fe
not exceeding 50 may be allowed. Th
fee in a claim Cor increase on penslOne'
disabilities. or disabilities resulting from
the pensioned disabilities, would be So
in addition to the $40 or the Stipulate,
contract fee, not exceeding SD, agree,
upon in the claim based on disablitic
directly due to the service and not include(
.n the pension certificate.
:. NJ. Marysville. Ohio.-The Board o.
Pension Appeals of the Interior Depart
ment is about % months in arrears witt
its work. The claimant may file all the
additional evidence he wishes TO in his re
iccted claim. 1t is best to make your ad
ditiOnal evidence that of comrades who
have not already testified. and can give
evidence from personal knowledge and
recollection, rather than rely simply upon
additional affidavitS from comrades who
have already testified. 1t may be well tC
get additional afiidavitS from them also.
Your attorney can best advise you as tO
this.
/. C. w. HoOsick Falls, n. Y.-The
L. $. Supreme Court has held that the
war of the rebellion legally ended on Aug.
20 1866. the date of President Johnson 5
final proclamation of the queling of all
armed insurrection. But the Interior De
pptment holds that the war actually end
ed about July /, 1865, and that service
rendered after that date will be presumed
TO have not been in said war, though 1t
is also held that in certain localities a
state of war continued until as late as the
date of the Presidents proclamation re-
ferred TO. Both officers and men of the
Regular Army. serving since the war of
the rebellion. are entitled to invalid pen
III IN. in
line of duty. and if death results from such
disability, the heirs are equally entitled to
pension.
A. NJ. L.. Auburn. y. Y.-The widow of
a war of the rebellion soldier, married to
him since June 26. 1890, would not be en-
titled TO pension unless the soldiers death
could be proven due to the service and line
of duty. If married TO him after March 3,
1899. she could not obtain pension even in
the event of his death being due to the
service. unless she could prove that she
and the soldier lived together continuously
from marriage until his death.
J. i. B., WestborO, Mass.-Hernia is a
pensionable disability under the pension
laws.
X. C.-The attorney has a right to a
separate fee, direct from the applicant,
for services in the collection of accrued
pension due a deceased pensiOner.
]. T., National Military Home, Va
Neither the Auditor for the War Depart
ment nor the Auditor for the Navy De
partment certify attorneys fees in mill
tary and naval claims filed since June g.
1900. 1t is held that the regulations or
law as to amounts of fees are still in
force. A claim for bounty for destruction
of enemy's vessels in the war of the rebel
lion is probably preSentable in the first
instance to the Auditor for the Navy De-
partment.
E. +. w., Macon, Mo.-Claims filed
with the Auditor for the War Depart
ment or Auditor for the Navy Department
are officially acknowledged by card ad-
dressed TO the claimant or attorney.
Z. L. B., Hartford, Conn.-If a de-
ceased invalid pensioner left no widow or
child under IS, then the accrued pension
can be collected only in the event Of his
having left insufficient assets to cover the
expenses of last illness and burial. The
person paying or responsible for such ex-
pcnses should apply to the Auditor for
the Interior Department, Washington, ID.
c." The pension laws enacted by Con-
gress determine this matter.
Mrs. l.. VI. X, AlmOnt, Mich.-A
widow of a soldier who is now married
cannot draw pension under the recent act
OF Congress allowing the pensoning of
certain widows whose pensionable rights
under former laws were terminated by
remarriage.
W. X. j., Germantown, Philadelphia
The act of Feb. n, 1897, relative to the
muster or correction of muster of certain
officers of volunteer organizations in the
war of the rebellion is very comprehensive.
Send to the Chiefs of Record and Pen
sion Office, War Department, Washing
ton. ID. c., for a copy of the law.
]. A. K, st. Louis, Mo.-There was no
amendment adopted by the last Congress
extending the provisions of the Indian
wars service-pensiOn bill of 1892. Very
likely such a measure will be favOrably
considered by the next Congress.
n. S. D., SARDINIA, Ohio-If the sol
dier's death be due TO the service and line
Of duty, the widow can obtain pension
under the general law for the period of her
widOwhOod. Notwithstanding her remar-
riage. Pension under the act of June 81,
1890, commences from date of filing ap-
plicatiOn. Remarriage would absolutely
and completely cut off or terminate her
right to pension under that act.
Riley, Ind.-A pension is not terminated
by the pensiOner being sent to prison. The
pension may, however, be paid to the pen
siOner's wife or to the guardian of his
children.
j. L. L., TulIahoma, Tenn.-section
4147, Revised Statutes, provides: NO
sum of money due, or to become due, to
any pensioner shall be liable to attach
ment, levy or seizure by or under any
legal or equitable process whatever,
whether the same remains with the Pen
sion Office, or any officer or agent thereof,
or is in course Of transmission TO the pen
siOner entitled thereto, but shall inure
wholly TO the benefit Of such pensioner."
A. u. s., Peak, $. C.-An order for
medical examination should issue within
month after an application. for increase
On pensioned disability is filed and the
claim should be settled within six months
after medical examination is had. As a
matter of fact the delay is commonly much
greater.
NJ. J. s., Edwardsport, Ind.-The act
of March 3, 1901, providing for the res
toration of pension of certain widows
whose right TO pension was terminated by
remarriage, does not apply to those Who
were not married TO the soldier until after
his service.
Mrs. N. B., Jersey City, n. J.-AIl en-
listed men of the army come under the
pension laws. The pay of first-class pri-
Yates in the engineers is larger than that
OF priyates in the artillery, infantry and
cavalry.
F. NJ, Milwaukee, Wis.-No matter
how long claim for invalid pension upSer
the general law has stood rejected. ad-
dluenal evidence may be filed and the
claim reopened. If the claim was filed
before July !, 1880, the pension will com
mence from date of discharge; otherwise
1t will commence from date of filing the
application. Inquire Of the authorities of
various State Homes for Disabled Sol
dlers, for information as to their regula-
tion governing admission.
EldOrado, Okla.-NNhere a husband and
wife voluntarily separate, it cannot be said
that the husband deserted the wife: so
she cannot obtain half Of his pension on