The National tribune., 1902-02-13
PENSION POINTERS.
Inquiries Answered and Sugges=
tiOns Made.

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on the town may be required to be used
for his support is question outside the
pension laws The town would naturally
have n right to say whether the penSioner
should have a full support from the town.
irrespective of his pension, or whether his
pension should be taken into consideration
for his relief.
W. F., Miles, Kan.-Thc general or
der of the War Department of May, 1861,
to which you refer as printed in this col
umn, had reference to the first call for
three-years' volunteers. The bounty prom
ised was aftcrward made payable by an
act of April -. 1872. In so far the
other provisions Of the general order were
confirmed by law, they were carried into
effect. If you enlisted for three years. be
fore July 22, 1861. and failed to receive
800 original bounty, You are probably en-
titled to same under the act of April 80,
1872, or act of July 90, 1888.
S. G. Eff the War Department rec
ord is corrected by n special act of Con-
gress, of course the adverse record can
no longer stand in the way of your pen
sion claim, and you will he entitled to
pension thereon from the date of your DIS
charge, as yOu say your claim was filed
before July !, 1880.
Mrs. Z. \. L.. Scvcry, Kan.-If You
are drawing under the aCr of June %,
1890 Tor May ., 1900. your rate of w;d-
ow's pension is properly SS per month
The act Of March 10, 1886. which in
creased the general law pension rate of
widows from SIS to So, does not apply to
widows pension under the act of 1890
The general law rate of pension of a Cap
tain'S widow is SO per month, provided
that the soldier bore that rank at The time
of the origin, in service. of the disability
causing his death. If the officers resig-
nation was based on disability, and the
CIO hot bn iiC0b
originated in the service and line of duty.
it would probably rot be necessary to fur-
nish any additional evidence to show that
disability originated in the service.
]. NJ. G., Orangeville, Pa.-If you are
removing from the district of the Z. S.
Pension Agent through whom your pen
sion is paid, execute your voucher as
usual, wherever you are, and send it to
him. If it is desired to transfer you to
another agency, he will take action and
notify you.
A. B., Sycamore, O-Oriinarily the
medical examination in claim for in
crease of pension on penSioned disability
should be heard from within six months.
Usually official action is taken in con-
siderably less period.
NJ, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.-The present
holding is that a contract surgeon of the
army is not entitled TO pension under the
act of June 81 1890. The remarriage
debar her from comnleting any claim he
had pending at his death, or from receiv-
ing any accrued pension due him at his
death.
A. Med, South Wayne. Mich-The ac-
crued pension due an invalid pensioner
at the time of his death may be collected
by his widow upon formal apnlication
therefor to the Commissioner of Pensions
The pension act of May 9, 1900. amends
the act Of June q. 1890. as TO claims
of widows under the act of 1890. 1t was
designed to also amend the act of 1890
as to the claims of survivors of the war;
but proves to have been Intellectual in this
respect.
d. NJ. E., Scranton. KAMA claim for
mothers pension on account of her son,
whose death was due to military or naval
service, is not valid if the claimants hus-
band, whether the father of the soldier
or not. is able TO and does furnish her an
adequate support. If other children. to
whose earnings she has a right, also aid
IN her support, or the support of the fam
ily. that fact is taken into consideration
NJ. V. t., Parkersburg, W. Va.-There
is no provision of law for the reimburse
ment of soldiers for the expense of pri-
vate. medical attendance while on fur
Tough.
d. a. NJ, Steubenville Ono papers
filed as evidence in pension claim in the
Pension Bureau will be returned to the
claimant, except discharge certificates and
the like
W. H G.. Edwardsport, La.-An act
of Feb. II, 1S47 and various amendatory
acts, provided bounty land warrants for
not exceeding $50 acres. for the soldiers
of the Mexican war. The act of March
3, 1855, the last of the bounty-land grant |
ing laws, covered all the wars from 1901
up to the date of the act, and included
the Mexican war.
u n mn
having died without securing the accrued
pension of the soldier, and there being
no children under 16, the~accrued pension
cannot be collected by anybody, not even
20 reimburse for the expenses of last i'll
ness and burial.
E. ]. S, Fennville, Mich.-The hospital
records of the war of the rebellion are on
file in the War Department. in the Rec
ord and Pension Office. Reports from
these records are furnished TO the Pen
sion Bureau when needed in pension
claims.
E. s., st. ClairvilIe, Pa-The fee OIL
an attorney in a claim for original pen
sion under Che general law is SO if no
fee contracts are fled. A fee not exceed
ing SO may De specially contracted for |
In claims for increase Of pension on pen |
stoned disability the fee is 50 only.
L. H., Rawson, O.-There is no u. S. !
law making provision for payment of the
EXPENSES OF last 1llncSS ana burial OF q de-
ceased soldier who was not pensioner. |
If he was a pensioner, his accrued pen
sion due at his death may be used for this /
purpose
C. A. V, Norris City. HI-There is no |
provision Of law whereby q soldiers dis |
charge would aid him in securing him or
his heirs any Government land. except un- |
der the homestead laws for full informa-
ton as to which address the "Commis-
sioner Of the General Land Office, Wash |
ington, D. c."
a. H., Creston, w. Va-The fact that
there is a record Of your having fever and
ague in the service would not be regarded
as evidence that you had also had rher-
matism. 1t will be necessary TO show
that you were troubled with rheumatism
while still in the service, and you should
furnish as much evidence Of comrades on
this point as you can-the more the bet
ter. After yOu have done this, if the
Pension Bureau is not satisfied with the
evidence, you can take an appeal to the
Secretary of the Interior.
j. f., Setauket, n. Y.-See reply to
W. f., above. The general order referred
TO did not apply to naval volunteers. but
only TO military volunteers.
j. E. B., De Kalb, Ill.-No one can
draw two separate and distinct pensions
at the same time. AS you are drawing Sc
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