The National tribune., 1902-04-03
CONGRESSIONAL AND
DEPARTMENT NEWS

| RElMBU RSEMENT FOR MEDICAL
! EXPENSES ON FURLOUGH, SPAN
| ISH WAR.-On March 10, the Senate
passed the following bill, which now goes
| TO the House OF Representatives for con-
sidera ton:
BE it enacted, etc, That there is here
by appropriated, out of any money in the
| Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the
sum of 100000, and that the same, or
so much thereof as may be necessary, be,
and the same is hereby, made available,
under such regulations as the Secretary of
War may prescribe, for the payment, or
the reimbursement of payments made, of
just bills and charges for the support,
care and treatment, including proper hos
pital charges, of sick officers and enlisted
men of the Regular and Volunteer armies
of the United States while they were alb
sent from duty on leave or on furlOugh,
or otherwise, by direction or by permis-
sion of proper authority, on or after April
q, 1898, and up to and including April
II, 1899, in like manner as if the said
officers and enlisted men had been on duty
at the times when and places where the
said bills and charges were incurred; and
that the appropriations above designated
shall remain and continue available, for
the purposes hereinbefOre set forth, for
and during the term of two years from
and after the date of the approval of this
act.''
RESTORATION CLAIM-ACT OF
MARCH 3. 1901-REMARRIAGE
the claim, under the act of March 3,
1901. of the remarked widow of James
II. Crysler, for restoration of pension, it
appears that in accordance with section
of an act of March 3. 1865, the minor
children of the soldier We're, in July, 1867,
granted full pension for the period of the
widowhood of the claimant, she having
remarked in 1865. and her claim being
rejected in 1866 in accordance with then
existing law, because of her said remar-
riage. The decision on appeal asst Sec
retary Campbell, Jan. II, 1902 says:
''The claimants name never having been
on the rolls under the general law, she
has no title to pension under said act (of
March 8, 1901); and as there is no pen
SiOnable period between the date of the
death of the soldier and claimants re-
marriage, her name cannot now be placed
on the rolls under the general law" She
therefore has no pension title under any
existing law.
PRIOR SOUNDNESS - PRESUMP-
| TION.-The general law pension claim
of Andrew Campbell was rejected in part
on the ground that he had acknowledged
having had an attack of rheumatism in
1916, during his service in the Mexican
wal w I'M StiIu lie dlSO
declared that he had no recurrence Of the
trouble prior TO its temperance in 1864
while he was serving in the war of the
rebellion. The decision on appeal asst
Secretary Campbell, Jan. 20, 1902 re-
marks that Sin considering and weighing
these statements, under elemental rules
of evidence they are TO be taken to-
gether." The decision further holds that
''the fact that claimant had an attack OF
can war does not furnish any just ground
for concluding that he had said disease at
the date of his enlistment in 1862, it hav-
ing first appeared during his last service
in 1864"
REASONABLE DISABILITY-ACI
OF JUNE q, 1S90.-In the case of David
Sample (deceasedl, for invalid pension un.
der the act Of June "a. 1890, the claim
was based on broken collar bone, catarril
piles and rheumatism, and was rejected
Feb. II, 1899 (after claimants DEATH, on
the ground Of no pensionable degree OF
disability.
The decision on appeal asst Secretary
| Campbell, Jan. %, 1902 states:
The medical examination showed frac.
ture of right clavicle through its middle
| third, right shoulder stiffened one-guar,
ter, articulation tender on pressure. lum.
bar muscles tender, both hips stiffened
! Oic-tluaIltI, articulation signify Daln1ul
severe form of naso-pharyngcal catarrh
| Eustachian tubes involved, both ear-drums
depressed, hearing impaired in both ears
also third finger of left hand pulled down
TO right angle with palm, by contraction
of tendon, result of felon.
at is manifest from the disability above
| described that the soldiers ability to earn
a support by manual labor was reduced
in q degree sufficient TO justify the Bu
reau in allowing him rate of pension
under the act Of June 81. 1890, from tho
date of filing his application therefor un
til the time of his death.
''The papers are herewith returned fol
readjudcation. Rejection reversed"
INCREASE OF MEXICAN WAR
! SERVICE PENSION.-On Feb. IA the
Senate passed the following bill Is. 3522J
BE it enacted, etc, That the Secre
tary of the Interior be, and he is here
by, authorized and directed to place or
the pension roll at the rate of $12 PEI
month all Mexican war survivors now or
the roll, or who may hereafter be placed
on the roll, under the acts of Jan. %, 1887
March 5, 1891, and Feb. ., 1897"
The bill has not been considered by The
House Of Representatives.
| Fine Kidney Remedy.