The National tribune., 1902-09-11
PENSION POINTERS.
Inquiries Answered and Sugges.
tiOns Made.

w. ID. NJ, Mt. Gilead, Ohio.-If the
soldiers parents did not in their lifetime
collect his bounty, it can be collected by
his brothers and sisters and their heirs
If the parents collected the arrears of pay
due the soldier up to the date of his death
they very likely received his bounty with
the arrears of pay.
| J. c. NJ, Middlesex, N. Y.-No interest
is allowed on unpaid arrears of military
or naval pay.
Box 50, Williamsburg, Ky.-Attorneys
fees in pension claims are payable only
| when the pension is allowed, and are de-
Quoted from the pension by the U. S. Pen
sion Agent who pays the pension and sent
to the attorney direct. There is no dis
| tinction as to fees between Spanish war
pension claims and other pension claims
brought under the general law. The
maximum fee allowable in original in
sion claims under the general law is $25
but unless articles of agreement are filed
for this amount or other stipulated
amount, only $40 fee is allowed. The fee
in all claims for increase on pensioned dis
ability is $2-whether under the general
law or under the act Of 1890. You should
obtain from the Commissioner of Pensions
the official publication pamphleD con-
tanning the pension laws and regulations.
H. R.-An appeal may be filed against
a rating less than that TO which the pen
sioner was entitled upon the law and the
evidence.
G. p. MA pensioner may not have
two separate and distinct pensions for
the same period of time; that is. he
could not lawfully draw So under one law
and Sl2 under another. If, however, he
had drawn S. over a certain period and
subsequently was found entitled to pen
sion of $12 over the same period, as un-
der a different law, he might have the
benefit of the 81 difference. Under the
amendatory Indian wars service-pension
act of June %, 1902, the rate Of pension
is uniformly So per month for both sur
vivors and widows. No land warrants
are allowed for service subsequent to
March 3, 1855. A soldier or his heirs
might obtain a warrant for a full 16O
acres on account of Mexican war service,
and another warrant for like amount
on account Of service in prior or subse-
quent war. Claims for land warrant are
filed with the Commissioner of Pensions.
The rate of widows pension under the
general law depends upon the grade or
rank of the soldier at the time of origin
Of the fatal disability in service.
A. s. c., Fearis, ky.-Unless the sol
dier had been pensioned under the general
law, the fact that he died Of pensioned
disability would not entitle his widow to
pension regardless of date Of marriage.
OF course, if the soldier, though in fact
drawing under the act of 1890, had for
merly been drawing under the general law
for the fatal disability Tor the disability
out Of which the fatal disability grew and
changed to the act of 1890 to get higher
rate, the effect would be the same as
though he were in receipt Of pension under
the general law at the time Of death.
The act of March 3, 1899, imposed new
conditions upon widows pension title
under any law" but did not thereby
abrogate any of the old conditions. II a
widow claiming under any law was mar
ried to the soldier after his discharge and
after March 2, 1899, she is not entitled
to a pension if they did not live and CO.
habit together Continuously from the
date of the marriage to the date of his
death" But it is expressly provided that
these additional conditions of soldiers IL
tie shall not apply to widows claims
arising from the war with Spain.